Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1850-07-25
Correspondent of the N. y. Courier.
SCENES IN THE EAST.
A WEEK IN JERUSALEM.


have now been more than week
in Jerusalem, and have become quite
familiar with all its features. The city
is about two miles square, and is sur
rounded by thick wall Of grey lime
stone, about twenty-five feet in height,
built in SaraceDic style. The popuIa
ton amounts to about $4,000, Of whom
one-third are Christians, oHe.third Ma.
hometans, and one-,hird Jews The
people, except the numerous monks
and few residcn, Europeans, dressed
in Oriental costume, and oil the native
women, of every religion, go closely
ve!!ed. The houses are built Of stone
and present, externally, the same black
and tomb like appearance of all Eastern
cities. The streets are narrow and un-
even, and are extremely slippery, since
the stones with which they were long
0go paved, have been worn Of by the
feet Of innumcrabls pilgrims to mar
ble.Iiho smoolhness. The bazars are
poorly built, i'll supplied and th;nly fre.
quented. The pavemen!s instead Of
rafting with wheels or ringing with
hoofs, or echoing with the tramp of
busy multitude, hardly lisp with the
pedestrians sandaIed step, and the
camers muilied tread. The hum Of bus
mess and the voice Of merrimcnt is no
where heard. A strange and meian-
choIy stiffness reigns over the once
"tumutuous and joyous city"
The first object Of the strangers at.
tention Of course, is the Church of the
Holy SePulchre. 1t is closely hemmed
in by other buildings, and for the frs,
time can hardly be found without a
guide. Its front is Of pointed archi
lecture, but Of mixed and corrupt
style, and is ornnmented by few bps.
liefs much inlnred by time! The church
is jointly occupied by the Roman Cath,
olics, Greeks and the Armcnians; and
almost daily, service is performed in it
in one Of these rituals, Admission, how.
ever, may be obtained at any time on
the payment Of a small fee. The frs,
| object shown to us, on entering, was
the marble slab said 10 cover the stone
on which the body Of our Saviour was
apnointed for burial. This is situated
in the vosIbule Of the church and is
regarded with great reverence. Pas.
sing into the body of the building, VIC
at once recognized the chapel of the
Holy Sepulchre. 1t is an oblong slruc.
turo Of plain white marble. somo twcn,
ty feet in length; ten broad and twelve
high, situated directly under q lofty
dome, through whose open top the
bright blue sky looked lovingly down.
The thick walls Of this chapel are per.
forated with two large holes, through
which Armenian and Greek priests on
Easter Sunday miraculousIy receive
fire from Heaven. in the presence Of n
pilgrim ,hrong, frantic with excitement.
/ The Roman Catholics despise and de.
nounce the exhibition as base impos.
turc. The chapel is divided into two
email compartments, in the fret Of
which are the ,ombs Of the heroic God
frey de BouiIion and his brother Bald
win, and in the second the Holy Scpul-
chre itself. The exterior of the latter
is simply white marble platform, elc.
waited about twenty inches above the
floor, seven fee, long and three wide
Itsupper slab is broadly cracked through
the middle. Around it were ranged
many vases of flowers, and above
it were dozens of splendid lamps, be.
longing to the different churches, kept
constantly burning, The priest who al
tended US gave US each flower, after
having first devoutly laid it on the sepu
chre and sprinkled it with holy water
Leaving This sacred place, We were
afterwards shown the family tomb OF
Joseph, of Arimethia, cut from the sol-
id rock; the stone on which our Saviour
stood when He was tried, the pillar TO
which he was bound, when flagellaed,
and the gro,to in which the Empress
Helena found the three true crossos.-
In the Greek place of worship, which,
was highly gil, an ornamen,ed with the
most ,awdry fnery, a!marblelglohe, in,
inserted in the floor, was pointed out
to US as the centre Of the world! As
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