The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-10
The Peruvian Assn ssinntiom.

! Full details of the assassination OF Don
Manuel Pardo, ex-President Of the Repub-
| lie Of Peru and President Of the Peruvian
Senate, show that nothing was wanting TO
make it as dramatic as it was detestable
| He was shot by the sergeant OF the
| guard on the threshold Of the Senate
rs he was about to enter. The entire
| guard remained passive while the wretch
who had SO UNANIMOUSLY betrayed his trust
was allowed to flee from the scene after
tussle with one of the companions Of the
murdered statesman. his arrest being finally
| effected by q sergeant of another regiment
| The unfortunate victim died where he fell,
after lingering Tor an hour in agony. his fam
lily and his priest ministering to him as he
| lay bleeding to death on the pavement
/ Uttering a pardon even to his assassin with
his last breath, he passed away. Lima was
| in mourning ut the last advices the trial
Of the culprit had already begun. and the
inquiries lead to the belief that the act was
a portion Of o political conspiracy. The
history of Peru of late years has led easily
to this crime, although President Prado, in
| his proclamation touching the bloody
deed, declares it to be unique Of its
kind in the annals of Peru" In the Span
ish republics Of Central and South America,
as in Mexico, the tradition of reversal Of the
order Of things by military revolution has
| never been fully overborne by the constitu-
| tional methods for whose working the gov
ernments make the amplest provision. 1t
| is not SO long since we were called on to
| chronicle the events Of q Peruvian re-
bellion, in which powerful iron-elad,
| the Huascar, fell into the hands of
the revolutionists, her career being only
stopped by an encounter with British
iron-clad. The government triumphed.
however, and it now appears that the con-
| spiracy Of which Sergeant Melchor Montoya
was the instrument grew out Of that failure.
| Against Senior Pardo the first blow was
| directed, because he was the leader of the
predominant party and by odds the ablest
man in the Republic. The tribute Of
President Prado to the memory OF the muir
| dered statesman was fitting, but it will be
| only com plemented by the punishment of
| the assassin and those more cunning but
less bold behind him. In proportion as the
law is vindicated by due process will the
blood upon the Senate's threshold be shed
| in the cause Of permanent order in Peru.
| Business in the Central states Of the
! West.
| We continue to-day the publication Of
the extensive and instructive correspond
ence which we have been procuring from
| all the States of the Union in relation to
the crops, trade, industry, profits or losses,
and general condition. Our letters to-day
describe the state Of affairs in Missouri,
Arkansas, Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana.
There is considerable difference in the
accounts from these States, Missouri
resembling Illinois, which was described
in our correspondence yesterday; Arkansas
resembling most of the other cotton
States, but having the advantage of most Of
them in its large immigration; Kentucky
resembling its neighbor, Tennessee; Ohio
and Indiana having about the same kind
and degree of prosperity as Nebraska and
Iowa, but falling short of Kansas, which is
receiving large influx of new settlers. The
curse of Missouri as well as of Illinois
is debts contracted in the deceit
| full flush times of imitation, on
which interest runs on at high
rate, while the property is worth a great
deal less than was paid for it. Besides
this source of hardship there is another in
Missouri in the imprudent county bonds
given for building improbable railroads, in
the expectation that the roads would en-
| nance the value of farms. But instead of
going up in value farms have gone down
produce sells for low prices, and the burden
Of taxes entailed by the county bonds presses
with grinding severity.
Throughout all the agricultural States
there is general complaint Of low prices.
| This is not inconsistent with the prosperity
of snch people as are out of debt, for labor
and all kinds of goods are proportionally
cheap. But, unfortunately, multitudes are
deeply in debt, and debts have not dimin-
ished with the resources for paying them.
But the people seem satisfied that the
lowest point Of depression has been passed
and feel that they are advancing toward
better times. During the next year capital
will be emboldened to venture into new
enterprises. thereby improving the home
market for agricultural products. The
general feeling seems to be that ''the night
il far spent and the day is at hand"
who Wrote "The Bankers Daughter ."
Twointeresting communications are given
in to-days HERALD on the subject OF dramatic
copyright and authorship which we believe
will interest all readers who take an in
terest in the theatre. One, signed by Mr..
Roge, deals intelligently with the subject
~ dramatic literature and touches the