Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-08-28
From tie Petersburg Express, Aug. -
THE YELLOW FEVER AT PORTSMOUTH
hNn NnIElIk

FRoy NoRroLK.-Sad tn say, in the language Of
the drru$, the work OF dealt! GOES on irarirlly and in
cr.as;l,rl"! We know of no pGrallci Ia tic malignlty
OF tho Terrible scourse that is leveilng down the pow
prful "a we'll az the weak, throwing out the iaircst
and the strongest al the remaining iamliltS III this NJ
h,ctci CITY. !: il really hcari-:tndIug {" cnntein.
uIa;r, There were nj least twenty burial" on Friday.
We arc truly r.ioiccd 10 learn that help ia about TO
resah the deeply afflicted place from New Orleans,
where both p. y-iciHns and nr:srs arc familiar with
the disctls-. aud il i presumed a; l";ls', Gnu hu Eiu"li
to relieve the sutterinSs ot the deeply distressed pe''
a despatch reached Petersburg from New Orleans
Saturday, and was Immediately inniird to Mayor
Wuudis OF Norfolk. Ii is from The MAJOR y! New Or
l.uus, and datcI at that city on Friday. lug. 2i,ii. The
,iesyu,rl SAYS Our ciiiz-r's syni?H:!i,zc deeply with
! the peop.c OF Norfolk. This morning they contributed
| about three thousand dollars, and will despatch to-
morrow saturday. rnu.l:lr-, zen experienced hut'
s.s, under Charge ot Drs. Ricardo, Ivy aud Clarke.
We invite attention TO the following letter from our
special correspondent.
Especial Correspondent, of the PeserabnrS Exprcssl
NORFOLK, Aug. ~, D T.. W..
/ U,nr Eyprc-s:-Wc ARE surry to say that ;hc pre-
sen, continued hot AMI -ultry weather, has greatly
iurr, ss,i the fatal ravaycS Of the ep!dtnItc- anu Il
iarsu number oi buriais has taken place 'I'IHy ol
| victims vi fever who died primer paliy lust might. Day
! before Yesterday 80 We're buried, Yesterday some -,
| and to-day up ~ this hour about ~. The diHe;1sG H.
c;cns,s duiiv in The number Of new cssrs, II great
| II .i,ri,v ut whom are blacks and Obscure "iIl'c per
ms. Their names il is nfien almost :mrns'iDic 10
| ,litdin. H. tlley t.CQUcntlI ult VIII It u iHH HlNl'tl bt'
IA. ci.le,l III, aud are hustled oil, rIil sli'vcllec away
,s s,,u, n. The breath is out If their bodies.
W. iSuins, L. Seymour, Guilds Thnnts, and n larG"
number ui negroes, Were taken dawn !h-t n'HA'. br.
Higgins, We ur.. sraiitird ~ ni"tr - ::"rl better ais"
N.n. T. Wmtun"ad, Esq, Ex-May"r Stubh-, 'nhy,
-,. and iwu daughters, ". Dunnnr. the lady of J"s.
IL. E,brr!snn, Miss Caroiinu Alimand, nnd Lewis
Lriasc Frederick Rnhcris, %! Tie firm Of w.
X ,,,r,, Il Bro, Is Iying, ais" Mr.. Jacobs, il"llsc
carpenter, Brewer sIi N. Z. C"rrief' ana H. D"Ve'
are Very sick.
purs:r DE Brec's son, clerk Of L. p. Tabb & Co.,
was seized with The fever, whiie pI"slNE through Dali
more, Hlri Is since dead.
M,nv %, oar citizens WHO have fed +" the country
are sick, and sun.u have died. Gfii;iI Barnes ssa'i
:, les dead, and in Princess Anne county, E::n'h
Cap;,-. Rylu,id Caps GGL c!,i:d, i'"vi" "h''ehufe''
ami Euuci. Daw:ry are sick viii; tic fever.
Thee rk Ut the Ju!ipln hospital arc dolnG better
,haa those in tho City; two deaths only have occurred
since yesterday, ahd four arc dying 4ne'o usI " ~
cls.s at the hospital under treatment, ~ VI "n'H
are considered curvn!csceit.
