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Thr Engle anil Dove resting on the branch of a tree ibhich shaded /hr tomb of W ashington, !><»VE. Why dost detrend from thy aerial height ? Thou of the matchless wing and faultless sight! W hat. brought thee hither ? EAGLE. . First let me know Why thou prenim’sl to approach thy fiorcestfoc? DOVE. Here do I stand an emblem of his worth, Whose sacred clay lies buried ’neath this earth; His mind Thro’ life vv*as patterned like the Dove ; At peace in War—in peace found war in Love* EAGLE. Thou harmless Dove! what thou hast said is true; Many a man is like thee—hut how few . Arc like the Dove and noble Engle too! Thou and myself arc like great Washington ; I am the emblem of the land he won ! DOVE. Thru on Columbia’s soil let peace and love Exist betweeu the Eagle and the Dove. G. NEW1IALL. —— THE SNOW. Tho silvery snow !—the silvery snow !r— Like a glory it falls on tlKs fields below; And the trees with their diamond branches ap-, pear Like the fairy growth of some magical sphere; While soft as music, and wild and white, It glitters and floats in the pale moonlight. And spangles the river aud fount as they flow ; Oh! who has not loved the bright, beautiful snow ! The silvery snow, aud the crinkling frost— How merry we go when the Earth seems lost: Like spirits that rise from the dust of'lime, To live in a purer ::ud holier clime!— A now creation without a stain—* Lovely as Ileaveu’s own pure domain! But ah! liko the many bur hopes of our years, It slitters awhile— and then melts into tears! FOREIGN. a,,- London Viol’. lire, tuber lath, evening. THE NEW BRITISH MINISTRY- The following is a correct list of the New Cab inet Ministers appointed at the Council held tuts a!in lUM.a "H M. J.uiii -. 1 ... ice : ^ir II. Peel, first Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer. Lord Lyudhtirsu Lord Cbwjccllor. Duke of Wellington Foreign Secretary. Lord Whareelifle, l’rivy Seal. Earl of Aberdeen, first Lord of tho Admiralty, Lord Rossylin. President of the Couucil. Mr. Ooulbiim; Secretary for the Homo De partment. Mr. Herries SecretanT of War. Sir Henry llartiiiigc. Secretary for Ireland. SirG. Murray, Master General oi the Ordi- CONGEE SSXO^Al. IN SENATE. Monday, January lO.lsdo. Thebillgranting two percent, ot the proceeds of sales of public lands in Alabama, set apart Tor Mr- E. Everett^ from John \ they°would meet.'’ w hich it was believed by the purposes of public improvement, to purposes ot ^inarWed on the subject at considerable education ivilhiu that State, was taken up for , c "^ The memorial was referred to the com- considcration as in committee of tho whole. nl ; U ce on Indian Affairs, and ordered to beprtn- Aprotracted and discursive debate ensued op* - h was participated m more or too- . ■ Correspondence of the Journal oj Commerce. Washington, Jau. 12, 1835. fifty other* chiefs of the Cherokee nation repre senting their determination to emigrate to c 0 „ntrv.west of the Mississippi, and prayin 0 the aid of Congress in effecting their removal aud re muneration for the sacrifices attending the same. Mr. Everett stated tho contents of the memorial President of tho Board of utiuce. Mr. E. Baring, Trade. ■ . _ Sir E. Knatchbull, Paymaster of tho Forces Lord Ellenborough, President of the Board of Control. Tho above, form the Cabinet. The, Secretaryship for the Colonels, and the Chancellorship for the Duchy of Lancaster aro not vet filled up. , , The following appointments have been made Sir J. Scarlet, Chief Baron of the Exchequer. Sir. E. Sugden, Chancellor of Iceland Lord Jersey, Lord Chamberlain. London. Dec. 12 Lord Stauley has refused to joiu the Dukes Administration, and the Tories now say that they will he better without him. This is the old Story of the Fox and the Sour Liverpool, Dec. 17.—Nine hundred aud fif ty chests of tea, have been imported from the U. S. in tho packet ship “Eugland” which arrived here yesterday. Liverpool, Dec. 16.—1 he packet ship lint il States, Captaiu II. N. Iloldredge, which PISS, who snpnorted the bill, KING of Ga., KING of Ala.. KANE, POR TER, and BLACK, who opposed u. Mr. Mooro explained the principles of the bill, the object of which, he said, was to change the destination of the proceeds ot sales which had been set apart for die construction of roads, to purposes of education, in Alabama, lie com ineuted at length upon the necessity of protuotinj and fostering educatiou ; that the fund allowed, proposed to bo thus applied, amounted now to about $115,000. but that it was not proposed to change its destination without the assent of Ala- 3 Mr." King of Ga. said ho thought the biil most extraordinary ouc. It proposed, virtually, that the rich and