Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-09-28

were tn" following prrsnrs: DR.. Alexander Cali
postmaster "f Norfolk, n most c-timnblr ecniIerInr;
universally beloved by Ill who knew hun: Mr.. vii
liam Is. Ferguson, President of the Howard Assu
III ciation-hc hns performed tho arIunu, duties tina
were entrusted Ia him BY that body with Il great drn
ri credit, bat he Ia" is cut d"wu by the dcs,royt
and laid in tho silent tomb: William Reid is ais,
gone, rs well M Mr.. Benjamin Quick. of the firm u
O'Nrirn md Quick: Mr.. Thomas Gilbert, house ear
pcntcr, James street; George Gusts; Miss Carte:
Can't. JOAN Hicks, for many years q police officer q
Norfolk; q child of Mr.. Solomon Spraii; Mira. Dcsk
Frederick Taylor, James street; Mira. Eliza Ann Con
soIvo, corner Of Church and Butte street; Miss Thoru.
good; Mrs. Peter Dilworth, Butte street; MIR. Busky
James street. Miss Downs, Church street; u child u
DR.. Rose; also, uchild" Of Mr.. Sharplcy: Nisa M9i!hswst
Master FiycaslI; , ..ay.a.-r : SIR. Arthur W. Boil
som; and a son Of ll.~ t.. Dr. Lighiinot.
Last night and To-day, there Inns been n decided
decrease in the mortality. The w"nthrr to-day Is very
cool. and winter clothing comfortable. lhe Amos
pierre /. very dry; whether that hhs mn Il lef''"nc!
| hoard II physician nay to-day that II tins weather
continued, ii would have n tendency 10 drive lie
fever away. | hope il may hc 50.
Mr.. Thomas Lowry is also thought 10 be dying;
DR.. Robert Is. Tunstn!l is much better to-day, ana Ills
brother Richard i. improving slewly.
Mr.. Dalton Wheeler Sill combine. very ''rE; Mr.
Ezra +. Summers il better; sir. james Smiley, who
ius been down with the fever, is ont To-day.
Among the deaths sine" l"st night you WI iind t:lc
following: DR.. James II. Diliard Of Alabama; DR..
Walker of Baltimore: n chilli pt David IL. Dyer: Mr..
Goudson; Mrs. Mary Whiichurst, Church street, three
deaths at the Hospital; and Two nurses whosv names
| could not ascertain.
The burials to-day will be about twenty.
THE LATEST FROM NORFOLK.
4 gentleman who came up from Norfolk, Oil Mon.
dar, on board the steamer Curtis Peck, furnished the
editors ni tho Pctersbur. Express, with the following
intelligence. The steamer leaves Norfolk a; bo'clork,
A.. NJ, and the information furnished below is up 10
that hnur.
- ,.-I- :. (, ,o,;n,..I IL, tb.r. ,r.r.oLnr,
80 deaths; and IN SUNDAY abou; 81 we're buried.
Up to 10 o'cinrk on Sunday morning., there were
Ii orders for coiiins nj SALISBURY establishment.
VIM. Reid, the late opponent of Hunter Woods,
deceased, for the Mayorality, died on Friday night.
His oldest son, George Reid, is exceedingly IL, with
little or no hope entertained oil his recovery.
+. r. Summers, E-q, 4 mernbero OF the City Conn.
ell who has been very active during the prevalence
Of the Fever, is quite III.
George Loyal. Esq. formerly n representative ii
Congress, froiu the Norfolk District, and the present
navy Agent, is Very low.
Charles II. Bealc. Esq. nm able writer, and former
editor OF the Norfolk News, died on Sunda%, night
This gentleman was also correspondent Of III" Pc
,rr,bur- Express, over the signature Of Norfolk"
Catr, Borsal, ESP, of thu lirIn ot Bon,al II Bro
;har. larg. -four manufacturers, died Oh sunday.
