The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-09-14
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~ PORTSMOUTH. Sept. 9. 1889,
r.u Portsmouth, Transcript was issuea y
morning Of Saturday, the sth E .ss,n.
h e though its date was ,,,ant.
Inst 3ist The pressure OF enga nsrsto
J,ha shsence Of all the workmsa 10 ;ns
sors employed in the office, CAUSE say in ,hi
ssrtency. Whist / shall have - S.smrdsy an,
nommunic alton will embrace .u, now writ
Sunday up to dark-thougn Till iii hours O
t;ug hstween the solemn anu aneaoements O
nns and two O'Clock. me S me and / retired
one ane somswbst fatigued me- anu AZ
fne Gay s .srIier hour than L usuaiiy 10
~ ihuo Of midnight refreshed, ana Delns
iS~ 70 Get asleep again after an hour
u nsy If The hands together, pave go1
'T Nm 10 perform nay promise, ana 10 ~.
ten " onr people away. who have tneii
fAes' ID thoughts turned to their deserted
EYES and it's present distresses and suner,
hoho +, ;s nleasinp thus to make ones sell
~, and I therefore enter upon the per
ase .noa OF this promised, but voluntary
ie1n. 18th the consciousness of interesting
hsA. ,,o,srous and anxious readers. Inc 90.
yeu ~ death are still ceaseless, and, up to
ssla,srdsy night, so far as could oe asceItineo
:. ma there were - victiMs. Amonk
~s record that of DR.. VIM. Collins,
; ps.a.idss, Of the ssabord and Roanoke Kali
road Company .,.. .r .our
,..,srtsy afternoon, was sstounding' ne
sssieS ), The farm of the late General John
ssp,v On the western branch of the Eiiz-
ho. ,s a. three. D. m. He had taken his fami-
s 'e,o, o. some time before in order to have
y ,n1 on, of the range of infection, and was
i' out of town daily since their removal,
IN sna usrformsnce Of bis public duties, and
lue nrnsrs,iug with US here in ministering
~ ~ Uppecsss;ties of the sick and dying. We
W 20 S;a, in health late on Tuesday afternoon,
sHS a ... from bin that he intended
~ nsrt day removing his family to the
s1o or over The mountains. On this day
80, taken sick. He had high fever, but
~ ns;n and said to his attending physician,
n. lanes q. Hodges, that he could scarce.
y dS.rr,be his sensations. He seemed i'm
r,s.aed with the idea that he would die and
"a sYoressed himself. The fever subsidized
IN The afternoon of Thursday-and he seem.
"a doing well But such is the treacherous
rborscter of the disease that on Friday and
saturday. he had the fatal yOInito, and
breafhed his last at 3, p IL. OF that day.
Or Collins had many noble and generous
impulses, and will be regretted by largo
circle of warm and attached friends in our
community. His brother, John w. Collins,
Eio, died about two hours atter-at L. NJ,
Of the same dsy-a man OF most kindly and
humspe teeliDgs--charitabl upright, honest.
Wessw him shortly after his attack, ten days
Or more ago He was then doing we'll, tho
yellow as saffron. But he subsequently had
sreapse which carried him off. l subjoin
ia I:,k l1n he g., II
bs-n able to ascertain-of Saturday, the 9th:
Miss Webb, daughter of Geo. T. Webb; Miss
Simmons; Joseph George; Mrs VIM b Collins;
George w Chant ers, son of the late George
Chambers; John Nash, ship carpenter; John
W Collins; DR. VIM Collins; Robert Bullock;
Mrs Pike Robert Mcdonald. ALIAS! poor
Mcdonald! It was but brief period ago
that we alluded to him in the Transcript, as
the only hand then at work and remaining
ia the Office Peace be to him and honor
TO the memory of an honest man Mr. Con
dy; Thomas White Miss Barcelini; at the
hospital and colored. Total so far as ascer-
tan-d, 90.
Among the deaths at the hospital, we must
record the names of DR.. Marshall, of Baiti
more, and DR.. Smith, of Columbia, Lancas
Ter county, Penn, DR. Hswle, of Richmond,
and nephew of Parke G. Howle, of Washing
ton city having died there the day before.
These generous and noble hearted men came
among US into the very jaws of death, How
ard like, to aid their fellOw-nan and have
offered up their lives literally as sacrifice
upon the altar of our common humanity
All honor be to them! DIR. Smith was the
b6arer of a charitable donation in money for
Norfolk and Pertsmouth-he has now given
Us bis life In the conclusion of his letter
which accompanied our portion, he added
Its small, but many prayer accompanies
it. that He who doeth ali things well, will
stay the pestilence in your city" And may
venOt fondly hope with their absent rela
tVe and friends. that they all were remem-
bersd in their last moments, and their pillows
made smooth by His hand when they passed
fom time to eternity
On to day we suhjoin the following list of
dta,hs-accurate as we could obtain:
Sunday, Sept 9.-Eliza Rand, Mrs Bryant
Mr. James G Totterdell, Mrs Philip Thomas,
Mrs Toppan, Mrs Chas Myers, Willoughby
Mrs Brenneman, MIR Strifer, Mrs Paul ID
Cake, four colored, and as we are informed,
nFee at the Hospital-total 10.
Among those at the Hospital we record
t1e names of Richard Eskridge, son of the
hev Vernon E.kridge, Chaplain U Navy,
and SISGLEToS MERCER, from Philadelphia,
VINO recently came here as volunteer nurse
ms last we saw of this man of generous i'm
pulses, whose life is another sacrifice to hui
aIiishity was when he was first prescribed for.
no was standing at the door of the Craw
ioia Rouse; outtoned up to the throat in au
osetooa'i ne was about TO go to the Drug
kst VAIN his own Prescription Some one
mIinlated that ne had better keep out of the
NY AR tor il was then evening; and a
~ puzen stepped up, took his prescription,
.Au compounded, brought it to him and
i'celVea his grateful thanks. This was the
~', wesaw OF poor, poor, Mercer!
~ al me Hospital, sick, there remain left of
Goiai nooie FolunteerS-Dr Bryant, of Phila-
E apn; DR. Asprll, of Philadelphia; DIR
sa aeIy, VINO has passed the Naval Board,
Ave., d. D. Philadelphia; and DIR Crow, of our
W. thchinond. DIR Gooch is in Norfolk
'rymtly ILL., "' If ''''''''A0 was eA-
B,nas uoing duty i'll our town are-Dr
D, rom wayne county, Pennsylvania
r-r;, "lef-had the fever, went away to re-
R,I;a1u returned TO-DAY! DIR Webster. of
i,da,1 o,ne-lnost indefatigable and active, as
,. NV al are-he has kept well; DIR Walters,
G-I't ~ baltimore; DIR Hammel. from Pbila,
w. .;n r"-ilo~ sick at the Crawford House, as
St H. p learned DIR Covert, of Charleston,
slp IS 81 p men, OF Charleston, S e; DIR Thomp-
noD6 p%V1elourt, Va DIR Mcdowell, of Rich
s9spdma i Ola g., all actively engaged and
BD, themselves in our service.
lrd must must close. The clock has struck },
4'"S' return to my bed. H.W.