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Faaquier county, Va.-- Warren Sens.nei.
History or the Smal,-Pox Am Bristol.
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.l
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BsisToL-GoopsoN, VA. AND TENs.,t
November 18th, 1872.
Early In the month Of October Mr.. n. c..
Caldwell Jewellery, of our town. visited the
nerttern cities to repleufsh his stock and
within few days attor his return was taken
sick. Nothing serious was apprehcnt,ed
IRON his illness by his physician or family
TOT about eight or ten days, when the alarm
ing intelligence was reported by Or. Vance
that Mr.. Caldwe|l's disease had fully devel-
oned Itself as a case of malignant small-por.
lis store being located right in the business
part OF town. on Main street, and he having
oeeh visited bv very many Of his friends dur
ing the early part Of his illness. in fact I'D to
the day on which the dread disease was fully
made apparent, was, Us YOU may we'll ina
CINE, calculated 10 create great alarm in
our midst. Mrs. Caldwell, in the same
store with her husband, carried on the MILL.
merry and msntua-making business, and hay
ing accompanied her husband North had
just opened her fall and winter stock, and us
q matter Of course was visited by large
number Of ladies, cspe, tally the young ladies
attending the two female colleges in town,
Upon It's being ascertained that Mr.. CalG-
well hid the smallpox there was quite
panic among the young ladies, many of
whom had been in the store the day before
il broke out Rev. DR.. Suliins, president of
tho Mountain View High School, concluded
that under the circumstances 1t would be
best 20 suspend the exercises Of the college
and let the young ladies' return to their
homes. He had q fine school-upwards of
hundred scliolars--and now the place looks
like deserted castle. May no soon resume
again.
The Bristol Female College (Baptist) has
not fully suspended, but many Of tho young
ladies' have gone temporarily. That college
is presided over by Professor w. J. Morrl-
sett and Captain II. W. Renhart, both Eastern
Virginia gentlemen, and but speak the Uni
vcrS;,l sentiment OF this eptire community
when ! say that two more accomplished,
| competrnh and worthy gentlemen cannot be
found, and that they are emphaticaliy the
right men in the right place. Their school
WIS Increasing, AMI bio fair t. accomplish
great good mud It is to i've hoped that in Il
short tine il will lie fully reestablishcd and
uutirr way.
Mr.. Cahlwcll'< iiluess Terminated fatally
within TWO Weeks. aid his family aud those
Of bis household removed little out of
iowm About twenty days passed, and If
%as thought TINT the disease would not
spread. About the twenty-trSt day young
man that worked with Mr.. Caldwell broke
out, and within tue past week some four or
tive other cases. two having proved fata!-a
littie child of Mr.. Caldwcl's aud negro
woman. The citizens are considerably
alarmed, fearing its further progress. The
authorities Of the two towns ale doing all in
their power to prevent its spread, and We
hops 1t may not prevail any further. All
business ia parilyzcd; several OF the mer-
chants have removed their goods from the
infected district, and the country people are
many from voting election day. There are
two voting places h1re--oDe for Sullivan
county, Tenn, aud one for Washington
county, Va. BORDER