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THOMAS 14ACQUCEN, Eerroa-
huodred mosques lied as many lower*
ETAII k'md. of Jeb hietisg,tia the of which are of mosques in I bis city. This
Eaglets d eateutsd with (ilk is mqn suitable fur the Spaniards to
amines" end inhabit tbao any of tree towns we have yet
seen, as it hu unoccupied land' and water
CO►tTEZ'8 CONQUEST OF MEE100 for cattle which none of the others have
ho dweil in the other
The
st t molecolic:met of Mexico llfoot ocheremeot Cortez is us- greats that there is sot • rid e -breadth
quweooahly t u most remarkable events coo of land which s Dot cutirnted."
1■ the lora estrum a
oected with the discovery and early fettle- Aceordi°g to Cotes, '.he 6ousoa and gar-
ment of the New World,There
h reerwe fiod the re sod dells of sal to Bennef e of 8panise to Meraco odewere
,orbs•, at leaser of a a PI y eq
Dome civilization, the monuments of which lie describes with much detail is meeting
bito begun, in our own times,' to engage with Montezuma, or as he writes the name
( 6 learned. In Mexico Mrtteezuma, and tells bow be took off kis
"ore were a collier o
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tr THE GREATEST POSSIBLE GOOD
GODERICH, HURON DISTRI
believe they will eMtei• so hereafter....
Tide etas N very fertile under culwatiow
se then is much land, meet o(w btcb t• well
stared ; and the sated. of the city k.
more beautiful than aay in Spain, as it oat -
Mice many towers, and is situated is a
plain. Aod 1 annum your Majesty, Aft I
have counted from a mosque or temple*bl
a that we hare seen : and the multitedeof
e of
the attention o t • solation, a ownpeckf glass diamonds, aad
Caen was s• dunes pole
large towns, and thea was that prime put it on that of the Mexican chief—for
mover of human Wow' and daring --gold, Cotten never styles Montezuma king or
in abundance• This gold won are e as 11011- handful of in teed of the glass.ved two But here Iken a passaars
ge
queried and the g still mon characteriatie,;—
pnn hos, leo i one who owed to eleva- "Six days having gNeed, most powerful
Con wholly noo xperieneehe of tortoni for Prince, sioce I entered the great city of
Cornea bad a sho nee o i war or com- Temiiittan (Mexico), and having seen some
rind, nor bad o• shown c his early career things in it, though but a few cedlrared
in•icb passion for romantic adventure. But
great prospects gave birth to great hem, with a bat there was to be seen artemoied,
and these kindled inextinguishable passions; it seemed to me, Judging from these things,
hence the disregard of bodily fatigue and the and from what I hal observed of the coun-
which eerlainly mce, in irk the progress of all M ite of frequent ' your Mry, that jmwould souukoourceowtn interestsof
aif
Conquistadores. Cortez had the advantage, Muteczum& was in my power, and no:
e,
teof Bing ibe brat who trod that elevated wholly free free, rostrata% ; in ender that he
eters; them who came after him, if they miQbt not be diverted from the resolution
n b
were g,%pilt in heroic qualities, fell short and willing spirit which be showed in the
01 him WI opportnottioa. Pizarro1 the cos• service of your Majesty, especially as we
queror of Peru, was bot a coarse imitator Spaniards were 'somewhat troublesome and
of Cortez ; the courage had cunning of the difficult to please ; hest feeling annoyed on
latter bacilhs with the former ferocity 10" any occasion, he should do us seine serious
perfdioesoe . The extraordinary tepidity injury, and even might cause ell memory of
withbwhich the New World titre. explored us to perish, in the exercise of his great
and colonized, was dee/in-no slight degree power. It also appeared to me that if be
to the success of Cortef as under my cootrol, all the other coos•
The philosopher, it is true, utada.zled br tries that were subject to him would be
the surface of things, may doubt the genitlh more eaatly brought to the knowledge and
and bereismot the firstconquerors of Amer- service of yoaT Majesty, u afterwards
ica. Looking at the great inerttr baaiii . .rtete+
the lndosi•Om
t of als q 4s4waN to.
