The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-03-29

: Feter AeyS ana the DidcA etailloh Wei
| always kept in the stable; that sorre
mare had been put there for Robert t.
ride to church on Sunday, and was turn
} ed into the pasture that day; that h
(witncss) brought up all the horses a littl
after sunrise on Monday; that three. colt
had gotten out and were not on the farm
on Sunday night; that Lem was at home
Sunday night; that Fred. Clark is usually
there, but that he (witness) did not rccol
lect seeing him that night; that all tht
others had gone off; that Joe had gone te
Mr.. Smiths and did not return until Mon
day morning; that the carriage was not
used on Sunday, the 9Th October; that
all the family was at supper on Sunday
at dark, and that there were no guests
that the grown persons present at supper
were, his father, his mother and sister
Eleanor Mrs. Peter Keys, Robert and
Major Keys; that his father sat in the
front piazza until o'clock, and Robert
fifteen minutes after supper, rode off and
was gone about al hour that on return
ing lie lit his pipe and sat in the piazza
with his father that Crawford Keys re-
tired about 9 o'clock; that at about II
P. NJ. Judging by the moon, he (witncss)
got up to get some water and went into
Roberts room for it, and saw Robert there
in bed; that, finding no water there, he
went down stairs to the pail; that while
there his father called him and told him
to bring some water for the baby; that
he carried the wator and saw his father
in bed; that the water pail is at his faith
er's door, that his father woke him up
Monday morning; that he and Robert
Keys and Lem fed the horses that morn
ing a little after sunrise; that Crawford
Keys did not leave homo on the night of
the Sth October at all that there were
two pistols in the house, one of which be-
longed to Showers, and was brought there
to be mended; that Crawford Keys rare
ly carries pistol; that he did not at that
time have d suit of clothes, "blue mixed"
that Joe (colored), who usually makes a
fire in Crawford Keys room, did not re-
turn homo on Monday morning until half
hour after sunrise; that the windows Of
the house have no blinds, and that there
were in it two clocks, one in Peters room,
and enc (not running) in Crawford Keys,
room.
The examination-in-chief of the witness
concluded, and the Commission adjourn
ed to meet on the 22d inst at 1870 a. NJ.
March %, 1866.
The Judge Advocate stated that a
doubt having arisen whether the Prcsi-
dent of the Commission can continue to
sit as member of the Court while tenn
porarily exercising the duties Of Depart
mcnt Commander, the matter has been
referred to Washington Tor instructions,
and an answer is expected from Wash
ington tomorrow.
The Commission adjourned to meet on
Saturday. the Oath inst at 1870 A. M.
Note.-Major-General Siclzles having
left on a visit to Florida, Major-General
Devens, the President of the Commission,
succeeds to the command of the Military
Department of South Carolina, and, in
virtue of that command, is the officer de-
signated by the 65th Article of War to
review the proceedings of the Commits
sion, before it's sentence can be carried
into execution. The point submitted to
the War Department is the propriety OF
continuing Major-General Dcvens as a
member of the Commission, in view Of
the fact that he will not be called upon
to act as reviewing officer, as the return
of Gen. Sickles will take place before the
Commission concludes its sittings.
A NEwsPApER-It was Bishop Horns
own opinion that there was no better
moralist than the newspaper. He says
''The follics, vices and consequent mis-
cries of multitudes, displayed in newspa
pers, are so many bcacons continually
burning to turn others from the rock or
which they have been shipwrecked.-
What more powerful dissuasive from sus
picion, jealousy and anger, than the story
of one friend murdered by another in s
duel? What caution more likely to be
effective against gambling and profigacy
than the mournful relation of an execu
ton, or the fate of despairing suicide
What finer lecture on the necessity O
o.oxorox, +bon tho auction of estotes