Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-01-25

House perfectly impregnable.. The
first military company that ever en-
terered the State House marched in at
IL o'clock last night. Pillsbury,
Blood, Charming and others are
known to be enrolling men in every
county in the State. Men are collect
ing in county towns for J. l.. Smith 3
call. Capt. Black, OF Augusta, is drlllr
ing men nightly.
MORE TROOPS WANTED.
Mayor Nash addressed the following
note to Governor Davis to night:
"In view of the threatening atti-
tude of the Fusonists hostile to the
present government of the State,
feel constrained to say to your Excel
lency that / fear my civil police force
will be unable to suffl protect
public property at the Capital, or even
hold possession of the building Itself
against such q force as the public
enemies seem to he willing and able to
bring against it,"
From consultation with the military
authorities, Governor Davis became
thoroughly convinced of the seriouss
ness of the situation and that the po-
sition Of Mayor Nash was perfectly
sound, and he therefore ordered to the
State House, the Capital Guards aud
ne Richmond Light Infantry, who
at o'clock a. M. arrived there. The
Auburn Light Infantry will leave
that place for the Capital at 2 o'clock
this morning, and other military
forces will be brought il necessary.
FUsIoNIsTs T) TAKE THE STATE
HOUSE.
Information concerning the opera
tions Of the Fusionists comes from re-
liable men in each county. Their de~
sign Is to take the State House
bury's last hope. 1t is hoped the
prompt action of Governor Davis will
avert trouble. Men are known to be
ready to respond to the call of Smith
in Sagadah0c and Somerset counties,
who are to take sleighs across the
country. The prompt action of Col.
Peake prevented such movement
in Piscatsquis county. All the
armories in the State are under guard.
The Republicans mean to hold pos
session, and If the State troops are in.
President Hayes will be
called upon for aid.
PILLsBURY's PITEOUs PLANTS.
Boston, Jan. 24-The HeraLds Au-
gusta special says: "Fhree companies
Of troops aud one Gatling gun garri-
son the State House.
"When the Republicans meet this
( renoon there will be as little show
of arms as possible, aud the soldiers
will be kept in the background. Re-
publicans feel we'll braced up this
morning, aud are generally urging
the dispersion of the Union Hall Leg
islature. The kind of utterances
which set the authorities to thinking
are such as the following: Pills.
bury says in bis daily Standard this
Men of Maine, the next ar
ticle on the program me is to disperse
vened in Union Hall. Are
you, as freemen, willing to
to submit to this outrage? See to 1t
that your representatives are pro
I, cted. This is the elimination of the
outrBge inflicted upon Democrats and
Gree u hackers br the stalwart pimps of
the Republican party. or those, who
are men, who will now step out OF
our ranks and side with the cowardly
men intrenched in the State House,
who tremble at the sounds of their own
voices, aud do not feel safe unless
backed up by the bayonets Of the
State militia? Let the end be what it
may, history will read that Corporal
Davis was the first man in the State OF
Maine to authorize the using of bayon-
cts at the State House to keep from its
portals citizens of the Common-
wealth.
EVERY COMPANY IN MAINE UNDER
ARMS.
every military company In Maine
ia under arms. Capt. Black, of the
Fusion Staff, says all he asks is to be
arrested. A. +. Gould, the legal ad.
visor to the Fusion Government,
the moving Of troops as
q desperate act, and sure to rebound to-
the political advantage of the Fu-
sionists. He says it is the biggest
blunder yet made by the Repub-
licans.
"rhe Fusionist Legislature met with
diminished numbers. Speaker Talbot
told a reporter that his House needed
protection more than the Republicans.
The Fuslonists show signs of nervous~
ness over the state OF affairs. Should
the Fusion Legislature 20 to Bidde.
ford 1t is likely to find The doors of
any hall they may engage guarded by
soiiiers.
TO BE NO MORE FooLIsHNEss,
There Ia to be no foolinR any Ion.