Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-11-29
LIBERALS FORCED BACK.
Abandon San Paolo and Barbacoa. The Pjnzon
Bombards Porto BelIo.

Colon. Colombia. Nov. q. Z, MIA.
following dispatch has just been receive,
from Panama;
The Colombian s;nEoat Ho,.,., xv,. 4,
sphtched Tuesday. having On board
about 80 soldiers. FOR Chamc. or it's vi
Iinity where. il WAS declared. a party OF
Liberals under Gen. Perrns had receive
quite recently 4 fresh supply of arms an
ammunition.
San P.tolo ana Hlrhacoa arc known
mere to be Liberal sIronghoIds ana place:
very easy to defend. while to cross tn,
brids@ spanning the Cha2res river. now
swollen. was next To impossible tor a.
attacking force. The tr.tt was accom-
phShed. however, hut the reason th,. Lin
erals abandoned I;arbacua j. not ms.
clear. The death rate an the government
side was Very great. many bodies failn:.
INTO the river. An attempt was also mad
I" make Il IT. t"tlr ON the river in boats.
nut the boats were cdp~iz,d and inuIN
men Were drowned
Gen. Castro commanded the forces /. I
harhaCoa. Cen Alhln tried IL set il
train. yesterday morning. IL convey -
men IL ~" Sc, Il" uf tn" enlightenment VII
Barhacoa. but capt. Perry. i'm command.
said that not q sinEl, armed man would
he allowed to rntrIiu.
The feeling here against forri@ncIS.
particularly the Americans. rms high.
y special train a. Panama To convey
Cen Alban. 3tonr ana unaImtd, 0Wtitc Z
the arrival fer ho1rS of the morning
train from Colon but on the arrival %
the latter here. al i O'Clock III the ,yru-
ing. bringing ~ wound"d men. .lrnon-
whom wer, scr"fal officers. Will the
news that IL" soyernment troops i;'d Vie
tori"uSIy crossed tn" bridge it I;nrnAr-
Cna the special train WAS not d"slatc he'd
and Gen. Alban remained At Panama.
At S.3n =. NJ. Yesterday. a 1arEr pro-
marched in an orderly manner al over
the city OF Panama. shouting Cen. NJ
bans praises and prOclaiming that Tn"
death blow had been given to the libcr-
Al cause in this department.
1t was learned on the highest authority ,
this afternoon. that Gen. Jeffri"s Is vita
Gen. Nhan on IN" Colon sid" II l"lrha-
COS, ana that 81" mon from Panama ar:
now marching to join til m.
An American, named Murphy, ~ lt''s
the following story cnrr"boratin- thr re-
port that iii" Colombian EGnboat ten.
pinz"u .ircd on Porto l:ritn on I"n-
day morniuS. Murphy WAS in au "p'r
boat bound Tor Playa Roma. ON niin-
ing excursion. BESIDES himself tH"f-
were three Chinese ard a Colombia u"ar'
in the boat. which was commanded IVY
tho color,d man. When th'N w"r" pass
ing Porto Hollp boat containing 500
,ii"rs; from HI. t;"u. i'inZpn. t'ltu a; aH-
cior III: Port" E"ll". captured MHrraN
ana his companions. Nfi"T Hwy h',i i''"A
rn.,d, prisoners ami Will" On their Way
IL th.. .;Untrat. IN" tiru. i'iu2on u't
,n1uy Shot, at Zorro Erlln. On arriving
ON hoard th, GtiuhnHt Murphy i"lrn"n
mat H., l.sS tG.iu ~ Shot Eab bt''i jr.
At Porto I!rllu. ~. ,tl~., SANS tuat nn.' "r
two OF tn" largest hose, IF III rt5''+.
We're wrecked
Men from thr zen fiuZou Who ~ti,i
ashore at Porto E4llo say ~" town ~"
e,-a,-Iat.d \ot Il siSG'" Liberal was 10
II s...l everywhere They had all taken
ia flight on the arrival ot thr Ftuz"n.
"a" vs. brought WV. board ana wNy suhHf-
uts~utly ,Xplod"d
Murphy was han.i"i over - tn. "tfic":.'
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