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16ite11ISK-Hni-:ie1,J»;IBi©.;10:yWSL H. ffiBWAEDIS JEBUSALKltThe; Albany Evening Joariwf publishes extracts from the. joarnil of Mr. SowArd, which will be road with-ioter-ftBipm, Sep*. 26,1859. •..I have mentioned already one aion* itetefyortoow’intbs Holy Land. - TUp parlor European Christians conceived thattoere(was great merit in visiting,% f pilgrimage, the scenes of thespffemgs of the Sayionr, bat they found the whole country in the. handsipit1,ie£i-dt-9.10of ferocious and ravage enemies of the religion of fbe Geosh. Travel : could Opt be ’safely performed, nor cobid entertainment bo found. European stroo-gees and religious men founded monasteries every where, often strongly; fortified, as plac^;of.safety;for the pilgrims and of hospitality, apd these yet remain. They are Catholic, Greek, Protestant Groek,A.rmeaiah and Abyssinian; and, inasmuch as the dangers of travel still remain in large . districts, arid there : are fow toreros for the ac-comtnodatioQ of Europeans, they are the resort of the traveler of the present day. You are received and lodged,egenerally sopplymg your- own provisions.; They mrhisb yoarseenrity and a .place to eat and sleep. If you have any peculiar claim to respect or consideration, they fa rriieh you every thing else graituioasly in oil casts; bat dll right-minded persons, on leaving them, present a gilt to the establishment equal to t!?o coat Of the accommodations. These exceedingly, useful inati*tatidns are located* w i t h Ip ions reverence, on the sites of most memorable events;in-the life of fho Savior and his AposUesj and, haying been .so earlylocated; they are interesting monuments. ; ; : ■■■ • ■-/. ■ -••••. -y-j* But Palestine, in i ts social condition, presents other and more;reliable monuments .of tfie same character. Yon see a party of Syrians or Arabs at rest in their camp, or on their march, and you have exactly before ybu the rest or the! progress of a party of persons iq thO:Same;country twp thousand years.(VaU)0'»•i*ihaps; half a^d ozea familiar, 'bat the rtt-' ins of many habitations; Thll ifothe village of Kant at ha,' the birth; phtco of 3amael; and the‘place where he rettok yed tho sublimecall to.it of God* and ! aluioat fancied that f; itood ovep ;tbe cave of the witch ofEndoi, wheriAhecalled up the dead at the; entreaty ’Of Saul. I walked tbrongh the' ibrobk,now all dried up; wh ere David took the five pebbles to supply the rtidg With'Which .ho conquered the giant Of thePhilistines. I did not refuse to believewhen they totd fne I vras'mow in rtho, valley where Abrabam dwelt with hi ilviIago. Patriarchs, Women,family and fiocks; and rioiv on the sum iriitof the moun tain where th e Sanstopped in: his eonree at the command oF Joshuato prolongthe battle which was to result in the victory of the peo-pie of Israel. ‘ —ft wrrn a weary joornoythreogh a sad And ; mqurnftrl land,: relieved by on occasional rest under the shade of a rock or a solitary olive tree, for Jerh-salem seemed to be ' a |m^h^eVerpromised hut unattainable—when we reached at last at four ©’clock the sum. wit of a hill higher tltonallriwq bad passed, and right before me' 'oh: the rocky plain, at the distance of a: mile, stood the Holy City. It was hot the ancient Jerusalem, not a vast metropolis,not even a midieyal city like Borne, but o mOdern built town of small cir-1 . I . • • . . * Mr . • Vcnit, enclosed with a gtaeefol ihilitatywall, and sormoan ted with O' eitadol ; towers, steeples and monuments beau-tif'al to look upon, bot disappointing allthe conceits I bad formed in regard to ]•.its aspect. Riled with -veneration forif by its wcmderfql history, arid expecting to find its sacred roooa ments every-where speaking their own great .explanations: [ could not consent to enter it rashly and rudely,,I dismountedand Sat down upon: a roefe gurrpunded by tombs, and contemplated the scenes I Was about to enter, under the ihvor of the declining sun. We dismissed one equipage