respectable State of Alabama should become a charity scholar to the soverii- ment oi tho Uuion. This two ner cent, fund, he said, was as much the mouey of tho nation, lor the purposes for which it was originally destined as any other money in the Treasury. Tho prin ciple of pouring out the money and property oi the Union for tho exclusive use ^)f the new States, was originally wrong, aud became more aud more so as these States continued to pro gross iu wealth and population, He thought these nurslings oi opre-theso mi nors of tho confederacy—had been in the nurse- rv long enough, and he, for one, was disposed to wean them as early as possible, at least be vva - e ’ "■*“ ver y lmi ch disposed to consider their eduett ion went out jf dock on Thursday, to proeeed on , 1S ^omDlete. He thought at least their profiei- present, HffrU » t ation for the execution of the treaty, it b*P° means countenances the idea ol any of our claim to strict justice. > . re- “The President” (says the Report) justly re marks, that rite idea of .acquiescing in he • t » sal of the execution of tho treaty. W J moment he entertained byauyhranchof ie A mtrican Government. The United States ■ : never abandon the pursuit of ch.ms on. \edon The discussion of the French Indemnity Bill j tlje most. aggravated wrongs- ' »< - , sist ffi for snoliatiODS prior to 1801, was continued m j tQ a n j U st expectations, F ranee hou J the Senate today. 3!r. Webster, as was expect-1 t j ic uon .fulfilment of the treat » * | )C . cd, made his closing argument in favor or jhe [ shall J f ^ Uni . 10 Stages and Harness, 15) Horses, Opening road, &c, Capital required, SUPPOSED WEEKLY EXPENSES 2 N- Y. boats each $L250, 2 Sav’li do. “ 625, 2 N. O do. “ 12.50, 10 Stages, drivers, and keeping 150 horses. Extra expenses, It was a cannot as complete. — . . . - ency in some branches of science could uqt S ° doubted^ and notedly in the modern science political economy. If the excellence, of this soi led States, Captaiu went .out of dock op , her voyage toN cw York, unfortunately ground cd near Egrcinont, during the fog, and was st much injured when left high and dry by thoiccc dirg tide, that she has been obliged to commence discharging her cargo. She was got od on Fri day, and brought into the Prince’s Dock. Death of the Rev. Edward Irving.—On the 6th instant, at Glasgow, between the hours of 11 and 12 o’clock at night, in the 43d year of his age. the Rev. Edward Irving. Ho was i l nt i e „ cu ,leut States would rise and ask for the » . ... Je «l.n nniTrnmPllt. Ills incml flllu bill aud a reply to its opponents speech of great power and effect, and U CUM well he gotten over nor nnswered. Mr- Cal l.oun spoke briefly m Pppjwoonto'Um h i Mr. Clay in its favor. Mr. Bitili Ik s the tomorrow. The prospect is jh;il th . e l ‘ 1 " tho Senate by a handsome majonty, ana that it will fail i» «he House. Indeed, as we are -dl readv nearly in the midst of the session, tl is not probable that tho bill will even be taken up for consideration in the House. i After the presentatton of pcttuons am the .ul mission of Resolutions tu tho H° u so, M • P'» moved to postpone all the orders of the day. m to "o itito the Committee ou the appropri- a. «M,b vote. Of course the Navy Bill wbe ov et ua til tho appropriation bills nro disposed of. bills making appropriation for the supp Navv; for the current expenses of the inuian Department; and for the payment of P 11 * 53 saf.’Sasais-?®,' which he FAITH AND WORKS. For my part when 1 am employed in serving others, 1 " do uot consider myself conferring fa vors, but ns paying debts. In my travels ano since my settlement, I have received much kind ness from men to whom 1 shall never have op portunity of making any direct return; au«j num berless mercies from God, who is infinitely above beiug benefitted by our services. Those kind nesses from men, I can therefore only-return on their fellow men ; aud I cau only show my gra- tititde for these mercies from God by a readiness to help his other children and my brethren, for I do not think that thanks and compliments, tho’ repeated weekly, can discharge our real obliga tions to each other, nod much less to our Crea tor. You will see in this my notion of good icorks, that I am far from expecting to merit Heaven by them. By Heaven we understand-a state of happiness inGntito in degree and eternal in duration : I can do uotbing to deserve snch rewards. He that for giving a ikrink of water to a thirstv person should expect to bo paid with a good plantation, wonld be modest in his de mands, compared with those who think they me rit Heaven for the little good they do on earth — Even the mixed imperfect pleasures wc enjoy in this world are rather from God's goodness than our merit: how much more such happiness ol llcavcn ! For my part I have not the vanity to think I deserve it, tho folly to expect it. nor tho ambition to de.ire it; but content myself in submitting to tho will and disposal of that Gou who made me, who has hilheio pres rved aud sensible :o the last, and his departing words were -In life or iu death I am the Lord’s;” previous to which, he sung the 23d psalm in Hebrew, ac companied by his wife’s father, the Rev. John Martin. ... .... , Bams, Dec. 12.