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companies and regiments as fast as they can be equipped. He made a request recently of the Secretary of War, that a few well drilled regiments be sent to our coast, promising to send forward into Virginia an equal number of new regiments of North Carolina troops. But the request has not been complied with by the Confederate Government. We suppose North Carolina is expected to defend her coast herself, and therefore vigorous exertions should be made for that purpose without delay, which we ard regiments be sent to our coast, promising to send forward into Virginia an equal number of new regiments of North Carolina troops. But the request has not been complied with by the Confederate Government. We suppose North Carolina is expected to defend her coast herself, and therefore vigorous exertions should be made for that purpose without delay, which we are assured is being done, and that liberal citizens of the East are aiding the authorities all they can by private funds and force.

North Carolina war expenses. --As an item of interest, (says the Raleigh State Journal,) we have taken the trouble to copy from the official report of the Military Secretary to the Governor, a condensed statement of the money expended on account of the war by North Carolina, including the purchase of arms by the late Gov. Ellis, from the 1st of July, 1861, to the 20th of September, together with a tabular statement of the amounts expended for the various branches of the service. ThereNorth Carolina, including the purchase of arms by the late Gov. Ellis, from the 1st of July, 1861, to the 20th of September, together with a tabular statement of the amounts expended for the various branches of the service. There appears to be a large amount in the hands of disbursing agents; but it is known that the larger part of this sum has been disbursed, but the accounts had not come in to be audited. There was expended from the Treasury January, February, and March$29,024.87 April6,295.68 May296,003.63 June447,241.90 July525,252.96 August392,698.36 September348,005.51 $2,044,522.96 Amounts expended by the different Departments. Ordnance$144,089.32 Pay of troops266,103.33 Quartermaster's

Candidates for Congress in North Carolina. --L. Q. Sharpe, of Iredell, and B. S. Gaither, of Burke, are candidates for Congress in the Ninth District. James R. McLean and R. P. Dick, of Guilford, are candidates in the Sixth District. A. J. Dargan, of Anson, S. H. Christian, of Montgomery, and J. H. Headen, of Chatham, are candidates in the Seventh District; W. N. H. Smith in the First District; L. W. Humphrey, of Onslow, and A. E. Thompson, of Wayne, in the Third District; A. T. Davidson in the Tenth District. There is no lack of candidates in any of the Districts.

ing the trial, the water in New Inlet was marked 2½ feet deep, through which there is no passage for vessel into the sound, and I suppose it is gradually closing up by the sand washed up from the ocean, as I find, on examination of the map of North Carolina, that two North of "New fulet," "Currituck Inlet" and "Roanoke Inlet," are now closed. Now, it is perfectly clear from all the evi- dence in the case that there was no intention to violate the blockade by duly party connected with the F. W. Johnson. They went there in good faith to save the wrecked property of loyal citizen, and every witness examined the idea that there was any intention to carry this iron of any part of it into North Carolina. Now, the purpose of a blockade is to present all commercial intercourse with the later dieted port. Sirs Phillemore, 3d vol., page 232: "The object of a blockade is to prevent exports as well as imports, and to cut of all communication of commerce with the blockaded place." N