Elder Amos Fielding arrived
on Sunday the 23rd Ultimo, bringing the
remaining numbers of the 5th Volume of
the "Times and Seasons." He left them in
the Customs' depot without taking them through
as baggage, as he did with all others he ever
brought, and when I went down to pay
duty on them after damning one, and
swearing enough to sink a 120 Gun-
ship, they sent one through the customs
house, after I got them clear by paying
[blank] duty, when I opened the box at the
office, I found the whole of the 16th 17th and
18th numbers sent, the same having been been sent
before, it is something I cannot understand
I suppose it must have been a mistake in
putting them up. I had, consequently, to pay
duty on them whereas they will most probably
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have to be returned.
The remaining numbers
varied from 360 @ [&] 410. Whoever put them up
was not very particular in counting.
Brother Fielding presented me two
$100 orders to pay on your account. I offered
to turn him out [for] your [books] "Times and
Seasons" to that amount, but that he refused
to take, and as for money, I had not received
any (for there have been but few sold since
they came into my hand) except a few shillings.
and I borrowed the money to pay the duty
on those he brought with the few shillings I
had already received.
I have counted all the "Times
and Seasons" over—4th and 5th Vols. since
they came into my hands. and I found
the lowest number of vols. 4th was no 14—
308—and the highest of that volume, were no's
15 and 22 which each numbered 374 and
the whole volume varies between those two
numbers, so that we have 308 full copies
of Volume 4 and volume 5—the lowest
number is No 5—289 and the highest is No
[blank] which leaves us 289 full copies of Vol:
5.
There have been no indexs or title
pages sent with any of them. I should have
been glad had this been done.
amount of each number in both volumes
some weeks since which, I suppose, you will
have received.
I have been, and will con-
tinue, making every exertion in my power to
sell what I can of the "Times and Seasons"
but hitherto, I have had little success.
The cause of God is onward in this country
and doing quite as well throughout the Kingdom
as we could possibly expect, considering the
few experienced Elders we have in the vine-
yard here at the present time.
I received
a few days since, for the first time, a pro-
clamation of the Twelve apostles, and
according to the request made therein, I
shall circulate it through this country. I
have made arrangements with the Printer to
day, to print 20,000 in English, and shall
forward orders for Elder Jones to publish
an edition in Welsh, and shall get it pub-
lished in French, German and Hebrew, the
earliest opportunity.
We rejoice much
at the good news received from the City of
Joseph and of the progress of the work in
America. The "Times and Seasons" and "Neigh-
bor" we have received pretty regular for which
we feel thankful.
I have one favour to
ask of you—That you will reserve me a copy
of each volume of the "Neighbor" and "Times
and Seasons" for my family library, while
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I am absent from Nauvoo, including the 2nd
volume of "The Neighbor," and 6th of "Times and
Seasons", as my volumes are much broken
that come to me.