Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-08-28
once upon her lsbnriouS duties in the '"'e'''1
of the sick und dying.
LATER FROM NORFOLK. ~
Especial Correspondent OF the retersCurG ESpte5e'
STr,mrR AuGusr,, James k'vc''
saturday, Aug. -, lSj1.

rc,oc;,, C,ra.rnnJ.rr, of the Petersburg Express!
STEAMER AUGUSTA, Ia'ics h'sE'
saturday, Aug. -, iN"'. -,
D,,r roos. RI. awful aud rnali%ial' re'.t
,,r,;miu.s =, nv. With uual'hted rapidIfy III ot -"
t;ctcl cities: md. meianchniy I" rcih'e, SUI" 49,. t.r
most useful AID respected ci'iZe1s ~, ou,nn,, tIem,
down since my last letter l. h mn " tbe yiriinn. AMI
rrrrcf to .,y. is the good, me Dra'e' 'no .vrry
f,;,b,,I IL, Wood;s. His name IS upon - 49,
tongue and his severe illness has Gus. q T. RI. IL.
over our entire city. We cannot contemi" nres with
ness Of such u man, under Sarm NJ sorrow. Truly may
!, h. .a;j of him, tina. he pnssesses MI ~ ., us home
n hero. all the qualities OF i" oelie,u., tba bnnL. of
,hst H. may vet be spared tn receive ~ h,; "a so fullv
his fellow citizens In"' wv"
and justly r.a ~, y nssscncer this morning a few pnr-
gum, IND 70 the sick, dying aud dc"n' ne
N Nnnr,. nnu.nr,ts of three hundred c""Ts ~" ~.
ttP"i.o in Norfolk; aud over twenty deaths iTr tn''
' en u"r. ar,iiue MT SHUTDOWN yesterday. lie r acu'-
-, - V,rtolk are of The opinion llat !'e '"S'h'' ~
a..suncd a much mider ic::n, as II yields ln,'c" m"n@
r.oIiIy TO treatment. lni VIII ooscrV. U! NC go
i'll I f,rssrd today, thar the Board q! llralth re-
W." WI, IN. deaths of sixteen prrsons. Ny informant
ppIds no other names except the son ct lhos. u; 'i"l-
"' and vounr Edmund A.. .Jaines, clerk for James
Gordon & Co. Dm,,
A. f. Leonard, ESD ('t the ArETs') Geo; lnu,n'
nnnd, f.. Guy, Of the City Watch, Thus: j. C"rpre"'
f.. Roberts, and young IL Page, arr doing better
Brickhousc, Solomon Cherry D. i. I!iurstni'' an aSc',
merchant, DR.. +. l.. Higgins, Mayor """lls' an"
Win. III. L"hman, tailor, all very Ill ana ,hrir ..
,overy considered extremely doubtful. D. Marsdcn
S,n;th. n very prominent citizen ulId intelligent 'n'r,
chant, was taken down yesterday. The rarlhrrS
Bank has been removed 10 Butte street; anu INC oI'cc
vi the Customs IN Hampton. ,.
saw a.. Is. Coukc, Esq III active member al INC
Humane Association, as We bonrde'l tho C4.B,c ycstcr-
d,y. He had ius; returned from The Eastern SHORE
10 bring his family tn Hampton. He states thai se'c'
raj of our citizens who left Norfolk, Il few day. ''''I'
bad been taken down with the lever, aId lap'.y'
., ~. rr Ind tliIl AmDnIr The
number sick ON that side of tho water, would niri-
ion John Jenkins Of the firm of jenkins & S;rcniIi
and Lieut.. Brunlnni III The Norfolk B:ucs.
DR.. Higgins, VIC are gratitird Ia stale, is much bet
ter; also, VIM. e. Whitehead, Esq; DR.. Iurstnlls III
DIV ,y.Meyur Stubbs, lady ard two dnuchtcro al!i
ron WIN. Dunbar laiy Of Joseph II. RnhInS"n;
ISIS Caroline Almond, Duke ST; nni! LEWIS Lcpasc'
Frederick Roberts, of The firm Of Roberts ~ Bro, Is
dying; also, Mr.. Jacobs, house carpenter, Brewster
st. N. T.. Currier is very sick. Many negroes ana
DrBrrc's son, clerk of +. Z. Iauo Is Co, was sclzei
by the fever in Baltimore. and is rc..n.tad dead. Dr.
Levitt died in Portsmouth this morning.
FROM PORTSMOUTH.
