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COLUMBIA, S. C Saturday Morning, July 17, 1875. The despatches havo of Into brought into prominence tbnt excrescence known as the "Sick men of Turkoy." The Eng? lish hnve had him up in their Parlia? ment und recently discussed his financial condition (which is decidedly rotten) and the debts he owes England in bor? rowed money. The sentiment seems to bo that tho Sublime^Porte is not a very good institution to lend money to, as the debt of $750,000,000 is not likely to be paid, and tho expenses of running tho Government eat up the revenue of SOO, 000,000. In addition to this, the revo? lution which broke out the other day, in Herzegovina, a province of European Turkey, just East of the Austrian pro? vince of Dalmatia, on tho Adriatic, is likely to prove a very serious thing for the Turks. Thoy formerly owned the narrow strip of land known as Dalmatia, but tho Austrians have, since 1707, pos eessedjDalmatia, with tho exception of a few years during Napoleon's supremacy. The population of Herzegovina is Slavic for tho most part, and the language is similar to that spoken in Dalmatia, and the probability is that tho people would prefer to bo annexed to the Austrian ter? ritory, an arrangement, however, which Austria cannot approve, owing to her pledges to the European powers with reference to Turkey. In 18G9, a revolu-1 tion occurred in Dalmatia quite similar to that now in progross in Herzegovina. The peoplo roso up against tho execution of an Austrian military law and were with difficulty subdued, ns they were as Bistod by large bodies of soldiers from Herzegovina. The prosont Herzegovian insurrection has been caused by the at? tempt of Turkish officials to collect taxes for tho depleted national treasury, and thoy aro ovidently deriving aid and com? fort from their brethren in Dalmatia. The English have moved .very slowly in bettering the condition of their labor? ing classes. Indeed, the work with them is but just begun, while they have (that is, the high-toned philanthropists,) busied themselves immensely about for? mer affairs in the United States?slavery, for instance The white slavery of Eng? land among the farm hands has been, and is, in many districts, as severe as the severest form ofi African slavery. Hosts of men to-day in England have no method to redress their wrongs or better their condition, but tho attempts to ex? tend the franchise to this class during tho last few years show that progress is being mado, and the vote tnken in tho House of Commons, on Tuesday, was sufficiently strong to suggest the thought that the extension of the franchise is only a question of timo. Tho argument presented when the petition from 00,000 members of the Agricultural and Labor? ers' Union was under consideration was to tho effect that, if lodgers in cities were entitled to vote, small house-hold? ers in tho country were entitled to the same privilege. The vote on the fran? chise bill lacked 102 of a majority, but tho working men have with them fully one-third of the House of Commons, which is leaven that will work. It would seem that tho only way to deliver Eng? land from hor discontented agricultural population would bu to let tho rent-pay? ers vote for men who can secure an ame? lioration of their condition. Under date of June 28th, a correspond? ing member of the Illach Hills scientilic party writes of the progress of the expe? dition in its search for gold. None has been found in paying quantities, and California Joe summarizes the result of Prof. Jenney's exploration, in tho remark that "ther ain't no poor man's diggings." In spito of tho military and tho Indians, about 500 minors have found their way to the hills, and are prospecting vigor? ously. Prof. Jennoy preserves rigid secrecy in referenco to his geological in? vestigations, but as tho miners owe no allegiance to the Interior Department, there is no danger that tho fact of the discovery of rich deposits of gold will bo concealed for any great length of time. Such news would bo sure to leak out. but, as thero has been no such leak as yet, there is no occasion for o fresh epi? demic of gold fover. Mrs. Jane T. Butler, who died in Greenville a few days ago, had in her veins truly noble American blood. She was the daughter of Commodore C. :,B. Porry and the sister of tho renowned Commodore O. H. Perry, of tho battle of Lake Erie and "We havo met the enemy and they are ours" famo; the mother of Genoral M. C. Butlor, and a relative I < f many of the most distinguished families of South Carolina. She had reached Iii e Sroat age of eighty-four. She was born ip, Ihode Island. City Items.?Thermometer several de? grees above 100, yesterday. Tho State census-takers are around. Prepare your figures. Now-a-days the people sigh sighs of immense size. Tho Anderson Conservator has merged ill tho Intelligencer. Mr. John J. Dargan succeeds Mr. Ken? nedy as the editor of 77ie True Southron. lD?n tho flics und mosquitoes," is tho most common expression one hears these times. Some ladies, this season, wear wings ?on their hats?but it doesn't make 'cm angels. The travel over the Greenville and Co? lumbia Railroad is heavy just now? nearly every train goes out full. An itch for office docs not always lead to a niche in the temple of lame. This is a humorous remark. Ladies will find on the bargain coun? ters at Wm. D. Love A Co. 