The weekly Louisianian., 1874-09-12

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it they have none, they hnddle I
:, gether'i in groups, regardless Of q
- or sex The Turkish Gcvernmer
iHthe interest OF good order, tax,
the procaution to send detachme,
Of one hundred soldiers to Il
,|ohurch to keep . passage clear Il
the procession, and 70 do p dut
eenera1ly. At the principal poin
the, stone where Christ IL said. {
have been anointed. and where. tn
path forks, representatives Of til
Greeks and Almenians are; sta
toned, who question all conner
, with regard to their religious faith
and send the Greeks and Russian,
; TO the right, and the Armenians
Copts, Abysainians, Syrians, etc., t.
the left
THAT in this anatical assemblagt
there can be no approach to any
thing like quiet is self-evident
They wantonly crowd each other,
and often it is all The soldierp can
do to prevent . general engage
ment ; rarely does the day pass
without there being some bloody
heads and broken ribs This year,
as usual, they came to blows. The
melee was caused BY a soldier Civ
ing q boy a push The father of
the boy resented it, and in = Saw;
seconds there was q pitched battle
between the soldiers and the. fana-
tics. He who was in the neighbor-
hood of The melee, and came off with
a whole skin, could esteem himself
fortunate.
"This state Of things lasted till
about two o'clock in the afternoon,
when the patriarchs, with their
and paraphernalia, entered
the church. A general shouting
now being, had the bells are rung,
ind each division welcomes It's head
with stormy enthusiasm. The
men Of each sect, in their
shirt-slaoves lin order the better to
elbow their way in the crowd, cry
out. in concert
"'Give us, O Lord, our frel' I,
'The word .onr' each party
seeks to emphasize Atrongest, In
he midst Of these cries, the >cere- I
aony begins. Professions o priests [
# various professions Of faith, with
'hanting, pictures, and banners |
after which the crowd struggles in
rider to kiss them), pass three |
ines around tho Chaple- of the ,
'eprlchrc. and pray God to send G
be- fire for which his servants wait. 8
When, finally, four Of the patriarchs 9
escepd into the Chaple Of the 6
epulchre, and q Greek patxiarch r
'kes bis place On the tomb of the v
.aviour, the people have not much a
niger to cry. Suddenly, the fire p
nrsts forth from two holes IN. The Il
and the Greek patriarch APP =
ears1 with two burning candles in al
is Lands, At the door Of the tomb. u
deafoning shout and q ringing Of Il
Ills follow, during which some n
ovid forward to light their candles, p,
bile others fall on their knees. be- p,
re the patriarch. cross themselves b
ID kiss the. ground. In from Eve ce
ton minutes the church becomes b
sea Of fire. The burning Of hair 81
d clothes is now ID order. Asl9,
belief prevails that this fire does ~
It burn, many put it into their Id
others run the flames Of th
cir candles over their faces, and &
loke themselves with it from head en-
foot. Now every one seeks to a.
! out Of the church as soon 40 So
Some leave it with bloody in
ads and faces mahy feeling i'll, th'
d all completely Jagged Out, with Pc
Z. About twenty pe1.ons we're -
this year in consequence en-
the grand nsdss. Now the city tic
alire with happy pilgrims going tic
their slod0innn- cArrv;n0 kh>;r or