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I. de la Riva-Aguero

PARDO'S ASSASSINATION.

Shot as He Entered the Senate by a Sergeant of His Guard of Honor.

HE DIES CAESAR-LIKE.

Activity of President Pardo in Disbanding the Conspirators.

ANTECEDENTS OF THE PRISONER.

The Nation's Grief Before and At the Funeral.

LIMA, Nov. 21, 1878.

Peru is in mourning. Don Manuel Pardo, ex-President of the Republic and President...

Senate, was cowardly assassinated in the very halls of Congress on Saturday, the 16th inst. The people generally and the country are lamenting the loss of a

chief of the Pinchina battalion, Colonel Laiseca, and conversed with him at some length. According to this gentleman's statement the assassin, Mon toya, had been seven years in the regiment, had always done his duty, and never gave the slightest reason for supposing him capable of committing such a crime. Melchor Montoya is a young man of middle stature, without hair on his face, which is perfectly expressionless. He is of Indian origin. In the first moments following the perpetration of the terrible deed the guard of the Senate became completely disorganized; but Commander Falconi, who by chance was near at hand, succeeded, revolver in hand, in reducing them to order. It is said for a fact that the criminal Montoya has confessed that the assassination of Don Manuel Pardo had formed part of a conspiracy in which almost all the sergeants of the Pinchina battalion and, it is even added, some of the officers, are implicated. He states that he was engaged to take part in it by a sergeant named Go-mez Sanchez, who offered to assist him in perpetrating the crime, but who at the last moment left him to himself.

STATEMENT OF THE CULPRIT.

The Judge, Dr. Arbulu, immediately proceeded to take the preliminary declarations of the assassin Montoya. In order to prevent the accumulation of crowds in front of the residence of the Pardo family a guard of soldiers belonging to the Ayacucho battalion was stationed in the vicinity on Saturday afternoon. The wife and mother of Señor Pardo, who were in the Secretaries' offices of the Senate, refused to give their consent to the body remaining in the Senate hall, as had first been proposed, and initiated their intention of remaining until the assurance was given them that the body should be transferred to the house. Orders were consequently issued to this effect. The operation of embalming the body was begun at five in the afternoon and terminated at a quarter to nine o'clock at night.

VENGEANCE AND SORROW.

The news spread over the city with singular rapidity. At first it was hardly credited that such a hideous crime could have been perpetrated, but which

WASHINGTON.

A Busy Day Among the
Financial Tinkers.

WAR ON THE NATIONAL BANKS.

The Regulation of Presidential Elections.

DETAILS OF MR. EDMUNDS' BILL.

Secretary Sherman's Bill Readjusting
Duties on Sugar.

FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9, 1878.

of whom certify that Mr. Atkins did not touch
interfere with the bill and had no connection with the
handling of it. A letter from Senator Conover to Mr.
Atkins also states that he had not only never made but
never suggested such a statement. Mr. Hewitt also
says that Mr. Atkins, to his certain knowledge, did
not interfere with the enrolling of the bill, and that
in fact no member of the House had anything to do
with it at that stage, except Mr. Rainey, whose duty
it was, as member of the Committee on Enrolled
Bills, to compare it, having done which, as he and
his clerks supposed with every care, he himself took
it into the House.

This of course settles the question. Your correspondent was deceived by an informant, a leading official of the House, whom he had a right to believe trustworthy, and who from his position had facilities for knowing the truth, but for some reason put forth a false report.

According to the statement of one of the clerks of
the House, such omissions as that of the Hot Springs
clause is not an infrequent matter in legislation. In
the last ten Congresses there are as many as twenty
instances of omissions which had to be supplied or
rectified by subsequent legislation.

NONE BUT REPUBLICANS IN THE FEDERAL JURY BOXES OF THE SOUTH—BAD OUTLOOK FOR DEMOCRATS.

