Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-10-17

INTERESTING LETTER FROM NoRFoLK.-Mr. w. S.
Forest, the intelligent local editor of the Norfolk
Argus. furnishes the Baltimore Sun with very in
teresting letter from Norfolk, under date of We'd
nesday, October 10, from which we make the fol-
lowing extracts:
We have had two frosts, which will no doubt soon
stop the progress of the scourge entirely The
weather Is perfectly charmng-the temperature just
such as to make the healthy feel more vigorous, and
the invalid better and stronger
Most OF the cases now under treatment are rapid
ly recovering, and many who sick appear
the Streets and will be able to attend to their
accustomed duties again.
More than a dozen stores open, during the
greater part of the day. on Market Square and Main
street. and business matters will get into their
accustomed course again. The wide vacuum that
has been made by death will be gradually filed the
deep wounds that have been inflicted will be healed
by time and many long and happy years of pros
perity are before Some will probably never
from the effects of the fearful calamity that
has crushed so many to death, and sunk them into
the grave; but rising and bright ard beautiful
days, and the excitement of business and news will
dissipate the dark clouds of gloom and despair that
death has caused to gather over and around u.s. and
many who are now sad will be happy and joyous
again, in spite of the sad remembrances of the stngS
of death and the victory of the grave.
heard one of our citizens regretting his great
loss during this pestiental visitation Eleven of his
relatives, including his wife and five children were
taken. Another spoke in terms of the most incon-
solable grief and despair He had but recently
'moved to the city with lovely wife and yo ung
child. They are in the grave like the rest and he
looks as if a weight of sorrow will soon press him
down and close his joyless earthly career too.
On one street in the most healthful part of the
city, on which there only eight houses
pied, there were d deaths Strange to say, while
some entire families were swept off others entirely
recovered, although every member attacked
with the disease. In family, consisting of 81
members every person was sick excepting one and
only died; while in another ten or eleven died
father, mother sons, daughters, &c.
The grave yards present strange sight. In c.
dar Grove, Elmwood the Catholic and Pottcr's Field,
the graves interspersed in every direction
the grounds. l never expected to see so large
number of new made graves-a sad sight, indeed,
melancholy evidence of the fearful and rapid work
of death that has been going on. The pits, which
contain from fifteen to than thirty bodies,
upon the banks of stream that glides peacefully
and quietly by, while the winds moan and sigh deep
ly among the thick branches of some noble trees
that throw their shade upon the sleeping dead below
Their bones will mngle promiscuously and clumble
together in close union till reused to life by the
archangel's trumpet, with the countless millions
who sleep the death-secp and who must hereafter
submit to the common fate of man.
Activity MISUNDERSTANDING the last few
days extraordinary excitement existed in the
breadstuff market of New York. On one day there
sold $4,000 barrels Flour, 100000 bushels
Wheat 81 600 bushels Rye, and &c, 00@ bushels Corn
sales amounting in all to $1,111,11O. 1t is said
that the bulk of the transactions were English
and French Government account and the remainder
on speculation. Prices during the week exhibit
large advance.
EW@ We call attention to the advertisement of
Mr.. Kern in this paper Those wishing to purchase
pianoes, or to have pianos tuned will do we'll to
call on him, he is prepared, in his own language,
" for every emergency"