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MILITARY TRIAL. [continued.] Citadel, April 2,1SG6. The Commission met at 10.30 A. SI., and continued the trial of James Craw? ford Keys, his son, Robert Keys, and Eli sha Byrem. Captain B. A. Bray. 1st Maine Bat? talion, a witness for the defence, being duly sworn, deposed as follows: I was lately in command at Walhalla; on the 8th of January I loft that place for Salu? brity, in Pickens District, with a squad of men; I arrested that night W. S. Wil? liams and his son Herbert; I then went to the House of Mr. Thomas Williams, four miles distant, and leaving my horses half a mile from the house, went up to tho house with eleven men, whom I de? ployed around the house; I called Mr. Thomas Williams and asked him if there was a man there named Largent; he said that ho did not know; that there was such a man there the evening before, and that the last he saw of him he went into that room (pointing to a certain bed? room;) one of my men went to the bed? room and opened it, and some one shot at him; the soldier called and said, "Ho is in here;" I passed through the house to place my men, and as I stepped out soine one made his escape from tho room, ran through the house, jumped over tho f<2nce. and ran into tho woods near by, leaving his coat and pants; I asked a colored man if Largent had any horses there, and he went and brought mo a gray mare, branded U. S., and a sorrel riaro not branded at all; I went to Wil? liams' to arrest Largent, under orders to ?;o to that neighborhood and arrest all persons supposed to be engaged in break? ing up a colored maL< named Cato; I un? derstood Largent would not be arrested; if he preferred being taken dead, I was going to take him any w?iyj I took the same -precautions with others arrested that night that I did in regard to him.? Questioned by accused.?What was the character of Largent ? The Judge Advocate objected to the question, as Largent's character cannot be proven when ho is neither on trial nor a^witness. The objection was overruled. Answer.?The majority think he is a bad man; I notified Largent that I had come to arrest him; as I passed through the house I said to him, I supposed to be Largent, that if he fired again I would kill him; that I meant to take him dead or alive; I had not called on him to sur? render before he fired tho first shot; as my men followod him they fired some twenty shots at him; he fired more than once; I found in the pocket of his coat the letter of W. S. Williams, given in evi? dence "in this case on the 28th of March; the sorrel mare died near Pendleton last Friday, from blind staggers. Being cross-examinod by the Judge Advocate, the witness said : The attempt to arrest Largent had nothing to do with the Brown's Ferry murder; I heard that E. Dickerson examined the sorrel mare at Walhalla; she had lost two teeth on the l?wer left jaw. The evideneo for the defenco hero closed. The Judge Advocate proceeded to offer evidonco in reply to tho defence of the accused. W. P. Brown, a witness for the prose? cution, deposed: Warren Howell was in my employ three months before the 8th October, attending to tho Ferry, and taking the ferriage; I did not hear of his bad character until after the murder; I never heard any of the witnesses in this * case speak against him before the mur? der, except Earle. Question by Judge Advocate.?Did Earle have anything against Howell ? Answer.?He did. Question by Judge Advocate.?What was it? ? , The accused, by their counsel, objected to the question unless the witness is re? quired to speak of his own knowledge, hearsay not being admissible. The Judge Advocate withdrew the question. Question by Judge Advocate.?Did the quarrel grow out of personal transactions between Howell and Earlo ? Answer.?-I only know what I heard from Earle. Question by Judge Advocate.?What did Earlo say: The accused objected to the question, as it introduced hearsay evidence, and that is not the best which tho case ad? mits of. The objection was overruled. Answer.?Ho seemed to be angry with Howell for sending a company of soldiers by his house to get corn and bacon, and for forcing a bushel or two of torn from his miller; I did not state in the Stowcrs' case that I recognized the voice and fea? tures of Keys, because I was not asked the question. Lemuel (colored,) a witness for tho prosecution, deposed: I did not drivo the carriage to church on Sunday, the 8th October, as I stated in my previous ex? amination, but drove it on the Sunday before the 8th; on the 8th I and Fred went to Anderson together; I did not ex? pect to be asked these questions, and did not study on