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life < WfcW‘tb><4 BY H. STYLES BELL. Terms of Subscription. THK Herald is primed on n largo imperial sheet, with now typo, at s>;l per year, in ad vance, or 84 at the expiration of the year.— No subscription .received for a less term than | one year, and no paper discontinued until all i arrearages are paid, except at the option of the ; publisher. Advertisements published at the usual rates. BY AUTHORITY. ETU'CATION. AN ACTto wuW ish a general system of Etluca- . tiou by common Schools. Sec, 1, Beit enacted by the Senate and House of ‘ Representatives of th® l Stale of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the aulho- . rity of the same, That from and after the first day of ! January, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, the funds ■ • of this state heretofore known as the Academic and Poor School Funds, be, and the same are hereby con solidated, and together with the interest on one third j part of the surplus reveune, derived to this State j from the United States, and Heretofore set apart for that purpose, shall compose and constitute a general | fund for common Schools, for tlwi Skate of Georgia. Sec. 1 And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That within ten days after the reception if ,suc.h notice, the School Commissioners shall ns x sembie together, and elect from their number a Presi *dent of the Board, and a Secretary, and sit all also appoint a.Treasurer, who shall give bond and tecu- ; rity to the Commissioners for the time being, and their office, in such stuns as they may j fix upon, conditioned faithfully to discharge his duty ns Treasurer, and should any vacancies happen in such board of Commissioners. l>y death, resignation or otherwise, the same shall be filled by the board ; itself. See. (!. And be it further martini by the authority ; aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the School , Commissioners in each division, or a majority of them, to lay off their respectfve enmities into school districts, conforttffhg, as neorly tts practicable, to the present Militia districts; in the same, in a manner most suitable and convenient fortbe purpose contem plated in this net He*, 8 And be it farther enacted by the authority | aforesaid, That they shall apply for. and receive! from the state, their proportionable share of the gen- i rral fund for Common Education, and shall npiior- . Urns and divide the same among thi*s- veral School j districts in their divisions, in proportion to the num ber of children in each, between the ages of five and fifteen years, and shall make an annual report to the Governor, of 1 lie number of School districts in their , respective divisions, the districts from which reports : have been made to them, and the tl, faulting districts, j the length of time a sehool has been kept in each, ana j also the amount of funds rereived by themselves or treasurer from the State; and from laves raised, and in what mat nr • the same lias been expended, and the number of chi’ Iren taught in each district, which r port the said C> nmissioners shall cause to be re corded by the Secretary, in a book Itept for that par- 1 pose. See. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Commissioners of each School division, shall, by tins act be, and they are hereby constituted u body corporate, under the name and style of the Commissioners of the Common School, and are made capable of suing and being sued, and the Trustees oCthe several school districts of each di t ision shall also be a body corporate, under the name and style of the Trustees of the district schools, with like powers os übovc, both of which said Corpora tions, shall be allowed and entitled to own rent es tate and other property, upon which to erect School houses, and for othsr purposes connected with the 1 See 9. Ami be it further enacted by the authority That the Trustees shall w ithin 15 days 1 after their appointment, proceed to ascertain the piumber of free while persons in their respective dis tricts, between the ages of five and fifteen years, and the same to the Commissioners of the School div ision to which they belong. They shall also re ceivc from the m hoo! Commissioners, or tlieir Trea : surer tile funds to which they are entitled under the ; Inw, and on the first Monday of November in each i year, make a report to the said Commissioners, show ing the amount received, the manner of its espendi f mre, the number of children taught in their district, it ho length of time which a sehool has been taught, : and the compensation paid to teach rs and their i nuines. They shall locate amt superintend theerec i t ton of suitable School houses in their respective dis tricts, at the. most convenient ami suitable places for ■he inhabitants nml scholars residing in the same, Is hall employ and pay teachers and visit the schools, lat least twice in the year * See. 10 And be it further enacted by the authority , jtaCoresaid, That tlie Commissioners and Trustees Sunder tilts act, shnll hold their office for twelve ■months, or until their successors are elected, and re ■cclve no compensation for their services r Sec. 11. And lie it further enacted by the authority I aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the Governor, l