's a great many goods, at less than half their value. A man of high moral standing would rather treat an offence with contempt than show his, indignation by uttering an oath. It is Vigor. Mr. H. Dent -furnished a barbecue for a private"party a day or two ago, at the Fielding place, arid a jolly time they had of it. , Those who havo not seen Keep's partly made shirts at SIC a dozen, should not fail to call at Wan. D. Love A Co.'s. They are agents for their sale in Colum? bia. ? Tho Civil Rights Rill does not privi? lege a colored man to rob smoke-houses, and the sooucr he discovers this fact, the bettor it will bo for hi>? widow and or? phans. ? Wo are indebted to tho Republican Printing Company for a copy of the Re? ports and Resolutions of the General Assembly at tho regular session of | 18;n-'75. "Pa," said a little fellow the other day, "wasn't Job an editor?" "Why, Sammy?" "Because the Bible informs us that ho had much trouble, and was a man of | sorrow all the days of his life:" Mr. D. Goodman has a supply of a ne? cessary article for the heated term?a collection of umbrellas of various styles, qualities and prices; some with orna? mented handles and sonic without. They aro worth inspecting. Many newspaper men aro pitching into the abominable pin-back dresses worn by tho ladies. The knights of the quill can write with impunity, as they can readily keep out of the way of the indignant fair ones, who aro pinned back so tightly that they cannot move rapidly. A fourtecn-ycar old boy, named Cla? rence "Willis, shot his cousin, a daughter of Mr. Thomas Dawson, at the residence of the gnlud-father, Mr. J. II. Hornsby, yesterday morning. The bullet entered the right breast, and the physician in attendance has not been able to discover it. Gross carelessness is the general opi? nion. RcnrcrioN or SunscniiTiON.?The Wm.Ki.v Glkanku, a large family paper, containing from thirty to forty-eight columns of closely printed reading mat? ter, will bo furnished from this date at the low price of S2 per annum, postage included. Old subscribers will have the time extended in proportion. The desire is to furnish a good readable weekly journal at a low rate to every family within the State. Tho Cleaneu is issued every Wednesday, and will contain the latest telegrams to date of publication. Specimens furnished. Wilted linen, broken fans, broad brimmed hats, flabby faces and Happing handkerchiefs warn us that the summer solstice is closing in. Man goes about in his shirt sleeves, careless of his fame, and views with complacency the loss of his collars and his curls. Wo havo taken to consulting tho thermometers, and all agrco that, liko them, it would bo plea santest to bo hung in the shade. The soda tanks overllow with harmless tip? ples, and no bar is without its mint and I straws. We respiro only to perspire, and in discussing how to keep cool we only succeed in keeping warm. Even Dr. Kane's excellent remarks upon tho North Pole, and tho raro versos begin? ning "Snow, snow, beautiful snow," furnish small roliof. It requires a stretch of the imagination to realize tho frigid delights of tho Arctic circlo, and our imagination is mostly now upon the homo stretch. And as to "Beautiful Snow," the mere mention of tho subject would arouse all its authors in tho coun (try, and wo should probably loso our scalps. But if wo cannot kocp cool, lot us at least glory in our ability to endure tho heat. Tho sickly fellows who havo gono off to tho country are not half as rave as wo are who endure the fatigue and tho warmth of tho town, in order that their affairs may be in good shape when thoy . return. If they aro jolly good and. cool, wo aro certainly royally rich'andhot. There! Whewl T Ext it a Term Covi-.t of Common Pleas ?The Parkeb Trial?Jl-doe Hooe's AR? gument foe the defence.?TllO Court met at 10 A. M., yesterday. Judge S. L. H?ge aaid: With tho permission of the Court and gentlemen of the jury, after a session of two weeks' duration, in listening to the complicated testimony of this case, and tho long arguments which tho distin? guished gentlemen for the plaintiff have made, the Attorney-General in his open? ing address to tho jury, wherein he told you what he expected and proposed to prove, and the discussion of the testi? mony by his distinguished associate, the jury must be necessarily wearied and out of patience. He then said that he would, therefore, present his urguun nt iu ns short a lime as the importance of tho case and his duty to the defendant would permit; he said that he had gnat faith in the juries of the country and perfect confidence in the integrity of the jury he was addressing; that notwithstanding the most distinguished newspaper in the State has said that this jury is composed of mechanics, farmers, laborers and working men, and notwithstanding the fact that some of them had never had the advantages of a collegiate education, yet, when he looked into their faces, he could tell that they were men of intelli? gence, capable of appreciating the mag? nitude of the interests in their charge and the importance of the caso and were fully capable of deciding it properly; he said that he was well aware that, if the gentlemen charged with the editorial de? partment of tho paper referred to could