The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-08-31
s,.ei.l Correspondence of the DIspa'ch.

s,.,;., Correspondence OF the DIspa'ch.
0,;g,u of tie Epidemic- Going to Leooe-
VI Egects on the Future Prosperity Of
Na~foEk-One Hundred new Cases-Drs.
TBoapsoa and Cannon Dfo DR.. Con
liable aa-Dr. !Seldea down-Er Editor
Bea,e and Reporter Forrest taken-Dr.
7'rugiea dead-Mayor Fiske Very tor-
Latest Deaths.
NORFOLK, Aug goth, P. NJ.
Many persons believe lin which we fully
concurl that the cause of the dreadful cpl
demic now devastating our city, can be
,,aneable 10 the different localities about
town. in which the seeds of the disease has
beeu terminating for several years, ready
FIR an explosion whenever a sufficient impe-
FMS was given to the poisonous malaria there
In eugendsred. The arrival Of the steamer
BIN Franklin in our waters, and the opening
OF her hold at Gosport, spread the disease
there and in Portsmouth, already open to re-
ceiye the infection from the same causes
from which, after gathering sufficient
strength, it crossed the river to our i'll
fated city. and inoculating our already in
fect.d atmo .phere, like the addition of fuel
to FIRE, spread ike the bosom OF destruction.
snd scAttered death and distress in its march
90 every hand The predisposing causes of
the fever may be found in the filthy state Of
many of our docks, and the filing up of
sunken lots Ia various places with mud, de-
cayr wood, and refuse vegetable matter
This has been going on for eeVeral years,
and as consequence, the malaria issuing
therpfrom has been increasing in poisonous
etfl 1yium and yellow fever for the past two
or three summers, has visited US more or
les, though only in particular districts This
GUNNER is the first time that it has ever as
sumed the form of general epidemic, and
bau ind h.tt /. To-.
fitness of the weather aSsimilatiAg with the
causes mentioned above.
The question arises in the miuIs of many,
will We have the fatal scourgo again next
summer? viii it be yearly visitor to Us,
like it is to New Orleans! The opinions in
answer 10 these enquiries are various. Some
believe not, while others contend that
sr the causes that originated the dis.
ease are destroyed, or in other words, I'M
Ill the damp, muddy malaria issuing from
newly filled up lots become firm, dry and so
lid earth, (which it will take some years to
do that our city may expect the same visi-
tuion in a smaller or greater form for seve-
raj summers to come. This is certainly a
sad prospect, and, if verified, will act disas-
tronsly upon the future prosperity of our eli
Il. Already many families talk of removing
for good, and if the fever assumes an cpl
GiInlc form next season, we may expect to
see large final St0mpede of many of our
most respectable citizens. We sincerely
trust that this may not be the case, and that
the Almighty will, in his iDfuite mercy spare
US from such an awful visitation again.
The following persons were taken with the
fever last night:
DR. VIM Selden; Chas II Beale. ESQ, late
editor of the News; Mr. BarrOm keeper of
tbs City Hall; Ignstius Higgins; w For
test, reporter for the Argus; Thos Corprew's
mrtheri Oscar Warrington, of the firm of
Wellington Bro; Henry Warrington; G C
Baltimore; Mrs Mallory Todd; VIM Henry
Garnet; y w Edwards; 5 cases at Police Of
heer Cherry's; Mrs Skinner and her two
children. Duke st; Miss Maria Sawyer; Henry
Jordan Pax Pollard; Edw Delaney; Joseph
Wilkinson, wife and child, Queen ST; Wife of
Conway White, Esq; Henry M Moore, and
two children; Misses Mary and Rebecca
Ghlselin; Miss Evelina Fitzhugh; Thomas
Foreman; and number of negroes-altogethe
about 100 new cases
Frank Tarrant is very low; DR. Constable
l'slnking; Capt Guy and his wife are better
Dr. Higgins is better; VIM Spratey is east
e; Rev Messrs Dibrell and Wills are better.
DR. Thompson, from Baltimore, was taken
last evening, and died this morning Fatal
and swift
From Portsmouth we learn that the dis
ease is Staying the people on every side. DR.
Trugisn is dead n Birmingham, the mail
carrier, is dead; Mayor Fiske is lying very
low; DR. Maupin not expected to live Win
CHESTER Watts very i'll.
The following are the latest deaths in this
city to date: Mr. PROXY, Commerce st; negro
Frank, owned by w ii Haynes; Miss Lester
Church ST. Jessee Wiles, Voss st; VIM Wells,
b use carpenter; DR. Thompson; Mrs Insell,
Iunis Saw Mill; child of Ihos Jakeman; Mrs
iLge, Foss 81; Master t Lewis and his sister,
Main st; Mr. Jimmy Trainer, clothier; James
Harrison, of the firm of Harrison & Caps;
Captain John Fatherly; Mrs Amy Small:
Dir Scot soap maker; DR. M NJ Cannon, Mr.
Beveidge, MIR Rynott, Market Square Jos
Iatem, Chapel street Mrs Becky; negro
m.n. free Hawk street; Betsy Capps, Har
dys Ian; child of Thomas Spratt, four ne
gFoes buried by Salusbury-Totsl %.
The tever has broken out in the CITY Jail
on prisoner, MIR Hebden has died, and
several others are sick it would be an act
VI retrloutive justice if Gosln, imprisoned
mere, awaiting Lis trial for the murder of
MUfphy, could fall victim to it, as the prin
ttipal Witnesses against him have died, and
ae stands fir chance of escaping, should
aesarEive the epidemic YERpAp.
FROM PORTSMOUTH.