He encloses a copy of a Brief received from Pius IX with a free translation that he wishes McMaster to publish. The Brief is an acknowledgment of the collection forwarded to Rome taken up in the diocese on the occasion of the Jubilee of His Holiness' Pontificate. On Sunday, Oct. 29, there will be taken up a collection to relieve the suffering of the people of Chicago . He was sorry not to have seen McMaster once more before leaving New York. He hopes McMaster and his children are well and assures them of remembrance in his prayers. does Not McMaster feel that this is a most extraordinary epoch, one of infidelity and indifference, and a manifestation of God's justice? He prays that men may be brought back to a sense of righteousness by the calamities that surround them. :: I-1-o A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.