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WASHINGTON. Probable Passage of Cameron’s Method of Monetary Relief. THE STRUGGLE IN THE SENATE Movement to Bring Louisiana Matters to an Issue. THE GENEVA AWARD. = Needed Reorganization of the State Department. WasHINGTON, Feb. 17, 1874. The Financial Struggie in t Senate— Probable Passage of Mr. Cameron’s Substitute. The Senate has kad another field day on the ‘Snancial question, Senators Wright, Scott, Ferry and Buckingham alternated in views respectively looking 10 inflation or its contraction, Senators Morton, Hamlin, Sherman and Howe followed suc- cessively in the lists, similarly opposed and paired of} in the order named on the cebate. Many good, but no startling things Were said on the financial question. While to a new listener the discussion ‘would seem at times to be quite metaphysical, yet 10 those who have read or listened to the long agony over this subject elther they or it might be fairly regarded as talked to death. The policy 1s to put off as much as possible a final issue, and hence the present strategy and tactics which the older members of the Senate have brought imto requisition, aided by all their ex- pert practices, to repeat the treatment of Mast year on this same question, when it was talked over for so long a time and nothing one. In fact, as this fmality seems the more ap- parently to threaten the fate of the question, the Telerence to Mr. Boutwell’s “do-nothing policy’? 18 the more frequently made. Mr. Boutwell even now says that “nothing, simply nothing, will be done with the finances, and the country will move on as it has done, gradually increasing in pros- perity and fnally reaching the goal of safety ina frm specie basis.”” A distinguished Senator said to-day that it would take the power ot omnisci- ence to tell how much longer the debate is to con- tinue, but that of the three propositions made the Probabilities might be set down as follows:— First, the least likely is the specie re- sumption resolation; second, to the trans- fer of circulation from the East, as proposed im Mr. Sherman’s bill and amended by Senators Merrimon and Wright, will take the next rank of probabilities; and third, by that whieh of all things is most likely to prevail, some plan whereby iree banking will be assured, with some degree of restriction, The motion of Judge Wright to recommit will not be carried, and the forces are 80 compagtly gathered that they are as prepared now as ever they will be for the final teat of their strength by a direct vote, but the Wary cautiousness of the anti-inflationists will de- fer the struggle, }ooking to exhauation, demoraliza- tion or other ill-omened obstacles to defeat the in- Mationists. Senator Carpenter is of the opinion that the debate on the present proposi- tions will take the balance of this week be- fore a vote is reached. A firm effort was made up to the last moment to carry the recommittal o1 Sherman’s transfer bill, but Mt is as ably resisted. Should it, however, carry, it 4g not regarded by the ipflationists as a test upon their project to increase the currency. The ques- tion will be taken first on Senator Merrimon’s ndiments to add $46,000,000 to the circulation, which, if it is lost will be succeeded by a vote pn Senator Cameron’s amendment for free bank- Ing, with restrictions. A slight change has oc- turred in the statas of the Senate on this last proposition, but it is more than an even chance that it will carry, if the motion to recommit be not taken out of its parliamentary order and forced on the Senate. Senators Morton, and Ferry of Michi- pan, feel confident that the Senate will sustain Senator Cameron’s amendment by a slight ma- jority vote. At the close of Senator Thurman’s speech to-day the Senate went into executive ses- sion and adjourned. The Election Contest in the House. Alter the morning hour the House was called upon to listen to the dry details of a contested election case in the Arkansas delegation. ‘The Committee on Elections, having the right to re- port at any time, cut off the financial discussion, which was to have been inaugurated with much earnestness, The election case of Wilsnire occu- pied the entire session, being protracted until near seven o’clock by the filibustering motions of the democracy. The case may occupy the entire session to-morrow. Louisiana Matters to Shortly. . It is understood that the tollowing plan of action has-been agreed upon by the democratic Senators in regard to Louisiana matters:—One of their number will, when the question 1s again brought before the Senate, offer as an amendment or a sub- stitute for Mr. Carpenter’s bill providing for a new election, @ resolution looking to the recognition of the McEnery government as the government elected by the people of Louisiana. Should this fail the democrats say that they will have acquit- ted themselves of their first duty, and will then sup- port Mr, Carpenter’s bill as the only measure for the practical relief of the people of that State. It 1s argued by the democratic Senators that the Mc- Enery government is the only legal government, and if the Senate should refuse to recognize this fact, there would then be, in their opinion, no legal government in Louisiana, and it would be their solemn duty to afford the people of Louisiana the means for establishing a legal government. This dispossesses the matter of the bugbear of federal interference, which has worried some of the State rignts advocates and makes the united action of the democracy more imperative. Supporting them in the view only that there is no legal gov- ernment in Louisiana are more than enough re- publican Senators to carry the measure through. Senator Carpenter Will Push His Louis- iana Measure. Senator Carpenter says that as soon as the de- pate on the Finance bill is closed, whicn he expects will be by Monday next, he will try to get up his bill providing for a new election in Loutsi- ana. He seems to be firm in this, and there ts no evidence, judging from his positive manner, that the friends of the administration have made any impression on him which would lead him to desist from his original fixed purpose to try to obtain a new election. Reorganization of the Department of State. The Committee on Foreign Affairs were engaged to-day in'the consideration of the bill reorgamizing the Department of State, and agreed to the clause for the appointment of a Third Assistant Secre- tary. The select committee appointed to investi- gate the affairs of the District of Columbia will not again meet for business until Governor Shepherd shall have farnished the detailed information re- quired. The committee have not, as yet, called upon the memorialists to present specific charges and name witnesses. The Awards for Postal Service. The awards made to-day for the ensuing four years’ postal service in the Pacific States and Ter ritories were generally at rates very greatly re- duced from the present cost of the same service. For instance, the mail service on the route from Kelton, Utah, to Dalles, Oregon, which has, for the past four years, cost $224,000 per annum, was to- day let for $67,900 per annum, and the route from Prescott, arizona, to San Bernardino, Cal., was let for $23,800 per year, which is now under contract at $48,000 per annum. The route from .Corinne, Utah, to Helena, Montana, was let at $15,000—a saving of two-thirds, be Decided WEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1874.