Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-09-07
LATE NEWS BY TIE mills.
From the Petersburg Express of Thursday.
y.lIoW Fever at Norfolk d Portsmouth.
From Norfolk.

H. lpftA's
'h0 Ill; morning that the number of new cases for
.9atyenfy-four hours ending Tuesday night.
" nat "a large - has heen the case Tor several
Us preyious But while this fact l. some re-
Goi IL is truly distressing to learn that the NOR.
.,l;,v i. absolutely frightfu Thirty deaths ate
worried TO have occurred at the new Hospital on
MIN street within few hours. During the past
,yo or three days great difficulty has been eNpe-
fenced in obtaining force sufficient to dig the
.o ves. and collins have been in much greater de-
nand than the supply on hand.
The Rev. Father O'Keeie Is outot danger or
] ca considered. Mr.. s. Marsden smith, wei
/ known in this city, is up aud doing we'll
Mr.. Robt 5. Demands prescription store has
been taken charge of since that gentleman Ill
ness by the Savannah Delegation under Inc aa'
eniccs of the Howard Association, Dr. H. d.
/ Innn. of Savannah an eminent chemist has
charge. = A..
II will deeply pain the many friends OF the
r,n,ilv in this city to learn, that THOMAS Dlb'
FELL. eldest son of the late Rev. Anthony Dio
rell. has fallen a victim to the Fever Deceased
was a youth of great promise about u yeai' Vi
age and his death has added another setele pa"s
Ia the already di stressed and bereaVed lamily'
The death of the Rev d. p. Wills, mentioned
yesterday is not confirmed by the letter OF our
4 Norfolk correspondent. We trust the runour
was without Foundation.
Mr. Cranberry, "a well known merchant OF
Norfolk. who has had the Fevertor several days
,as renorted as worse on Monday night. son
4 Of Mr. G's about s years OF age we learn was
taken down with the Fever Monday.
We invite attention to the letter OF our CORES
nondent, wich is as follows:
fSpceial Correspondence of the Express.
4fecting incident-- Collins in carts and ,edgo"s
the Nonchalant Drirer-Negroes Praying
md Singing psetting Of Regular Life
Burials Barials =! Baridis - !-Remdrka'
bic Circumstance-P Pigeons Go'cs ana N, Dog$-
THiriu Deaihs al the City Hotel Hospital IN
aoe dau-Jos. II, Robertson Dead-W. ID.
Roberts iN-Deoth Of Thos DibreH Eldest
San ofthe late 1nthony DibreH-Deaths, sc.
''''' = Noppolk, Sept. 4th, z. NJ
Dear Express A melancholy interest Is Nv,
tached to the early fate of the two Misses Laura
and Martha Mallory, whose deaths were 'elo',t'
rastardav. Both were taken down with the fe-
w. at tha same time both died within a few min
',fs. of each Other and both were buried togeth-
4 ,r in the same rude box, ia poor apology TOR
lin \ hastily constructed for the purpose out OF
! ronoh common pine They were OF a highly
respected family, two amiable young 'acies, SIS
ters and members of Christ Church. hey
were lovely in life and in their deaths they were
not divided"
The hearses not being sufficient to carry out
.be coflins for interment, is had 10 carts
and wagons and in several instances we nave
seen the dismal shells of mortality, protruding
Gar ont from the front of cart. with the driver
j sitting beside it with perfect nonchaiance crack
inr his whip, and putting away at an aoonna.
Me cheroot How doth breed habit III
d a man. rr
The negroes hold Divine Service in their dit
Il f,ont Churches every DAY. and incessant pray
4 inr and singing may be heard from morning TIL
night. c.,a..
The whole week seems one continued sunday
and ones brain is crazed by the spsettlng OF
the guar routine of former day HE W sem
t,hr in a different world, with nothing to do but
TO walk about with one ; hands III one > Pochete'
and see bulias burials .
\ remarkable circumstance connected with
the epidemic is that not bird Is to be seen WIN
in tbe limits of the city, and has not since the te-
yer became general. Whether this Is owing to
the f-,i .ono,ls density of the atmosphere that
keeps them away, or from what other cause we
are not able to say, not being philosophers or
ornitbologists enough to solve the phenomenon.
The moor pigeons have ceased their soaring
Arbtr and nerch themselves on their houses
with dropping head and wing, the very pictures OF
despair. and as Alexander S.lkrk would say,
''shockingly tame"
The cows in despite of the city ordinance,
wander about the city seemingly IN searcn OF
lost mates. making the wekn echo with Their
melancholy lowing: while gangs of halt famlshed
3 dogs take possession of the streets after night
fall, and render ..night hideous' by their lnces-
SAINT yelping and bowling. Truly, the very acme
of distress and desolation has fallen upon poor
Norfolk :,
The number of new cases has slightly dimln
ished but the deaths have increased awfaUy'-
In the CITY Hotel Hospital, from yesterday morn,
jnq 10 This morning there have been thirty Deaths
We repret to announce to-day the death OF
Jos. II. ROBERTSON, Esq, late city Register lie
died at Hampton yesterday, having contracted
the fever here. He lost, few days since, his
wife by the same disease. Purser Fitzgerald OF
the navy, is lying very i'll; old Mr.. Shuster IS
dying-his wife died this morning; Nm. ID
Webb Plume & Co.'s clerk is very sick; u W
Camp is out of danger: the mother OF Jho
I.oyett and the youngest son of VIM Stevens
were taken down last hit.
W ID Roberts, Esq, our delegate elect TO the
Legislature, taken sick Eyesternay evening
Mr. Peter Moore's wife and son left town tor
the country last Thursday, were taken with the
fever and died on Sunday.
Mr. kirkpatrick, stone mason. Is very III; jas
Marsden Smith, Esq, is up and doing very Wen
DR. VIM Selden is out of danger; the Key Jer
cmiah Hendren and old Mr., Shuster are very. III
VIM b Webb, Plume q Co.'S clerk, isvery SICK
there were some 10 odd burials so day.
We note below some of the latest deaths: j W
IIarwood, II Coneyman. Miss II Wilson, Mrs
Renton. Mrs Beverage Miss Partridge, John De
n lancy, W TODD, S G llutchins, hilgrave'
Keelman, slave at Mr.. Humphreys, cold ma
a as Mr.. Dixons, Lieut. Whites eldest son, Mr.
Chandler widow of the late DIR Chandler
Main street: Mr. Player, Church st. Mrs ID
Todd, Joseph Kosson, Jones Dudly, Mrs Shus
ter son of Edw'd Delaney Anne Drayton' Ge
Shuser, Hugh Rogers, daughter of MIR Smiley
Il Church st wife of Mr. Caps; Church ST.; NJ
Batter, chief clerk of Bloodgood q Co; Ihoma
Dihrell, aged Is years, son OF the late Rev Antho
ny Dibrell, and several negroes.