Ivers, Father William, New Orleans, Louisiana, to Bishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1847 March 30

Ivers got the regulations of Lent printed by the Bulletin; the editors of the Delta refused to do so without the usual fees of $10. He gave 100 papers to Joseph to give to the poor for nothing but to charge the rich a picayune or dime to pay the bill $6.60. He received $4 or $5 from Judge Byrne for Ivers. Now Father James Ignatius Mullon ? Mullen said in church that this was a speculation! Father John O'Reilly made an attack on Ivers from the pulpit; Ivers paid him off two weeks later. Father William Wiley, an American, vicar general to Bishop William Tyler attacked Ivers from the altar in Providence in consequence of a marriage. In Newfoundland the same occurred and to avoid giving scandal Ivers slept 6 months on the snows in the wilderness rather than to sacrifice his superior, though two thirds of his priests do not admit he is a bishop. Before leaving St. John, Ivers told the people it should never be said that he was a second Hogan. Blanc has healed many of Ivers' wounds. He got brain fever after his encounter with the three American priests in Providence. He determined to have satisfaction of the Bishop of Newfoundland but he now forgives him and will place in Blanc's hands his letter to Gregory XVI which he never sent. Only for the jubilee he would sacrifice Mullen. Ivers would not be seen in New Orleans only he thought he could make peace at the Cathedral as he did in Newfoundland where the people used to spit in the Bishop's face. :: V-5-g A.L.S. 4pp. 4to.