Father Sidley remarke that McMaster should before this time, have received a list of subscribers. Father Sidley gave to an agent. Many, however are slow in paying for the paper. Last year he paid for half the subscriptions, and it took six months for him to be repaid, while some still have not paid him. This year he decided to make those that want the paper to pay in advance, and that the priests in the different parishes will do something. He mentions that the Freeman is getting quite a bit of competition from the Telegraph, the Tablet, and the Boston Pilot, other Catholic papers. P.S. He asks if he is correct in assuming that the correspondent in Rome who signs himself Catholicus is Father E. M. O'Callaghan. He is anxious to hear from him, not having heard since O'Callaghan was in France. Fr. Sidley points out that but for the action of three or four of his parishioners, he too would be in Rome with Fr. O'Callaghan. In another postcript, he mentions that his neighbors are ignorant of the fact that he gave $100 to the Jus fund. Those in the secret hope most earnestly that Jus will succeed in his mission. :: I-1-n A.L.S. 5pp. 12mo.