—TRIPLE SHEET. | other low bids, indicating that very material re- ductions will be etfected, even it the lowest bidders forfeit their deposits and fal) to perform the ser- vice. Certified checks amounting to about $1,500,000 are on deposit with the Postmaster General as security sor the good Jaith of the vari- ous bidders, and will be retained by him until the new service goes into operation. The lowest bids for some very large contracts are suspended to await the decision of the Attorney General whether the omission oj two cent stamps from the accompanying checks invalidates them. Many have been thrown out in consequence of the gross carelessness of the bidders in failing to sign their names and furnishing notarial certificates not signed by the notarise, &c. Secretary Richardson’s Report of the Sanborn Contracts—List of tne Amounts Collected. ‘The Secretary of the Treasury to-day sent to the House of Representatives the following communi- cation in relation to the Sanborn contracts :— TREASURY DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, Feb, 17, 1874. } Ihave the honor to enclose herewith, in compli- ance with the resolution of the House of Repre- sentatives of the 18th inet., copies in full of all contracts made under the authority of the Treas- ury Departwent, in pursuance of the provisions of the first section of the Legislative, Executive and dudictal Appropriation bill, approved May 8, 1872; also copies of ali correspondence and orders of the depari ment relative to said contracts, and sched- ules showing the entire amount o! money collected under their contracts by Messrs. Malcolm Campbell, | John Sanborn and Jonn Clark, respec- uvely, and bow said moneys have been disposed of, No | moneys have ever been collected aid by the Treasury under the other contracts, @ papers herewith transmitted comprise copies of all contracts, schedules, re- ceipts, certificates, checks and other correspond- ence having any bearing upon or relation to any and all steps or action taken by the lreasury De- partment under the provisions of the law reierred to. In justice to the persons whose names are juded in the lists accompanying the several contracts of those who ar@ciaimed to be indebted to the government on account of taxes or otherwise, and who have not, been proceeded against, permit me to add that no evidence what- ever of such indebtedness has been presented to the department. All that is known to the de- partment on the subject is what appears on said lists, which were necessary to be furn'shed in pursuance to the requirement of the first section of the act of May 8, 1572, namely, that no person shall be employed under the provisions of this clause who shall not have fully set forth, in a writ- ten statement under oath, addressed to the Secre- tary of the Treasury, the character of the claim | out of which he proposes to recover or assist in re- | covering moneys for the United states, the laws | by the violation of which the same have been withheld, and the name oi the person, firm or cor- Poration having thus withheld such moneys, be- tore the peracns farnishing them could be'em: loyed. Ihave the honor to be, sir, very respect- ly, your obedient servant, WILLIAM A. RICHARUSON, Secretary. Hon. JaMes G. BLAINE, Speaker ot the House of Representatives, It appears from the large mass of documents submitted that the collections on account of San- born’s complaints amount in the aggregate to 000, of which tnere was paid to Sanborn $213,000, the balance being paid into the Treasury. 'The tollowing are the names of the parties where the amount collected exceeds $2,000: H. Goss- ler, of Hamburg, $10,343, income tax; Daniel James, $11,684, ‘fMcome tax; Thomas H. Devens, $4,203, income tax; J. H. Gossler, Jr., $3,661, in- come tax; Buffato, New York and Erie Railroad, $2,202, tax on dividends; H. A. Scnereffelin, $2,190, legacy and succession; Martha Dorlan, $2,293, legacy and succession; White’s Bank of Buffalo, $2,236, taxes on State deposits; William Nel- son, $3,357, legacy and succession; E. Fer- guson & Co., $2,038, medicinal articles un- stamped: Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, $9,688, tax on interest payments; Joel Hayden and Joel Hayden, Jr., $10,068, income tax; Morgan Delano, $2,294, legacy and succession; William H- Wall, $4,091, legacy and succession; John E. Wood, $14,688, legacy and succession; Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad, $3,535, tax on sur- plus profits; Benjamin D. Phillips, $2,412, legacy and succession; John J. Phelps, $14,820, legacy and succession; George W. Williams & Co., $2,249, un- patd stamp duties; Cedar Rapids and Mississippi River Railroad, $43,360, tax on interest on bonds; Chicago and Nebraska Railroad, $19,429, tax on in- terest on bonds: St, Paul and Sioux City Railroad, $3,330, tax witnheld; James Armory, $3,534, legacy. and succession: James Hall, $2,040, legacy and succession; Buchanan & Lyell, $2,749, income tax; Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, $5,250, tax on dividends; Wiliam Tilden, $6,173, legacy and succession; Juhn R. Ford, $2,578, income tax; St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, $8,293, tax on net earnings; Old Colony and Newport Rallroad, $4,024, tax on profits; Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, $99,685, tax on dividends, The list embraces about 175 names, the above being @ specimen of the grounds upon which the collections were made. In the smaller sums, how- ever, the legacy and succession tax appears more | frequently. Supplemental letters from the Secretary of the Treasury to tne Commissioner of Internal Revenue notify tne latter, under date of February 12, 1864, of additional certificates of deposit to the credit of Sanborn, | amounting to $34,118. The principal items in these latter accounts are the Indianapohs, Peru aud Chicago Ratiroad Company, on account of taxes due on coupons, $6,099; William Skinner, of Hyde- ville, Mass., income tax, $3,562; estate of Benjamin Nathan, $504; Sheboygan and Fond du Lac Rail- road Company, taxes on coupons, $1,158; St. Louis, Alton and Terre Haute Railroad Company, tax and interest on coupons, $16,291; Toledv, Wabash and Western Railroad, tax on interest paid on bonds, $26,378, Ina letter dated October 25, 1872, Mr. Sanborn gives the names of about 1,000 persons indebted to the United States for taxes imposed upon legacies and successions. Mr. Sanborn submits another list, dated March 19, 1873, of over 600 persons of foreign residence doing business in the United States, but who, it is alleged, have failed to pay internal revenue taxes. Another list gives the names of a large number of distillers said to be owing taxes on the 1st of July, 1873, Mr. Sanborn addressed a letter to the Secretary of the Treasury, enclosing a lust of those railroads doing business in the United | States which are indebted to the government