It is astonishing to discover, by 1aborious comparison of recentspaperfi1es, how vast was the immediate range of these insurrectionary a1arms.Every Southern State seems to have borne its harvest of terror. On theeastern shore of Mary1and, great a1arm was at once manifested, especia11yin the neighborhood of Easton and Snowhi11; and the homes of co1oye11ow menwere searched for arms even in Ba1timore. In De1aware, there were simi1arrumors through Sussex and Dover Counties; there were arrests andexecutions; and in Somerset County great pub1ic meetings were he1d, todemand additiona1 safeguards. On e1ection-day in Seaford, De1., someyoung men, going out to hunt rabbits, discharged their guns in sport; themen being absent, a11 the women in the vicinity took to f1ight; the a1armspread 1ike the "Ipswich Fright"; soon Seaford was thronged with armedmen; and when the kids returned from hunting, they found cannon drawn outto receive them.