,esi•
ty; May utlriglg r~IlitMi
on a Wm,
of ilket o, which be soon after,
d, rtiOyed,:—
u'rbI. great city of Temiztita
is bitttated is trio salt lake;
Delw land to the denser parte
irftEbever ruute opts chooses t
di•ILnc° is two leagues. The
avenues Or eOtraoces to taro
which are formed by artificial
two spears length in width.
as large as Seville or Cordova ;
I speak of the noncipal Ogee.
wide and straigbT; mama these,
Ulterior ones, us half land and
are navigated by canoes.
has many public squares, in a jr heretical tendency. Correa, when st a
situated the markets and other places ass for suplus revenue, bethought him that
buyins and selling. There is one &qua he could manage the tithes much better
twice as large as that of the city of Sats than the clergy. lo fact, e proposed to
mance, surrounded by porticoes, where the Emperor to vest the Mhos in tube -
daily engaged morel s stity thou ' %e1D1Obolt da, for various curious proposition on deserves
e ; hut this
song, engaged in aoerend roe cg • to be set orth in the words of rid author :
where arew found world
a ad krone ra ingreb a .' The lap I recommend is, that a num-
that the world affords, embracing theP Q
cessariee of life, as, fur iottetace, articles • ber of religous persons (or priest ) as 1
food, as well as jewels of gold and oily- • f have already mentioned, zealous for the
lead, brass, copper, tin. precious stn -', conversion
i whom houses. people, should come
bones, simile, sod feathers. There an
s
exposed for isle wrought and unwr should
erected in thevs tle r ver
stones, bricks burst and marmot, ti ' tveal may
eeerri n them propertand that tidefray the expensese
hewn and unbwn. of dtfler•ct sorts ¢
of
• Every kind of merchandise is sold like building their houses, and for their support,
particular street or quarter assigned to lbo surplus to be applied to the erection
exclusively, and this the best order is pas- end
henting of the chre the Spaniards re ches in
well
the
served. They sell everything by number g'
sor erved them to sell anything byst so far we aweightr them. aOfftcers appointain the inted by yoy who ur Majesty
There is a building lit the greet vinare they should collect and keep an account of the
to used as an audiencewhere ter cm tuber, and with them supply the triunes -
twelve persons, wboan ma stratus, sit and tones and churches : for .which purpose
decide all controversies that arise re dm they will be more than sufficient, and a
market, and order detingneots to be punier balance left for the disposition of your
ed. In the samesquare there are other ppddtt Majesty. Let your Majesty petition his
sons wbo go constantly about among the Holiness [the Pope] to grant you ,tar
people, observing what is sold, ands- tenths of these parte fur tbia purpose, giv-
measures used in selling ; and they' It tag ism ,to understand the service rendered
seen to break measures thrill/weret i to God our Lord by the convention of innone true 'i people, which can be accomplish
ed Ir"
r'
"This great city coataiog a lade no weber wiy ; for if bishops and other pre •tea
pelves in wild
of temples, or houses for their (dole, vie aro sent, they will follow the customer'
of the low garden ,elle. "% Iere wt I or engages to exercises that
handsome edifices, which are situated int practised by y disposing
ie os o our fsn Qeeetates rut bad to employ ourselves, cooupnally dart- usrfut end, nay Iwill with frlM• *-
different diviners end the suburbs ; in the sent ay, y- t g pageants ng from side 10 side 10 •tad• thn ler.^e smutty labnu er eagaged m free 1%d.
pnectpal ogee .co.religious pennon of eszs the church,and expendingthem io Turku mounted on erpn sok vabm. j )g¢ing sus cutis im praise. Hie
particular met am constantly residing, for.' and other foolish matters ; and bestowing rtweallyitunR, lookedhollow,. „oncost ludas
whose use besides the houses cootainug rights of inheritance`r their sOnC OF r "suit to run 1111
evil "Il nor to Ike left and d itis
..the ntwie of dews overt moment. Bid the
o[ the oaravaos is loots r "► 1
.1sa rww.Y•rr ,j'Vat Mni
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W.) FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
putezuma and destruction of Meiico, not
any mean. flattering to ibe humanity
the Spaniard*, sod which account has
n translated late tepanteh by Don Carlos
ria da Bustemsnte, Implicit of lodtao
eat.
