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1 THE PORT ROYAL. STANDARD and COMMERCIAL A. Gr. THOMAS Editor, Beaufort, S. C., May 25, 1876. *( 1I9CKIPT10XS. One Year. 94 00 Six Month*. 1 00 Adv?rtiwm?uta will Im? Inwrtrd at tht rate n{ fil 30 per square, 10 Nonpareil lines, for the first Insertion; subsequent Insertion!* by contract. f?r. PRINTING AND -TATIONKRY. We hare oueot the most complete JOH OFFICEn eh - stat<\ no 1 do work as well and at as low prices as in the eities. Our stock of STATIONERY islarge and will he sold wholesale and retail, as low as in <*hiirle?t?B tiid Savannah. I>~?*ds and Jaw blanks in "fat variety. o Hcial Paper of Beanfori ( ounn. 1 Strikes have at all times been resorted to by the laboring classes to redress what they deemed encroachments of capita!. They are always to be deplored wherever and wheuever they occur. There is not a class of laborers from the most skilled artizan to the humblest and most ignorant v agricultural laborer, on the civilized globe that has not resorted to a strike to redress their greivances, and yet the attempt has not beeu made to accredit it to political influences, nor as a sigu that those who eugage in them are rapidly falling back iuto barbarism. But in South Carolina, where an attempt is made by the rice field ernoloy ;rs to cut down the wages of i i the laborers tweuty per cent, tne cnarge is made that the strike is the work of radical plotters. Capital has been said to be the accuuiulat'on of labor, and every working man's labor is his capital tor the use of which it is uo sigu of barbarism to attempt to o tain the highest price. This is nothing more than the capitalist does with his money, *he representative of accumulated labor. As we said strikes are always to be deplored and in the hands of ignorant men this is a dnngersous remedy and one in this instance that they are not prepared to carry out. They are in an almost starving condition, and hundreds of their feiiow laborers in this aud Colleton counties have uol a week's supply of provisions ahead. One of the evils attending such labor manifestations is that in their desoerntion at not accomplishing their object they resort to deeds of violence. both against their employers and tho-s: who f.'Ou tfijve of o:wimi<f:iiiee* accept the propositions made to them of reduction. This is all wrong, aud a violation of that liberty they claim for themselves. Workingmen have the right to refuse to labor at rates that they deem insufficient but have uo right to break the ;aw of the land by assembling in mobs auu onering vmrcuce, vut u iuun w to the credit of these field strikers that although they have been on strike about a week they h:< >e been sub< rviciit to law and although a planter, Mr. Bi-seil, has six stores in the section of the strike, a motion to sick them wa- defeated by a large majority, i i -t iking contrast to their white b. ?:her strikers, the Molly Maguires 01 lie nortoern e.?al regions. Ex-Governor Bu'lok, of Georgia who resigned his position and left the State for his home in Albion, Orleans county N\ Y. in October 1871. was last week arrested at Albion, ou a requisition on Gov Tilden from Gov. Smith and carried to Atlanta. The requisition charges eheeting aud swindling in connection with the Tennessee Car Company, which is said never to have had any existence, anil tc have ob.aiued $10,oil'. 11 in?m the Suite Road. It will bo remembered that a few week.* ago, a great furor was made over the en.'tiir** ??f Foster Blodgett who was soot i i allowed to so in pence as it was said nc ? ?*i I :? -??!'K*e son. d.-ori.ii' inr evidence airainst certain prominent ueuioerat.s o Georgia. The > uie i >a: i of Kx Gov, Bullock. a d the t'/i ro ti'cle <uul Seiitnie avers that the number of * s aves to th< box. " of lnemoranda aud documents tha would iuipiicaie democrats, is even great er in this ease th in ? w.o p.!ndge*t's and yet Georgia points the fingurc o scorn at South fV-olina. it is true that i % treat many evil deeds have been hu>he< up here Dy radicals for radicals, but it is a far more painful sight, if what was alleged is true against Bullock aud Blodgctt, to see prominent men of the dominent party trembling in their boots in the presence of their pris ?ters. and for the sake of silence aihwing them to go free. It is a sad c n:n itary on the vaunted purity of thes? a -ostles of good government. The Naval Com mission Tilt amendment to the naval appropriation bill oflferc 1 by Kan all in the House of Kepreseutalives at Washington, provides for organizing a Naval Board of five commissioned officers, by the secretary of the navy, wl.o shall examine fully and