The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-08-22
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An interesting part ot the roccedings osa
Richmond az The tins was the INVITATION y
giyen "a the corr onset both Norfolk
and Portsmouth to send 10 Richmo nd their
orphan children. ortoik, upon the gron l.1
that her bereaved little ones were wen prov
yided for, and were entrusted to the 9 par-
diauship OF Lieutenant WILLIAMSON, whose
memory will live as long us memory fhefseii
lives in the minds OF those who Enew ms
.nnhfe heart and heroic deeds, DECLINED the
invitation. But Portsmouth, where the
provision was not SO ample, sent hers.
When they arrived they were attended oy
several Sisters OF Charity and sotne nurses.
They were taken TO what was known as the
g Bishops College" some three miles north
Of the city. The building belonged to
Bishop MAGlLL, Of the Catholia Church,
and was gratuitously placed in the hands
OF the Richmond committee.
We shall rot go into any tedious state
ment, but desire to refer to some points IN
teresting as going to show Richmona's re-
markable exemption from superinducins
causes that either generate yellow-feVer or
favor the communication OF 1t by those gho
come to the city with it.
A Sister OF Charity and boy OF fifteen
from Portsmouth died at the college in Q
week or two after their arrival. There
were other cases that recovered. Two
children that were only six months OLD had
the fever upon them when taken to the col
leee. One OF them this writer conveyed
thither in his arms. They were nursed by
wet.nurses in Richmond who had children
Of their own. These latter children sucked
the tents which had been in the mouths OF
the sick babes. Neither the mothers nor
their children took the disease. Members
Of the committee were daily at the college
and in the rooms Of the sick, and not one OF
them was sick, we believe, from any cause
during the time.
These are "reminiscences indeed OF
most interesting matter; bus we cah 20
hack unon reliable information to much
earlier day. After the second. war win
Great Britain there was brisk trade be-
tween Norfolk and Richmond and the west
Indies. Richmond made shipments to CUBA
and other isles, and imported from them su-
cars, rum, and fruits. Vessels were known
to return to our port with fever on board.
They were not Quarantined. In one case,
schooner arrived at Rockets with It's cap
tain sick OF yellow-fevcr. lie was conveyed
TO the residence OF Colonel GEORGE NJ. CAR
RINGToN, on Church Hill, and there was
tended and nursed with care that ali who
remember the Colonel know must have
been remarkable. The captain died, and
vet there was neither panic nor anxiety Tor
the health of the city.
Quarantine is harsh measure and very
little congenial with the sentiment OF hos
pitality. 1t ought never to be dreamed OF
save where dictated by something as near
to necessity as possible. Yet Richmond
should, as should every city, police her
streets and grounds and keep them always
free from probable, or even possible, causes
of malaria. She has been wonderfully
blessed, and her exemption we doubt noe
is chiefly due to her excellent drainage and
to that genial atmosphere which is man-
tanned by her physical features and rela-
lions. But even she cannot with impunlty
disregard the rules OF cleanliness and COM
fort. They are, indeed, the sureties OF
health, and to neglect them is to open the
doors to disease and sorrow.
But here there should be no dream OF
panic, and there can, in our opinion, be no
necessity for the harsh rules OF quarantine.
That they would be sure to work injury
rather than good 10 us, and help TO spread
anxiety and interrupt kind interventions,
we have not doubt.
Resolution and calmuess are the best med
icines for community when disease APP
pears in the land. Alarm obstructs sympa-
thies and assistance, and fear possibly kills
as many people as disease itself. So keep
all things clean, and keep the mind serene,
and fear nothing. We always admired the
stoicism OF the reticent old man who, bid
ding adieu with an emotional voice to his
only son, said, Goodbye, JOHN. Follow
your mothers advice, read your Bible,
keep your bowels open, and you'll be
happy" a pretty good moral code. A
community, by slightly charging it, can
make it entirely. proper and efficient for the
preservation of the public peace and health.
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