The Aztec's Palace

A correspondent writinj; from the City ui Mexico of a visii to Cnapultapec, taya: Leavlng tlie lovely road after a short turn, tlie carriage passes llowly through tlie iron jitis, u In-re a giiard of coldiers watches uil day. In front of the entrance a carnaje road directly into tlie grounds, hut it is pleasuuter to aliglit and proceed on fnot. so tlmt one raay advauce more leisurely aml note witu greater care the lovely view. Unge and lioary oíd cypresses, with their long gray boards of southern mo, stretch and interlace their branches across the patli. Here is one that is renowned as the favorite tree of the last of the Monteunms. One uiay ImaglM the ihisky monarch, ciad in hit mantle of glitCering and brilliantly eolored featherg, stalkinj; throagb these dim groves, with liis Indian court about hiin, reposingunder thu drooping brunches of this mighty king of cypress trees, the circumference of whose trunk at about three feet above the ground meaaurea 40 feet. The castle itself wbote battleinents and bulwarks crown tin: liill, frowns down upon the groves and ganleai trom its haughty height as sternly M tate t.-elf, with sealed lips that once breutlicd death and tire upon the daring approadl of the invallers, but whieh now niay never teil the tale of the love and hope and ditpair that was enacted there wben tlif walls ciond upon poor Carlotta in tlie borning darknew of inadness. Somebow, H "i e treadathe lieautiful walks that wen laid out by the unfortunate Maxinijliau and liis brille, and the juitle telN 01 lunï this was done by coinniaiul of the empeior. and those latnps, now rusted witli ueglect, ero placed by the empresa, there ari-es. in spite of the talm lovlloea of all iitiiind, a tlull rtfcnt, aa if theaorrowof tbOM dieadtul ilays had lelt il shadow uliicli hatl not yet pas.scd away from the ene ol ita i-mic-tment. 'l'his room was boudoir, and here, oi) tliiswall a little mark made by her piano. This balcony is wbve iie freqoently sat in the baliiiy altfi-uoons, overlooking "the exqutoiie vallev that stretehes torth as beautifnl aa ever falry land could 1m-. Aacendincto ihe observatory, one may have the best view that Is to be had of this valley. Ilere may be nalied the perfect oval whlch the ïnountains form, blue and purple In the ilistame, with here and there golden touches of sunlight, and again, dark, tlrittl'lg ihadowi of paatlog eloudsi. Down n hcart ol the valley. like a pearl set amidst emenlda anti amethiata, gleama the white C ity of Mexico, with the tall towere of the Catliedcralclcarly visible as tliey loo in heavenward above all Burroundiii'' buildings.-