I also did my best, during my walks, to keep up my friendly intercourse with the prisoners I had brought down to the Straits with me, and who had been allowed their liberty, on swearing allegiance to Cambiaso. Some of them were very friendly, and brought me such information as they thought would interest me. From them I learnt much of the discipline which Cambiaso had established, and of the sanguinary code of laws which he had drawn up. Immediately after the escape of the governor, and the success of the insurrection, Cambiaso was proclaimed Commandante by the rebels. Afterwards his title was Major General, and Garcia’s, General, or _little_ general, as he was called by most of the soldiers, by way of distinction. On the same day, by order of Cambiaso, the hospital, chapel, with all the sacred vessels on the altar, the house and robes of the priest, were burnt; Cambiaso declaring that he would have nothing to do with any religious rites. A red flag was hoisted, having upon it a scull and cross-bones, with the motto, “I give no quarter;” and upon it the soldiers and released convicts all swore fidelity. This flag I often saw raised in the colony, on parade days, during my imprisonment. I give below the code of laws, a copy of which I afterwards obtained at Valparaiso. Of its atrocity I need say nothing, as it speaks for itself. MILITARY CRIMES, AND THEIR CORRESPONDING PUNISHMENTS. ARTICLE I. Every inferior who speaks disrespectfully of his superior officer, shall be immediately shot. ART. II. Every inferior who should raise his hand against his superior officer, shall be immediately hung. ART. III. If an inferior strikes his superior officers, with or without arms, he shall be burnt alive. ART. IV. He who should be a traitor to the flag we have sworn, shall be cut in pieces, alive, and afterwards burnt. ART. V. He who is guilty of perjury, incurs the same punishment. ART. VI. He who communicates with the enemy, incurs the same punishment. ART. VII. He who speaks against the service, incurs the same punishment. ART. VIII. ROBBERY. He who steals any object, money, or any article whatsoever, shall be hung. ART. IX. WANT OF PUNCTUALITY. If any person in the military service, (no matter in what capacity,) be wanting in his duty, and does not present himself in the place and at the hour at which he has been ordered to appear, he shall be tried and shot. ART. X. COWARDICE. Every man who, for want of courage, flies from the enemy, shall be put to death by the bayonet; and his eyes shall be taken out to prove the fact. The body of a coward shall be burnt. ART. XI. If any traitor be seized, his tongue shall be cut out, it being the instrument of his falsehood. He shall be burnt with a red hot iron, and he shall afterwards suffer the punishments he has incurred, according to Articles 4th, 5th, and 6th. ART. XII.