Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-09-07
Newberne.


and its vicinity, and that it is spreading. The Com
missioners of Kinston have Issued hand bill con-
aiming an ordinance preventing people from going
to that place from Newberne under the penalty of
fine of one hundred dollars and Imprisonment.
We have received this morning the Newberne
News of the 1st inst. and also hand bill bearing
the date issued by the authorities of Newberne,
and the signature of John D. Flanner, Esq, In
tendant of Police. The Ne,rs says that the disease,
whatever Isl has been there for about eight months
and that, far, only two deaths by it have occurred
and those were from the greatest imprudence the
part of the patients.
The hand-bill states that about the middle of May
last in consequence of complaint made TO the Com
mlssioners setting forth that there disease in
town something like Small Pox, the Town Physician
requested to examine the case, and he reported
that it was nothing moro than Chicken Pox. Since
that time it has been slowly increasing without
causing any alarm, until recently two persons
died, more from imprudence than from the dis.
ease. The Commissioners, at their last meeting, re-
quested Doctors Hughes and Chapman to 90 with
Doctor Taylor, the Town Physician, and examine
such cases as they then knew of. They made the
following report:
NEwBERN, August 2Sth 1865.
To the Commissioners of Ne1cberYl.
GENTS We have carefully examined the presented
us think it disease called Varola Variceoides
intermediate between the Chicken Pox and Small
Pox, highly contagious and requiring sanitary regulations
such will be recommended by your Physician.
ISAAC w. HUGHES, M. D.
ALEX'R. TAYLOR, Nj. D.
Measures were Immediately adopted to cut off all
the disease from spreading At this time 1st inst y
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outside; no new cases for several days past
Of course, in all similar cases, the reports are
very much exaggerated and have felt it our duty
to give the whole statement as made by the press
and authorities of Newberne. We cannot think that
there is any great danger in the affair. As for the
question whether the disease is what the doctors
call true Small Pox or not, we don't think that
amounts to much--i is admitted to be highly conta-
gious, and doctors will differ The town of Char
Iotte, few years since, visited by an eruptve
disease, which of the oldest and ablest phys-
clans contended, and still contend was not Small
Pox. The fact was, however, that it spread as
rapidly and did about as much harm as though
had been.
We are really panied sickened at reading the
terrible accounts from Norfolk and Portsmouth,
Worse worse, and always worse The cities are
literally vast pest houses. The number of burals in
Norfolk Friday, was 40 on Saturday 80 In
Portsmouth for the "a hours ending on Sunday morn
ing. the deaths reached "a Everybody seems to be
struck down. The Rev Anthoney Debrill of the
CRANKY Street NJ. F.. Church, Norfolk died on Sat-
urday morning No Minister was more widely known
in Virginia, than Mr.. Debril, and no death will be
more universally and sincerely regretted He leaves
a wife and several children to mourn their rrepara-
BILE loss.
The correspondent OF the Petersburg Express saws
Among the recent new cases it gives pain to announce
that of the Rev. Mr. OKeefe Catholic pastor ST. Parck
Church He quite sick with the rOnto His loss would
sent distressing Gnotufe rs No divine has c covered
himself with honor, worthiy for himself
We sincerely he will survive the attack and soon
be up at his post again-vstng the and comforting
the dyngwhee rueheared and christian Minister
should be.
Daniel } Ricardo, the President of the New Orleans
Howard Association is at Norfolk and has
telegraphed to New Orleans for twenty more nurses
The despatch says that the End inst the Yellow
Fever at Norfolk beggared all description.
Norfolk Portsmouth---A Public Meeting.
The deaths in Norfolk on Sunday were some so to
60 in Portsmouth. 80. As many as 1900 persons
are said to be under treatment. Twenty live deaths
embraced between Halls corner and the CITY Hotel,
and were unburied in consequence of the want of
collins, The population of Norfolk is now from
three TO five thousand. Portsmouth under two thous-
and. A gentleman, who arrived here this morning,
says that ii reported last night at Weldon that
! the Mayor of Portsmouth was dead
| This is horrible-worse than anything yet Let us
have public meeting. We ask of tine Commission.
ers TO give their official sanction to a call thu ough the
papers
CHE LAND OF GoLD-kEALITY VERSUS FICT1oN
BY Hinton R. Helper, Baltimore. Published for
the author, by Henry Taylor, Sun Iron Buildngs"-
This is the title of pretty neatly printed and bound
book OF some three hundred pages, which has been
laid table by MIR. Whitaker, who has it for sale
1t is dedicated 10 Elk Governor Morehead
The author is a citizen of North Carolina. and
dates his preface from Salisbury The style of the
work is plain and unpretending, and it, no doubt,
embodies many facts and home truths that ought to
be known. 1t is all fact, have no doubt, but still
we cannot but think that exhibits the dark side Of
the picture perhaps 100 exclusively The author has
evidently been of the unsuccessful as appears by
the following passage, which we extract from hi.
preface: "a weary and rather Improbable soiourr
of three years in various parts of California, afford
ed me ample time and opportunity TO become TOT
thoroughly conversant with its rottenness and it,
corruption, its squalor and its misery its crime
and its shame, its gold and its dross" Now evi
IDENTIFY, there is much of all these bad things to b.
found in California. Taking into consideration al
the circumstances OF its settlement, it could hardly
be otherwise but to the rejecting mind these thing
do not constitute the whole They are but the Incl