Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1821-11-24
c kNERAL QUARTERS.

IhUtCutOO, Oept.
To the Vice President of Columbia.
SIR-t have the ths satisfaction 10 enclose
TO your excellency the COPY of an official let.
ter, in which general Sucre has informed me
Of the brilliant results of the negotiations be-
tween his excellency general st Martin and
che Viceroy Of Peru, La Serna, begging your
excellency to publish this flatteting intelli.
.gence for the satisfaction of this department
PEDRO BRiSENO MENDEZ.
S. Boredom, JutyS.
SIR-The Goth of June received a de.
spatch from the secretary of bis cxcellency
general San Martin, in which he communi.
Gates the following information from Barau.
cas-, under date OF June 9th.
have the satisfaction to inform your ex.
cellency, that have this moment received
intelligence from the general in chief, dated
at Ancon, the l4.h inst. in which he advises
me that the basis of measures has been fixed
which will eventually decide the fate of Peru
the government of Lima having united
with us in acknowledging its independence.
The archipelago Of Chloe, has also declared
Independence; and this event is of no les. i'm.
pOrtsnce to the general cause of South Anne.
RIGA.
l have received besides details of posterior
events, and negotiations as late as the 2Oth
of June, of which send your excellency an
abstract
On the lIth, at night, General Leserna a.
greed to surrender Callao security. The
convention, in the mean time, determined
that it was necessary TO avoid war; aud on
the 18th the Gillian squadron, with 2000
men, entered Cailao The Spanish army of
Lima co.operated in this measure, and these
movements created ;he greatest disorder in
the capital. The cabildo desired peace-the
.junta de pccifcdtion also inclired to it, and
general Lsseraa, under the oarcuwstances,
obtained truce of IL DAYS more from Gene
va san Martin. The hopes of terminating
the war without shedding more blood, made
him consent to this new armistice. IL has
been agreed that the negotiations shall be
continued on board an English frigate, ar,
ehored of Cailao, as neural situation.
Ths cGbitao OF Lima. to whom has been
entrusted the fate of the country, treats
with general San Martin. The consequent
ces OF having fixed as the basis of the tran.
sactions the acknowledgement of indepen.
dence, are, that The patriots of the capital
have taken important stees in commercial
atfairs-that the timid and indifferent have
declared thsmseives-tbat the royali.ts are
much dismayed and enfeehied-and confc.
sion may be the final result. In the mean
time column under command of colonel
Miller, beat three parties 10 Areguipa, puno,
and La Paz-and The battalion OF Arequipa
passed over TO our cotoTs--eli the pro-
Once Sf that name having declared inde-
pendence. II is generally believed tina, the
project proposed by the Spanisrds in the
armstce is, TO leave Lima and Join gener.
al Rdmiye1, who was In Africa with 1900
men, the remains of the army of Alto Peru,
A part of the Spanish cavalry has already
set out in that direction, taking off much
valuable treasure from he chnrche., shame
fully plundered from them By force.
Such is the news l have received of the
situation OF the liberating army of Peru-and
have TO communicate to you, that it may
be made known to the president.
ANTONIO JOSEF SUCRE,
Sr- NJ mister of War and Navy.