Chanche, Bishop John Joseph, Natchez, Mississippi, to Bishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1847 July 31

Yesterday Chanche received Blanc's letter of the 26th. He had already learned that Father John Timon, C.M. had been appointed to the new see of Buffalo. Timon was first on the list of Vincennes and for no other see. Chanche is glad Little Rock has not been changed. He supposes at Rome there must exist some displeasure in relation to the last Council. He is told that at Rome they were very much displeased with the transfer of the Bishop of Little Rock . Nothing was said in the Council about the property of the Communities. Chanche would not be surprised if it originated in the affair of the separation of the Sisters of Charity in New York. Some of the Bishops feel that they are not masters when communities are not entirely under their control. Father Stanislaus Buteux arrived last night. Chanche wrote him in France that if he was willing to take Bay St. Louis and Pass Christian he might come. He accepted. If he can build a church at the Bay or Pass it will benefit that part of the state. If he is much in New Orleans, Chanche and Blanc will have to put their heads together to clip his wings. Chanche received a letter yesterday from Mr. Pye ; Chanche will send him a priest in September. Even if the roads were good he could not do so now as Father William A. Blenkinsop is still absent. Chanche learned yesterday of the death of Mother Agatha Combs, V.H.M. of Georgetown. :: V-5-h A.L.S. 3pp. 4to.