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Show A Thousand Mormon Converts Coming. A large number of Mormon immigrants the first thi season arrived ar-rived yesterday bv tho steamship Xt i ttda, of the William & Guion line, l'hey include a good many children, and are mostly Jin-liali. with astirink- ling of Scotch, and a lew Welsh. Tney are all undt r tne leadership of President John ood house, who is assisted by tour other missionaries. Too party reached Caslle garden -yesterday about 2 p. m., all appeared in good health and spirits. In conversation con-versation with a reporter President Wood bouse said: "We number 12G souls in all, without counting mv four brethern and myself, and the majority of us are either mechanics or (arm hands. We left Liverpool on the -1th of May, and during the whole voyage there was neither death, accident or sickness, expect sea sickness, among our parly. We had a good passage, but were enshrounded in thick fog tor several days, and only procured a pilot by signalling with a gun. We are but the advance guard ota very large body. One thousand more Mormons will leave Liverpool on the2Slh instant, and the emigration emigra-tion this year will be at least up to the average. Wo expect to leave for Utah to-morrow evening, and we have no doubt of our future there, as the country is gooJ, and all that is wanted is a little money and labor." New York World. |