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I‘ Selling Of. _
...ia Large Stock of Dry Goods!
,_-’l_AS. MALLORY 80 co.
7. AVING in ‘i-onterrrplatiou, u tahaiige in
" * their tiiisi.icsi=. would nfii-r to the polrlii:
lIlt.If entire stock of Dry Goods. i-ornpiisitrg ii
large and superior a~sortiiient of Fancy and
Staple Goods, at a trifling tidvaricc from co-t,
for cash. ‘
Tttey would say to those who may be in w.-rnt
ofgtiods. suited to the present and approaclt-
.ing seasons, that we have on hand every ar-
ticle that may he called for. and that. if any
are desirous of buying Dry Goorl.-, at their
own prices. the o,.pr.-rtuniry is now iillhrrled
(hem. \Ve'll engage that any calling on us.
with the expect:-.tiott of buying cheap, shall tint
go away diaappoittlrtil. _
\Ve have just receiver! in atlditioii In our
former stock. a very large \,lS.~'tirln'l(‘lll oi Ne“;
Grinds. atnottg wlricli wt rnention the l'nltou—
iog ‘articles’. viz:
,S£lUf.Ir€H.\'
B.-cater Cfu
Cnxsiiitercs.
l/ts. ,B'f0(lrf(f/o//L.~'
Ve‘.~'fI'./rg.\‘
F/mntels. Bcru:crteerr.c, Bztrrairr C'orrI'
. f
Tic/alrrgs. Linen ruirl (‘r-(mu I17’.-.7ret.v .=l/-
§_.]mccr_ts. C/l'lI..s'!l.II.s‘.rlf'II..v/1'rr r/c Lam-.- ;l,.er-r.-
_. nos, Brmtbrtzi/uzs. and Gt,-:gt'r.'r./n.»-.
Al~tt. Sjlltifllllll ltil "l.lSilksI||.I‘\’l‘T\' Sb\ll'. r‘-)IllI
in fact rilin-is-I evyry thing else in the \&;i_\. of
Drv (iinirl~.
lillutrt Curtis, I'Eel'(‘.Ill{lIll. Tailor.
.4, .
.3~ -:,y,,',.;”M,,»v;-4
M ., . . .
r t " ,".- ., "
V HE ptiblic are re-sperzttrrlly rotorrrn-d. that
the subscriltor has taken the store rt’!-‘vttl ly
oiccupierl by derirge W. R..=iymottrl. for the.
tpi~rt'pti~‘c "f cundiicting the tailoring ltiisiiie.-5.-
He tliiul-ts he can say without r-gr-t sttt. that
his experience Il7I~' ht=+.-it s"cli as to warrant his
cotilirlertce in his ability to give sittistiictirrti to
those ftivoriittgliirn with their patrott:i,t_r_e in any
htraiic-"h of his htisiness. The, latest fttsltittns
will be ctiitsiilzerl lroth irt ctrttiiig and lrill'ttt'llfll-'.~
Attitll all garments made to order, warratrted to
lit. Partictiluar and prompt attention paid to
ciitttirig.
ON litirirl 8 good assortuiratit of Clo!
simeres. Vestiirgs and 'I‘riinriiiii<;rs.
Also :1 large quantity of ~..<tor:is.~‘. Cttll5'I'S. I30-
grgrna, tfirti rats. Stispeiitlers. Gloves. <'5£c..
Ei.i=i:tt.'r CURTIS.
Norwalk. May HS. ISII-3.
Its. Cus-
-4
I HE sub-‘crib
his friends and the pul)llC. that he has re-
moved tothe west side of‘ the Brirtge, at the
3|and~IaleI_\' occupied by R. S. Pr-nnoy_e.', and
l'.aving’purcbased his stock in trade, is now
reatlyito furnish the public with the. host psstiri .
mentof articles in his line ever ofiered in this
market-sticb as Saddles. Bridles. llttrllrsserh
Trunks, Valises. Carpet B‘-'g3. M_3"'I"£‘iI°--“-
Haners ant! (jullafs . Alt"). 3 .\‘ll[lP.l'll)f ilSSOIl'
merit of Carriage and Ritlin-1 \Vltips-
Saddle and harness Triittniiugs of all kinds.
S.-irldler‘s Silk, and ti general assortment of
articles usually called for in eslalilishtncnls Of
this kind.
Also. a good aSs0l’l!ltPnl of Elastic. and \V<*.lJb
Braces of his own mariirfactiire. made for
durability as well as convenience.
The above articles, the l.Il'll.It:fsl,_':l)elI pledges
liirnselflo sell. as low as they can be .found
ei,,,,w.1,er-e. TIE patronage of the public is
respectfully solicited.
N.'B. 'I‘he strictest attentionpriid to all kinds I
of repairing. Wii.i.i.tni B. SWAN.
