The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-03-15

furniture This discovery however furnishes no pos
lRse cue 70 the fate Of the steamer for the doors
upon numerous steamers and packets going out Of New
York are provided with white handes-o often perhaps
o. pattern precisely similar those on the Pacific Had
he Of the Edinburgh picked up OF these doors
might nave been Identified upon close inspection by ia
maker but there is definite proof SO fr 10 show tina
they are relics Of the Pacific There is only one crcum
sanee mat lends to identity these doors belonging
some steamer instead OF packet via that steamers
generally have cabin deck whereas packets do not
ana ta IN case OF steamer going down. Of the cabin
possibly noa on and lodge on the Ice These
COMMENTATORS may narrow the circle Of conjecture 70
what vessel any has been lost but II does establish
| the loss of the Pacific
10 connection with the above make room for the fol-
lowing, which appears in New York paper:
The public mind has begun to manifest some anxiety
now Tor the safety Of the propeller Arctic which sent
in search for the missing steamer Pacific The officers in
command instructed TO take northerly course after
leaving Halifax and the fear is that the Arctic may have
run 30 ar north as 10 encounter pes similar TO those
winch are supposed 10 have oyertaken the Pacific"
PEsssYLyAMA.-A strong effort is now making in Penn
yVania to increase the salary of its supreme judges
s., 900 year.
MYSTERIOUS CRIME IN BuENos AyREs-SuPPosED MUIR
DRa on a YOUNG LADY.--The following appears in the
Buenos Ayres correspondence of the New York Express
But the most mysterious murder remains to be related
Early one morning the nearly nude corpse Of young and
beantifs female Dona Edelmra lrarte de Rvadava the
danehisr Of OF first families and connected on
every side with the most usrous Of province
was found exposed in ditch the Retro fort. The
medical faculty, being called upon to examine the body,
pronounced II OF suicide and the unfortunate
mains We're inferred in the cemetery. In the of
few days, however began leak that all
not right and the public voice becoming strong
disegarded the government summoned the faculty and
ordered q further inquest
"The doctors then specified day, repaired in SOL
emn condave to the cemetery, where the corpse
humed and minute examination instituted with all the
necessary formula Tie taste of the crowd for horrors
was ty satisfied when the physicians declared that most
foul and mysterious murder had been committed and the
excitement carried to the highest pitch when ST. Bar
bosa The breher-naw of the young lady, hitherto
sdered most respectable man, her mother and two
wants against all OF whom there is strong crcumstanta
evidence arrested The trial is pending before
our criminal court but idea be formed of the result
1t VIII Certainly from the high position of the parties be
come one OF our cbre and from all appearances the
most romantic mysteries wrapped up in the dark de-
tails OF this unnatural murder"
VIRGINIA LRGBLATURE.-The senate has passed bill
increasing the capital stock OF the Virginia and Tonnes
see railroad and authorizing the board Of public works
to subscribe for 100000 ofits preferred stock ALSO bills
appropriating 100000 to the Covngton and Ohio rail-
road and subscribing $5ooooo in per cent. pre-
erred stock of the Manassas Gap road The bills in aid
of the Orange and Alexandria, the Virginia Central
and the Richmond and York River railroads. lost
for want Of constitutional majority.
NEW PHASE OF SOUTHERN sLAvERY-A gentleman
siding in Richmond, writing to his friend in Boston, says
The number of free negroes who have applied to the
Legislature this winter for the privilege of choosing
and becoming slaves has been great that general law
has been passed permitting them TO do They mostly
those who have been slaves but have been emancpated
The reason hey give that they cannot provide for them
selves and want masters who will provide for them in
turn for their labor