Renaudier, S.M., Father Onezime, Convent, Louisiana, to Bishop Francis Xavier Leray, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1882 August 25

Some time ago, Renaudier received the copy of the letter from the Sacred Congregation on the subject of Aldric Lottin de la Peychardière . Renaudier is not the owner of the Foyer Créole ; he cooperated in its founding with several of his parishioners, putting in his money as they did. Peychardière does not seem in the right when he claims that he not only founded the paper but supported it with his own money. Not only was the press and all the materials furnished to Peychardière but also furniture for one person. He alone received the revenue of the paper during his stay, up to October 1881 when he left for Colorado and New Mexico to seek for gold. Peychardière also sought to deceive? when he presented himself as a Catholic who claimed the jurisdiction of the church tribunals. Before writing to the Sacred Congregation he made some proposals to different lawyers but these proposals were rejected as being without basis. Even before the letter of the Sacred Congregation arrived at New Orleans, Peychardière wrote an accusing letter against the Foyer Creole, a letter void of common sense, since, absent for 10 months without any cooperation with the paper, he signed as sole editor of the Foyer Creole. In order that Leray may make a judgment Renaudier encloses: 1. The exposé of the whole affair given in the Foyer Créole in its issue of August 2, 1882; 2. Peychardière's reply to Renaudier's letter of August 1880; 3. The letter Peychardière had published in the Louisianais under the date of July 7, 1882 which appeared here July 29, 1882. A.L.S. Enclosure: