Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-09-07

| nent physician who saw him that he could not
survive) favorable turn has taken place.
and there is now some hope of his recovery.
private letter gives the number of deaths
on Sunday at "a, Monday g. and an average
of 20 per day since that time.
A Portsmouth letter in the Richmond Dis
patch says:
The physicians are quartered at two differ
ent places. Mr.. Wilson who lived in a very
handsome cottage on the bank, has given it to
the physicians, and it is now occupied by Drs
Webster and Walters, of Baltimore Drs.
Howle and Mcdowell, Of Richmond, and Dr.
Kennedy, of Pennsylvania, and the balance
are at the Crawford House. s5f 49, q
Mayor Fiske is improving
The disease appears TO be Of such mnlig-
nant form that the physicians inform me it viii
yield to no treatment whatever, being the gen.
| uine African fever.
The following persons were sick: Richard
and Sarah Eskridge, children Of Rev. Vernon
Eskridge, chaplain in the navy, who was very
active in his exertions and ministrations among
the sick in the Naval Hospital. Mrs Tatem,
mother Of Robert Tatem. She had lost
daughter and son.
THE LATEST
The news from Norfolk and Portsmouth this
morning is awful. TIE people of those cities
are suffering from Famine as sCeH as from
the PestiLenec. [See our Geographic column
for the details Of this heart-rending intelli-
gence.
In Portsmouth, for the twenty-four hours
ending at sunset on Wednesday there were 81
deaths.
From the Argus of yesterday We clip the
following items:
SUSPENSION will be our last issue till
cooler weather and health returning to cur
limits, shall enablo us to resume the ''tenor Of
our way" One after another in our Office has
been stricken by sickness until but one is left
free from disease, Mr.. BENJAMIN Charles our
last remaining compoSitor Honor TO him fer
&c has stood nobly by US in the tempest
We have been sick ourself and have only re-
sumed our post about week - now cur fore
man, Mr.. Jas. H. Finch, (who has been every
thing to u.s. is compelled TO quit--as well as
every Sch:tc hana in the Office, with the above
named exception. Six (coloredl pressmen
have been taken sick at their post, one after
another; ard every one Of our original carriers
is off his route.
We dare not oppose Qmnipotcnco. To at
tempt to keep Oh under existing circumstances
would be like fighting against Providence. 1t
pSoiooo hSAe W inippcSlule' OIL tuS Quiet
papers have. suspended. Other duties crowd
upon us. Our friends are sick-the dead lies
unbuIied-and an unspeakable calamity is
around US. We must yield to the rat Of the
Almighty.
A MOVE FOR THE 0RPHANs-The helpless
little children who have been LETT by the
ScOurge, without natural protectors, are to be
cOngregated. we are delighted to learn, in
Christ Church Lecture Room. This room has
been fitted into service, and we are sure 10
one will gainsay the move.
1t will be under charge Of several of our
influential citizens, end supervised by the i'm
mortal Howard Association. Competent ma
irons will have the helpless ones in charge
and God, we trust, will add his blessing.
PROPOSED REMOVAL OF OUR PoPULATIoN.-It
viii be seen by several communications which
We publish to-day, that there is an intense de-
sire on the part Of benevolent friends abroad
to remove Us bodily from this dire home Of
pestilence. Would that il could be done with
convenience But we fear that there are too
many sick among US, and too many difficulties
in the way for the scheme to be practicable.