Chanche, Bishop John Joseph, Natchez, Mississippi, to Bishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1847 July 27

Mrs. Giraudeau starts this evening for a visit to New Orleans. Saturday Chanche received a letter from Bishop-elect John Stephen Bazin of Vincennes; he has not yet received the Bulls. Chanche would not like to go to Mobile if the yellow fever is there. It appears that Father Stanislaus Buteux has arrived in the French steamer and that Bazin has given him an exeat for Chanche's diocese. Chanche will send him to Bay St. Louis or Pass Christian. Father William A. Blenkinsop is away yet but Chanche has an Italian Dominican sent him by Father Mazzuchelli. He will keep him until Blenkinsop returns but he knows neither French nor English. Chanche has no official accounts of the Council yet. :: V-5-h A.L.S. 2pp. 4to.