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ever, of Don M. Castillo, the military go- 

 vernor of Carthagena, who, as it is said in 

 some accounts, was a personal enemy of 

 Bolivar, pretexts were found to evade the 

 orders of the Congress, and thus the at- 

 tack upon Santa Martha was delayed. Bo- 

 livar, in consequence, marched against Car- 

 thagena, for the purpose of compelling the 

 government to obey the orders of the Con- 

 gress ; and this produced a civil war be- 

 tween the two parties in the city. The 

 royalists in Santa Martha, profiting by the 

 opportunity, and with the view of opposing 

 Bolivar, took possession of Monpox, and of 

 other places, which had been left in a de- 

 fenceless state. 



It was at this juncture that intelligence 

 reached Carthagena of the arrival of the 

 expedition under Morillo. Bolivar, in con- 

 sequence, that he might not be the cause 

 of disuniting the patriots in the face of the 



