The late Plague at Norfolk, Va.
The N. Y. Herald illustrates the awful condition of Norfolk by the following personal experience. When the disease broke out we engaged a correspondent at Norfolk, and as usual provided him with a substitute in case of his illness or absence. He wrote one or two letters, then fell ill, and his substitute entered upon the discharge of the duty of correspondent. In the third or forth letter we received from him, he stated that he had been attacked, and must resign the post, but that he had requested a friend to supply his place. This third correspondent had scarcely entered upon the work when we heard that his two predecessors had died. Their successor wrote for some time, till one day, we received, instead of his letter a note from his wife, stating that he was ill, and begging that he might be excused. The next mail brought a second letter from the wife, containing the account of her husband's death, leaving her a widow with seven children. She added that she would be glad to discharge the duties of correspondent, and wound up her letter with a few paragraphs of news. She wrote for a short time. The other day her letter was missing—we were addressed by her brother who said that his sister had fallen ill, and that he would try to send us some accounts of the awful scenes round him. Is there anything in any history of any plague or epidemic more heart-rending than these few facts?