The principal Federalists betook themselves to the Swan; the principal Republicans to the Eagle.

The commonalty ate from the packed baskets upon the trampled grass of the Court House yard.

An hour later, when the polls were reopened, men returned to them flushed with drink and in the temper for a quarrel, the Republicans boisterous over a foreseen victory, the Federalists peppery from defeat.

In the yard the constable had to part belligerents, in the courtroom the excitement mounted.

The tide was set now for Lewis Rand.