The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-09-20

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Of the repu.sd want or nea.ress characterizius the
when reflect thai numbers Of their oOcu pants were
wofsmen al the Gcsport Navy Yard Contiguous which
much woe 70 he s"o c: Of Norfolk ana Per spoaS
then lay. Besides, there nightly flight or refugees
from Gospor . those snensuts both SICK and ws
OF The destroyer 70 what then considered he,lthy
section All his Va. going on from the mi idle 70 the last
week in July. The death OF Mr. Rober, W. Warren who
Was clerk for Page Allen Il their shipyard In Pors
m0uh but esded In Nor DIX seemed 70 give the frst
usl alarm The cbizets He was a,.Aos on Wednesday
the 2n Of july and died the Saturday night
On ths succeeds Monday Dr. Upshrr took the respons
b Of making known the existence Of The yellow fever
Of The disease which, from about the 18th OF june
had been developing itself among certain occupants Of
thus fsr, come under biz prscuce Many ss has been
said, were already in stste Of great excitement while
obsrs called DR. Upshur an sl.fmis and designated the
disease the "Upshur fever' others again, blamed him
for Dot having made known the faca Of the At
earlier period that provision might have bean made for
removing the fever pa;en bsyt nd the city ts and for
sdop. suOh other sanitary would have pre-
v.ned The dissemination OF sontagi0n Business Af
tn, n,a nS " ss
notirg upon these Circumstances, deduce only one
additional evidence Of tho worlhessness Of mans praise
or censore ~oen Weighed asan's tho reward OF good
Mayor woods removed the siok from Bsrry's row. and
q, ly barr loaded, thai should come In fotue
contact with the ccntsgon there cro.d Of low personr
came While the work va. IN progress. and deasd the Mayo,
"sad VIA. is more, shall remain up IN watch here
nisat BY night but I'll maintain my POINT"
DR. Upshur, with hts chsracter,to pAyfulrsss OF
saeeoh, dsuonnated Inc bsrricads "W Woods board OF
Al our hospital Sister svsannsh performed the cooking
attended 10 the domestic arrangements Of every sort
while Sister Christine and Sister Mar, Lewis with SELF
tha ha uunhav of malta
We had was about sixty to seventy Gay. 81 these We
watched daily, and alterna,ed tho periods Of night rer
thinks The moonlight seemed 10 shine brightly
that nod Of death. Night after night When starting
repose have Ioisered the gallery TO watch
the calm stsrs locking peacefully down the scene
snd the syer ocd or moonbea which seemed 70 eiaa
rAlze all balo Calm, beautiful aspect or nature Where
sss lie on,npotent death spf OK form Invisible, ut
whose voful work every whore around How upon
like this could be nt-ude his poisoned presence
eYt APPS in contemplation like this tee nournSu, wu OF
sufferer whose bedside had just left would oclam the
rapid approl non OF tne msnsterHhe last final struggle b.
had been about three weeks nj the pa when Major
woods requested me 10 20 With bin and family
the broilrg Of Q summer MONDAY travelled up to
Was len waiting for tin 0; finally elderly
commenced telling how that Mra. was ro pre- pared
TO eceive strangers, 10 considered the topic altoge
Iss,ss 70 y pf0tse 10 errand and could mot asss
Finally appeared that the family did not from some
cause, deare my services The wherefore OF the
presented themselves subsequently Mr.. Woods and
lille had taken tramp back 10 Juiapp.
The family OF - were staunch Know Notairgs, and
was creditly med In effect thai they believed
Of moral ogress in o,hsr .ords Pspia disguised, de-
signed 10 tevour wish vorscious apostle the purely Pro
iesAni morals jealousy ncnlcaed In the children OF
the family, drink dry the stream Of n.ncal feeling TO
popsry, ard 1nally leave the little nnocsns With so sub
dued OF bgoty 70 enable them, al the close
of relation and patient, guelessy 10 declare
thst truly good thing could Of Nazareth
The OF my being tho nrst Protestant voiun
oe.a.pt down 4 The bosplsl to .cour the scx vom
from the floor, The bed clothing the patients themselves
To shroud the dead bodies Of large framed unwieldy
women 10 discharge service OF any and every kind
which presented itself with need Of performance
Yes in sense such pleasure ~ sought O. mo
with the deeds performed Some soul, perhaps, had
breathed my name in blessings - went to rs upper
hone; some pans, mayhap bad been amelorassd by my
lures Inherent fear and weakness.
