Bissey, Father Louis, Paris, West Canada, to Archbishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1859 June 8

It is very difficult to leave here but Bissey is determined to do so in spite of what Bishop Armand Francis Marie de Charbonnel says in his letter which Bissey encloses. Bissey has his exeat but he and Father A. Carayon give Blanc complete liberty to get information about them from other sources. Bishop John Farrell of Hamilton has not treated them right, now he is doing all he can to keep them. But they are going; on the Monday after Pentecost Carayon will come past, Bissey hopes, on his way to a post in Blanc's diocese, and Bissey will follow in a few days if not on the spot. If Blanc needs other papers besides the exeat and Charbonnel's letter he is to telegraph. If Blanc says "Come;" Bissey will leave. What a difference between them and the Irish priests who act as if they want nothing to do with them nor to give them their freedom. Farrell now is offering Carayon the post of Brantford, the best mission in the diocese; but Bissey doubts that he will take it because he has no confidence in the administration. P.S. It is easy to understand Charbonnel's reply. If Bissey and Carayon leave it will set a bad precedent. Bissey wrote Charbonnel on the 4th and this is his reply. Bissey is sure that Charbonnel is far from disapproving their plan for he told Carayon at Toronto that he wished them success and jokingly added that he was an honorary New Orleans Canon and would be no stranger even in Louisiana. Bissey believes that Charbonnel did not want to give his opinion in writing for fear of causing trouble with Farrell. A.L.S. French 3pp. Enclosure: