Chanche, Bishop John Joseph, Natchez, Mississippi, to Bishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1846 December 24

Chanche received Blanc's letter of the 19th; he hopes he can go to New Orleans before the departure of Bishop John Mary Odin, C.M. . He would like to meet him and Bishop Portier. If he gets down by the 8th, he will give Blanc the oration?; Blanc can give the invitation to anybody else without any regard to the one he gives Chanche. He is told that Father John? McGill is with Blanc; he is said to be eloquent, he might do well for the occasion. Chanche has received a letter from W. B. Carroll, now at the Charity Hospital, asking him to write Blanc in favor of his little son, 5 or 6 years old, whom he wishes to get at the Asylum. From all appearances the man is not long for this world. Chanche is sorry that Bishop John Hughes has taken the step in relation to the Sisters of Charity . If the rules of the order are not liked, they must leave the order alone. Chanche daily expects three for Natchez to coce a school and an orphan asylum. :: V-5-f A.L.S. 4pp. 4to.