—M, dc Broglie is definitively appointed Ambassador to London. Nothing is waited for to make this uoiniuatioii official, hut to know the ministerial arrangement of the En glish Cabinet. LATER FROM EUROPE. By the ship Liverpool arrived at Boston, w have London dates to the evening of December 19th, and Liverpool to the 22d. Ou the ISth, Parliatncnt was prorogued to the I5th of January. A Dissolution was considered certain, and the proclamation t‘» that effect was expected to make its appearance in a very few days. It was however asserted that the 1 ory party would gain but little increase ia streugth by the operation. A letter from the North of Scotland says. “I don’t think the New Govern ment can gain above three votes by a dissolution iu Scotland.” And a friend in the South says— “In short, Scotland will have ono ot two Con servatives more, fewer Whigs, and more Liber als.” Dissolution of Parliament.—After very serious deliberation, it has, wc believe, been de cided that tho balance of public convenience is m favor of a dissolution of the existing Parliament. We of course are not aware of those reasons, the predominance of which has led to this conclusion; ne therefore cannot give any opinion beyond w hat we have more than once stated—that we at least are not award of die absolute necessity of such a proceeding. We lose no time, howev er, in stating what we believe to be true that the dissolution will take place in a very few days; most probably before next week.—Times. London. Dec. 19—The Earl of Aberdeen has been removed from the Admiralty to the Co- Inniel Department, to make way for Earl de Grey, who is to he First Lord of the Adiniral- ^ Lord Granville Somerset is to he First Com missioner of Woods and Forests. Lord Lowthcris, wo understand, to be Glian- cellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. , The Board of Controul is to consist of Lord Ellcnbowiugh, Sir Andrew Grant, and Messrs. Plauta and Sullivan- . , . , Sir John Bedcell is appointed Judge Advo- C0 There are rumors of Sir Jnircs Scarlet having a Peerage, and that Lord Combermero is to go to Ireland as Lord Lieutenant, orto India, as Gov ernor General or Commander in Chief. It seems generally believed that a dissolution nor of Parliament will take place soon after Christ- *” Paslsript, six o'clock P- M• The following appointments have now trans- blessed me, and iu whose fatherly goodness I d may well confide, that He will never make me , Edward Somerset, Surveyor General of m!p„i,ni,in mui that pvm tin? afflictions i may Qnlir^occ miserable, and that even the afflictions 1 may at any time suffer shall tend to my benefit. Thu faith you mention has certainly its use in the world : I do not desire to see it diminished, nor wonld I endeavor to lessen it in any man.— Hut l wish it were more productive of good u-or/rs than I have generally seen it: I mean really good Wf „k ivories of kindness, charitij, mercy, anil pl , BMC spirit; not huly-day .keeping, sermon reading or hearing, performing church ceremonies, or making long prayers, filled with adulation and compliments, despised oved by wise men, md mm bless calculated to please God. the worship “I - the Diely is a duty; the hearing and reading of sermons useful; but if men rest in hearing and praying as too many do, it is as if a tree should value itself on beiug icaterrd, and putting forth leaves, tho’ it never produces any 'I>he great master and teacher thought much less of those outward appearances ami professions titan many of his modern disciples, lie preferred the doers of the word to the mere heaters ; the son that seemingly refused to obey bis father, and vet pertorrned his eominauds, to him that pro fessed his readiness, but neglected tho work ; the heretical but charitable Samaritan, to the _ - of information, tiucharuabteibo’orthodox priest, and sanctified Lcvito : and those, who pay© food to the hungry* drink to the tbiiM^-, raiment to the naked, cn- U rlainmcnl to thofitranger, am! relief to the sick, • hmiv'h thi r never heard of his name,—he de clares shall. Colonel Perceval, Treasurer of Ordnance , £j r Win. Rnc, Bart., Lord Advocate. Mr Ptuait Wortlcy under Secretary of State for