Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-03-08
NEWS or THE DA Y.
;. 70 sAoY tile re,y age end body Of the Times
DEFERRED ITEMS.

The WILMINGTON (N c. Dispatch says that
gentleman living about ten miles from that
city coatracted last year with forty-two negroes
that they should have the use Of his farm Of
three hundred and twvnty aeres, including all
thu stock and,implements, provided they would
give HIM one third Of the PR ducts. His share
has been ascertained to be four bushels and
thr. c peclzs Of corn, two hundred and seventy
i've D unds of fodder, thirty unds Of rec, four
roasting ears anda quart Of tomatoes.
The joint resolution when requires that Ten
nessee sh. uld acknowledge herself out of the
Ution and 70 be a suppl ant for readnlis>ion
upoa the terms which Congress imposes, w !
command, 10 doubt. a two-thirds vote in both
II uses Of Congress. Tennessee may assent to
ii and ratify it. No representation will Ten
ne see have till she ratities that decree. The
President Will have to act TN this joint res lu-
ton, Just as certainly as he had o act upon the
bill admitting Texas. His veto will amount to
I he particulars Of the brutal murder of Mr.
VIM. Pierce, on Friday ght, at his farm in Mont
gomcry county, Md have been received
! though as yet no clue has been obtained as to
he perpetrators of the crime. hir. Pierce was
fund on Saturday morning in | is room, when
the servant went TO cali him, lying On the floor,
weltering in his blood The murderels were
after pluuaer.
Two men, named johnson and Newnlcister,
charged with having robbed the United States
express messenger two weeks ago at St. Louis,
have been arrested Tne sum of $l9,214 of
the money was recovered The remainder Of
the $40, 900 stolen is supposed to be in the pos
session of three other robbers who are still at
large .Ga q r.s
Additional later particulars Of the steamer
Lockwood disastea on the Mississippi river, re-
port her cabin torn away to the middle Of the
boat; twenty persons killed and twenty-five
others scaled and wounded. All the living
passengers were rescued and taken to Cincin-
matt.
A grand fremens procession was held in
New Orleans on the Sd inst One of the bands
played the Bonnie Blue Flag and other
Southern airs, which led to the temporary ar
rest of the members. Otherwise all passed of
] pleasantly. ------...-
A card appears in the National lnteltgencer
from the late steward, ofthe President House,
Mr. Stackpole, in which he states that what
ever articles Of furniture are missing from the
White House must have been taken either after
or before his appointment
General ASboth, who come to this country as
the adjutapt of Kossuth, and who served in the
Union army throughout the late war, has been
appointed Minister to the Argentine Republic,
instead Of to Eenzuela, as first reported
4 large amount of stores, originally intended
for the use of the Confederatos, have been seized
at the port of New Orleans as they were about
10 be struggled into that city from the upper
waters Of the Red River
Tie north wind which has prevailed for the
past few days detains in the harbor at Fortress
Monroe a large fleet of vessels, bound in vari-
Gus directions.
All the negro troops now at City Point. Vir-
GINA. are to be mustered out of service in the
course of few days.
nothing. The committee have counted votes
in both Houses upon the measure
HE STATE TAX.-The tax bill that recently
passed the Legislature, will occasion little
i1utterng in the State. How such heavy taxes
are to be paid, together with the Federal tax i'm
posed upon Us, we aye unable to see. The
Prospect for wheat crop is very unpromising,
and re may expect hard times this whole wear.
In "a ron, CESSATION had with the Governor a few
weeks since he stated fra KY to us his own opi,,-
i ions upon the subje t,reua king that he could
4 not see how the people Of Virginia were to r:y
sssth III! taxes Nor can We. Lynchbmg lw-
ganaan.