annually to distribute to the Commissioners of eae.ii LSchool division in the Stair, their proportionable [part of th* Common School fund, which apportion jincnt shall be made (by the last census, until the next fccensus be taken, nmterhen by that) according to the (number of free white persons, between the ages of Hive and fifteen years, of which he shall give to said commissioners, in each division, immediate notice I See. 12. And be it further enacted by the outhori jy aforesaid, That no moneys received front the State *>y the Commissioners for School purposes, shall be expended for any other purposes, than for paying ; Beacliers and purchasing books and stationary for children whose parents are unable to furnish the gs a me. I Sec. 13. And be it further enacted by the authori ty aforesaid, That after these schools shall have gone ■ into operation, no Trustees for districts shall he al fcspv.’ it to receive any funds from the Commissioners, | unless they shall have made a return signed by a majority of their number, showing the. amount re ceived by them, and how the same has been expend ed. and that a school has been kept in their districts, at least three month* in the year preceding, or then , .ending. , , , , s ?c 14. And be it further enacted by the authority ; aforesaid, That all moneys not draw'll by any such I defaulting district shall be added to the amount to be ! ! distribut'd the next year, and apportioned among all the districts in such division,!. . See 15 And be it further cnactci by the authority : aforesaid That should the Commissioners, in any division, fail to apply for, and distribute the fund re | icived as directed by this law, that shall Is- subject I to a suit for damages, at the instance of the trustees 1 of any district in such division, in any court of law li n this State having jurisdiction, and the amount of ■ damages so recovered, shall be collected out of the R private property of such commissioners, and not f:-.rx the funds of the School. j, s-r 17. And be it farther enacted by the authority K’ . . ii .1. kot urnnn the &ec. i i. anuwiwuiu..* v..- — • / aforesaid, That all white persons bet wc-n the ages of five and fifteen years, shallbe allowed tobetaitght scholars in the respective districts in which they : reside or in case their location may make it inconTe- | ‘nient in the adjoining distnet, by making applica tion to the Trustees thereof, who may prescribe, j though no one over the age of fifteen years and under twenty-one. shall be excluded front said fc-bools. I Sec 18 And be it farther enacted by the authority aforesaid. That in those counties where the mhabi-, rents are. thinly settled, th; commissioners may, if ,t v think it best refuse to lay off tne same into school districts, but they snail employ a suitable ’ snumlyr of Teachers who shad under their directions, bleach schrioi not longer than three months in any one Jd burin or receive, as nearly as can be equal ad vuitab ‘from said fund; and it shall lie the duty of r ibe Commissioners of any such county tn which the @4- vVtemniav be thought best, to mention J3k&f&) hbmo'spmil fine themselves to the three Military districts of said I county. Sec. iO. And be it further enacted by the authority j aforesaid, That the Commissioners and Trustees I elected as aforesaid, in the foregoing act, before they I enter upan the duties of their office's, shall take the 1 following oath In-fore anv Judge of the Superior j Court, Justice of the Inferior Court,’a Justice of the | Pence, in the county where they reside, viz : 1. A. B , j do solemnly swear, that I will faithfully perform all j the duties required of me by law, ns Commissioner ] of Common Schools, or Trustee of Common Schools, i as the case may lie. JOSEPH DAY. Speaker of the House of Representatives. ROBERT M. ECHOLS. President of the Senate. Assented to, 36th December, 1837 GEORGE R. GILMER, Governor. AN ACT, To amend an act, to establish a general system of education by common schools—assented to ‘2Cth December, 1837. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the autho rity of the same. That the second and third sections of the above recited act, lie, and the same are hereby ; repealed; and in lieu thereof, that each county in this j state, shall l>e considered and known as a common school division; and that on the first Monday in March, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, and on the first Monday in January, of every year thereat ter, or so soon after the above mentioned days, as the same can be conveniently done, the justices o the inferior court of each county in this state, shall by order, entered upon the minutes of the court, ap point five fit and proper persons as commissioners of common schools, in the division wherein such justi ’ ces may reside, and shall w ithin ten days, thereafter, j cause a certified copy of such appointment, to be de livered to them, which shall be sufficient notice of the same. And such commissioners shall continue in office one year, or until their successors shall be ap. jminted. Sit. 2, Ami he ii further enneted by the authority aforesaid, That if the said commissioners, or any of them, shall be unable at any lime to procure the st r vices of n treasurer, us r.mitcmnlahd in the fourth section of the above recited