The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-08-21
LOCAL MATTBH6,

sTur CuRrrs PsoK. Capt. Davis, win
,..ve NJ wharf st Rncksts ibls morning d hall
mast o'sloek for Old Puisf and Hampson, and win
couusct With the Cofp and other s,ssmers u the
f,nsda' running to and from Norfolk and Ports.
month month 90 that persons who mag wish 70 go to
eisher of those places san do 90 DOW with itls or
40 trouble. II must be gratifying 20 every friend
Of humanity 10 know thst the Council OF this city
IA reuealed 90 much of the quarsnfine ordinance
- nm enable the steamers Carts Peck and Au
Qusta TO resume their runs, ana tneleoy give Inc
residents of the injected cities an opportunity OF
seekins healthier regions than those "a which the
quarantine laws Of other places sesso ooselmineo
hss a leu,th done herself justice. BY opening her
doors 10 her distressed friends and neighbours and
inyItinv them TO seek safety Ia her mdst, Tor our
physci.ns are unsnmous o. Ssrs suo p sns .ns'
put even n we wefe liable TO suffer- from the dis.
sssa ve should then be willing to see our Norfolk
and Portsmouth friends seeking shelter In our city
from the death plague which envrons them,
trusting IN Providence to protect as In our phlan
,hropis efforts for our fellow beings We have
been requested TO say that physician will be Ia
attendance on the Curtis Peck, ready 10 give medf
cal aid TO all who may need IT, and tnat every pre-
caution will be used to guard lis passengers against
coming In contact with all contagious diseases.
This course viii be necessary to prevent the neces>
s,tv of ouarsntining the vessel whenever she may
arrive within quarantine bounds.
NOBLE CoNpUcT ten days since,
when ak or seven residents of Portsmouth were
taken down in this city with yellow fever and sent
TO the hospital the panic became 80 great tnat even
the friends aud relatives OF the afflicted hed from
them. nurses could be had for neither love nor
money. and DR.. Snead, the hospital physician,
found himself SO completely Overwhelmed with
labor that be bad to go both day and night, to pre-
vent his patients from dying from neglect Just at
this time one of our own citizens, Mr. HENRY
MYERS with that disinterestedness for which he is
characteristic and regardless of ali consequences,
stepped forward and offered his services as 8
nurse, which were glsdly accepted. and from that
moment until the last case of yellow fever had
either become vslescsnt or been buried devoted
himself to the dulles he bad undertaken, never
sleeping minute-unless In a chair, by the bed
side of sufferer where he could be easily arous.
ed-and never leaving tho hospital, until informed
by the attending physician that bis aid was no
logger needed
Al meeting of the Council last Saturday sfter-
noon the above facts we're stated and vouched TOR
by members, where 1t was further stated thas Mr
Myers was then preparing to visit Norfolk as a
nurse where he felt that he could do something to
relieve those who needed attendance. DR.. Snead,
however, thought it best to retain him one week
longer a, the hospital for fear that other persons
now here from the infected Cities might be taken
with the fever, at the expiration of which time, 1t
no new case occurs, Mr.. Myers will certainly visit
Norfolk, and devote himself to the service OF the
sick
During the Mexican war Mir. Myers joined the
army, and while in Louisville, Ky, on his way to
Mexico, small BOY Tell into the river ana ~ouio
have instantly drowned but for bis leapine into the
stream regardless of his own life, and rsscuing HIM
from wstery grave. As soon az the father OF the
little boy heard of this noble conduct. he at once
sous ht MT Myers, and with heart over fowing with
gratitude, rendered him present of $500, which Mr..
H. Indignantly rejected, declaring that he had only
performed his duty and done that which Thousands
of Virginisns would have done, without reward, save
that which conscience gave in knowing that they
had saved the life of fellow-being The father,
however feeling his Indebtedness to the gallant SOL
der presented him with costly pair OF spaulettes
which he now has, and will retain while life lasts
Such has been the conduct OF HENRY MYERS
such will be his conduct in future we have NO doubt.
Fors ettng self in every thing, and ever ready to
serve a friend in need he deserves and should re-
ceiye substantial testimonial from his native city
to whose service he Is ready devote his life