Chanche, Bishop John Joseph, Natchez, Mississippi, to Bishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1843 August 11

Chanche is grieved at the occurrence in the graveyard. It is calculated to create more and very serious trouble. He is glad Blanc did not publish anything in the newspapers. It is evident that those entitled to Christian burial cannot be put in that vault. If Blanc could get a cemetery of his own many evils would be remedied. His predecessors have left Blanc a very troublesome inheritance. When Chanche was in Baltimore he learned that Father Guillaume Labbé was given to drinking; if there were stages between Natchez and the bay Chanche would go down immediately. Should Labbé come to New Orleans Blanc is not to spare him. Chanche is glad that Blanc's clergy visit the Bay St. Louis . If the air is good for Father Peter Vincent Plunkett, he might do a great deal of good there this summer. Chanche is glad to learn that Blanc has less fears of the epidemic. At Natchez they are on tiptoe dreading that they should follow his example. Has Bishop John Mary Odin, C.M. come down yet? P.S. Chanche learns that Archbishop Samuel Eccleston and Father Louis Regis Deluol are travelling in Canada. :: V-4-o A.L.S. 4pp. 4to.