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Day
1
Month
April
Year
1864
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New York, March 3ö. The Commercial has received liiclimond papers of the 25th. The Enquirer states that official informulion has been ïeceived al the War Department, eonfinning ihe landing of a large foree of the enerny under Gen. Burnside, in Washington, North Carolina. The recent heavy fall of snow will, it says, stop any moveinent into the interior for some dayg. The Lynchburg Republican says the Yankees in East Teunessee have retreated to Strawberry Plains. No prospect of a fight. The enlistment of colored troops in Middle Tennessee goes on rapidly. - At Shelbyville and Lebannn, there are 5,000 men ready for the field. Dalton, Ga , March 24. - General Pillow has been placed in command of the cavalry.in Northern Alabama. - The enemy shows no disposition to engage our forcea. They have retired irom our front, and their recent movements are snpposed to be reconnoipances. Ueavy amoiint of snow feil last night and to-day. Macon, Mach 22. - The Supreme Court of Gcorgin to-day unanimously affirmed the constitutionality of the Confedérate anti-substitute law. Crops in Georgia promise well. General Finnegan has sent cavalry, infantry and artillery to meet the Yankees at Pilatka. All quiet in the neighborhood of Jacksonville. Pickets report that most of the enemy's troops had left.

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Michigan Argus