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Show I llnid on Illicit Distilleries. New York, ;i. Tho raid upon the illicit distilleries of the fifth ward of Brooklyn, yesterday, was a most decisive deci-sive affair, and will be resumed again this morning until every illicit still in that section is destroyed. The liveliest liveli-est interest in the expedition has been manifested by all the I1. S. officials, military and civil, with the single exception ex-ception of General Yodges, who commanded, com-manded, and who is said to have kept 1,lV0 men waiting while he leisurely leis-urely ate his breakfast. This interval of an hour put the inhabitants upon their guard, and gave them the opportunity oppor-tunity of forming a sort of mob organization organ-ization and of removing a portion of their appliances for whisky-making. The excitement in tho vicinity of the operations was intense, aud a mob numbering between 4mJ and oUOO resisted re-sisted the attack of the V. S. officers. As the morning approached, one of tho largest distilleries was surrounded by a cordon of feuces and a heavy lire of pistols, guns and iron bolts was re-oeived re-oeived from the roofs in the vicinity. The officers kept close to the fences, while the men pulled it down and with bayonets fixed charged on the mob which hastily retreated, but delianily, into the adjoining back-yard, where again, from every position of advantage advan-tage they could gain, they showered down a hailstorm of improvised no-jeetites. no-jeetites. This fence was torn down by order of Col. Broome, commanding the marines, and the troops renewed their charge, driving the riotous crowd into still a third enclosure, from which they were in turn driven at the point of the bayonet till a further retreat in the rear presented itself, and the mob rushed iu great disorder through the liquor store into York street and in-stauly in-stauly mingled in the crowd of angry lookers-on. In each of thoc assaults as-saults the marines were exposed to a heavy fire, which ibrtu-nately ibrtu-nately did little injury, the mob not feeling their position sufficiently secure to justify them in stoppini: to take deliberate aim. In each of the different enclosures broken into by the marines, there was found a store of brick bats, evidently laid by for v.-j: As S"ion as the last of the whi-ky scoundrels had retired, Col. Bronmo po-ted bis men wit li loaded ;mi- and fixed bayonets upon the sheds and prominent point.-) in the neichb orhoo'l, every point in the vicinity beinc covered cov-ered by their mu-kets. Th- Ciniiel then notified the citizen.- around that the first man who endeaop-d to r (n-at the attack upon his command, should be killed. New York. ."..Later. The raid on the illicit whisky still.-, in the fifih ward. Brooklyn, was continued to-day. A stronc force of n.arines ,t .-tatiori.'.j with fixed bayonet-, and k'-; t off the crowd which threaten'.-1 to interfere with the revenue officers. A d -ze ri c:irt load- of vaiuaLiu n.atrii.d u..re! ticker, to the navy ard. and i.e illicit wl.i.-ky wa.- emptirl into the street. I bore ha- been no disturbance y t -More Whl.ky Splllint-, Mr. Meeker and severe! ,!,:, of' Greeley, Colorado, are hi g tried for 1 riot, on account of having d"s!rry-d a I 1 a j of whi.-lcy takf n to tint pl.ve by ' an entr-rjinsirij t ii-riLan. j Snoiv Monu, U11.C-L... ... A s-l rre ?u sojli.il j- reponc-d at Santa Ye. New M-iie.-,. j |