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‘sent to New Granada, in irons, with letters to Bolivar, informing him of 
their offence, and 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 
declared 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. 
ing 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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