have their own way, some of the gentle? men now on this jury would never have been allowed to bo there: but he thanked God that they did not control the courts of tho country yet. He said that after this expression of con? fidence in the character of the jury, he would proceed to reply to the distin? guished counsel who have already spoken, firstly, to the Attorney-General's opening address, and, secondly, to his associates' argument on tho testimony. He said that tho Attorney-General's ability was well recognized in all of the courts in this State, and that he was by far the most eloquent and powerful advocate in this commonwealth; that the Attorney General had come before them with clean hands, and, be believed, a pure heart; yet tho Attorney-General savs that he has been compelled" to hang his head in shamo because of the misdeeds of this defendant who is a fellow-ltopnblican in this great party. He said that he, with the Attorney-General, eagerly felt the wrongs done by the Republican party of the State and regretted them; that, in the last campaign, when the lawyers and politicians on both sides were dis? cussing the financial condition of the State, when the Republican party put Daniel H. Chamberlain in as Governor of the State, with the Attorney-General and Governor Chamberlain, he, too, had pledged good and honest government to the people of the State; but when he and the Governor, and the Attorney-General, and tho Judge on the bench, and all others who took part in that campaign, promised the people good government, they promised that they would open up a new book, and not that thoy would go back into the past for dead issues and wrongs. Wo now hear from all sides, from everybody and from all the news? papers in the State that tho governnn nt is good, that Mr. Chamberlain makes a good and efficient Governor for all the people, and vet the Attorney-General hangs his head in shame, and goes wan? dering up and down the banks of the Congaree 15ivor, with that .settled melancholy on his face, la cause some? body has ( barged Nib s G. Parker with corruption. Now let us, gentlemen, en? able the Attorney-General s face to beam again, as he holds it up in the sunlight, with joy and smiles, by finding by your verdict that Parker is innocent of this charge, and that he is an honest man. The State says that Park? r, while Trea? surer, took 8150,000 of coupons from the treasury, which coupons were the pro? perty of the State, and ask you for a ver? dict for what they claim they have proved Parker has taken. They ask you for judgment for $150,000, which they say was Parker's share of the ?150,000 which Khnpton divided out. Hero tho Attor? ney-General interrupted the speaker and stated that tho plaintiff asked for judg? ment for $225,000. Judge H?ge said that he knew that was in the complaint, but that if there was anything proved in tho plaintiff's case, if Ladd's testimony proved anything at all, it did prove that Parkor had not received tho whole of $150,000 of coupons, but had received only $150,000 of coupons; ho said that the plaintiff had tak*n every possible ad? vantage in this case; that at the last term of this Court, a grand jury was in ses? sion, and they might have brought their witnesses before it and have asked for an indictment against him on a criminal charge, but that not ono word was ever said to tho grand jury about Niles G. Parker. Tho State had an object in all this; it knew that if Parker was indicted on a criminal charge, he would havo greater advantages in selecting a jury, and that tho proof, in order to con? vict, would havo to bo stronger and more conclusive than that now required in this civil case; that tho counsel for the Statu will only urgo that the prepon? derance of tho testimony is on tho side of the plaintiif, and will ask for a verdict on that ground; that the jury should re? member that Parker was on one .side of this case, and tho great State of South Carolina on the other, and that Parker had to pay for his lawyers; that it will cost the State moro money to prosecute this case than it will ever" .'jggl ? oven if Parkor is convicted,; ,that 48nwja has tho distinguished' services of tho Attor? ney-General and' of other eminent ability in thoso of Col. Rion. He said that there were two theories, in this case; ono he would call the Dnnn-Meltonhrh'theory, and tho other the Chamberlain-Cardozo theory; that the former was embodied in the legislative committce'H report during tho last session of the Legislature, and on which Mr. Cardozo was brought up for removal; that Governor Chamberlain had sided with Mr. Cardozo; that was where this light first commenced; in that trial, before tho representatives of the entire people sitting as a court, with learned counsel employed to discuss the tacts, where politics did not enter, where all the Democratic members of the Le? gislature, eminent gentlemen, such as Mr. Trenholm, the greatest financier South of Mason A Dixon's lino, not only spoko in lavor of Mr. Cardozo's theory, which is the theory wc now pros< nt, but actually voted for his acquittal on a state of facts almost tho same now insisted upon by the defendant in this cast; he believed that this jury would do just as the Legislature had done, viz: they would acquit any one charged with the same offence on this state of