Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-09-18

infected districts are somewhat encouraging,
showing an abatement in the ravages of the
disease and a decrease in the number Of
deaths. though fears were entertained Of an
increase in the mortality, consequent upon the
wet weather.
letterfrom Portsmouth to the Petersburg
Express, dated on Sunday, says:
The mortality yesterday was the smallest
We have had for some time past; but the cases
now are just as violent as they were at the be-
ginning of the epidemic.
Yesterday, we had a rainy spell, and this
morning the atmosphere is heavy and damp
and the skies overcast with clouds. fear We
shall an increase Of cases within the next
twenty-four hours, and large mortality about
the latter part of the week
My friend j. G.. Holiday is not sick
The following deaths occurred yesterday
Miss Johnston, nurse from Philadelphia; Mr..
Millerson's child; Barney Clarity; Joseph. r.
Arquimbo's child; child Of Joseph Thomas,
and John Sandiford.
William r. Singleton and wife are both
| very ill.
John A. Foreman, NJ L Tabb, and Mrs. r.
| I. Scott are sick with fever.
There were but twenty deaths reported in
Norfolk on Saturday, and in Portsmouth only
eight, the greater portion Of which were chill
dren
Miss Patterson, nurse from Philadelphia,
is at the Crawford house, very i'll.
had a conversation with DIR. Virginius
| Bilisolly yesterday. He looks very badly, but
is still attending to bis arduous duties in Ports
mouth lie informed me that with the ex-
ception of his lady, who is still quite i'll, bis
family are well, having entirely recovered
from fever. His brother, DR.. A Bilisoly, is
not dead, and has been reported.
Mr.. r. M. G. Young, the widely known
| shoe merchant of Portsmouth, died at Norfolk
on Friday evening last. His brother, Moses
Young, is lying excet d ngly i'll with the foyer.
Mr. 8. Chic and brother, i'll with the fever
| at Hampton, are still very low. The former,
| it is thought, cannot possibly recover.
The Rev. Mr.. Devlin, ofthe Catholic Church,
Portsmouth, who has suffered relapse for the
| third time, is reported this morning as again
| convalescent.
The dhease is evidently on tho decline in
both cities, and think by the close of this
month, it will entirely disappear; but would
| caution absentees not to return until we have
| one of these old fashioned "5iack frosts," al
that is about the only thing that will remove
the fever entirely.
Rev. L. Wake, of Christ Church Norfolk,
was very i'll with the fever at the latest &C
| counts.
DIR. Webster, Of Baltimore, was still improy-
ing on Sunday morning, and was regarded out
| of danger.
The following are among the recent victims
at Portsmouth
Mrs Paul ID. Luke, Mrs. Chas. Myers, IT.,
John Roser and child, and a son ten years old,
Ellen Eason, Charles Bilisolly, Geo Cherry,
Mrs. John Cherry, Mrs. Elizabeth Cherry,
William Burton, child at the Orphans Home,
| Edward Barrett, nurse from Philadelphia
Michael Sullivan, Miss Virginia Edwards,
daughter of Amos Edwards, ST., child of Mr..
Millerson, Samuel Herald.
Thos. III. Totterdell and Robert Totterdell,
| brothers, have died at the Naval Hospital.
Miss Totterdell, sister, has died in the towr.
Mrs. VIM. r. Singleton is ill |; so is Mr. d.
P. Daughtrey. Rev. James Chisholm, Of the
| Episcopal Church, who has been sick for sew
eral days, is no better. Whit Ashton, deputy
| postmaster, is not we'll he has what is
| termed "ParOfid A5scess "
letter from Norfolk to the Richmond Dis
patch dated on Saturday says:
At the Exchange Bank, the only persons
| left are Smith, the assistant teller, and VIM.
| Balls, the runner.
At the Virginia Bank, X. w. Bowden, the
| cashier, w. d. Bagnall, clerk, and Samuel
Moore, and Palmer, the Waterman, are all
| that are left.
Upon looking over the list of mortality, 1
| find that the largest number of deaths which
| have occurred in any one day number 49,
Twenty nurses from New Orleans arrived
| here this evening.
At last accounts there were about thirty
| persons at" Camp Falls, ana more were ex-
pected yesterday.
Edward Dodd, and Messrs jenkins & Wren,
members of the firm of jenkins & Wren, Nor
folk, are not dead, as has been reported, but
were alive and in good health, at Eastville on
on the Eastern Shore, on the 10th inst
DIR. Fenner, who left Norfolk on Saturday,
| and Is now in Petersburg, thinks the deaths in
that city the day before, were less than twen-
ty-probably not over eighteen. Mr.. Henry
Myers, who has arrived in Richmond, puts
the mortality down at fifteen.
Several cases Of fever, which have appeared
in Portsmouth have been congestiye, and not
yellow. The deaths there Friday were fifteen.
and the new cases two.
Persons from Norfolk and Portsmouth rep
resent that what they chiefly want there is
fresh bread, fresh meat and fresh everything.
Live chickens and sheep would be acceptable.
For the present il is impossible to have bread
cooked for the people, the bakeries being sus-
pended.
The oRPHANs.-W learn from the Rich
mond Dispatch of yesterday, that the orphans
from Portsmouth have been well cared for,
and except one or two whose health was deli
cate, are getting on bravely. They are as
cheerful and playful as young lambs As
their wants are better understood they are
made more and more comfortable. Every body
takes an interest in them, and are anxious to
assist In maintaining them. Many have made
contributions.
The following are the names Of the orphans
who were sent up from Portsmouth by the au-
thorlties of that place, on the I4th inst, to
the care OF committee of the people of Rich
mond, and by them placed in the Catholic
College near the city Of Richmond:
Mary +. Meyer, aged 10 years; Harriet A.
Ansel, 10; Elizabeth Ansel, 9; Layinia Ansel.
q; Alice Ansel, 5; Sarah j. Bryant, 8; Mary
r:Pratt IL; Louisiana +. Pratt Ii; Mary T.
Stillman, z; Rowena Rawls, s; Mary E. Rswls,
6; Joseph Forehand, 4; VIM. Riley Forehand'
Z; Lizzie Forehand, 2; Jno. Donovan, 8; SamI
Bains, jr;, ~ months; George Gray, years !,
Jonn Donald, j; Lizzie Lynch, 2; Alice V.
Gates, 5; Walter Gates, Is months; unknown.
commonly called Captain, light hair and blue
eyes, parents unknown, 2 years; Manual Ber-
nard, 10; Henry Bernard, age unknown:
Amelia, Emmett. Ida and james childran &c