The New York herald., 1867-10-07

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New Jersey. at Newark.
Yesterday morning s.. Patrick's cathedral wac crowd
cd to excess, ~ the announcement ,aas the RI Rev
B hop Bsyiey would detail an Of his recent
joarn-yngs 10 and about the Holy Land. The B'ssop
vas greeted ~ith the recitation OF zar.s imressivs
Twelfth Mas which readered In superior syis bv
the choir or the church. consist nS OF about hv-two
membera Mtts conclusoa Bishop Bayiey addressed
the asssmbiass ~ folioss:-
Iin.ended to-day, dear brethren. TO give yoa IN.
sfoction. as usual: bit ~ unisr.tsnd that u 10
espec ed of me tnss shoild say something ~ y,i in
regard 10 my joaruos viii sni-avor 10 10 sonoi ~
tending " spsak but iex word, on tais pccssicu
have rad no time prepare discourse n, time. IN
fact, even o arrange ideas Ny verbs therefore, ~i
b. ,iose simply Of lrsveer who has been as..d give
SOM acc unt OF bis Journesnes and the impressl rs
they msy have made upoo hs mind may
be permitted 10 speak Of he rrasens WY
went abroad Al The time that | dd Il was bs
the Command OF nv phsscsn, who, on account
q iisease 10 my eyes, ordered ,a -hap'd stop fs
work. aud possible. leave my diocese ana ~ abroad
II u had not been or this would not ha lett N the
middle OF Lent, but would have renamed until az er
h--ter from ny earliest csy. have mai gr.s. desires
10 see the Holy Lana, as IL 1, csed, % sand b the
place where our tiessed Lord bsnlenem to
worship IN the church ~h,ca ants over tue hamoie
Gu 'aas OF Nazareth and Pec'aiy 10 knecl side 10.
altar wh.ch now thr very -pst ~her, tie pad
HIS D,od tho ransom OF oar SINS and to Commune
81 the molly sepuichre Ia wnIch be afterwsrd laid
seversi times 10 tue cour-e of nv LIE that my
desires wee 70 % E'atued. aud msie pre-
Imratioos for the journey; but dniics ca.ed me 70
phy scian said must 10 asay, though. now mad tns
opportunity Of fuiaiiins ta,s long chsn.hed w,sn 1
Within the walls Of the Holy Ci,y--a jouraey that N
former times would have occupied perhaps 40 many
alter visiting the ancisnt osss of Alevsndris sna aro
could Jopps in the course of week, am, coll
,eqaeny on me morning o. mol, saturday sr,eo ons ~
enjoy OF Offering up the boy sacrifice m tue molly
sepuchre on Eas Sunday. the c'uary Of Pas',iae
IL about two hundred miles long, and pernsrs sky "r
seventy miles broad II bounded ON tns north
by Asia minor the west by Mediterranean sea-
and the south by the desert II not asery
fertile country Is mountainous DISTRICT int ed
by valleys, some o which, esi ecaiiy those Nlng
betwc the noun aims ana the sea are very Tns
mouniains which Limestone. foi me ly covset
with earth and trees ana The VINO, he olive and tue x
tree were then cnit'vsted accofdn to IN, accounts
given the Holy ptura-; Ot the soil has been
washed away and the uis and plains are poorly co ed
In rder that to most fertile eartn nay pr5i 60
increase the husband nan mu have some security t"st
alter he has bis -eed he ~i b. ab I, reap >
Blu, here. when is about gathering his harvest,
| tribes of wandering Arab. Will come upon him All
away very particle Perhaps there is nothing
more significant Of the Turkish empira tban the fact
from one place to anoser ha, YOU an ht cali road
| The only good road m SYRIA Is tba, which leads
| from he coast OF the he'd ierranean to Dana
! In the in crior, and this bn,l by the French
| in 1860 There are no Wheel carriages IN the
Mad-1othing that resembles them. ile ransportaton
Is done upon the backs Of ules aad upon csne, aud
the Jvurnsyings upon horseback over Tue monnt,iUs
journeyng not only dii ut out IerIous The horses
| in tina, country smooth shod and how tbey can
stand upon the rocks aud su2pDrl tnensevss sh ito
descending hills Is more thnn eau understand. lhe
harbor OF Ioppa IL very i uIt Of entrance, in
tain conditions Of the = mi no o.. can aud but ravns
succecded Ing there. Jeru airm i about i"ry-bve
mn O. distant ana a' par. .' ,ns jsura MS across
fertility II properly cntva Ell; but, a Il s produces
lar-e crops OF grain P-ssipg ihru u. We SO he
remains OF an cd church Du IL b. the crusade =
asa many her p,ac am liza. taas, wlo have bsen
accustomed to reading ,he Old Testament A You :
pruach Jerusalem tue neighoorins pain, wuicn were
rmc y covered wih vines a'd OF We Trees arc row
or, aud naket, with the exception of spmr 81 gnt
shiu and present sombrc aud sal asl ect RI road
as he most dimcuit part oi ny 10 iraey Tor was
niue hour ond that even on "l these surc-fo ted
horses, In soiuR fifteen miles been consid
erabe DISCUSSION about building raroai rom The sea
a. jerusalem, bat wtho great OF tunueiing,
whca do not think any one won railroad can
ever be buit TO the hos City, carriage road might
be consiruc ed, but It would be ve,y dlcuIt, for
the CITY Is surrounded on all sides with
these bare mountains From iho Mount OF Olives
the IL much more imposing; then, when you
who'o c spread out, II has bright local appear
a1ce The 1rs spot the sran. IL what
rs ca led the holy sepu hre, tust s the church which
covers tie spo mado sacred BY tho death, burial and
resurr@c ton OF Lord II oeoa douotsf ke ey.