N,,‘,w_g[ik, Drtvt nlltfff 1.
EN EAL sttrgci-y.—.-\. Hill, Dental
Surgeon. offers his services to the public
in evorv department of Dental Sur.‘!EfV-.
Olfic'e as heretofore. in Burrall’s Buildings.
Rcfcrencss--J’ A. M’Lenu. M. D; Ira (Jreg
ory, I“. D; Hun. T. 8. Butler, HOD. Benj.
lsaacszflev-"Dr Mead; Rev Edwin Hall; Rev
G N. Smith. Norwalk."Nehemiah Perry,M.D.
Ridzcfield. R. B. Bottsford .M. D. Dartbury.
Mr.=..Iu.vr-llR.ridget-s Colchester. Wm Witter.
M. D. Willimanlic. Ct.
(1 doz Reports of a superior
'._‘! uality. .50 do; Pocket Knives, fine aria
low pr_tcgd_,just received arid
for sale by
W .0 STE???-
§’*isi;t:'MBEri 219—NEW ‘SERIES-
:I- tlrr--ir adtantrrge Io calI_on
,ar his Sliirtt. uho will give them his terms as
A Rare Chance.
A I‘.-LRDI FOR SALE.
The s'Ulhi(‘!‘Ibl:‘I' offers for sale his
l*‘at_rn, situateil in New Canaan,
near the center of said town. Said
. farm consist of45 acres of meadow.
itl -ugh and Wtmtl ltltttl. with 8 good orchard of
,t_tralieil fruit trees. and a large aul convt-uient
dwellirzg lionse, barn. and other out buildings,
in good repair. stat_ding thereon. Also, a nr ver
failing well of‘ excellent water a few feet from
the door. Said fzirin is in good repair. and
under ti high state of trtllliwilitin. Any person
wishing to purcliase. will do well to call on the
.~'llI)SC'l’Il)t?l', living on the premises. as it will be
sold at a great bargain. Piiytnenls madr-ca:-y.
The subscriber has also. several other small
tracts ufland lying near the above described
property, which he olli-is for sale.
Also. a lrr.(.‘l ofluttil ct‘rt:sistirig of about 230
ll(‘.l't'8,SIlIlill8lI in Lewis Cot:irt\_t,New York.
which lze utll sell or cxchattge for other prop-
erlv. CllAU.’\'(.’F.Y B. Hon‘.
New Canatin. Or.-toher I7. I843. 42
VALUABLE Real Estate
at Allction.-—'l‘he subscriber
(_'riliI€l|tjtl}|llllL{ it rcrriuval lti.|lie
. _ \Vr'sl, -r'rI'«-rs for sale his Real Estate
i .\..rwalk l‘lIfl$is|ifl2 of a new Dwelling
House» and l5ririr.und ab.-int fiofan acre of land
sittttitetl itlronl 60 rods from Ntirwalk Bridge.
and is 3 very r-r.-inetiteiit place for a mechanic
ofatty (Ir.-.-crtptmir: also 17 stores offirst rate
’-arrrl, Htillttltle for l~niltling or Farming purposes;
also zrnoirt 18m.-rr‘s about one mile: front Norwtilk
Btitlge. II acre-sofwhicb is first rate Wood, Ilie
t‘(:.~‘itlll(-. ,t_-nod pasture or plow land. vtttlt a good
unfailing Spring of water thereon, also about
one acre of salt itieatlow at Georgia Brook in
South Norwiilk; also the following personal
Psléllr-, viz: one pull’ of Oxen, two Cows. me
ox Cart, Cliitins, Pliiiiglts. an- other l*‘iirn'iin,t_r
Uterisils with about six tons of good buy. Tlie
title In the riltuve property is Ill'lI.~[il)l£iiIl€- For
lt.’f‘lfl~‘. (kc. cull oti Cliarlt-s I.~tlll(‘S, or co the
.~rUllS(.'l'lI)f'l' on the pretiii.~'es. I!" said property is
not tlisp-t.~etl of. it will he rlli-rt-tl tit PltltIl('
Airotiorr on the 25th rla_\ of March next. at the
zwr-lltn.t_» lirriisc of the siibscrihcr.
. . JUHN WASSON.
Nttrwnlk Doc. 23 . I843. 25
A Good Opportunity’ for
Investnient.—--'l‘he subscriber
“H ...... on.-r.~ at priv-.r:e sale. the whole
-r i-.'irl of his vnlnziltle real estate,
, ol' fi-r- .'\‘n-rr.-s. .~itu-tterl a few rods
~\~.~t -t‘ Nor .-all. Bridge. in the center ofthe
lu~itn~.~~ port of the liorouglt of Norwulk.
{"t-rsorr that lizive funds to invest, will see it
the subscriber
t'-vri,<i-_| v
Joan BUHRAL.
