The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1861-08-17

In vmw OF the probable scarcity o. tea and
eodss during the wal, We see the pspus are
recommending the use Of thu leaves and twigs
Of the Yopon, an evergreen which grows 9 pom
tansously on our coast. III, Yopsu "a . com.
mon drink on the banks, and is highly
sytssmed by many. We have hsard IL said
that whom Il Is wall cured II Is greatly i'm
proved when the milk and molassts are bollsd
with Il. II IL rather Vulgar to us, sugar fIr
swestsning Yopon. Molas,ss Ia the thing, A
venerable lady. who lived to = cJrs duis DO
age on the banks, once Speaking OF I'll, hsSlthis
ness Of Yopon az q drink said, Bless the
Lord. Yopon hiss kept me out ~ Heaven
th,ss twenty yssrr."-Raleigh Standard.
Tux 9es. Ma. Ear, NJ. C., Who Is nov q
pr,fonsr here, rssreseuts one Of tbs strongest
Black republican ois,rlcts In western New
Ymt. A srutsevu gentleman, now in stisn.
d,n,s q; the II .nksrs Convention, informs us
thu, he was In ELIs liItriet last sumner, and
understood that be was most active In organic
log Wide Awake clubs. We ara informed that
Mr., ELY says 10 he is released he will pressure
tbs illustration u all our priyStssrsmen tn New
York. Probably our govern men, will think II
better FOR Ne. Eft TO procure their hbsrA.ioi
first, and then. bat not till then, = correspond.
ing number IT prisoners, himsslf among the
rest. may be dischArgel. Richmond Dispatch
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BLOODY RIor AMONG SouruERs SOLDIERS.
Ths statements oon'ainsd In the letter which
We publish below, written b, gentlsmsn
who re6iees in G and Junctloi, TO q friend Ia
Ibis city, has been obligingty handed 10 US.
GENrD JusorloS, Aug. 3. 1s61.-About ~
O'Clock yesterday thets srrlvsd here from
Camp Pala ki, = r,gimcnt OF Lou sisns volun-
/ tseis. oemma. dad by Col. SouL,k owsKI on
their way to Virgins. About eik o'clock In
| the cvining after imhbing pretty fro'ly o.
bust bead, row vac commenced DO. ven
thu Rrat Guards aud Soma Of the other COR
psnieA which resulted in q R'n,rh asht Of
| abjut one hsur's duration during which Ma
jos YoHK aud the Colonel aided by s,me other
hicerS, USED svoiy pescssbls m,sus 10 qu,ll
i the riot, bat all to no avail. IL sesmA to be
| gro wing general, whsn some Of the mon took
shelter in the Percy Hotel, tho doors OF which
vsrs Immediately ssssilsd with the butts Of
mu,ke's, Sxts, and whstever el'e could be
| found 70 answ yer the purpoo3 OF battering-
ram. Trey soon sueSstded 10 sm Nhlug in all
the doors, blinds ADD sash, wh,n ,h,y rushed
In like mob OF infatuated d'vils, and com
menoed en- indiscriminate destruction Of III
hotsl furniture aod svsrything thsy could lay
th.ie hands on. Drawers were torn opsu, the
eontsnts wore destroyed. the fur allure wa
broken and pitched out, IN, dining table was
the chairs smash I'd 70 piec s, aud such q gem
sral wreck you have never witnessed In civil
lizsd community.
About this time the efforts OF the officers Of
the day and the guard proving unavsiiug TO
| qusll ,hs mob, the officers. led by the Colonel,
commenced firing on them, which resulted la
the death CT two upon the spot and the NOR
tally woundinE Of some Eve or ak Others, and
soms six more Dangerously wounded. Tners
were fourteen killed and seriously wounded,
bssidss Q nunbsr Of others that left on the
trains last night, that wore sltghtly wounded:
The majority Of tbs wounds were from pistol
shots, some were bayoAst wounds and broker
heads from the dubbed musksts-ths mon mol
, having any ammunition.
The hotel looks this mcrn'n like . hos.
p,tal after q hard fought bAttls. Ths dsst
and our dsd sre strswn all over tho sscont
floor, and the grosns OF the suffering are ter
) rible.
AFTER destroying III, furniturs aud brsk
Ing all that th,y could about the house, two
unsuccessful attempts were made TO hre IL.
Great credit IL due Colonel SouLAowskI
Major YORK. and the ofissra and mon Of thu
Armstrong Guards, for quslling the riot AM
saving the town from dsurucuon.
Il have bsea Just Informed by tbs surgeon,
DIR. HHNLY, that there are three or four thu
win die during the dsy.-Aemphis Appeal
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