Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-09-08

Yellow Fever at Norfolk and Portsmouth.
DISTRESSING Details Of the Pestilence.
We gather the following items from the Richmond
Dispatch of late date; and also give below from
the Petersburg Express, the latest intelligence from
the afflicted Cities:
Sour informant, who left Norfolk Saturday SAYS
that the state of things there is truly appalling
While walking one of the principal Streets he saw
man lying on cellar cap, in almost the agony of
death, with no one in sight of him. little further
on he saw young child rush, screaming, from
house, and upon going in, found that of her pa
rents had just died, and the other was lying on a
bed of death.
Among the last new cases is VIM. E. Cunningham
the senior editor of the Beacon Of the whole force
OF that office, Mr. Gatewood is the only left in
health. From pressmen to journeymen, from jour
neymen to apprentices, from apprentices to the edi-
tor, all have been taken down by the disease am
happy to add, however that deaths have occurred
likely to occur among them, and several are
well that you need not be surprised in few days
to see the OLD Beacon again among your exchanges
DR.. Freeman I can never forget No reward that
man could give would be sufficient compensation
for his noble conduct He was in attendance upon
little Mary Eliza Starke, to whom he showed de-
votlon equal to that of mother for her first born.
The child as she drew near her end seemed inspired
by the good angel lowering over her to carry her
spirit to the God who gave it. She spoke as never
child spoke before. Her thoughts altogether of
heaven,and DR.. F. was fully capable of sympathisng
wished him to pray for her-he prayed it he read
to her from the holy Bible, he unfoded to her the
true piety of his noble heart and as physician,
to both her body and mind, performed his duty most
sklfully, most faithfully. God bless him! But
alasl the Almighty fiat had gone forth. The beau
tul child followed her father through the region of
death, her mother commenced her eternal journey
last night, her aunt and little sisters will in all prob
ability have commenced theirs write you again.
Great God! Thus whole families swept off by
the fell destroyer, leaving not trace behind.
Ricardo, of New Orleans, and his gallant party of
doctors and nurses, doing noble service. They
are an unique organization and cannot help tell
ing you of a popularity of Ricardo who, as you
know, is whoe-souled Southerner. He calls his
nurses the " French Artillery" and has them in
good discipline you military company.
They sit together at the hospital at the old City Ho-
TEL and the instant he calls for one he she rises
and answers, and immediately bundles up and trav-
els to the place designated l never such sys
tenn Pity that we had it not before"
A correspondent of the Petersburg Express speaks
of the great difficulty of obtaining physicians and
good nurses-of the want Of good hosptals-of the
nine hundred sick in Norfolk. out of $500 persons,
and states that the deaths in Norfolk up to the 1st
amounted to 600!
Especial Correspondence of the Express.1
LATER FROM NORFOLK
The .Sa66ah-sa0ae ere,y day-Cotfn must 6a
made-Dicine seroice-Slim Gatherings-Skics
Brightening-Don't be too hopetuERO6ert S.
Bernard Qoson-Dr. Caznpos sick-Dr HaIsom
Dead-OBrin Dead-W. Henry Gdrnett dead
--latest Deaths-ArricaI Of CoDins--Kartiul
LIu0 about to be Proclaimed.
NORFOLK, Sunday, Sept. I'd, 5, P NJ
DEAR EXPRESS To-day is the Sabbath of our
Lord" Six days shalt thou labor and do all manner
of work, but the seventh day thou shalt rest for
it is the Lords day, and he has made it holy. How
difficult it is to follow the divine commandment
literally in these distressing times Every day
Sunday, quiet, calm free from
kind of labor, OHe--and that he
pursued with much activity on the Sabbath
more worldly days. Yes, collins must be made and
the dead buried And there is no rest for the doc
tors, the nurses and the undertakers
This morning divine service held in the diff
ferent churches, but, if the congregations of all
were gathered together in one church, they would
not make in numbers respectable meeting. In
Christ Church, usually well attended, could
only count thirty members present, and among
them few, very few ladies. So it with the other
places of worship-owing partly to the paucity of
church going population, partly to the general
fear of exposure to the sun, and more to Sickness
which detains many, very many at home.
Since yesterday, while the number of deaths has
increased, the number of new cases of fever, has
somewhat decreased, and are not without hope
that the dread destroyer has spent its fury and that
brighter day is commencing to dawn upon poor
Norfolk" However, we must not indulge too much
in hopes that may prove false and illusiye-for vel
low fever is most trcacherous antagonist to deal
with, and while it may hold out symptoms of abate-
ment to-day, tomorrow it may "change its mind"
with vengeance, and resume its deadly work with
renewed, and remorseless activity On several &C.
casons it has pursued this course in Portsmouth,
and tremble with apprehension for the future,
while observe its wavering march for the pres
ent
Mr.. John Clark's father, wife, and daughter,
were taken down this morning; also Robt Bernard,
the popular Druggist; DR.. Campos is sick with the
fever; John Williams, Clerk of the Court, is better.
Among the deaths to day, regret to announce
that of DR.. Geo. j. Hason; DIR. VIM. Sylvester, son
of the late DR.. Sylvester; Mr.. A Ferrett, book
keeper of the Exchange Bank; and VIM. Henry
GaSdett, An active officer of the Howard Associa-
15n. Mr.. O'Brien of the firm of O'Brien & Quick,
died this morning; Robt. and Jack Balance died
within few minutes of each other; DIR. VIM. Sell
den is better; Pax Pollard is very low
The following the latest deaths: Sally Petree,
Peppers Lane; slave owned by John Croel; Mrs.
Jones' Magazine Lane; Mary Kavanagh, Queen
street; -Rosanna Pettet; white child Bouch street;
Peter Holland; child of Mr.. Murden, Addingtons
Lane; Mrs. Landram, housekeeper at Gains Hotel,
(this very singular case, she complained of
pain, but went to bed, and sank rapidly for 10
hours when she EXPIRED VIM. Henry Garrett;
w. Sylvester; Rob't Balance; Zach Balance;
Thomas Foreman; A. Ferrett DR.. Geo j. Halson
Mr.. Wright, of the firm of Webster & Wright; Mr..
Daily and his wife Mrs. Burke, Boush street; Lett
tia Bradford, Gree cold) Foy, (slave) owned by N
Parker; Frank Fitzgerald, (be Purser's SOM; J..
NJ. Brooks, grocer, Mr.. Lepage's grandson; o.
total 81.
VIM. E. Cunningham, Esq. editor of the Beacon,
was severely attacked last night also, two sons of
Late oyDA 70 r>1c xrifa