facts. The State must first show that S 150,000 are missing, and that Parker took this amount, before they can convict him; he said that the Suite's witnesses were not unwilling witnesses; he said i that the State had thrown out her drag-nets all over the State for witnesses, and yet it did not have Owens, its most important witness, according to its the? ory, to testify in its behalf; why didn't they have ((wens' testimony taken by commission? Host assured that if the Attorney-tieneral had not known before? hand that Owens'testimony would damn his case, he would have placed him on the stand; they had ?imo to every part of the State for evidence they had even gone to New York for Kiiupton's evi? dence?and yet they could not get "J. Y. P.'s" testimony; he was in Lanrcns? why could they not have him her? ? He then called attention to Kiiupton's testi? mony, without which the Attorney-Gen? eral, at the last term of the Court, had said he was unable to go to trial with? out; now he defied any one to point out in Kiiupton's testimony one word that could hurt Parker in the slightest de? gree; he challenged the Attorney-General to discuss it before tin-jury, and to show a single word that militates against Par? ker in the slightest. Yet this is the tes? timony that the Attorney-General could not go to trial without having. Why, when this testimony of Kiiupton's was read in open Court for the first time, the Attorney-General was staggered?he said he was surprised; he had the Court ad? journed over on this account alone; he then read from the reports ami resolu? tions of the General Assembly for 1874 5 the Attorney-General's opinion, where he says that, after paying the expenses of Dunn's examination of Kimpton, which he could not attend because of sickness, this examination was without result; he said that when he was calm, and before the rivalry the advocacy of a I cause was aroused in him. He then spoke of Ladd's testimony; said that Ladd had not said that Parker told him he had settled with Kimp? ton in New York as Financial Agent, but simply that he had settled with Kimpton in Now York. Now, what could prevent Parker from going to New York and buying bonds from Kimpton; or if Kimpton had stolen the bonds, and Parker had nothing to do with it, why hold Parker responsible? if Parker had stolen these coupons which* Ladd says he saw in his safe, does any one suppose Parker would have shown stolen pro? perty to such a man as Ladd? he would rather have concealed it; there is no pri? vate office or safe in the State House; when the- State says Parker ordered cer? tain coupons not to be cancelled and af? terwards put them in his private safe, they mean that he put it in a safe to which he alone had access; and, in his opinion, it would have been better if "this man Tappan" hail never known the combination on this safe while Par? ker was away; if he blamed Captain Parker for anything, it was because he had not put all the bonds and coupons in the treasury in that safe and kept the combination from Tappan and known only to himself; Cardozo's testimony was that there were $588,000 of coupons in the treasury more than were called for as vouchers, nnd that coupons were con? stantly turning up; that the State cannot show when there has been an examina? tion of the vaults of the treasury, and that until proper officers swear that they have examined every nook and corner and pigeon-hole of the vaults of the- trea? sury, and reported that certain coupons thai should bo there are missing, the jury cannot determine whether they are gone or not; that Col. ltion had tried to show the jury that there was no diversion of tho $450,000,.and that Parker got and kept every cent* of it; that this was a pretty theory, but counsel knew why" it was argued that Parker had got all these coupons; if the jury believed any of Ladd's testimony, if they believe from bis testimony that Parker had $150,000 of coupons, they must be? lieve the rest, viz: that our distinguished Governor, Daniel H. Chamberlain, got his $50,000, Neagle his, Scott his and Kimpton $150,000. Hero the Court in? terrupted the counsel and told him that he should not reflect upon any of the State Government. Judge H?ge replied that ho only wished the Court to allow him to finish his remarks, in order to prove that no reflection was meant. He then said that the jury should not believe any of Ladd's testimony; Mr. Chamber? lain's character was too woll established in this State to need any vindication ot his hands, or to suffer by any such testi? mony as Ladd's; that he was the Govern? or's friend and supporter; had voted for him and would continue to stand by him as long as ho was truo to the princi tles of the Republican party; counsel new Ladd; his testimony was a pretty piece of acting. Why, great God! he had told all this before the Attorney-General and knew just what he was expected, to say on the stand; then why this shrink? ing and pulling back, as if he did not want to testify? The jury was to judge whether they would believe him or not; tho Court might tell them that Ladd's testimony was before them unimpoaehed and uhcontrndicted, yet the jury was to judge all tho circumstances and" Ladd's character when they retired to their room; they must remember that the man who pretended to be an unwilling wit? ness managed