tho Colonics. It is also reported that tbo Duke of Buccleuch is to bo Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. A number of citizens of Philadelphia, have presented a Sword to President Jackson, on the occasion of tho Anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans, as “a testimonial of their love and gratitude towards the benefactor of their coun try.” The New York times states that a letter has been received ill that city “from thedistiuguisheil House of llottiuguer & Co. of Paris, enquiring as to the probability of French properly now id this country being endangered by any enurse our covcrntneut might take in case the appropriation for indemnities was withheld ; and expressing also most positive conviction for reasons gtven, that the Chambers would uot pass the law. Ihe opinion of these gentlemen is entitled^ to great weight, on account of their connexions and cnee consisted (as ho believed il did ) “ 8 5*“J the greatest possible amount of comfort Iron imullest possible share of labor, all must ad- thern perfect iu this branch at'least. He said it was almost amusing to see with what .>j>- p»r,a. confidence S-^™. u> tu® MM His name lake from Alabama, he said, rose gravely from his seat at the last session, witboutanj suffusion in his countenance, that ho recollected in open dav and open Senate, and gave notice ihnt lie would introduce a bill to appropriate, he did not recollect how much land, in the States of Alabama or .Mississippi, for what purposo would any bodv guess? Why sir, said he, to eduiate the young ladies of these threo rich and power- Wbv! «ir, said Mr. K., tho Senator speaks of educating the poor iu Alabama-thcre "“com paratively none there. Thetonth wextern Staas were blessedly inhabited by Nabobs and Slaves. The slaves were not permitted to receive an ed ucation, and their roasters were nbudoanUy able to pay for it. If they would propose to take our lands for the education of tho really poor of all tho States, ff there were constitutional ob jections, he would seriously think of the propo sition ; but to be lavishing onr gifts on the lords of Alabama, was like the Cormorant picking op crumbs from the Robin, they would do bun uo good, and yet the Robin might makeamoal upon them. Just so he said in this case, these two per cents, and odd acresof the government, were of no consequence to our rich neighbors, .-u i properly distributed, tho benefit of them would be felt.- He hoped his friends would not mistake the spirit in which he had made these remarks, but he wished them to understand that he w as very serious iu his opposition to the bill, amt When the Senator from Alabama bad made a di rect apology to the Senate for introducing such a bill, he should move to lay it oh the table. Mr. WEBSTER said that this fund was a res ervation for the pm nose of making roads, and this was an application to change the fund, am apply it to purposes of educatiou, and il the wtato of Alabama preferred it. he sav no reason why we should oppose it. Mr. W. then enlarge the subject of education, and suggested that two principles should lie incorporated m this bill; hist {hat the schools should bo free ; and next, that thsv should bo common, so as to obviate the ms- iinctions of rich and poor among the schoJars— llo therefore suggested an amendment ro the bill, that the fund “should bo a permanent fund,.to establish free common schools,” in conform! y with his views of the subject. . ' . Mr. POINDEXTER expressed hmiscll satis fied with the amendment, but thought i! It was a- dopted. individuals who were able to contribute something for the support of schools, might per haps he prevented from doing so. !Slr KING of Ala. was in favor of the nraena ment suggested by the gentleman from Massa chusetts, but ho was opposed to the bill. He doubted the power of Congress to change tlie destination of the fund. And the State of Alaba ma was not willing, so far as he was informed, that il should bo changed, lie objec ted to the bill- too, that it proposed to repeal tho ordinance l.v which Alabama was admitted mto the Umon. lie however, preferred tho amendment which went to the establishment of free common schools if the bill was to pass. „ r After some conversation between Messrs. hW - ING, MOORE, and KING, the amendment was agreed to. , , , ' Mr. POINDEXTER then moved further to amend the amendment, bv striking out the sec ond section, which repealed the ordinance admit ting Alabama into the Union, which was agreed to, ami the bill was reported to the Senate. Mr. KANE then urged as au objection to the bill, that the proposition to reserve the two per cents, was made by congress to the convention which formed thc constitution of Alabama, and • *- ’ r — he rm „ lhe late war. The General had presented this dnim to Congress formerly, and it wasre ferred back to the War nation. Tho Secretary of W ar, instead oi D o rt i DK to the House upon the case, had the ac count decided and settled, in the. u su «*-n^nner it tho form and appearance ot a $2.5(X) 1.250 2500 J 500 2.000 $8,750 come the bouuden and painful duty He(J ted States to consider what measure « . for on the occasion, by their honor th..m m er_ ests and the justice due to tho.rnjured.ut.zen The following is the conclusion ol tht .p /the length-.f which precludes its tusertiou t iur columns) and will se.ve as a fan- specimen of its genet al tone-aud spirit: otvate of “The President seems to have been at tho possibility of a misinterpretation of his mes s^fTnd ho^as sought to. guard, the co.pmi.tec Iiope with success, against its being vle . - o light of a menace. But if las .•ccommc uffitH . be followed up by the passage of a law t»f icp ^digress, it U mnch to be opprehomto.l, Sotlr po? ? o« might b. WW? intimidation. France would look, at our acts, not our protestations. And, in a reversal of si - nations. Congress would baldly consider it Con sistent with its dignity, its indepei' dcncc. an the freedom of deliberation, to pass an act of appro priation for aioreign government, with a meas- iii c of self-redress, denounced and suspended o- ver its head by that ioreigu government. II Congress shall decline anihonziug reprisals. liciucewffihave.no right to onpule to the Gov ernment of the United States any design to c“- jieal to her fears, and will lie deprived of a such pretext for refusing to execute the treaty. In , .Hmvin" SGOSO to Major General at a- that event, the Message of the President will.. be claura allowing 0 f pay which he rC g ar ded as the manifestation of a lively sensibit claimed for certain extra jerries rendered _ du- ||y t0 the honor and “ 15®, the government under an existing law! and requirin| an appropriation winch vvas. or North Carolina, all of them vigilant guardians of the Treasury, and fearless detectors of pubhc .,l ms es. pounced upon the provision with the S determined hostility. Mr. Whittlesey vveu into some statements of the matter, to Jhow that ,he ,noney was not justly duo to General Mc- Comb and that the manner in which he provis ion was brought before the IIouso, under the im- posin" form of an audited account, was mystery ous, uuaecoantable, and uiiprcccdcnteu m he •meals of the Government. Mr. Mann said that, perhaps this claim of the ior General Commanding in Chief might c iust one! hut it ought to undergo the rigid and iareful examination of a Committee. He appre hended he had found the accounting officeri a little more kind than thoso will whom Com. Hull had to deal. After «n«\mg oue suffer in his feelings, as wo did Com- H M other day. by a vote here, wc cannot, he said suffer another claimant to enter the Treasury by a „ew aud unheard of construction of someinjv, without even the formality of an inquiry by t Committee of tho House. niUharv Col B. M. Johnson, chairman of the military Committee, defended the claim m the mo« <«r- nest maimer from their assaults. Ho said it hau been referred back to the Department to bo set- 1Munder e«hii«f la'vs, ood ,ha ‘‘' r ha,l fe 0 °' h ive one individual at tho head of the M ar i «*nn 7 ffe humbly thought that some coufi and .o ,l,o Com,nit,oo.o ,bo Ho»- ; compmoller hail decided tha t this claun wm due -Xft SnS-vSf 'I, lit ,,vo»- “v “‘ ar !! we had done to individuals, the credi tors of this government, by delaying_ or refusing the payment of their just claims, &c. IM a mend ment was rejected, but will bo renewed t tho House, Ins recommendation not being adopted by the on ly department of the government competent to carry it into effect, it could afford no apoloey t» France for disregarding the obligations oi n ation al faith and justice. , , , “It may. aud probably will be asked, but sup pose. contrary to rill our just expectations, i- ranee should continue to fail to execute the treaty, what is then to be done? The committee will indulge no such supposition. They will not an ticipate the possibility of a final breach by . of her solemn engagements. They limit them selves to a consideration of the posture of things as they actually now e,xist. They will not loo . beyond the impenetrable veil which covers the future. At the same time itcaunot lie doubted that the United States are abundantly ablo to sustaiu themselves in any vicissitudes; to whicii they may he exposed. The patriotism ol the people has been hitherto equal to all emergencies, and if their courage and constancy, when ihev were young aud comparatively weak, bore them safely through all past struggles: the hope may be confidently entertained now, when them num bers, their sireuxth and their resources, are great ly increased, that they will, when the occasion may arise, triumphantly maintain the.houur, in.