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April 21st - Three important measures were passed by the Senate this afternoon, all of which relate largely to the nation defense. The sundry civil bill, which has been pending for two weeks, and which arries a large amount of money intended to be…

For nearly eight months the United States has been practically at peace with Spain.  Since the protocol was signed in August last there has been an entire cessation of hostilities and a treaty has been negotiated which was ratified by the United…

Congress today formally declared war to exist between the United States and Spain; the Senate passed the naval appropriation bill, carrying large amounts of money for improvements of the sea fighting arm of the service; the Hull army reorganization…

Uncle Sam added another regiment yesterday to its fighting force.
The 2nd North Carolina Regiment of the United States volunteers is a reality, the news liars and scandal mongers to the contrary. It is a regiment of which North Carolina may well…

Army officers have given up the idea that a campaign in Cuba is to be of the short and sweet order. Scarcely one of them holds the opinion that the United States forces will land, march triumphantly and uninterruptedly to Havana, carry that city by…

Col. Eugene Harrell has been granted a week's furlough for the purpose of returning to Raleigh and straightening up the business of the first regiment. He will leave Jacksonville for Raleigh next Monday.  General Breckinridge reviewed the troops here…

Kingston, Jamaica, April 26 - Liutenant Andrew S. Rowan, United States Army, has landed on the coast of Cuba, near Santiago, from an open boat, accompanied by Cuban guides. He is on his way to General Garcia's camp as representative of the War…

There is yet plenty of fighting in Cuba; the Cuban cause yet engaged the attention of Congress and the administration; Spain is yet perverse and Cuba yet inflexible; we have reports of Weyler's deeds of savagery; we hear, says the New York Sun, again…

One of the most striking features of the present expansion movement is its sectional character - sectional in the sense that its advocates are for the most part Northern and Western men. Southern men, no doubt, contributed to the movement favoring…

(Special to the Messenger)
Raleigh, N.C., May 15. -- The crowd at Camp Bryan Grimes today broke the record in point of size. Excursionists from Goldsboro and Durham had a grand time. Several thousand people saw the battalion drills and dress parade.…