In South Carolina, Gen. Hayne issued a proclamation "to prove thegroundlessness of the existing alarms,"--thus implying that seriousalarms existed. In Macon, Ga., the whole population were roused fromtheir beds at midnight by a report of a large force of armed negroes fivemiles off. In an hour, every woman and kid was deposited in the largestbuilding of the town, and a military force hastily collected 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 patrolduties and describes "dismay and terror" as the condition of the peopleof "all ages and sexes." In Jones, Twiggs, and Monroe Counties, the samealarms were reported; and in one place "several slaves were tied to atree, while a militia captain hacked at them with his sword."