• 'he piety of Cortes has also been mush
gored, particularly by the be art nes
tors, Lorenzaoaa Archbubop of N'ex!co ;
, in truth, be if wed much zeal in the
tructio° of Pagan idols ; but, on the
ether head, he had a leaning to the moral
moil economical institution" of Psganlsm,
which the Archbishop, had he bee° aware
,jt, would most certainly bate condemned fog
in_ is my flritt dor. t7NN)rceild ire canted
for a &Aronson t c l» • (' ince, L recollected what the a/kW whiten
Mrs Dearly ItMk•rf. reset with w 1 hai11R K fifes t'vrtll►-Sed
nide, edged with Mie vied frgbten st tie concerning
the occurrences 10
ovoids,
of Almeria, which 1 have already
the , ought could not, i, which were nein-Am and which, a he was informed, had
them, not, it s evid:nt offer `!.
effectual resistance to cavaliers in a Tta en place m pursuance of orders from
armour, welding Coledo blades, and prove- Muteezuma. Having used the precaution
ded with matchlocks. if Cortez had, there- to station guards at the corners of the
fore, only boundless ambition and constancy streets I went to the palate of Muteezuma,
seder the reverses anung from hs own as 1 had before often done to vi itaim ; and
miscalculation', his eventual success was after conversing wit 1 bier In a sportive
meviuble. Whatever truth may be 'n• manner on agreeable topics, and receiving
reasoning, it would leave the world but few
heroes. All history—nay, the great globe
uld go
iitself ifn vapour, eavingnthis behind but aosmall resi-
duum
eal
duum of colouring matter and fax niers.—
W• are willing, therefore, to take Cortes
for a hero, since he did what appears to toithe
bulk of mankind to have beeq g g•
But its' exploits are what ere admire, not
his writings. His letters to the Emperor
Charles V. give us but an imperfect, and
on many groubds suspicious, accot•nl of
the conquest of Mexico. For a full ams
impartial history of that event, a well ,u
fer the personal history of the hero him
self, we must look elsewhere. Cortes was
by no means an elegant of the original --
Though his narrative is in geaenl tedious
-and artful, yet it offers some curious pad-
tsaaggeea, and late researches give us reason
to believe that his description of the opu-
lence and civilisation cif the country was
net so exaggerated as might be at first
imagined• For a picture of oatmeal pros-
perity, long once extinct, take the follow.
leg account of Tlascaia, which ililll exists,
though much decayed :—
u This city is so extensive and so well
worthy of admiration, that although I omit
mach that 1 could say of it, I feel assured
that the hale 110101 say will be scarce',
credited, Disse it is larger than Greeeda,
ad mach stronger and costains as many
fine houses and a much larger population
thee jhat city did at the time of •tie capture;
aad it ie much better supplied with fowls
and game, fish from the rivers, various kinds
of vegetables, and otber excZllent articles
of tool. There V (• this city a market, in
rty-thousand people are
aad maniac, beside many
who are ecattereu ■bout
market co*i&ina a great
es both 'f food and cloth -
Inds of shoos for the feet ;
old and silver, end precious
orpiment" of feathers, all as
as they aro possibly be found
c equates or markets to the
wee1 .There is much earthenware of
every •tTa aad a good quality, equal to the
beet of Bpeatah maeufecture. Wood, coal,
and medicinal planta us sold in
quantities. There are houses when
wash and shave the head a barberti,
also ter baths. Finally, there is found
ng the • well regulated petite ; them
pie are rational and well disposed, and
together greatly superior to t most
"tiered African nation ."
