The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-25
MANUEL PARDO'S FUNERAL
BURYING THE MURDERED sTATEsMAN-PoLIT7-
CAL SITUATION IN PERU. s4E

CAL SITUATION IN PERU. &4
LA. Nov. 81. 1878.
As was communicated in my last letter Congress
decreed the funeral honors usually given to Presi
dent of the State to Don Manuel Pardo and the
mony impressive in the extreme In the process.
sion marched the President, General Prado attended
by his staff. and followed by the Archbishop; the
Papal Delegate. Monseior Moncenni; the diplomatic
corps. the Justices of the Supreme Court and officers
of its dependencies; delegations from the different
religious orders Congress in . body; at least six
thousand citizens all attirod In mourning, and the
whole garrison of Lima consisting of four infantry
regiments. two regiments Of cavalry. and one of
tillery. The officers from the United States steamer
Onward in full uniform, also did honor to the
ory OF the dead patriot. The immense nsves Of the
Cathedral insufficient to contain the assembage.
The church sumptuously hung with black and
silver. and on ep imposing catafalque ten feot high
the body placed. Monsehor Roca one Of the
most distinguished OF the Peruvian preates, pro-
nounccd the funeral grafton.
BURIAL.
After the requiem mass the procession WAS again
formed and the body conducted to the Panteon.
where it was buried with great ceremony. the artil
lery firing parting salute Of twentyone guns over
the grave. In the long from the Cathedral to
the cemetery probably . mile and half. the
ferent persons rulicving each other 1t stated dis
tances. From the balconies flowers and wreaths
showered down upon the coffin, and after O few
blocks the casket almost invisible from the
wealth OF hora beauty covering ii.
Congress has resolved to erect monument to
Pardo near the spot where he fell. and national
subscription Is to be set foot tor another statue
to be raised in some prominent public place. The
trial of the murderer progresses slowly and with the
greatest Several further arrests have been
made. but are absolutely ignorant Of the revcls-
tions which may have been made News from the do
partnents of Cuzco, Puno and Arequipa which were
considered. dangerous liz OF the most gratifying
ture Public tranquility undisturbed, and the
sad intelligence of Mr.. Pardo's assassination had
been received with evidences of sincere grief and
sympathy. In the north everything is reported
| quiet, and the vast conspiracy spoken Of by tho
President of the Cabinet Council appears to be
what my thical. Nevertheless in q country
ing such exceptional character Peru, with her
revolutions earthquakes and tidal waves II 10 not
safe prophecy either way the other. General
to unite the civil party formerly led by Pardo with
his own the national party, so as to present
stronger front TO the Church organization which
places faith In Don Nicolas de Pcrola The leaders
OF the civil party listened rather cooy to the Pres
Dental ovcrtures, but consented To take them into
consideration. The whereabouts of the reloutabie
Pierola is mystery-according TO some reports he
il in Paris, to others speeding toward his native
shores in fleet steamer laden with the most warlike
of material.
THE PIcIIrNcHA BATTALION.
The battalion OF infantry known as the
"Pichincha." which furnished the guards for the
Senate aud the House OF Deputies, and to the ranks
of which the assassin Montaya belonged, has been
dsbanded and replaced by now corps called
Lima, having for its basis certain number OF the
established through tho fundamentally OF Don
ipI