- rights, and the interests of their country. »* '”** out. however, prematurely disclosing the mode of performing anv duty which the Government of the United Slates may, in any contingent y, hereafter be called upon to fulfil to the people o these States; without expressing any mincipa- tious inconsistent with the honor and good faith, or announcing any purposes, wounding to the pride of France, the committee think it most expedient to leave Congress unfettered, and Iree to deliberate ou whatever exigency may hence forward arise.”—Charleston Courier. STPPOSED WEEKLY RECEIPTS. Estimated ou a travel of 3000 Passengers annu ally to , and same number from (./) Average 75 passengers ou, and 75 / do from—1,50. j Deduct Weekly Expenses, 8,750 Clear gain per week, $2,500 “ Annual gain—$130,000. la) In this Estimate no allowance is made for Way Passengers, or carrying the Mail. From the Not Yo k Com. Adv. Jan. 7. . Record of the Heather.—The present week lie- in" acknowledged to be the coldest within tncra- ' ory, or perhaps on record, it may probably lie acceptable to our readers to he informed what vvasibe degree of cold in different parts of the continent, aud its consequences, so far as ihej have or may come to our knowledge, through the papers. , ■ , . ... To begin with Sunday, the 3d mst, which was here a comparatively moderate day—Iu Port land, Maine, and Salem, Mass, the mercury at sunrise sunk to 3 deg. below zero. I ho 1 ortland Courier of that evening says—“Our harbor has today hceu shut over with ice ; which occurs on ly mice in several y*?ars." . % _ , ' Rripe’s ." lletiu, kept at the Mechanics Read- iug Room, •oston. gives lit - folio wing record:— BostojL J-uudav F,veiling, Jau. 4. Tbc thermometer at sunrise this morning stood I • ( R“S - helotv zero. At 8 o’clock U **°- < j°- At Worcester this morning 19 do. do. Our inner harbor is entirely closed, and much Heating ice below. Several vessels have auiiB|tt- cu to get up, but were obliged to come to an chor. . , The Boston Mormug Post ol Monday, says— “tho harbor, is fcdzeu over down a§ far as Fort Independence, three miies from -the city.” At Portsmouth. (N. H.,) oil Sunday mern- iu". the Mercury stood at twenty degrees, below zero—this »s one degree lower, than ever before notetf. Iu January. 18H), it sunk to mnelceu degrees, which was then ascertained to be -the cobles; night ever known there. Portsmouth harbor was never frozen over, and probably never will be. - . i At Saco, Maine, twenty eight below z.'ro. At Salem, on Sunday morning, 17 degrees below zero; oh Monday 6 below. Ihe whole of the inner harbor-is frozen over. At New Havei). Conn., on Mouday mormiiE, the mercury stood at 23 below zero, which wai colder than had been known there.since Lch. There was also a very unusual body ol snow up on the ground, averaging about 13 inenes deep. The barbor was frozen over, hut tlie steam boats were able to work their way through. At Hartford, the thcrnmintflei, at half past / on Sunday morning; stood at 25 below zero, half past 8 at 23 below; at 9 P. M. 15 below; aud on Monday morning, at27 below. Norwich, -Monday morning, 2-1 below cy phers. 5 degrees colder tlian ever recorded, A letter.from the Pcstmastcr at Goshen N. t- States- that, on Monday, tne thermometer t A, M. stood at J12 degrees belo« zero ; at 9 it was 10 degrees below zero At Newark on Mouday moming :b; thertaotn etei stood at 13 below z- ro. Ou Sunday morn- 7 below zero. A. - M. Important from Washington.— It will be seen from the letter of our correspondent, that a re so- ^ lotion has unanimously passed the , cuate ol the U. States,'declaring tx inexfedient at pre sent to adopt any Legislative measure IN REGARD TO THE STATE OF AFFAJItS.BBTW EEN the United States and F’rasce: Charles ton Patriot. ATLANTIC AND NEW ORLEANS SF.A- BOABD LINE COMPANY. At a Meeting of Merchants, and oilier citizens^ favorable to this estalilislmient ot a Hne^of com munication between New York md N* w Gr- leans, by the way of Savannah, Florida, &c., held at the City Hotel, ou the evening ol the loth called to the Frozen Quicksilver.—'The re has never, to our lowldge. (says the. N. Y- Com. ; Adv.) been great a degree of cold registered tu any putt of the United States as that on Sunday last at New Lebanon, in this state. At 5 o’clock on that n.orniiig. the mercury had sunk tq 39 d<’P- below 0 aud liecame congealed and immovable- The French Question.