Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-08-27
LITE NEWS BY THE MAILS.
From the Petersburg Express of Saturday. ]
YELLOW Fever 1T Norfolk Il Portsmouth.
From Norfolk.

,ra occurring hourly, anu those already SICK are
rapidy falling before the Fell Destroyer.
4 rnmor was current on streets yesterday
sfterno IN, that HUNTER WOODS, Esq, the wor
tby ard interchangeable Mayor of Norfolk had been
taken down with the Fever We trust it may
prove incorrect.
The number of deaths reported by the Board of
Health for the 81 hours ending Thursday at two
o'clock Z. NJ. is sixteen, follows:
WIN. Smith, Reeds Lane,ag 46 years. Indi-
ana Scott, aged 30 years, residence Church street
James Gibbons, aged 80, Union street, Mr.. Stone
aged 40, residence corner of Fen Church and
Holt street; Caroline Huddleston, aged 90 years.
residence Bremen street; VIM Insell, aged 45
years National Hotel, Main street; u child of
John Visher, aged 5 years; Bartly Watts, color
ed man. aged 90 years. residence Queen street;
Henry Archer, aged % years, corner of Butte and
Duke streets; Robert Hust, aged 40 years resi-
dence Cumberland street; Edmund colored boy,
at Parker's Livery Stable; Henry, colored SER
want at Gains Hotel, Union street; William Chris
tan, aged II years, residence Mush street; John
Jones, free mulatto. aged 25 years, residence
Kings Lane; Mrs. Bailey aged 80 years, resi-
dence Church street, Lucy Smith, aged so years,
residence Addington's Lane. Total l6.
The irgas says:
Ex-MAYoR STuBBs.-Profound sympathy is
felt in our community for this amiable and high
" respected gentleman, and his estmable family.
Himself, lady, two daughters eldest son. and two
servants all sick of tho fever--a sad afic
ton indeed. Although he, Ms S. and an inter.
esting daughter about l years of age. very
i'll, hopes ara still entertained of their recovery.
The rest, we belieye,are considered nearly out of
danger.
DR. HlGGNs.-We regret to learn that this
esteemed and eminent physician has been attack
ed with the fever. His abors have been exceed
ingly artlaous. From an early hour of the morn
inc till late at night he has been going into al
most every part of the city, in the faithful and
sklful discharge of his duties Sixty or seventy
patients are on his list; and depending, perhaps,
too confidently upon naturally strong and Wig
orous constitution, he has not spared himself by
night or day.
ciate his valuable services and kind heart,wl as.
cend for his speedy restoration to health and to
his important duties
DR. LEON GELBARDT, of Richmond, Va, has
arrived in town and taken lodgings at Walters
Hotel, where no will be glad to render any medi-
cal Gssstancen his power during the prevail
ing ep.demic) free of charge
FROM PORTSMOUTH,
The intelligence from Portsmouth continues
Of the same melancholy character heretofore.
That some idea may be formed of the extent
the disease, append note from JOHN G.
Holiday. ESQ.,, a member of the Sanitary Com
mittee lie says, under date of Wednesday, Au-
gust % follows
Supposed to be about 400 cases in town and
on increase daily. Mortality about double what
it was week since, and steadily increasing
Yesterday IL deaths ascertained up to night and
from that time to 9o'clock this morning 10
deaths.
The above includes the sick and the deaths at
the Hospital and is believed to be correct
On Tuesday, at the Naval Hospital of
the women sick of the Fever was delivered of a
child, as yellow saffron. The mother died,
but the child is living.
We regret to learn that DR.. Lovett, is very i'll
of the Fever. Also Mrs. ID. D. Fske. the ex-
celen: lady of the worthy Mayor.
The Transcript was issued again on Thursday
afternoon, and from it, extract the following
portion of leading editorial:
The disease does not seem to abate either in
the number of its victims in the virulence of
It's attacks. On Saturday last, and for day or
two susowng the temperature most unsea-
sonGbe, and there set in from the north ward and
eastward, a COOL disagreeable wind, which
rendered winter clothing comfortable. Thether-
mometer within doors ranged some degrees below
70 deg. 1t was this sudden and continued change
in temperature here that resultedin largely
increased number of cases Our medical atten-
dance is becoming precarious. Already two of
most prominent ply sicians have been taken
r, to the L. S. Naval Hospital-whiie another prac-
ttoner has been stricken down by the pesti-
lence. But one out of the three Drug Estab-
lishments in our midst is kept open-two hay
ing been closed, for want of some one, pre-
sumo, to attend in them-their proprietors hav-
ing LETT town.
Mr.. Beard of Wilmington, Del, arrived at
Portsmouth on Wednesday, and tenderedhis SER
vices assistant and nurse for the suffering
sick in this town. He comes recommended by the
Howard Association of Philadelphia.
The Rev. Mr.. berlin, Catholic minister, is at
the Naval Hospital sick with the Fever.
The following list of deaths is published in the
Transcript as having occurred.
TUESDAY, 4ug. 2l.-A child of Mr.. Aston,
Mary Moss, daughter of Dick Gordon, coored,
James Mahoney, Mrs Brent, Betsy Hudl ey, coll
ored, Patrick Williams, child Of Dr. V. Bso-
ly, Mary Newell WIN. Waller. and five at the
hospital-Total Il.
WEDNESDAY,, tug 22.-Mrs VIM. Carey,
Mrs. Antonette and Lewis Warranton Williams
wife and child of Mr.. James l.. Williams, child
of Malohi Williams, Mrs. Harrison, Mr.. King,
Mrs. Elizabeth Pritchard. Mr.. Toland, a child
of Mr.. Potter, Mrs. Thomas Randolph, Mrs
Elisha Rhodes, Mrs. Sarah Potts. Mr.. James
Harrison, lno. Gallilee, colored woman and four
at the hespital-Total 10.
The names of all those who die at the hospital
will be published hereafter.
We regret to hear from gentleman who arri-
we'd in Petersburg yesterday afternoon, that Col.
Winchester Watts, President OF the Common
Council OF Portsmouth, was taken down with the
Fever Thursday, and carried to the hospital.
Our Informant states further, that but one
store in Portsmouth is open,and that is the Drug
store of Dir. IL. Buff, in charge of Mr.. Philip
Fauh and one or two assistants.
correspondence of the Express.
DES0LATE NE-IMPORTANT FACTS
GATHERED-NOBLE TRIBUTE TO PLY
SlCIANs-TIlE ONLY CLASS OF PER