The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-09-06
The Epidemic In Virginia.
NORFOLK.
EXTRACT or A LETTER DATED

NORFOLK, Sept. 2, 1855.
RESPECTED FmENp:-Your favor received to-day,
and pleased to learn that all well. All of my
family well to-day, and tom shall make ar
rangcments TO leave for Baltimore or elsewhere. The
deaths TO day have nearly doubled less than ty
have been buried Our acting Mayor has proclaimed
martial law with view to obtain vehicles to bury the
dead &c. by impress smcnt; and to-day carts, wagons,
hearses and every other and fourwice conveyance
has been used for that purpose some carry one some
two, some three, and some four bodies at time IL
would impossible to give you the faintest idea of the
distress. To-day women with children in their arms
husband' but it is hard to get the dead buried and
various kinds Of vehicles now rapidly moving past
my house conveying the dead to their last resting place
bered among the dead to-day:-Edward DAILY and wife,
Thos; Fear Ignalius Higgins Letter NJ Boynse, Jas. NJ
land WIN. Wright, Dennis OBren of the firm Of o. Brien
Quick, Dr. Haon A. Ferot chei clerk Exchange Bank,
and Frank Fitzgerald. Our friend Harri ons family are
better John Delany has just died.
MONDAY, Sept 8, 1865.
sad, sad, and gloomyl All is DEATH Poor Margaret
il dead; her son Thomas is the hospital sick with the
fever and Billy is in the hands of strangers, but will
down with the fever She will doubt recover but
the chances of recovery are against the children The
dead from Saturday at II O'Clock 20 II O'Clock to-day,
fortyeight hours nearly hundred and more still
remain unbured for want Of collins. Yesterday numbers
were buried in common rough boxes and to-day numbers
purifying for want of conveniences Of burial.
Mr.. Durham and his wife taken down with the
fever Saturday. 1t will 20 hard with Anna. The
stopped asking who is dead The rapid conveyance Of
the dead to their last resting place speaks Volumes and
is easily understood am still enabled TO say all of
mine well, bu one is safe an hour
=. SW. II. Halicst of the firm Of Dixon Hallett is
dead
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.l
NORFOLK, Sept. 2, 1865.
Scenes of afction continue to multiply as the fatal
fever progresses Families broken up-chldren
made orphan husbandess and childess-wldows
lose their only stay and suppor-bnried with their
negroes Oh poverty Oh desolation oh pestilence
do We 20
have performed your work Mr.. sykes, the Assist
ant Inspector Of Streets gives rs gloomy picture Of the
rounds The other day he had occasion to nspec. lot
Charlotte street. He found in the yard three curly
ground, with unkempt hair, aud dirty, tattered gar
mens. He inquired Tor their father-"pa-pa is de, ~
eyes added the youngest "and big ugly black
came and carried them away directly they dead ~
.sood God = continued Mr. Sykes, shocked at the scene
Sand who have you to take of your" "Sobody
sir ~ who gives you anything TO citP' 'Mary the
colored woman, next door, gives us SOME bread every
day. Never said Mr.. sykes have my feelings been SO
PANIED. The fororn condition Of the little orphans-
their tender years, and childish insensibiy Of their
great loss, made sick at heart, and could not
strain my tears We need not add that the bcreaved in
nocents were taken in charge by the Howard Asoca-
tion, and will be duly provided for.
Several Of prominent citizens fell last night Among
the list regret to Or. George Halson A.
Carnct active officer Of the Howard Associations
young VIM. Sylvester; Robt $. Bernard the druggist,
taken down hs morning; also, John Clarke's father,
ams is better Fax Pollard said to he dying also tho
OF Lieut.. wltlc; Nr. UBrien died this morning; Or.
w. Selden ia better Haett very ILL., We note below the
latest deaths to P. M.:saliy Perec Peppers lane;
slave owned by John Croe Mrs. Jones, Magazine lane
child Broad street: Peter Holland: child of Mrs Murden
Arlington lane Nice Iundrum Gains housekeeper (shc
died in ten hours after her attack William Heary car
nett VIM: siresier A. Ferrett Or. George Halson Mr.