—T\i\s question has as sumed a somewhat altered shapc. smce the rcf- erence made to it in the President s Message mst., - Joseph Cnmniing, Esq., was Chair, and Wm. Robertson, appointed Sccreta- The Chairman having briefly explained the object of the meeting it was addresseii by Mr. R King, who detailed the immense advantages his offioers, to be derived, should the project be carried into effect, supported by estimates* of the cost, in come, &c.\ after which, the Secreterv having read the Charter ot the Atlantic and New Or leans Seabord Liue Company, granted by the Legislature of Georgia, the following resolutions, offered by Sir. King, aud advocated by the Chair man, and other gentlemen present, were unani mously passed. “Resolved—Tim wtio mq- u til ides. dl the 11st dav, be accepted ; when Lord! L..rd! wlm value them* lai-.h, iho’ grcTit enough toper- init have omitted good works, •d. He professes that he came rigitieous. but sinners to repent ance : which irapVmd bis mot!>'st opinion that then ■ otn.. in hi> timo wl.o thought thein- selvcs ,o good Unit they need not hear even him for itnpror- ment ; but now-a-days wo liavo scarcely a iu!e parson lhatdoes not think it the dot , of o'« ry man. withiu his reach, to sit under his petty nviisiraii oiV: and that whoever no- gleets tb<m, offends God.—Frantclbi's JAttfft, Cabbage.—Maj. Osborn brought from his gar den this morning a cabbage which weighs 22 3-4 pounds, An honest tailor stood looking at it with his ey elids drawn most marvelously wide a- part when a bystander said -‘I suppose your cab bages are all larger than this" “No, he replied wdh a sigh, I am too much of a goose to make so great a raise."—Southern Planter. The Hon. James M. Wayne took Iris seat on the J4th iust. as an Associate Justice of the su preme court of th6 United Slates. It is believed that the Legislature of Massa chusetts will, during the present session nomi- o*«a Mr. Webater as a candidate for the Presi- the convention accepted it. If this were, so considered it a constitutional provision, wln,cb Alabama could not alter. Mr. EWING replied to-this objection,- that tlie proposition was not a part of the constitution ol the State, but was part o f the ordinance. Itwas not. there lore, amatterof fjondaroentaFlaw. and Congress, with tho consent of the State, vvas perfectly competent to change and modify it as they pleased. After some further remarks, 31r. POINDEXTER said , that as the other House‘had a bill before them which was similar to this, he would move to lay the bill on the ta ble. with a view of seeing what disposition should be made of that bill- ■The niotion'was agreed lo. - - The following resolutions were submitted: By Mr. WAGGAMAN: . _ . . Resolved. That the Committee on Roads aud Canals be "instructed to inquire into the expe diency of constructing at the national expense, a rail road from Jacksonville, on the M. John s river, to the month orSuwanev river, at lire cn trance into Vacasuasa Bay. on the side of the Gulf of Mexico, or to such other convenient point ouSaid river as may be judged hiost ex- Ped HOUBE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Monday, January 19. Among many other memorials presented* was The lowest point ou record was that made, «« believe, by Professor Cleveland, of Bowdom College, at Brunswick, Me. some quarter of a century- ago. He suspended several glasses from the bough of a tree iu most exposed sitii.nton to the weather, and sat up,all ujght to watch It fluctuations of the fluid. At one period, wh* noticing one more seurilivc titan the rest,, be ws almost iuecstKcies to sgo it sink, sinK, Sim 01 ’? to uoar the toncbstotie, but it absolutely re us to bu ige a degree lower than 33, preferring remain in a liquid state, and the scieiildic protrt- sor was obliged to retire to bed, with ins K3 ungrafified. * ■ , , In Parry’s second Vovage to the Aorth |.ue. s officers, wbeil tho at cholic lhermom<:«'* stood at 53 degrees below zero, amused the®' selves by casting quicksilver inte bullet mou x and freezing it; enjoyed great snort iu firin^, _ nails at the polar bears, with a view of trying» uew mode oi salivation.—Charleston I a no Orleans Short Cut From Acic lark to Acte The discovery of a fine harbor at the mouthy tho Sawaues River (Florida,) has giy u :it this Meeting considers the nlaa v agreeuble anticipations among the ot*; project of the Atlantic. New Orleans and Sea- qf NevV OrleanW-w hich will doubUess.iboo. board Line Company, as one of great public i rea!ixe j. ]> v the liulietm wc learn t mt ««■ —‘ boats from New Orleans coastwis;.