The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-09-28
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w.sg1yeTos, Sept. &c, 1855.
80 with a recommendation of
10 sceo, r as sh;s dsy has been observed In
tas Mayo, ~ ~ day of fasting. humiliation
Wasning,on 70 Almighty God for mercy on
tsa Pfsye .,s.rers In Norfolk AID P0rts-
the pooi for the deliyerance of our own
I noItn,S . a the dreadful plague. The stores
I'd places of public business nave been
s ssoersIIy closed. and the churches OF ell
ssssnnninstions opened and filled with devout
as oS,eyerential worshippers. Solemn prayers
W. w. heen offered up, and pointed and affecting
D Unions preached. The various departments
' y he government have been closed to day,
n e . Of an order approved by ths
F,srutiye, to enable all who chose to Join
!, The solemn services of the day.
n il be true that the same causes which
.o,sDder fever and ague have something to
a with the production of yellow fever,
Vs.binpton should set its house In order
'ssjpst next summer The Western portion
4 me city is at present greatly annoyed
With this disease. The apothecary shops
Nc al busy and if you 20 into any of them,
vau will find them putting up preparations
d Cuinine. The disease is not dangerous,
bu. decidedly troublesome. 1t is principally
he West end of the city which is subject to
h The marshes of the Potomac engender the
disease. Ths National Observatory, lying
nssr the river, is so much exposed to it that
Lieut. Maury is obliged to leave with his
ismily during the summer months.
There vas an immense congregation, (be-
tween two aid three thOusand,) at st. Mat
bews church last night. The STABAT MA
nR Of Rossin, was executed by the choir
IL HOS. magnificent style. The rapt coun-
.enances OF the vast audience spoke their
keeu appreciation Of the sublime and ex-
qaste music. A most solemn and appro.
prize payer il English, was then offered
by tho eI;ellen. pastor of the church, the
Re-. John P. Donelan, in which he invoked
The throne Of grace most fervently for the
p9O' distressed sufferers in Norfolk aud
Portsmouth. Mir. Donelan then proceeded
TO Liver an address i'll behalf of aid to the
per orphans in Norfolk and Portsmouth,
rtp':te with genuine eloquence, and Chris,
llf9 charity "ln this terrible afflicti on,"
said Mr. DOnelan, Catholics and Pro-
t tesiant have labored side by side, and the
catholic PRIEST and the Protestant clergy man
hs!e shed their tears together over a misery
When they were unable TO remove. Oh
ny. Lrethren, let Us all, Catholics and Pro.
.a''a1ts bury all i'll will in the grave" And
again: such as you are, surrounded by
your happy children, such were the parents
o. Inc poor orphans, few weeks ago; and
u they are, you may be, and those children
DOW around you, helpless orphans. For the
Paillerce viii come here. The solemn tone
which this WAS said, Cannot describe. J.
10 hen to these orphans, as you would have
laers do Tor your children when deprived
\ YOU" Both the Protestant as We'll as
catholic portion of the congregation were
Esaily pleased and impressed with this sol.
INN and atfecting discourse. At the couclu.
ION collection was taken up for the or
'Aans, which amounted to the handsome
am OF i've hundred and ten dollars. In the
ane congregation, three hundred dollars
J raised last Sunday for the Norfolk and
'Tsmouth sufferers. 1t is pleasing to re-.
Iity ' ''''"1 v Wv