Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-06-15
OCCURRENCES PERU.

BALTIMORE, June l4-Tbe following
memorandum ot occurrences in Peru has
been poll ely communicated By 4 m.rcan
tile house in this cry. We believe The m
formation Came by The way OF Panama q
Cbagr-s According to this account the
Royal Spanish Army is stalled to have gain
ed possession OF the city OF Lima o. the
Esd February-an even; which the settlers
from Lima OF the s5ih OF he same month
(vla Jamaica; shsw had not taken place al
toe latter date; although on The aub '.i'y
of the British Consul OF Colombia, it l.
said to have occurrei subsequently
On the 18th February, al II, A VI. the
Spanish Colors were hUisled a. the forts OF
CaIao. which were garIisoned by ba''a'
lion from Buenos .Ayres, and auxiliary Pa.
triols from Peru; their fficers and the Go
vrrnor General Ayarado, havjne been
secured by them in subterrsne u, prisons.
At O'clock in The afternoon they sent a
boat express to Pisco, The head quarters OF
our general IN chief. Don use Canierac.
hi. second ~ COZ mand, Valdes, was with
the vanguard in Csnite.
A, soon as they received this information
TIE aImy marched on Lima, and on the
93d OF the same month Gen ROdil with
his division, consisting OF 5000 men, took
possession OF that city and OF the forts OF
Cailso.
When General Bolivar heard of this e.
ven, be was at Patlvilca, and re'redt-d 10
l'uxiIlo. Were be renamed nine days,
and lo,ned General Sucre, who was in the
ne ghbOrhood OF Pasco, after being routed
by our general Carratata Bolivar inme.
dla,ey began bis march on Cajamarca
with all his forces, amounting to $500 men
where he was on Tie day OF my departure
from Guayaqu,l, l8!b March.
Our troops maDeuvred against him TO
counieracl bis movements 1t IS suppos~
ed that bis plan is to get possess ion OF ;be
Pass from Quito to Zafsr, But the valiant
Agualongo with 5000 Pa,tusos is at the
,ssn o. Yb n tbrfe days mar b from
Quito Two batsIions of ESQ den each,
the one coming from Panama, and the o.
| lber, consisting OF students and others
from Quito. forced INTO the seivCe, were
sent to at ack hun, bot went over 10 bin,
(Aguaiongo-the former he joined to has
troops, but the latter were GU to pieces
In consequence OF the miserable state
III "utSu tuosC PioNulcS oiC nv" W." WV
oppression OF their Inhabitants, the great
er part f them bail the approach Of our
troops, being by this time convinced OF
the error into which they had fallen.
At the time OF General Rodil's entrance
be found our colors flying, which were pre-
scented to bin by the Peruvian Congress
and their President, the Marquis Tore
Tagle.'
STILL LATER.
6YAfter the above was in type, The
schr Scott, captain Smith arrived at tbis
port in 90 days from Cbagres. TIE &C
counts from Panama are TO the 20h May,
and confirm those previously received OF
the capture OF Callao and Lima IN con-
sequence oil the successes OF the Royalls's
there was general panic throughout IA
mama, the people of which were fearful
| of an attack from them. II was reported
al Panama that after the Rnyalists had
gained complete possession OF the forts OIL
CaIao, they shot every third man OF the
black troops, through whose instrumental j.
| ity the forts had islen into their hands -
This measure was enforced 10 queli lha