OF noble bsnd Of Sisters Of Charity who hold them-
selves In readiness for work such ~ this, and Of
scRy who attended the hoapa In Norfolk and
Portsmouth during tue prevalence Of the fearful Epidemic
especially Of those who In my siga zach day per.
formed deeds only true ferver faith could inspire
would write volume, .irue admiration for the heroic
the beautiful attributes OF genuine exalted Christianity
guiding my pen the while. But such work would be
only session Of such Deeds and my own enraptured
comments. For the ecincsion Of tho general reader
have made IN attempt 10 procure som. points In The 70
specive private hhtories OF those with whom served a
Julsppi, but without SUCCESS.
FREUD Of mine in Norfolk called Sister Bernard
principal OF the sirscrs or Charity Hcuse In that CITY, 70
solicit such incidents res pecny shsm - nigh, pos4i-
bly, he posessod or but she wrote rae, my attempts 10
fruess" sxer Bernard IN her peculiar awee, voice
and manner Informed "hst their, for tho most part
Migratory mode OF Life, prevented any prolonged or in
mate association between the different members OF the
sister hood, except In professional way. Ihuo~, said
The Sister, has they each and all perfornee their work
his se know nothing OF them Tell MIS- Andrews" she
added "ihat return her thanks for h.r kind desire to
givt sisters Charity race In her book but hs. II
our psmss be bus written in the Lambs Book Of fe VIC
AJAX no mo'e-this one gres. boon covers all"
The Howard Association, by ths almost superhuman aid
tenoered by the c'es OF Baltimore New York, Pnllsds
pbis Richmond aud the Southern cities, enabled 10
supply secee,ites most bountfuny Notnisg We could
name regulate for sick bat WAS furnished i'm mediate
" OF ebesi kind the best manner noh,oS could
deeirc Tor comfort the Of food ana refresh
@s ter nses e rsS1u ssus. 10 hist BODY Who or
ssrized themselves for their oiJ's service
trsvet nov 70 The time when there we're no collins TO
be had when, under days tho corpse Of
mar, who diei among lay fostering on the gallery
'i Th HV csms nnsy on bright sabbath morning.
large wagon drove freehcd with these reccraoen for
the dead sister Christine and lifted The corpse ino one
OF those then vered u over the sides OF the gallery 10
the who ava ted II below. The other csfins were
piled in fearful looking heap the end Of the house 70
await heir Of availability, destined not long 10 be
deferred. |. woeful Of things in the city when
collins, boxes, all gave out and finally when tbs lonI 70
With m fearful Freight on there WAS rushing and seizss
aud bearing or that friends desret and boat might DO
hurried away frcver from the ssns Of those whom hoy
loved and who loved them most
To tho which transpirng In the city was
frequently IN eyewitness having gone 81 me instance Of
Dr. pehur TO whom after poor woodh oeath, looked
for counse 10 nurse, there families OF whom
| be regarded especial friends. Mas 3. r., whom
pursed under his direction by her sweet grateful manner
and Christian department cndeAred much 10 her. All
her nourishmer prepared By my hands, and she
VIA Aiva,s ready V praise every service which
dered- different In this rect from many upon whom
lendedi she seemed fearful Of giving trouble
or Of requiring VOC much Il my hands. she commended
me In kndos terms 70 hor family just before death
Eyorn "a
rihed friend, Rev A. s. 8, whose excellent sifo had
lately ALIEN victim 10 the prevailing epidemic and whose
youpg and Interesting little dAul hter were destined
despite ply ana sk and nurses care, 10 follow her
upon that raokss journey whittier she hal zone
In East Bate an Interesting family widow Q. and hey
two darghters-wers placed In my charge. One Of The
Misses died nrss then The mother lastly the oshor MIS-