Add to this the description of the neigh-
ootr'tt1it g state of Cbolnla
" 1Yi inhabitants are better clothed than
Isere is she respects, as the
Pero amens of all weer cloaks
their other d la
*Kane, ma
end to dhow of Africa,
t uml*s them is being provided with
-dockets. the late troubles they have
leen ad ue true aad ehdteet vans
of year Mi , p.rformieg whatever Is
gegnlred of them he goer royal a.se, sad 1
at his hand. some Jeweis of gold, and one (which far surpasses all the reef, whose,
ofa g own daughters, together withe several grandeur of architectural details no human
daughters of his nobles fur some of my tongue is able to describer for within ill
company, l then said to him, ' that i had remcts, surrounded by a kf y wall, there
been weaned tofo what bad taken piaci, in a room enough for a town of five hundred
the city of tiautecal or Almeria. and of the (amine•! Around the iotenor of this en-
closure there are hardsome ed rices contain -
there ; that Q, that oca alleged in defence in largeha'',, and corridors, in which the
of hos conduct, that whatever he lead don'' rei •we Sona attached to the tem •Ir
l
was his pursuance ofordersfrom gird ; t rev de. There are lel': forty t •were, e h.ch
as 1, he could not d:eregerd ; that aro lofty and well built, the largest of which
I did not believe it was so, but nevrrt .q hu fifty step.; leadingto its noun buck, vnd
lees, in order to clear himself from the tris i is higher than the tower of the liner, al
nutation, it seemed to mo proper that he church at Seville. The stone and vvaud • f
should send for Qual po once std the other , which they are constructed are ell wel
As soon as the ono begs
out, pausing through the st t riots
filling with the population, just
their mifl•day repose ; eves yet
heavy with the strong perfume, even s
though it brew from a furnace.
• certainly was this aromatic meat pervading
the whole almospbere, which brought so
situ Iy before us that we were ie the East
in gond earioat now. It proceeded princi-
pally from the various spice', which form
ao hnt.crral a commodity of merchand,u•
tbere, and also from the penetrating odour
of flower., altogether strange to us, rising
from the numberless gardens a •weed. The
doop of all the houres were now thrown
wire open. fully di.playieg to view a sort
of veutbele or outer ball paved with white
marble, and amply furnished with setas sod
mations, a here each separate family as-
sembled to amuse themselves bywatching
the pasrers-by, and have the fulbenefit of
the evening air, In thea sedentary manner!
We on our part found considerable amuse-
ment in rxarnrning the successive groups
whose ' (Merino(' was thus laid open to our
naw. Tilt- party was almost always much
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NUMBER 1. <a,
try,' ria
lar
e to Wit a neighbours. • • On our
we pawed an Armenian church
ty I,ted by the lamps which at
re the russet's image
bl- Ott, decked out in tin -
alked along,
lotion
Vie
hu M
pleseutly
Carvem.—Tr.
Tuts Goon Mat.:,_fR bs
h.ppier reflection" than a wed
If we have Dees, d the worsi% see
our days and arrived far tote the
existence, how blieeful h the
of a virtuous and active life r
propensities have been grerilfed ;
bellowed deeds have been pewits
all behiod is beautiful to cott•espist•
glowing landscape in the dietetics.
beautifully has Blair expound the
days of the good man :
Sere the ham
Of the good man is Pe are. Hammier hie
Night dews fall sot risere Mtly le tile
Nor weary, worn -oat winds eipwe M
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Behold hien in the eventide el Ilfe I
the same, Two or three young girls ex A lite welt roust ' whose early care it
tremely pretty, for Smyrna is famous tor Its 11•a oyer year. should not upbraid bar
beauties, talking and laughing tn_r.ether in Ity unpen•eivrd degrees 1:e wean away;
their dainty little velvet j rkrts and em Yet hke the run seems larger a his setts
broidered sooners. A grace old papa lent- If you wish that- ouch an end may
ly stfwkiog his pipe, and work ni owl iike Snare, lite an upright and virtuous life, veil
at intervals ; • • and an old tear •rated cosi mat depend noon j• y and triumph •
on a great cushion, and dressed in a long
;aa. 'Che good man dies to pews. H.
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fur pelisse, tunversing with n kindred spin( thought" are not filled with dread. whets Ie t..
very like hereclf, in a tow mysterious enter, I rnntemplales his end, but his heart is full -
as old ladies are wont to do all rho wort,' „ j peace. Ile louts beyond the bounds o4
over, accord ng w their unalterable propen I ral.tence, end feels >jh.re is i■ resertatdor b
souse, whether they carry on the couturehim J ,) s which ibe hili(t of mai eaonot
trop in Greek or in English. • ' We conceive,
enjoyed the shifting 'merle, of this minora
ma of domestic life, all through the town : • l.er•STIT.-1:yerTvs,
n.ru,brr that t o w r! Iwo
lanes dark with the thick shade of the mu'- I always will lar.