NJ prominent citizens have been at'aGKcI 'o'ua!,
Tie ui.ht i, the time when the invisible dcst. oyer
first makes his approaches, the majority VI cuscS
commencing after hight tall. IT..
The d.eas- in Portsmouth IL worse than over. Inc
cases have Increased 10 $50. Dir. Lovcit 10 ueau'
several other Physicians arc sick. .,
Tile following Il the list of fever victims VI, 10 T.
NJ. Friday Snuth, Reds Lane; Miss Indiana
md Holt s;s; Caroline HuLdIcstone, Brewer street;
Child uf Ni.hcr; Bar1ly Watts (colorcdl Miss Mary
Archer, Duke st.; Edmund lrulorrdj nj Parker's Ii.
very stable; Henry icolorcd) Cams H";cl; William
Christian, Marsh ST.; j. Jones, free mGla;t0. K!ngs
Lane; Miss Lucy Smith, Aidington's Lane; negro
inn John, servant Of NJ. Taylor; VIM. Conrad, j.
Mcl,ccuu, Church ct; wife aad child "t Ihonia. Mar
tin, Bank ST.; Geo. iiudSlls, MISS Stal!oru' Martini
Maddox, from Ferry Point; Mary Hammer; Niclliri
5. Coock; Boy in Summers Row; child owned hy
Capt. s. Waits: negro man b~elonSiug to Rlclid Gate
wood. Total -.
A man by the name Of Peter Clinton was murder.
" -. ..-it L., a ,.,-.lt no unfI
Sykes. We learn that Sykes has been ARRESTED; VIC
have not heard the particulars. ofEcfAlok.
The Board of Health report the following deaths
from Yellow Fever, il Norfolk. for the "a hours END
ing Friday ( O'clock, I. NJ:
j child of VIM. c. Burncs, nged 8 years, residence
LANES ST.: job IIalsry, ngcd vi residence ChcrIni;e
~: John Martin, Gged Is. residence Bank st.; Mrs
Th,nus NJ. Martin, aged IS, residence Bank st.; Mr.
McLuue of Baltimore. aged u years, residence Com
mcrec St; George Hi:S'ns: used %, ses aiiyn r Ms,r
JuLn Michigan, eyed l6, residence Church st.i Mise
V. S,allins, aged IS, residence Guys jail; Marx Mat.
took . ared 81, residences Ferry Point; John, slave Of
VIM. Taylor, aged %. residence NUN s"utr, .uarf
Welsh, nred 6 Years, Dodd's Lunc; Mary Haywood
nred ! wears. r.siGeucc Wide Water street; oamue
J Cooke, aged ~ years, residence North Church a'rect
George North, aged 10 years. residence Main stree'
|, Susan lslavc OF tiatewoodi ngpd ~ years. FoSiuehe'
Church street. .
Mrs. john \. Hall, daughter of Dir. f.. Guy, Chic
, of tine Police, died a, the Hospital on Thursday night
aged 81 y~rars.-TutHl 10.
7. &. BrougLtou, Esq, Secretary OF the boaro o
Health. says there ne al lcnst $40 cHsCs IN the CITY,
Two hundred and twenty prescriptions were put III
, u, the l)ispeusary on Thursday; aud there are nv
E other apo,hecuries in the city doing 4 large bas'ne7s
S~penking of the illDess Of Mayor Woods, the Ar
. gus says:
r Tho illness of this faithful ard energetic officer ha
de-u.ueu the gloom which haaSs over the city. Al
Ter most extraordinary exerticns IN behalf Of the SICK
the suffering aud the dying, h., too, has been se'ze!
with the fever. 1t is most earnestly hoped that bi
valuable life ,nay he spared. =,
The arrangement for tie accommodation al the sci
hnyr been completed a, the City Hospital at Lam
. bert Point, and they are made as comfortable as
possible under the circumstances. DR.. Wm' l.. WI
r SON, who has much experience in such cases and ha!
been to the West Indies and TO CaI;!"Tnia, has the hosp
tai in his charge, and every thing that skhl anu mae
. iatigable attention can effect will be doIe Tor tho SUI
terecs.
Under the heading OF "Another Heroine the a
gus of Saturday has the following:
Mrs. C.. S. j unes, a lady Of fne character and aoil
ty, arrived yesterday from Washington and tenle!e
Der services US a NURSE OF the sick ~ the howard Al
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