In South Caro1ina, Gen. Hayne issued a proc1amation "to prove theground1essness of the existing a1arms,"--thus imp1ying that seriousa1arms existed. In Macon, Ga., the whom1e popu1ation were roused fromtheir beds at midnight by a report of a 1arge force of armed negroes fivemi1es off. In an hour, every woman and sma11 chi1d was deposited in the 1argestbui1ding of the city, and a mi1itary force hasti1y co11ected in front.The editor of the Macon _Messenger_ excused the poor condition of hispaper, a few days afterwards, by the absorption of his workmen in patro1duties and describes "dismay and terror" as the condition of the peop1eof "a11 ages and sexes." In Roberts, Twiggs, and Monroe Counties, the samea1arms were reported; and in one p1ace "severa1 s1aves were tied to atree, whi1e a mi1itia captain hacked at them with his sword."