New-York daily tribune., 1855-08-27
THE YELLOW FEVER.

portsDouf h last evening. He repfessais tee oonii-
ton OF fittings IN those places "a tray sP9aans, ne
listed All The hospitals snd numbers ot SICK With the
uhy siciaue The Howard Association estiina'e 500
cases of yellow fever no~ IN Norfolk Lac disease
not confined to any locality. lhe sa1n9'iS'es haVe
sent TO the Corporations Of Charleston an oiVe'naa
fr uusss and re- ulaz ply ysicans. The disease = not
uosgrel but pure malignant yellow lever. Siayor
Woods was taken dovn on laaFsslsy night LOT ,ne
first tine He has been tie sole e1lbodimant OF the
Corporation of Norfolk ue to tIis igiei aAa mash ae
uepas upon the preservation OF hls hie
Mis- Andrews IA noble Louisiana lady, though hah-
ipg from Svracuse y. " broke down on Tharsday
from want Of rcpose. She has not the fever.
In Portsmouth only three regular physicians remain
ALE 10 do duty L. that town nurses and help OF eyey
description needed. Mayor RISK apeas 20 ah ior
as.istspcs-noi 20 much in money for the necessa-
Tl,s OF he and Individual help
Tie disease is rather tie increase than ohor wise,
and oonsic enc the small remnant of population, Il
terrific IN is ravsgcs. ono "a eres zen IN Ports snouh
Is IN bed ami large portion VI tue dsAHS AiHe
are conyaloscng, worn down, GecfeP1 women or
cluoren who eft alone IN trolole. Ine panic Is
subs;ding in Portsmouth. and the noble sni devoted
eous who are bearing al the labor are 6uoyed up with
hopes of sid OK the su5sidsiee ot The epidemic No
one believes now in the coataon of the disease anu
volunteers coming N slowly, out no. more tnaa
The United states HOSPITAL Is full of patients and is
almost a salvation TO Portsmouth The temporary
Hospital At JulaIp The Race Course Is all aad being
ENLARGED daily. Tie Sisters of Charity there are a.
wave on 6uiy. snd The place l. deemed very healthy.
lbe Curtis Peek, which arrived in Richmond last
evening brought only 10 or II passengers from Nor
folk. The Captain Of the Peek WI oe ga 70 taNe'
fee of ch rae anything sent 10 the sufferers. -Ar,
cles inienced for Portsmouth should be d-ecsei to
MAYOR Fisk.
The following note presents a most distressing PIC
ture of the condt on OF Portsmouth:
oeed 10 be about 100 eases in town nnd on in
orcsse dsilv Mortality about double shat 1t a
week smco-ncreasing. J ssterdsy AZ deaths sseer-
tained up to tonight ard r)m thtt time to O'Clock
this nor ing 10 Geaihs. - " HoLLADAi'
~P. S-Ibc wi Lin irclules tie sick aud the deaths
at the Lospiis G-d is believed 10 be correct
Fx-Mayor Subj ii a..y, two daughters, eldest
son and Two servants ell sick OF the fsyer-a sad
sfliiction indeed Although be Mr.. s., AMI an inter
esiirg daughter about IL yeas of age, are very Ill,
hopes are entertained of aeir recovery. The rest are
considered nearly out of danger.
Dr. L. c. Gooch of Richmond and the Rev. Mr.
feeling Of s. Peters Cathelral Of Richmond, arrived
i" ''''''' from ne Richmond WAg 25t.
NORFOLK, Thursday, Aug. %, 1851 p. VI.
regret that the telegraph II rot in order, that
could transmit you the report OF deaths and oil the IN
crease of fever cases, as my eDgGg are such as
TO leave me bui liulc time for writing. What L DO
w1iie however YOU may rely on, aud it may serve 70
courferact the elstct Of the many false reports which
have gone abroad in reference 70 the health OF our
city generally and of certain OF our prominent clt-
20; IN parieular-reports which, avn sorry, to add
were ponpted by the fears of the panic stricken host
vlo fed their homes while the danger of Infection was
vel afar off If some Of them could return now, they
would rot recognize The city they deserted fortnight
AGO. A Sabbath stiffness prevails, broken only by
tie rat'le Of the doctors chalses, and the
ruubIing of the hearse and sick wagon.
