NOTICES OF BOLIVIA. 175 



During his administration, schools were established, and 

 plenipotentiaries were sent to Buenos Ayres, to obtain the ac- 

 knowledgment of the independence of the Republic, which 

 was withheld by that government, alleging that Bolivia could 

 not be free while General Sucre and two thousand Colombians 

 were permitted to remain within her territories. This act gave 

 umbrage to the Bolivians, and evoked some spirited articles on 

 the subject from them, which appeared in ^*E1 Peruano." 



On the 15th of October 1826, Peru acknowledged Bolivia 

 to be an independent state. At present, an agent from Brazil, 

 and a Charge d' Affaires and Consul General from France, are 

 residing at Chuquisaca. The government of the United States 

 has not yet sent a diplomatic agent of any class to that country. 



Notwithstanding that Peru acknowledged the independence 

 of Bolivia, she was anxious to obtain the cession of certain ter- 

 ritories, adjoining to her southern boundary. On the 9th of 

 April 1827, the Peruvian plenipotentiary left La Paz, and 

 soon after, a Peruvian army, under the command of General 

 Gamarra, appeared on the Bolivian frontier. On the 18th of 

 April 1828, the garrison at Chuquisaca, the capital of Bolivia, 

 revolted, through the intrigue and machinations of the Peru- 

 vian general. This garrison consisted only of fifty men, yet it 

 was sufficient to overthrow the then existing government. 

 General Sucre, in attempting to quell the disturbance, was 

 severely wounded in the arm. Gamarra, under pretence of 

 fear for the personal safety of the President, and anxiety to 

 restore tranquillity to the state, marched from the Desagara- 

 dero, where he was encamped, and took possession of La Paz, 

 and of the Capital. Sucre at once resigned, and sailing from 

 Cobija, arrived at Callao on the 13th of December, where he 

 remained twenty-four hours, but was not permitted to land. 

 While there his wounds were dressed by one of the medical 

 officers of the United States Frigate Brandy wine ; and he offer- 

 ed his services to intercede between the governments of Peru 

 and Colombia, then at war, with the hope of restoring peace 

 without having recourse to arms. On the fourteenth he sailed 

 in the Porcia (an American ship) for Guayaquil. 



Bolivia was soon plunged in a most dreadful state of anarchy. 



