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Tub Whiskey War in Tennessee.—A dispatch from Knoxville, Tenn., sajs : A few days since it was announced that three men had been killed by the illicit distillers in Claiborne county. The murdered men were assisting the revenue officers in the seizure of illicit distilleries, and were killed by the rioters, who made the attempt to rescue the property seized. Subsequently Collector Abern-ethv, accompanied by Marshall Lask and a company of cavalry left for the scene of the disturbance, for the purpose of dispersing the rioters, arresting the distillers and seizing the stills.We now have the report that in another fracas which has taken place two of the soldiers have heen killed. This is the same locality in which the whiskey men captured the collector and his assistants, and held them in custody until they paid several hundred dollars ransom. They are determined to pay no revenue, and say they will forcibly resist any force seat to seize their stills and stock.
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Harrisonburg Rockingham Register and Advertiser
Harrisonburg, Virginia, US
Thu, Mar 19, 1868
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