The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-06-29
From the Correspondence Of the y. y Cour
SCENES IN THE EAST,
4 WEEK ~ JfRrsALFM.


have now been moro tllnh a week in Ja-
rusnlom,u uud have become qulie familiar with
Ill itS features. The Guy is about two miles
square, aud is surrounded 10y thick wall of
gray limestone, about twenty-five feet in
height, huilt in SttaccniclStylr. The pop
ulWion amounts to about $1,000, Of whom
one third are Christians, one third Mahomct.
ans, aud one third Jews. The people, eX-
ccp, the numerous monks aud few resi-
dent Europeans, dress IN the Oriental cos
lunie, aud all the native women, of every re-
lgion, 90 closely yelled. The houses aye
built of stone, aud present externally, tue
snmc linck aud tuml-likc appearance OF nit
Eastern ciiits Tho streets are narrow aud
uneven, aud arc extremely slippery, since
the stones With which They wor, long ago
paved, have hccn Morn of hy. tie feet oi m
Vulnerable pllgirms To n muthc.like smooth
ness! The hn2ars are poorly built, Ill sup-
,ilicd aud hiuly ircquculcd. The puycmci L..
instead of rauling with wheels or ringing
wiih hunls. or cchnirg with the tramp Of a
trrsy r,tlttttttit., 4t-ttll lisp AstA-le- ilrIgs=
ltiau's saudnllcd step, nnd the cRuieFs nitfi-
Aad tread. he -Lum of business aud the
voice of mcrrimcnt is nowhere heard, A
strntrt. ais,l melancholy stiffness ruigus over
the once "tumuluous aud Joyo ous cily."
Tho tirst subject Of the strnn -cr's attention,
of course, Is the church of the Holy Scpul-
chrc. Il * clu,cly hcmmcd ia hy.o,har bull
ding, aud for the fret lime can hardly be
,a,iRd v uitAal.ia guide. ilS trout is.oi point
ed architecture. but uf miNrd aud curup'
slNlr, and is onamruted by a few Sha-re lieir
much injured 10y time. The rhurct is JOtGl-
ly occupied 10y the Roman Catholics, the
Greeks. aud the Armcnians; aud almost daily
service is performed IN 1t in one of these rit-
uals Admission, however, may bc obtnincd
81 any time, ON the payment vi small fee.
Tive first object shown to Us on entering, MuS
the marble slab, said 80 cover the stone on
which the body of Our Savior was nuoinicd
for hurinl. This is stunled in lo yoslihulo
OF The church, MID is regarded with great
reverence Passing into the the body Of the
building, we NJ once recognized the chapel
OF the Holy Sepulchre. II is nu ohlong struc-
furr of phin white marble, some twenty feet
i'm length ten hrund and twelve Msh, stunt
ed directly uudrr n lofty dome, InOugh
whusc oIen sop rhc' bright blue r''y looked
lovingly down. The thick walls ofthls chap
cl nrr nerlurntrd with twS large holes, thro'
which the Armenian aud Greek priests on
Easter Sunday, receive fire from Heaven, IN
I ~ at l. il@rin lhrnnE lramLlc WIN
lpycitcmeut. The Roman Catholics dcspsc
fnnd dGnolucc The exhibition us has1, fntte--
Iture. The chapel IL divided into two small
truuunrttupnts, IN the first Of which are the
FiofnGs OF tha heroic Godfrey dc B1uittiou
nnd his brother Baldwin, aud IN the second
I the llol, ISepulchrc iisGtr. -ftgCXTerlor of
1.-The latter Is simply n white mnrhlo pint
t form rIt.,;it.tl -phauI-IwGuty nlchcs above
I the floor, sryep feet long and three wide, Its
IunpGr slab is broadly cracked through the
! middle Around it were ronged many vases