The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1869-05-15

Of which, from its foundation unto the
period Of its capture by the Romans, was
kn-o own and recorded with un paralIeled
MI nuteness, suddenly wiped out from the
hSe q the earth, with nothing left to
mark It's site but gigantic heaps Of ruins,
on which, after the lapse Of Centuries, o
small and ugly looking town. was built
From the destruction of Jerusalem by
Titus down to the fourth century, the his
tory Of the city is blank but, from the
latter period until now, descriptions of II
hRve been numerous and detailed Cur
o9sly enough, however, no one before
L1eutenant Warren seems to have no
HGced that, while the correctness the de.
sGriptiOn given by Josephus Of { he ancient
city questionable, the fact that the sp.
peesRDce and comparative height of the
.hHlls, Snd especially the height Of the tenn
PIE wall are so different-the discrepancy
pointed out the fact that the surface ofthe
.nodern city is one hundred feet or more
asboVe what was the surface of thean cient
city Thus, Josephus speaks Of the dizzy
Height from the southern cloister of The
temple to the bottom of the K Kendron Val.
ley' At present the height iSanvthhg
sutadizzy one; but Lieutenant Warren
has ascertaiped that the wall of the tenn
Ole from It's foundation Ia the floor of this
.GloiSer, was 1873 feet the Cloister was
itself 90 feet high ; and the bottom of the
Vsley of the Kendrou, which is now onlv
a % feet below the wall, was in fact 925
Feet deep SO that the dizzy height " was
really 44S feet, or just about the distance
.of the 300 cubits mentioned by Josephds.
Lieutenant Warren comm enCed bis ex-
OcaVations at the southeast corner of the
8harem inclosure, spot where the wall is
remarkable for the size of the stone an6
its height, which is seventy feetaboVe the
present surface. The result of this exam
inatlon was the discovery of the trueSur
face Of the rock on which this portion o
the temple wall stands, at a distance o
sixty feet below the present surface anC
1893 feet below the inner level of the plat
form of the harem, The next excavation
was at the opposite end of the south wall
and here, after exposing the wall to tn,
depth of forty-fve feet, pavement wa
found, consisting of stones one foo
square, polished by the tread of fee
nearly 1000 years ago The workman
ship of the wall was beauti full, the lowe
course being " rusticated" butthe uppe
ones finished on the face, with ioint
eKquisitelv fitted so as to be hardl,
= visible. The "rebating" is from four e
slEinches wide, and set in black abou
three inches in theupper or dressed stonei
and eighteen inches in those not dresseC
This SHAFT was continued still deeper an
atthe depth of tighty-fve feet CALLER
was found running north and south, Ebic
was explored to a distance of $50 fee
Byanother excavations series of vault
was found under those which have bee
known as the stables of Solomon" Th
Masonry of the passage leading to thes
vaults is Of the first order of megalihi
Masonry, with stones upwards of fftee
feetin length, beautifully worked an
with 1the characteristic rebating." Til
roof is of large stones, rebated and lai
6St The discoveries made by other el
CsvatiOns are equally important and dt
Cidve, and they show, beyond all caviI, thS
the old Jerusalem still exist beneath { h
modern town.-Neto York WoRG.-