Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-01-16

Illl Wlhln tile past ".Sh' iAS ii'''|".1's y
farwauled them to usian'l we acknowledge
our Obligation to hirf-aud, on behalf oil
our. people, express pur gratitude to Mr.
. 4ckcus, whose heart 50 nobly sympa'hsed
! IL our suffering.
RENlEES OF TILE ,H0N. llR. PlCkENS
! OF soUTHSsARoIINA,
! Hadc al mccting oi VISITORS al The lThae
st%Sulphw springs, s. aid Of the sufferers
Of NorjoIk and PoslsmOmh]
! GENTLEMEN :-Wehhave been assembled
A$cether, in order to take into consideration
t4le mode and manner of raising some con-
eributiopko aid our fe!pw citizens of Norfolk
:! and Portsmouth in their suflerings and deep
aifliction from the ravsges of yellow fever
and if am correctlyanformed, there could
be no situation betterscaculated to enlist our
aid .andtall forth theS tendeTest sympatles
ef ts,Hhuman heart. Is. Is.
~ We all know that, sInder any circumstan-
cssths/seiow fevere:is a terrible scourse'
But tRlre are many.:eities Of our country
&tcustomed to its vistations, and the large
| Majority of their citizens are more or less
ar .!iina.ed and exempt from its ravages.
q. $50 Who nre thus exempt arc able to aid
/ and, on,r:rt thoso wio are attacked, aud
ifherefs no general .Gasjc TO paralyze aud
PROSTATE all classes. Nati SO with Norfolk
aud Observation-Disclosures none who feel
! themselves to be exerFPhHsy are not pre-
pared Tor its.:isitatiol:- consequence
is, one vide spread aaa ulf6 panic pros
,setc the stricken cities, asnlolt to
the horrors oil the asaictioi:saks >tle
present disease has tre,''AGiea aa Shich
is c5n:idercd far mov.s smaigsa aEes
neither Lib nor lo@.s leh orb !
. rlhIe rrnyreSs
Tie City Of Norfolk, which ordinarily has
about $4,000 inhabitants, has lett only about
10000, aid Portsmouth, which has about
1900, now ouy some 3,5t0-and yet
Death, in his triumphant progress, moves on
in ,lc$oalion, and fails not to add daily to
the increasing numbers lie claims for his
victims. To add to lhe wretcheduesS OF the
scene, some ,700-workmcn in Portsmoutl!,
have Abandoned their Government employ
menl; and some 500 in Norfolk, employed
up,r the doris aud streets, &c., have also
abandoned their labor, and have been with
ou daily support for themselves and families
In fact, all work is stopped and daily wages
for the poor suspended. So that gaunt La.
Dor stalks in lean and llungrysrl!eriny through
the cities nr p!agpe and pcsiilcnce. In ad-
dlion 10 all this, they have heretofore been
denied all communication with the surround.
inr cities and villages. When they have at
tempted to lily from the plague and death,
they have been denied refuge and home
: from their brethren and countrymen. 1t has
been said that even the United States bayo.
net has been presented to them at Old Point
Comfort, and they denied landing. | men.
/ lion this to shrw their painful situation, and
not to blame those under strict military duty
perhaps.
! Tie Sisters OF Charity, those fit emblems
: Of Christian devotion and holy love, aud
other benevolent persons vino have gone to
the devoted Giles to seek objects OF distress,
have entered the abodes OF sickness and
misery and found it impossible to obtain the
! actual ncccssalics and comforts Of life-and
after they have cntcred, the steps OF The
STEAMBOATS, have been raised, and those flee
irr from death have been refused a passage
The railroads have been stopped and all
communication cut of. There they are
cities of wo. aad despair There they stand
like urcat cI,arncl houses, with the sighs and
the iloans of the dying, and The fixed gaze
OF ;lle dead.
There is no police-all having tied OF
died. The Mayor is left alone, and has stood
nu!Iy to his post disclarging his duties
bravcly and faithfully. | am told, in one in.
stance, he helred with his own hands to car
nv out eleven persons, with the disease, TO a
conveyance to be borne 10 some ncig ghboring
hospilal-and when he, at another time, at.
temptrd to order some negroes to do some
necessary work, they actually i'll treated hin,
and refused. Such man furnishes higher
example OF true heroism and foItitude, than
can be brought from the battle licId-Ior III
battle he is checred by those around him.
amid string events and all the excitement oil
enthusiasm and love of glory Aud if he is
those who refuse his escape, he can have the
last resort of Il brave man-to draw his
glory s%"," u upon ' the II field Of iams But here i:
more than ,hat-a Mayor, in tue midst Of a
city will, plaques and peslilcnce-lhosc to
slanl by lin in authority, dead or dying
with wo, and misery, and 'lesl'air-yct stands
up like :; man to do his duty-meets death
face to face, and struggles with him over
midnight scenes of lonely horror, all well
calculated to mako the bravcst Of the brave
tremblc. Such an example is worthy our
higccst admiration and deepest love.
And in connection with this, another
should be remembered. | allude to your
Governor elect, Mr.. Wise. I am told he has
opened his mansou and spread out tents upon
his lawn to receive the poor and the distressed
at Il time TOO, when they were denied ref.
uso elsewhere, under an idea that they bore