50
In pttvnutrtl til. the Stllttt’.
Nttl'W'-II\'. n5’t'.
For Sale I
iI.‘l.H~‘ 3.‘. -riii ::f.Lhe——&tt1tecr.itI££—.Jy3ng
in the \’\/esterri part of this town.
near the Mills of David Sclleclt,
tftitrsistiitg of about 60 acres of good
Ivlltl, ur-ll i-toprzrtititretl IIll() plo\v.'niearlow_
p:r~ture, and wood land, with it good curriforta-
trle llrrtise, rrittl r-otiimorliorrs Barn thereon
sltltttllltg On the pr..-pr-ray there are two
--rc-linrtls. u ith a qntiutiry ttftttlter fruit There
is :tl~o a gun‘ nttll site, equal to attytlring on
Five Mile River. .'-.\ny one wi-leing lo pur
clittse, will be frtttiislrerl with every ttteans of
inforrnation by applying to the subsr-iili:-r living
on the prentises. R.\Y.\!O\D .lou.\'so.v.
Nrrrwalk. Dec 19. I843. tf'52
OR the ]I:lil‘.— Rowlat'id"s M =icii.-stir
Oil. Bear's Uil. Curling Fluid. Rose Hair
Oil, Antique Oil, Per.-inn Oil Kisses. (:)Itl|'l(l,¢1€.'S
.’-alm Colutnltiti. Ward's vegetalile Hair Oil.
Pornatntn. Extract dc Poinmatle. All the
above articles are warranted genuine. Just
receive-rl and for SHIP by VV E Blsst-ILL.
$2 Clocks.
NO ill ER. lot of those 552 Clocks. wire
hells-—uoiii9_ fast. Li-.vi CLARK.
NEW!’ B0oks.—'l‘lie Mysteries of Paris
,. N..r,r.»| by Eugene Sue. Traitslated
from the French by Charles H. 'l‘oti'ii. Esq.,
Frtrsalt‘. by JOHN A. Wizrn.
EWV Books.-Gerolstein a sequel to
Mysteries of Paris; Narrative of the
'I‘ravelsiofklonsieur Violet. by Capt. Marryat;
.Vlemoirs of Rev. John Williams; Thirty
Years from Home. JOHN A. \Vi:En.
US'l‘ received The Reason why Iain at
Congregatinnalist. for sale wholesale or
retail JUHN A. Wt-:81).
1-o1)i3Lnoc.—-D..cmr steers and
\\ bitittg’s Liquid Opodeldoc. a safe and
r-fir.-.ctual renterly for bruises, sttraius. rlieuma-
ttstn. cliilblains. &c. for sale by the gross or
d-~7.--tt at " \V F. lllS~‘I-:l.1.'s.
001) Li(|ll0l‘So—Pure I-lolland Gino
do Jtiriruirra Rum, I cask I0 \-eats tiltl
Brand_v, pure Port Wine. Mtitleriti Wine. The
above choice. liquors were selected with great
care and all ofthe purest kind, and will be sold‘
only for medicinal purposes. For sale by
. ' Bissau.
OCK San,” For sale by the subscriber,
a quantity of Rock Salt very cheap.
' JOHN BURltALLo
'VACRED Mtlsic.--Carinina Sacra or
Boston Collection of'Churt:li Music—Man-
hattancollection—Musica Sacra. &c..fur sale
M, J. A. Wizizn.
Horse for Sale.
A good family Horse for sale
Cheap. ‘Enquire of
W E Btssi:1.t..
New YIDRK INSURANCE co."
Capital—$300,000.
GEORGE ST JOHN" AGENT.
HE public are hereby informed that tlil
Agent still continues to issue policies and
effect insurances upon buildings variously loon-
ted and occupied ; and upon wares and Mer-
chtiridize. family stores. dcc. contained in them.
Persons wishing insurance, will please call upon
the agent at his resiilence.
Delay not doing till-to morrow, what ought
to be done to day. Ifproperty is worth owning
and keeping. is it not worth insuring ‘I
Nortvallir tlflllllflfy 1.! 5.-2
-\_
POETRY.
From the Ladies‘ Curnparrion.
TIIE MERRY SLEIG,rH.
BY LHZUT. G. H’. PATTI-ZN, Us
I.
Jingle! jingle! clear the way.
’Tis the in'erry—inerry, sleigh !
As it swiftly sends along, ,
Hear the burst of happy song,
See the glcem of glances bright,
Flashitig o’er the pathway white,
Jingle! jingle! how it whirls,
Crowded full of laughing girls!
II.
Jingle! jingle! fastit flies,
Sending shafts frutii hooded eyes,
Roguisli zircliers, I'll be boittid,
Little heeding who they wound.
