Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-04-06

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formation have been ample.
We observe that the National Journal of yes
,erday under the editorial head, has inadver :
,en,ly given rnisnomer to the Penitentiary bill
;us, passed by the House of Representatives,
The Journal state it to he bill for the cree
ton ola Penitentiary sin the Cityof Washington,
whereas the bill says "m the District Of Column
ha." We notice this circumstance, because we
wish it distinctly understood that the County
Of Alexandria has strong claims to any adVan-
tases tina, may be derived from the location oil
that institution; and viii, 4, proper time, I'M
dertake to urge and explain her preiensions.
CONGRESS PROCEEDINGS OF YESTERDAY.
The SENATE went into Executive business at
an early hour. Nothing important was done
with open doors
II TIE HOUSE OF RFpREsENTATIvEs-M Mr..
Yarnum from the Committee on Military PEN
sions, who were instructed on the 3oth March,
nItimo, 10 inquire into the proprety OF so a.
1nepdinr The laws, granting military pensions,
-ha, it NAV be lawful for any Judge or Justice
,ofa Court of Record, Justice OF the Peace, or
Notary Public, to attend at the place oil resi-
dence Of the applicant, and administer the
oaths, and receive the declarations required by
law. or by the rules Of the War Department,
in cases where applicants, by age or inirmity
are unable to attend in Court-made report,
unfavorable to the object of inquiry, and was
discharged from the further consideration oil
the subject,
MIR. Allen, from the Committee on ReVolu-
.ionary Claims, and Mr. Little, from the same
Committee, made unfavorable reports on the
case Of number Of persons applying to be
placed on the pension list.
The resolution yesterday offered by Mr.
Mercer, of Virginia, calling on the Secretary
of State for copies Of the dispositions OF Gill
Der, C.. Russell and Francis W. Armstrong, re-
Iatiye 10 the title of Claimants, and the disposal
Of the cargoes Of the slave ships Constitution,
Louisa, and Merino, was considered and agreed
On motion of Mr. Cambreleng OF n. York,
the Committee on Naval Affairs were instruct
ed to inquire into the EXP" iiency oil authoriz-
ing The sale of portion OF the land appertain-
ing 10 the Navy Yard at Brooklyn, and oil ap-
propriating the proceeds OF the sale to the Pur-
chase of the land contiguous to the same.
On motion Of Mr.. 'Whittlesey, the Commit
tee on Commerce were instructed to inquire
into the expediency Of providing, by law, for
allowing Post Entries TO be made in the rcsPec-
tive ports on the Lakes, into which goods, wares
and merchandise shall be brought from To-
reign port, or carried coastwise
On motion Of Mr. Davis, Of Massachusetts,
the Committee on Military Pensions were in
s,ructed to enquire into the expediency Of pla
cling within the provisions Of an act, made and
passsd on the / 5th March, 1918, entitled an
act TO provide for certain persons engaged in
the land and naval service Of the United
States in the Revolutionary war, and an actln
addition thereto, passed the 'st OF May, 1920,
all such persons, as in said war served against
the common enemy during nine months or up
wards.
Amessape was received from the President
Of the United States, transmitting additional
documents in relation to the Panama Mission,
which documents were referred to the commit
fee of the whole on the state of the Union, and
ordered to be printed.
A bill from the Senate, to authorize the state
Of PENNSYLVANIA, to lay out and make Canal
through the United States Public Lands, near
the CITY of Pittsbarg; was read third time,
passed, and returned to the Senate.
The engrossed bill, declaring valid, and le-
palzine certain sales Of land in the state oil
Mississippi" was read third time, passed,
and sent to the Senate for concurrence.
The House then went into Committee Of the
Whole on the State Of the Union, Mr. Steven
son, of Virginia, in the chair, on the Report
of the Committee Of Foreign Affairs, in rela-
ton to the proposed mission to the Congress
Of Panama MIR WicShift, Of Ken. and Mr.
Carson. Of n. {. spoke against the expectancy
ofthe mission, and Mr.. Wood, ofN.Y. in favor
OF il. The Committee then rose, on motion oil
Mr.. Rivcs, of .Virginia-And the House adj
loarned.
We understand that Captain JAMES BrDDLE, Of
Philadelphia, is appointed % command the Y
S. squadron about to sail for the protection oil
our commerce of the coast OF Brazil. lie VIII
sail in the Macedonian, and be accompanied
bylwo sloops of war. Dem' f'sSS'
From the Ne,c-Y York american, dpra 5.
The arrival of the packet ships Sllas Richards
New-York and Columbia, has overwhelmed US
with newspapers, pamphlets, sc. Our papers
however in regular succession, are only toahe
10Th Feb. inclusive. The intelligence furnished
BY these arrivals, both political and CONNER
cial is important. The state Of Russia Is
narifestly unsettled: the people, the NOODLES, the
army and the clergy, are, according to the pr,
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