| Show tin tim pilgrimage TO JERUSALEM A letter from rome to the newark advertiser states that the famous pilgrimage to jerusalem for the celebration of holy week has at length been accomplished two caravans caravan of western de the one composed of french and belgians belgian s ard aid the other of germans and italians reached the place through different routes but bat found themselves superseded by hordes of men women women and children from the neighboring vi villages 1 lages s and crowds of from the east tile the church ot of the holy sepulchre was converted into a filthy caravansary the writer says sal eve post july A friend who was present compares the scene at the tile opening op enin of the week to a vast va a t encampment camp ment of bedouins Bedou ins conf Conr confused used masses raw rag rag I 1 t ng and bobtail hob tail tall filled all tile the spaces in and ab about 0 t 1 t the edifice luggi lugging 15 ng planks mattresses coveri coverlets e t s baskets bas bets of provisions cooking utensils ac some som e domicilia ting themselves in in the side chapels and altars whilst others were rolling about or sleeping on the floors boors in the midst ot at equalling children r e n arld and profuse fragments of nuts fruit and other species of food the chapel of madelaine and the seven art lies of the virgin appeared to he specially ret set et apart for the tile women the arcades and spaces betwee between ii tile the eight lightern eighteen een ern pillars of the rotondo the tribunes corn corners P ro and every possible point of observation in the vicinity were fitted filled with improvised seats seals and scaffolding ldina for hire at tile the entrance were a few turkia turkish soldier stationed there by the governor if af the porte lazily heated on divans and evoking the nar ehile with the utmost po possible sibie sible indifference rence such was the aspect of things on n the early morn morning when the latin Patriarch approached the holy place flace with his suite of western pilgrim to perform their first offices of devotion dut gut no language it is said could properly describe the scene of neise naise and confusion as they entered the tile jiving masses marses inside inide men women and children intermingled intermingled appeared to have been sud suddenly denly seized with frenzy and all imaginable sounds of strife and ani aal discord deafened the ear car the impassive janissaries contenting themselves with keeping keeling the entrance open anner after some gome hours of primi conflict the western pilgrims ins succeeded in recovering rec their places in the street breathing bitter reproaches against the greek papas of ther their eastern rivals who iio lie had taken possession of tie the the sanctuary this scene I 1 im m assured is but a single indication of the he conflict of the two tw parde rf during the tenor tenon ten or fifteen day of their heln heir strife t is only lafr tn to add that the eu oceans made all reasonable effort 0 under tinder the guidance gu dance of ot the several reveral consuls connis r uis of france austria and belgium to preserve pie serve herve order from fram day to day but with wilh only partial success on good friday the JV western estern christians have by treaty the ex exclusive elusive right Z of the th church and they were therefore enabled to perform the solemnities of the occasion unmolested ite d the building having been cleaned out for lor them by the turkish government of palestine nevertheless th eless the week aa as a whole i ix ii i said to havo hava been a se seison son of J ily lly liv and fonti tic tiu isip igro to |