See them with capricious pranks,
Plonghing now the drilled banks,
Jingle ! jingle ! ’inid their glee,
\’Vho among them cares for me?
III.
Jingle! jingle! on they go,
Caps and boniiets white with snow;
At the faces swiintning past,
Nodding thro' the fleccy blast;
Not asiiigle robe they fold, ‘
To protect them from the cold:
Jingle! jingle! ’tiiid the storm,
Fun and frolic keep them warin.
I IV.
Jingle l jingle! down the hills——
O'er the iiieitdows—past the mills-—
Now ‘tis slow, and now ’tis fast,-
\Vinter will not always last.
Every pleasure has its time !
Spring, will conte and stop the cliline!
Jingle! jingle !—cIear the way,
’Tis the niet'ry—mei'i'_v sleigh!
“UP TO SNUFF."
A volume of Italian poettis lately received in the
British metropolis, furiiislies fine amusement for the
learned wits. Leigh Hunt has shown himselfttp to
snttffiii giving a merry iiiterpretatioii to these effu-
sions. The following is a free translation of the
lines on Siieezintr:
“\Vhat a moment! 'lVhat a. doubt !
All my nose is inside out,
‘All my thrilling, tickling, caustic
Pyramid rliiiiuccrostic
VVants to sneeze, and cannot do it!
How it yearns inc, thrills me, stings me,
Now with rapturous torment wring-s inc.
Now says, ‘Sneeze, you fool; get thro' it,’
Siti-:1:——sm-:i;—Oli, ’tis most del-isrti-—
Isiir—isiit—ino.st del-ishi—
(Hang it! I shall sneeze till spring!)
Siiufl"s it most delicious thing.”
MISCELLANY.
EX’I‘R.-\C'I‘S FROM PRESCO'I"I"S
CO-.\‘QU.ES’l‘ OF MEXICO.
Human S'acrifi.:es and Canibalism of the
Ancient Mexicans.
S. A.
_‘l"“""i91l0¢1 Every Vvedniesdavv Morning. by JAMES 1u31~in,, J1‘. at Two .Dollais Pldr':Annum in Advance. ‘office on {no
NORWALK, CT. VV-EDNEsD£rl:jr*.i JANUARY -
4.
in humbliadoration. The tragic story of
this prisoner was eitpounded by the priests as
the type hutiitin destiny, which, brilli rnt in
its cotnnihceirient, too of;en closes in sorrow
and di asir. ~
Such \ l3_ the for.u of the liurnrin sacri-
fice usutiPly.praclicr-d- bv the Aztecs. ,lt_,wos
the srmethrit often met the indignant t-y~ sol
the Eur "' runs. in their progress though
the coquflii. and from the dreadful doom of
which tit}-y themselves were not exempted.
'I‘IIUI'e.\\'Fl't’, indeed, sortie occasions when
pfelimin ry tortures of the most exquisite
Iilfld.-i-tlitb which it is unnecessary to shock
the read r,-were inflicted, but they alttnys
terrninattrl with the bloody ceremony abort-
desctibe‘l.,_... It should be H'Ill:Il'li't'(I, Ii0\\'t-Vt‘!
lliat sucfi lortucs were not spontaneous sug-
tzt-stioiisofcrtrelty, as with the N.-rth Anter-
ican Itttllitns; but were all rigorously pre-
scrihed -Iii the Aztr-c ritual.-
_Wottiv_ti as well as the other sex, were
.sonit.-tiniei reserved for the sacrifice. On
some occasions, particularly -in.’si-- sons of
dr0ll_|'_7I'l‘r,<t5l the festival ofthe IDS-'II.It]blt‘. Tl :-
I0<‘i lllvgod of rain, children for the most
pa rt in rnts, were offered up. As they were
hornc tiring in open litters, dressed in their
ft'SllI t es. and decked with the fresh blos-
soms o rspring. they moved the bardr-st heart
to pitvfhough their cries were drowned in
the will chant ofthe priests, who read in
their tejrs a favorable augury for their pc-
titinn. ,'f‘hesc innocent victims were gener-
ally bqtight by the priests, of parents who
were pwor, but who stifled the voice of na-
ture, p‘ bably less at the suggestion of pov-
erty, t rt of a wretched superstition.
'I‘l':efmost loathsome. part. of the story-—
the maliner in which the body of the sacri-
ficed c ptive was usually disposrd of—re-
mains ret-to be told. It was (Ir-IIvel't'(IlO the
warrio who had taken him in l)t'll.l.It',fin(I b_v
him. after being dressed was served up in an
enter-t.~r§nrnent to his friends. This was not
the coirse re-past of ftimisbing cnnibals. but
a banqtjet teeming with delicious beverages
and delicate ‘vi .nds, prcprtred with art and
attended by both sexes. who as we st.a-ll see
hereafter, conducted themselves with all the
decoruin of civalized life. Surely. never
were rrfinernent and the extreme of barba-
rism brought so closely in contact with each
other.
