The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-10-13

and IL he require a resting-plaee ut night 81
good comfortable spot to repose - assigned
pilgrim, or let him say that he is priest, then
instantly the truth of the story isStested IT 10
ascertained who be 10, whence he came, why
he 10 Mt that locality at that particular time
and where he 10 going to, for the whole monas.
terry is not thrown open to such stranger at
once, and without inquiry. II it were, the
hospitality Of the monks, 1 have no douot,
chest despoiied Of some of its richest altar or
naments, by q wandering, unbclieving. Beren,
garian vagabond. We stand, my Lord, in need
Of the same vigilance being at least t f
monastery. Our piety is not equal TO that
Of the monks, and yet every villain aud every
wretch is free to come In and 60 out from
amongst us, provided only that he pretends 60
piety; If he assume the garb of pilgrim, or
o religious, or lays claim as mendicans to our
charity, he is challenged by NO sentinel ana
examined by NO officer. and the consequencG; t -
tho most dfabolfcal crimes are with impnnity
committed-aye, worse crimes than have even
yet limited at"
"Worse crimes y exclaimed the bishop; "say
in camp, in every quarter Of which prayers
are regularly recited-piety, by word ana e.
ample, constantly northumberland tho Holy
Sacrifice daily offered mp"
aents connected with the battle Ct Pharfar,
bridge, In which we were first defeated, ana
afterwards obtained 80 signal victory over
our foes I"
"No," replied the bishop, "for I was then
suffering from q severe sickness, and all know
is that there was q battle and u victory. OF
the incidents know nothing. aud cannot, l
tween deeds done in the field and crimes al
legged to be committed in the camp"
81 shall endeavor," said Guy, to explain
and Bshop viii HG Sass but to listen to
the plain story of o blunt soldier"
Proceed" was the only word addressed by
the bishop to the veteran warrior.
"Thus then it was," said the gallant old
man, his eye lighting up with all the martial
ardor that animated him when about to mar
rate the events of war.
For the purpose" continued Guy" of pre-
venting the besieged from making constant
erect tower which would command the gate
of Antioch, from which those eruptions were
made with the greatest facility by the enc
one day whilst our Sv men SO
from the city. At one moment there foil upon
them showers of stones, and javelins, and
darts, and heavy beams of wood, and before
form themselves as to repel with effect an at
tack, they were beset on all sides by their foes
slaug htered where they stood, or slain in the
to They y srf %Sa
they pursued, made each blow they inflicted
still more bitter by the jibes and jeers upon
Christians with which it was accompanied In
ut least have lost about thousand men-a loss
to us, the survivors, but to. the slain them
| selves gain, for they won the crown as mar
tyrs: At the news Of this disaster, which first
| reached tue ears of Prince Bohemond, he gath
cred together as he rushed to the scene OF car
mage, fifty good, brave Christian knights.
These knights were few against euch q multi
tude of foemen, but few as they were, each
| was animated with the spirit and excited by
! the selfsame rage that infamed the heart Of
Bobemond at the carnage of beloved comrades.
So disposed for battle that each, as they went.
our Lord, and in this manner, and with these
thoughts in their mind, they came upon the
scene of conflict. The enemy, when they be-
them, were confident of completing their VIC
tory and with this intent they closed their
ranks together, so as to resikf the charge OF the
Christian Knights: The knights paused =. for =. a
make the sign of the cross upon their fore
heads. and then, with lance in rest, to plunge,
as the arrow from the bow flies with deadly
and sure aim, into the opposing masses of the
enemy. Naught could resist that charge
back, back, back, in despite of themselves the
boastful enemy was driven to the river, across
Pharfar-bridge, And then when the Turks
came to that pass, awful was the crash, aud
frightful the uproar, and piercing the screams,
as fugitive impeded fugitive in his fight upon
lance and others with the sword, and others
by their fall down the precipitous steep to the
river, and more were snnothered in the waters
of the Orontes. And as the knights thus drove
them back to destruction, others of our men
came to their aid, and rendered their destruc-
ton more sure by shooting or knocking down
those who chung to the columns of the bridge,
or had escaped to the opposite bank by swim
ming. The slaughter Of those vile inidels
was awful. The fair waters of the river, as
they ran from beneath the bridge, was literally
red with blood. Never in any battlefield W as
anything heard like the clamors and shrieks
of victors and of vauquished, such as that day
was heard around Pharfar-bridge. The arrows
few in clouds from the Christian ranks and
each arrow brought instant death or mortal
wound to flying Turk, to one drowning, or
seeking to escape from drowning. On that
day the enemy lost not less than twelve of their
commauders-those whom they called Emirs !;
and of the common men their loss was at least
q thousand in number. It was a glorious VIC
tory, but it was followed by great scandal,
which am about to narrate to you. Upon the
day following this battle, some of the Turks
crept out at morning dawn from the city, col
lected together the bodies Of their dead, and
buried them on the other side of the Pharfar
According to the custom of their country, they
inferred with the great men who had been