Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-07-13

them n Abe act. The Caracas battalion with its I
/ ucpld commander Gucyafo, followed tlic Hagunchi
along with the Sedeno troop led by Col. Brown while
ine rest of the Rifle battalion drove the fgves from
tho hal TO the thckot aud pits The Pcfuvans were
now completely dafcated, and while our TANKS display
cd themselves officer the stall was sent to Gen
Lamar, who with the remains of his Infantry and
ali his artillery and cavalry, the plain az the
end Of the dcfile,) to propose captulaiion which
should save the remainder; for the vengeance and
honor OF Colombia being satisfied, il was neither he
wish Ufthc government nor OF the army 10 shed
moro Peruvian blood, nor 10 fight where ory could
not cnsue. Gen. Lamar replcd by asking what
terms would be made him, and who were 10 be the
commissioners for conducting the negotiation. They
were Cen. Heres and Col. OIc1ry
Ina the mean time the pursuit was suspcndcd,-,hc
enemy having lost Ia Killed, wounded prisoners aud
missing, more thun 1900 men, including 90 chiefs and
ohlcesi aud rt' as spol great quantity arms am
nutrition, standards clothing, &c. The field ofbattle
WIS spectacle of horror 300 Peruvian soldiers have
eNnacd At farqm the wrongs committed by their ru-
lcrs and crhaps also the crimes ofthc I'd August
in Quito In fulfilling the orders OF the government by
II" nesns To abusc the victory. regulated nyinstruc-
ions I" the commissioners accordmp 10 the hnses pro.
Ppsed I" brn Lamar at Ono on the Sd ofFebruary,
"h"n hs aek"d me the conditions on which Colombia
would consent To peace. thought It indccorous
10 me Republic and its Chief to humble Peru aitcr
neieot' by imposing more conditions than
'""-' required when they had army double the
h'h'er at oars and wished show that our Justice
was tn" sam" before as after the battle
lhc Peruvian commissioners remarked after much
discussion, that their Chief rcarcd i'm the ncpotia-
ton at SaruguTo, that the conditions proposed al Ono
were such as cUnquering army would impose upon
conquered people, and that they could not consent
TO them. IL was already evening when this reply
was receiVei; and return ,d It with The uiiimafn
'at II these conditions accept cd bv dav light
Oh the following morning, would tnenceiorth admit
h hFp,Ifiion unless this also should b. added tie
s"'TeH"eT az Tho rest " tte,r H stal,durdy and
me P"yment NJ all tte expenses gfHe tc.H.
al o'clock on the morning of the 23d. Colonel
Sts Al M
on the part of his General the suspension of hnsi
Ties: and Ia prove his desire tr poetic arrangements
requested me, being acquainted with all the chiefs of
ms Amy To 'hr two who would pS,,irr mo wi h
""Si cnhh'enr" that they ml"ht be his commission
erS' replied that any no were equal in rank To
,'e "hilblan commissioners would be satisfacturv
out mat ~ Poguichapa had cXpres sed wish that
Hrh. GaInarra miUht br one. AZ ten c.olock Cen
Flores and Col. q i.eary on our part and Cons On,
MARIA and Orbcgnso on the par, OF Peru. net IN a
house eqni-dlsiant from the two camps and after
e'1o dral pt augmentation, IN which the indulgence
ana generosity OF Colonbin and the Interests and
brotherhood Of Americans were espcciaily aroued
me articles were agreed on which enclosed To your
ENccllrncy Yesterday, and of which | now forward
one "t the originals.
This morning Rbuut $500 men Of the Peruvian
army have retired from Jiron tenr al that now re-
main OF 100 which they frankly acknowledged had
becn brought into Coombn: and do not hesitate
to say that IN the state Of INSTRUMENTATION and laA
discipline accustomed by this defeat. scarcely 1000
soldiers viii rcpass the Maca,a
Our own losses in the splendid, victory az Tarqui which we
dete ~ sacrifices the Vengeance III nation cons Il of
i94 hie ana Etb wounded. Among
nanda- o the Scdeno troop Jose Nara Ctacaro and ms
s,cnn tire brave coruandt N,dal vino fell while canin,
WIN ms troops the force, the hill
Second IN the battalion Naguac who ia his da np
rushed Forward alone aud being taken prisoner immediate
~ Killed 10y tie along ih the CAnacaro:
tcutenanis Perez, kva and Sauacruz: aud Enens Pinto
Garlic aud lapa who scaled their patriotism ntrepdy
WIN thew blood Among the latter Cspsius Bravo
drZ and Hernsnd-z Lcteuants SoTto Silva aud Fu-
signs AlVare Gil and CasacoV who worthy being par
tctIaily mentioned. =
Office OF Despatch Quito, March n, 1929.
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