The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-08-23
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tersburg, and we extract 1t from the columns OF the
Express of that place:
The condition Of things 10 our town at the pre-
sent 10 most serious and alarming. Deaths are oc-
curing all around Us, new cases are multiplying
hourly, and our means of treating them are hourly
diminishing. This you will the more readily un-
derstand, when tell you am doing the duties Of
two physicians, fDrs Schoolfeld and MaupinD be-
sides my own, which are sufficiently numerous and
onerous to occupy me INCREASINGLY; and God only
knows how long shall be able to do what am
now doing. shaI, continue at the laboripg oar
until fall
Can you not make this known through the Press
and call on some of your Faculty TO come to our
assistancef Drs Hatton and Hodges are the only
physicians now up besides myself and at the pre-.
sent writing the latter gentleman 10 absent 10 at
tendance upon hisfamy, who are in the country.
Ours is q devoted and self sacri6cine profession,
and call upon them 10 the name of humanity to
come to our help. Who of the able and noble Fa'
Guilty of Petersburg WHY venture Z
A correspondent of the same paper, writing from
Norfolk, Monday. says,
''The deaths and new cases, to-day, number more
than they have doas since the fever fret made ito
appearance. lighter load was taken from the
wharf to-day by the steam ferry boat Princes Anne
sions OF oil kinds have gone up to an almost In
credible fgure-bscon is 90 cents per pound, and
meal Sl rs 81 per bushel"
A letter from Norfolk, Saturday, says.
Thousands of our people have lef, US, and ma
ny more are daily going Oft to occupy corn houses
and stables, halt frantic with alarm learn to-day
that cases have occurred three miles from this city
which make Us poor mortals think that we here
should be better contented with our condition. MY
heart sickens at the recital of sutferines and
hence W Ill cay no more. This is decidedly the
saddest day we have yet experienced in Norfolk.
! trust in God "thts plague" may not visit Rich
mood 1t becomes every day more mysterious,
and truly 1t wsketh In darkness.
Acorrespondsnt of the Journal of Commerce,
writing from Portsmouth under date of Aug 18th.
says;
81 send you herein number of the Transcript,
which has not been issued for many days. ! went
up n the office, and there found Fiske, our Mayor
alone at work at the press and throwing the NUNS
bers of as fast as he could. All his hands ara
gone. Msupin's. Bilisoli's, and NeviIle's are the
only groceries open. advise you by all means
not to return here.
The town of smithfed has adopted regulation
allowing persons TO come there who have not been
In Norfolk, Portsmouth or Gosport, for the twenty
days preceding their arrival at Smithfeld.
MIss ANDRews.-This Phianthropic young lady
from Syracuse, N. " who has gone to Norfolk, 10
the capacity of a nurse 10 said to be niece OF
Judge Hall, of that State She 10 just 81 years of
age-very handsome, and a communicant of the
Protestant Episcopal church.
The EPIDEMIc-The epidemic now raging In
Norfolk and Portsmouth is the uomito priet0 or
black vomit Many persons apparently in full
health are taken suddenly while In the streets,
with vomiting, and unless Immediately relieved,
almost invariably die. The old treatment for the
yellow fever has no effect whatever. The African
or West India treatment alone can save the pa
tient
DEAD.-Mr. Benjamin. Blackford, an old citizen
OF Lynchburg, died on Monday last.
VIRGINIA AND TENNESSEE RA1LRoAp.-The
1ynehburg Vrginian estimates that the receipts of
the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad this month,
will reach S25 600; exceeding the receipts of any
previous month.
TOBACCO IN LYNcHBURe.-The inspections Of
tobacco last week 10 Lynchburg reached 447 hhds.
with stock to be Inspected OF 34S hhds The
price current for the week is as follows:
Former prices have been we'll sustained during
the week. And good sound tobacco In demand.
Much OF the tobacco now offering IL injured with
tor sweet tobacco, especially for yellow We quote
lues from "a 12 to Sc 1'2, and fine would briug
more. Common TO medium leaf Sc 1.2 to So.
Shipping and stemming 90 to $l0I.2. mo fine
shipping sold this week. but would bring from $l1
10 Sl2) Manufacturing from So l'2 to $40.
FIGURING MILL "A Touring milI-the first one
built there-has been erected in Guyandotte, Ca.
bell county.
Petersburg GREYs.-The Petersburg Express
OF yesterday says:
The members of this corps who attended the
complimentary ball given them by the R. L. l.
Blues OF Richmond, returned yesterday, and look
ed as Ii they had had might of i,n One of the
attractions OF the evening was the celebrated tbtrty
saE gallon julep bowl filled to the brim; a regular
Sebastopol which first took Its besiegers, and next
they took It,
RELIGIOUS lNTELLIGENcE.-The following re-
sultB from revivals Ia Methodist churches are com
munlcated 10 the Christian Advocate BY Its corres-
pondents. At Randolph Macon College, 90 have
Joined on probation at Bellaneys, In Gloucester
circuit 100 additions. Leonidas Rosser officiating;
az ROCKY Oak additions Rev Mr. Proctor, of
Manchester, officiating; at Old Williams In
brunswick circuit, SIS additions; Rock Church,
Meekienourg circuit, % on probation.
EXODUS "A correspondent of the Christian Ad-
Vocate, writing from Norfolk, says:
on one side OF one square, in this city, saw q
large family OF children, some grown, leave a
next to that, family leaving two sons: next. a
"noe FAMILY; next to that, family which left the
evening before; next, family; next husband
Wiie wiie's sister and his child, leaving behind
mother and father the mother as thew moved off
lifted up her eyes, and In very anguish threw her
hands together, and soon we heard she was sick
no doubt from grief
VIRGINIA PosT OFFICE MATTRRs-The acting
postmaster General, on Saturday. ordered the fol.
Estab lish an off1ice at Jovcevi,ls Mecl,enh,ru
county, virginia, and appoint r. ]. joyce post.
master. 'S P
,,; appointments - John T. Averett, postmaster
w w 'unes'hie, dslliax county, Va, vice James Ell
fuiKins, resigned. Samuel E Lillistun, postmas.
lsr M Aecomaek c. H., Accomsck county. Va. vice
Thomas Lilliston. resigned
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VALUABLE FIsH.-The smack 81 Dicksop
0! New London, arrived here on Wednesday eve.
ning, having In tow large fish known az the 'Kil-
ser' captured at the south side of our island, The
hsh In question will make some two barrels of oil
quality nearly equal to sperm.-Ed4arto,on
Gazette.
iHEArRIcAI.-Among the actors who opened
sst night Tor the season in Holiday Street Theatre
baitlmore, under kunkel & Ford are G. C. Bopiface
1pnn H. Jack and c. w. Tayieure.
Mr.. VIM. Terry, bank note enpraver. and
the inventor OF the ir, pavement laid In Court ct
Boston, died In that city on Saturday
During the week ending the 1lth inst, PAT 44S
pounds of COZ per ore were shipped from Lake
Superior.
Hon. Philo c. Fuller. formerly assistant Post
master General, lied near Geneys, New York, last
week.
Mr. Brown. the Chief of the Agricultural De-
partinent OF the Patent Office, IL sb)ut to make
another visit to Europe for the collection Of
seeds.
IA man named Cssssdsy, Injured last week by an
explosion at the Messrs Du Points powder mills,