determine whether in their opinion any of the navy yards can be dispensed with and* abandoned, and if so to report the saiue; an*', further, to inquire a> to the propriertv of establishing a naval rendez vous at Tvbee Inland or at Cockspur Island. in Georgia, ami whether any gov ernnien property at said navy yards can be made available and suitable for such purpose, and said board shall, through the Secretary of the navy, report to Con gress at the commencement of the next sessiou the result of their inquiry. We take it that although they are d;re'ed to inquire as to the propriety of e. tabiishing a naval rendezvous ai Jyine o Cockspur Islands. they can examine an! if found expedient report in favor at Po Royal, and wc have no fear of the result from such a commission that the navy department will appoint, as the advantage here are so pre-eminently superior to those at Tybee. ? Convicts 011 the Railroads. The Board of directors of the Penitentiary met on Monday last and held a con sulfation with the Governor. On accoun of the present condition of' the State treasury, it was decided to hire out aboio two hundred convicts to work on the railroad between Columbia and Alston. Good for Port Royai. We received by telegram on Tuesday, the news ihat the section in the appropriation bill on naval appropriatio s which instructed the Secretu y of the Navy to establish a nava rendezvous at T y b e e or Cockspur, had been stricken from the bill. Ill this connection it is gratifying to report that the delegation fro this State did their duty, an 1 that Congress has not been led i.ito th grave error <>t establishing a station unsuited and itu practicable for the pu.po e designed. The public man who tries to answer every slander set al.?ut against him will be kept as busy as a thin-skinned fisherman on a salt meadow in mosquito time. He may kill off'a dozen tormentors, but a hundred will come to their fuoerai. Happy is the man who can sit unmoved in the presence of partisan malace, and feel that his record is all right, and that the confidence of?the people in his integrity cannot be shaken by the idle breath of slander. Democracy does not appear to be an infallible remedy against defalcation and rascality, or a specific for obtaining and retaiuing good government John Jones. I the late State Treasurer 01 ueoigia na* [ been arrested for withholding money from i the State amounting to $100,374.84. He ! was unable to give bail in the sum ofSlU,, | (MM). . j The question of the proposed iutrodue; tion of riee free of duty is agitating the I planteis of South Carolina and Georgia. 1 j The chamber of c mmerce of Savannah ^ i and Charleston arc preparing a metnoria' 1 to t 'ongress iu opposition to the proposed ( bilC ? Strike in the Rice Fields. i ; The planters on the 'otnbahee river ; decided to reduce the wages of labo ers ; in riee Go'd> from fifty to for 1 ty e 'no per uav. As a consequnce so.no . ' six or <even hundred quit work. I . adI dition to the complaint of reduction ? tfie system oi paying wages in checks, t or tickets is still continued on many plan tations although prohibited by statute. . and is more or less a subject of c.vnf plaint. No act? of voilence of any seriou.i nature have occurred, and affairs art i quieting down. The laborer- con-witec to return to w rk at their oi l rates, but, thi.? the planters refused and some ot them have gone to work at the reduced price. On plantations where no reduction was attempted and where wages were paid in cash no strike has ,>ccu:Ye 1. Some of the crops will be ruined unless attended too immediately. ^ Homicide at Hardeevillp. On Sunday last Jupiter Ward, and Titus Green, met J 111 Bush in a store near Har Jet ville. Ward had a stick in his hand, and Bush asked hiiu what he was doing with it, and he answered 44 it was none of his business. " Some other words passed between them and Bush went out got a rail and returned and attempted to strike him twice nd threatened Green. A struggte commenced between Bush and Green when Ward ran up with a club, and struck Bush on the side of the head killing him. Ward and Green were arre-t" 1. an 1 committed ro jail by Trial Justice Muekonfnss. for trial at the approaching term of court. ?The onening of the centennial exhibition on Sunday is still agitating both religious and political circles in Philadclphia. A resolution requesting the commission to dpen the exhibition on Sunday was passed in the Select Branch, but failed of passage in the Common Branch. The Diocesan convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church also took a turn at the subject, and after a lively debate. whvh seemed to turn od