In connection with the expected prosecutions in
the Southern States for infractions of the general
election laws, considerable apprehension has been
expressed by the democrats of that region by a re-
cent decision of United States courts, which
Woods, of the Fifth Judicial Circuit, that
judges in United States courts must sub-
mit to the test oath. As the first

that the national or government party proposed to take some decisive steps toward regaining supremacy, in a political point of view, over the civil organization of which Señor Pardo was the recognized leader, and even threats had been made of desperate deeds. Still no one imagined that party passions could culminate in the bullet or knife of an assassin. Señor Pardo arrived at the door of the Senate house at two o'clock on the afternoon of the 16th, and alighting from his carriage, entered the vestibule, where the guard of honor, some ten or twelve infantry soldiers with a bugler, commanded by a Captain Ulloa, and belonging to the battalion "Pichincha," was drawn up with arms presented, a ceremony always performed on the entrance of the President of the Upper House.

## THE ASSASSINATION.

Señor Pardo, followed by Señor Rivas and another friend, passed along the line, waving his hand to the officer (an intimation to recover arms), and was turning into a narrow passage way leading to the Senate Chamber, when the last man in the line, the sergeant of the guard, Montoya, levelled his Comblay rifle and fired point blank at Señor Pardo, who was walking from him. The ball entered under the left shoulder blade, passed through the left lung, making a ghastly wound, and spent its force in the adobe wall, penetrating nearly two inches. Señor Pardo clutched convulsively at the arm of Señor Rivas, who was at his side, and then with such assistance staggered forward a few paces to the inner courtyard, when he fell upon the marble floor. Alarmed by the report of the rifle several Senators and attendants hurried to the spot to behold with dismay the terrible spectacle. After the first few moments of consternation and confusion medical aid was summoned and several doctors were promptly on the spot, but they at once declared the wound to be mortal. The hemorrhage that ensued, and which it was impossible to check, left not the slightest hope of salvation. All was done, however, that could be done under the circumstances. To avoid the progress of the hemorrhage Señor Pardo was not moved from the place where he fell. There, lying on the flags, he was assisted by the doctors, who simply placed a cushion under his head. When the death agony set in and all hope was lost of prolonging that precious existence, a small mattress was procured from the room of one of the porters and the body carefully placed on it.

## HIS LAST WORDS.

After the lapse of a few minutes Señor Pardo recovered consciousness, and his first words were:—"I owe much—a confession—my family." His next inquiry was as to whose hand had committed the murder. When told that the assassin was one of his own guard he said:—"Poor unfortunate! He has my pardon." When given some Cognac as a restorative by Dr. Mo-

all business was suspended, flags were dropped half-mast and the houses of the city became homes of mourning. The President issued a proclamation declaring that the event was a national calamity and assuring the nation that the murderer and his accomplices would be punished with the utmost rigor of the law. There seems to be no possible doubt that it was the result of a conspiracy, and the investigations now taking place will throw light upon the matter. By removing the leader of the civil party his enemies imagined that disorder would follow tending toward defeat and separation, but the foremost of the opposing or national party are loud in their denunciations of the crime and deny that it could have proceeded from their partisans. Still it is well known that there are many in that organization who had uttered threats against Pardo, and it will be remembered that in 1874 and in 1876 attempts were made by them against the life of the man whose murder has now been compassed. On account of the alarm which the murder caused in the city on the Saturday afternoon many families sent to bring their children home from their schools. The two youngest children of Señor Pardo were in a college on Corcobado street, when some one sent to request that his child might be permitted to return home, and as the mistress had already received and complied with several previous requests of the same nature, she asked what was the matter in the city. The reply, to the effect that Don Manuel Pardo had been assassinated and that a disturbance was imminent, reached the ears of the two little sons of the victim, who threw themselves into one another's arms and burst into bitter tears. Poor little things, they had just parted from their father full of life and health. On Sunday night the police arrested in the street Captain German Astete, who, as our readers will recollect, commanded the rebel ship Huescar in the engagement at Pacocha. It appears that the declarations taken by the criminal judge throw much light on the affair so deeply lamented, and give reason to hope that the plot will be discovered. The Congress in the meantime has decreed the suspension of articles 18, 20 and 29 of the constitution, the tenor of which is as follows:—

ARTICLE 18. No person can be arrested without a written order from the competent Judge or from the authorities in-trusted with the preservation of public order, except taken in flagrante delicto. In any case the person arrested must be placed at the disposal of the Court within twenty-four hours of arrest. The persons issuing such order are obliged to furnish a copy of the same whenever it may be demanded.

