Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-08-11

alluded TO, if would cease to go with a certain
gentleman, riding round, sc. told him die
not do So
Another witness testified that the defendant
stated that he was about to publish hand bill ir
relation to the young lady, and threatened Il
send the hand-bills over the city, to the town O
her nativity, and everywhere that he could Il
acquainted with the lady swore that he Offered
as high as $50 TO suppress the publication, which
was refused, when he entered charge of extor-
ton.
The Jury found the defendant guilty, where
upon the Court fined him 500, and sent him To
the dungeon, 10 be fed on bread and water FOL
ten days.
The Fever at Norfolk and Portsmo uth.
There appears, from the official reports, to be
very few cases of yellow fever in Norfolk. On
the It'll instant, not single case or death from
the disease was reported within the corporate
limits, but at the hospital, situate, we believe,
some distance outside of the town, there were six
new cases, and one death, At Portsmouth, in
consequence of the ravages of the epidemic, the
publication of the Daily Transcript has been tenn
porarily suspended, and the telegraph office
closed for want of an operator. W. b. White
head, esq, of Suffolk, Virginia, has sent his
draft for 500 to Colonel Watts, of Portsmouth,
to be distributed for the relief of the sick and
afflicted.
The correspondent of the Petersburg Express
writes as follows from Portsmouth, on Wednes-
day:
The disease does not abate at all, and matters
are truly melancholy. The stampede from town
is universal. | think / certainly speak within
bounds, when | state that seren thousand persons
have left the place. The town is almost entirely
deserted, and those here have very lonesome
time. There are not more than FIVE families re-
naming on Middle street, from High street to
the river. Walking towards the market from
my residence this morning, at not very early
hour, there was not store opened on all my
route. | continue the list of the dead and sick,
as follows:
Dead-Mrs. Captain Samuel Baron, wife of
Captain Baron of the Navy; Mrs. Morris, mother
Of Mr. VIM. III. Morris, merchant; Mrs. Saun-
ders, Mrs. Garrison's child, John B. benson,
clerk in the Navy; Anna 'Rouke, George Dll's
child, Mary Webster, Joseph Roach, Susan
Kemp, Mrs. O'Donohoe, Mrs. David Ripley,
and William, slave belonging to B. ONeil
Mr.. Francis Herberts eldest son, who left town
last week, has since died of the fever in Princess
Anne Total IA; which, added to the &c pre-
viously sent, makes 80.
Sick.-Captain Samuel Baron, of the Navy
Yard, is lying i'll at the hospital, also his second
daughter; the wife of Mr.. Francis Herbert, mer-
chant, is dying; 50 also is Mr.. James Totterdales
grown daughter; DIR. r. III. Parker is very i'll;
his son and two daughters also sick: DR.. B.
G. Spralley is better; J. E. Wilson, and w. B.
Collins, Can extensive brick manufacturer and
house buder,) are both very sick.
The Richmond Dispatch says there were eight
new cases and ten deaths in Portsmouth on Tues
day, and adds:
Mrs. Ann r. Cooke, of Portsmouth, and Dr.
VIM. Hodges, of Norfolk, both well known resi-
dents, had died. DR.. J. N Schoolfeld, of Ports,
mouth, is not dead, as enormously reported yes
terday.