Phenix Gazette

Death of General Sucre.—The letters received at New York by the brig Montilla, from Carthagena, state that Gen. Antonio Jose de Sucre had been assassinated while on his way to Pasto. Of this distinguished man, the New York Journal of Commerce gives the following biographical sketch:

"Next to Bolivar, Gen. Sucre is the greatest benefactor of South America. He was born at Cumana, in Venezuela, in 1795; consequently, was 37 years old at the time of his death. He was educated at Caracas, and entered the army in 1811. From 1814 to 1817 he served in the staff. He commanded the patriot forces at the battle of Pichincha, on the 24th of May, 1822, when 500 Spaniards were left dead on the field, and the remainder, consisting of about 3000 men, capitulated. By this event, the independence of Colombia was finally secured. In June, 1823, he was elected Commander in Chief of the Patriot forces in Peru, on the approach of a powerful Spanish army, and soon after was invested with the supreme command. On the 9th December, 1824, he gained the battle of Ayacucho, the most brilliant ever fought in South America, in which 1400 royalists were killed, 700 wounded, and 3784 taken, including 16 Generals, 16 Colonels, 68 Lieut. Colonels, and 484 officers of lower grades. This secured the independence of Peru.

He afterwards liberated the provinces of Bolivia, became supreme chief, and was finally appointed by the Congress of that Republic, President for life. He was first President of the late Constituent Congress at Bogota,—was delegated by that body as one of the Commissioners to propose friendly terms with Venezuela; and when this mission had proved unsuccessful, and the Congress had closed its labors, he proceeded to the Southern Departments to appease certain disturbances which had arisen under General Flores. There, it would seem, he has met an untimely fate. His stature was rather below the middle size, his countenance sprightly, and his manner refined and pleasing."