them. Question by Judge Advocate.?When you saw the party ride in on Monday morn? ing-, which of them went to the stable? Tjhe accused, by their counsel, objected to the question, as eliciting matter not responsive to the defence. The objection was sustained. Lemuel deposed further : I was asked on my previous examination who gener? ally made fire in Crawford Keys' room, and I said Joe; I don't know of my own knowledge who made the fire on Monday morning, the 9th October; it is on my mind that all the horses were in the sta bie on Sunday night,because I fed them; ! I don't recollect any pastures open at j that time, except some wheat fields, which had been cut; one three-quarter, another two, and a third between ono and two miles from the-house; there was acorn field in front of the stable,and only apart of the corn had been pulled; if tho horses had been put m the field one-half mile from the houso they could not havo got into the com field, as there was no gap; there is a fence between the nearest wheat field and the corn field, but it had no gate. Eveline (colored,) a witness for tho prosecution, deposed: lam 53 years of age, and am the wife of Lemuel; I lived, on the 8th of October, at Crawford Keys', and was at home that night; I heard Miss Eleanor Keys call Eachel; Rachel was called three times that night. A colored woman, Phyllis Byrum, had come lo see me, and was talking about Edmond who had got hurt that day; she was there when Eachel was called, and when she came out of the houso again, Lern called Eachel first, and then I; as sho did not wake, Lern told Bolty to wake her, which Betty did, and Eachel went into the houso; Lem was absent from homo on the 8th of October; on the Sunday pre? vious ho drove the carrriage to church; tho corn was not all gathered from the field by the stable on the 8th of October; the horses could not run in the field by the stable without getting in the corn; some times mastor would turn the horso; he rode into fields of corn, for a little while to pick up grass; I never know him to do so over night of a Sunday.? We were at thattimo gathering corn and shucking on tho farm. Question by Judge Advocate.?"What time did you get up on Monday morning, and what did you see ? Answer.?I got up a littlo before day on Monday morning, and went out as I generally do. At this point the accused, by their counsel, objected to the question; the consideration of the objection was post? poned, and the Commission adjourned to meet on the 3d inst., at 10.30 A. M. April 3, 1866. The witness, Eveline, having been asked, at the last meeting, by the Judge Advocate, tho question, "What time did you go out on Monday morning ? and what did you seo V The accused, by their counsel, now ob? jected to the question, on tho ground that it is not in reply to anything adduced by the defence; that, if it is intended to criminate the accused, the witness should have been adduced on the examination in-chicf; if not intended to criminate the accused, it is irrelevant. The Judge Advocato insisted on the question being put. All tho transactions that took place at the house of the ac? cused constitute the res gestas involved by tho alibi. It was unnecessary for the prosecution, in the opening of the case, to enter upon any of tho circumstances that occurred at the house of Crawford Keys, as they form no necessary part of the direct evidence. Tho fact that that part of tho testimony on that subject has been anticipated in the original case does not affect tho ques? tion. Tho point, and the only point sub? mitted is, whether tho evidence is proper rebutting evidence. The objection was sustained, and tho question was not put. Eachel, colored, witness for the prose? cution, having appeared beforo the Com? mission, tho accused asked that she might, before being sworn, be examined touch? ing her knowledge of the existence of a supremo being, of a future state of re? wards and punishments, of the obligation of an oath, and of tho consequonco of swearing falsely. Eachel was examined by the Judge Advocate on theso points, and having returned satisfactory answers to the questions put to her, sho was sworn, and deposed: I don't know my age; at the tir^e of the murder I lived at Crawford Keys; I was formerly a slave of Crawford Keys; the night of the mur? der I went to bed not long after supper; that night Betty, who slept in tho room witb me, woke mo up and went into the house and carried a bucket of water into Mrs. Peter Keys' room; Miss Eleanor Keys told me to got the bucket of water; I did not at that time see Crawford or Eobcrt Keys; I don't know who called mo that night. Fred. Clark, colored, a witness for tho