Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-08-25
The Yellow Fever in Virginia.

The Norfolk Beacon of Saturday, the 18th inst.
.vs: "The hospital has not only the usual
lumber of patients, who, from having paid hospital
money under the provisions of the acts of Congress
mon which it is founded, are entitled to its use !;
hrt the sick from Gosport and Portsmouth. who
are sent there by the Sanitary Committee of Ports
mouth, by the permission of the Secretary OF the
Navy These patients are put into well ventilated
rooms on clean beds and mattresses, and have the
.kl and unremitting attention of DR.. Minor, the
Suraeon at the Hospital, and his assistants, Passed
Assistant Surgeon Harrison and Assistant Surgeon
c,.ele of the Navy. Three of the Sisters of
Charity from st. Joseph's Nd and from this city,
sra also in attendance on the SICK rendering their
,.luabe aid in the cause of humanity.
The Mavor of Norfolk appointed Wednesday
a. day Of fasting and prayer
In order to avoid exposure to the night air, the
Norfolk morning papers are now put to press at
o'clock P. NJ The Evening Bulletin has suspended
Ia publication for the present for want of force in
;ts office. The Herald Of Tuesday says:
The houses at the Lambert's Point race course
have been rented and fitted up for the accommo-
d,t;on of the sick, who were removed there from
the temporary hospital near Oak Grove, yesterday
sfernoon. The situation, though more remote
from the city. being about four miles distant by
land and three by water, is in all other respects
eligible one.
4 large meeting convened at Baltimore on the
nth inst. to adopt some means for the relief OF
the citizens Of Norfolk and Portsmouth. Mr..
Myers. one of the speakers, stated that he had
left Norfolk the day previous, and that her citi-
zens a. also those of Portsmouth, were in very
distressing condition. Business was entirely sus-
nended. and an indescribable panic prevailed.
The stores were closed, streets SILENT and nearly
All who could had deserted both places. The fever
o1o in pnptcr nuftn
spreadng over the entire city. No accurate cal
citation could be made of its ravages. Those who
were sick, suffered not only from want of attend
ance. but the comforts and necessaries of life
could not be procured for them, whilst persons in
health, were actually starving, not being able to
provide food.
Both cities were completely shut out from the
world. Communication, or intercourse could be
had with no part of the surrounding county
Nearly OF quite ten thousand souls had gone off
every possible means of conveyance was availed OF
"a leading object seemed to be to get away, and
great difficulty was experienced in landing.
The shores of the river and Chesapeake Bay
we're lined with human beings of all ages, sexes
and colors. In many places they were refused
permission to land. This was especially SO at Old
Point Comfort. No pen or language could give
any thing like an approachable idea OF the panic,
which, in the speakers opinion, was carried to an
unnecessary degree. Those in health were really
suffering more than the sick, for want of food
They had money enough for present purposes but
nothing to eat Stores warehouses, and other
places containing provisions, had been locked up
and deserted. He begged, therefore, that imme-
date id be rendered by sending down -four, meat,
sugar, and other articles from Baltimore.
After closing his remarks, on motion special
committee was appointed to procu e the re-
qaiste food to-day and have it forwarded to the
Norfolk and Portsmouth Howard Association, by
the boat which leaves this afternoon
On motion, subscription list was opened, and
in very few minutes over two thousands dollars
were subscribed, and mostly paid over to the
Treasurer, Mr.. Bruno.
A resolution was offered by z. Collins Lee, ESQ.,,
and unanimously adopted, requesting all the chur-
ches in Baltimore to take up collection next Sun
day for the benefit Of the sufferers in Norfolk and
Portsmouth.