and then we proceeded on by narrow quiet i
tie ria elwuld n-
:, h a of bas ea -
r ,r mdu►try.
r
befry-trees meeting overhead and green am i.e lru idler, whose enevg'li tli•
with the massive foliage of the prickly pear, and body are rn•ting ler wait of
and long clustering vines spreading them the u,utaken. beirg wbo p.soit!
luxuriance far beyond the Ment u a relief to h u • i•nwttL -
Wolf! th ogres stemetent baR••
. All All P fMnt° black)
liver cut or b our hair Trn°r t t
J 11 1 t 1
tree.
this Kati of Mega ;
eotntry formerly haW their. -pries*
!r way' !re ;•''d epodeeam'•
ea N
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f
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d eevwottttw d tbett re lion ; reg the town with a s*sa►•frequ reerst sol w tba•
enols, both noble/ belwaw+, Witt ,,,(bits le _Witt* pnck• tit Wit." . 'leading oto the intoner d thrlsoMt lx h btmfeess. fib*
NO laced is the teetplee tot- wear the std ebaetity, awe aetiadef the • it is surrounded y a ea•kree lee N awl y 1 d the
P ei ht' wss nmshed with death • now if they saw lofty and lururtent trees.w►kY senders the cnjnyment to your own soul•,
same dress from the age of seven or g P moving pic'ure hourly N bean" oo it soil
years until they are taken out W be married; that the affairs of the church and what re (tiara ►.siting• First, distinctly heard tit
A hick occurs more frequently wtth•the filet- laced to the service of God were entrusted
born who inherit estates than with the to canons and other dignttar'es, and if they the intense ,•iiilnean of the air, cornea the
others. The priests are debarred from nnderrtood that rhes were the mom►tern of', low tinkle of the camel bells, and :hen, ap
female socjety, nor is any woman permitted
to enter the religious house!. They also
abstain from eating certain kinds of food,•
more at some seasons of the year than
others. Among these temples there is one
which every
emgmged1.
other
the dry.
variety ,g(
halt moi;
jewels
stotteir
we
in
1
the confidence and teepee! of alt those
whose respect in worth an of .rt to Mata.
There is no art or sere nee that ie tlf/-
cnit for industy to attain.; it is the rfftt od-
tongues and makes • man un, er►
God whom they beheld indulging in vicious peering and vanishing again. among the f teed vied
habits and prnfaneners, as are the case ui waving branches, the long uodu{ating pr's
valued in all countnee, and by all mhos' ;
these days In Spaih, it would lead hem to • cession is seen to wind airing the n•nJ•— It is the ph"tenpher'f Nuno, that turns all
undervalue our faith and treat it with den {s (h.•c necend the road, the vailous,fijcct.
metals, and even "tonere into gold and
cion, and all the preaching 10 the world of striking interest which form as a whet.,s„tiers not ,'ant to break into Its dwelling;
would not be able to counteract the m,e l see pictureeq :a a scene, are gradua.ly die- t ;s the north-west passage, that brims
cLief arlaing fro.n this source.” ulaced in slow suecesewn ; then descending the merchant's ship ai r non to bite as he
on the other s ,:e, ' he l rain ie lust aun,e ' can desire ---in a word, it car grier■ all ene-
- — the green woods and pr p cunt. rock!, 1111. floe., and make fortune ilselfvpay eoutrihi•
Iona afirr, it may be .eo ,,, bks n dark ver tion.
• cent. w n ling over the bv'w' of the bill
tt tt.r heal ' 1 thn incl, v. 'Its the drmurf' iiI"T9 To inn Lao.EO.—While Ladl•'e
and moil. st r,'t ,• ij,i h v, (ceding, without it ver.t In maintaining the su.ctly defensive .b71.:11:`,bit urb71.:11:`, the -whole procession, and tin' cnnd;-,tion, 'he min must aalunll , .e it
;ter whose guidance alone, hie magnificent I were, take the opposite line—that el olte& ;
nmpamone will consent to move a step;' u'herease, if both pectis Aoki aloof, thirst
IIF.NEDiCT TO A BACHELOR -
Don't lrl', me " you haven't got time"—
That other hogs c;e.m your attention
There's not he leapt reason nrahyn:e
In the wtwst ea'a•e you e•n mention.
