Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-09-05
rs,ecial Correspondence of the Express.

p," a;f;cnlty is found in obtaining the services
e Physician, although there are a large number
III Fverv one has as full list as he can
- attend to. On this account many per-
.ons probably die, who would otherwise recover,
ne tho disease runs on SO long, mat when their
,nadeal assistance comes, TIT comes at all, the
feyer has made too great progress 10 De cheek-
ed. .oo ,,a 5;e.o.,.
Nurses TOO are very scarce, and difficult to
IA "a he snre twenty arrived from the South
,.os,erdav. but what are they, comparatively
yoaL;ng, when divided among the large num-
lar of fever patients taken down every day.
wiz The reader is told that we have at least
oa9 s;elx with the epidemic, he will perceive at
400 that n GREAT number of nurses are required
4or their attendance.
Yesterday. and the day before were dark days
for Norfolk The lange OF mortality was higher
an5 The number of burals greater than On any
,.ro,ions occasion Thirty nine were buried
Tbnrsdav. and 35 on yesterday! A New Orleans
lactor told US that it beats anything of the kind
la o,,er Witnessed in the Crescent City" and
10, the mortalty is far greater than that of New
0rlenns. during the fearful epidemic that scourg-
II final city three summers ago, taking into CON
siloraton the difference of population.
We hive here now not more than 500 whites
and 1000 negroes-6.500 III all-and out ct this
number to bury 80 in one day is absolutely APP
paling.
,ccoapts there was very little abatement of the
disease. To-day makes 60 days since the fever
first broke out in Gosport, and as it is said only
70 run that length of time with any malignity,
we trust to be able soon to announce a marked
decrease in the deaths and new in that I'M
fortunate town,
The deaths in Norfolk from fever up to this
tune amounts, in the opinion of good Judges, to
SO at the lowest calculation And if the dis.
ease goes on as it is progressing, now, as many
more may be expected to die before frost!
There is no comparison whatever between the
epidemic that visited Norfolk in 1921 and that
now destroying the population with swlftness
andfaalityunparalleled in the history of thiscoun
try. Then according to the history of the fever
at that time. written by Dr. Robert Archer, the
deaths from the first of August to the first of No
yember amounted to only 100! The victims. al
So, confined chiefly to unacclimated persons,
and the infected districts to Main street Market
square and Water steet. Now, the population
by desertion is not great as it was then, the
epidemic is universal, and the deaths, i'll a little
over one months run, amount to 600, with two
months still before US before we can hope to see
termination of the disease.
The following persons have been taken down
since yesterday; Josephine, sister of Jno. 5.
Loyett, John f. Small; Walter Belote; Mr..
Lockwood, at Marsh's factory; j. Clegs; W. c
Barnes and mother; VIM NJ PANEL; Miss
Fannie Camp daughter of G W Camp; three of
Mr. Peed's family. James street; two OF Mrs Jno
Aman's daughters; Geo and John Reed. sons of
Vim Reed, and numbe RS of negroes.
1t gives us pain TO announce the death OF the
Rev. Anthony Dibrel. of the CRANKY street
Methodist Church. He was considered some
thing better last evening, but rapidly grew worse
in the night until this morning at 5 O'Clock, when
lie expired. He is universally iamented.
The Rev. Mr. Wills is considerably better;
Mrs Rudder. Butte street, is very i'll; Mr. Edward
Daly, his wife and adopted daughter are all down
his wife is dying: Thomas Foreman very i'll; L
Summers daughter very sick; Henry W Skin
ners wife Is very low-his son better; Geo by
son very sick. Charles II Smith, Church street,
is said to be dying.
Gibson, Jcweller, died few days since in
Princess Anne, from the Fever, and Parker
Sharpley, at Ocean View.
Up to this hour, since yesterday noon, ITO pa
tcnts have been received at the City Hospital.
and numbers pouring in momenty.
Z Z Bottimore lying sick with the fever, was
robbed few evenings since by some of his
nurses, of all Of his clothes, gold studs, and va
rons other articles. In the present state of al
fairs, tbi. was indeed sorry theft"
We note below the latest deaths: } Lichtpn-
SiIen; Sarah 5 Stoit; Miss Stosser, Main street.
Lnoch Land; Mr. Wagner foreman to krkpat
rex; Dove; Rev Mr. Dibrell; VIM Stevens
son William; } L Hodges; Miss Bette Baylor
Mrs Cunningham; lgnatius Higgins; Master j
Woodward; son of 7 B Boothby; James Hunter
tree eolordl found in the street dead from the
1oRHo; . negroes-tota 30.
In Portsmouth. the number Of deaths ending
at sunset yesterday-l5.
=, 1t. Whittle's son is lying very lsat the City
hospital The Lieutenant's daughter fell u VIC
I'm TO the prevailing epidemic yesterday.
In the list of deaths, the reader will find the
name ct lgnatins Higgins, Esq. He expired this
morning, about 10 o'clock, after short and Sc
we're illness. Mr.. Higgins held the office of Eel
''r OF the Exchange Bank, and was universally
esteemed. lie leaves a wife and several young
c'''dren TO lament their great loss.
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