The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-10-20


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progress of the late bble Etation to Ffolk
and Portsmouth, ,shid cent conhrm Il theory
os nr Not. tina. His Ysqrria q "A travelling char
aeter and moves from South to North. II com
menced in Rio yaneiro !; reached New Orleans i'm
lssa, where b saysges sSere, ierfRls II 1854 it
scouxead Sayaaaah. -lt-sssshes &estssnssash-a
lass. In all previous yisitaions Of yellow fever.
Norfolk WAS finst attacked sd from thence the
disease was transmitted TO Portsmouth But this
year tis disease started in Portsmouth which lies
South Of Norfolk, its whole march from the be-
ginning was Northward. It's progress through the
whole period was always greater In a North and
North Easterly direction, than West and North
West. Thus it crossed the water to, Norfolk a
mile distant from Portsmouth in a few days after
its appearance in Portsmouth, whilst it did not
reach the e. s. Naval Hospital which hes nearly
West Of Norfolk and Northwest Of Portsmouth
for tw months When it did appear there therf
were very few, cases, and those generally manage
able Old Point is in the due North inc o. us
track. and /. viii be remembered that At a late pc
Rod of the season there were one or two eases
there 1t il some consolation TO know, 1t tins theo-
rybe true, that Richmond lies nearly due West from
Norfolk, and that we are consequently not IN the
track Of the pestience s'fssfs1s
A very intelligent gentleman, iwhe adopts tne
idea that the plague Is caused by anitnafcul@ men
lions statement which he has heard, that soon
after the interment Of corpsein ~ aunt ADJOINING
4 church in England, the communion was admin.
ktered in the church, and nearly all who partook
Of the elements were taken SICK, and some fied-
THO ,vi,o M rhoni tho wine had been
procured was arrested on charge of poisoning
While the subject was in agitation, some persons,
on entering the church sa BY the rays Of the sun
streaming through partly opened window shutter
millions of animalcale floating about in the light.
These animalc,tlae' seemed tohave an affinity for
fluids; especially for wine; SONG Of which, was
placed in the church. and it was soon filed with
anilnaleulse apdup atesi being applied, the wine
W as found to be poisoned, The animaleulse were
afterwards proved to have enlanated from the
abov ground vault where .fl.c dead body had been
recently buried; .-.3. !: - si-oi .--. ;,.s <,
Our informant also reIerS to the curious appear
anee Of the plaguely. II IS fact established be
yond contradiction, that after the plague had cul-
minated in Portsmouth. this curious ty appeared.
It was between The size of Iansqaito and ordin;'
nv hy and changed its color from red TO yellow
Where did tic plague flies COME from! They seem
to have escaped the observation OF natural listoIi
ans Our friend suggests that they may be The ami.
malculn, generated by tile dead bodies III a certain
stage of their beng. |. -
In this connecticut singular fact is stated by an
eminent Judge of this State which seems to sus-
tain the theory Of Or. Mott and of our Portsmouth
friend 1t is That the great pest to the agrcultu-
ris., the joint Worm, travels from South to North,
always in q certain line, and never exceeding a
certain breadth, So uniform are it's movements
that if he only knows when it has reached the
South Of his residence, he can estimate with eon4
siderable exaetness the time whenit will reach his
own plantation. ,>2-'4ii, - l3t
We are not. preparedlto advocate any particular
theory the subject, d the facts stated seem 10
us worthy the eoshle rati1n Of men Of stiehce 40 p