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* KOEGULATORS. Carolina, in 1765-71. Practically all authority was at this time centred in the royal Governor; the taxes were levied exclusively upon the poll; there was little money in the western counties and no niarket for the products of these coun- ties. The court officials, moreover, were ac- cused of exacting illegal fees. Disturbances in Mecklenburg and C4ranville Counties in 1765, and in Orange County in 1766, were easily put down. The Regulation proper began in Orange County in the sjiring of 1768, the 'Regulators' agreeing to pay no more taxes until they were satisfied that such taxes were according to law, and to pay no more than the legal fees. The news that the Assembly had appropriated £15,000 to build a house for the Governor increased the dissatisfaction. Minor disturbances occurred in the county, and the county militia was ordered out. William Butler and two other Regulators were fined and imprisoned. Edward Fanning, register of the county, was found guilty of ex- tortion in office on five counts and was" fined a penny and costs on each. The Assembly in 1769 was in .sympathy with the Regulators. 'Petitions from Anson, Rowan, and Orange Counties de- manded among other things salaries for officers instead of fees, a property tax. and that minis- ters of any denomination should be allowed to perform the marriage ceremony. Tliis Assembly was dissolved by the Governor" November 6th, af- ter a session of two weeks. In September, 1770, renewed disturbances occurred in Orange County. The Assembly thereupon expelled Her- man Husband, one of the leaders of the Regu- lators, passed a Riot Act, voted £500 for the defense of the town, but proceeded to pass mucli legislation demanded by Regulators. In May. 1771, Goveruor Tryon (q.v. ). at the head of a large force, proceeded to Hillsboro. On May 16th lie met about 2,000 Regulators, of whom hardly half were armed, at Alamance Creek. A sharp contest ensued for two hours. Of the Loyalists 70 were killed and wounded, while 9 of the Regulators were killed, a "great number" wounded, and 15 taken prisoners, one of .whom was hanged on the spot. Six of the prisoners were tried and executed. By July 4th more than 6.000 men had taken the oath of allegiance, and the Regulator leaders were par- doned by the King before, the Revolution. In 1772 it was estimated that 1,.500 had emigrated to the West, and the excitement was over. Dur- ing the Revolution most of the Regulators ad- hered to the King. Consult Bassetf, "The Reg- ulators of North Carolina," in the Report of the American Historical Association for 1894 (Wash- ington, 1895). REG'ULXJS, Marcus Atilius. A Roman general. He was consul for the first time in B.C. 267. and, for his successes against the Sallentini, obtained the honor of a triumph. Chosen consul a second time (B.C. 256), he was sent along with his colleague, L. Manlius Vulso, at the head of a navy of .330 ships (with a land army on board) against the Carthaginians, it being the ninth year of the First Punic War. and encountering the enemy's fleet off Heraclea Minor, he totally defeated it. The Romans then landed near Clypea, where they established their headquar- ters, and ravaged the surrounding Carthaginian territory with fire and sword, but Manlius being recalled" to Rome with one-half of the land forces, Regulus was left to carry on the war 805 with REHAN. the remainder. For some time he was victorious in every encounter, but at last (B.C. 255) suffered a total defeat; 30.000 Romans were left dead on the field, about 2,000 Hed and took shelter in Clypea, and Regulus, with 500 more, was taken prisoner. Regulus remained iu cai)tivity for five years, but when fresh reverses induced the Carthaginians to solicit peace, he was released on parole and sent to Rome in company with the Punic envoys. The rest of his history is one of the most favorite of Roman tales. According to these legends, Regulus at first refused to enter Rome, since he was no longer a citizen; after this conscientious scruple was overcome, he declined to give his opinion in the senate until he was commanded to ilo .so; lie then earnestly dissuaded them from agreeing to any of the Carthaginian proposals, even to an exchange of prisoners, and after he had suc- ceeded, by his earnest appeals, in obtaining the rejection of the Carthaginian offers, he resisted all persuasions to break his parole, though con- scious of the fate that awaited him, and. refus- ing even to see his family, returned with the anibassadors to Carthage, where the rulers put him to death with the most horrible tortures. The eonmion story is that he was placed in a cask or chest .stuck full of nails with the points pro- jecting inward, and rolled about till he expired; and on the news of tliis event reaching Rome, retaliations equally atrocious were committed on two of the noblest Carthaginian prisoners. This story, however, is not mentioned by Polvbius (about B.C. 200), who details at great lengtli the achievements of Regulus. REHAN, re'an (originally Crehan), Ada. (I860—). An American actress. She was born in Limerick, Ireland. April 22, 1860, and was brought to the L'nitcd States Avhen about six years old. Wliile still at school she appeared upon the stage, but slie virtually began her career by a two years' engagement at Mrs. Drew's thea- tre, in Philadelphia, during 187,3-75, Subse- quently she was with .John W, -Mbaugh's com- pany, playing leading juvenilt! parts, often with well-known stars, in Baltimore, Albany, and else- where. When Augustin Daly opened his theatre in New York in 1879, she joined his company, with which she continued till his death. As leading woman in the company, and after 1S94 as a recognized 'star.' she played the heroines in a long series of successful comedies, for which Daly's management was noted. Both in the deli- cate art of high comedy and in more farcical characters she won for herself before 1890 a place in the front rank of American actors. Her two greatest roles are those of Rosaliml in As You Like It and Katharine in The Taming of the Shreir. while her iola and her Lady Teazle have also been much admired. Among her parts in Mr. Daly's lighter productions were those of Valentine Osprey in The Railroad of Love. Pe^y in 77ic Countrii Cirl, Kate Verity in The Nviiirc, Nancy Brasher in Naiwif and Company. She was Maid Jlarian in Tennyson's I'ore.<!ters. and Rox- anc in Daly's presentation of Ci/rano de Berijcrac. Miss Rehrtii had great success in Germany in 1886, as also in Paris: and in London in ISS8 and on frequent subsequent visits her popularity became almost as great as in this country. Con- sult: Winter. .Ida liehau. .4 Stud;/ (limited ed., New York. 1891) ; McKay and Wingatc, Famous American Actors of To-day (New York, 1896) ;