The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-07-10
CRY MATrEEs.-The pleasure-scckers

Luna shines forth gloriously now.
The days are growing shorter at the
rate of two minutes daily.
Which would you rather do this hot
weather--or go fishing? Not otherwise.
Messrs. J. G. Thompson and c. G.
Puffer have been admitted to practice as
attorneys Mt law.
The bridge corner of Dull and Taylor
streets is in dangerous condition end
should be attended to-
Northern travellers will find the route
cid Charleston and Clyde steamers lust
the thing. The vessels are commodious,
the accommodation oil that could be de-
sired, the officers attentive, and the
tables supplied with everything good.
The heated term is worse than the
third term. Yesterday the sun poured
torrid beams upon the town, and those
who believed few days ago that the
winter would last all summer, found
their error when the thermometer stood
at ninty-five degrees in the shade.
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FLoIIDA.-The information. ONLY de.
vcloped in the last few years, of the de-
lightful climate of Florida, its renarka-
BILE salubrity, and the extraordinary for
tunes being realized from its orange,
banana and pine apple crops. has drawn
visitors and settlers in thousands from
every State in the Union. Upwards of
5U,O0O persons are estimated as having
visited that State last winter, and the
number IS increasing each year. Many
OF our readers wLo have been seek
ing information on this entertaining
subject will be pleased to have an op-
portunity of hearing an interesting lee
ture, tonight, from Hon. Wn,. Kcndrick.
Mr. h. was many years State Senator in
FLORIDA, and being native Floridian,
one Of the old Indian fighters, is we'll
able to tell all about thnt State. We
learn that he and our old friend, Col. j.
G. Gibbes, propose q tour during the
next three months through the North
and Northwest, lccturing on tho sub
ject in the interest of Florida emigration.
Our readers will find much to instruct.
interest and amuse them, by attending
tonight.
SPECIAL TERRI COURT OF COMMON
PLEAs-THE PARKER TE1AL,-DANrAG1NG
TEsrIMo:'Y.-The case Of the State
against Niles G. P.irkcr was continued
yesterday.
James 0. Ladd was the first witness
called for the plaintiff, and his testimony
proved to be the most interesting To the
auditors and important to the State of
any that has been thus far produced.
lie wns book-kccpcr first, and then chief
clerk in Parker's Office, from November.
1868. till January, 1871. The rule re-
garding coupons that had mntured be-
fore the bonds to which they were af-
fixed were issued from the Treasury,
was that such coupons should he de
tached md filed in the Office. The wit
ness stated that he had no business rcla-
tions with Parker, other than those Of nm
official character, up to 1871; knew no
| thing OF his own knowledge, or bv
Parker's admissions, of Parhcrs havin;.,
abstracted over $4,000 of coupons
| from the Trcasnrcr's Office Mt any time.
In May, 1873, while ut the dinner table.
talking about defendants proposed trip
to Europe, Parker turned from the table
and opened his safe and showed to wit
ness packages which Parker said con-
tanned $780, GOO worth of coupons. There
| were five or six packages, each contain
ing S25, 900 worth of coupons, excepting
one, which contained $4,000. Parker
told witness that he had got these cou-
pons Mt the final settlement in New York
| with kimpton; that they were his part OF
$50, 900 worth of coupons, which were
distributed as follows: Kimpton, S15O,-
600; r. X. Scott, $50, 900; J. l.. Neaglc,
1000; Governor ID. II. Chamberlain.
$4,000, and Parker. $4,000 Witness
stated that Parker said at that time that
he did not know that Gov. ID. II. CHAM
berlain had ever received cent OF these
| coupons.
In response to the Court, witness
stated that Parker had not said that
Chamberlain did not know anything
about these $4,000 coupons, but that Id
Parker) did not know that he had ever