The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-05
Resti apo. the agent for the revolution ary. party in this city. Interviewed, he

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 .Aitogether in Colombo we now have an and s eeaipped U s< 'eaa Gen T GSibe | urise has ie 900 well drilled troops under him and ac- cording to our advfces was to start on his campaign of invasion of Colombo al
 Before his lines is Gen. Gonzales ve- lansia with nearly an equal number of Colombian troops to oppose him. at the northern part of the Department 900. we have two generals with force of 5000 men, who now have tho city sur rounded. Gen. c. Castillo is in command, and Gen. J. M. Castillo is next in charge, with the forces divided about equally De- tween them.
 land and sea and we expect will speedily fall. Then we shall take Santa Maria, further down the coast and hold both seaports of the Magdelana province. II vii not be difficult to control the entire
 Before Rio Chaca and General Uribc- Uribe's position near San Cristobal Is stationed sarss nenera, aeG camach9 who has they have been without ammunition. but about eighteen lays ago new arms ard large. quantity of ammunition were successfully gotten to them, and they are
 Near Honda Is General Marin with 2,oW seasoned men, and in the Cauca pro- vince In the south, are two generals and Generai Herrera. I cannot speak of the size of their forces or their movements.
 When General Comancho and his troops join with General TJribc-Urfbc the Department of St. Ander will be virtu-
 Tt IS my belief that the Colombian gunooat P1nSor will never come back over the bar at Ba ~anquilla. It is very go out that steamboat navigation of the river has been practically prohibited. General .Albsn committed a gra.c niis- take when he carried her thvfe.
 boat Ia Popa was lost. fiye rapid tsr, guns, N,00) rifles and .oye.000 rounds of am- intuition, besides other military stores, went siown with her."
 Popa Was Sunk by Rebels.
 New York. Sept 4.-rhe brief cable mention of the recent sinking of the Co., lombian gunboat La Pors. he s been sup ing the accident by mail, says The Fri. bune. General Joaquin veIez, Governor Of Bolivar, charges that La Popa was sunk by rebels and has caused the im- ing them with complicity in the plot.
 The Government has used every en- deavnr to suppress the details of the wreck. Of this account t is not defin- itely known how many lives were lost. La Popa was carrying troops from Car tagena to Barranquiiia, and none of them were saved. The war ship, which went down about about sixty miles from tfc pert of Savanilla also carried ! cargo of 100000 cartridges and 1900 rifles, the loss of which will be seriously felt by the Government.
 The sinking of La Popa will also cripple the naval fighting force. as Colombia recently sold the CoFdova, which was her largest ship and is now This is the General Pinzon, formerly the American steam yacht Namouna. One hundred thousand dollars has been sent to General Velez from Bogorna with which to purchase another vessel.
 Coincldent with the receipt of the fore going details comes the news that the revoiutionists are preparing simulta- neous land and sea attack on Rio Cha cha, on the Atlantic side of Colombia It is the object of the rebels to secure con. trol of at least one seaport, which will greatly facilitate the introduction of nlu- nitions of war They possess a meet that is almost If not quite equal to that of the government. This planned attack will be directed by General Jose Maria Cas- tiIio and General 0. Castillo. whose forces have united for that purpose.
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