Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-10-18

folk that The general impression there is, tha
il will not be safe for absentees to return before
the first Of November, unles the weather should
become colder. On Saturday seven persons
who had returned were taken down with the
fever, and on Sunday there were three deaths
including two of the new cases reported the
day before, the other being that of Mrs. Dial
rymple, who has been sick for several days.
We give the following letter from its cor
respondent
"NoRFoLK, October Is, 1855.
"A few deaths by yellow fever have occurred
in the city since my last Mrs. Dalrymple,
wife of the late Robert Dalrymple, master
stonemason, who died about fortnight ago,
expired Yesterday at twelve o'clock, and was
buried at five. Miss Garrow, residing in the
suburbs, died on Saturday. Thomas G. Brough-
ton, ESQ.,, the senior editor of the Herald, is
sick, but not of the yellow fever. Miss Jane
Lee, an aged and highly respected lady, had
the black vomit yesterday, and was dying. Mr..
William Bean, painter, who returned few
days since, was attacked yesterday with the
fever.
"The weather is getting warm again The
wind has changed to south, and the air is
balmy, dry, and pleasant. We have had at
least two frosts, and it is hoped that cold and
seasonable weather will soon commence, and
continue permanently, so that all our absent
people may return without the fear of an at
tack of the disease that has so fearfully afflicted
our city,"
Two of the Norfolk papers-the argus and
the Herald-have re-appeared, after sus-
pension of several weeks. Each has review
of the terrible scenes through which the city
has passed. The Argus says:
1--WE have seen our lately hourishing mart
reduced to the scanty number OF 1000 sur
win, souls. In the short space of less than
80 days, ont of an average population of 900,
every man, woman and child, almost without
exception,) has been stricken with the fell
fever and about 1000 have been buried, being
not less than tpo out of three of the whites,
and one out of three of the whole abiding COM
munity of Norfolk, white and black. One
half of our own physicians who continued here
are in the grave, and not less than Hirty,sir
physicians, resident and visitant, have fallen in
Norfolk and portsmouth
The Herald, (which for the present will only
be issued tri-weekly,) in reviewing the effects
of the epidemic, says:
"Of the effects of the calamity in pecuniary
point of view we cannot find the nerve to dis
course in all their gloomy details. Suffice it,
that to the untold and uncomfortable suffering
from family bereavements, we must add an in
cacuabe amount of affection, resulting from
sad reverses Of fortune and changes of circum
stances from comparative competence to over
whelming poverty and restitution Many heads
Of families and heads of business firms have
been swept away-a fearful number indeed !
Their estates must be settled in the usual way.
Awful sacrifices Of property, and more awful
defaults of moneyed engagements, and yet more
awful consequences TO the parties collaterally
interested and dependent, wait upon the issue.
And the city corporation already overburthen-
ed with debt--to which must be added-how
much we fear to conjure-so much as shall be
required to satisfy all Dues over and above the
princely donations from all parts of this blessed
Union which have been expended by the
Howard Assocation-how will it meet its
ordinary demands, and how enforce the collec'
ton of its taxes from its inhabitants who are
left with sadly diminished ability to pay
them?"
The Herald also speaks in high terms of the
hberality of the variovs cities and towns at a
distance, particularly Baltimore and Richmond,
and also refers TO the incalculable obligations
Portsmouth and Norfolk are under to the
Baltimore Bay Line Company" The Herald
further says:
"The physicians strenuously advise that
absentees be in no more haste to return. The
warm weather last week brought out several
new cases Of fever-last Thursday three very
bad ones-and some deaths from previous sick
ness. The weather on Saturday was COOL but
without frost We have had but one frost yet,
and that was only seen in the upper part of
the city; though we hear there have been
several in the country.
"There is yet much sickness in the city,
though but little of it from the epidemic-and
a great deal of restitution, some Of 1t in fami-
lies accustomed to good living Nine-tenths
of the poorer classes we're compelled to remain
during the pestilence for want of means to flee
from il, and if they were not fed by the Howard
Association would absolutely starve The re-
lief committee of Richmond we learn, has gen
erousy sent down q load of coal for their use"
A Portsmouth letter in the Richmond Dis
patch dated Sunday, says:
"The Rev. Mr. Hume delivered three ser.
mons to-day, the first in his own, the Court
Street Baptist Church: the second in the Sc
cond High Street Presbyterian Church; and
the third in Norfolk. He is the only remain
ing minister Of the Gospel in town. The Rev.
Mr. O'Keefe, Of Norfolk, officiated in the Cath
Ole Church this morning.
"The town has commenced to brighten up o
little, and will soon be itself again Many
well known forms and familiar faces are seen
on our streets, all eager to return to their busl
ness, and seeming fond Of their native, al
though deserted town."
We take the following from the argus. i
will be seen that Of those who were at home
during the epidemic, not one escaped ferc,
shake from the malignant paw of yellow
Jack, and no less than ten have been laid low
in the dust, martyrs in the hottest of causes
al was sick and ye ministered unto me-"
In TowN-9.
DR. Robert b. Tunstall recovered from fever.