The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1830-02-25

weeks shce, the mOSI llDeraI ana Teck.eSS
of the throng.--N Y Spectator.
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From the Raleigh Register, Feb. a.
The following is an extract from Judge
Martins History Of North Carolina, just
published, giving an account of those ex-
petitions:
'rhe army of the latter, (Shirly and
JonstonJ during the summer, lay on the
eastern bank OF the Hudson, little south
of the city of Albany. In the early part of
June, the troops Of the Eastern provinces
began TO pour in, company after company;
and such motley assembly of men never
before thronged together on sDch an occa-
sion, unless an example may be found in
the ragged regiment Of Sir John Falstaff.
1t would have relaxed the gravity of an
Anchoriic, 10 have seen the descendants
OF The puritans, marching through the
streets Of that ancient city, Albany 81 take
their situation to The left OF the British ar.
my, some with long coats, some with short
coats, and others with no coat at oil, with
colors MS varied as the rainbow; some with
their hair cropped like the army of Crom.
well, and others with wigs, the locks Of
which foated with grace around their
shoulders Their march, their accoutrements
and the whole arrangement of the troops, fur.
nishsd matter Of amusement to the rest fthe
British army. The music played the airs of
two centuries ago, and the tout ensemble upon
the whole: exhibited q sight to the wondering
strangers, to which they had been unaccus.
toned. Among the club of wits that be.
longod TO the British Army, there was Doc.
tor Shackburg attached TO the Staff, who
combined with the science of a surgeon the
skill and talents OF musician. To please
the new comcrs, he composed a tune, aud
with much gravity recommended it to the
officers as one of the most celebrated airs Of
martial music. The joke took, to the no small
amusement Of the British: Brother Jonathan
exclaimed il was nation fine, and in few days
nothing was heard In the provincial camp but
tho air of Yankee Doodle. Little did the au.
thor in lis composition, then suppose, that an
air made for tho purpose of lGvty and rldiculc
should ever be marked for such high desti.
MES In'twenty years from that tiuc,th ia.
lional march inspired the heroes of Bnnker's
Hill, and in less than thirty, Lord COfnwallis
& his army marched into the American lines
TO the tune of Yankee Doodle"
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MIX efMe Con- Tree.--Tbis tree grows
in Colombia, and Mr.. Ltchfcld, the Amer
lean Consul at Puerto Cabrllo. has sent
bottle Of the juice and piece of The bark
To friend ut Harvard University. The
MI IT, was taken from tree about feet in
circumference and li0 Geetin height, GROW
ing upon mountain a few leagues from
Puerto Cabelio. 1t is white and bears a
close resemblance to the cows milk or rath
er cream. By exposure 10 the air, it be.
comes brown, and by drying it is changed
into wax, which burns with q pure and
strong light. The odour and taste Of the
milk are like sour cream. HUMBOLDT and
other travellers have described the COW
tree; the milk flows from incisions made
IN the trunk. The natives and negroes
60 to the trees in the morning and till yes
sells; some drink tho milk under the tree.
and others carry il TO their children. The
trees near the road are full Of incision
made by travellers who appease their hun.
ger and thirst with the milk
.4bridged from The " f. Farmer.
In speaking Of dull times and the present
stngna,ion of business, the New York Cou
rer says:
Is there no remedy for such state of
things? Cannot our men OF talents and Of
public spirit devise some alienation The
difficulties and dangeNto be encountered
in life in the city,are not approached by
the happy and independent farmers in the
interior. We have been credibly informed
that eight out of every Ten young men who
have commenced business on capitals Of
$4,000, $4,000, or $4,000, during the
last twenty years, have gone to ruin, lost
their capitals blasted their fortunes, and
added misfortune to the already full cup
which IS daily drank off by the laboring
classes.
HEAT AND Com. The changes Of
temperature, which occur more or less in
all climates are, when not extreme, exceed.
ingly salutary TO the vital functions. and
not, as tho vulgar believe, generally iniu.
rious. The impression Of cold atmos-
phere on the surface. when not too long
continued. is precisely that of cold bath,
and, like it. produces reaction on the par,
of the heart. which, indirectly, even accel
crates the circulation in the capillaries on
the surfacc. When the body is confined
to a temperature perfectly uniform, the cir.
cula,ou is observed to become sluggish.
especially in the capil'aries. There are
then wanting those penods Of excitement
which rouse the energies of the organs.
and. by opportune exercise, increase their
powers.-tJour. Of Medicine.