Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-11-14
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THE SICKNESS AT PORT ROYAL

,,, ny tue arrival at New York of the steamsbn
rlorlda we have the details of the lnmentad dss,l'
oi the Major General Ia command Of tIe Tr;aa
forces in South Carolina. S1'sH
oh the 10th utimo Gen. Mitchell remova1 vib
hls personal saif to beaufort. Lient Col w "
w.,,iH' Irehuce' capt /, A. Mitchell, Capt j. G..
W'i'lhnls, n, anu Capt L. W. Mitchell, all Of tbe
oenera, ai military household, were at that time
seriously III, and il was for their imnrovamen,
mat tho change of air and locality was ma's
"en. Mitchell at that date was apparentlv az
Weil as ever; but on the Monday following Il,
was stricken with the fever Nothing serions
was apprehendel In his case until Waanasdsv
nignl When he seemed to realize that he was
sinking beyond recovery. With this irlpression
he sent Tor the Rev. Dr. Strickland, chaplain Of
.he aoth New York volunteers, whom he desired
NJ a'sene nun III ms latest moments, aud to Maiuf
Dlrch, ald-de-camp, be dictated the disnosi,ion
OF his property. Almost to the moment of bs
aeaih he retained possession of his faeplties
looklhg forward 10 his release with nil the calm
ness ana iorlitude which the Christian faith can
! iehu' ms funeral was attended on the 3lst
u''iiho' hls remains were inferred near the
| Episcopal church in Beaufort The fnnarpl cor
tege was very large, and composed of all the
ouieers Of the post The 4Tth Pennsylvania. 3d
oaVAllleh lst Massachusetts cavalry. and bat.
.eiy VI artiieTy formed the escort The follow
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dupont; Brig. Geu. j. NJ. Brannau, BRIG. Gen
H. Saxton Col Richard White, ssth Pennsyl-
vanla Coi. Rust, Sth Maine; .iomu ,dore O n
T. Rogers, U. S navy. - -
me same fatal fever 10 which Gen. Mitehel
ielI victim has caused the death of other promi-
nent officers "'' PiVn''-
Captain L, A. Warded died on Monday. 9th
i,,' ,l.s uea'h was followed by that of Cant. ]. G
Williams, Aid-de-Camp to Gen. Mitchell Tboss
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nhtchells two sons, both upon his staff onl
Napt' o. o. Elwell, Assistant Quartermaster. and
'nen we disease spread 81 rapidly as 10 create
ereht alarm aud anxiety. The malAJv annnareJ
'o ps 50 confined to that one spot-headdnarters
-tn"t zen. Mitchell removed to Beaufort but
u. unfortunately .dl, too late On Thursday morning
, ne oVth' Col N. W. Brown, of the Third Rhode
. ls'anu artillery, died from fever, and upon the
srenins OF the same day the intelligence was
himself was dead.
physicians are not agreed as to the real abar.
ac1ef s OF the malady. Some adhere to the opinion
'ua' II Is yellow fever, while some assert tiatitis
a"allP leVer, arising from the malaria of the sur.
rouhelng marshy grouud, and the mephitio ex
ha'ations OF the soil others again cali II n ooast
ieVer, peculiar to that latitude The disease Il
salI .m 10 be accompanied by all the symptoms Of
yeNoM ieVeraaha although not quite so rapid 10
For sanitary reasons the entire Seventb Gan.
neeticut Regiment has been removed from por,
noyai TO Beaufort, where, encamped unon the
Htu oiisaIe drill ground, they may enjoy the
uehehts OF pufer air and lighter service Than nj
''.'Vu heau. The sickness among the Ninety
seventh Pennsylvania volunteers las aiso been
very severe. ""' "''V U0'H
me lever was abating when the Florida left.
III lhd very lew new cases had occurred for iva or
~ tnleo ~ uays' Communication, however, between
lne meet ana the shore is restricted and will moi
10 resumed until after the frosts shall have rem
lcrvu II perfectly 5&afc There has not been
hngie case OF levor'n the navy
ATTEMPT TO DESTROY TRAIN or CARs-As
ne Tram upon the Schenectady aud Troy division
u tne New York Central Railfdaa, due AZ Troy
~ wednesday afternoon, waaApproaehng tho
thlstle post, one mile from the Green Island
y ,alep, the engineer, John Frame, discovered an
osfruction on the track. Although the grade is
downward one at that point, and the cars were
,o'1g, az a brisk rate of speed, the promptnssa of
hose IN charge of the train stopped il when Tho
9oomouve was within few feet of the obstruc.
lon' on an examination of the spot, il was
!. ouhu tha' an old rail which was lying by the
lue o' the ronu had been placed across the track,
lI ~ '"sten'u ln sueh = manner that the force of
, -, Ik'ne dS oVulu hardly have removed it, There
~ nO i uouot mat but for the timely discovery Of
~ uangefi The train would have been hurled
own the embankment upon which tbe road rnns
! THIS point, fifteen or twenty feet in beieht.
neh lhe train stopped no one was in sipht. hut
le brakeman and uewsboy were confident they
'u seen two men in the act of running away as
le cars approached-IF0V Times.