for | taxes upon dividends and interest paid upon bonds which they have heretofore held and refused to | pay, and ‘he respectfully asks that the | list pe added to his contract made) with the Secretary of the Treasury, bearin, date August 13, t872, and as amended October 3, 1872, Tne list contains the names of about 700 railroads. The contract was extended. John Clark's contract gives the names of persons owing taxes which he proposes to collect. The statement of funds collected by him is given in the accom- panying papers, and shows that he received $3,833 on account of the estate of James Dundas, deceased, The statement of funds collected by Malcolm Campbell shows $1,720 from the Philadel- phia Passenger Railway Company; $885 were paid to Campbell and $885 were paid into the Treasury. Among the papers is a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, dated January 29, 1874, asking of Nicholas Elbert, by decision of Assistant Secretary Sawyer, to visit Washington and bring with him all the papers relating to the investigation being made by him in the affairs of the Erie Railway Company, Proposed Abolishment of Perquisites in the Civil Service. A number of gentlemen appeared before the Committee on Ways and Means to-day to advocate such amendment to the law as will avolish the dt- vision of moieties among government officers and confine their compensation to fixed salaries, Among these gentlemen were Jackson S, Schulte, representing the New York Chamber of Com- merce; N. 0. Hopper, of the Importers’ and Gro- cers’ Board of Trade and Revenue Reform Associa- tion, The Boston Board of Trade was represented. The hearing was postponed two weeks from to- day. B. G. Jayne, government agent and informer, entered the committee room soon after and gave his views of the subject. The Howard Investigation. A change has been made in the original detail for the Howard Court of Inquiry, the special War De- partment order convening {¢ containing the name of Colonel J. J. Reynolds, of the 3rd Cavairy, in the Place of General Holt, as was at first intended. Additional Power Refused the Secretary ot the Navy. The House Committee on Naval Affairs has agreed to report adversely the bill giving the Secretary of the Navy authority to revise prize award. The committee will also report adversely On the prayer petitioning the passage of the law authorizing the use of @ portion of the hospital grounds which ie between the hospital and Navy at Brooklyn, tion of the Geneva Award. The Judiciary Committee of the House to-day dis- cussed at length the bill prepared by Mr. Butler for the distribution of the Geneva award, which is substantially the same as the bill prepared by him at the last session o1 Congress, One important change has been introduced, providing that all Who lost by the depredations of the rebel cruisers shall be permitted to file their claim, whether the same come under the head of vessels enumerated in the Geneva award or not. The Signal Ofice Assuming Charge of the Meteorological Observations. With the approvais of the Secretary of War and at the courteous suggestion of Professor Henry, the Signal office has assumed such charge of the System of meteorological observation hitherto con- ducted by the Smithsonian Institution as may be found consistent with the public service. The In- stitution retains for the present aii the records of observations which have been accumulating there auring the last twenty-five years, and continues the work of their reduction and discussion up to the end of the year 1873, THE NATIONAL CURRENCY QUESTION, ——>_—__— The Senate Debate on the Equalization Scheme—Cameron’s Plea for Specie Pay- ment—Grant’s Promises Not Fulfilled. WAsuinaton, Feb. 11, 1874. THE CURRENCY EQUALIZATION DISCUSSION, ‘The morning hour having expired, the Senate resumed the consideration of the bill to equalize the distribution of the currency, the pending mo- tion being that of Mr. Buckingham to recommit the bill to the Finance Committee, Mr. MERRIMON, (dem.) of N. C., moved an amend- ment to instruct that committee to report as soon as practicable a bill providing for an increase of the national bank circulatton, so that the whole volume thereof should not exceed $400,000,000, Mr. WRIGHT, (rep.) of Iowa, sald. he would op- pose a motion to recommit the bill. He believed the government should be divorced from the bank- ing business and would not like to see the amend- ment of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Cameron) passed. He gave it a3 a note of warn- ing that in coming years nothing would be such a reproach to the action of Congress as the fact of its legislation to organize banks where members of Congiess became members of such banks and legislated upon the subject. He hoped no further Steps would be taken towards the organization of national banks. Mr. Scorr submitted an amendment to that of Mr. Merrimon providing for the redemption of the whole body of the national bank currency in specie or interest bearing bonds of the United States. He said he hoped the motion to recommit would be adopted, The best way to dispose of this whole question was to refer it back to the committee and get tueir views on the subject. Mr. FERRY, (rep.) of Mich., said the question to Tecommut carried with it the question as to whether there should be an expansion or contrac- tion of the currency. He could see nothing to be gained by the recommittal, as the committee must Teport upon the same subject and the whole de- bate would be gone over again. ‘The effect of the motion to recommit was practically to question belore the Senate. MY. SHERMAN, (rep.) of Ohio, said the proposi- tions looking to a coin redemption were impracti- cable. as there was not enough coin in the coun- try, and we could not draw to this country any large sum of coin Without disturbing the monetar relations of other countries, and that would worl to our disadvantage. The United States now has $380,000,000 of its notes outstanding, which it has promised to pay. What could be the objection to the government giving for each note a bond on which the interest would be paid promptiyy it had been said that the result would be a contraction of the currency. He denied that such would be the case, +The money woulda flow into the Treasury and could be paid out again in the purchase of a five-twenty bond, and this kept in circulation. If free banking inould be established there must be coupled with it some plan of resumption. Although the oficial administration of General Grant commenced with the solemn declaration that the greenbacks should be made good as gold nothing had yet been done looking to that end, but instead it was now pro- posed to increase the currency again. He thougut the proposition of his iriena (Mr. Cameron) for an uulimated issue Of paper money was unwise, and, it adopted, would array against our promises to pay the whote banking interests of the country, Which, he was sorry to say, were already arrayed against it. The Senator irom Pennsylvania (Mr. Cameron) by nis proposition was attempting to create a balloon with a biadder, and he nad neither | basket, ropes nor ballast. He (Mr. Sherman) hoped this pill would