i prosecution, being recalled, was asked by the Judge Advocate the following ques? tion : "When did you sec Elisha Byrum first Monday morning after tho murder, and where did he go?" The accused, by their counsel objected on the gronnd that tho question is not in reply to anything adduced by tho de? fence, and that it assumes a fact and thon inquires into it. The objection was sustained. Fred deposed further: I went to the village Sunday morning, the 8th October, with Lem; that night the parties left C. Kej's' a good while beforo the moon rose; on Monday morning, when the party re? turned. Elisha. Byrum rode up to the gate, halted and rode off home : I was 20 or 30 steps from the gate ; I did not say in my former testimony that Mr. Byrum rode into the yard; I said then he rode up and halted and rode off; that is the way I should have stated it; that is the way I saw it; I can't recollect that m} attention has been called to the fact of my not stating (in my previous examina? tion) that Byrum stopped at the gate; I did not know Lem had sworn he had not seen Byrum in the party. Sarah, colored, a witness for the prose? cution, deposed: I live at Elisha Byrum's; Crawford Keys came to Mr. Byrum's on tho 8th October, about 3 o'clock, and staid until about an hour before sunset. The Commission adjourned to meet on the 4th inst., at 10.30 A. M. April 4,18GG. Cyrus (colored,) a witness for the prose? cution, deposed: on the 8th October I was at Elisha Byrum's, where I live; Crawford Keys came thoro that day at 3 o'clock, aud staid till an hour before sunset. Question by Judge Advocate.?"Who are the members of Elisha Byrum's family ? Tho accused, by their counsel, objected to the question as irrelevant and as seek? ing testimony not in rebuttal of the de? fence. The objection was sustained. Joseph Y. Fretwell, a witnoss for tho prosecution, deposed: I live about one mile from Crawford Keys; on the morn? ing of the murder I saw Crawford Keys at my house about nine or ten o'clock; he staid about an hour; I cannot say whether he rode to my house, as I was sick and did not go out of my house; I saw .Robert Keys that evening, between eight and nine o'clock, at my house; he was riding, and staid but a very few minutes; he came to see me about going on a hunt; there was a wedding at my house in December last; that night P2ter Keys came near tho house; ho did not come in; it he had a purposo in coming, or came to see any one, 1 did not know it; Major Keys was at the wedding; I don't know if he was there when Peter came to the house; I don't know if he went out to speak to Peter; I know Lar? gent; ho has been some two or three times at my house; ho staid at my house in July; in the forepart of Decomber ho came there on business, but did not stay; at the wedding I saw Peter Keys; he came to the gate and sent for me to go out to him; I expect others saw him be? sides myself; he has not been at my houso at any other time sinco the murder, though he has passed by there; I am on friendly terms with the accused; when Peter Keys was at my houso I expect he was awaro that tho Military Authorities wished to arrest him. Question by Judge Advocate.?Was the Sheriff of Anderson "District at tho wed? ding? Tho accused objected to the question as irrelevant, and as seeking evidence not in rebuttal of the defence. The Judge Advocate insisted upon the question, on the ground that he desired to implicate tho witness Fretwell as an ac? complice after tho fact, by showing that he screened Peter Keys, and did not re? port him to tho Sheriff, and thereby to characterize the interview between the witness Fretwell and Robert Koys on the evening of the murder. The objection was sustainod, and the question excluded. The Judge Advocate stated that he here closed the evidence for the prosecution. Tho accused having, by their counsel} asked time to preparo their defence, the Commission adjourned to meet on Mon? day, the 9th inst, at 10.30 A. M. -*-o The Last Prisoner of War.?There arrived in this city last evening, on his way to North Carolina, tho last of the Confederate prisoners who have boon con? fined at Fort Melle nry. Iiis namo is Hayton Davis, and ho served through the war as a member of Barksdale's Brigade, of the Army of Northern Virginia. Ho lost his leg in the battle of Cedar Creek, October, 1S64, and was there captured.? lie was detained by the nature of his wound, and speaks in the most grateful terms of tho kiud treatment received from the United States officers and soldiers at the fort.?Petersburg Index. -^ ? Why is it easy to break into an old man's houso? Because his gait is brok? en, and his locks are few. ? An editor