During the absence yesterday of Bishop Dominic Manucy of Brownsville, Texas in a part of the diocese inaccessible to telegraphic communications, the sad news came of the death of Bishop Anthony D. Pellicer of San Antonio, Texas. Manucy is expected to perform the funoral ceremony in San Antonio the following day. Manucy is now the only Bishop in Texas since Bishop C.M. Dubuis of Galveston, Texas has resigned and gone to France for his health and his Coadjutor has also resigned. McMaster once told Macmanus that certain private individuals know the condition of local affairs better than many officers in Rome and he agrees that some matters known to him there should be known in Rome also. Macmanus is unfamiliar with ecclesiastical modes of procedure and so cannot make his ideas beneficial to the people, but can only submit them to McMaster and ask for his counsel. If Bishop Manucy could be transferred to a more populous diocese containing more civilized people this change would benefit both the Church and the people. In proposing this, Macmanus realized that his is sacrificing a Zealous and eloquent priest for another diocese and he does so upon his own opinion entirely, not having consulted anyone else. He does not know Manucy's personal wishes on this point but believes he understands the wishes of most of the thoughtful Catholics of the diocese. Manucy is misplaced where he is and probably feels so himself, although Macmanus hesitates to name the reasons for that conclusion. His purpose in writing McMaster was to encourage him to do all he possibly could to bring about such a beneficial change. This letter is intended to be strictly private unless parts of it can be effectively used. The previous week Macmanus wrote concerning the appointment of L. Haynes as collector, but this has been confirmed. :: I-2-c A.L.S. 3 pp. 12mo