Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-06-15
A SECTARIAN FIGHT AT THE HOLY
SEPULCIRE.

A lotter from Jerusalem, OF May IS, in the
Unlyers, gives an account of some scandalous
scenes which took place in the Church of the
Holy Sepulchre, in that city, on Good Friday:
- The services of Wednesday and Thursday
OF Passion Week, celebrated by the Latins in
the church Of the Holy Scpulchre, were not
troubled by the Greeks and others; but ON Good
| Friday the Greeks invaded the rotunds of the
| church. and during the celebration of divine
service by the Latlns, made n tumult 1t is the
custom Of the Greek pOpulace TO assemble in
the church during the Holy Week, and there
execute grotes1ue dances, accompanied by
shouts and yells, the singing Of horrible songs
and clapping Of hands. They present hideous
spectacle, ss they are hagSard and dirty, and
wear nothing except wretched shirt and
drawers. The Greek clergy tolerate these
ScandalOuS scenes, as they could casiIy ston
them if they pleased. In the evening Of Good
Friday the church was profaned by a new out
rage. The Roman Catholic clergy and pilgrims
having entered with the intention of making n
solemn procession, heard frightfuI tumuIt
under the great dome. near the sacred monu-
ment, and saw the Greeks and Armenians fight
ing with their hs and with sticks tie com bat
being accompanied with fearful vOciferaiioIs
w hen the conflict had ragged for some time
The coinbatantS Separated--the Greeks going
INTO the choir Of their Iurch, which is diyided
from the rOtunda by simDle railing and the
Armcnlans collecting in the southern part Of
the rotunds- Presently, however, the combat
Tcc"mmcnced with greater fury than before:
Tue benches the credence tables, and the bish-
"p throne Of the Latins were pulled down
and torn To pieces by the Greeks, and the frap-
mentS were hurled at their adversaries The
latter returned them, and besides broke to
pieces large lamp of the Greeks This in
creased the irritation of the latter and in their
I Urn they smashed the lamps Of the Arncnians
nd two OF their Sacristans, who were on the
t'Tchcs on the Armenians. This scandalous
scene lasted thrce-quarters Of an hour when n
Dpdy Of Turkish troops arrived The two mar
Ties ned In different directions and the soldiers
pursued them, striking all they overlook with
ne butt-ends OF their muskets In the conf,-
slon TWO or three soldiers and two officers were
injured. The Pasha afterwards arrived and
re-eStabliShed order, and the Latins were able
10 MAKE their procession. What originally
caused the tumult was that the Greeks nos:
S,ssed themselves of a portion of the church
which had been set apart for the Copts. who
are under the protection of the Armenians. ,
VOLUNTEERS IN IrALY.-A letter from Rome
avs:
Volunteers are daily leaving this CITY in
varying numbers. and these departures lead TO
scenes Of despair, in which italian passion gives
way to all its violence. Men and women NAV
be seen rushing to the Palace of the Goycrpor
Of Rome. loudly demanding a son, a father or
n husband and the public is really getting
alarmed at a desertiOn which has all the char.
acteristlcs of moral epidemic. To prevent
the distress and inconvenience that NAV be
caused TO families by such departures of volun-
teerS the police now require them all TO pro-
duce the consent OF their parents if minors
mi oi their wives, if married. His Holiness
ordered the celebration Of services for three
days this week, in the Church Of San Carlo
Borromeo, on the COrso. to implore peace from
God, through the intercession of the holy Arch
bishop oi Milan. MOnsignOre Borromoe, Dean
Of that Church, was charged with the ceIebra-
tlon of this piOus duty, an honor to which he
had two-fold claim-his position and his
name. The splendid reliquiary containing the
heart Of 81. Charles, the gift Of Cardinal of
MS family, was placed on the altar of the Viz
gun during the three days. Both the morning
ana evening services, which were performed
by Cardinals and Bishops, were attended bv
oVernowing congregations"