The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-09-09
THE YELLOW FEVER AT NORFOLK AND PORTS
MOUTH,

The Petersburg Express Of yesterday morning says:
awe deeply regret state that advices from Nor
folk represent tue yer revaiiiug there To most aarn-
ing extent Our correspondent, whose letter give he
low, estimates The number Of hlrals Thursday nj
lie adds however that many Of them per-
who had been dead for least hours bu,
could not he inferred for want OF collins This has been
remeaiea now, and II is thought difficulty win be
experienced
strange loathsome-lookipg ay has made its appear
ance ID Norfolk Its appearance is thus described BY
Norfolk correspondent
Since The fatal epidemic has prevailed IN our city
sngnar-oujng ~ has made its appearance, which
is quite stranger in this latitude, and has been
known here before by the oldest - abiiant Us body is
about the size of hy Of yellowish color with
long delicate porous wings OF texture fine the soft
silk They fly together in swarms, and may be in
large numbers the fig trees but their great point Of
traction to be the collins in which repose the l-faed
victims Of Yellow Jack We took 4 stroll out TO that
Goigoha Of backgrounds Pottcrs field, yesterday, and
was intensely horrhed at seeing many OF The collins that
lay the ground scattered around awaiting intermeni
literally black with these oatbsoiDe little insects that
sguirined themselves upon another so thick as
10 exclude The coffin entirely from sight. ii WAS
the most disgusting spectacle we ever hehe.d hav-
ing oily wurmy significance Of the last Of poor
aliiy about il that WAS absolutely sckeningi What
could have brought these tiny sesrenger here DO they
follow Ike camp pundereTs in The train Of the pitilcss
DESTROYER they engendered by the deadly disease
itself acting upon peculiar atmosphere? These ques-
lions that leave 10 better skilled ia such phe-
nomena OF Nature than we TO if
they can We ony know that dead bodies will create a
peculiar worm and why not deadly plague create pa
caJIr RyT
The same writer thus concludes bis letter which dated
the 9Th:
"A cool wind blowing from the northeast with sckly
san; very unfavorahle Al--all are getting sckP
The following despatch was received from Baltimore
yesterday afternoon:
BALTIMORE Sept. s-Tbe boat has arrived, ard brings
tdincs of decrease in the number Of deaths and tina,
the new easily managed There were %
deaths on Thursday in Norfolk, including Mr. Roberts
member elect 10 the legislature.
We have no record OF the number Of deaths Friday
but il is runiored there were about 30.
Portsmouth letters say there about fifteen deaths in
that city daily DR. Morris writes that NIL the physicians
from north Of Norfolk down with the fever but
Six of these are very IN in the Naval Hospital
Dr. Marshall OF BALTIMORE is dying.
suhjoined is despa,ch from Weldon dated September
Il 2 O'Clock, r m:
The Seaboard train is in and send you the following
At Portsmouth, the fever is thought be abating.
Deaths yesterday only ~.
Mr. John W. Collins formerly proprietor Of the Craw-
ford House has suffered relapse and Is dangerously
i'll
DIR VIM Collins president Of the St~ooard and Roam
oke railroad is still very ILL., at the residence Of friend
about four miles from Portsmouth.
a Mayor Fiske is better.
I'm Norfolk the fever is on The increase