Mrs. Edwin II. Drlk, died Saturday; and her child
I'll. rwri soon after of the fever.
M.se henderson, agei Just fourteen years. q mos;
promisim; daughter of Lieut.. Henderson OF the Us.
Navy, de-! on Sunday.
Mr. Qdi.k, of the firm of O'Brien& Quick, under
takers, diet on Saturday. Mr.. u'Briem, partner "i
ieccu...i, lied about ten days previous. and Mrs.
QlirB. Ls wife, but n short time before.
Dr.. Alexander Gait, the esteemed P1simaster oi
Norfolk, died IN Saturday.
Tr"nas &. Brou.Ltor. l:-l" the senior editor Of
the Herald, was attacked with the ievcr on Saturday
last, Grt il said IN tc qui:r sick. |
John D. Gurdau, lie Broker, was very IL! early yes
:crIay morning, and DGt LITTLE hope entcr;aiiic'! oi
ms recover.
n. 10 -, II Tr,n,., - .,.,. l,, nix br,- !
tl"r. Dr.. Richard Is. Tunsrall, i very ii.
DR.. Robert II. Gordon. Health officer Tor the port
%. Norfolk, who has had a violent stack, has So fer
recovered no 10 be enabled {" travel, 1ad, arc"mpa.
ri,,i by n- Ia Is, proceeded on MONDAY TO Richmond,
uI The r,cnmyr Curtis Pcci..
Dr.. Gordon tnys there IL no abatement Of the Fc-
vcr. cXccp tor lack al victims IIo THINKS tho disease
il more malignant now than ii ha- ever been. carr
~. III many ~ from Is - - hours. lie thinks uoac
wi! rscap" ihr sjourgc.
". II. Wilson, E.q Prc-ident Of the Virginia Bank
AT Portsmouth. aid his cl'its; daughter, Mi,, Mary,
nave both been quite Ill with he Fever ut Baruum'.
Iinrcl. Is .;imurc, bul arc HOW recovering.
VI ~ Cusric-y, daughter u! DR.. ~JuAathsu Cowicrv,
deceased, III tnr Ini..i States Navy, len Cor York.
Pa, ..vrln. ,.alr ,i:IrC, where rnr Vas ;.,cn il! w;:h /
;Ho TcT"r iimn. iiattiy afi = her arrival. EHr.mHn,".
t. ,Hr secured the W.:uIiitlng cNCr;i"US 81 ir. ILo,.
Williamson. Formerly ct The Naval I~losg.:L. al Ports.
mouth. n!i wurl ias, !,cGr! tom wa rapidly r.clv-
rIEng.
>.acc III ab,Yc Vas written We 1t tia; Dr. De
C:,:.y, %. Ncw i".k, li"i Ut Norfolk o" SUNDAY.
10 Norfolk du:in. la-, seek ;A.egc were ~ Inter
meats.
Inc r-;iulrri I"7u.u!"H il 1850.
GA Su'I,Ny IT,, 10 wcTc agvdl 10 bu:i5is.
On Suaiay iir mIH'scr ii int riArI;s losri!"! 81.
On H"riuv 1t: wr Gnu hear oI tGt l~l-:"ra: IN
ths .lo.pi"i a"! /! in III" ci;E g'"'rhNy.
We r,-r"; IL hear, since ON last a!vIcc8. "t tMc
Heath -. John u. I; rrihT, exchange broker. Mr. -.
va, one Il; III. most valuable mai Useful cit:zcii- OF
Norfolk. Indeed icw deaths have occurred there.
which >'cn 10 b" more uni. cr~rily regretted.
Mr.. Joseph Murtca, an officer IN the Exchange
Bank, has also been gathered Z" Ia: grave.
The tniinw.n- deaths arc HI" rrp"rtcHt:
Ms. Harriet Porter, a sister ot the Rev. DR.. Arn-
str"ns's wife. Walter Anderson.
Thomas L"wry. srip-carpcnter, Church street.