Human sacrifices have been practiced by
many nations. not exceptingtbe most polish
ed nzrtions of antiquity, but never by tiny, on
a scale to be compared with those in Ann-
hauc. The amountof victims imrnolatr-d on
its acctirsed altars would stagger the fttltll of
Humantsrcrifices were adopted by the
Aztecs early in the fourteenth centtiry,riboul.
two bundre-,d years .I)t_l0!.&._Ll§,e,..CO,pql.l9$L--.-.
Rate at first, they became tttore"Ire"quent with‘
the wider extent of their I-.’lllpIl’t’,l.III at length
almost every festival was closed with this
cruel abomination. These religious ceremo-
nluls were generally arranged in such it
manner as to afford a type of the most prom-
inent t‘it'cI)ll’.S'.ltnCl:’S in the character or his-
tory of the deity who \\ as the object of them
A single exaniple will suffice.
One of the most important festivals was
that in honor of the god T3-zrrallipot‘a,wItose
rank was inferior only to that ofthe Supreme
Being. He was called "the soul of the
world,’ and supposed to have been its crea.
tor. He was depicted as it handsome man,
endowed with perpetual youth.
A year before the intend-d sacrifice, a
captive, distinguished for his personal beauty
ivitbout a blemish on his hotly, was selected
to represent this deity. Certain tutors took
charge of him, and instructed him how to
perform his new part with be-coming grace
and dignity. He was arrayed in it splendid
dress. regaled with incense and wigb a pro-
fusion of sweet sct nted flowers, of which the
ancient Mexicans were as loud as their de-
scendents at the present day. When he went
abroad, he was al[t'f‘l(Il'tI by it train of the
royal pnges, and, as be halted in the streets
to play some favorite melody, the crowd
prostratcd themselves before him and did him
homage. as the representative of their good
deity in this way he led an easy, luxurious
life, till within a month of his sacrifice.-.—
Four beautiful girls, bearing the name of
the principle goddess s, were then selected
to share the honors of his bed; and with
them he continued to live in idle dalliance,
feasted at the banquets of the principle no-
bles who paid him all the honors o_f a di-
vinitv. . "
At length the f.lal day of sacrifice. arri-
ved. The term of his short-lived glories
was at an end. He was stripped-of his gau-
dy apparel, and bade adieu to the fair part-
ners of his revelries. One ofthe royal bar-
ges transported him across the lake to a
it-mple which rose on its margin, about a
league from the citv. Hither the inhabi-
tants of the capital flocked, to witnessthecon-
summation of the ceremony.
As the sad procession wound up the sides
ofthe pyramid, the unhappy victim threw
away his gay chaplets of flowers, and broke
in pieces the rnusical inslrtiments with which
be bad solaced the hours of captivity. On
the summit he was received by six priests.
whose long matted hzrir flowed disorderly
over their sable dresses covered with hi« ro-
glyphic scrolls of llI}‘.Sl,Pl'IOUS import. They
led him to the sactificizil stone, ti huge block
oj jasper,wit'n its opp,-r surface som’ivbat con-
vex. On this the prisoner was stretched.
Five priests secured his head and his
limbs; while the sixth. clad in a scarlet man-
llc, eniblamatic of his bloody ofiice. dexter-
ously opened the breast of the wretched vic-
tim with a sharp razor of ifzitli.-a volcan-
ie substance, hard as flint—and, inserting his
hand in the wound tore out the palpitating
heart. The minister of death. first holding
this up towards the son, an object of worship
throughout Anahuac, cast it at the footoftbe
deity to whom the temple was devoted,ivbile
the least scrupulous br.-lit-vi-r. Scarcely any
autleorriretends to estimate the yearly sacrifi-
ugpbout the.er.npiri-.. at less than twcntv
t’bou_ti‘t'ttl,’7and some carry the nutiiber as high
as fiftyl
On great occasions, as the corontitions of ti
king, or the consecration of a temple the
number becomes still more appalling. At
the dedication of the great temple of Huitzil-
opchli. in I646, the prisoners. who for sortie
years had been reserved for the purposo.t\‘ere
drawn from all qtitirters to the capital. They
were ranged in files. forming a procession
nearly ttvo lllIIt‘S long. The cerctriony con-
sumed several days, and seventy thousand
captives are said to have perished at the
shrine of this terrible deity I
But who can believe that so numerous it
body would have suffered themselves to he
led utircsistingly IIIi'8SIl(?t'p to the slaughter?
Or how could their remains, too great for
consumption in the ordinary way, be dispos
ed Of,i\\'IlIl0Ul brer-ding a pestilence in the
capital .7 Yet the event was of recent date,
and iszuttcquivocally attested by the best in-
loruretl historians.
