President E.[Ephraim] H. Nye, who went in charge of the company of emigrants who sailed from here on the 14th ultimo, writes to us from on board the S.S. Arizona, June 22, 1884, as follows:

We have made a splendid run from Queenstown. The weather has been most favorable. There was a heavy swell during Wednesday and Thursday, which caused the ship to pitch a little, and many were sick, but all have recovered and are now feeling well. We expect to reach port tomorrow morning. We have held meetings in the several compartments when the condition of the weather would warrant it, each nationality by itself. This has worked well. As you could not get the elders together and talk to us before we started (which I deeply regretted), I called a meeting of them and gave such instructions as I knew would be according to your feelings, and I am thankful to say that thus far things have worked well. The ship's officers have treated us in the best possible manner, leaving nothing whatever to be desired in that respect. The purser, Mr. Thorp, is just the finest little gentleman I ever saw in that capacity. He has done everything that could be done for our comfort and convenience. And the doctor is a genial, whole-souled, good-hearted old fellow. Every one of the steerage passengers had to pass examination to see if they had been vaccinated, and those who had not been, had to undergo the operation and get the doctor's certificate. The envoy from the court of Spain to Washington is on board, and sought an interview with me, to learn something about our people. Several other saloon passengers have chatted freely with us, and one, a Mr. Samuel Dalton, a New York merchant, has attended some of our meetings. He insisted on giving me ten shillings for the benefit of some of the steerage passengers who were sick, to procure something for their comfort. He also asked for an interview, to [p.442] discuss religion with me, which lasted about two hours, and at its close he admitted that the question of salvation for the dead was a great revelation to him.

New York, Monday 23.--Arrived at 6 a.m. Leave Jersey City at 8:00 p.m. O.K. [p.443]

BIB: Nye, E.H., [Letter], Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star
46:28 (July 14, 1884) pp. 442-43. (CHL)
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