Giraud, Father J.M., Madisonville, Louisiana, to Archbishop John Mary Odin, C.M., New Orleans, Louisiana, 1864 January 21

Giraud has been unable to get to Covington. This morning, General Cuvier? Grover coldly refused him a pass. Captain Garvy and Colonel Fitzgivans advised him to wait. Another Captain hinted that Covington was about to be occupied. Giraud id resolved to go despite them if he has no pass by Monday. He proposes to show Grover a Catholic priest is more than he imagined. There is no authority which Grover does not try to twist. Giraud will write Odin again of all that takes place. He asks when his successor will arrive. ` P.S. Any instructions Odin has for him are to be addressed to Garvey who will bring them to Giraud. :: VI-2-h A.L.S. French 3pp. 4to.