Odin, Bishop John Mary, Galveston, Texas, to Archbishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1857 June 3

Odin received Blanc's letter of May 23. It seems to Odin that the Congregation of Propaganda does not have the intention of obliging Blanc to insert the decree of the Council of St. Louis in the body of their own decrees but to indicate what step they could follow in ecclesiastical judgments. Odin's opinion would be to insert them not in the body of the New Orleans decrees but as an appendix. Odin believes that Blanc's secretary has copied the St. Louis decree wrongly; the Council of Trent could not relate to the present question. Odin also cannot understand the Latin phrase which he quotes. Father Claude M. Dubuis has been here since May 17. He arrived very ill; a simple remedy stopped the trouble two days later. He plans to resume his post in a few weeks. Odin wrote to Father Rousselon for some white wine but has had no reply. Odin enclosed a letter for Father Charles Padey in the letter to Rousselon. Will Blanc open it and give the note to Padey. Padey will arrive with a young Pole whom Odin wishes to send to the Barrens to study English. Father Louis Chambodut was in Rome during Holy Week; Odin hopes he will return soon. Odin is preparing to leave the last of the month for San Antonio and vicinity. The new church will force him to prolong his stay; the debts are going to be heavy. :: VI-1-l A.L.S. French 3pp. 12mo.