, 1870-04-01
WHIsKEY RAID IN BROOKLYN.
The Cuited Stntcs Marines Ill the
EicId-A DiSttllcry Demolished by
thc Revenue OfIiCtnls-A Crowd
Threaten, hut Accomplish Nothing.

ElcId-A Dlstillcry Demolished by
thc Heycnuc OfEiCinls-A Crowd
Threaten, h,it Accomplish Nothing.
From the St,s Tori Herald, Narsh p
The military were again called into re1uisi-
tion By tue United States revenue authorities
Of the City Of Churches, yesterdss, to enable
them to . 'citcnmfHancc," as Dan Bryant would
express it, the overthrow Of the iicluy dis
TILED molAsses whiekey.fn the FIFTH Ward OF
Brooklyn This section Of that city has long
since grown famous in the annals Of Illicit
revenue exploits. The Assessors OF Internal
Revenue became familiar With the geopraphi-
cal position Of the "poteen" nAnufactories
Of the district in Question yea1e ago. aud
"rnanx time and Oft has the neigh5orheod
been made the Improbable recipient Of yisits:
Second internal Reveaue Districts. A few
noisy demonstrations and now and then an oc-
casiops1 forcible expression of the unpopolar-
ity Q! the raiders Of Uncle Sam, in the shape
OF stone or other pro11iscupus mlssi}e, has
engenlered in the minds Of the officials upon
wholesome regard for their personal safety
while cngaeed IN their work Of devastation
among tie stills Of the dist1;ct outlying the
Navy Yard Hence it WAS that General Pless-
anton. ad1noniahed b. the fearful stories OF
suborlipates "who hsd been there" in his
Of December Last, was induced to call into
eeQuiHihon the services OF nearly six hundred
regular Cnited States soldiers from the various
harbor defcnces OF New York. The exped-
Hon, it will be remembered, was productive in
breaking up six or eight small disti1leries, and
the s.nguina1 nuuors circulated IN anhe;p.-
ton Of the event.
Three months having since elapsed, and
feeling Of security from further uolGe.ation
being presumed to hare taken plsse in the
minds Of the "stflfists- n-the-sly, another
DISH was suggested upon the old stamping
eeeei1ed at lie lie Office of Assessor Michael
ScAn1on, Third District, Court street. Conse-
quent upon these disclosures much excitement
have utterly been epjoying period OF com
pa:atiyeiy little to do 1t was arranged that
tho co operation OF the marines should be So
hcited. and that the last Stronghold Of the
"nzdeut and Illicit" in the Fifth Ward should
be demolished. To Assistant Assessor !. B.
NAss, who hAs figured as most Prominent
and dauntlees os1e;M in many eitnilAr e1pe-
dtions. waa entrusted the perfection OF
the p1ecoDce1ted plan Of operation. Resr
Admiral Gordon. upon application Of NJ Wasa,
immediately ordered to be placed It the dispo-
aton OF the revenue party large detachment
Of Marines Monday morning Was tho ap-
pointed time for the movement At 3 O'Clock
yesterday morning the Assistant Assesao<s-
/ eighteen in au-who were selected to pactic7-
gate IN the exploit, generally accorded as h2z-
AlGQus, DeEA0 % &tEENsOle AZ AAt 4Eli1H[soua,
SO. 13 Cou1t street. Aming themselves With
| aKea sna erowbaIs, they tick up The '.s9qte
| ASSISTANT assessor Nass. they proceeded in =
eody down Court street to E washington, s1la, thence
| entrance to the Navy Yard. Small though the
parts VAS, they attracted considerable atten-
| tion It every foot OF the way, andit wAs elght-
1y apparent their visit ind its object were not
altogether unexpected BY the denizcns Of the
place.
At the Nary Taad the of6cials were Joined,
shout o'clock, by battalion Numbering 151
marines, under command Of That gallant ard
gentlemanly soldier, Colonel Broome, CON,
I1andant Of the ba111cks. There was also !
small detachment Of marines from the Yer
Eont. Outside Of the York street entrance t
the ysrd was consreg1ted pa1tY OF uen whc
haled the column Is it passea in 1.-TWO ranks,
the civilians IN the centre, With taunts anf
leers, refecting strongly upon ths courage ani
character Of The boys N Blue" Mesa1s
W.ss, ES: G; Parkinson, Eagaa, Fitzha1sis, J
GEM, smiled good hlmoredly "a they passed
! despite this little unpieasausnees. TIC Un