Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-05-30
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MI. James Skidmtr,, Of Washington, who
oHos the fishing shore at MoxIe5's Pulnt, has
Pres ,cutcd sevtrl sicrs fur Gsaiog 10 bis
berth.
A rumbcr Of persons from this oily visited
Georgetown. last night, 10 attend tho Sunday
School col, bra!ion cf the C)rgresi street NJ. 2.
Church.
A rowiOg match for The chewl ijuship cf the
light ". ight tcus ca the Potom;c. took place
at Georgetown. yesterday. between hiessrs. w.
L. Roberts aud a. W. Iianisou, resulting in
t.vor cf the former.
The Childrens' Festival O. the y NJ. g. A.
rooms will close to night with series oftsblesu1.
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FR1ENDLEsS AND DESTIIUTE.-T case OF
the Si.ka 1udian. Okh-kho-not. who vas tried
Jointly with Kot-ko-wot for the murder of Thos.
j. BOND, and who was acquitted by the jury,
is one calculated to excite ateelicg Of commiser
atiop. Okh kuc' not Wssarrested 90 the charge
OF murder aud brought 10 this city along with
kot ko-wot. During the t,ial 10 the u. 8.
circuit court it was Clearly shown that the form
er had nothing to do With the commission OF the
SAM uiDary deed. While no saw tho other Iodian
kill Brown, ct he took 20 part 10 tho crime. Con
vicced Of bis inncc7nce. the jury returned yer.
dict OF aequittai> As Okh-kho not had nowhere
to 20 otter his release from custody, he was
allowed to remain 10 tie otuoty Jail Tuesday
night. Yesterday morning he was discharged
from The Jail. Yesterday be was seen hanging
around the court house looking very f'rlorn,
not knowing where to 20. lie is destitute end
friendlcss. and cannot comprehend word of
any language save bis OWE lie is low. heavy
set. has a very repulsiVe face, aud stens to
nt ess but hale more intelligence than brute.
Still. the rights OF even this degraded savage
should be Eed as sacred by the government as
thcso Of the most intelligent citizen. 1t would
seem to b. notLing moro than simple lsiee 10
sen1 this ludian back to his own Country. llo
was bri ueht her By order of the goverbm snt,
and as his lnnocetce Of the crime imputed to
him has been established, be should DO return
cd.-Me Weekly Oregonian. April 49,
The Pore AT PRAYERS Tho Holy Father
has gone lately several timts down into St.
Peters after the bsslicu doors ara shut in tho
evening. He always requests The two Palstino
guards, who accompany him, and the Canonicl
Of tho Chsnter, who receive him, to remain al
distance whio he goes 10 Tho confessional or
railing about st. Peters crypt, ard remains
there kneeing some Time In tileht prayer.
What grand picture
4 uo ' ast cuuECu lull u SlSaEtlC euauo"Si tAo
numberlcss statues Of dead saints and monu-
mental tombs Of great Por es with their marble
and bronze semblsnces lifting their holy hands
in act Of bcnediclion or prayer; the uncertain,
Aickering lights stealing out rOm many shrine
hs!lowed with centuries OF prayer; the silent
Palstibo guards in their picturesque costumes;
the group of white and purple drspsd priests,
snd the head Of the Catholic Church kneeling
iu.supplics,ion before the Throne of the Most
uIgh Gcd Then the spot on which this sub
lime picture is occurring How sIupendous sre
i!s memories. How well those rolling, redun-
dant lines of Gihbon place them before US!
Those who survey with q curious eva tho
revolutions Of mankind may observe that tho
gardens and circus of Nero on The Vatican,
which were polluted with the blood Of the first
Christians. have been rendered still more famous
by the triumph Of the prosecuted ragion. On
tho anne spot temple, which far suIpasses thu
ancient glorics of the capitol hsa been since
erected by tho Christian PontitTa, who, deriving
their claim Of universal dominion from the
humble fisherman of Gslileo have succeeded to
ito throne of tho Co;srs, gwen laws TO the bsr
barian conquerors ot Rome. and extended their
spiritual jurisdiction from the coast of the Baltic
10 The shores OF the Pacific ocean '-Rome cor
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