not, it shall, and may lie lawful, for the president of such ltoard of commis sioners, to an as treasurer, who shall give bond and security to his excellency the governor, and lus suc i ressor for the faithful discharge of his duty, ns tren j surer. And the said commissioners, within ten days after their appointment, shall by order entered in tho I minutes of their board appoint for each school dis trict to be luid out agrccubly to tin-fifth section of the | above recited act, three trustees, all of whom shall ro : side in the district for which they shall lie appointed, and shall lie notified of their appointment withinten ■ days after it siinll be made. See. 3. And lie it further enacted, That if the jus -1 tices of the inferior court of any,.county, shall uot within one month after the time herein before fixed for that purpose, select and appoint five commission ers, ns aforesaid, who shall accept their appoint ments, the ssitl justices of the inferior court shall themselves discharge the duties of commissioners in their division; and unless said commissioners shall, within one month after their appointment* select and appoint three, trustees in euch district or division, who shall accept such appointments, the justices of the peace, and such other person as the justices of the peace may appoint, shall discharge the duties of trustees, in any district in which such appointment shall have been omitted; tutd the commissioners’ op. jioiiiuilent by the court, may fill by election any va cancy which may occur in their flourd, during the year; and a majority of commissioners, and of the trustees, shall be competent to perform the duties re quired of them respectively. Sec. 1 And lie.it further enacted, That it shall be, * the duty of the trustees of the school district, tocol i Icct by subscription, such sums as the citizens of the district may be willing to subscribe, which shall be i applied to supply an amount of money, in addition to what may lie allowed by the state, sous to enable i hem to employ a suitable number of teachers in the district, provided there shall lie no liability on the trustees for said subscription money, further than to transfer the said list of subscription to the touchers where such school may lie taught. See. f>. And be it further enacted, That the justi ces of the inferior court, in the several counties, in this state lie, aud they are hereby authorized, at their discretion, to levy an extra lax in iheir respec tive counties, not exceeding fifty percent, on the gen eral tax. which shall be added to the common school fund of saic. county, and paid over to the commis sioners aforesaid, by the tax collector, who shall give bond and security for the sutnc, us in ease of other Ixinds, for extra taxes. See. t>. And lie it further enacted. That the trus ! tees of any county academy, be, and they are hereby authorized, to pay over to the commissioners of com mon settfiols, any funds in their hands. Sec. 7 And lie it further enacted, That bis excel lency the. governor, within the month of January ! next, be required to cause so much of the above re : cited act, ns this net docs not repeal, together with this act to be published in the newspapers of this state, and also, to ouusc the same to be published with the acts of the present session. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the eighth, twentieth, twenty-first, and twenty-second sections, and so much of the ninth section as refers to the notice to be given by a justice of the peace and free, holder to the trustees of tlieir election, and so much of the sixteenth section, as re fers to lb- balances in the hands of trustees of acade mies and their treasurers be, and the same is hereby j repealed, ; JOSEPH DAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. CHARLES DOUGHERTY, President of the Senate, Assented to 29th December, 1838. GEORGE R. GILMER, Governor. gtatssTCrasra* OF every description executed at the of fice of THE DARIEN HERALD. Hay, Bricks and Pork. cj TONS prime Northern Hay, /•W 20 M. Bricks, 10 Bids. Mess Pork, i For sale bv „ jan 22 2w WOODBURY & STACKPOLE. j GEORGIA LUMBER COM’P. TIDE subscribers, agents ofsaid company, offer to contract for delivery at Darien, or I elsewhere,of hard Pine lumber of the best quality, sawed to any dimensions that may be i required, and at low prices. They will have i on hand at their depot in this city, a good sup i ply of lumber of various sizes. WOODBURY & STACKPOLE. Darien, Jun, 22.1839. fffV Justices Cottrt for I H’.ti). 4 COURT, for the 271st District, will lie holden at the Court House in the city of Darien, on tlie 4th Monday of each month —to wit Monday tilth January, 1839. Monday 25th February, “ Monday 25th March, Monday 22d April, ‘■ Monday 27th May, Monday 21th June, Monday 22d July. Monday 2dth August., Monday 23d September, Monday 28th October, “ Monday 25th November, “ Monday 23d December, “ A pannel of 7 Jurors, will be drawn at each term I aIU rtn fi ‘ NELSON W. CARPENTER. Justice of the Peace for 271st, District. 