From Portsmouth ZOO, Us from Norfolk, tho tidings
are narrowing. and hrRrt-rciIlng III the tXtrcinc.-
Steadily, bu. rapidly, the work OF death goes on. We
are deeply puiucl to learn that the noble, gallant, de-
voted and um,:ring phiIanthropI4t and Clr'otian, DR..
y w, H.. Trurirri, has at last brcu stricken down
with the scour.r. Young aud vigorous, H. he ls' ""
ar, no: without hope that his life 'aay De spared. i"'
IN, sake If L. family, his deep stricken town, ana li'
mnni,y generally. Night and day he hns pursued his
course, through sickIcs. aud death, l".i"S SIGHT ~
s-If. in n ION lIuiabl. j :-irc 70 render aid to his sui
frr;ug fclOw-man.
Especial Correspondence of the Pc;ersbur: Express,
STEAMER AUGUSTA, ia mes River,
Saturday, Angus: ID, lSj1.
D.,r E>nres,:-Frnm Portsmouth the accounts ar
annoIliny. SAW Ey-Mayur Stokes on board the Cot
lee, who left this morning 10 return III the h!trrt"'!''
He is the larges, and, | believe, the only tnder'ik'r
in Portsmouth. He is I'D niGrnIlst anu can be rriIei
M. II. reports twenty one dcnths yesterday, hili aH'
suIrl mo that, in the town of Portsmouth, there were
betw.en four and five hundred cases under trentnrnt'
The gallant 1rugicn has succumhed al last. lie
left for the Hospital last evening, bnt. Is Thought 10
be, / am happy 10 say, not dangerously ILL.,
DR.. Scl,ooifeld will bc on duty to-day. John IT,:
Hnlladny is no again and mini.frring 10 the wants oil
the afflicted. Winchester Watts aud young tieorge
Chambers, commission merchants, lir lM''rr II son
Of Captain George Chambers, who dicd a ie"
DAYS since, are down with the fever. John Ioiilhs
n,d DR.. narpin are somewhat better, but still very
DR.. Loyett and Mrs. Avery W. Williams died yes
teriay. Mrs. W. was formerly OF Brooklyn, Ne"
York. Wilson Williams, it is thought, cannot i've
through to-day.
BENJAMIN Palmer, Paymastor in the Navy Yard
r.portcd dcad a few days ago, was on board the
Coffee this morning, but looks very weak ana 'oenIc'
Gov. TazewcIl uud family came MP this n..Enlms'
and IlSrlnDuSkcu III tIc W lihnioO ''"''
Governor ia fast passing AWAY.
Very truly your, HOWARD
LATER FROM PORTSMOUTH,:
Special Correspondence OF ;no let"t.onr? EhrtesSI
MAGSoLIh SPRISGs, Saturday, I
August -, 1919.
D.cr Fynross..-I was informed Yesterday by Z gen
t,e,uan, that he had just placed Miss r. Boutwell, ~
the collin. She died Of the fever. Mr.. B"Iitwril IF
very sick, and | fear lie will die. When lrit 'ir
Dispcnsarv in Portsmouth. hi ! O'clock r. Me- Inc
following report was brouShi IN:
DR.. J. W. II. Tru:icn has been carried 20 the Hes
ri;al sick OF the fever. DR.. Schooltield was di-ci,arS-
eli from the Hospital to-day, Ia bad l""hIng case ! u
sure vnu.) but hi, excellent lady is much better;
Gail. Rrynotd- wits is dead; Avery William. vi.
i nni,. m md will 10 doubt die. %liuhman's family
mr.. alI ,rad; and Mrs. Ticmpson's innily ar, all :;"%
down with it. J. &. Holiday is still up, aud so Is
Robert Scott and }. Foreman.
Richard Boush is active. and has charge Of the
Soup Wagon, dispensing IT wherever necessary;
have seen but one female Ill the streets oi PORTS
r,uu.h during the past two days. Watcrmclolls, iigs
ruI tomatoes uc found for sule on the sidewalk, or
pu.iie Brooks Store, at very low rates. Chickens
nr. IN "rca; l.niaiii, ana LEMONS also.
TIL. whole number nf c1rce NOW III town rcGch sew
cral but it liz Of Il less malignant 'harae'e.'
know one grniIclnun vino has had seven scrSai'a
down with II. Yours, oc' 80.
P.S the cars hav" jus; arrived ny the S,pr';;'g7
from Portsmouth. Avery Williams wife If dard'-
Fnrcs, and his wife Martha also. Boutwell, ID worse
and Col. Waits better. jams g.. ii,I'day, I;,4'
Commonwealth Attorney. E.s beet! carried ~ tn' ii"s'
ul;ul sick Of the Fever. Dcnl1" mas been 'ltsciiirSr1
from the Hospital. d.. H,innhI.id aud lazy are siil'
iIuuroyi,.. Ii is feared DR. Maupiu viii DE tn-:;ior-
row, DR.. l.. unw Oh The train aud just from Porte
mouth, says his symptoms are very hat. H." tidi'is.S
AZ. awful indrei-rvertndy seems I" have The lever
liurrirdiy yours, w.
CIT. AND sTATk "a.
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