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Day
25
Month
March
Year
1864
Copyright
Public Domain
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Newbern, March 19. Tti(3 rv'nent raid on Ricinnond causécj the rabel General Ptckett tb sene! severa] ol liis regimentó frorn this Statp to Virginia, just qb be was ready to coniroeuce operations io this direction. Thuse regiment are returning, howevsr, evidoatly with i view oí carrying out their origimil iutentioou. G(.v. 7íiuco, in one of his recent speeches, ntuted that Gen. Lee depende upon North Carolina for the support cf his army. iïe dvvells on the importance óí keejjing tho railroads in good condition, on the ground that Lee could uo.t remain in Yrgir)ia forty-eight hóura aiter tïmy sbbu'W i'ail to perfonn their ini-isioi). The Wiltniftgton Journal,'m speaking of the sucöess of thé blocknde runners in gatting in to that port, savs the statistics show that on an average only one out of tweuty have been capturad. In roiigh weather tbo bioekaders are obliged lo go to sea, which. with the escegtioo ot dark nighfs, is the most suspioious time for our skillful pilots, wh'p with the aid of our perfect systera of siffna! Iièht, suldoin miss their ranrU. The report of Gov. Vanee, showing the arnount of rebel supplieji recei'ved throuyh this bloukaded seáport show a most etartling state of things. Eyerytliing the eneray could ask for is received ihrough this cliaimel iu great quantitiüB. An expeiienoed naval ofticor has remarked thatowing to the peculiar situatioo of the coast, its numerpus chauuelrf, enibracing an $rea oi 30 liiile., the eniiro pavy o{ tha Uaiied States could not muko the blockade oí Wilmingtön effectivé, ■ Hon W. ■ W. Solden, is out in a care! ánnouucing hiinself a conservatife candidate for Qóverqór of Nortii Caroüna,

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Old News
Michigan Argus