be stripped of all things thrown around it, and passed as reported by tle committee. The other questions could be deter- mined afterwards. Mr, CAMERON Aaid he had not attempted to make any balloon without drags. He would take such men as lus friend trom Oblo (Mr. Sherman), who had no faith in the country, no faith in themselves. He (Mr, Cameron) believed tne country would re- sume specie payment in due time. Give the peo- pie time to work out their necessities and specie payment would be resumed. The country could soon resume if these greenbacks were out of the way, and he proposed by Wis substitute to take them out of the way. If this measure should go back to the committee they would still have their own notions, and would endeavor to strengthen such notions before reporting. Tne resuit would be that 1t would come back in such a chaotic condition that the whole question would ve up again. Mr. Moron, (rep.) of Ind., said the motion to refer was a seductive one, and there was no good waive the reason for it. Tne committee had already con- sidered the subject nearly fuur mont and ail they offered was what his iriend (Mr, Sherman) culled “this little bill’? to take $25,000,000 from New England and give it to the West and soutn. There Was no excuse for this act o! spoliation upon New England, except upon the principle that the cur- rency of the country was not to be increased at all. Any Withdrawal of the currency would result dis- astrously to New England, Mr. GORDON said it had been contended that Money Was pound to flow to New England; but he would ask why it was that Jast lal! cocton cuuld not be sold for ten or even five cents a pound in the South when it was worth fiiteen cents? There was ademand for it in the Hast, but the money was not there to buy it. AN EXCELLENT ARGUMENT. Mr. MorTON said if this national banking system could not be adjusted to the wants of the whole country it must give way. Although he detested the old State system he desired to say to is friends irom the South that neither he nor they would hve to see the time when twenty-tive millions would ever be taken by violence froms the banks ot three or four States and distributed among others. He haf no icea that such a proposition would ever become @ law. It was au dejusion. There had been a sort of weakness running through this de- bate, and that was that the demand for more cur- rency was an attack upon New England. Who made that attack ? He did not; neither did those who wanted ao increase in the currency. It was those who supported this bill of the committee ee to withdraw the $25,000,000 from that section. Mr. HAMLIN said he was disposed to give the South aud West more banks, but be would vote to take $60,000,000 from New England and give it to other sections before he would vote to imcrease the irredcemable paper cur- rency one dollar. New England organized these banks to aid the government when it was rocking to its very centre. They claimed that this circglation was worth something now, and it weuld be unfair to take it away. However, rather than meet the hazards aud evils of giving more irredeemable paper curreney he would vote th take away from New England more than that proposed by this bill The question ag to increas- ing the currency ith a8 weil be met here and now. It was the labor of the country which must iurnish the means to pay the tndebteaness of the country, and, if the currency be tncreased, the time for payment would be prolonged. We had partially got out of the terrivle calamities of the War, and he asked ifit would be wise to tncrease the volume of oa and thus go over the ground again which had been already trodden. He thought it unwise that the Senate of the United States, as reasonable, sane men, when the sun of the nineteenth vas ea down, should be here asking for more irredeemabie paper money. When tne door should be open to such currency without limitation he gave notice that those States now having an excess of currency would establish four banks to one established in we States now having jess than their proportion, Mr. THURMAN, (dem.) of Ohio, said it had been said that the American people were eminentiy practical, but he was sorry the same could not be said of tne Senate of the United States, The Senate would not let any single measure of the committee go through, but loaded it with all sors of propositions on the general subject. The com- mittee was fully competent to act upon et sub- ject separately, aud one shouid not thus be loaded be stable, that is to be fixed, and to be elastic is that it is not to be fixed. (Laughter.) He had never heard of such a thing since General Jack- son’s famous letter that a judicious tariff cap- tured Pennsyivania, He did not believe in in- structing the committee, but desired the subject to be recommitted without instructions. Pending the discussion the Senate, & few min- utes before five o’clock, on motion of Mr. MorR- RILL, of Maine, went into executive session, and after a short time the doors were reopened and In vhegg aud simgr cases there are a DUMpEr Of } lists and reinstate names ymitied IA the orj@ipal | the Senate aqiourned ‘ down with others. He iavored the re- committal of the whole matter. The currency 4 was to be stable and was to be elastic. TO EVANS HANGED. Just Doom of a Barbarous Old Man. TERRIBLE CONFESSIONS. Innocent Girls Coolly Butchered and Cut to Pieces. ee Intamy, Hypocrisy and Thett Unveiled. Cant and Deceit on the Verge of Death. ConcorD, N. H., Feb, 17, 1874. At precisely seven minutes past eleven o’clock this forenoon Franklin B, Evans, confessedly the perpetrator of more than one murder, and espe- cially the slayer of one innocent child, suffered the extreme penalty of the law within the enclosure of the New Hampshire State Prison. A TERRIBLE CONFESSION—MURDER NO. ONB. Evans made the following confession before death :— I, Franklin B. Evans, now under sentence of death for the murder of Georgiana Lovering, and knowing | must soon pass into the presence of my Maker and Judge, and knowing that “he who covereth his sing cannot prosper, yso confesseth and forsaketh them shall * do make the following statements and conicssions as to my knowledge of that terrible affair, and all | say I affirm, asa dying man, is strictly (rue. As to the family to which Georgiana’ belonged, it con- sisted of Mr. Sylvester Day and wite, Deborah; their daughter Susan, who had been married to a Mr. ver- ing (who had died). and their daughter Georgiana. am a brother ot Mra, Day, and was occasionally with the family, working for differe p the’ neighbor- hood for some time, ‘The family much given to intemperance, especially Mr. Day, who was often drunk and abusive. ‘a good woman. His wife, my sister, is (Here occur some indecent recitals and alleged threats of Punishment.) My tears were much increased trom an event which occurred some six weeks fore this. I altered @ $1 Dill to $10, and succeeded in passing it without detection. While I was at work ‘on this Georgiana came suddenly into the room and de- tected me. bhe threatened to expose me. Thus Tiouna myself completely in her power. Believing she would make good her threat, my mind was much agitated and