On V fact may be considered certain. It was
custotltary to preserve the skulls of the sac
rificed, in buildings appropriated for the pur-
pose. I The companions of Cortes counted
one hltndred and thirty six thousand in one
ol thcie. srtcrificcsl V\’itbotit attempting a
precim caICl)lali\0n,'.l)t’l'efO!'€, it is safe to con-
cludethrit thousands were yearly ofiercd up,
in the different cities of Anahusrc, on the
bloody altars of the Mexican divinities.
, Montezuma/s I’l’a_’I/ of Life.
Tbedomestic establishment of Montezu-
ma was on the same scale of barbaric splen-
dorraseverytbing also about him. He cculd
boast alas many wives as are found in the
harem bf an eastern sultan. They were
lodged .in their own apartments, and provided
with every accommodation, according to
their ileas, for "personal comfort and clean-
linessfl. They passed their hours in the
USllal..{PmlflIfl8 employments. of weaving
and embroidery, especially to the graceful
leather work, for which such rich triziterials
ivere furnished by the royal aviaries. They
conducted themselves with strict decorum,
under tlie. supervision of certain aged females
who aclcd in the respectable capacity ofdu-
ennas, in the same manner as in the relig-
ious biases attached to teocal.’is._. The
palace V85 supplied "with numerous baths,
and Moiitezuma set the example’. in his Own
person if frequent ahlotions. He hotbed of
least onicc, and changed his dress it is said
four titres every day. He never put on the
same aparel a second time, but gave it
away tqhis attendants.
Qrreqg Elizabeth, with a jsiniilar taste for
costume showed a less princely spirit in her
boarding her discarded suits. Her wardrobe,
was, prlbably-, somewhat more costly than
that of he Indian Emperor.
Besides his numerotis female rctinue, the
halls antl antvchanibcrs were filled with
nobles ‘rt constant attendance on his person,
whoserred also as a sort of body guard. It
had beet usual for plebitins of merit to fill
certain ‘offices in the palace. But the
hatiglit_ ___M0[llt.’Zl1l'!ttI, refused to be waited
upon b ,any but men of noble birth. They
were not tinfrequently the sons the. great
the multitudes below prostrtitetl themselves
chiefs tlrid remained as hoetrr es_.;_in the
I r
I.
being pri'-pared for his daily
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absence of their I tb rs; thus serving the
double purpose of security and state.
His meals the emperor took alone. The
.\$’¢'ll matted floor of it large saloon \\ as cov-
ered ttith hundreds of dishes. SOInt'lIfllf.'S
Montezuma himself, but more frequently his
steward, indicatrd those which he preferrrd,
rind which were kept hot by means o{'ch;1
ling dishis. The royal bill of late compre
bended, bi-side domestic ttnimrrls. game from
the distant f'0I'tSIS,‘flI1l.l. fish, which the dziv
be-fore were swintiiiing in the Gulf of Mexi.
col They were dressed in mitniluld ways,
for the Aztec artists, as we have already had
occasion to notice, had penetrated diep into
the tnysteries of culiiiary S(‘I'l’I'l(‘(‘.
The Hlt‘fllS were served by the attendant
nobles, who then resign-d the ofiice ol wail-
ing on the monarch, to iuaidens $(‘It"(.'il“d for
their personal grace and bertirty. A screen
of rich gill. and carved wood I was drawn
around him. so as to cont-ral him from vul-
gar r.-yr-s. during the I't:‘pfl.S[. He was seatrd
on cushions, andtbe dinner was serve-d on it
:i low table cove-rrd with it delicate cotton
cloth. The dishes were of the first wore of
CIIOIUIIN He had 11 :.el'\’ice of gold. which
was reserved for religious ca-Iebrations In
deed, it would scarcely have contported with
even his princely revenues to have used it on
ordinary occasions, it be n his table iqtiipage
was not allowed to appear it second tirrfe.
but was given away to his attc-tidants. The
saloon \_v.rs lighttd by torchgs made of rt
resinous wood, which sent foith}._zr‘:s_.weet odor
and probably, not it littl_e_.§'t’It_,iilii-, as they
burned. At his meal. he wits" attended by
five or six of his ancient counsellors, who
stood at a respectful distance, ttnswr-iiiig his
questions, and occ sionally rrjoir-ed by soun-
oftbe vivunds with which he cotnplirnented
them from his table.
