Dear Brother Mc.Allister: Your letter of August 13th came to hand just as I was leaving for the North, and I did not have time to answer it. I returned home last night from the North— Cache Valley, &c., and have just received eight letters, among them yours of Sept. 3rd and Brother Bleak's of Sep't. 5th. Your letter of August 13th ought to have been answered be- fore but being absent is my only excuse. I make a business of answering all letters sent to me. Now in reply to both of your letters. I wish to say that your first answer to me was per- fectly satisfactory in all respects, and when it was brought up in Council any one present who knew about President Taylor giving you counsel to do so ought to have named it. I am very ^glad^ myself that President Taylor authorized you to do so, for it takes so much labor off from me. I now wish to say concerning the Twelve having