The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-08-24

of the Fever in norfolk ana
Portsmouth.
..o,a.,ee Of the Dispatch.

"A \
Correspondence Of the Dispatch.
cr or THE cITY-ABSENTEES-M
Ao.ruy OF ALL HoNoR-THE HOWARD
ssorr.TfoN-THE CoNvAL ESCEN1
"nr.THs-RoUND DYING ON A BUNDLE
OF FODDER, &c. &c
NORFOLK, Aug. %, 1855.
o.r ili.fated, fever stricken city, presents
. snuearance of gloom just now, mourniui
- nehold, and most painful to the feelings
Tro.thirds of the white population have ns .s1
n..r,y all the stores are closed, ana tne ss,,a
ne.s of death rests over the nereso -,
cheerful streets. The physician, tne
and the undertaken, are the only p.oiess,V .,a
nerson, now kept busily employer anu -. .o
lpia.,,fni harvest they are reaping seems 10
pien.iu' rasber than diminish. Throughout
~ ssv The solitary hesrse, unfoilowed by
,a,,nsrs or minister, may be seen driving
:. ran;d rate TO the various cemeteries,
ss,.;,;ng their loads of mortality, and re-
lining as rapidly, to carry out others. 1t Is
-, IN every one that the disease is fear.
s'i = an the increase; until lately it was
tnnsd that il would confne its ravages to
yys,er and Main streets, and not extend
,arth of the latter, but the last few days has
G.nelled this illusion and the atmosphere,
ro Doubt. is impregusted in q greater or less
ssgrse. with the subtle and fatal masma
throughout the entire city. Cases have &C.
eurred on James street, the extreme limit Of
the city, north, In which the patients have
po' left their neighhorhood and houses, even
for weeks preceding the attack. Truth com.
pels US 10 say, from private observation, that
10 part Of Norfolk is now free from the in
fiction, and that danger turks everywhere
..a xrfI1h 4 60
our friends abroad, but the truth should be
tod, and as faithful chronicler's we intend to
n rate the truth, and nothing more nor less.
The public look for 1t, both abroad and at
home. The papers here, and the people,
have been down upon your city tor the strict
quarantine laws issued against the citi gems
Of Norfolk and the inhospitable treatment
they have received at your hands in the
midst of their sffliction. But we are pleased
10 believe that the treatment, cruel and un
lust as it undoubtedly was, was occasioned
by the same panic that influenced our ab-
sentees in making such q hasty and early
many of them, we are sorry to say,
alb ,ndoning their husbands, brothers and
children, and in their headlong flight inocu-
IAting, (if we may so call it, every place
through which they passed with the same
fearful, yet puerile panic.
UnQer Lnest CIRCUMSTANCES, what more
could we expect from strangers, when our
Dwn people deserted their homas. carrying
vita them such exaggerated aud dreadful
stories! 1t gives US pleasure to see now
hat the fright has passed, that Richmond has
resumed her wonted sound Judgment and
clarity. and abolished her ridiculous and use
pss quarantine regulations against us, who
nave enough misery to endure, without be-
Dg cut off from the "rest of mankind" In
he midst of our distress--the sick, the dy-
ng, and the dead, and the cowardly deser- |
ion of many of our most prominent citizens, |
I is gratifying to announce the noble con |
1uct of few choice spirits, who without |
egard TO self, have been unwearied in their |
attention to the sick and suffering. Among
hese, hrSt and foremost, stands our worthy |
Mayor. Hunter Woodis ESD, who has ex |
sed himself in the faithful discharge of |
ais duty, to the infection, from the com
of the disease and has won for
himself q place in the hearts of the people
# Norfolk that will not be soon eradicated.
Among the physicians, honorable mention
h'uld be made of Drs. Upshur, Higgins,
install, Granier, Wright, Freeman, Moore,
tone, and Thos. G. Constable, who was on
visit to the Springs when the disease broke
at, and, to his credit be it said, returned to
rs post OF disease and danger. In contrast to
his noble conduct, we have to record the
bsence of Drs. Balfour and Fitz Gibbons,
mo left the city after the disease commenced
iigh praise should also be accorded to our
leroy, who have acquitted themselves like
hrlStlan Ministers of God in these irving
mes
We record the names of Rev. Messrs
.fmstroDg of the Presbyterian Church.
ackson of ST. Paul's Protestant, Wake of
hrlst Church, do, Wills and Dibrell of the
lethodlst, and the Pastor of the Chrian de
The praise of Mr.. o Keefe, the
atholic Pastor of st. Patrick's Church is on |
e lips of every one. Protestants as well |
Catholics join together in paying deser |
ID tribute to his untiring exertiOns in nur.
ng and attending to the wants of the sick |
I'd dying, OF every class and persuasiou-j
he Minister of the Free Mason street Bap-
st Church, is the only one who has proved
ereant to his duty, and unfaithful to his
'ck. He left the city shortly before the
'liemic broke out, aud has kept himself
ie away ever since. AS Christian minis.
I he should have returned Immediately to
mister to the spiritual wants of his con
egation, but in place, he wrote, we learn,
know whether it would be safe for him to
tmn--and being advised that 1t would not,
Try prudently, but not very Samaritan like,
'cilned venturing back. The Howard AS.
citation are receiving money and provisions 7
instantly from different quarters, and are
spensng them with liberal hand to the |
OK and needy The following persons who
ave been suffering with the fever are conva-
scent and recovering: Mr.. H. Howard, |
r. Hailett, of the firm of Dixon < Hallett,
id his wife; Capt Guy of the Police, his |
iughter and her three children; S. Stubs,
So, wife and several children Mrs. DIR
arraud; Mrs. A. w. Small; Mrs. MINIS
go. Drummond; Miss Martha Moore, daugb-
OF Henry Moore, Esq; Mr.. Z. o. Young
: oimms, OF the Marine Corps; Mrs. N. G.
arrier; Son of j. Michigan; Daughter of
go. Millar.
Inc following were taken sick with the
yer yesterday: Miss Margaret Kennedy,
lighter of the late Commodore Kennedy
lmoeriand ST.; X. Dove, Sealer of Weights
q Measures; John Baldry, plasterer; VIM.
mtehead, President of the Democratic As.
ciation; Miss Fulgham. Brewer ST.; Mrs
ltchell, Butte St; John K Rudder, sailma.
r. and one of his apprentice boys Mrs
mes Il. White, Church st. There are a |
eat many others, but these are the only
ointment ones we now know of Alto.
liner there are $50 cases 10 the CITY.
The following are the names of tbe vic.
us Tor the last 48 hours Mr.. O'Rourk. All
L io"h, John Christian, Allyn Town; X.
ule1.' Metcalfs Lane; Miss Adele Page.
ain street; Horstio Moore, Fen Church St.:
. .ss sumo, Main street; Mrs. Copes, Water
lee'; mr Greenwood, Reds Lane; George
=, s, Xueeh ST; son OF w. Barnes, James st..