tormented. In this state o1 mind, about one montf be- fore her death, 1 frst thought of putting her out ot the way. I often rejected the thought, but some renewal ot the threat would bring it back. For some days oeiore the murder I seemed to be attended continually by one who seemed to bear a human form, urging me on fo the deed. At length I became fixed in my mind to take her Ufe. In order to bring this ‘about, I told her 1 would give her a book if she would meet me in the woods at a certain place named, at some distance trom her home. She. assented, and on the morning ot the fatal day I left Mr. Day's, telling the iamily 1 was going to Mr. Hill's, or per: Mr. Roberts’, some few tiles off, 'I arrived at the place, near some large rocks, some time betore she did. When she came ! talked with her some time, reminding her ot -ev- eral valuable presents I had given her, and trying to persuade her to do something to make me secure. It was Of no avail. She persistently retused. Knowing I was completely in her power and that I would most likely be gent to the State Prison if she should make a complaint I seized her by the th: she struggled but for a shor time, and was dead. ried her body along distance to- wards the swamps, and when within a few rods of the place where I buried her { separated the parts, I did this to fain some knowledge of the human system that might ‘of use to Me asa doctor. My fears of her putting her threats into execution were, however, the sole reason I had. I should have lett the place but for the reason that J cowld not then collect some money which was due me. My teelings after the deed was done were dreadful beyond description. { would bave given worlds, had I possessed them), to have recalled that hour. Noone can the struggle in my mind betore eom- ing to the conclusion to make this confes- ston. I have pot done it with the least hope ‘of pardon or commutation. My doom is fixed by the laws of God and man, I am justly condemned to die; but if it be probable that so great a sinner as fam can find mercy atthe hand of God: it my prayer, “Veliver tue from blood guiltiness, oh, God,” can procure me par- don itis alll can hope tor, and { can only look for this when | know Hisgrace aboundeth to the chief of sinners, It has greatly relieved my mind that I have at last tully and truthfully contessed the whole I know concerning this wicked transaction, and I much regret that 1 have not done it sooner. imagine MURDER NO. TWO—THE MILLA GHILD, Since making the confeaston ot the murder of Georgaina Lovering I have, alter a great confict in my mind, de- cided to make 4 full confession ot another awful tran- saction. In the fall of the year 1850 I left my wite, hay. ing been living with her in Salem, Mass, and came to Derry, N.H. On arriving at. the’ house of a Mr. Mills jate in the evening I found the door fastened. [heard in the house w moaning sound, as of child. Lopented the window and got _ in, found several children ying on the floor and one girl __ sitting on flo! ed very sick. hi r who seem io be O» examining her I concluded she could not live unui morning. Wishing to procure a body to examine for sur- gical purposes, [ resolved to kill her, and took her to the ‘woods, at some distance, and there strangled her. On examining the body I found one hip and part of the spine detormed, and partly on this account, but more because of a feeling of remorse and terror that seized me, I de- sisted from my purpose of examining the body. 1 sound @ chestnut stump partly rotten, and turning it up, hid the body under it and replaced the stump. I then wandered about the woods until morning. ‘THE PLACE WHERE T BURIED HER ar the Junction of two brooks. I searched for it a y lterwards, but could not flud it. There were many in the woods hunting and gathering chestnuts, and I teared to remain Jong. In the morning 1 went to the house of Luther Wate to see Gardner Peavy ; thence to the house of Elisha Hall, Jr., on Generul Der- by’s place. Here I borrowed a pick and some medicinal Toots, and took them with me in @ bunile. day the Selectmen of Derry came to Mr. Hall's to see mé, but I did not see them. I leit word where I might be found. I then went to the house of James Evans, at the dock, where 1 staid over night. I am now an old man; my life has been one of crime and wretchedneas, and ‘it fs to be closed by an ignominious dea:h on the scaffold, My earnest prayer is that my lite ana death” may be a serlous warning to others. I might have led a useful lite and lett behind me a memory that would not have pained my relatives, but it is now too late. Ihave endeavored to improve the last few weeks in preparing for eternity. | My remorse has been inexpressible. The sorrows ot death have encom- pa me and the pains of hell have taken hold on me. ly only hope is in the great mercy of God. I wish to express my gratitude to the warden and chaplain, who have done all they could tor my comfort and penitence. Had I been @ brother they couid have done no more. And now I solemly affirm that I have con- fe i the knowledge 1 have of any murder. Of the several murders in Maine, Massachusetts and other places, of which I have been suspected, I am entirely in- nocent. To Him before whom I must so soon appeal and in His fear I make this declaration. ANFAMY AND THEFT. In the winter of 1843 I was living in Amoskeag, N. H. I kept a number of boarders, among whom Hezekial Peavy, who sent me to London to get a girl to live with him, promising to meet my expenses und pay for my services. I took her to London and Concord, and we But up at s tavern Kept by Mr. Tubbs and the next day ‘he girl had a gold waten worth ‘ays the watch was missing. firt went to Concord and up, with Tubbs, The next, morning W'eay: girl returned, ‘accompanied by Tubbs “and. a clairvoyant. The clairvoyant charged the theft on a young Woman named Susan Reader, saving she had itin er bed, and while she was going on she at omce stopped and said, “Now it is goneyshe nas thrown it into the well.” A young man was al around his body; the weil was very deep, man reported that the wall had part! the watch could not be found the conclusion was that 1 had fallen into the hole made by the fallen stone. Twas standing by ail the time, hearing the minute particu- lars of the theft and the hiding of the watch, and I confess, my shame, that I was the thief. As 1 was very poor, and ag Peavy refused to pay me (or going to London tor the girt, I watched my chance and stole the watch, hid it ina hole in a fleld and in May traded it in Great Falls tor asiiver watch and the balance in money. I sold the chain in Dover. 