srorNNG or rmE WAR TEMPLE or arx,c,
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sronNfNG or rnE WAR TEMPLE or MEXICO.


No passage in the Spanish conquest ol
Mexico is so well known, or has been told
80 well, ns tho conflict within the cts, the
death Of Monlezuia, the slo,n,ing ul tue
temple, the feirea, Of the Spaniards over
the broken causeways and the chasms
where the bridges had been destroyed; all
the awful adventures Of Nochc rdsic, the
melancholy knight. We pass reluctantly
oyor the death of Montczuma. Faithful
10 The Spanlards, /; should seem, 10 the last
be desired 10 be taken 10 the balllemenis,
and endcavored 10 rrpress the furious on.
sci oi his people. A first tho sign Of the
emperor commanded awe; but the silence
soon gave place 10 the language of con
tempt and indignity. They launted Lin as
woman; they hcapcd conlumely upon
his head. At length, probably supposing
he had Withdrawn, they discharged vollcy
Of arrows and Of stones ngains, the spot
where he stood. stone struck him on
the head, and he fell scnsclcss; ho recov.
cred, but his heart was broken; ho obsti.
naiely refused all remedies, pincd away
and died. We give the slorming of the
temple.


"Cortcs, having cleared away for The as.
sauli, sprang up the other s,raighlway.
followed by Alyade, Sandoyal, ofdcz, aud
the other gallant cavaliers oi his band,
leaving file Of arquibuiscrs and n strong
corpse Of Indian allies 10 hold the enemy
in check at the foot ol the monument. On
the first landing, as well as on the several
galleries above, aud on the summit, the
Aztec warriors were drawn up to dispute
his passage. From their elevated position
they showcred down vollcys of lighter mis-.
siles, together with heavy stones, beams,
and burning raicrs, which, laundering
along the stairway, overturned the ascend
ing Spanards, aud carried desolalion
through their ranks. Tho more fortunate,
cuding or springing over these obstacles
succeeded in gaining the hrst terrace,
where, throwing themselves on Their enc
mics, they compelled them, after short
resistance. to fall back. The assailanls
pressed on, eiIeetualy supported by brisk
liro Of the muskeiccrs from below. which
so much CALLED the Melieans IN their ex-
posed situation that they were glad to take
shelter on the broad summit ol the ieocdit.


"Cohes an his comrades were close
upon their rear, and the two parties found
themselves face to face on this wrial battlc
field, engaged in mortal combat in sesenco
ofthe whole city, as we'll as OF the troops
in the court yard, who paused as i by mu.
tual consent, from their own hoslIlties,
gazing in silent expectations on the issue
of those above. The area, tho somewhat
smaller than the base of the teocdif, was
largo enough, 10 afford fair field fight for
thousand combaiants, Ii was paved