Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-09-04
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WV. l.. WHITE, JR.. Sr''rrtnry.
TIE YELLOW FEVER AT NORFOLK AND
PORTSMOUTH.

fSnecial Correspondence of the Petersburg Express.
NORFOLK, August 80 d L. vi.
There is not a street IN Norfolk, from one end OF II
TO the pthpr that has not ar more cases o lever
S,.,. buva hrrn visited more severely than others
but there Is not Il lane, byway or alley that ID entire
ly exempt from Infection. In several streets cnscs
NAV he found III all Of the houses, suCh ns Berinuda,
E,s, F.n-l hurch, md Brewer streets Whole faln-
lies of five or six persons have been in some Instances
p-os,ratpd ut once. and their suirrngs III con-e
Iucncc, for the want OF nursing and attention. hah
been painful in the extreme.
II seems 10 us that the of quoted words "mlsinr-
tune. never come single" have been painfully liius-
trated during this epidemic Let the fever enter II
household and it seldom leaves before taking away
two or more, and sometimes all It's Inmates Such
was the case with the family d! Mr. lhomis Lewis
Merchant on Main street. y few days since we r.
pnrteI the death ci himself md two daughcrs-ycs-
terday the death of his only surviving child, hne
spriehtly bOy--now father, two daughters ana SON.
ALL all are gone So in the tirni!y Oi Mrs. John ).
Cnmp Tie death OF her lst Child was reported
lately making three she has lost, two daughters and
II .on-slc remains behind, poor lady, heart broken,
ch!dlcss, bercavrd mother! These are but two ~
stances Of many that We could name, Ia support the
uuptntun cited above. -,
w. oiyr below the latest deaths from fever: Ed
ward Wh;ting Mr.. J. Tatem Miss Drusilla Gayle;
Mrs. It, +. Whitte, wife Of 1t. White, |. ,. ~;
Miss Spatt, York ST.; Miss Mary T. Sarke, daughter
of the late Capt Starkr, L. s. Marine Corps; c1oreu
,v,nan. Boush's Lane Frank Farrant; Widow DAVIS,
Duke IT,; Mira. Mallory Todd Miss A. Heron; Dr.
rhomas Nash DR.. Thomas G.. Constable T. Dal-
Iaucc Tom free ncgr"l and four slaves.
Among the cases taken last night we ho'e INC ,o''
lowing james Hathaway. jewe!ler Joseph r An
drr.on Dr. Robert Rose; &. w. Camp Esq, Casiliet
of the Exchange Bank: Thomas S:rn'' ana Tue "'oc
Of his family: j. Hopkins, and srvera! IN Lieut. ~
Sinclair's family. -,
Nearly every occupied dwelling has one or more
sick in il! - r. r,
j. G.. II IIatton is dying DR.. Thomas c. Cons'a-
bl made his will this morning, after vomiting blood
lie died at 3 p. VI. Miss W. Holden, schoonistress,
had III. black vcln this murung, and is expected To
die every moment Cbas. Smith, dry goods merchant
is diving Mise Ro,ny Dodds daughter OF tue well.
kuown m-smerica writer DR.. Dodds, is very i'll;
Iguatius Higgins is not expected 10 live; Miles /
Butcher has the black volnit ut Ocean View Capt
Guy is getting well; Mrs. Conway Whttle, reported
yes,erday as sick, should have been Mrs. Fortescue
Whte lsince diedj Mrs. {. Whittle is absent from
the city; Or. Higgins is conva!esceut, and will leave
tomorrow for the north
The gallant DAs RICARDO with ten nurses w'iI a.
rive here tonight from New Orleans. o. Tor "u''
dred more-we need every on. nf them sad!y' u,ron,
Iu Portsmouth, the disease is sppal'in5I sI.rs Yarn .ero
two clock yesterday four two hours'D met
l6 deaths and ~ new cases, IL not this a"'u'