The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-10-25
[sFGcIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF TIE DISPATCH
NORFOLK, October -, 1851

NORFOLK, October -, 1851.
There is some concern iii our community
with regard TO the apparently active opera
tons of the Federal forces below. 1t was
rumored yesterday that the an tire fleet III he
Roads had suddenly left: bnt learned sub
seqnently that this was not the case. The
weather having changed f4yora hly-Wiud
northwest, and clearing of-tbe armada may
| soon attempt Gcpreddtions at some point
| along the coast or up some deep river
n meeting Of 1he Society Of The Soldiers OF
! the War OF 1872, held recently IN this cIty.
| passed the following appropriate resolution;
| - Rcs0iUtd, That the death OF our late es-
| teemed eX-PrcsidenJ, Ihoa. q. Drou2htOu
| deprives his fellow soldiers OF the war OF
| ISL OF his experienced mind and deNLtroUs
| pen, forever ready u espcuse the Just and
| merite,i rights OF his comp nous IL arms az
! an eVentiul period, now only III history. He
| believed il be self evident thai tue Old sol
| age and llt-t}Hed lonnt Were -u.itIed 70 r-lnu-
! ners.tiOn for faithful services rendered, and
! early al vocated their claims. For such a
| man-for such soldier-~We sorrow, and with
| sadness sympathize with his be reaved widow
| and family"
Gen. Henry Il. Woodhouse, of Princess
Anne county, was Reelected President OF he
| Society.
| InotIca occasional statements ia the papers
| relative 10 the healthfulness OF the location
| of NortHlh and its viciuity; and many per
| sons manifest surprise that the troops a; TIN
station have enjoyed much better heaith
During the war OF lsI2 (shvs the Suffolk
| Sd large numbers Of the soluIers stationed
| ~ Noriolk Gied, and ever since sickness and
death have beeu associated with Norfolk in
! the minus OF many persons in the up-coua-
| try. But We think facts viii show that there
have been III any more death. among the sol
diers about Manass1 ana on The Potomac
and the Northwest than about Norfolk
Many of the regiments about Norfolk have
only lost TWO or three. In the regiments sta
toned ut suffolk and in the Vicinity OF Smith
field, but few comparatively have died Thus
figures show that the idea of this being an
unhealthy section OF country is not we'll
founded.
No better time or opportunity than the pre-
sent for showing that the impression en- ter
tanned many parts Of the country about
the sickness OF this part of Eastern Virginia
Is entirely erroneous 1t Is true there has
heen malignant tropical fever here III past
years; but the same cause that produced IL
here would render ii equally as prevalent and
fital IN any other TOWN III the country
namely, the Importation of the disease from
the African coast, or some injected town OF
the West Indies, and discharging the death
dealing poison among the people. NOtWith-
standing the assertions and i'm pressions 10 III
contrary, Well authenticated statistics and
bills of mortality prove conclusiyely that
this is among the most healthy locations in
the world.
The sickness among the soldiers in ISI2-'13
was caused by circumstances that would
baye had Il similar effect in other healthy To-
cations. The disease which caAsed the great
est mortality among the troops here in the
last war with Great Britain was not at all
peculiar TO this section. 1t was the cold plaque
an epidemic which commenced its rayages at
the Canadas, aad spread thence as far South
as Georgia.
The Federal officer who says his name
Is Hale, and who, after having good time
on board one OF the ships in the Roads Oh Sun
cay night and landed on the wrong side OF
the river, has made visit TO the Capital,
WHARF he Will don ht h.4 al Il ind In
a lady OF our city, who has recently re-
turned from Baltimore, where she eollec ted q
considerable sum OF money, says she ex-
changed Northern funds for Virginia money
at IL per cent, and WAS afterwards informed
that she could have gotten 90 per csat. On
arriving at Washington, she was told that
she could have readily effected an exchange
there, receiving st the rate of two dollars la
Virginia notes for one in notes Of the North.
ern banks.
There was heavy firing below yesterday at
haif-past o'clock. ! have not learned The
particulars.