, 1879-05-15

Hltn E0nO VI iH6 Cfttze0B IN fnG inherent counties
through whtrh hs cesIFHe ,sas taken. IN found It
tho determination U the Illicit titstlters and
their eyupAthtzcrs II they could not stop thclr
operations BY armed reslsancs
ro HAVE THEN altKEsTRD
In every county OIL Sonic k!pa of charge and
br0uIht before Tho stale courts. and to rcguru
bond tarsrr tl.an ttlcy, rua give,
,ss sstesSr Snss so Of Jny III
nf The laws llaa tnksn new surn, nn 1t appears 10
tr ryAten,a,!c. It soen,s tha: aw-ylnlasors hayo
Staio arihorltss 10 arsr.. my tuputes, or sor Of
their number. thur Bhnl Aaye arrtvea III
given cuunly. \ short tttne since had to 10 to
Tracia CITY to rtrG ball tur nlrls lll thsy after
mum recrtyca II tt1rgFn! asking mn to come to
t;onk.ilIe on thu next tFasn' - phttllus had bssa
huy. ~, nth, Collector Woodcock sou. a copy
Of tIu following telegram from Drputy.Co!lcctos
Ayrrs:
.etsstf t."> s kssip. Az Il 's;sM ws wv. e
.ncked yrstcrday, nt . y, m.. 6y Ca,nbbcll Morgan
n,nnisss;; :, rh1'''ps' qtpp'":. and Smith wc'a
Collector Waodcock Subsequently reported That
lla Iurcs. consisting Of nine nonaties and United
uyclton Cpumty. n!ne miies from CookyiIles Tha
fight fastcta nenEly An honE, and
THE oPplcRls wEnH PoltGKp 70 RETIRE,
with thren Of lhcr number badly wounded. Col.
lectnr WnocoeE was directed to organize marty
aul to rmfurce shu laws.' lfG osxaAixet fu.cs Of
htstY mel, wbu left Nashville In Stptejuber for
operations In that county. Ills Deputy t'oiIrctor,
IItteF auto Ut 0ct. IL trl1rta HAT nEo portion Of
ip force 0,l inu West Fosk uf lscur iirer was mel
hy an armed body nnd trsd Into. Thu Other por.
ton attempting to ctass ltoarng Rlyer fou.id y
Ihfgn body III lnsn tho cliffs to 1ppnsc them.
They succeeded, however. lii ctosslnN 1t anotllpr
TUrt, whH1l FIRE ~as Dprted on th1Ht and ttuy wrsD
compelled 10 Euk.ru, 'Fhc naturu OF thu c1nntfy
WIS such that they wrEc unable 10 cope With tho
s,lsms, and withdrew, They succeeded, howatsr,
IN Tho lKth Of September, 1R1H, Deputy.Coi.
lrctor Davis, who lat been indicted iA tho Staio
Gnurt. Wcnt tn 1'Tacp lily to bppcar at thu Court
nnl whtle ho a8d Of h!s fEicHds wese walking
from li!u CouEt.l!0usu to thate boarding house,
they woFo dst4 upon By s0u,p Perhona concealed IN
thlckct IN Tho outsk!sts Of ths village, and James
sS.''' "a. "Ao "'' '''' ''N'' ""' 'A'''' "'n'a-
In November, 1679, directed Collector WAodtock
to organize forca Ill tho stills In Fcnttcss
and jackson Eaunttrs and U ha CAREFUL that 1t was
sufficiently strong to CnfUrEa to laNkt I'LL hazafdB.
II t!lo ttV directed Collectors Landrau, df
thu Eighth district Of Kentucky. aud Cooper. Of
tho bcconu District Of Tennessee.
TO oAuANtzE 4 YoNcH
10 operate with Collector Wo2IessK IN tie conn
tics bordering upUn hts disl .suA' rus operations
md thIuk the illsit dstiilsst became satts,iea
that It was tho latsntoH Of tIa loyasnent 10 hII-
fuTcs thp luwst However, I'll tho 18th " hlarrh,
1870 Collector Wuodc0ck reported that 1fty-tWo
armed mch attacked the jail ln AattsFtlIa aud ~.
sasSd prisuner c9mMlis1 lhute for Illicit diatil
ling, and also retaptu1ed sell stored !a thH
rielaisy.
slucs March |, lh77, iu several Of tho DISTRICTS
in 1ho southern Sta;as, while opefatlons for tha
suppression OF Illicit dsslllatton we're being r!2ur.
onsly prosecuted. many Vt tbs tsltciti dittlilesa