The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-09-14

The Raw Mr. Hume has just arrived per steamer
f,om your civ. He report of your deep sytnpas
Inv for ne has much affected our people and drawn
from them .hapksgivine and praise He viii 60
to yssr cy on rf'asy o rn 'h' orphans you
have 50 literally pf ,sn '0'' t;..puo
Corresposd.ucs Of the Dispatch.
The Calamiy-List Of Deaths-Bwrials-
Entire Number Of Deaths, &c.
NORFOLK, Wednesday. 18th.
Many of our citizens are still falling vic.
/ Tins to the scourge. There are lamentatiou
aud mourning in many parts of the town and
| in Portsmouth. We are yet in the midst of
one of the most terrific calamities that ever
visited any place. The people are still fall
| log beneath the leveling arm of the destroy.
ing angel, at the rate of so day or more
Men, unaccustomed to weeping, are pouring
forth copious streams oftears, and hearts are
made to feel deeply and almost to break with
grief. All nature looks beautiful and charm.
ing. but here ia our i'll fated city, the silence
of death and the look of desolation chill the
heart and depress the spirits.
We hear scarce sound but that of the
hammers and saws and wagons of the under
taker, and the rattle of the physicians vehi.
Giles. Business has ceased, and the voice of
mirth and revelry is not heard. But must
There are many new cases among them,
DIR Geo L Upshur, who has been most dill
gent and unwearied in his attentions to the
sick. Icannot give list Of the new cases
now Those who have recently died are as
follows: DR. Briggs, Mrs Geo Loyal, Robt
Undertake, John 8 Lovett, Richard Gran.
berry and sons Mrs Harrison. sister Of
Capt Fatherly; Thos Hare. Rev Mr. Wills
son; - Briggs. of Washingtonj Benj Bur.
CESS. Mrs Cath Baylor and daughters, Rid
Frances. Marion Southgate, Mrs John Selden
and daughter, Miss Fl Revel, d T Owens.
Miss Eliza SOutter, Rev L Wakes lady, DR.
Desbucke, Mrs Columbia Eugene Harvey,
- Tremaigne, Mary Henrehan, John Ia.
iaferro. - Jackson, B Mccoy, Joseph II
Small. Mrs Conner, NJ A Carpenter. Geo H
Barnes, Lemi Roberts, and many others. A
number OF colored persons are sick and dy-
ing about town. Walter Fl Taylor Esq, has
died in Baltimore; Mrs DR. Cowdery and
daughter are sick in York, Pa; - Jones, of
Stewart & Jones, sick in Philada. Many
children die, and numbers are sick of the dis
ease.
More than five hundred have been buried
IN the principal cemeteries in eleven days.
Many hove been buried in the Catholic bu.
rial ground and elsewhere. There have been
about 700 deaths in the city Being hur.
rled to day, and as the mail will close in
few moments, must conclude, promising to
give further particulars to morrow
Yours, in haste, F.
Special Correspondence of the Dispatch.
Decrease an Neac Cases-List Of Deaths.
PORTSMOUTH, Va, Sep. 18th, 1855.
l should have written to you before this,
but was prevented owing to sickness in nv
family; the day you left my daughter was ia.
ken sick, and it required all of my time up to
to-day to nurse her at home
l think the fever is abating; there are not
SO many new cases, but the deaths are about
the same The old cases are dying off yer
fast
will give you as correct report as can
from Saturday O. clock, up to to day.
The Revs Mr.. Devlin and Hume, are tn
only ministers in town to day.
DIR. Craven, of Columbia, s. c., died at the |
hospital on Sunday, 9th
Below l send you an official list of dead
for three days.
Monday 1fM.-Mrs Paul Luke: Geo Randolph; J.o |
kosier son Of John Brown; Mrs Lydia Folger; Julius
= Es. =. Mr. Hand; Mr. Grsham; Doriey; Mrs
OF Guy; 500 OF Jas Shsnnon; Jno Lawrence; chii |
of Jas Lo'terdalsi George Reeoi coored msn
mas; Aure Illus Blsoy; Mrs R D,aks; Miss Land; |
CHILD of Mr. Single John PulIsp; Cornelius Cole
Parker; John Vermillion Robt sslIentice: Mis-, Mar.
the Peters; Wells Cooper; saml stanwood; child of |
d Cowper; Rev Vernon Eskridgs, u N; Rev Mr. |
Cbish ,lm: Sarah Reed John Bell cold.
Wednesday lsh.-Mrs ohm Acciney Miss Ethe. |
rage: child Of I'm Roster; negro woman; Tbos Le
cren; Mrs CANDLES son Of G Tnou.as; Mrs Pc rcb; |
daughter of Mrs Weston; wife of Capt VIM Rich |
ads; son of the late M Lanshorn; Samuel Creek.
more
A letter, dated Sept. II, on board steam er
Georgia, says:
Awaiting ourselves of DIR. Fenner's cour-
teous invitation, we visited the City Hospi.