The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-08-27

,.o,Iess of the Fever In Norfolk ana
Portsmouth.
e,o,,..,andsase of The Dispatch.

# corespandeaee of The Dispatch
-Deportares-A Suggestion
81 iS o..,sr.s F;eld-The Sea Bird SiekRes
re Coantrv-Jaiappi Hospital
:" unod,s Sick -- Those Recocer,ng-
s Deaths, DC
Il NORFOLK. Aug. cath, 5 P. VI.
n We are sorry not to be able to note ia
q able change in the weather, which con
4 .;nnes still hot and suitry, with tendency &c
& Increase the ravages of the epidemic. Lsrge
q nsmbers of our citizens continue TO issfe
the city by different conveyances, ana me- 1a
d portsmouth,, it bids fair soon to be almost ue
Il ,onnlated. The want of funds detalnS many
Tho would otherwise leave ana on tn,S az
""o 80. 81 nooy wretches will be forced
-, ra,,s;, destined TO swell the list OF the IA
~ aourae If a boat could be sent here 10
- swac gratis those who are without the
means to escape, large numoer OF worthy
,bouoh humble lives would be saved, ana
The ends of philanthropy advanced IN way
"a efectuai as any other that couio De dev,-
'od We visited this morning Potters field,
nd j, was startling and melancholy to view
.bs long rows of graves, occupying space
+ ground, Blu. recently vacant, and green
Nth It's grassy covering. Crowded mounds
If dirt freshly heaped, challenge the sight,
81 ing the mind with solemn thoughts, and
n ,losbIy attesting the swift and sure fatality
e the plague, still pitilessly destroying our
devoted population, We turned away sick
81 heart, TO resume our labors ia town, now
n, e more animated, and almost as gloomy
u this obscure ''city Of the dead"
Many of our people start daily for Rich
,aond since the quarantine restrictions have
been alb Olished-and by the way, we under
Il nd that the Sea Bird, Captain Rowe, has
raj the price of passage to -. This ad-
vance 10 the midst of our misery and desti.
tu loo, is highly mereenary and cruel, and
reflects but little credit on the owners OF that
boat, whoever they may be. To take ad.
vantage Of the helpless condition of the sick
and suffering, is barbarous in the highest de
gree The price for years has only been so,
and We believe the other boats only charge
that now Returns from our absentees in
the country report that much sickness exists
among them. the fever having attacked
many since they left. Griffin Barnes is said
to be- dead and in Princess Anne county
Enoch Caps, Ryland Caps child David
Whitehurst and Enoch Dawley, are down
gththe fever. Several negroes are also said
TO have died. The sick at the Julappi Hos.
pital are improving; two deaths only have
occurred since yesterday, and foAr arc in q
dying condition. There are ouo hundred
cases under treatment. about fifty Of which
are cODyaeBc6nt.
1t is with the deepest regret thai We have
to announce the sickness of Hunter Woods,
ESQ, our worthy and undesirable Mayor,
who, after immense labor and exertions in
mnsteriog to the wants of the sick and dis
tressed, and by his selfsacrlicing conduct,
endearing himself to the hearts of the poo
pie Of all parties, has succumbed at last in
the line of his duty, and taken to his bed
sick and worn out. This sad intelligence
will ill the heart of Norfolk people abroad,
likewise those at home, with universal sym
patty aud sorrow. We trust, however, that
h. sickness proceeds more from fatigue
than fever; and that he will be soon up and
among US again with renewed health His
loss in Norfolk's present emergency would
he public calamity of too sad a nature to
be calmly contemplated. DR.. Higgins we
are gratitied to state is much better also,
Vim. G. Whitehead, Esq; DIR. Tunstall's Ia
d, e1 Mayor Stubs, lady and two dsugh.
tiers and son; VIM Dunbar; lady of Jos. IL.
Robinson; Miss Caroline AIlmand, Duke St;
and Lewis Lapage Frederick Rrberts, of |
the firm of Roberts * Bro, is dying also,
Nj Jacocs, house carpenter, Brewer st n G |
Currier Is very sick. Many negroes and OBJ. |
srGre persons were taken down last night
PIrser DeBree's son, clerk of e. p Tabb & |
Co, was seized by the fever in Baltimore,
aud Is reported dead. DR.. Levitt died in
Portsmouth this morning.
Inc following are the list of deaths up to
l. NJ TO day VIM South, Reds lane; In
dl#.s Scott Church st Mr. Stone, corner
oi Church and Holt stS; Caroline Huddle-
sto e, Brewer st; child of John Visher; Bart
" Tatts, colored; Henry Archer, Duke st;
Edmund, colored, at Parker's livery stable;
Htary, colOred, at Gains Hotel; VIM Chris
lian, Marsh st; John Jones, free mulatto,
N IS lane; Lucy Smith, Addington's lane;
he ,ro man ohm, servant of Mr. Taylor; VIM
Conrad; Michigan, Church ST; wife and
enid OF Thomas Martin, Bank st; George
HFdgins; Miss Stafford; Martha Maddox,
tr N Ferry Point; Mary Hammer; Richard s
Cox boy in Summers Row; child, owned
Captain Watts; negro man owned by
Oh d Gatewood. Total %
y man by the name of Peter Clinton was
last night in the country by per
son named Sykes. We learn that the muir
ttrer has been arrested VERDAD.
We are Indebted to Mr.. HILL of the steamer Au-
}u'ta ior Norfolk papers of Saturday. He Informs
10 that the mortality as reported by the press is
~ rhih' dGu hIbtoa tnat lub DulnO6r OF ueatne ID
Norfolk for the twenty-five hours ending Friday,
P. NJ were 90 and for the same time In Ports.
noah 81
Tha Board of Health in Norfolk reports the fol.
owing deaths tor the twenty -four hours ending
friday, p NJ
Cnild o! William Barnes aged 8, James street;
no uaisey, 5O, Charlotte street; John Marti1 -
'snk sr4sti Mrs Thomas NJ Martin, IS, Bank
treet; Mr McLsne, Of Baltimore, Al, Commerce
rect; George Higgins, %, Main street. John Con.
ad1, 10, Allyntown John Michigan, l6, Chu oh
.reet; Miss V. Stalins, IS, Guys Jail, Mark Mat
scki, %, Ferry Point; slave OF William Tayior
!ohn) 90 Mariner street; Mary Welsh, 6, Dodds
.aue; Mary Haywood. z, Wide Water street;
samuel Cooke 81, North Church street; GEORGE
worm, 20, Main street; Susan, slave of R. Gate.
WOOD, 90. Church street-Total 10
Died 10 the Hospital last night, Mira John A Hall.
laughter OF L. Guy, Captain OF the Watch, aged
u 80
inere ere a! least 500 cases Ia the city. 22O pre-
ttiphons were put up al the Dispensary on Tnurs-
large bnsiness
me Beacon learns that DR.. Higgins ia better.
9 We take the following items from the Beacon of
Saturday
s., ArFsart Of Aid.-C. S. Jones, of Washington. has
NY ~ h1i'ed aud entered the hospital at Norfolk
inptnptoD, DIR Morris and DR. Fiiess Of Bal
b. Dfs Craycroft. and Nathan Thompson of
b.fPnIsi II Graham, Baltimore, arrived
- Yesterday, and took lodgings at the National
iieI'ef for The Sick The Howard Association
bn,;"r "''ose the receipt of the following cortri
M.yo, n wee yoe citizens of Fredericksburg through