The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-09-01
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n,,.ress of the Fever in Norfolk and
Portsmouth.
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a r.sru ose Doomed-Ddngeroas TO LeGee-
hg prsynosferoas Idea-JulepDi Hospital rer
q .gs fEr Cay-Ferer Increasing. Board
gsoph do not Report one. half-Nete case
q DIR r " Rose Sick-Dr Constaoe Dea'
d ~ r Nash Dead Sixseen Deaths -
q tso Hours tn Portsmonth--iO Ae'e ""'''
81 --latest Deaths. spM
81 NORFOLK, August 3otb, , r. m M
n The physicians say that every o.a
i remsins here until the close OF 'oe sraa,sr
81 .iII he attacked with the fever III 80
s 80 w Sssrse They also advance tne iuea
4 .a' 90 1arsons who have remained thus long
~ ,ssye for a more saiubrlous ciimate'
ana now ~ oreat a chance of taking the
\ 80 stter their departure as If they tarried
1 e,e ma Thus the poor people OF norfolk
4 srs ia a tickiish qusndsry, placed as 1t were
D sa,w~sn two fres-to remain is fever, to de-
rsr, ia fever-snd the unfortunaies, nervous
Il Ind trembling, know not what course 10
don't We would advise all who are fright
4 ened TO leave-we do not belieVe 10 the ioea
& advanced by the Doctors. -,
We know that their chances of safety will
,s one thousand per cent better away
q TxeIye thousand or more persons up to this
,ine have left Norfolk. Out of this number
! 'hout twenty have sickened with the gomito
snd died. Suppose these twelve thousand
& I'D remained ia this few er.infected slaughter
bouse. and how many would have gone the
u,.v of all flesh 2" BY q moderate compu
tsiion, Judging from the average range of
our mortality at least one Thousand The
reader must understand that hundreds and
hundreds have left within the last two weeks,
and nearly all who have been heard from
express themselves as feeling well, and free
from the headaches and wandering pains in
the body that troubled them here, superin
daced by the poisonous malaria they have
been inhaling. If the doctors really believe
IL this doctrine, why is ii that they inmedi
ely remove, if possible, q patient from an
Infected district to an atmosphere free from
infection and why do the sick at Juleppi
hospital, famed by the fresh and pure
oreezes from the sea, do so much better aud
recover so much faster than those in the
ci.yl The idea is prepostereus.
The epidemic, in the number OF new cases,
/. increasing to an alarming extent We have
only 1900 whites here, and they arc thinning
Of daiy, and yet the mortality is feartully
Increasing The Board of Health do not
report one half the nun Der of deaths; some
Of the physicians do not make any returns at
sll-tb-y are too busily employed to take
the trouble, many of them having as high as
seventy fever patients on their lis.
The Board of Health reported, Tor the "a
=
red about, and sent you on list Of 20 and
We do not believe we found out the whole.
A large number OF new cases occurred last
night; among them we note, Thomas Spratt
AID the whole of his family; jones Hatha.
way, jeweler; Joseph =. Anderson; DR.. Robt
" Rose; W. w Camp, Cashier of the Ex-
change Bank; and several in ST. Clair's fami
" Miss Martha Holden, schoolmistress,
Butte street, had the black vOmit this morn
Ing and is dying; j. G. Hatton, Esq, is dy-
lug DR.. Thomas G. Constable, after vomit-
ng blood, died this morning at 3 p M
/ Charles smith, dry goods merchant, is dying;
Miss ROmy DOdds, very ILL., Ignstius Higgins
il very low; Miles Butcher has the black vo-
nit At Ocean View; Captain Guy is getting
well; Mrs. Conway White, reported yester-
day as sick, was a mistake it should have
been Mrs f. White, wife of Lieut. Whittle,
[ 5. n she died this morning We regret
to announce the dea'h of another physician,
DR.. Thomas Nssh-he died this morning.
Dr. Higgins is convalt scent, and will leave
Tor the North to morrow.
The gallant and whole souled Ricardo.
with ten nurses, from New Orleans, will be
here to hight. Their advent will be most
joy fully welcomed, for we need their services
sadly. Mr. James II Finch, of the Argus,
has won for himself the admiration of the
profession, and the esteem of the reading
community. While the rest of our papers
have stopped for the want of hands, he with
tie Hid alone of one com positor, has kept
The Argus going, and seems determined not
10 give up the ship" Mr. Leonard, the
editor, is sick, w S Forest, the reporter, is
down with the fever, and nearly the whole
duties of the office has devolved upon his
shoulders. May he bear it calamity to the
end, and pass through the epidemic safely
and sound. He is the only one left of all the
I'D hands of the establishment that has so
far escaped. From Portsmouth we continue
10 receive dreadful accounts. From two
o'clock yesterday to four, two hours there
was sixteen deaths, and forty new cases Is
no! this awful? The following are the latest
d-a!hs to date j Tatum Edward Whiting
Miss Drusilla Gayle, Mrs Lieut. + White,
Miss Mary + Starke, daughter of the late
Capt Stake, United States Marine Corps;
Miss Spiatt, York street; Colored woman,
b"ushs Lane; Frank Tarrant, Widow Da-
VI, Duke street Mrs Mallory Todd, Miss A
hrrn DIR Thomas Nash, DIR Thomas & Con
Sable, + Balance, Tom, free negroI Union
street; four slaves-Total 10. Weather cool
IL the shade, and scorching in the sun-very
lntaY0rable. VERDAD.
Franklin Lodge of Odd Fellows in Wheel
ing has contributed S25 to the sufferers; $50
lave been subscribed at the Shocco Springs,
n. q, and $500 at Jones White Sulphur
e1'!ngs, N. e. Meetings have been called
IL Dtnville and Wytheville for the same pur.
Pee, Georgetown, ID. c., has contributed
900. The nurses from New Orleans who
lave arrived at Norfolk receive 500 per
month, and DR. Campbell, who has charge of
.l7i receives $3.50 per month, all paid by
A- Firginians in the former city.
Mrs Mary Mcclellan, of Baltimore, who has
.Aa much experience in New Orleans as a
TTstse, has left as a volunteer for Norfolk
11Flbity Church, Washington, Rev. G.. d.
.1,Ommlns, pastor, has contributed Sis. In
%N city the Postmaster has placed tin
S a1 over the door, having painted on it
D Contribute to the sufferers of Norfolk and
Portsmouth,
MSS Lewis, second daughter of Mr. Thos Lewis
t, =, Tue Cl'y Hoiel) Mr.. T IL. Beverage driver
~ | ~ Tue alex carriages, and bis wife q mother
s,ru Iuesdsy night In Norfolk. Col Simon
bar. ana Mr.. VIM. II Gsrnett, prominent mem
o. a. the Howard Association Office. ara also
U'"n with The lever. "'0 a''
sa', onS'e received no papers of yesterday from
all the Journals In that city having SOP.
toa ui's. We gather the follow Information
pa''snsersby the Curtis Peck:
Deas"sThe humber of deaths for the a hour.
lime s. .nqpfsosy Up. NJ, wssI7. Among the vic.
tot I, vS 10 Dis Nash and Constable Mr. j G Hat
-h.lo,v he Vile, Miss Laura Mallory Miss