ART. 20. No person can be separated from the Republic nor from his place of residence, except in execution of a judicial sentence.

ART. 29. All the citizens have the right to meet peaceably together, either publicly or privately, without compromising public order.

## THE FUNERAL.

On the 18th inst. the authorities and public functionaries met at three P. M. in the reception room of the palace, and, presided over by the Council of Ministers, they then proceeded to the residence of the deceased, where they were received by the commission of the Chambers. The body was then conveyed to the Church of St. Domingo, where it lay in state until this morning. During this interval of three days masses were celebrated in all the churches. This morning the body was transferred to the Cathedral, where the funeral ceremonies took place. All the members of the diplomatic corps were present. The funeral oration was pronounced by Dr. José A. Roca. At the end of the impressive ceremonies the body was conveyed to the cemetery and buried with military honors. The late ex-President married a niece of Mr. Frederico Barreda, a former Minister from Peru to the United States and still a resident of New York. Foreigners in Peru have lost a true and generous friend, and the Republic will find it more than difficult to replace the loss of such a loving son.

EL SALAMANQUINO,
PERIÓDICO TÁURICO,

DESTINADO Á PROPAGAR LA FAMA DE LA GRAN LIDIA QUE SE DEDICA RESPETUOSAMENTE
A LAS CAMARAS LEGISLATIVAS
POR ESTE CELEBRE DIESTRO.

PARA
EL DOMINGO 6
DE SETIEMBRE
DE
1874.

EL SALAMANQUINO.

LIMA, SETIEMBRE 4 DE 1874.

El toro, cuadrúpedo que en el cielo como en la tierra de-
sempeña un papel tan principal, vale por cierto la pena de
que le consagremos un editorial.

El toro ! ¿Qué sería de la pobre y mísa r humanidad sin
esta bestia, que lleva en su frente la media luna, con mas faci-
lidad que Atlas lleva sobre sus hombros la Tierra ?

Quien tuviera el genio, la erudición y el talento necesario
para poder escribir la historia biográfica y fisiológica de este
fiero irracional!

Alzad la vista á los espacios infinitos y lo vereis, allí, colo-
cado por la ciencia astronómica, ocupando majestuoso uno de
los doce palacios zodiacales.

El dios en gefe de la legion de dioses que adoraba el paga-
nismo; el tunante de Júpiter Tonante, con toda su deidad su-
prema, no se desdenó de revestir las formas del toro, encar-
nándose en este sujeto, para robarse á Europa.

Allí tenemos en lo antiguo al sagrado buey Apis, divinidad
tutelar de los caldeos: uno de los nueve Tolomeos hubo de
consagrarle templos y rendirle culto.

El toro no se ha degradado, ni ha dejenerado como muchas
razas humanas. Superior en esto al hombre, hoy mismo, entre
nosotros el toro ejerce una mision de salvacion.

El representa y encarna con su propia carne el principio
fundamental de nuestra existencia.

Como vivir sin su carne? ¿Cómo evitar la peste de Cloro-

és que hoy nos invade por el asueramiento de una sangre fal-
ta de los principios constituyentes que forman la nuestra?

¿ Y nosotros, qué somos respecto de ese enhastado mortal
de cuatro remos y dos baupreses?

Mal que nos pese: cada uno de nosotros no somos mas que
utú sepulero conteniendo parte de los restos del que ha dado su
vida para que tengamos vida.

Y todavía ¡ é egoísmo! no contentos, no saciados con vivir
akosta del sacrificio heroico del que nos alienta con su preciosa
sangre (y cada día mas preciosa, desde que subiendo el precio,
le spacecion del adjetivo se justifica mas), queremos, todavía,
que su muerte nos sirva de espectáculo, de foco social y de
objeto de emociones conmovedoras.