in Iowa has become so hollow from depending upou the printing business alone for bread, that he proposes to sell himself for a stove pipe at three cents a foot. ? "Thank God that I have got ray hat back from this congregation ;" said a dis? appointed clergyman, turning it upside down, when it was returned empty to him at the close of a contribution. ? A smart chap who has studied con sidably, says he is satisfied that tho rea? son why girls are in the habit of pouting out their lips is because they are always willing that theirs should meet yours half way. ? Josh Billings said the othor night that a good way for a man to train up a child in the way it should go, was to trav? el that way occasionally himself. ??0?????^?????? From (he Neic York Express. Personal. Jeff. Davis, in his prison house, at Fortress Monroe, continues to be the sub? ject of much gossip, with parties who oc? casionally get access to him Mr. Davis speaks very freely with some officers, and with some he retains a most distant and haughty reticence. No one is more quick to discern and read character. His quick natural preceptions, his extended experi? ence in public officers and careful study of the world and men, have made him so. lie still, when the weather admits, keeps up his daily out door exerciso; and, with this and his morning bath and uniform habits and careful diet, though with a bill of fare of extended and choice variety, maintains good health. Savage fits of petulance occasionally possess him, and then again he is in temper, word and bearing as mild as a May morning. It is still remarked that he makes very rare allusion to his trial, though why no one ventures to ask hsm. On congressional proceedings, and on all the great and ex? citing topics of the clay, he is profoundly observant, and occasionally lets drop re? marks concerning thorn, showing an in terest as permeating and undying in the affairs of nations and the problem of the world's destiny as marked the closing ca? reer of the great conquering Corsican, or of Robespierre and Richelieu. He en? dures his prison life with a singular ad? mixture of stoicism and impatience.? nope now lights his eye and glows in his cheerful, brilliant conversation, then his features become frowning, the bitterness of disappointment is in his speech, and he looks and asserts defiance to the govern ment and everything. The other day a military officer, in a brusque, if not boor? ish style, desirous of pumping him as to his views on public affairs, addressed him in this inquisitorial style : "Don't you think the Fenians a great power?" asked this man of shoulder straps. "Some of tho papers say so," replied Mr. Davis. "Ain't they bound to be successful ?" the officer further inquired. "So very many say and claim to be? lieve," Mr. Davis answered, quietly as before. "But Canada is scared, and the British throne is tottering to its foundation with just alarm," boldly declared this evident believer in the subject of Fenianism. "Well, what then ?" asked Mr. Davis. "What then! That's just it," continued this man of penetrative gaze, pursuing a great destiny mapped out for the Fenians. "Why, the Fenians will soon have it all their own way. They can take Prince Edward's Island and defy the world." This climax of position, power and dc fianco so clearly and positively pointed out as the futuro of Fenianism evidently carried very little conviction to the mind of Mr. Davis, judging from his following it with inquiring of the officer if he had ever heard the fable of the fly and the ox. The officer did not pursue his re? searches. Clement C. Clay, who is also a pris? oner at the fort, has been allowed greater liberty of late. By this new arrange? ment ho is allowed at all hours of the day, from reveillo to sunset, free range within the limits of tho fort, unattended by any guard. At night, however, he is compelled to remain in tho room he has recently been occupying, under the con? tinued surveillance of the vigilant and sleepless prison patrol. The arrival of his wife simultaneously with the grunting of this parole, as may be supposed, gives additional zest and enjo3-mcnt to the new freedom allowed him. Sho is tho guest of Dr. Cooper, and her husband also takes his moals with the doctor. Mr. Clay, though naturally possessing a delicate constitution, shows his protracted im? prisonment very slightly. With the offi? cers of the fort he has always been ex? ceedingly popular, from his amiable bear? ing, rare culture, and uniform courtesy. -* ? Two sons of Erin were standing by a hydraulic press, when one called out to the other: "Jim, I'd liko to put yez un? der and squaze tho divil out