Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-09-11
From the Petersburg Express, Sept. TO- ,.,,
TIE YELLOW FEVER AT NORFOLK y

PORTSMOUTH.
The tiding. received from Norfolk OF Saturday are
of the same melancholy character that have rear'eu
us for several days past.
We are informed by q passenger IT the Augusta
steamer, that the number Of deaths Friday reached
30.
All of the surviving members of the family OF ig-
natius Higgins, deceased, are said to be DOWN Win
Fever.
Purser Fitzgerald's wife is reported i'll a private
latter rs Lend-ilso his son Charles. They bonn uled
in Baltimore, having gone lhither 10 oseHp' ~ 'i''
deinir. .,
The widow of Vim. p. Burnhnm, deceased, ia dead:
slso a son. Mr.. p. fell n victim tn the Fever but
n few days previous to the deaths of his vile ana son.
The wife nt Nj. John Farct, il also reported WIN
the dead, and all the servants. MIR. r. was chlef
clerk in tho Exchange Bank, and died but Il few days
since.
Mr.. Guy, chief of police, mud family, have all re-
covered.
Mr.. k. S. Bernard, the well-known and popular
druggist is VERY low, and but faint hopes "t his re-
covery are entertained.
Henry Burgess, the Cabinet maker ut Snlusbury's
has suffered u rolap.e and il sick again. WIN hur-
pnv's family are al aick--Ar. VI. IL the foreman oil
Salisbury, and lost his wife not long since.
Mrs. john Selden, and her daughter Virginia, are
both down with the Fever, and very SICK.
Mr.. Samuel K. DoruIn hns been out scrcral DAYS.
Mr.. BIS wife is recovering from n violent attack oi
Fever.
A.. +. Leonard, Esq, of the Norfolk Argus, il out
every day, but no has four servants down Win inc
Fever.
W. $. Forest, Esq. Reporter for the Argus, who
has been quite i'll Of the Fever, is now nearly weIl'
Mr.. Ga,rwnod, Junior editor uf tho Norfolk Beacon,
i. very sick, bar his physician thinks ho will recover.
The fact of tho death of his partner, Mr.. Canning
ham, had not been communicated 10 him.
William Walters is able 10 walk about. Rev. Mr..
O'Krcf., OF tho Catholic Church. aud the Rev. Mr..
Wills, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, nrc dniny
well. Mr. O'Kccfe's sister was attacked on Wcdncs-
day night. Mr. kirkpatrick is recovering. Jordan,
the cun!ectiuner, and family, are cuhvalcscciit. Capt.
edwards has hal II relapse, bnt j. n"w better.
Mr.. McE~rn, iuremaa nf the Herald, has returned
well anu hearty; but MIR. Webb another PRIMER is
down with the fever.
The sickness III Norfolk 10 stii very great some
idea may be formed of liz extent whcii u j. st'.ui
that one gentleman. who IL not II ihys'cIfn' ''s'tcu
fourteen paticlfis on FRIDAY. ,:.
citv, that, ui Friday nigh, last, hr counted up
EIGHTY DEATHS ihat.orcurrrd during the day. Inns
IN an alarming mortality. 1t i, .ald many oil The
slaves who have been left by their owners, are SICK
| oirin. and DIVING 10: WANT OF attention..
NJ. jackson, Il student at MEDICINE from w HeilnT'
ton; Mr.. Dodd of Norfolk; Yrs. Wilson and Mrs.
CIras. Solomon, nurses from Baltimore, are extremely
III.
We, pox, Sunday, Sept. 9.
Dear Eypys>:-The Scabonrl and Roanoke train
is in, anL Il gentlemen directly from Norfolk kindly
furnishes me with the following:
Fiity deaths from Fever occurred in Norfolk on
SATURDAY..
lr. y. L. W hltciiclu, "tIb SuCCcctlcu tEt h'il'H'''
Woods in The Maycrsl;:, and his daughter, nrc both
recovering.