Ms. Frederick D. Johnson. whose husband and
chilli preceded her but n short time since. She WA
the eldest daughter ri tho late VIM. Ghisclin, aud re-
sided in Petersburg during the year 1888.
Mrs. Tyler, and her husband Mr.. Francis Tyler, are
now down with the fever.
Mrs. jennings.
DR.. Richard 3. Tun,tnll, brother of Dr.. r. B Tun-
stnll. This latter gentleman il improving
Thomas Roberts.
Mr.. VIM. II. LOCKWOOD child. james street; also
n child at W. +. L'G-, printer. on James street.
Mr.. Nerdlain. lg"ninra Cherry. Mr.. lh1nlns
Joshua Brrsky, Mr.. Wnitchurs,, Wllkensons child,
Church street; Sally Simpson, Il cn!"rcd woman.
Mr.. Dulion Wheeler. al tho Howard Association,
when lat heard from. had the black vomit, and 1t
wn- thought could To; live.
The Rev. DR.. Armstrong; wife is dangerously
i'll.
Mis- Briggs, u sisier oi DR.. Briggs, deceased, is i'll
with the Fever ~ ilampton.
There mr.: now Gr"u; 81 cases in tho City Hospital
All accounts r'prc-cu; the Fever n, aba;in;.
Correspondence o,;hc Petersburg Exprcs3
PORTSMOUTH, Sept. ~, lS1).
Dear Express We have have uc COMMUNICATIONS
with your city since Saturday last, which VIII account
for the hiatus III m corrr-p undrnce. Since that 'inc
there has been Il visible abatement IN the number ~
'Ira;h-, a you will presently src, and also IN the num-
her of new casr-.
The weather Is now cool, and fires nnd ovcrc"a'S
are in demand. Should there be no rain, aud The
weather cnitimuc ~ cool us il is nos, | hope the
abatement. will be permanent.
On saturday, the 42i. we had eight draths-"m.
Lingo: Mr.. john Nj. Oditcn; Miss Mary Francis
Totrr,l-ll her father, mother, two brothers RnI Il
sister hal previously iiri Mira. Bcctnrr Jeremiah
Whiimnr.. Joseph Iiay:cn: Mcri: Parsons; C"ss
Deans tcni"rr:j: Mls- Mariana Webb. daughter oil
George \. Webb dccenr~!.
On SUNDAY, the 2hi.-Mrs. John Webster, mother
of Prof. ". b. Weh,ic:, Nary RIlry; Michael Risn"y;
Elizabeth Nets; Mrs. ~llrl;hion: Mary tireeIish: Geo;
e.. Goodwin, chief clerk in the Naval Store; child oil
David Brown; aid Mr-. Moses Taylor.
On Monday, the - Harvey, son Of Jas
G.. Harvey. a citizen Of Portsmouth,. who lied n Nor
folk; WIN. Proctor; Mrs. John Mesiry, (hr. VI. d'eu
n few DAYS since-they l"av. four helpless little chii'
drrn; John GwIirry ufFrrry Point; Danic! Culp"per'
and a son "f VIM. Di@g-.
sincerely trust that IN my next | shall be ahle 10
rnnort n still further abatement. iiosP0Er.
The repor; i'll the Baltimore papers OF Mcniny, TIM;
Ex-MuvGr IirAckiah S;uakcs, Of Portsmouth, ma
did OF tie fever "n Saturday, il wholly untrue. lie
has not been sick, even.
a lc;,c. from the acting Mayor Of Norfolk, dated
the 18th, says that The money received there from
abroad amounts TO sI0a,G"D. and TIM. the cxprnsc"of
he Howard Association average Q 800 or $1,000 DULY.
He says:
"Thc nerd OF the Association haa not ceased, and
cannot till the disease ceases. We had hoped that
the fever :ur the last tcw days was on the dccrcns",
but our hopes nrc gone. III" disease is raging with