Chassȳ, Father Louis Andrew St. Mary's Asylum, New Orleans, Louisiana, to Archbishop Napoleon Joseph Perchȳ of New Orleans, 1876 February 6

For more than a month a general rumor had circulated of Perchȳ's impending return but, unfortunately, they were deceived. His prolonged absence has proved the worth of his wise and paternal administration better than volumes of print. The matters of Father T.F. Guillet, Father Adolphe F. Chapuis, Father Francis Rouge, Father Hyacinthe Le Cozic, Father T.A. Vaudray and Father P. Laporte bear witness to the old proverb: It is better to address oneself to the good Lord than to his saints. Chassȳ has been hoping to receive a letter from Perche after what Father Joseph Subileau and Father Joseph Anstaett had told him. At the asylum things are as usual, limping along in regard to material matters but well enough in regard to spiritual matters. At the Academy Mother Passion seems to be, as in the past, a sort of stumbling block with her mean and jealous, petty spirit. At times, Chassȳ feels that he should become a religious. The Propagateur Catholique is managing so-so. He is told that there is great difficulty in collecting for advertisements and subscriptions, and, as he sees it, this is due in great part to the unpopularity of Am. Lutton . Perhaps Lutton's return announced long ago, will settle matters, but Chassȳ does not know if Perchȳ will go again to Rome before returning to Louisiana, but, if he does so, he asks him to secure Pop pius IX's blessing for him. :: VI-2-o A.L.S. French 5pp. 12mo. 13