The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-08-24

state of affairs from day w s' vrpntn
am able to keep up.
The visitors at the Red Sweet Springs held
| a meeting on Saturday. the lstn inst,, ioi
the purpose of raising money to assist the
afflicted of Portsmouth and Norfolk.
On motion of Dr. Thomas Withers, oil
Petersburg, the meeting was organized by
calling j. E. Scruggs. Esq, OF Powhatan, to
the Chair. George F. Watson, of Alabama,
was requested to act as Secretary, and Reu-
ben Ragland, of Petersburg, was appointed
Treasurer.
The meeting was addressed by L. G. p.
'Cowper, of Portsmouth. Rev. DR.. Alexander,
of New York, DR.. Sheppard of Virginia, and
by the Chairman and Secretary.
The following resolutions were then pre-
scented by Mr.. G F. Watson, and adopted
!. Resolved. That committee of five per-
sons be appointed by the Chair to solicit
contributions ia aid of the suffering and sick
at Portsmouth
2. Resolved, That we deeply sympathise
with the families of those who have fallen
victims to the prevailing epidemic, which is
now scourging the towns of Portsmouth and
Norfolk, and that we tender to them our sin.
cere coincidence ia their affliction and be-
reavement.
JOHN E. ScRuoas, Chm'n.
Gro. +. WATSON, Sec'y.
In accordance with the first resolution the
chairman appointed the following commit.
tee. Miss Porcher, of South Carolina; Mrs.
McCulloch, of Petersburg; DR.. Thos With
ers, of Petersburg DIR. j. L. Cabell, Univer.
sity of Va, and Geo. +. Watson, of Ala
who. in short time, collected the sum of
three hundred and twenty dollars; which,
with one hundred and eighty dollars pre-
viously forwarded by the citizens Of Peters
burg, amounted to the sum of five hundred
dollars sent from the Red Sweet Springs.
The amount was enclosed to Hunter Wood.
ID, Esq, Mayor of Norfolk.
We extract the following from the correspon.
dence VI the Baltimore Sun:
"The numbsr Of orders Issued up to this time, TO-
day, Is over one hundred e. I'D will doubt sxceed
that 1t 10 therefore fair to say that in
two days there will have b=sn upwards of 900 per.
sons relieved by the association Thsuk God the
means ars ct hand, and are daily Increasing
The distress among no class OF our population IL
greater than among the free negroes, OF whom we
Dations, as drsymen CT washerwomen and seam.
Gses have been broken by the general deser.
tlon ano suspension of business. The fever, toe.
contrary to experience, prevails among the colorad
people, though not to so great extent a. among
the whitos. know of great many sick with it, and
of several deaths There are four in my own family,
Or S;0Ds. Of New 0lsans was induced to visit
hin. lie lsy for four Gays like @ man besstly drunk,
una6 to srticuiate more than few words and per-
fectiy npe netfsble to either persuasion or COM
mand before yellow jack showed his coiors After
that it was thirty six hours before he becam. con-
sciout When Dr.. Stone saw him, he presented a
brandy toedy W hich acted like charm and he has
been doing well ever sincs.''
subscription list in Charlottesville has been
opened for the relief of the sufferers In Norfolk
and Portsmouth, and SlOl has been raised A
public meeting OF the citizens is called for Satur.
day TO further The same benev )ent object
Eight or nine nurses from Philadelphia have
gone 10 Norfolk, and the amount of money raised
or the sufferers In that city, has reached 81 OO0
DR.. Henry w. Webster and Dr. C. v. Walters.
1f Baltimore. have volunteered to go TO the infec.
ed cities. The subscription of Baltimore amounts
o Sl0030
We have been furnished with the following ex
ract of private letter to gentleman of this civ,
rom very Intelligent and reliable young gentle
nan, dated
This village is filed to Overlooking with refuo gees
rom Norfolk and Portsmouth Az bad as the news
q which sou dsily see In the Norfolk and other
'spers, one half has not been told. The fever 10
argeiy on the Increase In both Norfolk and Ports.
mouth have just had a conversation with Mfr
J, an undertaken of Portsmouth He informed
ne, thaf on Sunday last, he buried bodies. and
ther updertskera buried 10 proportion. He rep
esen.s taat there were seoenty aeo cases In those
'iaees On sunday T.C.W.
The Norfolk Board of Health reports the
ollowing deaths for the "a hours, ending
Wednesday at 2 P. M.
VIM Stede, % years, Butte ST., moved from
Infected district; Jere Vaughan, 80, Rothery's
ane; Miss Treanor, w Water St; Miss Camp,
ain st; Miss Etheredge, %, Cumberland ST.;
~
II, at Mrs Palmer's Main St; John Parker.
upper Union ST. Mrs Stewart 60, Main st.;
Miss Barnes, James St; Edmund A James,
%, Hartshorn's Court Mrs Born's child. O.
Total H.
We are indebted to the gentlemanly clerk
If the Augusta, Mr.. Hill, for a Norfolk Ar,
gus of yesterday, having received none BY
nail. From it we extract the following
TENS:
Fecer IN Portsmouth 1t is difficult to oh
ain full statement of the deaths; and we
egret to state that the mortality here is great
n than indicated by the official report. We
earn from what seems to be most reliable
ource, that there were II burials in Ports.
mouth on Tuesday end 10 yesterday.
Capt. Geo. Chambers died on Tuesday Of
o clock, after an illness of five days. He
vas most useful and highly respected citi-
zen; and was long known as the efficient Fer-
y Superintendent.
Improper Baraal.-We are panied to state
and on the most reliable authority, that the
graves IN the cemeteries are so hastily and
mperfectly dug that when the coffin is placed
n, the top IS sometimes within q fo IT of the
urtace OF the ground. Very recently, sew.
'ral highly respected citizens were inferred
n this careless and imperfect manner, and it
earnestly hoped that the proper authorities
nay take the matter in hand at once.
Since the above was in type, we have been
that the evil is owing to the unusual
lumber of deaths, the short time allowed for
iggiDg graves, and the scant force EMPLOYED
or the purpose.
Grave diggers are wanted, and high wages
viii be paid for their services
Arrl0dL from Richmond DIR. Leon Gel
'ardt arrived yesterday afternoon from Rich.
nond, and Immediately rendered his services
the Board of Health, which we doubt not
7ere gratefully accepted. -,
IAe Hospttal.-We speak from personal obser.
alton, when we say that the true place for those
ck with the fever is the Hospital at Lainbert,s
oint. There Ia pure air, no infection. promp,
eatment, and kind nursing. TIE apartments and
SOS Tor the patients are all well arranged and
esnly, aud the small number of deaths out there.
'ut TWO in the last "a hours,) when we consider
at the worst cases are often taken out there 10
le latest stages OF the dsesse, in confirmation of
s utility OF the establishment.
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