Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-09-10
LATE NEWS By THE MAILS.
From the Petersburg Express of Saturday.
Yellow Fever at Norfolk ( Portsmouth.
Eran NnrfaiL.

20 most alarming extent. Our correspondent,
,vbose letter we give below. estimates The nnm-
her of burials on Thursday at SEN ENTft He
ndls b. wpver. that many of them were persons
Who had been dead for at easttorty eight hours
hut could not be inferred for want of collins
srni: has been remedled now and II Is thought no
more difficulty will be experienced.
It will be seen that two lovely and interesting
daughters of the late Mrs. DR.. Chandler. have
quickly followed their mother to the grave.
The death Of G. w. CAMP. Esq. Cashier of the
Exchange Bank, is announced in tn telegrarhic
despatch which we publish below. This will
prove a great loss TO the community. lie has
been represented to us asa gentleman oil fine ed
ucation exceeding courteousness OF manners,
and one who ENJOYED the confidence of his fellow
citizens, to high degree
We regret to hear that a letter was received
in this city last evening. by our townsman, -.
NJ. BERNARD, Esq, which states that his broth.
er, Mr.. RoBr. S. BERNARD, the well known drug
rist of Norfolk. had suffered relapse. after con
siderable Improvement and is now quite III
w. ID. Roberts. Esq. the delegate elect from
Norfolk city to the next General Assembly of
Virginia, we are informed by our Geographic dis
patch from Weldon, is dead.
We invite attention to the following letter from
our faithful and attentive correspondent
NORFOLK. Sept. 9th, S p. NJ
Dear Express Since the fatal epidemic has
prevailed in our city. a most singular looking fy
has made its appearance, which is quite stanger
in tbi ; latitude, and has never been known here
before bv the .oldest Inhabitants It's body is
about the size of our common fly, Of yellowsh
colour with long delicate porous wings of a tex
ture as fine as the softest silk They fly togeth-
or in swarms. and may be seen in large numbers
on the fig trees, but their great point of attrac
lion seems to be the collins, in which repose the
III fated victims of - Yellow Jack" We took a
A. (. al tbo ,,f brr;, nj
ter's Field Yesterday, and was intensely Mortified
ut seeing many of the collins that lay on the
ground scattered around. awaiting interment,
lit rally black with these loathsome little insects,
that souirmed themselves upon another
thick as to exclude the coffin entirely from sight.
It was the most disgusting spectacle we ever be-
held ha wing an oily wormy significance of the last
moor of mortality about it.that was absolutely sick
eaninp, What could have broughtthese tiny scaven-
a .rs herel do they follow like camp plunderers in
The train of the ptiless destroyer or are they EN-
genderel by the deadly disease itself. acting up.
o i, a peculiar atmosphere These are questions
that we leave to lSarans, better skilled in such
phenomena's of nature than we are. TO answer
satisfactorily if they can. We only know that
dead bodies will create peculiar worm
and why not a deadly plague create peculiar
The front before O'Brien Il Quick's establish
ment, was this morning literally blocked up with
collins of every shape and size Whatever we
may lack in other things at present, there is no
scarcity now of this last indispensable habtation
of perishing mortality for which we are ndebt-
ed to the wise forethought of sympathizing
friends in Hampton. Baltimore and Richmond. a
largo supply of cotiins from which places we
noticed in yesterdays letter
This opportune supply has put many of our
citizens in quite cheerful mood. as it has diss-
mated the great dread they were under re
l1a;,,. hnv ad
boxed, should they he unfortunate as 10 fall be
fore the unerring dart of the insatiate scourge.
Idle, long limbed. lazy blacks, have also been
forced into service, to dig graves and many a
poor fellow will now sleep quietly inurned. sole
occupant of his own narrow grave, who would
otherwise have been shoyeed away promiscu
ousv in a deep pit with score more of
aliens and strangers to minge their bones with
each other. and crumble into dust together
All day Yesterday tar barrels were burnt in the
rear of the City Hotel Hospital, with the view of
purifying. in some degree, the poison ,us amos-
phere of that infectious locality.
Whether this will prove of any service or not
in attaining the end designed. cannot say
at present we would dislike very much to send n
dog that we valued, that not infection proof
to that general depot of disease and death, where
so many eater sick and Frustrated, and so few
leave without the assistance Of the under aker
1t gives us pain to announce the sickness of
Mrs. DIR. n. c. Whitehead, the amiable lady of
our acting Mayor. She was attacked last night;
also, Thomas Hardy, Esq, of Ferry Point. Jos.
Murden. Esq, clerk of the Exchange Bank, was
also seized last night.
Geo. Randolph. John Adams. Mrs. w. p.
Burnham.and the eldest daughter of Capt. Young
are very low.
G. w. Camp, Esq, so affected by the
death ofh wife, that his recovery is considered
very doubtful.
j. d. Marks. arrested for robbing the late
Miss Lewis of 81 900 worth of iewelry. was lib
erated this morning. we learn, on condition that
he would point out the place where the stolen ar
ticles were deposited. He did so. and immedi
etelv made tracks for .'parts unknown"
We note below the latest deaths F: Nancy So
rey, Betsy Bradley. Lucy Griffin, Miss Mary Ma
lony, Thos Carson Mrs Woodfn. Mr. J p How
ell, Mrs Fanny Smith. Jas Ryan. VIM Martin
Mrs Life Holden. Mr. Luten. Thos Heating, Mis-,
Chandler, Miss Richie Chandler, daughter of the
late Mrs DIR Chandler, Mr. McNally. tailor )daugh
Ter of Mr. Lockwood. Chas Baltimore, Mar,
Bradford, (free) Jno Small, Custom house off
GER daughter of VIM Davis Mrs Z Balance
Mrs 1'hos Owens. Mr.. Henry Howard, coloret
man, Hawk st; VIM p Brennan, Mrs Gowan Mr.,
Whitehead wife of Wm Whitehead Esq, col
ored woman, owned by C. Constable Total heart
from. 80
There were 70 buras yesterday oil
them having been lying over for collins for a
hours.
w d Roberts, Esq, is dying. He made his
will this morning. making John Tunis, ESQ., Ad
minstraor of his estate. DR.. Geo. Cowdery
and Augustus Cooke, Esq; an efficient officer o
the Howard Association were taken down las
night.
cool wind blowing from the Northeast Will
sickly sun-very unfavorabe. All, oil. arr
getting sick! SPECTATOR.