He has received for the Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget the letter concerning the missionaries who are descending the Ohio and are probably at Louisville. The Bishop left thursday with Father Guy Ignatius Chabrat to receive them and bring the 4 students Vincentians and even Father Felix D'Andreis to their poor cabin. They will have a long wait. When they left Pittsburgh September 24 there was rain but there has been no rain at Louisville or on the banks. David will be pleased to see these men but he fears that there will be trouble between the Kentuckians and the foreigners since the last two Frenchmen did not find favor. Grandchamp told Mr. Stephen Theodore Badin that they had expected to find a seminary but instead had found only a hole. Now they try to take away from them their dear Father Chabrat. He cannot believe that Bruté is among those who suggest such a thing. Chabrat has his days of melancholy but soon recovers. Father Jean Tessier seems to be trying to abandon the Bishop. Tessier even tries to take away the bishop's resources, charging him for matters that were gifts from St. Sulpice. David has been so disturbed that he has written to Father Duclaux. Chabrat has charge of four congregations which would be abandoned if Chabrat were withdrawn. He has become a scourge to heretics, especially the Baptists. David relates some of Chabrat's experiences with these Baptists. After conferring with the Bishop and David Chabrat arrived at certain conclusions: 1. That he was ordained under the title of the missions and destined at Clermont for Bardstown; 2. Flaget paid his expenses from Bourdeaux to Kentucky; 3. Chabrat's vocation has always been to the missions and was so recognized by Father Emery; and 4. Flaget ordained him deacon and priest and Chabrat promised him obedience. St. Thomas is recognized as a seminary and should not be deprived of its faculty. Father Charles Nerinckx brings some priests from Belgium so he will replace Father Chabrat who will become the director of the seminary of St. Thomas. When the cathedral is built they will have a grand seminary of St. Joseph and will be under Father Chabrat and some one else will take over the direction of St. Thomas such as Father Desrigaud. David gives his opinions and hopes that God will bless both places. The walls of the seminary rise and will be finished in three weeks. :: II-3-n A.L.S. French 4pp., 8