The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-06-03
INrER ESTING ITEMS FROM QUITO.


I kind friend has favored us with the peri
: sal OF very interesting letter just receive
from traveller in South Auerica, aud from
. we extract:
QUIro, ECUADOR, 8. A., April IA. 1877.
try TO keep my letters within the quartz
ounce. otherwise 1 would give a good pound
ing to McMaster, Veuillot & Co. for man
things they cay of this country. Among tn
incrt dible wonders done by Moreno, veuiilo
honOred by reprint even in the Cirilta Cdtoi
ca,-good Lord, how these fellows are given Il
putting! The only prepayment of postsg
here 10 at the rate of tuco reale go cente) pei
quarter ounce for all AmeTiea, and no letter cat
be mailed except at the shipping port. Thi
pecessitates additional inland postage and ad
ditioual letter writing to your re-naiine
friend at the port and if you happen to have
no agent there to attend TO such re mailing
why you cannot send letters at all !
l tell you those good people with tneir
"puffs" have simply irjGred o good cause
| There is much com plant about the irregularlty
OF letters from Rome, and the cause Is clear
! a letter there costs about two francR. aid
Moreno, l suppose refused to make treaties
with the enemies of the Pope. Now no sorern
| neRt will carry a letter even to the landing
| tor less q s0m than that, so this makes the TO.
| tai postage amount to francs for ounce, and
then those poor Italians with their inevitable
opes, are bound to exceed the quarter ounce
Now against all this how can you expect them
TO answer letters punctually
AS contrast, look at Pera. Although parts
with the same inland difficulties of travel and
transportation, the postage is nicely fixed at
10 cents for all over the world But Veuil-
lot would not see that way, because the Pres-
dent of Perm had not converted the Church
tithes into Peter Pence.
give you this information that it may
he utilized fer the benefit OF those poor
Italians who complain of the want of letters
II Uati
self don't care a straw. l shall continue to
write to you if it costs me $40, even for a frac
ton of a quarter ounce. 1t costs me some
mar 0uvering and "crooked ways" besides
but think this one will reach you.
The obsequies of the late Archbishop were
performed the 5th instead of tho 4th of
April as was intended. The body being en-
bamed was kept in state up to that time
but the head hung badly, the face was black
and there prevailed disagreeable odor of
drugs. These results may bs attributed to
the imperfect work of the cm balmers or To the
effect of the fatal poison.
The Canons had the happy thought of them
selves carrying the corpse, which recined in
an open bier; but the best idea of all was to
black, bearing on salver the chalice and
cruets, Instruments of his passion this |
easily brought to mind something of the Pas |
sion Of Our Lord, whose prayerful agony IN
the garden is often represented accompanied |
by the banotul Chalice and as this late awful |
tragedy occurred on Good Friday, you can |
imagine the great impression it made
The procession passed through the principal |
streets which were draped with black flags. |
From many balconies were heard loud cries of |
sorrow from elegantly dressed ladies; bat as
heir influence for good is not very noticeable
among the men, specially those of certain |
style of education, fear their sorrow was not
very deep. Among the men there appeared
'ather few OF the gloved gentry-and this i'm
pressed me strangely, because the family of
he Archbishop is very extensive and of the
on ton of the city.
The church of the Compagnia was chosen for
he funeral, and in it was erected e very hand
ONE catafalqu ue, profusely decorated with wax
8pers and solid silver ornaments. Here |
gain the attendance of gentlemen was small,
ut WAS largely compensated for by the ladies'
no, in their always elegant church costume
eminded an European traveller of reception
{ the Vatican, while their outward behavior
nd apparent piety worthy of those
raises of the French ladies so elegantly re-
orded in the memoirs of Cardinal Consalvi.
An old Bishop who renounced q See years
go, portifcated, but no other Bishop came.
ne sermon was properly short, and the canon
nd eloquence. He fearlessly said the Arch
ishop was opposed to the Government and
hat he had been poisoned by the impious.
md then, having briefly reviewed the life of
ich garments, (the Archbishop was a tall.
ne looking map) be approached the subject
the Government, but suddenly checked him
elf, saying he would rather pass that by in
rating the great Feast of their Pastor-his
mart rdom! Then he made an impassioned
postrophe to the youth of Quito, saying,
mong other things, Now you must auenge
his Infamous murder, by refusing to associate
With the impiousw He made o beautiful end
ug by picturipg how their Pastor and model |
vas now, like our Lord, praying for the con-
yersion and pardon of his murderers.
the whole address was full of all the life and |
ire and impassioned eloqueuce which such an |
occasion would naturally inspire, and it was
1otced that many persons present turned red |
md white by turns during its delivery. The |
1fficers Of the Government were not there-as |
foretold. All the troops were under arms |
,ome in their barracks and Others posted in |
various places throughout the city. Many |
pers ors look upon this absence of the Govern |
nent as act of prudence aud moderation ; |
because, since the death is Brightly or wrong |
Ivy suspected to be an official act, single |
pistol shot on this occasion might have led to
God knows what consequences. Others say |
that the rogues intended to make further |
demonstration, hence the Government had to |
be on the gus rjre.
But the Government is hard to beat in !
.hrewdness for it has ordered, learn, grand
funerals for the Archbishop at the nations ex-
pense and they will doubtless be present then;