Show THEY ARE HEARTILY TIRED OF 1 TH V AR The People in Rio Are Becoming S Aweary IT LOOKS VERY BLUE FOR THE REBELS Revolutionists Have Suffered Defeat After Defeat Discontent Prevails in the Ranks and Desertions are SaidTto lie Anmerons Peixoto i Said tobe More Active Than Ever and a Decisive De-cisive Battle llctween thc Government Govern-ment and the Insurgents Cannot Be Very Far Off Rio de Janeiro Jan 14 Copyrighted Copyright-ed by the Associated Press3The news received in this city from the south is of a character most encouraging to the I Brazilian governmentand disheartening dishearten-ing to the insurgent admiral It was I to the effect that the long expected and I I from muchneeded reinforcements I Santa Catherina are unlikely to give like assistance to anything Ute a prompt I i their fellow Insurgents now in the Rio II I I harbor I now looks as if the revolutionary revolu-tionary leaders at Santa Catherina would be unable to lend any aid to Gama The serious Illness of Mello i now on board the Republica has had Ian I-an apparent disastrous effect upon the 1 insurgent forces of the southern part of the republic In the Rio Grande do Sul the insurgents have raised the siege of Bage and have left the city I In the triumphant possession 01 me government garrison In a number of other engagements the revolutionists have suffered defeat and many Mello men were wounded or killed Unless Mello recovers and is able by his presence to reanimate his men the outlook for the insurgents is very dark indeed Discontent is said to prevail to a large extent in the ranks and desertions de-sertions are said to be numerous Fever is also thinning the Insurgent army Unless something is quickly done Mello will lose fully one half of his entire force in the south I is very probable this news will lead to greater activity than ever on the part of Plexoto and that a battle between the troops and the insurgents squadron and forts of a decisive character char-acter will be fought within a veryshort time The Inhabitants of Rio are heartily tired of war and the epidemic now raging here makes a desire for peace all the stronger on the part of citizens generally |