Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1821-12-11
From a late London 7nper.


From a late London 1nper.
THE HOLY LAND IN 1920.
The Rev. Mr.. Conner has furnished
us with the Neutrality-suspicious. particulars
relative to the preset state Of the Holy
Land, at the feast ofthe passover this
year:
Piigrims.-The %erage number of
Greek pilgrims is abht 1900; this year
there were only l,6lo. OF these pill
grims the majority ire native Greeks,
who speak and read Romaic the next
in number are the GHeks in Asia Minor,
who read and speak The Turkish, but in
the Romaic charac&r; the third class
consists of Russiansl ard the fourth and
fifth Of Wallachians aid Bulgarians; few
however, OF these pilgrims can read. The
Armenian pilgrims amount this year to
about 1900. Very few q them can read.
The average number Of Copt pilgrims,
is about 900. This year only so ar
rived. Their appearance is very wretch
ed. The pilgrims that have visited Je-
rusalem this year may be thus summed
up: Greeks, 500; Armenians, 1900 /;
Copts, $50; Catholics, so, chiefly from
Damascus Abbysinian, l.; Syrians, So.
Total, 3,l4o. ISL
JerMsalem.--Thc streets ofJerusalem
were all life and hustle. To avoid the
confusion, we left the city by the gates
of Bethlehem, and passing along the
north side, fell in with the train Of pill
grin.s at the gate OF St. Stephen. The
path through which we passed, to Mt.
Moriah, across the valley Of Jehosaphai,
and up the side Of Olivet, was lined
with people who came to witness the
procession A Turkish band Of music,
leaving the gate Of St. Stephen, and &C
companicd with banners, proceeded witt,
us as far as tree on Oliyet, under
which the governor of Jerusalem, with
his court, was seated. Guns were fired
at intervals.
Jericho.-After having crossed mum
Of bills, we descended into the plain OF
Jericho. In the midst of this plain ap-
pears large verdant tract, like an cast
in the desart; and here embossed in the
trees, stands the wrcsched mud-built vii
lage Of ancient Jericho, formerly cele-
trated for the number of palm trees
growing near it, and on that account
called the (" Citylof Palms" This city
was the first in Canaan which fell under
the power OF the Israelitcs after their en-
trance into the Land Of Promise; and
the walls fell down Before tile ark Of The
Covenant, on the first sound Of the trum-
pets, ia the year Of the world 1854, and
and before Jesus Christ 400. &
Riper Joraan.--About half past three
the next morning, We all SET out by torch
ligh, for the Jordan. The appearance of
the pilgrims moving in numerous de-
tached parties withtheir Hambeaux across
the plain, was singular and striking. The
Jordan, at the spot where the pilgrims
bathed, is beautifully picturesque; its
breadth twenty yards, and it is shaded
an both sides By the thick foliage Of
closely planted trees. The water ap-
pcared turbid, and was not deep. On
retiring from the water, The pilgrims en-
ployed themselves in cutting the branch
cs from the trees, to carry home with
them, as memorials or the Jordan. They
then mounted their beasts, and returned
to their stationon the plain.
+ Dead Sca.--Our party set oil from the
Jordan with Prince Avaloff Ia Georgian)
and suite, to the Dead Sea, where we
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