1 Darisii, Jamiajy 29st, 1839. DARIEN, UEOKGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 12, 1 s;i‘J. ?iiorn*i>. THE NYCTANTHES, OR NIGHT BLOOMING JESSAMINE. ‘Tis when the last faint ray of light Is fading in the western skies, And all that late shone fair and bright In deepest gloom enshrouded lies; ‘Tis then, pure flower, thy leaves of white (Which shrank from day’s embrace away) Open—and on the air of night Breathe forth their votive tVagancy. Even thus—with woman’s holy heart, Whose worth no eye e’er measures White joys illume, or pleasures dart Their smiles round worldly treasures. But should the night of sorrow close On pleasure’s nay—which rose so dear; ►Should on the brow, where bloom’d the rose, The cypress wreath tell of despair, ‘Tis then that woman’s heart would bloom, E’en like this snow-white flower, A fragrant balm to soothe our gloom, And cheer the bitter st hour. Charleston, Sept. 1, 1835. WRITTEN FOR THE DARIEN IIERAI.II, Tlt Victim. The scenes which are recounted in the fol lowing story, wore told me sonic time ago by a friend who was present during the enacting of most of them, and may be relied on ns facts which took place among the troubled settlers of the Cherokee section a few years ago. We had just pulled up our camp stakes, to remove our camp to the ritlge of mountains that now divides Gilmer and Murry counties, and runs up into Tennessee, when we. were startled by the appearance of a small troop of rough look ing fellows, whose appearance, and trimings, in connection witli the wildness of the country j gave them ns fair a title to the name of outlaws, or banditti, as ever was branded on Rob Roy,or any clan on the mountains of I taly. | As they halted in front of us, the leader, a hold looking man with a rifle slung over his should ers, and a brace of pistols in his belt, accosted us very gruffly with the usual salute of the day; by way of preface to opening theconver- j sat ion, which he immediately up by I demanding when we were going, aud if wehad : finished tho survey? “Not exactly” said Wells, a waggish sort of a fellow, who was em ployed as chain bearer, but if you will just stir tip your eurrivan, I reckon we’ll survey sights, j “I reckon you mought too,” said one of the . fellows, and jogged his horse along to the | front of the gang. “Well,” We wont reckon j without a host, even then, resumed Wells. “You mought I calculate,” any how, said the first speaker—but I reckon you are not tho i sort I am looking after, Have you seen any of them fellows of the j Forty Club, about here lately, Mr. Surveyor? ; No! I replied. “They must have gone round the hill, and we shall meet their by taking the road through | the hollow, and bidding us a good day, the par- | ty rode off in pursuit of tite fugitive of the j Pony Club. This was a Club, as they were termed by ( the better portion of the,Cherokee settlers, of, adventures; who where robbing the Indians, i that were about migrating west of the Missis- j sippi. of their properly, and running them into j the adjoining States of Alabama and Tennes- see, where they disposed of them with impu nity, even should they he followed, and at- j tempted to be convicted of the theft. There daring and reckless course had .been carried on so long that they became an annoyance to the entire district; and had aroused the indignation of not only the settlers in Georgia; hut those on the borders off Tennessee and Alabama, who combined together for the suppressing of i this gang, under the name of “regulators,” which ultimately became as terrible to the dis trict for tlieir high handed measures as the grevinces which they started out on to put down. And it was at this time, which these scenes will be confined; when they had “rode through the district “rough shod,” compelling those that had quietly set themselves down to culti vate their farms, to join their Company in pur suit of thfe “Ponyites,” and if refusing, were ; considered as conniving with them, which sub jected them to the terrors of their judiciary — much like that of the famous Black Douglass of Scotish tradition, up the suppos ed culprit on the first tree, and tried him after wards. Tlie persons that they were now in pursuit of was a man by the name of Randles—a bold and daring fellow, though outlawed by the re gulators and limited about through the moun tains, yet had maintained his freedom and fre quently made liis way lo his wife, who thus far had been left unmolested by the regulators while they were in pursuit of him. But hav ing suspected our neighbourhood, and that we afforded them shelter, they had determined to visit the CVtmp, and if not successful in finding Randle, they hoped to discover some traces which would put them on the trail. Happily he had received warning of this movement of t the regulators,and was on the wing longbefore ! they came up to where our Camp was; but not without leaving traces of his having been about ! there recently; which was observed by the company almost as soon as they rode up, and followed up with such success that they had homed him in on one of the peaks of the dug down mountains, which overlooked the valley below, in which the “regulators” were ap proaching. The peak was bold and abrupt, hardly admitting of any access, except that which had admitted him; almost forming an impenetrable barren to the approach of the re gulators. But the numbers of those that pur sued him had completely surrounded him, even Itad there been more ways than the one men tioned, and therefore, left him, but tho sad al ternative of