Wright, of the firm of Webb Wright Mr. Daily and his
wife Mira Burke Broad street; i. Bradford (tree colo.
ed, Fry, slave Of H. Parker; Thomas Foreman; Y. Bal
lance Jack Balance; H. Fitzgerald Che pursers sony
j. ". Brook, grocer; Mr.. Iepages grandson; oBren
one. VIM +. Cunningham editor Of the Bea on was &c
yerely attacked last night g. W. Camps wife and three
were taken last evening; Tom Kealinr was taken down
last night rhc.e orders for fourteen collins in
Portsmouth at O'Clock this morning We will bury
here 81 least forty to-day Fifty cons arrived from Bal
,imore this morning. They are greatly needed.
Wccopy below from other soarce'. name, Of persons
dead in Norfolk, not given by our correspondent
r. Wigrans, L. tlsger, pr. Watson T.. puesberry
wife, VIM Dunbag Mrs. Wilson. Ki.s Giselin Mr. HaIlc
these from the list Of friend, ~ the CuTts
Feck, who adds:-' There about fifteen lying dead
now, and coins to bury them. Foriytwo were buried
on Friday hftyive saturday, an sixty on sunday
From the report Of the Board OF Health OF Friday and
Saturday, add;--Nfs King Hcnderson's lane; Miss
H. Gale - Cumberland street Nathaniel HILL Newcastle
street, White in Summers row, Water street. three
blacks; Mrs. Mahone Nary Hand, 81, National
Hotel; Catherine coihoun. - West Main street; Mr.
Wthey Queen street; Mrs. Flaherty, Main street; VIM,
Hoyt e Concord street, Lydia Morse, 70 aotherys ane
coloted.
The Norfolk ryos of yesterday states that the editor
had obtained from the books of the Inward Association
the OF only about twelve who had died during the
twenty-iour hours ending Monday, y. NJ and adds
that they only about fourth OF the victims who
had ailensay fifty. Private accounts say the numbtr
reached sky sunday evening. letter dated Satur-
day evening that boiic. had been exposei over
thirty hours, waiting cofns.
Among The sick in Norfolk il Mr.. John Williams clerk
Of one of the courts I'd y. Mallory, from Rch,nond
had arrived in Norfolk and commenced nursing the sick
PORTSMOUTH.
The following deaths occurred from Fnnaet uriay to
sunrise Monday morning.
VIM. Weston Ma Cecil Chic. child Of George Thomp-
son. Colonel CsSe, Mrs. Cnsries Rllsoly; Ms. John
lash two negroes belonging to Mr.. Guater aud W. W.
navis, Marshall Daughery, L. : mail egent and FIVE
deaths reported. Buried sunday 81 and egh.
ordered for the Naval Hospital
A despatch from Petersburg gives ~ the following
additional Of the dead OF sunday Ia Portsmouth
Thomas Ruddsen. VIM. Ford, Of DR.. Minor Of
The Naval Hospital Miss Rosalis Tatem, aud John u.
towpcr.
We have the following additional Information from
Portsmouth via petersbnrg;-
IRON eunect saturday TO sunset Sunday evening,
mere were teur hundred new cases in Portsmouth.
The expenditure for the ss0cring averages $500 day
An appeal 4 contemplated TO The counties OF Virginia Tor
aid.
Al a meeting Of the general committee held sept 5
at No. " Insurance Bading New York the following
proceedings were had
on motion Of Joseph D. Collins ESQ II was re ,ovsd
that the of two thousand dollars In addition 10 ak
thousand dollars previously sent) be RENTED Norf5k
ami oTtsmouih In such sums, anil such times az the
chairman and treasurer shall deem rosf
The chairman, IN ths ali snee Of he treasurer rre
scncd tho following letters
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