Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-09-03
NEWS By THE MAILS.
I'm the Petersburg Express of Saturday. ]
: .,,ou Fever at Norfolk l. Portsmouth.
From Nor6ik.

Sas csv remaining Inhabitants of the i'll IA
= .itv are almost doomed 10 certain destruc
tion =, -, e.,,,, v..,f.n.
ming. One by one the five daes have been
~ 1naly suspending, and for several days past
F. hive received only the Argus. That faied
=, o,me to hand last night, but we trust il has not
en- .pended publication.
II The letter of our intelligent correspondent
:. .neetator" gives the most appalling account we
baye vet received. 1t is as follows:
fsnecial Correspondence of the Express.
rsrer Unirersai- - Whoie Famiiy's dona-paral-
| III beficeen Norfolk and New Orieans-gtoo-
M, scenes-Misf fortunes neUer come single
Il U},strotions-iis of Deaths -ne,o cases-Dr.
/ maths in t,co hours in Portsmouth 40 ne,e ca
NORFOLK, Aug Both, 5 p. NJ.
There is not street in Norfolk, from one end
-, - the other that has not one more cases
f = Some have been visited more severely
.,n atbers. but there is not lane, by-way or
Low. that is entirely exempt from Infection. In
'.,,,l streets cases may be found in all of the
,,,,os#s uch as Bermuda, East, FEM Church, and
NI,fswer streets. Whole families OF five or six
IS ,,,,,,,s have been in some instances Frustrated
= anea. and their sulerngs in consequence, for
Ahe want Of Nursing ana at'ehtiohua'e oeeh Pain-
Af,I in the extreme.
II Va have visited the greater part OF the
A-nitod States-we have passed through the fear
I'll endemic in Galveston in the summer OF 1889
"a Ind the mi ,fortuna to be in New Orleans
- sen SON AGO when .,25 died in one day with
liz romifo; ana of course witnessed many dismal
Ill distressing scenes; but never have we seen
l. much misery never have we beheld amore pam
ie.struek, destitute. and toriorn people lnah the
Foundation Of Norfolk has presented during the
3revaIence Of the direful scourge that is decina-
3aeond DESTROYING the inhabitants almost one
Aaay say. by wholesale.
4 SCENES Of anliction, which we trust never to
/ mess again have come under our daily ooserva
IA. In New Orleans the people were used to
4 rayaoes of \ elbow Jack, and went about, and
teemed unconcerned, even in the midst OF It's de-
44rneiiy, march. Taose who fell were principally
sfranrrr. and untcclimated persons but here
NV and fearful drama was enacted, and without
lard to strangers, native, sex. CT color, 1t pur-
ed its devastating course, Selling upon as Its
be- the fairest, brightest, strongest. aud most
iradant of those "native and to the manor born"
hen there was the want of the comInonest at
tention and nursing. In Orleans on the contrary
fhis could always be obtained and people were
hot afraid to approach you with the hand OF fell
1,wshp and--here, alas relative would often
Desert relative, friend fly from friend, and leave
H., poor fever struck unfortunate to rot and
iie'-nh assistance could not be had tor love
b. money This we grant is gloomy picture,
butt has not been overdrawn as can be testified
H. numbers, both in this world, and ont Of IL, If
ihe spirit lappcrs in the latter case can call down
fln spirits, and invoke their testimony.
Ii seems to US that the oft quoted words mis-
fortunes never come single" have been painfully
illustrated during this epidemic. Let the fever
Inter household. and it seldom leaves before ia
ling away two or moro and sometimes all It's IN
antrs. Such was the case with the family OF Mr..
fIh1na, Lewis, Merchant, on Main street. few
~ since we reported the death of himself and
! ya daughter Yesterday the death of his only
j lrgigng chda fine sprightly boy-now Father,
two daughter and son, all, all are gone So in
rhe ftmily of Mrs. John j. Camp. The death of
er last child was reported lately, making three
she has lost, two daughters, and a son-she re-
hoains behind, poor lady, heart broken child
H., bereaved mother This is bat two instan-
ces ri many that could name, to support tho
quotation cited above.
We give below the latest deaths from fever
Edward Whiting Mr.. j. Tatem; Miss Drusilla
lGayle; Mrs 1t f White. wife of 1t Whittle L.
Is y; Miss Spaitt York st; Miss Marry Z Starke,
laughter of the late Capt. Starke, Marine
lCorps; Cord woman, Boush's Lane; Frank Far
rants Widow Davis, Duke street. Mrs Mallory
Todd; Miss A Horn; Dir. Thomas Nash; DR..
Thomas c Constable L Balance; Tom free
lnegro) and four slaves.
Among the cases taken last night, we note the
following: James Hathaway, jeweller; Joseph 7
Anderson; Dr. Robert Rose; G w Camp, esq,
cashier of the Exchange Bank; Thomas Spratt
and the whole of his family; J Hopkins, and
several in Lieut.. A Sinclairs family.
Nearly every occupied dwelling has one or
more sick in it.
J. G. II. Hatton is dying; Mr.. Thomas Con-
stable made his will this morning, after vomiting
blood. He died at 3 p. NJ. Miss NJ Holden,
lschoolmistress, had the black vomit this morning
land is expected TO die every moment; Charlie
Smith, dry goods merchant is dying; Miss Romy
Dodds, daughter of the well known mesmeric
writer, Dir. Dodds, is very i'll; lgnatius Higgins
b not expected to live; Miles L. Butcher has the
black vomit at Ocean View Capt Guy Is getting
lwell Mrs Conway Whitte, reported yesterday
as sick, should have been Mrs Fortescue Whittle
(since dead). Mrs c Whttle is absent from the
city; Dir. Higgins is convaesceut and will leave
tomorrow for the north.
The gallant DAN RICARDO with ten nurses will
arrive here to night from New Orleans. . for
hundred more-we need every one OF them sad
ly.
In Portsmouth the disease is appalling! From
two O'Clock Yesterday to four two hours), there
were lG deaths and 10 new cases Is not this aw-
sful!
Mrs. Jones died to. day. She is the widow of
the late Walter F. Jones. and the mother of Pass
ed MidShipman Walter F. Jones, who died at the
Naval Hospital several days since
DR.. Herbert NJ Nash is very low and not expec-
ted to survive.
The Rev Anthony Dibrell, ofthe NJ. Z. Church
am pleased 10 state is much BETTER His fever
has been checked. but he is entirely Frustrated
from its powerful effects. SPECTATOR.
FROM pOpTSNOIrTHi
No abatement of new cases. and a ghtfnl list
of deaths, including some of the very best peo-
ME Of tho tn., L, L.,