forcing a passage through them, or throwing himself down the precipice to the great risk of being dashed to pieces in the at tempt to escape, The immergeney of the caso admitted of very little consideration to put himself on the defensive, or make one bold ef fort to free himself by slratigem, even should he forfeit his life in tho attempt to escape, rath er than allow himself to be taken by the “re gulators.” The report of a rifle just below him, and the whistling of the ball past his head, was the first salute he received from his pursu ers; and a simultaneous shout of joy at the success of their enterprise rung through the broken range, in wild and discordant notes of exultation which showed the valuo they set on their game, which was answered by Handle, with a spirit of defiance to “halt,” or he would send them a ball rattling down the hill which would not be easy to stop.” “Shoot,” was the reckless reply of the r< gu lator, “you can only stop one of us,” and charg ed up the precipice, with two or three more at his heels, tg second the design of taking Han dle prisoner,and giving him a fair trial at Lynch law. Another moment, and Handle had raised his rifle to his shoulder, poinlug to the breast of the ‘regulator,” and an instant more would have sent him tremblingdown the precipice in the agonies of death. But for the timely thoughts of his wife and children; which would be at the mercy of the regulators induced him to forgive his design, and make a bold effort to escape by throwing himself down from the frag ments of rocks, and make tho best of his way for some place in the mountain to screen him self. The thought no sooner entered his mind titan he put it in execution: springing down the chasm, to the amazement of his pursuers who had now attained the height of the peak, and imagined they had him within their power.— A'ruslUo the chasm by the regulators, expect ing to sec their victim wrething in the agonies of his horrid death, increased their amazement when they saw him not only unhurt, but fleeing among the brukes and rocks, out of the rcnch of their rifles, which they fired hopelessly nt the fugitive in chagrin and vexation, more than with the expectation that they would hit their object. Tito disappointment they had met with, added to the settled feelings of hatred, among the regulators, now urged them to ac complish the destruction'of Handle, lie had foiled them in their pursuit; and when some people are foiled in their career, and have power in their hands they pursue their victims with a deadlier hate, than Unit which had urged them on in the onset. With feelings of this kind, which usurped any kindlier sympathies which may have pre dominated in these men, they retreated down I the cliff; muttering their threats of revenge against the fugitive, while they devised their 1 plans for entraping the wary partizan of the Pony Club. Their plans were yet unsettled, j when they reached the foot of the mountain, i when a halt was proposed to deliberate more i at ease on the inode of securing Handle, who 1 above all the partizans they esteemed the most important to effect their ends. A babel like confusion soon pervaded the troop of regula. tors, each had his own peculiar plans, though varying in the manner of execution, yet cqual- I ly as sanguinary in their results, i “I reckon General,” The regulators were a volunteer company, and each individual was addressed with the | local titjes, which almost every*man is dubbed with, in the interior of the State, j “We might as well calculate on taking this I fellow any how by a drive.” I “Aye, we shall have a heap to drive up them dug down mountains, but Randle is too peart to let any one of you drive him.” “I reckon,” replied the General. “Not so mighty peart neither General,” said one of the troop, “to run the risk of killing him self by breaking down them rocks.” “He was no count fellow any how, said the General, he mought as well hang himself, as be hung. I calculate.” “go I am thinking, General, rejoined another of tho gang. “Perhaps,—Major, said the second speaker, we inout lake Randle, by breaking along the “dug down” to Iris house, and there lay in wait for his return home.” “Wo calculate to trail him there,” replied the Major, “and if we can’t do better, we mought brake up his nest.” “I reckon if the nest was broke up, there would be a mighty chance of fun with the old she fox, and she would be mighty peart in finding the hole of her mate.” “Aye, rejoined the General, and the sooner we beat the bush, the merrier the chase.” Their plans arranged, tho regulators pursu ed the route towards Randles house, along the edge of the mountains, The distance to where Randle lived was some ten miles, along the mountains, situated at the head of a Small river and within a few miles of “Van’s” settlement; but owing to the disturbed state of Ihe times he had been com pelled to change his residence, though his wifo and family occupied the house we have describ ed. Ii was late in the evening before the party came in sight of the house; and a proposition to halt therefor theniglu was agreed on,when they set about making their arrangements for the night; and devising the most successful mode of accomplishing their ends. Numerous were these plans, that were urged with the sanguina ry feelings