Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-02-23
From, tn. National Journal, Fec. %.


taken up. MIR Rowan spoke nearly three hours
in favor Of the bill. The motion TO re-consld :
er was then carried.
In the House Of Representatives, res"lu-
ton was introduced referring 1t to the Com
mit,ce on the Public Buildings, to enquire INTO
the expedieocy Of refusing the use OF the Hali,
except for legislative purposes The resoiu-
ton was adopted. The House then took up
the Bill making appropriations Tor CERTAIN Tor
tificalions, and The BilI;making appropriations
fur the military service for the year 1923
The amendments made in committee OF the
whole, in both these bills, were concurred IN
bv the House, with the exception OF the a.
mendmenI bv which the blank in the clause
making an appropriation for the Military A
cademy, which, on motion oil Mr.. McDufhe,
was amended, SO as 10 take away the sums APP
propriated Tor the pay OF AdJutant's CLERK,
Quarter NJ as,er's Clerk, and Quarter Masters
Sergeant. Mr. Gilmtr moved further reduc-
tror; SO as TO take from The appropriation the
sum proposed for the erection Of new buildings,
and for some appropriation The items Of which
are moi specified The motion afer some dis
cussion, was negasived bv vote Of lo2 t. 81.
The Two 5il.s were ordered 30 be enyrossed and
read third time to-day.
NaTURALIZATIoN- new Naturalization
bill, reported 10 Congress from the Judiciary
Committee, provides
"'rha: any alien being free white, who
! was residing within the limits and under the
| jurisdiction Of the United Sta,es between the
| IA h Of April, 500: and the 18th OF Junes Sie
| and who has continued TO reside within the
same may be admitted to become u citizen OF
the United States, without having made any
| previous declaration To become citizen: Pro>
vided that whenever any person, without a
certificate OF such dec laration oil intention shall
make application 10 be admitted citizen CT
tue United States, it shall be proved TO the
satisfaction of the Court, that the applicant
was residing within the limits and under the
! jurisdic ton OF the United States before the
! Sth of Ju ne, 1912, and had continued to re-
! side WITHIN the same, or he shall not be adj
mi'ted And ,he residence OF the applicant
within the limits and under the Jurisdiction
If tie United States for at least FIVE years I'M
mediate preceding the time OF such app'ica-
ton shall lie proved by the oath or Affirmation
of eiiizcns of the United States, which Gill
zens shall BIZ named in the record as witnesses.
! And such continued residence within The Inn
its and under the jurisdiction OF the Uni;cd
States, when satisfactorily proved, and place
or places where',he applicant has resided Tor
I
and Sc. forth, together with the names Of such
CITIZENS, in the record Of tho Court, admitting
the spplican; otherwise the same shall not en-
title him 10 be considered and deemed cti>
zen Of the United States"
The Massachusetts Journal contains q letter
from a correspondent al Baltimore, giving an
account Of the Funeral Rnes Of he late Calho-
lie Archbishop of Baltimore. We extract from
Il the following tou, hing description OF cere'
nonial peculiar, in this country to the funeral
obseouies Of dignilaries oftEe Catholic Church:
81 he body lay in state at st. Peter Church,
four DAYS. exl osed to the gaze oil all whose Gu
riosi,y or devotion might prompt them 10 VISIT
it. On the third night OF lis exposure, l, wl'h
several friends, entered the chapel. l here was
an awful silence pervading the holy SANCTUARY
Of God, and the living seemed TO hold oommu'
MON with the dead. AT periods The sliness
Was in,errup, ed only by the faint sighs OF The
w,rnipp children of the venerable Pielate's
charity. a, they knelt before the altar in mute
; prayer
The body lay stretched upon pedestal, on
which stood six tall wax candles burning; II
was dressed in all the robes oil supreme dig
nitary of the Roman Church, AID bore the no
" cross upon it. breast; the commemorative
ann, sred like moulded wax, had an expression
Of henignity which invited, instead of sickrn-
ing the gaze Of he spectator. The a"iu
grandeur Of the scene tended TO impress on the
mid. Of The visilers the nolh'ngness OF man
wh, n. m he plenlitnde Of his glory, he is com
nared 10 the Supreme Giver Of all. The ST.
l,nce that reigned around-,be gloomioess o
the hour-,he sombre tapestry which hure
around the walls-the means OF the living, ane
the breathless sleep Of the sanctihed dead
wrough, upon my heart; and as | retired 'hro
the,halowed aisle, felt that all was vanity
this vale Of tears
A work ha. been published IN boston, en,i
lied "The Beauties Of the Waverly Novels
We have ALWAYS been decidedly hostile to TIT
class of books, called "beauties." They arr
bad in poetry, and worse in prose. lheif Ell
fec, is hurlfu 10 the maturity OF the genera
mind. Besides, who that loves the movers "''
h. s.,;s6.d with The "bcauties"--and who tina
A., mn, relish the former will care for the lat