Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-09-14
From III" Pc !sh"rg Exrr"at. sept. ILL.,
THE YELLOW FEVER AT NORFOLK AM
PORTSMOUTH,,

PORTSMOUTH,.
Our Intelligence fr N Norfolk, is bu: Il repetition of
the same distressing iilinEs that has reached uH Tor
many day past.
Friday and Saturtias. il ia said that the deaths reach
ed 10 rnch day. aul o Monday, the lowest number Is
put down At -, wl&c some three Or four say s."
would not be under Il. mark.
Among the latest d, .lhs, we hear of The following:
Richard Gntrw"nd, Jr.. one q! IN" rrnprIri"Ts al
tie Beacon, died IN Saturday morning ni the pre-
vai!in. epidemic, after six days Illness. III the SD
year Of his a.e.-Mr. i. was the correspondent du
rin- the earlier day. "!,hc discasG.t.of the Bn!ti.mrrc
SIM. Tint piper snv. he vus Il gentleman oi stcr-
I'm. character and iiur abilities. and hi4 daily l"l;ers
tn the Sun, since the commencement al The "pIicillc
have been univ"rsally admired and copied by the
press throughout the country. His attention had for
weeks been given Ia a.: sick and distressed, and ne
had nobly bravrI the nyagcs fine disease from the
beginning until . few days ago, when he was strlck-
Ell down, and nnw tplloss To the grave his intimate
friend. Mayor WuoIis, liz partner. Col. Cunningham,
and many Others with whom he had been i'll closc
friendship for years.
WIN. Is. Surrey, dcputy L. S. Marshal, and Frea"-
rick Johnston, halter, VIE and child, are also mum
Ler,,l with the d" nd.
j. Hardy ~IIcndren. E.l. Deputy Sergeant OF Nor
folk, i out 6f danger.
Mrs. Anthony DIhrcll, wife of the late Rev. An.
thonv DiIrcll, and her tao sons who have been Ill
with the fever have 40 lar recovered, rs tn br hnI' |"
travel. They arrived in Petersburg on Monday via
CITY Point train. y father and son fell victims 10
th, fever ut Norfolk.
\. correspondent "f the Baltimore Sun mentions.
the death Of Mr.. WLit;.n, clerk in the house ct
Me,srs. Tabb & Co; Mi. Saunders, niece Cf james
Saunders, Secretary at til Howard Assocln'ioil: MIS-
HARDWOOD, wife Of Henry IIarwood; Miss Mcli"wan
and Miss Seldcn. ot Smiths Point; Mrs. Bryant
Church street; Miss Crphar.: Master Dolin; aud Mr..
Solomon, a druggist from Baltimore, VIII" was acting
as druggist nj the Enspita,. Also Miss Mary SalIi-
der, daughter OF Mr.. Saunders, OF the Farmers Bank.
Miss Andrews, Of Syracuse, il said 10 BE- Guiie
well. ,
From ten To twelve cases nf small pox are reported
to have occurred in Norfolk last week.
The aspect oi affairs in Norfolk is said "a be truly
heart-rcuIin.. i Is believed ON all hands. that every
man, woman md child in the place will be taken
down before the t!I" oidISaa,e is completely arrested
Mr.. Ferguson, Custom House Officer died ~ llalhp'
ton Oh the 9iIl.
DR.. Frances L.. Higgins, of Norfolk, died Of yellow
fever in Phiiadelph!". n day or two since. having sui
icrcd q relapse after rcHcIiH- tina, place. He wa- nj
eminent physicIal.
The Rev. Mr.. Wills los; one Of his children Il day
or tw. ngo with the same disease.
On Wednesday las, Mt Il North James street, Nor
folk, Mrs. Mary Long, wife of W. +. Long of thu
Norfolk News, died of the terrible fever.
DR.. Sylvester, Jr., is dcau. His father md brother
died n few days since.
George W. Camp, Esq, cashier of the Exchange
Bank, who has been reported dead, is rapidly reco''
Mr.. John G.. Atkinson. Teller of the Exchange
Rank, is down with the fever.
Harrison Fcrshee, Superintendent of The Ferry
was said to be in Il dying condition on Saturday morn
Ing. 49,.
At Portsmouth OF Friday. there were ~ denths VI
TO Il o'clock, and ID new ca-es. So says one report
On Saturday, MP 10 l. O'Clock, there were s death.
in The city, and in the Naval Hospital. Ex-Nny"
| Stokes told n gentleman OH Saturday morning, thu
the panic was greater than nj my previou. stage "
the .piieInic. The disease is spreading 10 the sur
| rounding country.
Among the recent deaths IRE VIM. and Rober
Burton; W. Wallace; Lewis Cranuier: Thona
Wouuriov: ? children of j. d.. Cooper; son Of Nj
| S,rat,; Miss Reed; Jacob Miller; child Of Mrs. Ru
haauou; Mr.. Hollands; Miss Nerrniiliou; Mrs. Jas. Wi!
i;ans. John Lcvett and Mrs. Morton.
Mr. Pike. one OF the nurses from Richmond, die
at Norfolk Monday.
The Fever is said 10 be increasing AZ Norfolk. I'll
deaths Monday amounted 10 %.
FROM PORTSMOUTH.
The Portsmouth Transcript WAS issued again 0
Friday, from which we take the following:
Few men are LEFT. The mcrry.hcaried DO sigh
The mir.h Of tabrets cca-e'h. The noise of thcl
thai rejoice endetll. The JOY OF the harp ccaseth.
Every house is shut up. There is q CRYING in IN
streets. All joy is darkencd. The mir,h Of the I'm
IL gone. In The city is left dcsoiation. And the ga,
i. smiiten with destruction. Such is 10. an inapt dc
s~criptiun Of Norfolk and Portsmouth. Since the La
issue OF this paper % Friday, the 3lst ult, the doing
Of death have been ceGseless. The grave, like til