This course of solid dishes was succeeded
b_v another of sweatrneats and pastry, for
pliich the Aztec cooks, provided with the
Ill‘-p0t'i:lnI.“I'f‘qlIlSllt‘S of fIlt'lI7.i-‘-fI0l.ll', r=,r_tgs.
an-‘I the tich sugar of the aloe, were. fainous
Two girls were ocr-ttpic-d at the farther end
of the apartment, during tlinnr r, in prepar-
ing fine rolls and wafers, with which they
garnished the board from time totime. The
emperor took no other bcvera-_-e than the clan.
colati, a portion of chocolate, flavored with
vanilla and other spices, and so prepared a.-
to be reduced to it froth of the-‘consistr-ncv or
honey, which gradually dissolvr d in thr-
mouth. This bi-verrrge, if so it could be
called, could be servrd in golden goblt-ts,
with spoons of the same metal or of tortoi.<¢-
shell finely wrought. The emperor was
exceedingly fond of it. to judge front the
qurintity, no less than fifty jrrl'S or pitchers
cous.umptio.n l
Two thotisand more were allowed for that
of his Ilt'|I3(‘I'l0l(I. '
The g-neral arrangement cf the meal
scents to have been not very unlike that of
Europeans. But no prince in Europe could
boost at desert which could cotttpar:-. with
that of the Aztec emperor. For it was
gathered fresh from the mostopposite clinics,
and his boa_rd displays-d the products of his
own temperate region, and the luscious
fruits ofthe tropics, plucked the day previ-
ous, from the green groves of the lierra.
caffeine and trtmstnitted \\i'lt the speed of
steam, by means of courir-rs, to the capital,
it was HS if some kind fairy should crown
our banqtir-ts with the spicy products that
I“1l_t'€’--l-t:rday were growing in it sunny isle
of the far" off Indian seas.
After the royal appetite was nf.f\’8S(~(l,
Willi-'l“ was handed to him by the female
atteiidarrts in a silver basin, in the same man-
ner as htzd been done before cotnmencing his
meal; for the Aztecs were as constant in
their oblutions, at these times as any nation
of the East. Pipes were then brought,
made ofa varnished and richly gilt wood,
from which be inhaled, sometimes through
the nose, til. other times through the mouth,
the fumes of an intoxicating weed, fjcttll-d
tobacco," tnlnglrd with liquid amber.-—
While this soothing process of fumigation
was going on, the emperor enjoyed the
exhibitions of his tnotintebanlis and jtigglers,
of whom it regular corps was attached to the
palace. No people, not even those of China
or I-Iindostrin, surpassed the Azttcs, in feats
Qfagility and legeidetnain.
' Sometimes be amused himself with Iris
jestr.-rs; for the Indian monarch had his jes-
ters, as well as his most refined brethren of
Europe at that day. Indeed, he used to say;
that more instruction, was to be gathered‘
from them than from wiser men, for they
dared to tell the truth. At other times he
witnessed the graceful dances of his women,
or took delight it listening to mtisic,—if the
rude ininstrels ofthe Mexicans deserved that
nanie,‘--accompanied by it chant, in slow,
and solemn cadence. celebrating the heroic
deeds of great Aztec warriors, or his own
princely line.
\Vben be hail sufliciently refreshed his
spirits with these diversions, he composed
himself to sleep, for in his siesta be was as
regiilor as it Spaniard. On awal<ing,be gave
audience to ambassadors from foreign states
or his own tributary cities, or such caciques
as had suits to prefer to him. They were
introduced by the young nobles in attend-
ance, nnd whatever might be their rank.,un-
less of the blood royal, they were obliged to
submit to the humiliation of shrouding their
rich dresses under the coarse mantle of
ncquen and entered barefooted, with down-
crist eyes, into the presence. The emperor
addressed few and brief rcinarI.s to tbosulttrrs
answering them generally by his secretaries;
and the parties retired with the same rever-
ential obeiszince,takirig care to keep their
faces turned towards their monarch. Well
might Cortes exclaim, that no court, whether
of the Grand Seignior or any other infidel.
ever displayed so pompous and elaborate a
cer.moai,a‘I_,.l, -
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m€l|“I:t*\'hllt:llit3Wtl.o. wit know. (says. the flan.
ft " I W Ha ‘charity is solicited
0!" M. on soon the time will come when
“[9 _‘,"")’ I)“ Placed in a situation to“ need
stmi._ar aid. He v.ho to day is a rich man.
by ctrcutnsttince-s 0\'el‘_\\IllCI] he has no can.
"OI. that’. ‘on the niorrow be reduced to pov-
et’t_y. The following anecdote from Noalfs
‘V.r't’li'l:}’ jhlcssengr-r, beautifully illusrmr,-5
this pririt-ipl<‘. and r.dmuni.=hi-s us that it is
often for-our ittti-rests to ‘Iced the hungry,
and clothe the ntilrcd.’
