Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-04-15
LOCAL NEWS.

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10. beeu observable of late no little religious
.,Iv;tv among our fellow citizens OF the Cath
aI AZ, tsth The Church here st. Mary's) Is
w." onan at all hours. Crowds Of people are no
,,pe.1 g,iuy and returning, and it Is seldom
.nat thr Church is without worshlppers, the
' ." norton, however, attending in the morn
;n%and at night This, it Is understood, grows
nnI of the present celebration here OF the I ear
II ,Iub,Iee the present visits to the Church
I,;,s the mere Individual complaDces With
~. coplitious on which the jubilee Indulgence
!. Granted The more formal inauguration OF
,h,. Jubilee will begin Oh next Sunday night,
when what i, kuuwu among CathohcS as y
MISSION" will upen here, Rev. Father Clarke,
: j of Bllt.more, conducting the exercises.
A jubilee Is held by Catholics to be renewal,
IN a Chris,ian sense of the semi. centennial
Iub,lee Of the I,raclites, waich was established
!, ..ylticus XIV, when Jehovah Commanded
And We shall hsllow the Eftisth year, and
rr,rlsim liberty throughout the land to all the
Inhabitants the eut.
Among the Jews the Jubilee gave slaves
,bn;r freedom, made twelvemouth OF general
halliday, gave back alicuated estates, redeemed
oil mnrtpayes, aud restored the status quo OIL
the proceeding hail century.
|, is understood to be the design OF the
ratholic Church III the new dlspensatlon TO re-
new. 10 a spiritual manner, the gladness OF
heart which characterized the ancient jubilee,
10 the giving ut complete freedom from the
,smnoral punishment which Catholics hold Is
rho cons, uu-uce IF siu and also from all Church
rensures. &c. The rfor, TO accomplish this re-
s,lr i nouularly called, amoDg Catholics, max
,ny the Jubilee" 10 understand how 1t Is
nronosed TO do this il will b. necessary TO pre-
mis-. some doctrines oi the Catholic Church.
Catholics hold that the Ordinary method OF
attaining forgiveness of slus Is by the Sacri-
mept of Peuauce, which consists OF three parts
lar heartfelt sorrow Tor sln, ADD hrn pur-
nose of sluning no more "a, confession OF sins
Inv the peuiteut, and ahsulutIon bY the C0n.
lessor /, satisfaction by the performance OF
such works as are designated, aud by the restl-
tution of i'll gotten goods, the renewal OF good
name uniustIy DETAINED, the payment OF debts
# nossibe, &C. Alter this has been done In
good faith, Catholics hold, that man has as
much assurance Of the forgiveness Of sin as be
can obtain on this earth, but that although the
am is torsveu, Yet there still remaius temporal
nupishment Oh account of sin to be suffered
sther in this life or IN the life to come. ln Illus
,ratou, i, is said that when k.ug David sinned,
and the prophet Nathan made him conscious
of it's enormity, he repented, saying Il have
s;nned against the Lord" aud was forgiven,
The prophet telling him THE Lord also hath
but away thy sin, thou shalt not die. But
nevertheless 1.-The child born unto thee shall
surely die" This death of the child, Catholics
hold to have been temporal punishment OF
u ,vid's forgiven sin, and that this was not an ex
ceD,ioual case, but that the uniform rule is that
,rmnoral punishment follows sin, and that if
David had not suffered the punishment in this
lif. he would have suffered it iu state Of pur.
yatorv "tjll the crimes done 10 state OF uature
are burned ADD purged away" Catholics be-
Eeye further that the atonement OF the he
deemer was Infinitely efheacious not only for
the forgiveness Of sin, but tor the removal also
of this temporal punishment, but that Its Or
dinary application TO the removal OF the tenn
moral punishment was conhded to st. Peter
and the Popes, and that while the forgiveness
of sin is abandoned ordinarily 10 the Sacra-
1nent of Penauce, the remission of the tempo
raj punishment COMES by means OF an indul-
pence," which ia granted by the Pope upon
such conditions as be chooses to impose. The
.Iubilee is the granting of universal indul-
gepce, by which Catholics, who. pricked to the
heart with sorrow for sio, and having confessed
the same with determined purpose never to
sio again, aud 10 repair as lar rs 10 them lies,
all the wrong they may have done the person,
proDerty or reputation of another. and receive
Holy Communion, may obtain a remission OF
the temporal punishment due tor slD, upon
visiting once day on any fifteen days, coDsecu-
tive or interrupted. during 1875, four churches
TO be designated BY the Bishops Of the various
d.ceses throughout tie world and there pray
iup for the Intentions of Plus TX. 1n Wash
inptou four churches are designated, but here,
as there is but Que church, four visits each day
are made to that church. 1t is the making of
these visits that has kept st. Mary's Church
50 we'll attended for the past ten days. Each
person, who makes the jubilee, visits the
one church four times because there are not
four separate churches to visit. Our non
Catholic fellow citizens hope that their Catholic
friends may be made much better by the Jubi.
ee-the ladies have long been excellent and
devout, but the men, SO far as the observation
Of the local goes, mig hit be made better.
THE FAIR -L,rge crowds of the youth aud
beauty of the CITY, as we'll as goodly sprink-
ling OF the more mature portion OF the com,
NUDITY througed the Assembly Rooms until
midnight last eight. The drawing OF the artl-
ces On the dollar table took place at Dlne
o'clock aud attracted much attention: The
elegant chamber set was drawn by j. II. Bur
Tue eIiNtf itutI Siauo Wy ~ l v"
er, aud the beautiful case Of wax flowers by
Major r. J. Collins. Great merrimept was oc-
caSloncd by the grotesque nature OF articles
drawn 10 some cases, such as bags OF, tipur aud
hams by handsome young bachelors; dolls aud
baby house furniture by blushing young maid
ems. In some cases the doll babies fell to the
lot of the bachelors and the laughter was 10
creased. A great uauy valuable articles were
raffled at the other tables. among them az em
broldcred stole, won by Mrs. Vacarri; valuable
pictures by Miss Pollard and NJ. Ruben; silver
Ice pitcher by NJ. LAwer; ottomaus by Wn
Leatherand, aud vari Us other articles which
we fail to recall at present. The rafiiue vii
be continued at three Of the tables tonight
and no doubt very agreeable evening will bt
passed by those who attend. The fair viii
positively close tonight
UNCOMFORTABLE SIrUATIoN.-A yOuuG