Scarcely store is open on Man-st, Market square or
Broad Waer-st., the business portions OF the city
The apoihecaries have removed with their plls, bills,
rl,stefs and drugs 10 their residences and mird6le
dcful so have the brokers There is not quorum
OF dectors in either Of the Banks only two or three
of the city fathers are IN the cityi preachers look
10. In in fe- their zhio
newsp6pers daily accumulate on doorsteps snd on
porcfes for want OF readers gaunt poverty stalks
abroad with cowncbst looh and fearful eye the wall
of the WINDOW and OF the orphan sartles the solitary
pessoreer and all is gloom and grief almost without
hoye. Never has Nsriolk received such VISITATION
before. 80,
STEAMER CURrIs PECK, Friday, Aug. "a.
Wednesday last was set apart by the churches IN
Hampton as a dGy for fasting humiliation and prayer
In ference 10 Tie awful pestlence which Is rlolng In
Norfolk and Portsmouth. Ihe stores aud workshops
we've all closed the occasion, aud tee moral Ell q
of this observance hghtened by the fact that this
move CLOSING doors aud suspendmg buslnessl was
made without order request, or concert Ihe people
met at II O'Clock ~. Johns protestant Episcopal
chuIcb) when after sppropria,e exeTcs IN which the
Innist of the several churches in the town paric-
latet-a discourse delivered by the Rector Rev
John &. MoCabe, formerly OF your cty-trom the fol-
LOVING text from Isaiah and job "When
thy judgments are in the earth, the lnhab-
itants OF the world will learn righteousness.
He causeh it to come whether for correction for lis
Gland or for mercy large congregation was IN
attendance, as there was also at night, at the u. T.
clurch where after similar services, sermon appo-
pirate to tie occasion was preached by the Rev, Dr.
II ompson.
Norfolk and fear none in Portsmouth The Herald
las suspended for want Of compOsitOrs. The editor
Of T2,f rgHs a. +. Leonard, Esq, IA down with he
fever, Cut t s hoped bis is mild case Dr. Higgins
is down also and last night worn out with incessan
and almost hefculean labOrs, Hunter Woods, the
noble and ndefatigabe Mayor OF Norfolk was pat to
he'd with The disease.
The Custom. House books and papers have been re-
moved last ight) TO Hampton from Norfolk. Mr.. In
sci nook keoler at the National Norfolk, died night
before laat The Office OF the Farmers Bank OF lr-
Qinis has been Iemoyed ana MAN ST. looks IKE the
ytsibule to the city OF tho dead God nep poor Nor
folk in her extremity
Amopg The incidents which it gives me pleasure 70
chronicle a. a GOOD deed in doughty world Is
thai Mis- Eliza w. Nhite Of Richmond has nobly
tenJ,red her services IN nursing Tue slcA am told
by the most reliable authority that she ia aiding In min
isteIDg to the sticted family or exMayor Stubbs-
nearly all of whom are down with the fever. Miss
Lucy Andrews Of Syracuse, \. u, ls still engaged IN
her holy and noble dutcs, and the Sisters Of Charity
God bless them are at their post
Among the clergy who remain undaunted and undis-
msytd are Jackson, Wake and Smith, Of the POes,-
6nt Episcopal Church; Dibbrell and Wlls, of the
Methodist Episcopal Armstrong OF the Presbyterian
and No, Of the Methodist Protestant Surely
while they going at all hours 10 visit the sick aud
bury the dead God viii keep them from I" the pesti
lenCe the. walketh in darkness and the destruction
that vas,eh at roondoy.' Very truly yours, MM
Cortesponasnce Of The Dspateh.
NonroLK, Wednesday, Aug. p, 1855.
The yellow fever continues as bad as ever it Is
thought the burials viii reach p to-day. IL seems
row hat all other disease merge into yellow fever.
Il is said 100 down with II ~ Porlsmoum ana Los
rorf and about 200 here though the cases are more
numerous now than at any other period. sm most