Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-08-30
COLOMBIAN REVOLUTION.
The ContendlnR Forces Within Two Days
March of Panama-Attaok on
the City Expected.

Kingston, Aug. 25.-Details Of ths
capture of the Colombian government
gunboat Boyaca by the insurgents
outside of Panama have reached here
The Boyaca was captured August 1 by
the insurgent gunboat Padilla, after
a short and unequal fight. She had
on board at the time nearly three
hundred soldiers under the command
Of Generals Ferrero and Enao, who
were to reinforce Gen. Morales Berti,
at Aqua Dulce. The Boyaca also car.
ried several colonels, a supply of am
munition and a considerable sum of
money, An American gunner named
Rose, who was serving on board the
Boyaca, declined to sail on her last
and fatal expedition. Flying the in
surgent flag, the Boyaca IS now
guarding the entrance to the Panama
harbor, presumably with the inten.
ton of preventing steamers or other
vessels from bringing government re.
Inducements to Panama.
Insurgents Gaining Ground.
Nothing definite is known on the
isthmus of the situation of the gov
ernment general, Morales Berti, at
Aqua Dulce, but many persons be-
lieve that the general, after with
standing a siege OF several days, dur
ing which his forces were subjected,
chiefly at night. to severe artillery
fire from the insurgents, perceived
the hopelessness of receiving rein
torcements and supplies from Pana-
ma and was forced to surrender the
troops of his command to lne insur-
gents.
The insurgent forces in the Aqua
Dulce district are said to number be-
tween 1000 and 1000 men. Associ-
ated with Gen. Berti in the defense
Of Aqua Dulce were Gen. Castro, who
gained notoriety at the previous bat
tie at Aqua Dulce, and Generals Go.
mez and Moreno.
An Attack Expected.
Rumors are current on the isthmus
that several detachments of insur-
gents have been seen at the various
stations along the railroad line be-
tween Colon and Panama and an at
tack at either end of The line is ex-
pected, in certain quarters, to occur
at any moment. Because of the pres
ence Of insurgents along the rail-
roads, the government is most anxious
to obtain reinforcements on the 18TH
mus as soon as possible. Fresh
trouble, however, is said to be brew
ing in the interior Of the republic,
and, owing to the frequent refusals
of steamships to carry government
troops, the bringing of reinforce
ments to the isthmus is apparently
no easy matter. The government gun
boat Gen. Pinzon arrived at Carta
gena week ago from Colon, after
having made the voyage with diff.
Guilty.
Only Two Days from Panama.
If the reported surrender of the
government forces at Augua Dulce is
true, the insurgent general Herrera,
Is confronted by Zig problem to pro-
vide food and shelter for and to con-
troll this large and hostile element.
Owing to the fact that the govern
ment line of communication between
Panama and Aqua Dulce is broken,
but little news reaches Panama from
the scat of war, although the con
tending forces are only two days
march from that city.
A Serious Situation.
1t is now said to be impossible for
the Gen. Pinzon to go to sea again IN
her present condition, Important and
indispensable parts Of her machinery
have been completely ruined. The
Pinzon was formerly the American
yacht Namona. She was bought by
the Colombian government and en-
tered its service last summer. Gov
ernment officials on the isthmus as
sert that the newly-acquired govern.
ment cruiser Cartagena shortly will
bring troops to the isthmus.
The Colombian government recog-
nizes the revolutionary situation to
be serious.