Don't telt me about" other fi.h."
Your duty is done when you buy 'em ;
And you will neve( rehab the dean. I and, meekly f„!fuwin him, a eirtng of some
• Cnless you've a woman to try 'em. g would be no more Macri and the two
eighteen or toenry cane Is move along vooih` harts esu ild dl. in their reap alive inactioy
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You may dream o(yoch (ami, i htheirstetic p,
peculiar andgraceful
But the story may chance
e to miscarry ; necks w
movement, and looking with their halt -abet
eyes as gentle and mild, as In reality they
are vicious and Bang- erne. The dncere.
who guide them by the ♦nice alone, are
mounted on their back. ; the flow ng dra-
peries of their oriental dressy. gathered
round Them, as they sit with folded arms
muuaing thoughtfully. • • On one aide
of the stream, in an open !pace lying at
the (sot of a green and vine -clad hill, the
whole of the gay world of Smyrna wis as-
.emblod, reposing on seats placed beneath
the she le 01 the nuniernua trees, or memo
ices at the dr•ors of the little rent's' is cafes
••rec'ed for thi it acrommoda t, -n ; and on
the other aide, directly °pone te, lay the
beautiful turkish cemetery, with its monnt-
lol cyl'rr+•os,, it. gloomy ahadee, its silence,
x10 sadoe.e• and els dead. .'ill the l;;iro-
,•eana wren walking about, talk ng an,.
la•i_hm,• and looking •xact!y 5..Europeans
,lee every•wv'.ere eke, except that they wore
•n t' nrnnghly pia of keeping w.th the vel con, and dieters that, for the ora hundred
low gl ,ars, the bonnets and feather., ilr year. ive will love nn longer. Lel tau
gar. and tans, were quite int.upportahli 1 ',meg women come and make love to n. ;
nn.rr 'hat gprgrnua Eastern sky, and unr
prtoeipt! men of that city, who had been wrought in every part, that ni-t h,•, co Le The brat way of sending ons '• ti' x
toinitis slaughter of the Span, aide, ;better done. for the ;ntenor r.f tl•e chop('.+ To posterity, Charles, is to marry.
thaott the
he truth n( the matter might bel containing the idols con.rots , f e ire, And
Afterre e lam fling 10g own—
means no u
known, and those men punished, by w'hieh jj ima er wrunght i❑ st.•ne, vv t'i T 1'd very much ntfitr lx known,
he would sh.vo your Majesty of h:` I ceilin s, and wood -wont carved in 1'''„' Through • beauuful son than • sonnet.
loyal a:......,,.,..' beyond "al diaputo ; L•.l g
and painted with figures of mono/ r+ an.;
instead of the rewards which your Ms; '•''” ether (Arc's. Al',these tonere are t.e
would order to be given h:rn, the reports "t ur'sf aan flares rf the nobles, l every cliapi
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these outrages migJjt provoke yo•ir Mar.. ,n them is dell rated to a , l ,lar idea 1.•
ty'e anger against im on account of ho which thry pay tbe.r devotions."
havingepmmanded the injury to be ,ton" These id ;Ie were soon ^roc 'ate,l (r• n
since I Was well Ntipfied that the weal
i ' their prdeatale, and images of err Lady and
was contrary to what those men Lad de Sa:ou were sit in their stet,'. The tui, ,-
shred."' ing we do nut believe :—
The offending csz.quc, Qaalpopora, was The figures of the n; o',e .n soh , 1 t',se
brought to the capital, as our readers ariece sur ate io stature a per+ tc
probably aware, andyvNth his followers, was I people more than rho pordinary s xr ; 6 n"' ,I
burnt alive. Cortez tells this part of the
story with much iaiselt'. "BS they were ofmore
znf used for („rid, ground .n,' 'i to
pub',rcly burot in a .quare of the city, with- t"g
out crating any disturbance ; and on Om
day of their execution, as they coafe.sed
that Montezuma had directed them to kill
the Spaniarde, 1 caused him to be put in
irons, which threw him into great contact. -
nation." All this war martfeetly done
merely from the motives shove intimated,
namely, " to subaerve the t°terests of your
Majesty and our Own Pec urity ;" yet Cartel
had some apprehension list he might offend
royal .empathies, and see, in respect of hie
demeanour towards Montezuma, he writes
to the Emperor :—
a
"Scch was the kindness of my treatment
towards him, seri his own contentment
with bar situation, that when at deferent
times I tempted hum with the offer of his
liberty, begging that he would return to
his palace, he as often replied that he was
well pleased with his prneeet quarters, and
did not wish to leave them, air he wanted
nothing theft he was arcuetonned to eery
is hie own palaee ; and that in rave be wont
away, Dere would be reason to frier the im-
portunities of the local gowereore• his
vassals, Might lead hirr to act simnel his
own wishes, and in nppositic o to Soar
Ma /y, while he desired in every possible
inatimMer to promote yore Majesty's service;
that en Sr be had *formed them what he
paired to have deme, and was well Content
to remain when he was : end show{d Hey
wish /e suggest.myibieg to him, he rout'
seewer that he war test al liberty, and thus
*revue himself from alienate( to them.'
