Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-08-30
LITE NEWS BY THE MAILS.
From. .he Petersburg Express Of Wedne sday.
yellau Fe, eraI Norfolk i Portsmouth.
From Nor6ik.


". continue this morning orr summary from
d. Norf,lk papers, and the letters Of our earres
s',,5snts. The melancholy details are possessed
| # painful interest;
GLOOMY PoruaE.--The Argas of yesterday
ao,,f,ios the following melancholy account of
] matters in Norfolk by night. Its indeed intensity
i The appearance of the city at night Is perhaps
,,,re gloomy aud distressing than in the day lime.
.Phe dwellings,, as we'll the stores, all elo
81 and dark. The dogs band themselves together
B and prowl about, rs if aware that something sad
j and unusual was going on. At an hour when in
4 cher DAYS, the pazzas and streets would present
life health and gaie.y,the sound of a human foot
step IS not heard,and familiar voice is something
! cheering to the heart
a few evenings since, we walked through Main
! and other principal streets at night. dark and
lowering cloud had just passed Grand the moon
! sfone with unusual brightness lighting up fully
! the deserted avenues and fashionable promenades
hooking as it were the scene OF desolation be-
low Our spacious harbor, smooth as glass and
cleared of vessels, steamers, and sail boats, re-
feeted the brightness and seemed more beautiful
than ever. But as we passed along, we heard the
distinct words of inconsolable grief uttered by the
bareayed. Death had been in aud struck his blow,
the victims had fallen, the remains had been has
lily conveyed away, and sorrowlng relatives and
words that were full of affection and de p mean
inc. We passed on-sad and gloomy enough
! INT soon there were other sounds that "held us
lelaying' We mention only one affecting case.
On one of the princi pal streets the windows Of
] The second story of a house were all up; lights
we're burning, and nurses were busy around a
i a bed that stood in sight; and the groans of the
Ivinp that fell upon our ear, will perhaps never
h. forgotten. We knew from the struggle that
4 Nature seemed to be making, that life was fast
4ebbne out. The following morning we were IN
E,rn,ed that the struggle oyer. Death had
#eeeomplished his purpose The conflict had en-
a1a1 The victims were still breathless, dead. A
4eother aud her son lay in the stiress slumber of
Adeafh, side by side. on the same death bed
sSoon the busy. bustng undertaken was there.
,ed then the mother and her child were hurried
oot to the graveyard, where they sleep together
H. lren sepulchral stiffness. This is only one of
yaony such scenes. But we thought it intensely
! solemnizing and awful.
Report Of the Board of Health, Of deaths by
Fever. for the "a hours ending Sunday last at :
8o'elock. p. NJ:
Sylvester c. Lewis, aged IL, Main street.
8rhomes Noonah. aged 90 Commerce street: Mr.
,4attiker, at j NJ Freeman's, Main street, negro
woman at Barclays, Main street; Mr. Har-
Iris colored boy, aged 1, Water street; Miss Ma
Nv Eliza Graves, aged le Brewer street; negro
8man belonging to Mr.. Taylor, aged 40, James
street Hunter Woods, aged 33 Catharne street;
NEGRO man belonging to Mr.. Bell, Avon street,
! Total 9.
Report of deaths by the Fever for the "a hours
lending Monday, the 9th, at O'Clock Z. NJ.
Mr. Smith aged 30, Bank street; John Free
IMAM colored. aged 40, Metcalf lane; negro man
&aped 30. Freemason street Mrs Snnott, aged
$30, Talbot street: Edward Curtin, aged 90, Union
street: Richard Hollihan, aged 81, Water street;
4Moonah, aged Is Commerce street; Jno Christian
4lNlyntown; Chas. A. Camp, aged9, Chapel street;
8Eiza Godfrey, Woodsile's lane, negro at Mrs
8Bixby's child, Fenchurch street; a white woman
8in B ,ush's lane Mr.. N Etheredge Union street,
Nary Garrett Little Water street; negro OF VIM
& Walker Holt street; Mrs. j II What, aged 30,
q New street. Total IL.
At the Hospital, Capt. Henry DECKER aged
4 Sc. John Winter, aged 27.--2
! REcoyERING.-Wm c. WHITEHEAD Esq, the
worthy President of the Democratic Association
Is now sick of the fever, but we are glad to say
j IS considered out of danger.
More AID.-Several physicians arrived on
] Saturday from Philadelphia and Baltimore and
4 took lodgings at the National Hotel. They will
assist in attending those who are sick of the fe-
YER.
SUSPENSION Argus regrets to learn that
tie Beacon newspaper has been compelled to
suspend for the present, on account OF the sick
ness Of the hands.