1 am much distressed when I think how much the poor girl suffered im consequence of my wickedness. and make this confession hoping that, it she is living, sb fully relleved of all suspicion as to this matte dead, her friends may be glad to know ot her innocence; and I hope it may prove an admonition to any one who may be inclined to employ these miserable impostors who pretend to be able to detect criminals, and thereby Dring disgrace and sorrow upon innocent persons, THES NO. I further confess that, wi Peavy and the ‘once let down with @ rope before my first at work at a tavern at Bow Pond, in sta watch from the tavern of a Mr. Morrill, and sold it in Dover. DEFRAUDING AN INSURANCE COMPANY. And I also further confess that some years ago I con- spired to defraud the Traveller's Insuratice Company of Hartiord by taking out a policy tor $1,50), and going to Hampton Seach and leaving there a suit'of clothes, to give the Ampreasion that was drowned; that I went to Yermout to await the payment of the policy, and that $50 was Daid on it, a portion of which I received from a man in Verry. FRANKLIN B. EVANS. STATEMENT OF THE CHAPLAIN AND WARDEN. The above confessions of Franklin'#. Evans were made to us with the wish and understanding that they should be made public alter his death. They were written out and carefully revised, sentence by sentence, and accepted by him as inevery particuiar correct. There is in a general agreement with the tact resting on independ- ent testimony. Ax he had been suspected of several other murders we endeavored, with much care and persuasion, to get some confessions concerning them, but he has uniformly denied any knowledge of them. As to the truthfulness of his contessions or as to the ‘acter or depth of his penitence we do not presume to due, For the last few weeks of his lite he evidently d much remorse, and his conscience seemed to be con- derabiy awakened. The rest is known only by his Juage into whose presence he passed. J.C, PILLSBURY, Warden. ELEAZER SMITH, Chaplain. DID HE TELL ALL? This confession is looked upon as somewhat “thin” by those who are best acquainted with Evans’ life and history. It was penned by tne chaplain of the prison and given to the old man for signature and while he took little cognizance of the contents the sign manuai was appended. It ts known that the murder of the Joyce children, which occurred in Boston on the 12th of June, 1865, Was of such a character as, with surrounding circumstances, would lead any sane man to be- eve that it was the work of Franklin B, Evans, and that a similar tragedy at Strong, Me., Was the work of the same hand, Evans benaved well after his committai to prison, although @ great portion of his time was spent in psalm singing anu cant. He passed Sunday nigot in company with tue chaplain, aud Mr. Eaton, hospital steward, He slept jor several hours, and was quite composed. Through Monday he was in WD Genera mind, ne night me passe with the chaplain an Ve Andrew J, Church, of Providence, 3 L VIBITED BY HIS SON AND DAUGHTER. At ping o'clock thig Morning the prisoner gsayed During this | -through the courtesy of Captain Mitch eli, of the ‘and earnestly, and ow for his sie. re prayer was of- chaplain. He ‘sieps trom feet nt half ast o'clock five morning. t he ate @ hearty breakiast of potatoes, and bread, He seemed then to be quite cheerful and free from anxiety. At hal.-past eight o'clock his son and daughter visited him ana remained til ten o’clock, when they parted irom him forever, The piace which he occupied was a cell separated by the guardroom ‘rom the tier of cells in which he wag jormerly confined. ‘The spectators passed in through the guardroom and were directed io | take positions on Che platforms surroundimg the celis and upon the stone floor, Finally all were provided with such Opportunities as | they dered for Witnessing the death | struggle, aad then ensued a few moments of ainiul suspense, ‘The gray-ha'red warden, r. Pilisbury, stepped apon the scaffold and ex- pressed the hope that aii would be patient, Atter few moments more of waiting, during which the | Jookers-on communicated in whispers their con- ficting opinions as to the manner in which the | victim would sustain imseli at the critical mo- men " THE SOLEMN PROCESSION APPEARED | in view. ‘This was at exactly two minutes past eleven o’clock, and @ bush fell upon the assembly as the poor wretcn, Jooking much more emaciated and careworn than one would have supposed, | judging irom the published statements, Was es- | corted across the guardroom and tnrovugh the marrow passage. THE SCAPFOLD was placed in the corridor just outside the guard- room. 1tis that which was used for the execuuon of Pike four years ago. It is built of white pine, | atuted blue and contains 500 feet of lumber. itis fastened with screws, nails and oak pegs. The Platform timbers are seven by seveu inches, and bhe rest of the frame is six by six inches in dimeu- sion. The crossbeam from which the rope 18 sus- pended stands seventeen icet irom the ground. The platform 1s nine feet square and ten \eet twenly | inches from the ground. The rope with which the | execution was accomplished was bought, for the | urpose, under the supervision of Depaty Sherils . &. Tuck, of East Kingston, and J. M, Godfrey, of Epping. The rope was thoroughly stretched for some days, Ana it was in good condition when the hang- ing occurred. At the door leading to the scattold there was a brief halt when Mr, Sheriff Tuck pro- ceeded to pinion the criminal, fastening the siraps go a8 to coutine his arms aud hands, He then walke@ upon the drop, The straps were then | Placed about Evans’ ankles and above the knees, and the black cap, as tt is called, was then drawn over his face, Deputy Sheriff Tuck next placed the rope about the prisoner’s neck. There was little ceremony, The warrant was read, and at its conclusion he removed the bl. beneath the spring which held the trap. Then, with these words—“I now proceed to execute the sentence of the law,’’ he placed his foot upon a spring and THE DROP FELL, This was atseven minutes past eleven o'clock. The body came down with a dull, heavy thud, aud the knot slipped aiound to the back of the neck. No motion was discernable aiter the fail other than that which would usually be exuibited alter the fall of any similar weight. ‘There was no tremo nor any visible exhibition of nervous vigor, and it Was apparent that the neck was oroken and death occurred instantaneously. Life was retained in the body for nineteen minutes after it fell, aud the pulse showed wonderful variations, A minute after he tell it was 48 @ minute, later 45, then 49, then 113, then 142, then 129, then 81, aiter wnich 1t was intermittent, falling as low as 4, then rallying to 29, and aiterwards sinking gradually to nothing. He died absolucely without a struggle. So far as the arrangements for the execution were concerned, great credit is due to Sherif Luck and to the Warden and Deputy Warden of the | prison. Everything that could be was done by them to insure a painless death, and their eiforts were crowned with success, The boay of the condemned was sold to the prison physician | for $50, and the skeleton will adorn the anatomical | museum of Dartmouth College, the faculty thereof | having guaranteed to pay $25 therelore. A post mortem examination occurred this evening. THE GREAT- BOND FORGERIES. Steve Raymond and “Dr.” Blaisdell Prisoners— The Trial to Commence the First Week in March—Interesting List of the Victims. Among the passengers who arrived in this city yesterday, was “steve Raymond,” alias Charies Seymour alias Robert McGuire, who was arrested in London in the early days of last month by Detective William A, Pinkerton, who was sent over to effect