Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-10-03
Tho Current Operations Of the Treasury
The Epidemic at Norfolk and Portsmou. h

The news from the yellow fever districts is
more cheering; there being but few new cases
| in either Norfolk or Portsmouth, and the mum.
Der of deaths small. The disease, however, is
| represented as very malignant-more SO than
at any time during the scourge
The following are among the dead in Nor
folk: Mrs. VIM. B. Ferguson, Miss Margaret
| kennedy, Miss Catharine Redman, Mr.. Skin
| ner, Mr.. J. LOvett, Mr.. Falford, and Mr..
Dibbs.
The total number of deaths by yellow fever
in Norfolk is estimated at ttOo thousand
| DR.. Maund, of Baltimore, writes from Nor
| folk, on Monday, to the Baltimore American
81 send you the cheering news that at last
| the physicians consider tho disease no longer
| as an epidemic either at Norfolk or Ports
mouth. The cases occurring are now mostly
| in the suburbs of the city; but they wish to be
understood that the disease would be as fatal
| as ever to persons, should any return
"The city of Norfolk looks much more cheer
| full; some few stores are open, and there are
now two markets where good fresh vegetables
| and meats can be procured.
| sit is believed the resident physicians can
| attend to all who arc now sick. Forty-two
nurses left on Sunday for New Orleans, and
| seven doctors and twelve nurses left on Mon
day for Savannah and Charleston All the
1 sick from the Almshouse have been removed
to Julappi Hospital.
'Dr, Henry Selden is at Hampton, and is
| supposed to be dying.
| 's'The wife of Chief Justice R. B. fancy died
| at Old Point On Saturday, and Miss Alice
| fancy on Sunday, and were both buried yes
terday; his daughter died of the yellow fever.
Judge fancy and family have returned to Bal
timore."
| PORTSMOUTH.
| DR.. Rizer, Of Philadelphia, who has just re-
covered from severe attack of the yellow
fever in Portsmouth, and who is still much
debilitated, arrived in Baltimore yesterday
en- route for his home, in company with several
| physicians and nurses. He reports that there
were five death in Portsmouth on Monday,
and that the disease is more fatal there now
than ever that there are low about one
hundred and twenty-five persons sick, includ-
ing many poor Irish, who lately returned to
the city from the woods, whore they sought
safety when the disease first began to rage
with violence.
The following are among the victims:
| Mrs. Connolly, Mrs. Jesse N. Veale, Mrs.
| Bridget Clougherty, Mrs. Mary higgins, Mr..
| Connolly, Andrew Brice's son, Robert Lilies
on's child, Kinchen Turner, Mrs. Walter De-
lastacious, Jordan Curling, Mrs. Thomas En-
merson, jr., d. S. Brown, Elizabeth Williams,
VIM. R. Singleton's child, DR.. Edwin Hunter
of New York, DR.. COrtlen Cole of Philadel.
phia, f. O'Oonner, Mrs. Leyden, John Me-
Rea, George Barber.
Tho reported death Of James Brownley is
incorrect. A letter informs us that the only
death was young ThaddsuS; and that the re.
naming members of the family are GONZALES
cent. Thomas Gates is eonvalescsnt, having
been able to leavo the hospital On Sunday.
The total number of deaths by the fever is
estim ated at upwards Of nime hundred.
J. G. Holiday, Esq, is convalescing rap
idly. DR.. Webster, of Baltimore, is still sick,
and DR.. Thomas, of Cincinnati, is low.
| No less than nine volunteer physicians have
died in Portsmouth, all of whom were from
north Of that place. Only four resident ply
scians have died.
| Naval Constructor Hartt, Holt Wilson, ESQ
and DIR. j. N. Schoofeld, are represented as
being hard at work, relieving the distressed
and ministering to the sick