The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-08-30

de.d Ola CAPTAIN Thompson, VINO saw tue nen
of the rons,er spproacb closed nis y 1no o1,'
| his chin Al the instant the breath ,ss' pi' oooS "
| avs be never saw one die 30 ees"y.
r..a,,.h the k,oduess of Mr.. J. II. Lewellyn, o
a., ,,u-,i. Pack. we r,c.vsd the Norfolk Argu'
- ua..e,d.v IN aivnce of the msil. The follow
., ~. ii,t IF deaths for the "A hours ending
Tueadsy . p. NJ:
AZ, PROXY. Commerce ST; James Treanor. so do
| rrsnk slave of w II Haynes corner of Freema
son and Brewer Of; Miss Eliza Todd, 40, Butte Of; D
| Cannon, 81. lat Thompsoniau depoO Main o.; Fda
| seymour, 30, Butte g; Miss Lester. l6, Church s.
| Miss Hendren, Church st; Jesse Wies, 81, Voss It
totals.
This report (.ays the Argus) shows considera.
| BILE decrease In The number of deaths and we de-
hope have seen the worst this terrible scourge
There are very many new cases; but the dsesse
must OF q milder form or perhaps il is better
ders,ood by the physicians The weather ia cool
who'd northeast. with cousiderabi, rain. What Ell
fe Il this may ave upon The fever, remains TO be
seen.
We take the folio wing items from the Argus
Another Minister Sick-We regret to announce
that Rev. Mr.. Wills, OF the Cumberland Street Me-
thodist Church. has been attacked with the fever.
He was engaged In the faithful and dilisent dis
charge of bis pastoral iabofs among the sick until
he was compelled by sickness to retire from the
field. HE este amed lady has entirely recovered
One or two OF his servants are Also down.
DR. HiggiBs.-We are hsppy to be able 10 state
that DR.. Francis l.. Hggins IL now convsescept.-
DR.. Thomas Permission, and Mr. J. ID. Mark of New
Orleans, have given him their constant and careful
attention and superior skill and to them, under
Providence has his valuable life been saved to bis
family and our community.
ArriUat-The schooner Accomac, Capt. Woods,
arrived here yesterday morning, with freight,
tran sferred from schooner Sarah Minge, Capt.
Weaver, from Philadelphia.
ton advertise for twenty good male aud female
nurses and three or four good house carpenters,-
the latter to erect additional buildings for the
sick.
Relief for the Suferers.-Ths visitors at the
White Sulphur Springs held meeting on Thurs.
day, over which Col. Pickens, of South Csrolina,
presided, and raised subscription of $500 for
Norfolk and Portsmouth.
Market .4rrnng ementS An arrangement Is being
made, by which farmers from Lanben's Point,
who are willing, can corde to Fort Barbour, at tn
upper end of Church street, with marketing for
sale.
hAsrY suMMARy-Ths dreadful epidemic is
still doing its work of death the weather rainy,
damp and uu pleasant copious shower of rain; by
sicsns dashns in every direction; sid fer the tueT-
ing still coming ip; very ssauty supplies of fruit
vegetables, &C.. in m arkst sad gloomy and thought
ful couu enances to be seen wherever human face
appears; good nurses fs- the sick in great demand;
immense tocks of hungry pigeons in the streets and
squaref, ia sea-ch food; the hosptawagops paSs-
Ing alowIv aud frequently down to tbs covered
III SUpdays
IN week, at least In appearance; store seems to
be opened. but there several; four or five who
kept open last week sick now; the death of cur
excellent Mayor the general conversational tepc;
on Sunday there were 60 persers in the church in
1ich tbeFe heretofore the largest conqre.
gresa!io1; the hands in the Argus otc thinned out
alarminely, but no deaths yet We could 20 on
for hours gu. other duties compel to throw down
pen.
Portsmouth --Ws failed to get the regular report
of deaths last evening; bu5 the nber did not ex.
cesd for the p hours ending at sunset. The nun.
Der of ne w cases however, for Sc hours ending at
the sane time was very alarming, being between
80 and 40.
d .TRuGIEs, we sre grieved to say, Is considered
beyond ell hopes OF recovery
In Charleston, C 1875 has bsen collected; and
Sunday evening Drs 81 Julien RsyeneI A. B.