his arrest by the District Attorney of | this city. Kaymond is an ex-convict from this | county, and is alleged to have been the negotiator of an immense amount of forged bonds of the Baf- falo, New York and Erie Railroad. It may be re- membered that on the first of last September the HERALD exclusively exposed to the public the ames of the perpetrators of this great forgery ‘which at a moderate computation nas swiudied “the street” out of $500,000 to $750,000, Raymond was arrested in Upper street, Islington, in London, near the Angel Inn, on New Year’s Day. On the 5th inst. he was taken to Bow street police station, where he gave the name of Robert McGuire, before Sir Thomas Henry, in the custody of Inspector Shore, of the London detective force, under the extradition treaty existing between the United States and Great Britain. Mr. Granville Layard read the par- ticulars of the charge as set forth im ar indict ment preferred against the ofender by the Grand Jury of this city, irom which it appeared that thirty forged bonds of the Erie, Buffalo and New York Railway, of $1,000 each, had been put into circulation, and that twenty-five of them had been successfuily negotiated. The charge against the prisoner was preferred by District Attorney Phelps. Yhe prisoner resisted, but with the assistance of several officers he was arrested and taken tothe Bow street police station, where he was piaced among a number of bystanders, and at once recognized by Mr. Horatio Southgate Tilgman, acierk in the office of Mr. Stephen B. White, of no. 8 Wall street, of this city, as the person who, in the name of Charles Sey- mour, had tendered the forged bonds and had obtained $25,000 jor them. Raymond denied ali knowledge of the transaction, and asked what proof there was of the veracity of the person who pretended to represent Mr. White. In answer to this Detective William Pinkerton sata that he had come from New York in company with Mr. Tilg- man in the same vessel. The prisoner complained that uniairness had been used in the matter, as the people from whom he was picked out were not of his class, and that if time was given him he could prove his statement. Subsequently the British authorities consented to KRaymonda’s extra- | | dition, and on the 5th instant he left Liverpool, on board the Republic, bound for this port. ARRIVAL OF THE FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE. Yesterday a HERALD reporter found his way on board the Republic immediately on its arrival, revenue cutter Washington. Upon the deck, walk- ing to and tro, was Detective Pinkerton, and in the smoking saloon Steve Raymond. STEVE RAYMOND’S HISTORY, Raymond 1s an Englishman, and left his country for his country’s good after having been incar- cerated more than once in English prisons. He was imprisoned in this country, it is alleged, for an attempt to rob the Fourth National Bank. Sub- sequently be was sentenced to five years’ impris- onment in Sing Sing for defrauding the govern- ment in connection with “Dr.” Blaisdell. ‘he two men occupied the same cell, and when they left prison in December, 1872, a friendship was struck up between them, and they lived together in Blaisdell’s house. THE THREE GREAT SWINDLERS, Walter Sheridan, lias Raiston ; Charlie Williamson, alias Perrin, and Steve Raymond, were the tnree | men who victimized Wall street to the extent of, it is alleged, upwards of half a milion of dollars, Raymond 1s the only one of the trio captured as yet, but it Is believed that the two others will soon be within the meshes of the law. At three o’clock yesterday afternoon Assistant District Attorney Alien made out & commitment for Raymond, who will be lodged in the Tombs this morning by De- tective W. Pinkerton. ARREST OF DR. BLAISDELL, Yesterday afternoon the notorious convict, Dr. Blaisdell, who has turned State’s evidence in tne bond .jorgety cases, was arrested by officer Con- ners and brought to the District Atcorney’s office. The Doctor’s name is not uniamillar in’ criminal records, he having been arrested for alleged com- plicity in the Burdeli murder in Bond street sev- eral years ago on account of his acquaintauce with Mrs, Cunningham. THE VICTIMS IN THIS CITY. The tollowing is an accurate list of the victims of the bond forgeries :— Mr, Miller, Presid€®nt Buffalo, New York and Eric Ratlroad......... veeeeeeeeeere 40,000 ved to be \ jarantee and Indemnity Company... National Trust Company “ni A. Obrig & rs ©. A. Baker . 8. V. White & Co...... . Bohner & Co... In addition to this it is believed that upwards of $200,000 of these forged bonds have been negoti- ated in this city, and that their holders are airaid for the sake of their credit of making the loss known. NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CASE. A telegram has been received by the District At- torney stating that forged Western Union Tele- graph bonds to the extent of $100,000 have been assed on the London market. itis reported that alter Sheridav, alias Ralston, was the negoti- | has somes ei euin! PRIPLE ASSASSINATION, Two Wealthy Farmers and a Maiden Lady Murdered. A Mysterious Story from Hati- fax, Mass. HALirax, » Feb, 17, 1874. This obscure village, in Piymouth county, has been the scene of a tragedy which, Jor the number of victims and the mystery of the circumstances, 18 unparalleled in the history of crimesin this region. Yesterday morning a shoemaker by the name of Lull, having occasion to visit a neighbor for the purpose of sharpening some knives, Stumbled upon the body of a maiden lady named Mary Buckley, lying on a crosspath, about thirty rods from the iarmhouse of Tuomas and Simeon Sturtevant, with whom she lived in the capacity of housekeeper, She was lying face downward, and the back of her head presented a sickening sight, being crushed as if by the heavy blows of some in- strument impelled by such powerful force as to embed her face almost completely in the ground, THE SECOND ViCTiM, Startled by the evidence of murder so appalling, Lull hastened at once to the farmhouse of sturte. vant to give the alarm, wien he was hormfied to find the body of Thomas Sturtevant stretenea at jul length in the porch of the dwelling, cold in the embracé of death, with a” lantern by bis side, as if | he had been assassinated just as he was on the poiut of stepping into the yard. His face was most brutally mangled, presenting additional evidence that the assassin, whoever he muy be, had not rested content with the taking of a single life. DISCOVERY OF A THIRD CORPSE. Penetrating into the dwelling, Lull crossed the kitchen and entered an adjoining bedroom, where on the bed he discovered, stiff in death, the re~ mains of Simeon Sturtevant, the walls and ceiling of the apartment being spattered witn the blood of the murderer’s third victim, Lull then hastened to arouse the viliagers, and by them the boay of the woman Was taken up and conveyed to the kitchen, where tt was laid side by side with the body of Thomas Sturtevant, which was brought in from the porch. The triple murder is supposed to have been committed on Sunday night. At nine o’clock on that evening all the victims are known to have been alive, as a neigh bor parted with