‘SI’. bring I730 8'g09-‘I. plain dinner,’ said
ti mclaucltoly looking itnlivitlual to 11 wallet’
at one ofcur principal lICI.t’lS,
Yes, sir. _
'I‘lie dinner was brotiglit and devoured,
and the eater called the landlord aside, and
thus address-d hitn—-- '
You are the landlord .7
‘It S.
‘You do it good I’.-tlslflrsg hen.)
Yes, (in astonishment.)
You make probably, ten dollars a day,
clear? .
Ytis.
Then I not safe. I cannot pav for what
I have consumed; I have been o'ut of em-
ploytut nt seven months: but I baveengnged
to go to work to inorrow; I had been with-
out food fotirrrnd twenty bouts when I (’n-
ti-red your place. I \\ ill pay you in 3 week,
I c -unot pay my bills with such promises,’
blustercd the latidiord; and I do not keep it
P00? hflusc. You should address the proper
authorities. Leave inc somelliing lor secu-
rttv.
I liztve notliing.
I \t ill trike your coat.
Ill go into the streets million! that I will
qt-t my de.r!h, such mother as it is.
You should have thought of that before
you crime ht-rt-. '
You are serious .7 IV:-ll I solcmnlv aver
that one \\'cPli' from now I will pay vou.
I will take your coat. ' 4
The coat it as left, and a week uftcrtvards
rcdt-cnied.
Seven years after that it we-altby man (‘It-
tered the political arrfla and was presented
at caucus an applicant for a Congressional
nomin.-ition. The priiicipal of the caucus
b- Id his pcoce——lte heard the name and
history ofthe am lic..nl, who was a member
of ti church. and one of the most respectable
citizens. He was cliairtnan. The vote was
1 tie and be cast a ni-g.rtive,——lberel-_v defeat-
ing the. weriltlry applicant, whom he met an
hour iilterttards, and to whom he said—--
You duri’t I't.’lIl(‘[XllJt’f me?
No.
Ioncc ate :1 dinner in your hotel, and
riltbough I told you I was latnisbing and
pledged my word and honor to pay you in
:1 week, you took my coat and saw rue go
otit in the inclement air, at the risk of my
life. without it.
\Vt-II, sir, what then?
Not much. You called yours:-If 9,
Christian. To night you \\'L'l’l:' a candidate
for nomination, and but for me you would
have been elected to C(,I)g’|’tss,
'I"nree years after, the christian hotel
keep:-r becarnt-, b -nlirupt, and sought it home
rtl Bt'IIL‘\’Il:'ll. 'I‘hr- poor dinnciless wretch
that was, is now it high lunctionary in Alba-
ny. We know him \\'('II. The ways of
Providerrce are indeed wonderful, and the
world's mutations almost beyond conception
ot°bc-lief.
Ft'n2's/rer.l.—A word in genregal use and of
very significant import.
A young girl who has passed three years‘
in it boarding school. ga-therrd a superficial
ltnowlcdgc of bet‘ own Iangtiage, and the
French; acqtiiretl the profound knowledge
of music, is said to be finished —tbat is ready
for a husband.
A student who has passed four years in it
College, learned to rob lit-n roasts, drinlc
rum, smoke cigars, play at gzariies ofcbance,
and spend the liberal allowance of a kind
parent in every species of unworthy excess-—
rnnlres a common place speech, receives his
diploma, and is finished. That is, ready for
the devil. ‘
The prodigal, who wastes at the gaming
table and in the haunts of dr-bauchery,'a
splendid p.~.trinion_v, and then blotvs out his
brains in a fit of despair, is said, bv those
who tempted him to his ruin, to be finished.
It is finished, exclaims the man offashion,
as he surveys the completion of all the es-
sentials of a splendid entrfttainntent. which
he is about to give five hundred men, and
women, who so far from intlulginga friendly
feeling for thrir host, will laugh at him in
their sleeves, as they sip his costly wines,
and impudemly criticise his person -and air,
while they are wasting and devouring his
substance.
It is finished as the poor widow whispers.
while her sunken eyes dilute. and light up
with a mournfuljoy, as she folds the garment
the rnaliing of which will givetgherselfand
latberless ones, the course and scanty loaf for
another day’s subsistence.
It isfinished, the seedy, pale and emacia-
ted autbor murmurs. as with trembling fin-
gers he gathers page after page ofthe work
which he hopes will give food, lame he looks
not for, to the young fond wife at his side,
and the little babes that cluster round his
knee. '
It is finished, with despairing violence,
shouts the homeless wanderer, as the sleet
descends on his unprotected head. and the
icy blast congetils tbecurr_cnts of life, and he
lays him down uncured for by his brother
man.
It is finished, gasps out the man of blood
and violence, its he lays his head on the scat-
fold, and pays to the society he has waited
upon, the forfeit of his crimes.
Finished I is the Iifc-journey I what joys
ire exprrsscd by this one wcrd_, what doubts
. ,..s-
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