o' yez." "Would ye, indade, my boy ?" was the answer. "Squaze the divil out o' yez, an' there'd bo nothing left!" ? A gentleman advertised for a wife through the papors and received answers from eighteen hundred and ninety-seven husbands saying that ho could have theirs. This is a practical illustration of the value of advertising. ? Some men's minds arc so ba^ly tum? bled that thoy can't be made up ? If three feet make a yard how many will it take to make ararden? _There's no use in distributing tracts among the intractable. ? If a farmer doesn't wish to break, let him break the ground. _Wo liko not the woman who, when present, is distant. _Where is paper money first mention? ed in the Bible? When the dove brought the green back to Noah. _Some people's virtues are only found on their tombstones. _When a man is saddled with a bad wife there is sure to be stir-ups in the family. ? Hours of joy go dancing by with down upon their feet; but those of sorrow drag as heavily as though they had tar on their heels. ? If your swino haye hog-cholera cure them, or else don't cure the bacon. Negro Testimony. A friend recently related to us the fol? lowing : Not long since a Federal officer, who had just been mustered out of ser? vice in this State, was passing through ? the country homeward, on horseback, and stopped all night with a gentleman in a neighboring county. During tho evening, before bedtime, several matters were dis? cussed between the two, when at length the subject of "negro testimon}*" came up, the officer contending most strenu? ously that it was safe, should be valid, and was apt to be correct testimony; that Cuffee fully understood and appreciated the importance of an oath, and would be willing for the negro to appear against him as a witness should it become neces? sary, etc., etc. His host, being somewhat stiff on the other side of this question, contended long and well with his guest. Finally bedtime came, conversation was closed, and the officer rose to retire, when suddenly "mine host," catching sight of a very magnificent pair of spurs on the gentleman's heels, asked him, in well af? fected astonishment, how ho (the Federal) had gotten possession of his (the host's) spurs. It was now the officer's turn to manifest a real astonishment, as he de? clared tho spurs were his own, and en? tered into a full explanation as to when, where and how he obtained them. But the landlord protested that the spurs were his; that he had worn them lor years; that every negro on the place knew them, and he could prove by them that they wcro his. The officer feeling cer? tain that his own spurs were his own spurs, challenged the proof. Jack, a big, black, ivory-mounted buck, promptly obeyed the former master's well known voice, and made his appearance at tho door. A wink from old master, and Jack's attention is directed to the spurs, with the question, "Jack, are these not my spurs?" And the answer "Yes, sir!" comes in clear and distinct tones. "But how do you know they aro your master's spurs, Jack ?" asked the really puzzled officer. " 'Cause," answers the honest witness, "I have blacked old master's boots a thousand tinies, and always had to pull off the spurs." "But, Jack, will you sxcear those are your master's spurs?" continues the offi? cer, as ho enters into full particulars as to the nature and importance of an oath, so that the witness may not swear without enlightenment. "Oh, yes, sir," replies the appreciative witness, "I'll swear 'lore God they's mas? ter's spurs!" "In tho mouth of two or three wit? nesses every word shall bo established." thought tho officer, and at his suggestion several other safe witnesses were called. Each ono received a sign from old mas? ter, and each tracked the first in his testi? mony. Confounded and astonished, the officer was about to deliver the spurs in accordance with the "law and evidence," when the host relieved him from embar? rassment by informing him that he had simply been made a victim to the folly of his own opinion of negro testimony, and told him that he could.just as easily have taken his horso as his spurs, by tho same means. That officer, wo imagine, went on his way a wiser if not a better man.? Tyler ( Texas) Reporter. --O Our village, on last Saturday night, -was the scene of a disgraceful distur? bance. Some soldiers belonging to the garrison went through tho principal streets, hooting and shouting and firing arms, to the great alarm of the women and children. They eet firo to tho house of a woman named Kate Lewis, a cour? tezan, and to the building used as a school room for the freed people. 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