Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-02-11
The Late Commander Maury.

From the New DIRK Herald, feoruary, ~. !
No class of people are better able to appre-
ciate the services of the late Commander Ma.
thew Footaine Maury, both to his own country
and to the world, than sea captains and sea
faring men, They have been recognized not
less by foreigners than by Americans. We
published on Friday resolutions passed to that
effect by the New York Chamber Of Commerce.
Ga that occasion there was only one dissenting
voice Mr.. Blunt objected, torsooth, because
Commander Maury joined the CoufederateS,
the people of his own section, IN the late civil
war The report OF the proceedings says he
denounced the course Of the deceased during
the rebellion. Happily there are not many as
illiberal as Mr.. Blunt. Scientific aud large
minded men bury their political aulmos,tes in
the grave of those who have done SO much to
benefit the world as Commander MuuIy did.
To show how differently distinguished Brit
ish naval officer and experienced captain OF the
Atlantic steamship service views the deceased,
we publi.h the suboined letter:
BALTIMORE, February !, 1873
To the editor Of the Herald:
SIR have noticed in your journal with deep
regret the death of Commodore Maury, an, Of
fccr who spent the best part OF his life and all
his fortune in trying to mitigate the hardsh!ps OF
the seafaring community
We have now IN opportunity Of showing our
appreciation Of his services by raising subStan-
tial subscription for the benefit OF his family.
I would respectfully suggest that the captains
of all the Atlantic steamers give an entertain
mcnt ON one evening during the voyage. or
make a collection of money otherwise, VIII CHI
should be handed over to you, if you would
kindly undertake the task.
/ remain, sir, yours respectfully,
a BRITISH SAILOR.
We need only add to this merited testimon-
ial of Commander Maury services and appeal
for his family that We shall be happy to receive
any contributions for the noble object pro-
posed.
CONGRESS YEsTERDAY-In the Senate, ".
B. Machen, of Kentucky, was sworn 10 to fill
the uuexpired term of the late Garrett Davis,
of Kentucky. The bill extending the Southern
Claims Commission was debated, but no action
taden. A report from the committee on cleo
tious, 10 relation to the electoral vote of Lousi
ana, was ordered to be printed. a bill was
passed providing for the appointment OF CON-
mission to complete the boundary line between
the United States and British possessions. Mr..
Sherman was appointed as the teller on the
part of the Senate to count the electoral vote
tomorrow. The bill for the distribution Of the
Alabama claims award was passed. Mr. Cole
submitted the Burnside Subsidy bill, which
proposes to give the Webb Steamship line be-
tween San Francisco and Australian ports
$500, 900 per aunum Tor carrying the mails.
Senator Wilson letter Of resignation was an
nounced
The House of Representatives refused by
large majority, to Instruct the Appropriation
Committee to report the bill of Mr.. Butler, for
an increase of the salaries Of the President,
Members of Congress, &c Messrs. Dawes
and Beck were appointed as the telIers on the
part of the House to count the electoral vote.
A INDUSTRIOUS CHILD KILLER-A Boston
dispatch reports that Franklin B. Evans, who
is now under sentence Of death for the murder
of Gcorgiana Lowering, has confessed fright
full series of crimes. He says that 10 1858 he
stole away and killed little niece in Derry,
N. H., aged five In 1861 he cut the throat
of girl of fourteen years in Augusta, Me;
flor which another man died 10 PRISON. In
1865 he killed Isabella Joyce, aged fourteen,
and her brother John, boy of twelve in Bus
sey's woods, near Boston. In 1872, June 10,
he is charged with a similar crime upon wo-
man found dead in the woods near Fitchburg,
Mass, and during the same year he murdered
Georgiana Lowering, girl Of twelve, in North
wood, N. H. His confession IN regard to all these
crimes is brief and indefinite, except as TO the
joyce children, which was made to Deputy
Sheriff Henry A. Drew, who arrested him and
had him in charge ten days before he commit
ted him to Exeter Jail, aud seven days before
Evans revealed the secret of the murder Of
Georgiana Lowering. Mr.. Drew says that
the narrative in relation to the Joyce children
is so circumstanta us to leave 20 doubt of its
truth.