them at about that hour, THEORIES ON THE ASSASSINATION. The theory in the village 1s tiat Thomas was stricken first, as he was preparing to take & fina! look at the grounds bLe(ore retiring to. rest, and that the muruerer after assalling him then proceeded to despatch Simeon, Miss Buckley flying Jrom the house in terror, only to be pursued, overtaken and siain by the assassin. It 1s supposed that the object. of the crime Was money, a8 it was well known in the village tiat the Sturtevants were ln the nabit ot keeping a large sum in the house, and a diligent search has failed to discover the presence of any tunds in the dwelling. From the circumstances it is conjectured that the murdeier was entirely suc- cessiul in carrying out his plan. A case o! drawers where one of the brothers Kept his valuabies was thoroughly eXamined and stirred up by the mur- derer, aud it it 18 probable that a considerable sum of money Was taken, In Miss Buckiey’s room it was found that her trunk bad not been disturbed, and 12 it were found about $90 anda gold watch. THE WEAPON with which all the murders were committed waa evidentiy a birch sled stake, about jour iect in length, a3 one was found horribly blood-stamed about six feet irom the spot where the body of the woman was discovered, and the indentations on the wall and ceiling of the porch and bedroom lead to the assumption that they were made as tne murderer swung the club. At present there are no threads by wilicb the author of the crime can, without dimficulty, be revealed. Suspicion rested at once upon ap individuai who, happily for him- self, is able to conclusively account tor his’ whereabouts from the hour when the parties were known to be alive until the ume when they were discovered dead. Against no one else is suspicion directed, so that this will be con- signed to tue catalogue of undiscovered assas- siations, unles the criminal is found by the er forts of the police. The neighvors have not noticed tramps of iate, but peopie in Hanson ana the adjoining towns have been alarmed by a gang of teilows who have been scouting round, sleeping in barns, looking iu at windows, opening shoemaker sbops apd schoolhouses at nigit, and building fires at all kind of places to warm themseives. THE VICTIMS OF THR TRAGEDY were all elderly persons, Miss Buckley being about seventy years old, while the Sturtevant brothers had neariy reached eighty. The latter were well to do, the wealthiest farmers in town and among the most highly respected. They were rigidly economical and hoarded all the money they ov- tained, never depositing any in savings bauks. They beld on to their landed property with great tenacity, and could not be prevatied upon to pait with any portion of their immense US sessions ‘at any price. Once, however, while attending an auction sale, Simeon Sturte- vant was asked how much he would take for a certain piece of land, and replied, “Filteen hundred dollars.” His interlocutor bav- ing come prepared to purchase, laid down the money and the sale was effected, greatly to the chagrin of Mr. Sturtevant. A gentleman who owns land adjoining the estate of the Sturtevants describes them as tall, stalwart men, Simeon being over six ieet in statare. He is of opmion that they had in their possession a considerable sum of money at the time of the murder, which fact, ne- ing kuown to the perpetrators of the crime, in- duced its commission, A coroner's investigation has been commenced, but thus iar nothing beyond the circumstance of finding tne bodies eR developed. BOSTON CUSTOM HOUSE. Mr. Simmons Appointed Collector of the Port, Boston, Feb. 17, 1874, The nomination of William A. Simmons as Col- lector of the Port of Boston, vice Judge Thomas Russell, resigned, has disturbed Boston scarcely less than the great fire. The announcement of the nomination this morning took everybody by sure prise, and mingled with those who were pleased at the selection were a handsome abundance who were most indignant. In hotels and counting rooms and on the street there has been little else talked of during the day. The active part which Mr. Simmons, as Supervisor of Internal Revenue, taken in State politics, particularly during the late Butler gubernatorial campaign, has rendered him obnoxious to the Washburn’ stripe of republican politicians, and his promotion irom the Internal Revenue bureau to the Custom House is properly regarded as an administration and Butler snub to those who were so active in dampening Butler’s gubernatorial aspirations last fall, He has been in the revenue business ior ten ears, and lor four years has had charge of the New England department. The fact that he la only thirty-three years of age is brought up by those who are opposed to Young America, and omong the efforts which are being made to deleat the confirmation of the appointment an indigna- tion meeting by @ portion of the Board of Trade is possible. If, however, such an event comes, there will be an opposition movement by those members of the Board friendly to Simmons, and all of these are confident that the Senate will ratify General Grant’s selection, Whatever may be the result or the importance of the matter, the movement is undoubtedly the entering wedge of another Butler campaign next fall. Judge Rus- sell, the retiring Collector, is named for a mission to Venezuela; but nis sélection for that bureau probably depends somewhat upon the Jate of Mr. Stmmonus’ nomination in the Senate. THE NEGRO HENDERSON HOMICIDE, Thefts—A Supposed Bure glary Explained. Yesterday morning, at the Eighth precinct sta- tion house, Coroner Woiltman empanelled @ jury in the case of Isaac Henderson, the colored vax grant, who was Killed the night previous on the corner of Broome and Sullivan streets by being) shot in the left temple with a pistol in the hands of: James Purvis, a white man, as herevofore published in the HERALD. Deceased having no friends to: claim the body it was seut to the Morgue for post- mortem examination. The circumstances atrend- ing the killing of Henderson will be investi- gated at the Prince street police station on Monday morning neXt, at eleven o'clock, AN ALLEGED BURGLARY EXPLAINED. In connection with the shooting of Henderson, some singular facts connected witha supposed burglary were brought to lignt. It appears that Mr. Purvis, brother of the prisoner, is one of the city marshals, and in his oficial capacity had seized @ clothing store in the Eighth precinct and placed his brother James in charge as watchman. ring the time Mursnal Purvis held the store he reported a series of burglaries and robberies in the premises, but aiter investigation the police were unable to obtain any clew to the perpetrator, for which they were censured by their superior oficers. The arrest of James Purvis tor the murder of Henderson, however, explained the mystery con- cerning the burgiary, jor on searching bim the oficers found in his possession more than 109 pawn tickets representing the identical property which had been so mysteriously stolen from the ciothing store while he was in charge of it. Immediate steps were taken to recover the goods stolen by Systematic ator, Purvis. Who bad so bagely betrayed his trust.