New-York tribune., 1885-07-04
RIEL EXPECTING TO BE ACQUITTED.

QUEBEC, July "a etUer mas JuSU Deeu re-
ceved by DE-. Fiset from Louis Rie After speaking of
his ready surrender his chance he wished to
do and the pacific effect his surrender had In bringing
the rebellion to acose Rie says 1t should have some
weight In securing him his trial before the Supreme
Court and in Lower Canada for there alone that he
all his witnesses He says that he was In
the United States, aboring to create future for him
SELF VIXEN he Invited the halfbreeds to assist
them in petitOning tho Government, and he worked
peacefully until the time when taken up. He
says also that he never dreamed OF war, but that by
intrigue and forged letters complication of affairs was
brought about by Interested dealers He desired to re-
turn to the United States but the people would not
Laurent st ' to Celebrate the feast joseph and had
st. Antoine route when they learned that 300
them and imprison their iraders When the naIfbreods
learned this they stopped their wagons and made
two other arrests Rel says he wac not present when
these arrests made but he was Informed and when
cided to take up in their defence. In twentyfour
hours the whole population were In arms He concludes
chained before tho have pronounced upon his case
and feels confident that they will not lind him guilty
THE REvoLUTiONIsrs IN COLOMBIA.
PANAMA, June 24.-News comes from the
Atlantic coast that the ports OF Barranqua and savan
lila again In the hands Of the Government forces
the revoutionists having gone up the river to some
point in the interior This movement some assert, Is to
intercept General QunterO Calder0n VINO is on the way
with 1000 JOIN the loyal forces In the neghbor
hood OF Carthagcna. Camargo's force is sufficiently
strong to destroy that Of his adversary Others aver
that Camargo the way for Bogota itself, and that
he will pass La Gloria, where Quinteros force is
posed to be- wit giving battle, In order to lose no
men befors arr,vlSg capital There is said to be
force OF any moment in the nelghborhood OF Bogots
and the capital would fall easy capture to the revolu
ZIONIST The capture of the capital would not necessarily
ato fv f,a trim NH hof he
impetus the disaected in other parts Of
the republic and kndle the slumberng fires OF re-
volt Some believe that the rebels bound for the
States OF Santander and Ant0qua. where they can
easily recruit number Of amoug their sympahiz-
ers Camargo and his associates evidently intend to
fight they refused to rafy the conditions Of agree
ment drawn up the other day board the Tennessee
by Justo Arosemena and General Hernandez. These
conditions favorable to the revolutisnsts and
oyasts alike and II hoped would end all trouble
tion looked upon coldly and his influence over the
majority Of the rebel chiefs procured Its rejection The
movement OF Camargo following closely upon these
peace negotiations, Is regarded as rather peculiar. He
revolution from that not made public and
had resolved TO upon IL with his accut TONED bold
and ntrepidty The only result OF the peace con.
ferences the Interchange OF prisoners. Admiral
Jouett yet retured from SayaDa. where he has
remained Ia the hope that he could be VI service III ar
ranging peace between the belligerents.
There Is still much Illness on the lsthmus. The pre-
vailing diseases the natives 'iysentery ana
recorded In the last few days Among foreigners
the principal OF fatality IL fever There have been
many victims particularly among tho Cauca soldiers
lately arrived aud who are cassed here as foreigners