The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-09-23
Architecture and Lnsiurrring Among the
inritntS.

Publisher. Philadelphia, Penn, have ia
pres. work it,.n the pen &c DIR j. r.
Barclay, wLo si.nt four year as Missionary
IN the iioly Land This work viii be- illus
tratcd with thromocrsplic Illustrations,
printed IN ten ealar.. steel aud w.el cnsra
sing- periseopir Panorama of the entire
circuit - the cits vi Jerusalem AMI environ, !;
Explanatory Diagrams anil map, The nr.
made MANY valuable d,.cuycric IN the Tenn
pie Enclosure, Mosque III Omar, Tomb oi
David, and IN the sibtcrrancaa r,.ek sall.ie
ies unier the city. which Will la. presented
IN his Forthcoming work The city III the
Great king, viii 49, entirely new t. the
christian public ami a. the world We look
ior the work with interest W. take the
following from one &c The Philadelphia pa
pers on the subject.
Among the wonder that arrest the atten
ton and claim the admiration II the pilgrim
to Jerusalem, he Itrl",acan architecture
~ the - r.. AMI = " cnrncrS iii the Tenn
pie Enclosure and the remains ~ ~.tmnon's
Bridge arr rerhap. the most astounding
M wonder thar there wa no more spirit
in the goud pn.en 1T Shela. "a evidenced
by the declaration that the half had not
l,cen told her elen she saw his acts. and e.
I-ciallv hl, ttf u'vFtn the ascent bv
which be- went up into this lIansc IL the
Lord Nv the wonderful bridge sIsnninr the
Tyrolran Valley. anal thu, aiinrilug access
Ia the Temple Mount from the Till Lion.
Over this immense structure. ran the alue-
duct conveying tie water from his maeniii
cent reservoirs tstill hcarinr hls maine
through firmly eem.ntcd stone work sif
mites iovg. traeeahle ~ The present time
through the village ~ Bethlehem t. Mount
Muriah, whef. IL cmptles into an immense
,uhtcrrcanean reel 81 the use II III. Priests
in their abutians. The Temple and in some
measure the city. were supplied from ID. in
exhaustablc soaree--' The Fountain Sealed
The subtetraaean r,oins beneath these
pools, with the keystone arches, identity its
construction with the reign II solomon
thus destroying I'll. general belief that the
arch H. II Roman origin
Wh,acc came tar.e immense masses ~
rock in III. Temple wall, aud bow uere they
raised 10 their present position seine 1T
these stones MEASURED eighty feet in length,
above the surface 81 tins ground
However rareslasisal this work mas an
pear e. tie esllsctnting traveller, AMI until
now e. the ltarn.i antiquarian. tits mss
terry ha. az last Leon solved D., mn-t inter
cs,ine and Important discovery made by Dr.
Barclay, iar so,ne wears an American Mis-
sionary at Jerusalem, aud author nj n forth
coming work. entitled tn. City IL the
Great King
While resident ~ thr holy city. having
heard vague accounts ~ an immense cavern
beneath the city. he was constantly an The
alert % gam ans information that might
lead Ia The precise lo-'ality "f this interest
ing place. On walking around tine pt,hern
wall Immediately opposite the cave 81
jeremiah, las lsng a the jealous eve II the
Turk would allaw, IN the immediate vicinity
of the Dana 60 gate, wlaeli i lelt ul.i"r
constant rtaf. Hi attention VIA. attracted
BY Iii. d,ss, apparently ~ tho SAINT Tor game
or L@.d iot ahis. T. iusthwith ean4la.
active miniils operation, with has fore paws,
and soon Affected an entrance. VI time
wa lnsi nefae linz IN. feet tnrolna l thr.mgh
n narrow hoI. harels largc cnoaish IL admit
the body 4 complete exploration IL this
gigantic artificial quarry occupied fllf entire
night THE plat ,lsaa II u " uare than
a thousand if,s.f ia arcamisFeHee. With ma
mcn.a ahlftatAssn i.sil-, hava. tier rea-
Supported h. pillar, arpsreHtsy ieit lot
that purpose, AMI pallerIea AMI erspts, IN
the end were visible the marked blocks to
bc cut ~ well n several large naasses PR
pared hut never removed. Above a l-auti
FIJI pcllncid little p3tl 81 hrarki~l and bitter
water may h. ss..n Is.tfiiirl stalasiitcs that
sparkle like chandeliers IN hriliantl, light
| al hall rom, when exposed "a the light II
the iiambcaiix. SNAIL pieces If enockcry
were also observed beautifully eaefiisted
| il -ry Deposit In The southern end III
q quarry VA found = mast singular skull
now IN tie Aeadem, of Natural Sciences al
! this city. Imagination II lett ire IN assign
| ing 10 This person 4 locality pr unrays llng
the myst.r. 1T Biz death. " Ia ean sal
hut that the .leaehed hand 1T this aiyrn
turous explorer, 3,.S' years aga
Held ., ss..lon,ol.'. own invitation
4 torch II tie great feiafis dsssisstssu
On comparing seine ii th. chipping. n
| the block In I'll. case with the hn2e Stone
| In the Temple wall. tho origin II thes. ina
mcnse STONES and the means hy which III sram
the Great phanician architect placed then
in their position in the Temple bs rollin;
them down tie inclined Ilaee, Is Al onc'
made apparent. J. not this fact also ex
panatory Of " hat Ezra mentions N relation
to some ~ the large rocks in tils Temple re
paired w Z.rubahel, which h. calls ih'
stone, ~ rolling
But shall not anticipate the pleasure 4
be- deprived from full description by th'
author of this interesting discovery IN hi
forthcoming work. Is IL not little singl
lar that ell the discoveries Of note in th
Holy Land have been the work II Amer
cans
Who will now say that this cavern, Cor y
many centuries unknown to the christia
world, was not the quarry in which til
chisel and hammer SO skiilfully wroneh