the question of how tar the church should concern itself* wi:h such secular matters, rather than any wide difference on the main point, adopted resolutions thanking the commission for keeping the gates closed. . ?; ;? ?Official information received at the Executive office. Columbia, in regard to the assassination of the late Alfred Rush, member of the House of Representatives from Darlington, states that Rush was returning from a pic nie at Mt. Carrnel Church, about two and a half miles frt m Darlington, with his wife in a buggy. When about a mile from home a white man in his shirt sleeves fired at him fiom behind a stump, on the side of the road, three times. One ball took effect through hi> brain, one through bis face, aud one through his heart. The horse taking fright, broke from the buggy and ran home. Ru>h fell between the wheels and remained there uutil Sunday morning' when an inquest was hed over his body. The assassin was not identified. A reward has been offered by the Governor for his apprehension. LOCAL ITEMS! Monday last hail fell in Beaufort. The town council were to have met last night, but failed to have a quorum. Un&T The Blue Ridge railroad eonven ?lull UlirUt in vnaucaiuu iu uu?. Base ball fever has uot yet broken out in Beaufort. d- The rain we bad iu this section this week, has been of great benefit to the crops which had been suffering from the lengthened dry spell. There were shipped over the Port Royal Railroad for the week ending Friday the 19th., 1.169 bales of cotton. Heavy shipment for the season. U& Another temptation to that wick ed generation seeking after a sign, wa placed at law range last week. It bor< the inscription : Alfred Williams. Attor ney and Counsellor at Law. ? $sfF The first cucumber of the sea^oi raised iu this section, was exhibited ii our office this week, from the farm o Messrs. Dick & Small, at Club Hous Springs. It measured eighteen inches ii length. Southern vegetables are quoted a paying prices in the New York market String bcaus. $3.50to 84 perorate: squas $1 to $1.50; cucumbers $2 to $3, and to ma toes $2 to $3. i ^ i teiF* School Commissioner S. D. Gil i bert will take the place of Gen. P. I Wiggin on the board of examiners, in th competitive examination to be held i Beaufort on Tuesday next. The your man who passes the best examination w; be recommended by the Hon. RoIk: Smalls, M. C.. from this district to a e: 1 detship at Annapolis. I ffaT On Monday, the Union No. 1 ; '"J Hook aud Ladder. aud the Phoenix fire W engine companies were out on parade. They presented a fiue appearance. Beaufort may justly be proud of her fire department. We cannot vouch for the truth of "ft'statement inade to us by one of the claimants under the big bonanza bill, when he said that the commission in addition to asking your name and age inquires if you ever had the mease Is and if so how many? j* Last week a report was circulated that a foreman on a rice plantatkn near Sheldou, had in a fit of passion killed a colored boy by shooting him with a pistol. Under misapprehension of the facts f ? ^ 1 u... a warrant ior nis arrest was issueu. uui un investigation by the acting coroner it was found the shooting was purely accidental. He had taken down his pistol which he knew not to be loaded and when standing near the boy who was nursing the foreman's child, the pistol, which turned out. to be his brother's, and loaded weut oft. H. M. STUART, M. D~ or. r.ity 4k Eighth Beaufort, S. C. UkA I.Kit !> DKL'CiJj, ASP CHEMICALS. FAMILY MEDICINES, / . FANCY AND TOILET ARTICLES STATIONERY. PUI'.FTMF.RY, BRUSHES, Ac., Ac., Ac., Together with many other articles too numerous ^ \ JL o mention. A1 of which will be sold at thelowe** price tor cash. Physieiau* prescriptions carcfnl'y compounded. feb.lM | " w BANKING HOUSE, ? Win. H. Lockwood, BAY ST.. BKAUFOi.T. S. C. GOLD AND EXCHANGE ON I 0 New, York Charleston & Savannah Bought and Sold, Collections made on any poiut in the United States. Accounts received subject to check at sight. ap. 27.6ui. Encourage Home People, -AND? HOME ENTERPRISE. n oors. Sash and Blinds! GEORGE S. HACKER, CHARLESTON, S. C. f i NLY Carolinian engaged in the manufacture of v > MOULDINGS, DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, and TURNED WORK in Charleston, S. C. Prices as low as anj other house, and all work first class. oct.l4-3m TERMER W ALKER AND BACOT. PROCTORS IN ADIRALTY ANDATTORNSYd AT LAW, BEAUFORT, SO. CA. Walker A Bacot, I W. J. Ykbdikk. Charleston. | Beanfort Refer to the British Consulates in theS0uth, and specially to the British Consulate at Charleston Octl t-f -? 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