-, on J the harbor in question, may sail »>P ,De J through a beautiful country for forty or fifty l ^ From theue examined by the distmguisneo M " rcc s of t. Mary’s Rivers. If*® daugerou L-aled to Congress, no intelligence had been rcceived ere, to induce the belief, that there was any ‘' 1S P° S .' liop, on the part of the French Government to hasten the Convocation of Clmmbersjvffi^a view to legislative action ou the 1 real 5 . . a contrao-dispositiou was clearly man.tested m. t£ correspondence of the l rench Mnustry \v 'ffi our Ambassador. Since that I'cnoffi howevcr the gratifying intelligence has reached us, bat the F"rench Chambers have been assembled, a month in anticipation of the expected period, and we find the King and h» Cabinet u^tng on tho Legislative Department the fulfilment of the ti'eatv, and tho redemption of the national faith. Had ‘the question been presented in tins aspect previous to tho sessiou of Congress; the 1 resi dent would doubtless have not deemed it neces sary to indulge in a warmth of expression, which was perhaps but indicative of a just sense of our , Thou mtinnnl ri-hts. and a proper sensibility to their I and Molnle. . • r . !11v!siou. r Wo perceive that Mr. Clay, in his >-R t solrcd-That, tn aid of the comm Report as Chairman of the Committee of For- ; ment of the Atlantic and Nevv Oilcans, at eigu Relations iu the Senate, has done the Presi- dent lb© justice to allude to antT recognize tbi9 change of circumstances. This is the lauguage ° f “It L manifest, from the Message of the Pres-! Mitchell. :;-faS I barter, in bating sals, vvas the failure to execute the pledger• wntcb advantage and convenience, and that under its charter, well sustained, a safe, practicable, and profitable route from New Orleans and Mobile, thence to Savannah, and by Steam packets to Nevv York, in the space of 8 or 9 day s, can be opened and used : and that the.same be recom mended to the citizens of this State, New 1 oik. the Territory of Florida, Alabama, and Louisi- Resolved—That the Commissioners he re commended to assign One Hundred Ihousand Dollars of the Stock of said Company to . tbo Citv of Snvaunah ; Seventy-five 1 heusand Dol lars* to the City of New York, and • seventy five Thousand Dollars to the cities of .New. Orleans ce- 5ea board Line Company, the Citizens of Savan nah should come out with promptness aud ener- -v. and subscribe the Stock of Company; and that II. F. Williams, G. W. Anderson, Peter " McAllister, G- •eii rail road (the route of .. iy the distinguished Gen. Bern . istrueted to »bo navigable source*^ the'Sr. John's aud St. Mary’s R,v . c "’-J3 which the whole of the dangerous uaytgau Cape Florida and the Gult Stream el - -^ avoided, vve may, iu two or three days, c0 ' ' ^ reac-n ter city i which * Savaunan, ,ade he understood bad licen given. If, at the in stance of Mr. Livingston, the appropriation bill had been submitted to the Chambers convened on the 31st July, 1834; or it they had been con voked for that purpose, early m the autumu, and thev bad continued their deliberations on that subject down to th«> present time, it is uot prob- . — able that the President would have recommend- | ed an v measure of self redress. It is not improb - able to suppose, that the President would have ! abstained from any such recommendation if he had known, what recent intelligence from France shows, that, in point of fact, the Chambers as sembled on tha first of December instead of the the said Stock subscribed on the first day of o- pming the hooks.” . The foregoing proceedings were then ordered to be published in the Gazettes of this city, amt the Meeting adjourned. _ _ _ . JOSEPH CUMMING, Chairman. Wm. Robertson, Seer tary. route from St.John’s River may be m entirely inland, and between the t* B t coast. If a rail road from Charleston ^ on Pamlico sound iu North Carolina '' j, (rf structcd, another inland water route"' ^ ofler, which by the Dismal Swamp, " jake duct directly to Norfolk, from vvheow w lfce the preseutrouto through the [ hesepc.^ ^ ^ Delaw are River to Nevv A oik. ,, v whole disfiuee trom Now Orleans heltered linn* being tnu: Star. bv steam, and *mr- king’s estimate. reposed Route from N. York to Sue Orleans. via Savannah, in 8 or J days estimate of cost. 2 New York Steamboats, ^p'nfwi 2 Savannah do. 2 N. Orleans do. 'O- 000 Ohio.—The Senate to 16, for the execution of Ohio have vote of criminals in 1* r his ia**" Franklin College.—The exercises of t * ,. ution were resumed after a yncatioii a** 1 the Gih in st.. uuoer ^ We umleistand tna'-‘ i skf admitted,, which > v *‘ ^ of two month: (Uttering auspices. studeuts'hdve been - t the number for tiie present term a • bel , ; vfc dredaud thirty. A greater than has before belonged to the avannalt and Charleston, 1:0111 , lU t» lerc.iy again the line oi steamers To New York in an average ol ,Uor:». b ' 1 - ^ and indeed uearlv to Chariest - !, 17 ate-