Wiiiimsn }. M Covert, 8. Rich, and four female
and three male nurses left for the infected cities
Do Monday, Drs. Shine and Stese, ana FIVE nurses,
LETT for the same destination Adams x Co.'s FIX.
press Company have agreed to forward all 800 10
from his city for Norfolk and Portsmouth fee Of
10 Wilmington, N. C $3.50 has been raised.
Under The obi usry head in the Norfolk papers are
published the name, Of Miss ElizaA. Todd, daugh
ter of the late Mallory NJ Todd, and Miss Mary E
Graves.
THE FEVER IN PORTSMOUTH.
The Portsmouth Transcript OF Tuesday, has the
snbjoined article. It will be remembered that the
&C 'our repre- the recovery noble Trugien
a. hopeless
Upt' Sunday. sun set, the deaths reached twenty
aad upward, At abou! NJ L. w, Boutwell,.
o. "a most Interesting daughter day or two ago,
bIesthed his lest. He nephev of the late
Com modore Warrington. On Monday, the new ca
ses and deaths had diminish I'd considerably. There
were 90 Cases under tTeatmest at the Naval Hospi-
tai The Surgeon there, with Drs Harrison and
Steele are most attentive and kind and have been
very successful in the treatment Of those cases
which reached them 10 time Many were sent there
Ia dying state and past all hops. Drs Maupin ard
Trug are doing we'll We do not know what
wouid have been the extent of the mortality and
msery, had not the oouncii succeeded in obtaining
of the Hospital in the present emersency
To TIE President of he United States well as to
TIE aba and humane report of Surgeon WheIan,
ed. The Commodore OF the yard here, too, has af-
forded every facility in supplying the demand for
cofhns which mr. s5oases could not wholly meet
Dea.h-death-and red coffi rs the sole subject
OF contemplation aud objects of sight at present to
our community
Orr Council Is without quorum ana those of
them who rsTainsd co op erst@d With q f.w either o.
hive urd -ltaken the gem mt of affairs. The
wants OF h. nee dy are supplied and tbes OK and dy
and circumstances allow.
Our Mayor is confined to his bed with the
prevailing epidemic
The Transcript publishes the following list of
deaths there since the 2Sd:
August 23-Peter GsIilse Mr. Gaines Mary
Bessly, Jo'eph Dunson Eliza Jarvis Lucy V Pace
Joe Yourg (coloIedl, and ct hospital-To.sI IL.
n August "a Mrs Wm Moore: Or Lovett. negro of
AndeTton. Susan Ross, colored man If w Bobannon
Mrs Reynolds, Peter Gahen. Mrs Avery vii.
Iisms cooIed woman of Mrs Rddick, Mrs Written
hochins Mr. w Hudson's wife and child and at
hospjts-TotaI q.
August 25-mrs Gates Mrs Matthias - Lane,
go - Fop', coPd, - Huaheu, cord Caro-
liue Baker, Mrs Hsstley. Wilson Williams.
smith, Miss E Herbsrt, Mr Brener's child, Her
20 ~
August 26.-Chas Myers, John Myers, Miss Marga-
re- Re, Manning Mrs Tateul, Mss Williams. child OF
w d obts, neg:o man at Jas Whites, negro woman
at Avery Wllams'. Dick Gordon cold Morning
Larsnce, cold, Fowler black child at DR. Maup,n's,
rirs ATKINSON; Mr. Spratt, Mrs REchsnon, none ct
hotpitsi-Totsl IS.
Aug Ill. w. B ,u:well, son of Malschia Viii
Hams, jas Powers, Mile NJ. Dunhan 2 cold child.
rem, daughter OF II. George, at ospital-totei Il
The Mayor of Portsma nth acknowledges the "a
ceipt of SiS75.2S from Bichmond; SS4S Is from
Fredericksburg; s29l2 from Petersburg; $40 fIon
oesela TT be Of Rad Me1, Alexandria Drugs and
mouey from Phladelp hia before mentioned; game
from Baltimore; any quantity of Hsmpton's Vsgeta.
BILE Tincture from Mortimer & Mowbrsy, Baltimore
Contributions should be directed to D. D. Fiske, or
w. Watts, Portsmouth.
The Rev. Jos. Archiwsdden has arrived from
Georgetown, d. c., and is stopping at Benz spFat
ley's house.
LATEST FROM PORTSMOUTH.
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