Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-11-03
From the Edgefield Advertiser, Sept 23 A Georgia Tragedy
Battle cf Honey GaA-- Three persons killed-

From the Edgefeld Advertiser. Sept 28
 A Georgia Tragedy.
 Battle cf Honey GaA--T TAree persons kiNed-
 Fve Mortaly aoounaea.
 HoneyGal-a small settlement seventeen miles from our city, and in Glynn county-was, On Tuesday morning last about the hour of ten, the scene of one of the most deadly conflicts and bloody tragedies in the annals of law abiding civilized community. It appears that the neighborhood had for some years been an- noyed with band of thieves, whose practice It was to live upon the farms and stock of the l honest citizens of the vicinity These thieves had successfully eluded the vigilance of the sufferers, and escaped the punishment prescrib- ed by the statute, until at last, their conduct becoming intolerable, and their depredatons alarming to the community, it was determined, on the part of the good cstizens around Honey- Gall to remove them at all hazards, and with out the aid of the law
 | In pursuance of this determination a band of regulators Ca term well understood in Florida l California, and some of the western states ! was organized some days ago, and on Friday last proceeded to notify certain parties that their presence Tn the country could no longer be tol. erated, and that they must take themselves away by Tuesday (ast Tuesday, or submit to | leave the country peaceably or otherwise: and that for their crops, stock etc., they should re- celve an equivalent, and also have their passage padson the steamer to any point to which they might desire to emigrate. Among the parties thus notified there was a man by the name of Moses Hornsby, and his family-wfe one grown son, Mike, and three small children.- Nose thought of the matter, and concluded not to go; but still led the regulators to believe that he would go willingly. He played the old soldier on them, however, as the sequel will show.
 At the hour of ten, on Tuesday morning, fourteen of the regulators appeared before Hornsbys door-twelve of them with ouns and two unarmed-a Mir. and Dr. Foreman was made the spokesman, to do the parleving with the Hornsbys. He advanced to within few feet of the door, and asked neighboring woman by the name of Holland, who happen ed to be there, or was so by design, and who had also been notified to leave, if Mir. Hornsbv was at home. She replied " Yes, he is some where about''
 At this instant shot was fired from the house, through sort of rude and nartistic port hole at Foreman, missing his knee few inches and striking his horse dead beneath him, another shot in quick succession discharged full load of buckshot in the left breast of Mr. James Rumpt, one of the regulators. Mir. Rumpt, on being shot, wheeled, and crying out to his com rades to scatter, galloped off short distance and fell dead. The firing continued rapidly and with terrible fatality from the house for some seconds perhaps minutes. The party scattered as quick as possible, but left four more of their number upon the fed-two by the name of Radciff--an old gentleman and lis son, the son mortally and the old gentleman dangerously, if not mortailv wounded--a MT. May, son-in-law to Radclif, dangerously wounded, and MT. Foreman, with his ankle fractured by the falling of his horse Three horses were also shot down and killed. This was the effect of not exceeding nine shots from the house.
 In the midst of this firing young Radclih, brave and determined spirit, fell. Satisfied that his wound was fatal, he determined to have some little revenge, and crawling to a stump rested his gun upon it and fired through the port-hole, emptying the contents of one barrel in the face and breast of old Hornsby giving him his quetus. Casting his eye to another pat Of the fortess he perceived human figure, at which he let slip the contents of the other barrel. This shot, it seems, took effect in the left side of llornsby's wife, and the legs and | hlpS of her infant which she held in her arms She was killed instantly the child may possi- ply recover.
 About the time these two shots were fired Mike Hornsby appeared in the piazza and fired 1 one barrel, and drew up to discharge the second when regulator by the name of Morgan. and who at this moment stood alore upon the field defending the wounded, seized the gun of fallen comrade, and cautioned Mike if he fired the second barrel, he (Morgan) would certainly return the fire-Mke needed not the warning. but fired and turned--to run, probaby--whem Morgan, true to his word bazed away. and dropped Mike with a mortal wound. Thus ended the engagement and thus closed the bat tie of Honey-Gal. Two men and one woman killed, and four men and one infant severely wounded. The doctors think it possible that all the wounded except young Radclff and Mike Hornsby, may recover. These two are probably dead before this hour
 The regulators all very respectable, peaceahe and reliable men; and while their remedy cannot be justified, they have the sym pathles ot our whole community, and the death of MT. Rumpt IS universally regretted. It is a deplorable state of things that forces peaceable and honest citizens 10 adopt the "regulator" system; yet sometimes and under some circum- stances IL must be done. 1 do not think such state of things existed heie however, as re. qulred such desperate measures; and while deeply regret the result, 1 equally regret the idct that our laws and the ri 5hts of citizens were so abused and dsresarled
 will not hang a tail ;, or append a moral tp this melancholy state of facts. It Is d a- menlabie occurrence, and trust in God it may never have parallel.
 Yours, truly JEYKIL. Brunswick Ga Sept F 1857