Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1855-09-19

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The Lr,focs papers srsss iose 20 op-
ryftaniiy u p.tiisg i avsvd agsinst the
frAesaant asisisssy. 4 paragraph has
been going the roands. copied into The
s;szctte Of this pl.ce, 10 the effect that the
e,srgym.n 81 Norfolk had deserted their
6ocks upon the appearance Of the pcsti-i
lenec in tina. city, while the Catholic priest
hood and sisters 81 charity had continued
to minister to the sufferers throughout.
This assertion II untrue, NJ the following
letter from, Rev. Gro D. ARMSTRONG
will prove, who il relative Of Dr.. fIarr,-
son, u this city. We End the letter ia
the Presbyterian:
soaSoLg, Va. Aue %, 1855
sRtps esd Der Sir :--Y Your letter OF the 2lst
reached me this morning ! hsve Witnessed SO
ms.y scenes Of affection in the IL fes weeks,
inai y hat man may say appears matter Of We
" sat's fnemeH3 YET. rs yon suggest. Tor the
honor Of Chfist's cause. suca minors - that to
which yon refer ought 70 be corrected. ssnd
yen the following staten NJ ~ cts Tor you to
make NE OF - yos may think best. Ut the
settled pastors in the CITY OF Norfolk, hal one
has left the place sinee the fever sppsa'ed
smong rs. Onr Of the Bspis, churches had
just become vaeshs, ~ consequence OF their
former pastor accepting call TO another charge
The Reformed Methodist church, the smallest
organized church IN the city, has for ITS pastor
one who il at the same time President OF The
Virginia Confereare, and is required TO spend
almost sti the summer in visiting the other
as,f gLstC He itaRh Seu h.
| sent for two or three months. The pastor OF
CHRIS - church, DR.. Minigerode, started Tor
Germany month before the fever appeared
| here; but bis place . supplied BY the Rev, Mr..
Wal Ike, who 10 at his post, Iaboring faithfully
in visiting the SICK ard afflicted The pastors
| ~ the remaining four Protestant churches are
ali at their posts. and constant in iabors, both
in preaching the gospel .nd ia visiting the sick.
r, myself. have not spent one hour in my
| study for two weeks, beirg constantly employed
IN visiting tie sick and afflicted. At the COM
nenceme OF the fever among us, ! madr tie
request from the pulpit that II any OF those
| then present should kn"w Of any case among
the poor in which I could be useful, | would
take It as favor il they wou inform me o.
| IL. And as soon as our Howard Association
was organized. offered them my services IN
| visiting the SICK or afflicted in any part OF the
| city. ] mention this, not as something singular
on my part. but because can state the facts in
| my own case, and ! know that my brethren in
the ministry Of the gospel of Christ IN our city
| have all acted in the same spirit. As ilustra-
ting this spirit, I may mention that the day my
nep' ew, Mr. Edmund A. James, died Of the
| Z yer at INV house, I could not leave him, and
| the Rev. MIR Wake, OF the Episcopal church,
hearing Of my afflicton. came and offered his
service. 10 visit any sick in my congregation
tina, thought nigh, need the visit Of minis
ter In stating these facts respecting The Pro
tessant pastors in Our city, il is but an act of
justice that ] add that the Roman Cathol c
priest ationsd he,e bas been labor ng constant
" from ,he:6rst appearance OF the fever among
US.
"1he fever, f,r several days past has been
on the increase among us but think from
what see OF it, assuming gradually mllder
aud more manageable form. NV impression Is,
that there are not far from four hundred cases
in the city, aud from fifteen to twenty deaths a
day. Most Of the deaths. though not al. have
been among the poor, and but for The kindness
| Of our sister cities, there must have been ex
IRENE suffering among them. Our streets pre-.
sent q gloomy appea, ance indeed; and what
may he before MS for the remaining two months
which must intervene before frost. know not
this only know. we shave fallen into the hands
OF the Lord.' Yours in Christian bonds,
GEoRGE D. ARMsTRoNo."