and walked slowly on, passing by half the: city to find a gate id the .all-1 hadtraveled, waa only-a camel'r pdth overmaidens, amid swarms of camels, asftcs and goats, jipathEome lepers meet you as you enter or depart from the gates of the city, begging bread; butchildren, I loose atones and fixed rocks. np andthere is no divine persons here now to tbem^ The Mi nd, the lame, th eepileptic, are always in your way bo-limting jrelief Medical aid, or medicine that WjH afford relief, is expected by the sick at the bands of. any person of condition whp; passes-by. -Son see two intimate frjend3 meet or depart.— They* cover each : other with kisses.-^ You soo a party at dinner dr at supper. There is one dish, which is always liquid, Each eats by dipping a top intothe common dish, 5 So you aeo how fa-fcibrial and probable are the histories of the hetrayal of onr Lord by Judas.Bot l muht^ witli my journal : ;tie left thegood monks of. Kamlah at five o’clock on Thursday morning, and throngh iocoriceivably crooked and narrow pathways, emerged upon theplain of ShOron. An hour or two sof,fieed to bring ri sin to the . mooritainsof Judea, .which separate that plain- from -the valley of Jordon nod the Dead Sea. The essent is steep, the mountains are a mass or system, irregiilar arid almost rinreliev^d by'valleys.; In fact all of Palestine, including the site of Jerusalem arid toe scenes of Scripture history, Consists of these motjntainB, eiccpt^tho fi^atifal pkri^ofSharon, which lies be-tvrecn them and the Mediterraneandown, but at length we found' the holeiri the wall, Turkish sentinels on guard, and a narrow, low, ynlgar,iroUgh street, through the m iddle of which, along the gutter, xyc made our way, jostling, now against horses; assBes, camels, Turks, Arabs, Jews arid Christiabs, ’all differing from each other in costume arid; ad*, dress, but all equallybutrehud bizarre, while the voices, eries^ dispntbs, con* te otion s of a crowded pop a la tion added ito the coofusiob of the scene.: This was “ Cbristiari street;'’ hot a street that no Christian of any civilized state •would own. A fairer town without than Jern^lem I never tow; a bater: town withm 1 hope never to seo.Ift• ' . • • . • • • * WfiBKETBElmpaHGAMBJa.--Bance’8mM ' ClksnaJ* a a J jkm .^i — Mtlinaw•Sea.;--- Teii weaiy hours w.onuakibg pur way up those mountains to find too Holy City, inching thesummit of one; we descended it only to ascend another still higher, arid the rpatb often sharp, steep, stone stair* .ways, which only a trained animal can ascend or descend safefyV Nor haveyou ever seen any such mountain scenes^ Gardens, fields, trees, plants and sbfriba disappear; chalky rocks lie heaped on heaps, no hduse or habitatjon or manor beast, or yerdaro, except hero and there a tuft of brown dOad bnehes orgross, withered for want of Water orshader-00 sien of lift; except herb anda. shepherd, armed, with his reed,thereand his dog*and his Sack of sheep and gbats;, which. extract tome joice the ritofca of this dwiridled ‘and stunted v^totiom^;Then.oace in a Ipng way we find a ravine w here water is detaine d dnnog';the d^r season, and bore ore small fields And gardens, but the general rind almost «xc I obi vo aspect of the scone is one of desert and desolation.-; • •.:.We: fptnod a-ruined village on a bi^i eminence; bearing tho namo of Imtro-am^ - The legends ef the Christians say that it took its borne from the fact thatit WBB the hritne bf the malefactor who saffered death with tho 6aviomv Andwas pardoned by him on the tWto^ FortbrirOn I descended into the valley of Jeremiah, which is held to have been tbe birthplace of the JPrephet who most touchingly jBtrnck the chords of tho hearts of his earnest and deyotioual couDtrymen. DeaCending H»o; bcxfe mountain t found caves and seemingly tombs in a hamlet which con tains.per-J11i11Ilt;111
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Smethport Citizen
Smethport, Pennsylvania, US
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