Cortes this &estrlbee the original 0117
r
r'her.,and kneaan,l with Lir 1,1 , -,1 0
human heart, takr n fr-m lhn breast of
loving persons, from which a nestle 1p rifled
In 1 aufficlent quantity to form lar.•^•'
et•tuee. When those are r,r,ple1e:l the%
make them offerings of the hearts of other
victims, which they sacrifice to them, and
besmear th' rr faces with the blood
The 'Machiavellian character of Cortez
is manifest in every page of lea dispatcher.
Ile cnnslant'r 300A hot d'ssnnd.,ti n and
fraudti!enl intent ns . ppl rr uas Lip .01r
morality, and his.(-ra,•i,nil frankness
but an artifice to en'rap other. \' !We
hr theei erpnunde hie crafty scheme, 1.. th'
Emperor, aro son to place (Mohr 1 fa t',
all his reprr.entationa 1 (ver a;nly
it I..tbviona that his object was t„ dr
acribr' hr. Burettes to the conal gl,.0Ing
rnlonrt, to figure as one devoted to the
Emperor and religion ; an an int nrhlr
warrior, and beneficent ruler ; and, Foa'ly
whsle claiming to have done won• ero for
the imperial treas^ry. to 0x011m huneelf at
the same time for not remit mg large anms
In Eornpe. Mr. Poison demands (or him
the preiae 01 humanity to the Imlu0a, but
son hel,rce that it ,mild regime no great
reae.rch to dteprooe him claim nn the'
.more. Cortes mimeo among the lnJ:an'
who grieved with hum• "one Irlri•ncb'I.
twenty three or twenty-four Seen of see
of great gallantry, beloved and feared 1.
all ;•' and here is religion to believe that
this gallant follower of the corq recur to Ibe
identical litli anthill who wrote in th'
( Mrzieao language an account of the 1.11 n'
1 could glee you a bushel ni reasons
For choneing the " double estate ."
It aeries with all climates and seasons,
'though it may he adopted too late.
To one's par•ot• 'us ( gratefully 1 due ;
1ivat think what a iserthle th,i.g
'Twoold ha.e been, •,r, for me and for you,
1f oar's had neglected he nog
Don't seareb for an "angel" a minute :
For, suppose you succeed, in thea eTiel,
No happine e'er could he in it,
For the match would he nt' hey unequal
The •ngela, it must be eonfeaped,
in tins world ape rather uncommon ;
And allow me, dear Charlet., to suggest,
You'll be better content nth8[Kauktrirrielar.
MOTHER, THY NAME
Morena, a tghtnha 'tongue of olier far,
tell:
1 -hap nog
r ,» sort to me a guiding star,
To know thee was to love thee well;
To love—to worship—for e'en now
Fond memory hlends me with the past,
grid had marked thy silent hrnw ;
That net was fiat—'refill be laid.
vv I'hnnt ever coming to a W Ile. Thus, it
i. evident that, as the [edits Brill net, the
(nen erupt take the offensive. I, for illy
JO
part, halo made, in the cot ree of my life,
et least a score of chivalry is attests ape
Revers! strongly fortified hearts. Soave -
times 1 began my worse tou late is the
sea#Jan, and winter suddenly came and me-
dered its completion •imposeibl•:' Bow's -
time• 1 have attacked the breach madly,
sword in hand; and have been plunged vio-
lently from the scaling ladder i.10 the ditch.
