The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-10-01
Correspondence of the oisp1'ch-
LATEST FROM NORFOLK
HAMPTON, Sept. 2s, IS


HAMPTON, Sept. %, 1855.
7, will be gratifying doubtless to friends
~ and near, to learn that the fever is abat
inc both in Norfolk and Portsmouth while
;.w;l occasion deep regret to hear that the
wife of the Rev. DR.. Armstrong, the faithful
and devoted pastor of the Presbyterian
Church in Norfolk, is no more. One by one
ba has buried his treasures in the dust, and
one BY one their pure spirits have sscen3ei
10 the bosom of their Father and their God
The wife, the wife's sister, and the daughter
ri this esteemed divine and faithful pastor
have in few short days been torn from The
family circle and he now stands almost soil
.srg and a'rre in the deserted chambers OF
hs h, IN. Tsree of the esteemd clergymen
Of Norfolk hav. lost their wives-the Rev.
All rides Smith, Rev Lewis Wake and the
Rev Gecry. d Arms rong, d D. Two o.
q .ps f.;'t,,ni ones. t.r- Rev Messrs Dibrel
aaI Jnu.-, of flI- u f Church, have fallen
with their harn-ss o., and diving, sword in
hand. have won IN e.rr Try 4 glory, com
n,,.d with wri, 'L-ir % IS and SORROWS here
we're bur ight afiiic'i"p So
wiss Avn Heron Il stl. gni5hed IN smber
Of he Il e Church, puo'ic bsn-factr.s9. a
lsdv VINO distributed her charities TO the
ryOr with Nc uassiatiag baad, Ir -spe tive
Of their reliz'rus p-"il';ori les. on- who
sbounied m good Wrk Ks. has also f1l.e Il !,
victim 20 tho u,,setn f,e, who has alis Q
SIN ten anu strirk Ell the tehautS of the house,
spd Tie unneiE cf proud 10 sIsiaLs. She WAS
slsdy Of gr at wealth, ana ut US trust, "a We
believe that her pray ers and her aims have
gone up for a memorial before God" Dr.
VIM J Moore, the estimable, an lahntious,
and talented physician who succes DIS DE-
Geo L Upshur at the Marine Hospital, and
who has so signally distinguished himself
,Ia faua i'm n nj ha haS
Frustrated by its attack upon himself, is
rejoice to Learn, doing Well til, morning and
thr probability is he will recover.
Miss Josephine Briggs s, l am Eeppy o
sgy commissioning Miss Heath, her aunt, il
still weak, though | hops Improving. l
psd those ladies' a friendly visit on yes;er-
day, and as before, report from personal OBJ
sevatcn.
1t will grieve the many friends Of that dis-
tioguishsd physician, Dr. Henry SelGea, who
came over here on Tuesday, and ok ludg-
ings al the Alton House, (.fter committing
hi. beloved child to the gravel to learn that
he and two more of his children wer3 taken
with the f.ver last night, and are 20 day quite
sick slo0p was dispatched this morning
u Norfolk fnr bis fIiend, DR. Ravenel, of
Charleston, G. who will bs with him this
az ernoon Tie li,te child of Mr. James B
PDlIsyd who was reported sick at Capt Mas
senburgs in ibis place. died day before yes
terday; the mother still lies upon her bed of
suffering in Norfolk | learn that tine Rev
Lewis Wake the assistant rector of Christ
Church, Norfolk, who was so faithfully dis
charging tie duties of good minister of
Christ JesuS," when bis holy and gentle wife
fell victim, and himself was thrown upon
bed Of intense suffering, is convalescing,
aGQ Will soon be upon his mission of love
ana OF mercy again, among the sick and suf
irflng III anss and alleys, in novels and in
hsis The Rev VIM NJ Jackson. the faithful
minister OF st Paul's Church, though indie
is'Sgabls in his lAbor8, night and day, has
- lar resisted under the Divine protect ion)
.Ae lever May he long be spared. When
I'Afs VIII fall ST the mention of the names of
zones and Dibrell, those holy men who now
.seA the noble army of martyrs" Gods
Oess!lss Will be invoked upon those living
m:n, George D Armstrong, Lewis Wake,
n "M Jackson David p Wills, and Father
!, h7eie, who have passed through the terri
VIC O'deai sans peur, ct sans reproche."
iaerd afe desd' which should not pass away,
Aaa names that must not wi.her"
ana these are the men, who, shrinking
I'm nt parade OF their good DEEDS, have
nAAeu Their NAMES with holy, and with lofty
IVniofies In locking over the contributions
noai various portions Of the country, find
mat our little town Hampton, "has done
"a"' she could" The contributions of our
plzens' forwarded through Messrs Massen
lug " Cary, OF this place, amounted to
o17 sum ol 600, and the COFFIN fund, Ia
so9hy title for benevolent augmentation
"S%oo 81, making total Of $5l5 a.
p, PAD a visit on yesterday to "Camp Falls -
lu9 families are now in good health, and
s"leioi IN the extreme TO the kind hearted
people OF Baltimore, and other places. for
.he great service that has been rendered
lem THESE families have gone from the
Mn'1 since the cool spell, and diyjdipo
,ue iong bowling saloon, which was kindly
S .I oy mr. Muzzy, into compartments.
a aH maze themselves comfortable, and
40, 81 NJ n@ppy; among them is a boy, a
,hon. H al. "%iton, one of the refugees ,,
hf;", .oui.Teh years old, who without any
- '1 '! hsnifeSts strong inclination To he
Sfllst. His idea of perspective is canitaI
t; faWs with great accuracy, and in tha
msSo oatiohs OF The "human face divine" has
~ SONS capital sketches. Like MANY
erI. r%1g u ca In Ehe pursuit of KNOWLEDGE
him vi GuitieS'" he has much to embarrass
NM ~ " charcoal and chalk have to coptrive
hmhiaa a Nv, ooub!e debt to pay" in the
aIooT' auoi" lone corner of the bowling
MI VI THIS untrt red genius.
te.a a 1no people OF NOrfJlk allow one who
h.. ,na" interest III ali that pertains to
p.to NC ,hSlly but now aiActed communi
tcian nr suggestion, not for immediate
I5srg,iTnaI Weir return, but Tor their calm de.
.sbs s| 10 when health aud prosperity,
aslS.t "So grant may soon be their's) shai.
dyi :. ihelr benign infiaences over their
gl.b4d ~: rs 'fis: Sme of her most dstin-
IT, Unsoa.i z@hs have fallen, nobly fallen in
hae f s rite with the fever They fell
cg'y sra discharge of ali awfully schema
tt.et :" ,sLae will not, cannot, MUST NOT
Gead. rs 70 honor to their memory. The
tablet - each will no doubt place shaft, q
Aeir D. monument--some memorial above
FROM e sSse But selfsscriticing physicians
~ Of tla "oAD tel among tue SONS and broth
sasa tbs.. surviving onss who will return,-
5A md strangers slesp in the soil of Nor
s.. " korsam9 column rise to tell their worth =?
Aosss 0f'olk rear one Common aoEumsSr to
ls. sun late made brothers In the tomb.
e u bal, 'i names be carved in marb!e--let
avn il f,o, IN soms pubic place, either
bake, sa - front Of the City Iiali. or on II o
4 heests p@ee' where tbs eys may rest upon
%ecying" w OIL those who "feil devoted Da,
asaerssua .t similar to that which com
North pg; a Tue lanes of tLose who fell ut
',at, and which s.sn H. near 10 Rar.