Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1861-03-21


ing few coppers from his pocket to partial
ly relieve them.
The CITY WALLS. If history be not ln-
correct, the present wall ot the city was built
by Sultan Suleiman, in the year l542. Ii is
irregular, having quite number of pro]ec-
tions and indentatIons its whole circuit Is a
little over two miles; and Its height about
thirty feet. 1t Is apparently strong but Its
duration would not b long against WI ll-di-
rected artillery. Il suffices to keep the wild
BedouIns from charging in, al A6'tesn. 1t
has five gates, which are usually closed al
dark. On the south there are two, the other
sides have one each. The Yata Gate, waich
is the principal one OF entran e, Is on the
west side, quite near the north western angle
of the citadel. The Damascus Gate is on the
north, rather more ornamented than the
others with turrets and baitlements. On the
east is ST. Stephens Gate 1t Is a PLAIN por-
tai, with rather odd looAing lions scuiptured
over it. On the south Is the Dung Gate
which appears not to be much used. On
the summit of the ridge OF Zion, Is the Zlon
Gate, and not far theretrom Is the tomb OF
David, the sweet-singer OF Israel.
STREETS AND HOUSES. The streets are
narrow, iil-paved with various sized stones,
and rather irregular, but In this respect bet
thing, the streets have no names but SOME
OF them have, and are tolerably straight and
serve as guide to the rest. The y are quite
filthy particularly the Jewish quarters. Much
vegetable matter is allowed TO remain ami
decay in the streets. The houses possess no
attractive architectural beauty they are oil
stone, most of them are of Gne story, sonIc
ot tn o, having f At roofs. They are not well
liz hted, are often damp, and the sewers are
bao. Most of them are provided with els
tern or reservoir, wherein 10 catch aud pre-
serve she rain walter tor drinking purpose.
In the lover part Of tht. Valley OF Jehosha
phat there are three fountains. Here ih
camel and donkey are led 10 bear away
liquid load. The skins ot hogs and goats
are preserved whoAe, 10 b. used as waite
:amks. have often seen little giris, OF no
more than ten years OF aye. ieadIn2 two cam
lis up to the fountains, tlli their tanks with
five or SIX gallons OF water, and pat theit
canlels on the Torrleg, that they might knee
to receive their bur .en, and fastt II 1t thereon.
as unt oncerned tho4gh tine great animals
OF which they were masters, were mere pup
pies.
Ii was on Saturday eve, the l0th of ID
cember4 1859. when our party arrived ia b,
city; and by the time we were fairly at res
at cur Quarters, the parting sun had uhgr'
he western skv with brilliant purple
roseate hues. The morrow iound reiresi.
ID, and prepared wIih our j. " dra oman t..
saunter out INTO wiHliiug streets, to feast on
..yes on o,tdnies, on noIed and ever-memOta
be IocalitIrs an 10 listen with intent Iute'-
..st TO the curiously told tales. whp h tell ir"u
the lips OF our dragolnan, the most OF whl1
have tor their authority that notable person
aye Tradition.
HISTORICAL SKETCH - VIA DoLoRosA
short promenade brought Us TO stree
known ar Via D0l0r0Sd. Along his stree >
said the dragOnan, ''our Savior "alked viii
the Cross" Proceeding little farther,
,ame TO a bulIiing, which had in lis wall,
a distance OF about tour teet from the grounu.
a stone nearly sixteen inches square, ha>tu
near it's centre a concasity about the size ol
the palm OF ones hand "On this sto1,
Christ rested the Cross were the Wort
which the dra oman ut, red others say th.
re, raintlng, iraned Iii. shoulder thereon
In front ut the House or Dives, il shown 70
stone, on which 1t 5 -aii that LaZtru- "a
This street is spannet by the Ecce Hoo"
Arch, where Pilafe, II is rel4te!, brought torth
ssnr Savior, and exhibiting Hun TO the pro
pie. said, Behold the man" The Churct
OF Piag -llation Is pointed out a. the spo
where Christ as sour4ed. little turthc'
east, is the lite Of the palace OF Plate, whrr'
the Scala Santa, or staircase lradIng to th'
Jud4mrnt Hall stool untiI sent by Con,tan
tine to Rome. The dungeon-like appearance
OF the buildings in this street, the many arch
ways that aid in darkentDg il, are enough I,
support its claim TO the name winch II bears
The light which history radlates is too fainI
for most protestanis to put any faI'h IN tb'
traditional stories relative to the above local
tiles.
The Holy SEPULCHRE. There is no
intelligent man who would not be lntenSei,
Interested in viewing the real spot Of the Hol,
Sepulchre. The disciples and apostles O
Christ undoubtedly knew the location bu
in reading the New Testament, We do no'
discover enough TO lead US TO believe tha
places were particularly noted or rrVered
The trivial light in which the people OF tha
lay regarded localities, IS a suthrlrnt reason
toi the absence OF historical records Thereof
BeThat as it may, there is spot ami sep
ulchre, Vhich the great mass OF ANXIOUS p -
grims believe to be the Holy Srpuichre, an"
about which tradition will relate ITS story
AS ouI party was about to proce' d to viS''
the Sepulchre, our dragoman exclaimed, ~
innot guide ou there jew Is permitted
to enter that church" No, he could not, nor
would money purchase an entrance tor INN
There is one point on which the dfferrn'
sects of the city agrre and that is, TO hat"
each other with a cordial hatred. This hurch
as it now stands, was completed and con-e
Grated in 1910. 1t is spacious bulidne
containing many chapels. and a lar2e 10
tunda. AS YOU enter it your attention !,
first drawn toward Turkish guard >quattrd
on bench on the left side. The hatred II
which each class holds the others seems +"
warrant the authorities in concluding thai
peace and safety are not less jeOpardized h'
having force on the spot In front OF the
door, beneath, marble slab set in the pave
ment is SAID TO be the real Stone OF UnctIon-
upon which The body of Christ wa lad TO-
Amounting when taken from The ross H.
that part of the church Possessed bv the Ar
tnenianS, Is ClrCniar stone, on which fht
Virgin Mary stood while the Amounting took
place. The Rotunda Is 81 feet in diam. ter.
encircled by Is massive piers supporting 4
clerestory, having windows, and surmounted
by dome which has an aperture at the top
like the Pantheon at Rome. In the centre OF
the Rotunda is the Holy Sepulchre, covered
by bull hing 26 feet long by 8 feet in width
and form round, save n the west SIdt., where
it is pentagonal. The va II within Is quad
rangular. nearly feet by I, having a dOu'r
root supported by marble pillars; to enter
which We were compelled to stoop, as the en-
trance is low On the right side OF the vault
the sepulchraI co1ch is said to b., under n
| white marble slab, now cracked and much
worn on the dge by the kisses of the mary
faithful pilgrims. Numerous lamps, proba,
| bly 40, are continually burning and swe'
incense fills the air. Pilgrims were entering,
one after another,on their knees, bowlng, and
kissing the colo marble, with much devoted
ness The Greeks, Latins, Copts and Arme-
mans, were going through their ceremonies
in their respective chapels Near where the
aisle joins the transept, flight of Is step,
take you up to the Chapel OF GoIgotha One
latter word in Hebrew signitying "a skull,