Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-09-07
TELEGRAPHIc NEWS.
REPORTED FOR THE FyENIraxr.,
Awful News from Norfolk

BALTIMORE, Sept The Norfolk boat of
this morning brings most awful accounts on
'aat city and Portsmouth. The people are
suffering from famine as well as pestilence.
Ihree thousand dollars have been subscribsd
TINS morning at the counter of the Baltimore
A~etlcan' and meeting Of the people has
been called for tomorrow to devise further
measures Of relief.
The amount subscribed in gaIt;no,o Ia.
now reached sl7 900. boat load Of proyi.
sions is sent down every day
DETAILS OF SICKNESS AND DEATH.
NORFOLK, Thursday evening There were
| seventeen deaths at the Howard street In.
Urinary in the twenty -four hours ending at 2
O'Clock on Wednesday, and about City in pri-
va'e practice. Four deaths occurred at the
infrmary on Thursday morning. Thirty seven
bodies were buried in one pit in Potter's Geld
on Wednesday.
Mrs George W. Kemp, Mrs. Henry Howard
Mrs. John Shuster, Mrs. Thomas r. Owen, an
and John Shuster, are dead
DIR. Gooch, Of Richmond, Mr.. jackson, a
medical student from Washington, Mr.. Dodd,
of Norfolk, Mrs. Wilson, and Charles Solomon.
from Baltimore, (nurscs,) are extremely in.
DIS West, Of n. Z; Nune, of Savannah;
aud Smith Of Columbia, Pa, were attacked
yesterday.
Dir. craycroft, medical student from PhiIa-
delpbia; nSrsc who accompanied DR.. Smith
(name unknown;) aud b. b. Walters, with
several members of his family are down.
Mr.. GatewOod, agent of the Associated
Press, is very i'll; nurse has been set to him
from Baltimore
Miss Andrews, of Syracuse, is better.
Rev. AIR. o keofe (Catholic) and Rev. Mr..
Willis (Methodist EpiscopaD are doing we'll.
MI " hceie' sister was attacked last night.
Mr.. kirkpatrick is recovering.
Mr.. Jordan's family are eonvalescent.
capt. Edwards had a relapse, but is better.
There are between 50 and 60 cases If the
Inhrnary Of the Howard Association at the
Jula2pi Hospital, and Ill at the Naval Hos.
pitai.
Dr. Frsemin, Of Philadelphia, alter render
ing very efficient services, has returned, but
intends resuming his labors in Norfolk on
Tuesday next.
Drs. Morris, Wets er, AMI Walters, of BaIti-
more, are well.
A most Outrageous robbery was perpetrated
6y fellow FAMED Marks, upon the superin.
tendent of the Howard Infrmary, on Monday
last He stole a large qulntity of jewelry,
belonging to lady recently deceased, and
broke open trunk. The jewelry was suase-
quently recovered.
ThOn a Boothby, W P Parsons, Alexander
Jarrett and John Small, died on Thursday
morning.
W. d. Roberts and Mrs wettong are very
low.
The following are new cases: Aug. Cook,
assistant Mayor, Miss Virginia Rodgers, Leon
Schisana, son Of the French Vice Consul, and
Mr.. Briggs, nurse from Washington, are very
iii.
FROM PORTSMOUTH.
In Portsmouth, SIX physicians, mostly from
the North, are sick
Mayor Fiske is improving
DIR. Collins, President Of the Seaboard and
Roanoke Railroad, is very i'll.
Only one man is lett cut Of Is who were en-
ployed at the Railroad Depot when the fever
broke out; all the rest are dead.
DIR. Kennedy, of Philadelphia. was taken to
the hospital this morning. Robert Graham.
I. ID. Stryker, and a nurse from PhiladeIphia
are sick. There are about $50 cases in Ports
mouth; p deaths en- Wednes day, and 10 TO Is
up to p. m. thursday.
Mr.. Loyall, Navy Agent. aud family are
sick