Luers, John H., Bishop of, Fort Wayne, Indiana, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1866 January 11

He regrets that he cannot accept the invitation to assist at Lancaster, Ohio, but he promised to help Father Michael O'Reilly with the jubilee. He can't read Lecky. The fact is Lecky and Buckles are pantheists and must be judged from that standpoint. If it is the same Father A. Schweiger who as in the diocese of Covington, he is everything Father Wenninger has said of him. Father M. Kink has not yet decided what he will do. Father F.H. Noite will remain in the diocese of Alton. Luers finds Father Henry Koenig an excellent priest. Koenig knows three or four clergymen who could be induced to come to America. Luers suggests that Little Rock be attached to the diocese of Natchez. Even then the Bishop would have only 25 churches to attend to. The South will be in a crippled condition for years to come. Every priest should take the Dublin Review. As a general rule the clergy study too little. P.S.—He is glad that Bishop Sylvester H. Rosecrans was not seriously wounded. :: II-5-c A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.