erythns else the world n this really be the LEGALITY:
but examination and q udy have co ahIned confirm
ths OPINIONS OF The native tribes making this the spot
Were oar Lord died and burna In the middle uf
the Chnrch OF the Holy epuichre = the seru Itself
lying immed a,ey under the dome aud b-neath the
canons oil the richest marble Here n rock was the
tomb prepared by J,seph for binel and into which
the body Of our Lord vas isi wuen tsken from
the cross Il seems impossible Ia ea,er that
place and kneel beside that rock without being
COM by fbe strongest emotions of hove ard devotion
our Lord aad Saviour Ibis Is OF The most sacred
spot the face Of this earth On ihe other lido Of
church chapel winch 10 divided ino several parts
and held n possession by the Greeks the Armsn
and the Copts There 10 also erect d, where
| Christ appeared Mary Magda,enc beyond which Is
another chapel the place whsrc, upon the occasion OF
her vis, to Jerusalem the mother OF the Emperor Con.
s,annc disc vered the cross upon which our Saw our
died. II tho custom OF the ancients 10 bury the
ooj ct Of tho CRIMINALS torture the place of his
execution, aud In looking around this place the OF
| Lord was found The house Of P,ais stood near
| the temple, and the present appearance OF the
Turkish governmeut bears evidence Of ts ancient use
There road called Via Dclorosa which CIrist
The moss assrsss.ss locality d the Mount Of osss and
tho Garden Of Gsthsemans There can be no dispute
ss.Id 70 snsss s0m0 ove n. q mart .ss
the gate shch call the Gate OF 81 Stephen. but
which the Turks call the Gate OF Our Lady Mary and
pass down tnrousi what Is called the valley Of Je
hoshaphas, and ascend tho MIL II u covered with
green grass and trees and presents most pleasing
aspsct Some or the arger olive trees which siaud
the garden 'sf Gethssmane, In order TO be pro-
| sected from violence, have bscn walled Ia and
cal, Jerusalem b. the name Of the "HoIy ciy." and
recognize many places nade interesting and sacred By
Nothing - 90 mucn soaeh. after in tho Ess ~ rnnnas
waters. lhe names Of those who have dug wells are
SILL associated with the benefits they have conferred
| upon men by digging 70 the bowels Of the earth aud
brinving pure On side OF tho city the
fountain Of the 10y Virgin, wnch empt,s ioto The ol
the blind man patls ara running bright and sparkling
this day. Afer visiting al those piscss I
Ave cities OF the plain E.erything aoout this
place still bsars evidence Of the anger OF tie Almighty
God. ia waters permeatei with btumsn that
person BE- sank 10 ~ the specific gravity is great
ua ones head can hardly be held under the water IL
10 thirteen hundred feet below the level OF the Measr
rxnsau sea and from the heat 10 perfect furnace
tnsro In April and lady who had joined party
| for escort procscdei - fer this place, where
she was 70 much affected By the heat that
sue d'sL Except. Tor turee or iosr weeks
IN the year 10 almost foolhardv for
any 20 travel IN that part OF psiesnc Trere s
MT more beaut al In the Holy Land than the city
Of Nazareth, and Is said that the Virgin lett parcu-
iar mark upon the face OF ts inhabitants especially the
females rneir whole conduct Is different from o
residents OF oiher that their CITY s
In the East - the Chrsan City Bishop Baylsy then
alluded 10 The great congregation OF bishops and
convened AZ Rome BY order Of the Pops and
subjscss which hs would mot present hn consres
without soms personal preparation.
ihe crsons remsrk. wsrs such only % arose as the