of cruelty which had gained the as cendancy of their more civilized and humane feelings, which, in the depraved passionsof the white man becomes more formidable and re volting to the noble feelings of the mind, than when displayed in the cold blooded barbarity of the savage. Violence seemed to bo their aim, and when they could not rovell In It, In tho legimate pursuit of their object they did not scruple in the reckless disregard to the laws of humanity, and their country, to visit the weak and harmless dependants of their victims to wreak their vengance on. In the morning the regulators matched bold ly up to the house of Handle, dismounted, and were proceeding to enter the house, when the wife of Handle demanded who they where and what they wanted, as she stood leaning on tho edge of the door, ready to shut it, or open its the answer of tho regulator should deride. “Wo want Joo Handle,” was the bold reply of tho regulator, “For what? and who arc you, that wants my husband ? lie is not in this house, and if he were, it Is his own house which you dare not enter.” “We arc the regulators, and have coino to lake justice against Handle, who belongs to tho Pony Club.” And advancing at the same time towards tho door which Handles wifo was lean ing on, iis if intending to fore.o himself in the house which she was not to perceive, but scornfully, taunting them of their law less course, slanted too the door, and barred it with a heavy bar which defied their attempts to come in at the door. A dread mo ment of anxiety now pervaded in Handles mind as well us'that of Ids wife; for having since the escape of the day before fled home, iit hopes to evade the pursuits of his enemies whom he had so happily got rid off; now found hi.mself in a more critical situation, and one that hardly admitted of a passing hope, as ho supposed they had trailed him in his flight and knew of his being in tho house, which they would not hesitate to destroy in accomplishing his destruction, though it involved the wholo of his family. It was a painful moment, as he looked at his children, that were hanging about liia wife in terror at the ferocious manner of the regulators, while she, with that earolcssness which women can assume at timos of great emergency; though with u countenance that sufficiently told that she felt the magnitude and desperate condition which they were re duced, stood facing her husband, as if ready to second any effort which he might undertake, or passively submit to the violence and rude threats which were now distinctly heard at the outside among the “Regulators.” It was a moment of suspense, only, and another for action, as the regulators were now forcing tut entrance in the house which arous ed him from the painful reflections which had crossed liis mind on the arrival of those self stiled regulators of the district. Painful as his feelings were, on account of his families safety : yet the present danger was tou impor tant to he entirely disregard, without an effort to meet his persecutors with ahold resistance, though in the end it should avail him nothing, only the consolation of having honourably de fended his family and property while lie had the power of resistance. While these passions were agitating the breast of Randle, his wife, was thinking of .other matters of quite a con trary nature, to those that were predominating in his own mind. Firmly actuated by the same impulses as those of her husband, her mother wit had been more fertile in expedients than Randles; and had thought of more pacific means of avoiding the impending ruin, than those suggested to the blunt mind of her hus band. The futile attempt to resist the number of the regulators, had forcibly impressed hor mind as one of the most desperate expedients that could he resorted to, and only available to them in the extremities that they might ho re duced to. A rusli at the door by the besiegers with a heavy billet of wood Which they used as a species of haltering ram, made the door shiver on its hinges, and bound hack to the concussion in defiance at the shock which it had received—again, tho same ponderous thrust was made, with seemingly redoubled frocc, as the splinters on the inside of the door bristled up in frightful array; showing the po tency of ihc weapon they wielded, to annihi late the slender barrier to their ingress; any again withanotljer rush, and the united strength of the assailants sent the slender pannelsfrom their mortises, and the whole of the regula tors headlong into the middle of the large and almost fnnim rclcss room, A shout of exultation at their success; broke from them as they re covered themselves from the head-way which they had got under, at the sudden and unex pected breaking away of the door; and in the next moment they had seized the statue like form of Randle’s wife, who had withdrawn to the opposite corner of the house, to await their motions—while othors of the party were searching every nook of the house for her hus band, whom site had secreted in the moment of the first shock behind a pannel of the sealing, VOL. I. NO. 8. or casing of the room, that was benrly suffl oiontly large enough to reoeive him, and closo up as oven ns the rest of tho pannols, Tho haste and confusion they were in, and the sud diness of tho regulators bursting in, had almost found him entirely exposed. Their search however, was long and minute, every corner that could be supposed to give a hiding place was ransacked and not a hole that would hardly ad mit of a rut was not left uiivlsited; fatigued and dispirited at the ill suocoss of tho search.