The bearer of the letter is Louis Doize, brother to Armand J. Doize. He is a good Catholic gentleman from Baltimore and Corcoran knows McMaster will be pleased with him. Corcoran would have answered McMaster's letter sooner, but has just recovered from an attack of yellow jaundice. The flowers were intended for the Wilmington church. Doize told him so last summer when he sent them. Several of his gifts to St. Thomas' Church have been turned aside by ruthless Yankee cruisers. He has tried to get McMaster's paper, but has not been able to do so. He offered his subscription to a Yankee Irish Catholic, but the latter backed out, saying it was impossible to get it. The man he offered it to runs a big store here under military patronage. Corcoran was able to buy one copy of the Freeman's Journal, but can get no more. He is closely watched and has many enemies. They all have learned something from the long and bloody war. Defeat has not changed his principles though the course of events have annulled them from a practical point of view. As McMaster is younger, he may think differently, but Corcoran has gloomy forebodings for the future. He has been in Wilmington for a year and a half. The Catholic Miscellany was discontinued after the fire of December, 1861. They have only nine priests for the two states of their diocese. He asks McMaster to ship the box to Harris and Howell of Wilmington. :: I-1-m A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.