to tell everything he knew, and, counsel thought, a little more; Ladd had been Parker's ward since 1808; Parker had left his family in his charge when lie was absent in Eu? rope, and yet this recipient of Parker's bounty comes here a willing witness to testify against his benefactor; if Ladd had a spark of manhood in him, he would have put the river which bounds this State on the North, or the river which bounds it on the West, if he had to beg his way to do it, before he would come here and testify against his friend and helper. Roinember that when yon go into your room, gentlemen, that you are masters and kings of this whole testimony, and may receive or re? ject it as you please. He was willing to trust the witness and his testimony to their hands. He despised ingratitude more than anything else; Ladd's testi? mony reminded him of the fable of the peasant finding tho frozen serpent, which stung the hand that warmed it back to life; ho wanted to know where Owens was; said the counsel lor the State were trying to enact Hamlet, with Hamlet left out; he said there was not one word from "J. Y. P.;" he said that certain boxes of coupons were regularly brought into court and paraded around at 10 o'clock, like Barman's elephant. He said that his view of the case was that Kimpton was the elephant described by Col. Rion, with a capacious trunk or pocket, not for grass, but for bonds; that when bonds began to be issued, Kimp? ton was constantly urging upon the Financial Board to send on more bonds, more bonds, more bonds; that these bonds were hypothecated from twenty five to fifty ?rents of their value for loans, for which a large interest had tobe paid; that there were $7,000,000 of conversion bonds issued, and at one time Kimpton had$5,000,000 of them: these bonds had advantages that others did not have, and were sold, some of them, in two days after they were issued; the jury must not blame poor Parker with all the financial difficulties and misfortunes of the past; that he was but one of a board of three men who managed the finances of the State; the manipulation of bonds in New York accounts for all these irregularities; it was impossible for one man to attend to this great financial manipulation of so many bonds, and keep everything regular. The coupons which the Comptroller-Gene? ral had found in the wrong box was nothing, when many strange and unac? customed hands had been examining them; it was to be expected that they would get mixed; it was ridiculous to ask twelve sensible men to believe this kind of stuff; mere irregularities do not imply fraud; there were only $14 or $18 in tho treasury when Parker went in after the war, and he and all of his as? sistants, &c, were inexperienced and unaccustomed to so great regularity and rigid observance of all rules as was to be expected from the present incumbent; because the office-holders had acquired experience in four years they did not have at first; because somebody had said that Scott, Parker and Chamberlain had made money while in office, must they go and convict Parker of taking these coupons? Could not Republicans make money as well as Democrats? He used to hear a great deal about men coming down lu n; to make money, and dust when they had stolen enough; it was proper that the people should complain of this; but has Parker dusted? Has he run away? What little money he had, he put iii the building on Main street, which Col. Kion calls his stumbling block; if Parker were to name it, he would probably call it Parker's Folly, for it was a financial failure; yet he gave work to the poor and employment to the laboring man; be has left his money here among us; and the- other day this build? ing was sold under a mortgage of $14, 001); did this look as if Parker had stolen money, when his property had to be sold to pay $14,000? But the jury should cut loose from polities, and decide the case on the law and the merits; these matters had been brought up, and he felt bound to reply to them; he then recapitulated the case, and asked that it be decided without passion or prejudice; that he wanted justice?was not like the Irish? man Col. Rion said wanted nnything else but justice; whoever heard of an Irish? man asking for anything but justice? On account of the illness of Mr. C. D. Melton, the Court adjourned until 0 o'clock, this morning. List of New Advertisements. Independent Steam Fire Engine Co. Sleeve Button Lost. Ho! for tho Sohuetzen-Platz. Hotel Annrvals, July 1C.?Mansion House ?T. B. Hollingsworth, N. C.; Jos. L. Hart, Charleston; L. M. Dodamead. city; G. M. Harnian, S. C ; T. L. Kellv, 1'. T>. Lenord, N. C.; John B. Carlisle, S. C.; W. B. Wheoler, G. L. Turner, U. S. A.; B. F. Mauldin, G. A C. R. R.; J. S. Bowers and wife, S. C. The peoplo of Camdon arc in earnest about their factory. A meeting was held on Saturday last and a committee was appointed to examine tho eligible sites for a factory in tho vicinity of Camden, and to visit the citizens of tho County and solicit subscriptions to the capital stook. The company will be permanent? ly organized in October. Tho Atlanta Oonstlttuion tells of a man named W. A. Shields, a machinist in a paper mill, who eloped with a young girl eighteen years old, who had been living with Shields' family as a sort of govern? ess. Shields has a wife and five children.