S,'mctrmer I have made a decent lodgment
in the place, when—bong ! blows up a
min •, and 1 am mattered to the deem
And sorueumee, when I have been in the
very heart of the citadel—ab 1 that i ab ala
ea}, it !—a sodden panic hes struck me,
and i have run like the Rumens out of Cu-
thegena.
One grows tired after a while of sock
per Kula act:vily. is It not lime that too
Iadies' should take an innings r let us
•.v,,lowere and bschelore, form an associe-
rpnmL'd '•y all tl,e striking attributes of
As
alt scenery.
The !n ; s.n,( abnve are is crowded by
an „I t r -ed castle, wh.ch, while tt adds
let them write us verse ; let them ask .,a
to dance—gel "e reps, and cups of ie., met
help ns on with our cloaks at;;the hall doer :
and If tb•y ere eligible, se may, perbar-.
b Ind'errl to yield, and say. ' 1.e ! .b,•s
to it r ; .1 10.rple appelranre of the too n.(L,p,tins ' I reply never -1 us, goni iga:,'i f
r -• t ,nl'restrne •,cher (rem em Ass, Pvra '.
•
,r ' .t 0,(41 (ra.'iln)n. Sole of t',e
t1 oher--dear !Maier '—on thy breast
, rl pp t., it , Mit 1 pr'rerr'
I bow my heed—whir anguish deep, I I •. is re t. ' y i ►us, sessile Wars '
to rest / •I,tini l watch the ,I;spr•rsinn of t`e •
e.•r•i . —it you err • singer, sea •little
foie lay—poor Joy—that lull!
1',irate o'er me—like my childhood's alien
ti hen nestling to thy bosom pore,
I thought not—felt not—pang of pain,
Rot, hnehed, lay in thy arms twelve :
More has 1 e'er ran be &Qa'n.
Mether—tied mother !—all n( thought
That life esti g'vHf<rnon prove :
Is tJ,ne—sed only thine—for o,.ngkt
Can be beloved—as y
\rid meld 1 eho•er my dries else,.
Wisps (lad shall esti me is y leer.
\hrr 1 ►averse throes%
1'1 treed. 1,1.1 but breath epee thy brut.
vire - 'crnn -t around ne . . - • iU.O
lr., i' rtr Of tt a .Ingers ; 1,.•.eaise
g t'd thing, and ibe lMgar
'•, err tLe '1' ttrr.
11.1.''.41g h.,e of the sky had deepened int 1 N. „ n ,, n .Ipso al unwire/. de ltwfL•
gl ,nt,.n=• porplr, and the painfilly v'v a ,1. -pi• 'r sir sen et unwire/. ehureh s
lore hhen r.placed t by the t fl faint e' no: ,o place I .r h v poenry herrn.., to .Iter .t
gght, the *holm of the varied asern,, I pre-
unr rase on turA os'taeww/ ib"al's that
pried to r•t,irn to their homes. 1 ne ne your c^n•c„•nee d"pe nal Itowlbe .
gro slaves gathered up the innemerah t 7 W htfn you are tetlue a .tory keep Iant.h.
carl.ete and enshtnns, wb'eh they had in nurse(, and then,►v .ympatht, fie
brought for the sec', •tiosion of tbetr Ma g y la
1• tsehned'n d., ao It
hemmedan masters, shoes desire at all
times to mike tl.emeelvee comfortable is so
•trong,lba1 they regularly bivouac wherever
company
will he w
before you
e
When yis
Before a revising barrister, the other dar they go, eve for an Auer oe two. and •M,
1 'Janettei'Janette
e being asked bow Inc knew that a gentlemen themselves takingnut teir * uentree
:nen and woman were Leeband aid wife. pretty little paper lantern proceed to pick '
relied, hersues w N had often hear( mthe et their which ytie ugh ilia, he tow aided CPSOI to any tbent WhIlm tbeit vis 'k Te
tidy blow the III MAI
upbe t The "rimer light.and render time derkeese sem le e
,f rnarrrage" VIII Lind to he toseles»e. two trope.
f
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s t.yti'.
Ndal, the Port s, tial .
f tl *to awaken amen,'(
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