Show I COLOMBIA LIBERALS PURSUED BY TROOPS Try to Capture Barranquilla lla but Are Driven to Mountains COLON Colombia Feb 10 News News has i just just reached here that on January the Liberals resident t in the town of Barranquilla profiting by the withdrawal withdrawal withdrawal with with- of Government troops to re reinforce reinforce reinforce re- re Panama made an effort to capture capture capture cap cap- ture the town After the exchange of several shots the Liberals were driven to th the mountains where here it was impossible impossible impossible sible to pursue them Gen Gonzales Valencia is expected at Barranquilla with 2000 troops from the province of Santander One thousand and three hundred troops from the province province province pro pro- vince of Cundinamarca and 1200 more from Puerto Berrio Berno are ar are also expected at Barranquilla Of these latter a large numb under the command of Gen Tovar will be detached for service on the Isthmus Isthmus Isthmus mus and at Panama As a consequence consequence of this Liberal LiberalI I menace to Barranquilla Dr Joaquin Velez the civil and military chief of the department of Bolivar has issued a decree decree decree de de- de- de cree which prohibits all Liberals from wa walking on the streets of Ja at any hour of the day or night The Chief hIef of Police rolice is to enforce this decree by means of an armed patroL Barranquilla Barranquilla Barran Barran- quilla is on the left of the Magdalena river fifteen miles from its mouth It has a population atlon of noo par value of the National Starch preferred preferred pre pre- give 1 ot the of 1 Cr Corn Its n preferred Products e stock company f k and Is f for to each par value of the National Starch common it is to give 82 SO of its common stock |