Chanche, Bishop John Joseph, Natchez, Mississippi, to Bishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1847 November 3

He was prevented by indisposition from answering Blanc's last letter accompanied by a cask of wine. Within a month he has had two pretty serious attacks; he is relieved now but whether it will be permanently, Heaven only knows. He will satisfy the ten intentions. The young people at Mrs. Waggaman 's had not the patience to wait for him. If they had he would have started yesterday in the fine boat, the New Concordia. After causing him to take all the steps necessary, when he writes the day he will go down, they write that he need not take the trouble, that everything has been settled. Has Bishop Michael Portier returned from Vincennes? Chanche hoped he would stop here and they would go down together. It appears no immediate action with regard to the archiepiscopy is necessary as the next council is to be held in Baltimore to decide upon the suffragans. He understands the Archbishop paid a hasty visit to Philadelphia; no doubt this subject was the object of his visit. If Portier stops, Chanche will go down with him; if not it will not be long before Chanche goes down. :: V-5-h A.L.S. 3pp. 4to.