The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-09-13
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VIRGINIA.
w.,r.tso Fan. The Fair of the WestMu
v.L.,.ss Asricvitural Society VIII come On on
whssllse Island on sns ON. ~. s ~. asS a.
sx1,sss VII be delivered on the Z7sh by W. !.
WnxsY, Esq.
co.-.rsurros. II apoia Lodge OF Odd Fellow.
q, WseeIine. has contributed az 30 for the reiief
a. he Norfolk and Portsmouth Sufferers.
Coon MAnxKr.-Toe wheeling lnseilisencs'
ssys that Il the markets 10 that Guy, on ~ r.s,
there we're two hundred and NIFTY veso'so''
IT,. Pc. :. Na.rsIx AND PORTSMOUTH
r...,. ,hs ps.ersburr Intelisencer OF yes.srosS'
- cosde the following 10 rsienon - II
~ 49, - - lever 10 Norfolk and Portsmo1,n 10
Norfolk. smone those who have dled sl y n.rar
Of the finn Of Bhsss liz EaseD D. B.lfour; Dr.
sis',s !. Gsrmsn physician. from Staten lssnS,
s. ri Hsilory. father of Lsura and Martina MAI
lar, dee'o: Mis- Alexina Baylor agea sweoy;
Mia Sophia Nimms, daughter OF Coa. u =
Ja Cherry j. Table. ..ree Rate ".Tsss; Mss BOs.
- Church street: WIN Michigan, Butte MIoe; ~
c..v crofs. of PhiIadelphis; Mis-: Mary Woooaao.
eIdest daughter of WIN Woooafo; Ms 49,.
Ninno Cu%berl.ad ..sse' s,is. ca.barine 81;
Mrs James Baker, Butte street; George Das1 pH.
CnmbsrIsnd rreet; Mrs David Hathaway. Butte
streer: Mr. H q NewsoD's child, Freemason Mree.'
Wm Hardiog Miss Wyatt, daughter o. 'oe TSaS;
ipyss,. Mn 3 walters wife OF Walters,
DECD Mr. Cranberry son of Mr. John Cranberry.
500. and his sister, aud Mrs Gilley bis auns are
iIl Dr Beige, son Of Archibald Briegs. ay,na
Tue correspondent OF the lo,eiilseIce' s ~
Thsre 10 no way OF sscsrtsining ths nsmes o.
thosa who die, and no record Of them can De pre-
served The prominent ones are noted down oy
the reporters for the press but the masses are nus.
W picked BY The hesI:s. spd oe sss srsss ssy
of reckoning We shall not know VINO are oeso
for N months 10 come. Now and then some ia
milisr lace win recur to the living. and enaafy
VII. elicit tbs mousnfal Response, shas ms CLEO o.
the lever" .a
The cases which occurred on Wednesday ano
Thursday we're of 40 guususliy malignant ccsise O.
YER. One of our physicians Informs 10 tnst OF ~
which he has seen, not more thAn iour nsu issoI
s5ia symptoms-some ct them nave pr0sso Is.a'
Ia 81 hours and one Mrs. A. Smith In 50 hours
The correspondent of the same paper Irom
Portsmouth says n. Ferebe, Superiateoasn' Of Noi
folk county Ferry, 10 dying. About 81 passengSrs
passed through Weldon Monday nying ifo" 'no
yellow lever case In Suffolk
The Petersburg Express published the following
extracts from private letter from Norfolk
st 10 awful dear friend 10 thiIk OF the great os-
n sss and suffering Ia the two communities oi NOT
folk end Portsmouth You have doubtless reau
accounts 10 the papers Of the distressing scenes
enacted 10 both places, but the papers ai 10 give
an adequate idea. the facts are really startling
and heart repdlng. and many appalling scenes
never 10 into the papers. :,
On Yesterday poor Joe Barrow died about hall
past three o'clock, and was buried In three hours
afterwards. Not soul out of the family was win
him when be died except young man VINO mao
recovered from an attack OF the fever and 10 q
stranger to the family. / closed his eyes ano
ground. no one present !, offer sympathy and con
doi-ncc ~ ..4e beresved family, save myself, the
underskers agent aud hcarse driver, by whom
he put into The coffn and taken to the burying
ground But one carriage containing those above
f)liowed him. There Ii no form, no ceremony
here, but soon the breath Is out your body
you are hurried to the grave
saw the Potter's Field, $50 great Is the diff
Guilty 10 obtaining grave dieeers) pit about l6 10
20 feet square, In which was buried the bodies oil
thiry.four Victims, piled one upon another, and
covered over with dirt and lime, forming one
huge and moDstrous mound
Many have been Inferred without boxes or cot.
63s, or any thing else, save the blanket upon
which they died. Several of wealthiest citizens
have been buried In rough fquare boxes, and the
graves dug by their friends.
In one instance, heard of father digging the
graves Of his two Only daughters; and as many
as nineteen to twenty bodies have been lying on
the ground at the Cemetery, waiting their turn for
lnterment, as soon az the holes were dug. for In
many Instances they were not more than l-2 feet
deep.
Dusiuoss IL cutifoiy suepouueu, duQ stOf6b Gil
closed. You cannot obtain a pound of sugar or
piece of soap. The rich as well as the poor are
dependent upon the Howard Association, who have
established Provision Store, and who dispense
food and provisions to the needy with bountiful
hand
There were one hundred and thirty burials In
Norfolk on Sunday.
HIGH PRIcE.-We find the following announce
lnent 10 the Lynchburg Virginian:
Sold In i.ynchburg, on the 7th inst, by Mr.. John
Clarke to MIR. VIM. Crumpton. at $75 per hundred,
q hogshead of tobacco. raised by VIM. A Clements
OF Campbell county. st
sANIrARY.-The council of Petersburg have ta-
ken steps 10 preserve the good health OF the city,
and about eight casks of lime have been spread
through the streets and alleys
DON'T READ THE PAPERS "A city councilman
named Ofme, OF Washington city, proclaimed at
meeting Of that body, that Richmond, with ell
ner virginia liberality. had given only $500 and
wenfy horses for the Norfolk sufferers"