New-York daily tribune., 1855-08-24
THE YELLOH FEVER.

We have been furnished with the following
private letter from lacy oftte highest respect
sb,lIty; it ia perfectly reliable in its descrlp-
tion Of the condition OF ill-tated Norfolk
NORFOLK. Aug. 10, 1855.
Your sFectoDate favor OF the 18th reached me yss-
terday through tbe hands of Dr. H., received it
from Mr.. S. while attending A. c. All intercourse
With Bernuda-st has been iorbidden me. Tast
sueet is now considered belonging to the infected
district At this time Mrs. C., another
son sid daughter, are all down al Mrs. S.si c. aud
A. ako They are said TO be better, bat j. C. Is very
in. Capt 4. K. and II. ". in that house; A. c. lwho
received the lsst sacrament last night and her cousin
Mis- d al Mr.. AS, servant next 10 them dying
One Of Mrs. C. children died after tLey LEFT Norfolk
and believe every o.ber house in that part OF the
street is oeserted. We have remained here 50 iong
now that perhaps Il l. just well to continue. Each
one seems waiting which shall be tasen with il first,
our anxiety Is greatly Increased by the misery Of
those separsted from Poor NJ. seems to be so
mse, abe that she writes il we do not go up 10 her
81 will leave her children and come down 10 US, or
che must be put in the Lunauc A yIum. Nolaoguage
can express the distress misery and which
round us but thank God up to this time al our fam
ily, servants and all are quite well. We keep them
away from the infected parts OF the town much
possbe not one has been sent into Main-st for macy
days None Of tie family now 60 out Of the house ex-
cepi r. and yself, aud only to church, aud | to
the Sisters. J. BIS daughter who nursed her,
wss brought over just opposite to US, and
Died last Friday. 1t wss a dreadful sight
D. zee the poor child carried to the grave, with
only the clergyman and Mr.. St c. II the servant
VINO had raised all Mr BIS chdIen, ded last week at
t,e Hospital OIL d So did her house servant. Among
the few nei2hbois left around hear Of deaths
every dsy--the eldest oaughter Of poor widow, who
was one of Ny sehvonates, died yeser lay after few
oays lness, and was buried in three or four hours
after The only sOn OF another schoolmate near me
oieo Yesterday The husband of third Died on Sat
ufoay leaving large family of children destitute and
helpless Our nearest neighbor now lett Is very loS
with fever and almost every other house has been
vacated Sister Bernard tells me she had chill on
saturday and was very aiDg yesterday. | am e1-
rectpg ber TO be taken every dav for her duties are
indeed labo,ous She has to superintend the Sisters
at the Naval Hospital going through the infected dis
trct here and through Portsmouth to get there TO see
the Sist r. at tie Hospital, five miles from town. She
bas number Of rick friencs throughout the wn and
with Only one Sister, hss beside the charge of the Ay'
INN here with fifteen orphans. There now thirty
m re orphsns waiting until II is safe to bring them to
tie asy lum E lie r., another good pious young girl
of our congregation, also dying yeste day, and
i've OF ber family sick with AS yet the disease ap-
pears to be attacking the whole Of Main st. and along
Bermuda. You know what close, confined street.
that il, and there is pono Of greea stagnint water
all slor Q the back of MIS- SIS garden. The weather
now is extremely unf,yorabe for the dsease-so cold
that we have fires and nd comforts and bankets very
comfortabe-which must be very trying to the poor
sick.