Mr.. Franklin II. CsacE, Of New Orleans, hns been
| appointed by DR.. Whitehead, Mayor Of tho city TEN
porarjlv. Mr.. {. is II native nj Norfolk.
!Mr. Solomon Cherry, Of Norfolk, is now here. lie
haS been very i'll, but is recovering, and looks c1-
cccdiuriv feeble. He was one vi II "mrss I'll seven
who d"!vI mined 10 brave il out. Five of tho " mess
have passed away, and the remaining TWO are irt
very much enfecbleI in health and deeply depressed
%. ..,..,, 4 linz. ,,,ur,.l In 1n,. fE trirtuls until
he " fountain Of his tears has dried mp lie Is Ill
deed one OF natures noblcin.n, and vii! return a.
soon NJ his hcalth is somewhat recruited.
DIR. Phillip Claiborne tirhc!, nj Richmond, IL dtcl-
dcdly better, aud strong hopes are entertained! Tor Ills
recovery.
Dr.. VIM. Collins. the ciiricn; President q. the Sea-
board and Roanoke Railroad. and nlr oi Portsmouth
most valuable citizens. died yesterday, about three
o'clock, AT the ~rcsiicmr" III! hi- m";licr-!n-inw' Mrs
Gen. Hodges, some six miles from Portsmouth.
Robcr: Mcdonald, the only remaining prI'tcr III me
office u! the Daily Transcript, nj Portsmouth died OIL
fever Oh Friday night.
George Cliuinber., Jr, died Saturday abont II
o'clock.
DR.. Thomas 7. IIowle, Of Richmond, died at the
Naval Hospital on Saturday morning.
Mr.. John Nash, ui Portsmouth,. died Saturday.
DR.. George w. Pec;c, OF southampton, Is recover
in-. ,
DR.. Marshall, Of Baltimore, was dying ut the Naval
Hospital Yesterday mrrnin@.
DR.. R:zcr, OF Ph;lai"ip!l:a, has returned /" Nor
folk.
John Culiur. OF the Crawford House, who wa- 81
nearly rccuvcrca, bat -u.ir!c ed II rGltpS", - ~" iri'!'
Whit. Ashton. u very ustiiaanlc young i'lil. l''iN'
" Postmaster of Portsmouth, died in tie l'H;n,'N
! Hospital Friday. lie WEE ;hc main reliance oil lH'
| Fu-inins,cr, Mr.. Cooke, WI" il absent.
Yesterday there were iii;y deaths III NoTfoii --ri'l
/ Il irigilliIl mortality. In Portsmouth there wcrc;"cii-
!%y-t!rcc.
Bray Il. Walters, ui the National Hotel - certain
ly dead. He died On Friday, and II most cstiihnblc
man he was.
DR.. Wright, formerly of Edcitnn, Nort: Carolina,
who has been Rendering good service, Is sick with the
fever.
am glad TO say that DR.. Cinnch, who lies sick IN
Norfolk, is certainly hrttrr-nnd | an also gratlied
Ia be able 10 shy that DR.. Crow, also at Richmond,
who is sick ut ilo United Stu.cS Hospital, was much
! better Yesterday.
Or. X. C.. Whitehead of Norfolk, although once re-
| ported dcnd, is much better, ~ also is hs daughter.
Samuel Wilson, VIII" has labnrct for some time, the
last notary and the lat officer III the Bank 81 Virgil
MA in Portsmouth, has closed that institution: and
LEFT. [.
4 letter states that many vi the deaths i'll Norfolk,
Friday, wrrc ri the Oldest citizens. Ths inability To
get the nance must leave the h6scntccs III Il state OF
great anxiety.
gard {" Robert Ta,rin, who Inns bccm reported ~
dead. lie il alive and ut Hampton, whore he Is ina
kin. arrangements - rcinovc his inotic: and eistcrs.
>Wc learn tina; the daughter Of Capt. Harding, OF the
Coffee, is down with The tcvor.