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sent to New Granada, in irons, with letters to Bolivar, informing him of 

 their offence, unci offering him the indemnification of the state of Chile for 

 whatever costs might be incurred by keeping them secure in prison. These 

 officers were attached to their country's liberties ; and though that was a 

 crime in Chile, in Columbia it was the best recommendation they could 

 produce. Instead of being continued in irons, they were immediately re- 

 leased from their tyrannical oppressors who bore them thither, supplied with 

 every necessary in which they stood in need ; and such as wished to join the 

 service of Columbia had their appointments directly. In answer to the 

 official letter of O'Higgins, Bolivar returned, that he would provide for the 

 comforts and safety of the unfortunate officers remitted to him as well as 

 lay in his power, without receiving any remuneration from the state of 

 Chile ; and also, that if meritorious Americans were found to be either a 

 burden or a trouble in Chile, he requested they might be always sent to 

 Columbia, where they should find a secure asylum ; adding, that the blood 

 of worthy citizens and soldiers had already sufficiently stained the United 

 Provinces and Chile. This reply of Bolivar seems to have sounded rather 

 harshly to the ears of a government only accustomed to hear the soft sounds 

 of adulation. Of the many exiles that left Chile since, none have ever been 

 sent thither, Columbia having lost all credit with Chile as a place of exile. 



The regiment No. 1 de los Andes, of which Alvarado was colonel, had 

 been left in San Juan with Don Juan Rosas, governor of that town. It con- 

 sisted of 400 dragoons, and 500 light infantry. They declared themselves 

 independent of San Martin ; deposed his governor, Rosas, at the request of 

 the town, substituting in his place Don Mariano Mendizabal, who immediately 

 declare'd in favour of Carrera, sending Lieutenant-Colonel Morillo with 

 despatches, and inviting him to take up his winter quarters in San Juan ; 

 offering him barracks, provisions, money, and auxiliary forces to cross the 

 Andes the ensuing spring, provided such auxiliaries should be found 

 necessary. 



Ramirez also sent an aide-de-camp to our encampment, requesting Carrera 



to cross the Parrana, as Artigas had declared hostilities against him. Thus 



Carrera had in his encampment at the same time four embassies, each solicit- 



ng his attendance in a different quarter ; viz. Buenos Ayres, Chile, San Juan, 



and Entre Rios. 



To Chile he could not pass till spring ; his presence was not necessary in 

 San Juan, and it would be inglorious to go there to pass his time in ease and 



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