Ese noble animal que llega sumiso y condolido á abrigar
con su inflamable aliento al recien nacido Salvador, ha recibi-
do por premio el ser destinado á una espantosa ley de trasmi-
graciones, convirtiéndolo en rosbif y beef-teaks y otros patages

Y con toda la grande importancia del toro, importancia mís-
tic, histórica, social, material, astronómica y gastronómica,
un hombre solo, va á convertir esa entidad ríuble, en mísero
juguete de sus caprchos.

El hombre es el Salamanquino, uno de los padres de la
ciencia táurica, decano de los matadores, toro de los redon-
delos de España y Debutante en el nuestro.

Allí lo veremos en cátedra práctica, demostrando por a+b
=c, que la experiencia y el arte unidas á la serenidad, hacen
mas que la fuerza viril de la juventnd osada, ciega é inesperta.

Ocasion tendremos de ver que los años desaparecen ante la
conciencia del saber, como las brumas ante la aparicion del
Sol.

Estas palabras no son utópicas. No vivirá mucho quien no
quede convencido delante la elocuencia irresistible de los he-
chos. Para esto se convoca á un meeting de 50 mil ciudada-
danos en la cátedra circular de Acho, desde la 1h. P. M. el
día ......... 6 sin falta.

F. F.

EL SALAMANQUINO.

PLAZA DE ACHO.
EXTRAORDINARIA CORRIDA DE TOROS
DEDICADA RESPETUOSAMENTE A LAS
CAMARAS LEGISLATIVAS.
PARA EL DOMINGO 6 DE SETIEMBRE DE 1874.

Bajo la presidencia de la Comision de Espectáculos.

CUADRILLA.

CAPAS DE A CABALLO.

Los de costumbre.

ESPADAS.

Julian Casas (Salamanquino)—Francisco Diaz
(Paco de Oro)—Angel Valdez.

BANDERILLEROS.

La cuadrilla completa.

TOROS QUE SE HAN DE LIDIAR.

1º El Renegado.

2º El Saltamontes.

3º El Indio.

4º El Hermoso.

5º El Sabroso.

6º El Bandolero.

7º El Encarcelado.

8º El Molinero.

Todos de la afamada
ganaderia La Molina.

Muy interesante al público.— Se lidiarán ocho toros bravos de la ganaderia de la Molina, adquiridos á costa de alto costo y de dificultades.

El Salamanquino inducido por muchas personas á quienes hubiera parecido un crímen que estando en Lima no se higiese admirar, ha cedido, y al arguizar su corrida hace de ella *estreno y despedida*, en una pieza.

Toma parte en esta gran lidia toda la cuadrilla. Los matadores alternando son el beneficiado, Paco de Oro, y Valdés (Angel).

El octavo toro está sentenciado á morir á manos de Ortega, el ágil banderillero.

Habrá lances varios y suertes varias.

El Salamanquino, jugando la capa, dará un cértamen de todas las suertes conocidas.

Interesa, sobre todo, saber que las localidades se toman en la cigarrera del señor Chavez, portal de Escribanos; ni mas caras ni mas baratas que las de ordinario: pero puede suceder que se acaben pronto, por lo que convendria acudir con tiempo.

Al que madruga Dios le ayuda.

Entrada general 40 centavos; niños 20 centavos.

La corrida empezará á las 3 y media.

"IMPRISONED SPRING."—[FROM A PAINTING BY

a tree. The best tree. The best tree at all; but in all cases to be over one hundred years old, and so prominently displayed in our sketch of Angeles County.

so a great source of benefit. Here again we find Mr. NORDHOFF,

grape juice of the vineyardists. They watch the crop with some care as it is growing. They advise the farmers of whom they propose to buy concerning the treatment of their vineyards; but they do not buy the grapes, but only the juice, and of that only such as on trial they are satisfied with. Of what is left unsold the farmers make brandy. Every large vineyard, I am told, presently acquires a character of its own, either by reason of its soil or for the method and carefulness of its culture. I think an Eastern man has little idea until he visits one of the large wine

winers and corking are the wine has begun to be placed cork downwardsly deposited near the man takes care of a man and cuts the string with which he is to tie the bottle in a corkscrew, and with it the little wine. Now it is who pours in a small measure of rock-candy, under an engine which, and then