He received the dispatch from McMaster this morning and thanks him for it but he considers the appointment as Vicar Apostolic to Brownsville Texas the worst sentence that could be passed upon him for any crime. He thought that he might be proposed, if at all, for the See of San Antonio. The Brownsville district is without resources and the Catholic population is almost entirely Mexican and they are poor. The only priests in the country are the Oblates of Mary Immaculate and they own what little church property there is and consequently would be masters over the bishop. Those acquainted with that country speak discouragingly of it and he sees little chance for doing good, for if that country presented any advantages one of the Oblates would have been appointed bishop. :: I-2-a A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.