Its inhabitants poured into the Plaza.

Every man vied with his neighbor in yelling: "The revolution is here! _Viva Dom Corria_! _Abajo Sao Paulo_!" That last cry explained a good deal.

The State of Sao Paulo had long maintained a "corner" in Brazilian Presidents.

De Sylva, a native of Alagoas, was the first to break down the monopoly.

Hence the cabal against him; hence, too, the readiness of Maceio, together with many of the smaller ports and the whole of the vast interior, to espouse his cause.
For the purposes of this story, which is mainly concerned with the lives and fortunes of a few insignificant people unknown to history, it is not necessary to follow in detail the trumpetings, proclamations, carousals, and arrests that followed Dom Corria's first success.