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mana and Barcelona, to the Spanish general, 

 Monteverde, the latter solemnly engaged 

 to bury in oblivion every act militating 

 against the Spanish government, and to 

 allow the liberty of emigration from Ve- 

 nezuela. Notwithstanding, however, this 

 treaty, Miranda was shortly afterwards ar- 

 rested, and thrown into a dungeon at Puerto 

 Cabello ; he was subsequently conveyed to 

 Puerto Rico, and from thence to the prison 

 of La Carbaca, at Cadiz, where he died. 

 During a truce between the Spanish army 

 of Peru, commanded by General Goyene- 

 che, and the independent forces of Buenos- 

 Ayres, under the orders of General Val- 

 carce, an attack was made by the former, 

 whilst the latter considered themselves in 

 security under the treaty. The patriot 

 general, Belgrano, having in 1812 taken 

 prisoners the royalist general, Tristan, and 

 the division of the army of Peru which 

 he commanded, allowed them to return 



