Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-09-18
NoTfoII ana PortsIlnonth.

Norfolk and Portsmouth.
The accounts UP Is satnrsa that the fever
Was abating. aud that there were but q deaths in
5Notfolk. tot The q hours ending at noon on En-
day. In Portsmouth, during. the same period "
dean eases reported.
"a 10 ellowingsl frotn tIr. Btoughton, the
elitor Of The N6fgoik Herald. to the Petefsbusg
E1atellssaset.
NORFCLK5s Senlemper 70.
Among thz.deaths since yesterday, at Q p. ~,
are Ms. Catharine BaYlor; atEs. LaYall, wifi Of
the Hon George Loyal, Navy Agent; Miss Eliza
n Soqlt her. earth may truly be sad TO
have lostsa breh and shining example, aud heay=
en- gained SANITY Miss Keeling. nice of ]. g.
Wilkinson. Esq, Of the Exchange Bank Dr..
Robert {. IrimbeTlake, s1n.in-law Of John d.
Gorlan, Esq. Samuel Roberts, grain measurer;
Mrs. DR.. SylVesteE-the last Of the family except
a daughter Of 70 years, in the county. Father,
mother and two sons the junior DR.. S. and a
brother are all gouea Glarrisa, servsnt of
Wan. lard. sRsq. Dr.. Bache, Quot BateSl who
was reported iElyestetday, is dead. IIewas from
w 9shmgton Having alluded in u former letter
to prejudice which had takenp possession OF some
peoples minds. unfayorable to the Howard In-
Urinary. itmaYnGt b. amiSs 10 say that it arose
lrouf the fact that of the patients sent
there were past recovery when they entered5 and
Of course tie mortality was greater than It would
have teen under more favorable Circumstances
As it is, however, the Teconi shows thatitw not
so very bad after alt; and that it is no Argument
against the institution in the face OF the Numerous
cases OF recovery which are daily TUNED out. Olr.
John Hudson, engineer of the steamer Phoenix,
died TO day, having been taken tothe infrmary
tVf =hE4ESP haSh
large majority Of the cases sent there. The
nature OF the disease rtquiEes immediate treat
ment and constant attention; II neglected beyond
a certain time il defes all medical skill. Since
the TStof September, ~ hen the bouks were opened,
TO the present daY, the 18th, there have been adj
mitted into the lnhEmary, t4S patients; OF whom
sixty have lel-being equal to 40 per cent
Dr.. FenneE, the chief physician Of the lntrnary,
says this is less than the rate OF mortality, in the
New Orleans Intimacy in 1853.
There were admitted into the hospital within
the "a hours ending TO day alto O'clock A. NJ. q
PATIENTS whites and 2 blacks. Gumbetof deaths
for the same periods. There are embellishments
whites aud % culored, making So in ali. lfthoSe
who are badly provided at home with nurses to ct.
tend them in case ofsiekness would apply for al.
mission to the, hospital the moment they were at
tackled, there would be fewer deaths.
The reporters for tie presses abroad. find
some times kill people with their pens who after
wards get well. One of these imaginary homicides
was committed on our friend Col. Stone. He was
down with the fever, and us he is in size about
equal to two single gentlemen rolled into one,' it
was general conclusion that it would go hard
with him. Nevertheless, TO the great joy Of
his numerous friends, flor the Col. is Al popular
man, he came out in a week, good as. new In
the meantime, and before 1t was generally known
that he was ceuya losing, the papers OF the neigh
boring towns had him dead. Not knowing to the
contrary when Tread the nnwelcome announce
LIT
words of Prince Hal, on not disSimilar occasion:
"What, old acquaintance, coutd.n0t all this flesh
keep in a little lfe!" In the course ofthe day |
fellln with the Colonel, and with hearty shake of
the hand had soon convinced me that he was no
ghost-howeyer the world might begun to--mlS-
takes. r.. G. b.
The followingis from another correspondent of
the above named paper.
NoRFoLK, Sept. 10, 1855.
Dear Sir: In to-day's report have to announce
the death ofSome excellent persons. The first is
that of miss Eliza Soutter, who has been bright
and shining light in the Presbyterian Church. Of
which she has long been member; and the de-
voted minister that chnrch, the Rev. sir. Arm
strong, fwho has been untiTing in his efforts during
the epilemicl said, while standing by her bedside,
while sheiwas wrestling with the grim monster,
thathe did not know how 10 give her up, or how
to.part with her.
DR.. Briggs died last night; histatherdIel days
daughters of the late Wright Soulhgate Mrs. Ho-
race DrewIys Mt. Keys, stone mason. ALT. Laps
louise, fonneIlyt0n nPholsterer m NoJlolk; Miss
Wake, wiGeof the Rev. Lewis Wake, the pres
ent pastor Of Christ Church. AIr. Briggs Of
Washington city, who came down here as anurse
20 the sick, has also been cut down by tile nerci-
less destroyer. Mlr. Ro6t Tim6erlake, AIR. Lem
mel Roberts, Mrs: Catharine baylor, lady who
has been very successful teaching school fol seve
raj years past. Mr.. Richard Francis, Miss L..
Keeling, niece ofNIr. Wilkinson, an officer III
the Exchange Bank. and his daughter, have both
died to-day. Mr.. Joseph r. Small, of the firm of
j. R. Small s. Co., died TO. DAY. Mr.. Walter II.
Taylor, left town few days ago and was taken
sick on board the boat on her way up, and has
SINCE died III Baltimore. DR.. G. w. Cowlery.
one ofpractiSng physicians left here for Balti-
more, and understand he now lies in the huspi-
talthere sick with the fever. Dr.. G. Il. UpShe1
was compelled to stop here yesterday, ntwhetL-
er 1t was from fatigue or tom an attack of the fe
yer have not been able 10 ascertain. Tie has
stood manfuliy at his post Sncethe epidemic first
6tUke out, and while his associates have been cut
down upon his right hand and upon his left, like
good soldier, he continued to fight on; but now
he is compelled to retire from the iield. leaving,
believe, but four Of our resident physicians on
duty this time namely: Drs. Henry Selden,
Moore, Tunstall and Roses who have more pa.
tients than they can attend 10.
Occasionally WeSee familiar face, one who
has been down with the fever, and he looks like
q brave soldier, who has just returned fIom the
field of battle, full ofwounds and scars, for every
one you who had the fever. bears the marks OF
it upon him. had the pleasureof meeting seve-
raj this morning who have recovered, aud well do
they show. its fleets.
Theresare about one thousand persons down
with the fever this time, that's about one in
every four who now remain.
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The Retired Navy List.
The following isa cOadense,: statement of tie
action of thu Naval Board convened under the
provisions of the late law of Congress. aud whose
report has bsen approved by the President.
There have been dropped from the rolls Of the
navy;
Three captains,
Six commanders,