Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-07-06
The ExpIoraIloa. M Io 1 at -Ierusaiemi.. ls,,iii.,..

The Explorations at -IerusaIen.
The first operations were commenced
on tile western wall, atsa point near what
Lis known as Wilson's Arch. 1t receives
| this name from the fact that it was first
discoyerell by Captain w ilson, who hMa,l M
not the means, however. to prosecute
any mining operations. captain War
fef7s exploration proved this arch to be
Zone of series forming Fiaduet which
| led from the Temple toward the palace
of Herod on the western hill. and COLI
| stituting perhaps the very bridge across
which Jesus was conducted from Plate
to Herod on the day of his trial. TIE re-
mains of a winding aquedaet, cut in the
solid ROCK. beneath This bridge, We're also
discovered. Part of this brfdge has fal-
| len, and broken and buried The. aque-
duct in its tail; and the original pave
| ment of the ancient road in the valley
/ itself is now forty live feet beiow the
present surface formed, by the RUNS of
| the ancient walls and houses. Nor is this
ALL. A perieetnet- work OF snbterranean
| cham berss was also. disclosed, some on
which were probably used for the stor-
age OF food, and others as aqueducts and
cisterns. And the, whole result more
Ethan confirms the ideas of architectural
grandeur which the books of the Bible
land the pages of Josephus combineds to
Egive,a but Wf1ichS have hitherto been re-
garded by many skeptleal minds as apoe55
/ ryphaf. Sss
! Along the.SoutherIi wall his discoye-
ries We're scarcely less interesting. Here
1 he found adoubie pavement, one twenty
ithree, the etlIer forty -three teet below
1 The pI esent surface of the ground. Here
also he found some curious. remains both
| OF Hebrew and OF Christian origin. The The
following Description of MS expioTa' 'loils
at Ehist poln ia Ken nom one ei, nus 4st-
uers written at the flme,swill aIford the
j reader a more graphic picture ofsthe
4 dIft1c and aanger Whfcn atLenueu
/ his 1nyestigatlons tnan can De gwen py
lsany general descT1pu1on: t,5sss p s
lIa FRielaRs have arrived at a depth OF
seyeTtv-nine feet. the men were breaking
tiip a stone at the bottom OF tile shaft.
i Suduenly the ground gaEe7 way, down
Il went tie stone and the hammer, the men
5sDafely saving them Ives: The ationce
rushed .up, and told the sergeant, they
Ehad found the bottomfess PIT. went
i down tothe.spot and examined it; and.
IN order 3tiat- YOU may have an idea oi
1.-The extent of our work, / will give you q
f6lescriptien OF our descent, - t7zzS 1.sT.-
i et.rbe shaft, mouth is on the south side
Inf sfbe sanctuary wall. near the southw esI
mole .aIIt,f,fso fi,e. ffit.kfy- t,eafs besidt
4 r. fns fine east. living against, the Sane
tt,sfs l,asT beeu hroi1oht. Il +, =. while oye,
she Tooy1f, ifseIi Is d fianguiar oip. witt
Il i'm Slssey aff,t,sed win ptIy for iiIn.
Il nin,y M tine. ev,.austed ssoli, IoeLiup
II dow, the sshaff- one sees that it is lined
4 Tor the first stSye1tys teet with frame.
4 four feet six inches In the clear; furthei
II DOWN the Sanctuary wall and soil Gu
i througIr are SEEM aud u man standing a
/ the bottom. An, order is given 10 Thi.
80 = -fr -
4 heard a sepulchral yoice,answ IS ering, as Il
'l were from another world. Reat.hine
4 down to the man who rs visible is
thirty-four-feet rope-Iadder, and, or
Il descending by.it, one finds he is'standins
IN a ledge wnich the ladder does no
i touch by four feet. This ledge is the toI
!. of wall running north and south, ant
Il tssbutting on the Sanctuary wall; its cas-
!; face iust cuts the centre of tire ssllaIt
!, which has tote earfted off about two fee
I toward tile east. lust where some large
4 loose stones jut out in the must disa-
g9eeable manner Here five more frame.
4 nave been fixed to keep these stones
Il steady. On peefing down from this
4 ledge one sees the Sanctuary wall, with
i It's projecting courses, until they are losl
Il in the darkness below observing also, al
the same time, that two sides OF the shat
are cut through the soil, and are self
,lsupppItluS.. NoW W 70 uescehuttnls 5ecoAe
i drop the Iadder Is again requireo, ac
i eordiHgiy, having told the man at@ tne
bottom to get under cover. IT. ls5 ioweiee
70 the ledge, trout whence u Is ioana ina "a !
q It does not reach TO the bottom by severn
tfeet. It Is therefore lowered TO the re-
q Kquired distance, and one has to reach i
by climbing down hand oyer hand fol
about twelve feet. On passing along ont
u notes the marveiyus joints OF the sane;
tuary wall stones, and also, probably
gets few blows on skull and knucklei
from falling pebbles. just on reaching
the bottom one recolleets there is still !;
el pit Of unknown depth to be explored
can De seen that one course IN lne p4nc
tuafys wal, near lle pottoii, on. IS guis s'.
smootn an over, the STONE DelHg s,;' nnet'
dressed, All otner courses nelhg only wen
dressed around the .dralts one also see
q Two gseout DoaT9s y lng against the sane
tuary wall, under Whlch the men retlr'
whenever and accidental shower OF stone'
renders their pos1tfon dan ngeroussz On
is nov. at depth OF seyenty-nlne lee
from the surface, and from here we;com
mence the exploration OF the spottomIes
pit AIter cropping rope Gown, W.
found that lt was only SIX feet deep
ehoughslt looked black enough Tor an!
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