The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-07-10
CITY Matters. pleasurc-scclcrs

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 so fishing? Not otherwise
Messrs j. G. Thompson and G. G..
Putfer have been admitted to practice as
attorneys Mt law.
The bridge corner of Bull and TAYLOR
streets is i'll dangerous condition end
should be attended to.
Northern travellers will find th. routc
ciu Charleston and Clyde steamers just
the thing. The vessels are commodious,
the accommodation all 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
ut nlnty-hve degrees in the shade.
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FLOEIDA.--Thc information. ONLY dc.
Tcloped in the last few years, of the de-
llghtful climate of Florida, its remarka-
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 i'll the Union. Upwards of
5O,O0O persons are estimated as having
visited that State last winter, and the
number IS increasing cacll year. Many
OF our readers wEo 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. Wln. Kcndr;ck
Mr.. h. was many years State Senator in
Florida. and being II native Floridian,
one of the old Indian fighters, is well
able to tell all about thnt State We
learn that he and our old friend, Col. ].
Il. Glbbes, propose n tour during the
next three months through the North
and Northwest, lccturiny on the sub.
Ject III the interest of Florida emigration
Our readers will find much to instruct.
interest and aniusc them, Iy attending
tonight.
SPECIAL TERN COURT OF COMMON
PLEAs-TnE PARKER TErAL.-DAMAG1Se;
TESTIMONY. The case of .hc State
against Niles q. P.:rkcr was cu,tiuucl
yesterday.
Il oil Il
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 was booi-kcepcr first, and then Chief
clerk III Parker's Office, from November,
1865. till January, 1871. The rule re-
garding coupons that had naturcd be-
fore the bonds to which they were at
fixed were issued from the Treasury.
was that such coupons should lie de-
tacEcd and filed III the Office. The Wit
ness stated that he had no business rcla-
tlons with Parker, other than those Of mn
OFFICIAL character, mp to 1871; knew no
thing of his own knowledge, or hv
Pnrker's admissions, of Parhcr's havin..
nbstracted over $50, 900 Of coupons
from the Tr.asnrcr's Office ut any time.
In May, 1873, while ut the dinner table.
'HihiiiS hpout ucttilttaIt proposed trlIl
to Europe, Parker turned from the table
and opened his safe and showed to Wit
ness packages which Parker said con
tnincd Sl5O,000 worth Of coupons. There
were five or six packages, each contain
lnS So, 600 worth of coupons, excepting
one, which contained $4,000. Parker
told witness that Ac had got these cou-
pons ut the final settlement in New Yor,,
with kimpton; that they were his part OF
Si0O,OOO worth of coupons, which were
distributed aS follows: kimpton, Sl5l.
600; Il. X. Scott, 500, 900; J. l.. Ncaglc.
S3o, 900; Governor ID. ii. Chamberlain.
S50.OU0, and Parker. $50, 600. Witness
stated that Parker sail at that tine that
he did not know that Gov. ID. ii. Cham
bcrlain had ever received Il 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 Ll
plrkcr) did not know that he had eyer