Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-09-18
LATE NEWS By THE MAILS.
rom the Petersburg Express of Monday.
IIoW Fever at Norfolk l. Portsmouth.
From Norfolk.

lnr;ug the past two or three days, when
sider the paueity of material ON which the
Silence has II continue its ravages we can
bat little consolation in the diminntop. II
be seen by the letters of our correspondents
1 m Norfolk and Portsmouth, that some of the
II + prominent citizens are still falling, and that
"a thrt age or sex is excepted. The young and
old. the opulent and the INDECENT the fair, the
autiful, the wise, and the virtuous-inl Iced,
n all, are being hurried off by the relentless
81 ,trover. We invite the attention of our read
Il Special Correspondence of the Express)
GREASE Of IntermantS- Unfdrorobfe oedther
vx Number Of Deaths Thursday erenmg and
L Friday forenoon-List Of Sick-Dr. e. l..
L Upshur and Robert Gordon Pery W-NeW
4 Gases Father O'kee(e-Dr Spratiey-Rep
| George Armstrong Quite Sick-Desotation Of
| Norfoik-Impossibie 10 Paint a True Picture
Il IF Atdirs. ~
NORFOLK, Sept. IA, 1855.
|Dgcr Express The number of interments yes
@rlav, was but %, which is still slight de-
I,case on the last two days. but it is feared that
IN present state of the atmosphere, which is ex-
ktrdngly damp and oppressive, may be delete
us to the cases under treatment, and may rem
N the systems of those who have so far escaped,
ire liable to the infection We had severe
orn of thunder and lightning, accompanied by
rood deal OF rain, last night,
/ The number of deaths during last evening and
a day, up to 3 o'clock p. NJ, has been "a
Among them are Mrs Savage Mrs VIM Doyle;
4 a, Fatherly: child of VIM Green; child of David
ones; Mrs Smith, at Lambart's Point; Rid
A ok; Mrs Lindsay's child; Sarah Munden; Julius
8 hisano, son of the French Vice Consul; II NJ c.
i lung, of the firm of Sherwood u Young;
i etcher Shuster; Josephine, daughter OF the
y. Aretdes Smith. aged only l3 years; and
A chard Woodward, member of the Howard
A ISOLATION.
/ We also regret to learn that Miss Eliza Shus-
.r sister of L. Shuster. reported above, is lying
! the point of death. This young lady has with
few days lost father, mother and two broth
r, The entire family have been sick.
| Dr. Geo l. Upshur, continues very sick, DIR
,bt Gordon, oul Health Officer, who was attack
! nv the fever on Wednesday is very low, and
recovery considered doubtful He has been
h,ry active during the epidemic. and hopes were
4 tcrtained that he would escape an attack, but
I'm grim monster spares none.
a Mr. H II Newsum, Mr. f Perrier, and wife, DR.
[Richd Tunstall. three children of Jos c Adding
I'm. and T HARDWOOD, are among the new cases
| Mr. Thos A Hardy, whose case considered
Utmost hopeless, we are pleased to learn, has
|puch improved, and is in fair way of recovery
Father O'Keefe Catholic priest of this city,
|1essrs Jas G White, Thos Tinsley, W w Wing,
#andJ Holmes are eonvalescent.
DR. Spratley of Portsmouth, whose death was
|reported some three weeks ago. is perfectly
lowered We saw him on the street to day.
Rev Geo Armstrong, pastor of the Presbyte
Iran Church, and Mrs Currier. wife of our Street
Bnspector, both of whom were convaiescent werc
aakpn with relapse yesterdays and are quite sick.
The noble offers of Baltimore and Richmond to
Ike charge of the children made orphans by the
bav haan 1af1na6 Wbiln their kipd-
ness and liberality are heartily and cordially APP
,reciatcd, the Howard Association consider it
heir duty to provide for them and keep them
togpther here, until the return of friends aud re-
4liyes who are now absent from the city. They
IRE comfortably situated and have every atten-
| ton which the Association is able to bestow.
Mr. Dulton Wheeler is not dead reported
in your paper of the 18th, but is doing well. Many
errors occur in the printed reports by the sub
,titution of Mr.. for Mrs. and rice Uersa. This
should be guarded against much causeless
anxiety aud grief are occasoned thereby to
friends at q distance.
Yours truly, NORFOLK.
We learn from passengers per the AUGUSTA
Saturday, and other sources, of the following
deaths. new cases, etc., omitted in our cores
Iondent's letter:
Ethen Allen, master blacksmith, at the Cos
! port Navy Yard, who resides in Norfolk and has
been down with the fever, is now out, having en-
drely recovered.
Mr.. F. A. Perrin, is sick with the prevailing cpl
lemic- so also is the Rev. LEWIS WALKE OF Christ
| Church, Protestant Episcopal.
Mr.. Augustus Beale, well and favoraby known
IN Norfolk, is dead. John Hudson, engineer of the
"Phanir" is also numbered with the dead.
Mrs WmT. Harrison is dead
Another son ofthe French Consul, besides the
one mentioned above by our correspondent was
| dying Friday evening last
Mrs. Savage, of Church street; child of VIM.
Balance, and Richard B. Greenald, both grand
children of old Mr.. Balance are dead. The Bal
lance family in Norfolk twelve in number, are now
all dead but one
streets is dead.
Dr. Robert Gordon, Health officer for the Port
Of Norfolk was dying Friday night.
Special Correspondence of the Express.
List Of Recent Deaths-Persons i'll W,h Fere7
-Hhit ashton Deputy Postmdster-NurseS
from New Orleans--AU pass through none
larry at Portsmouth.
PORTSMOUTH, Sept. H. 1900.
Dear EapreSS:-I send you the list OF deaths
lor to day, and include some names that have
not seen published as yet. Mrs Paul ID Luke
Mrs Charles Myers, Jr.. John Roser and chic
and son ten years old will die to night, (since
aPadG Ellen Arson, Charles Bilisoly, George
merry, Mrs John Cherry, Mrs Elizabeth Cher
rly, William Burton, child at the Orphans nome
EDWARD Barrett. nurse from Philadelphia
Michael Sullivan Miss Virginia Edwards daugh
'rr OF Amos Edwards, ST. child of Mr. Millersoi
Samuel Herald.
Thomas II. Totterdel and Robert Totterdel
,rothers have died at the Naval Hospital. Miss
iotterdell, sister has died in the town
n Mrs William r Singleton is ill; so Is Mr. u /
Daughtrey Rev James Chisholm, of the Epis
/ copal Church, who has been sick for several day
IS no better Whit Ashton, Deputy Postmas
pF' Is not so WE'LL he has what has been termed
Paroiin 4Lenaon, !,