The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-10-02
:, ATEST MAIL NEWS.
r,royr norfolk and Portsmouth.

rrom Norfolk and Portsmouth.
.-,..,. ,s,,sr from Portsmouth says that Their
,.-.h..s 500 yellow fever patients 10 the MAYA
,1..o,,.l aimee Aueust Let, and the mortality na
-, .bout thirty per cent Tweusy'two now re-
- under ueatment-all convalescens
amoos the deaths 10 Portsmouth are o Con
wr, Leydaue, John McRae, Geo. Barber, MN
Thos Emmerson, jr, VIM stnslesons cn"0
Correspondence of the pisssteh
STEAMER CURTIS PECK
October /, 1882
u.,oa and estimable wife of Chief
1,..;ca Tanev. breathed her last on Sstur'
a., AZ Old Point. This esteemed ana De-
40 has been 10 feeble health tor some
ioNeu ia.' md though her disease had none
os,Sap n,srks of yellow fever, soon after her
Sacaase the skin bore unmistakable evil
Senca by It's hue, that the insidious destroy
~ had been lurking in the system. Would
.hst could pause here in my record of the
aaa of her distiugui, he'd husband Ibut
LAS the same pen that traces the sad story
o. This bereavement, must also convey the
,nslsncholy intelligence that in few brief
honrs after the spirit Of the mother passed
svay. the eyes of her eldest single daughter,
Miss s. fancy. were also closed in death.
Hers was q decided case of yellow fever
and on Yesterday, mother and daughter were
eommitted to the same dark grave, to the
solemn measure of the dirging waves. The
auIogy of Mrs. fancy must be written by
thoss who knew her amid the sanctities of
her home; and the gentle memories of the
daughter must be treasured by the circle in
wbich she moved respected and beloved
Mrs. fancy was sister of the late Francis
/: Kew. the immortal author of 1.-THE Star
Spanxled Banner
II is also reported that another single
daughter of the venerable Chief Justice is
cnite i'll at Old Point. The Judge has been
occupying for some two or three summers,
the cottage at Ola Point, opposite the for
u me residence of Colonel be Russy, and
himself and bis whole family had won upon
al who were brought into social contact
Nth them. The light of that little cottage
is darkened, but let US trust that those whose
presence served to illumine its treside have
zone to that land
Where the forehead Ia starred
With The beauty that dwelt 10 the soul
Where the light of their loyeliness cannot be
Nor the spirri, flung back from i,s goal"
DR.. Henry Selden is still at Tie Alton
Heu,e with the fever. / learn that the Rev
Vim NJ Jackson has had the black vomit,
though hopes ere entertained of his recovery
| G3d grant it may be so, for he has molly
done bis duty to his fellow citizens of Nor.
felix during the fiery ordeal OF the fever
Mrs FERGUSON, the amiable wife Of VIM Is
P,rsusson, decd, the late President of the
Howard Association, died on yesterday and
was to be buried this morning at 10 O'Clock,
There were nine burial5 in Norfolk on
ys,tfrday and it is said thirteen in Ports
.naath The disease is very fatal in all new
cases, scarcely patient recovering. 1t il
however, decreasing rapidly, and we may
hope soon to cease tolling the daily requiem
vbjchfJr nearly three months past has been
soupdine on and on to the four winds of
Haven Since the commencement of the
be,iI.nee 10 Norfolk and Portsmouth, thirty
6by.icisns have died; how many nurses /
cannot at this time say. The physicians and
uurses are leaving for their homes, the mum. |
Der Of new cases not being more than the |
resident physicians can attend to; and am
sure these good Samaritans will carry with |
them to their distant places of resid ence, the |
blessings of millions in our land. God bless |
them-prcs9rve and defend them, and when |
the hand of sickness shall rest heavily upon |
them; may kind sands minister to their ne
cessitles--msy those who have closed so ma
ny eyes, so gently and so sadly, fall asleep
in the arms Of q merciful God, and wake up
il His likeness among the blessed ones in
Heaven.
Among those who are returning, several
90 up this evening by the Baltimore boat.
and several by the Curtis Peck to-day.
The names of the gentlemen who are
aboard the Peck, are Drs T Mcfarland, L |
Charlton, Godfrey, ami X w Skinner,
all Of Savannah, Georgia; Doctors A Taber
ard Z Jackson, o. Charleston, s C; and DIR
+ Blgn0n, Of Angus a, Ga; and last, but |
NOT LEAST, Henry Myers, of Richmond, goes |
IN HoY otterb ,,y 40, l.,
2man.
Inc office of President of the Howard As |
ISOLATION, vacated by the death of the la
hentsd Ferguson, is filled by the appoint
mtnt of Augustus Cooke, ESQ. A better ap.
pohment could not have been made.
COCk has worked like hero. He has |
0Ven mere and there-everywher where he
eOald be OF service, and Norfolk owes him a
gs9' OF gratitude which she can never repay.
guuge oLn, OF Augusta. Georgia, is the as,
A'Iaut treasurer of the Howard Association
mere my dear Dispatch, l was about to
MAKE my adieux, when my attention was
called once more to HENRY MYERS, who has
UoSed his duties in Norfolk, and goes home
WIN Inc smiles OF an approving conscience
A4 n, Tue thanks OF whole community
Tue physicians say that no language can
10 Justice, full justice to Henry Myers, His
le'o'lon to the sick, his patient night watches
=! ,he couches OF the dying, his untiring,
ubhsgglng efforts to do good to those who
we're suffering, are remembered, and eulo.
sSeo by those around me to day, in terms
Tue host eloquent and earnest
=, but must close | spend two davs ~,
day. "n'p'on oh Ihurs-
Very truly yours, Oars
+. - Dfs Taber TsIisferro and JscL.o, I'll,
IL. d1i in IL Richmond until Friday. Judue OH
si.,d rave Norfolk the same day. DR. Meore o', 40
m,n3 doing we'll. DR. Hsrgroye. If Ri.h
Ss..,siill gate SICK regret n add ,ha,M
Ts,s ngoh; ap"iheeary, from Char lesion e. ~ !.
ne snu Is thought must lie Toe p6vslcians
pp,ns, lnhous'y OF opinion that 1t will be- hiahlu
nh .f Tor any absentees to return m Norfn,
TIE aver xer a sey decided freeze ~ -'oi'o'A
,s,p venerable ven ex-Presden. Tyler goes I'm ~.
1ibs ne Cunts Peck, to attended he r,sp,i Io
g. ,D,1 uu Oh Visitors Of William and Mar CoIs
tyws,I 10 .ns aes'ion 10 your city He Is looking
.alib : "u't may long continue In good
OATS.
'0ffe'pohdence OF the Dispatch.
lam NORFOLK, Sept 90, 1855.
u an a very glad to inform YOU that the vel
nv 'T Ta Is rapidly disappearing from our
4,v tnere We're Only four hurisls weston