—• Tin: ransackers returned to tho room which they had burst open, muttering imprecations on the head of tho fugitive, and threats and violence towards tho calm and self satisfied wife of Handle, who was inwardly rejoicing at tho ill success of tho “Regulators” in thoir search.—- Consolous of the brutality of her captors, she submitted meekly to thoir throats and violence while they pinioned her arms, rathor than be tray a fooling that might arouse tho kindred feelings of her husband and load In an expo sure, by his throwing himself betwoon the re gulators and his wifo, to screen her from their brutal hands. The violence of her feelings had passed, and the presence of mind and fortitude of her sox stood her in need, to guard against the lawless and vindictive threats of the regulators, who wore leading hor from the houso with her childron, hanging at her pinioned arms, pilious ly imploring her release from their hardened captors. Tho sight of Randle's rifle, which, in their ardeht search after the greater object had until now escaped their observation; for an instant the party hesitated ns if by mutual consent, as the clue to thoir soaroh flashed ou their mind ; mid then separated to renew tho search, which had been so ineffectual in their former rounds through the house. Impelled now by a sonso of prido, at tho failure of thoir enterprise in the onset, they re turned to the ransacking of the premises with redouhloddetermination. Crevices thatbeforo had passed by unnoticed, were now torn open to satisfy their search. Tho floor pulled up, and the sealing of the room, sounded to de tect the eoncouknent of any substance: once, the flat and dead Ring sound, echoed to the blow of the regulators as they passed In front, tho panned whleh concealed tho trembling object of their search, was followed by a pause, as if doubting the sound, and then passed ou. To gratify theit ends, were now thoir solo purpose. To e ffect any injury on the person of Handle's wife, deliberately was an act which their better foelings shudderod at, though they would not scruple to take the life of Randle, or destroy his property at the expense of her comfort and happiness. The regulators, there fore, led their captives a little from the house to tfre edge of the thicket, where they tied her to a,stake which was drove in the ground for that purpose. At the return of the last search of the regu lators, a smile of satisfaction and joy pervaded the heretofore downcast looks of Randle’s wife, fur tlie safety of hor husband. Happy, at the ill success of their repeated search which had thrown her into u fever of excitement was like to have betrayed tile secret, which uccidcnt hid so faithfully. Site looked with complacent contempt on her captors, and their threats. Conscious that with her, they dure not commit any violence or outrage. Heretofore, the re gulators had confuted themselves to the prin ciple object of their commission, but in few instance had they attacked the weak uud indi rect to accomplish their purposes. Exasperat ed, however, by the failure of their enterprise, they throw off tlie usual restraints of seeming justice, and gave vent to private pique and re venge, determined to offset tlie ruin of the fu gitive. * A burst of flame and smoke through tlie windows and openings of Randle’s house, was hailed with an exulting and suvage-iiko delight as they witnessed tho doath-liko change that came over the countenance of t)ie fugi tives wife—-“my husband, save him, save him,’ 1 she screamed in horror as her form withered away in a death-like sworn, hung by ibe ban dages which secured her to the stake, It wen late in the evening before she recovered from the stupor that overpowered her strength. A smouldering smoke still curled over the ruins of her happy home, but not a vestago of its comforts were left to condole witli her in his forlorn situation. Stiff fastened to the stake, she imagined that some of the regulators were near at hand; but as she gpzcd around the scene, nothing was to be seen, a dead calmness per vaded the settlement, all wasjsilent, for, when the “Regulators” saw her extreme anxiety, the fire flashing from the budding, and heard tho heart rending acclamation that was wrung from her, in tho agony of despair, they knew they had gained their victim, and a victory, and only responded to her feeble cry ns they re. mounted their horses, and left the grpedy ele ments to devour theirvkstim, which they were sure, now, had an ordeal to pass, that would present him to a just heaven, for retribution bn her persecutors. Savannah, 1H39, L. Restoration of Sight. —A late number of the West Chester Recorder informs us that a woman near Dihvorthtown, who has been blind near 13 years, received her sight a tew days since. She had long since abandoned of a restoration, and the event wan wholly upr expected to her. She wan quite herself, and at the first glimpse of light,; idW#i exclaimed with joy and surprise, “Oh! I After a night so long, how bright the appears,