The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-04-28
PROM THE NORTH.

Ts havs received Northern pa.ers as late
as the GATH OF April. The sGbjoinsd summit
~ Of recent events eIabodi-s 20 oews OF spe.
Dial IN por.anc-, srd in LIS Per usal tbs reader
will MAKE tha usua. allowance for misstate
inent ana exasYeratior:
2EOh FoRrsEss nosRos.
ToRrages aosRcE April - "A small row.
ooat arrived here tina morning from Nor
lcix. containing three men, ons woman and
,.po Oh iIdren The refugee report the MeE
Ira 40 x.!ii at Cos port Maynard. Workman
rers ensss7o IN piaClng iron shields over toe
pert kules. it s"pposaa that the i'm.
nro,emau:s would oa completed aud tie Mer
r,a4nc would oa cut again in two or three
days.
Ins Oil srr.rac. they say. was aground on
.he last day that she cams ont, p was gem
e~aily supposed acre, tus gnsthet Injured or
uot was OF stated Nothing was said, how.
ave, nbous she hnrx.ias Of any OF her gus.
ana thassBppos.,,on " - undoubtedly iGcor-
rect.
ghs Gamer jamestown and .hs steantug
Baa fort went up James river ca Friday, and
rns Yorktown on Sunday, 30 obtain OPAL IL
EilhmonQ. They took IL tow number o.
schcouera loaded with iron 10 se rolled into
plates a. the !r9n works Ia Eiuhmocd Four
new suubos a had beea iaur Chez q: the Navy
Yard, and four ro-s are In course of con
struc.scn ct Noifolk. portion Of Them will,
Ii Is supposed, be covered with the iron plates
above Ii 81 tic1ei
The previously reported engagement be-
tween The troo.M OF Gen BurEstae and 0eor-
g;a regimen. tooE p!ao. Oh Saturday. The
an ion troops ara said 70 HAYS Aun befed 900,
mot Ave thousand The rebel troops con.
sisted OF she rnird Georgia REGIMENT, Colonel
Wright, and tbs eDgaaemsnttc ok place. not
AZ first stated u: Elizabeth City, bat on the
caDai above that place The rebsl loss WAS
10 killed and SO wounded. They were olly
p.rLislly equ pped, and maay lacked muskets
and ammunition, and they are said 70 have
run on being attacked. Tho Union troops
held their ground until they had buried theix
dsad and carried away thsir wounded, when
they retired. Eleven graves OF Unton Aoldiers
were sabss quently counted on the battle. field.
One of the refugees visited Richmond last
troops either there or at Norfolk, they mostly
having been tent TO YorktoWn. -Four teen
thousand troops are sald TO nave passed
through Richmond one day last week. bound
for Yorktown. The whole party OF refugees
came from Savannah. 'Jne Of the men, who
is accompanied with his wife and children,
belongs In Halifax. another II native OF
New York. and 10 q carpenter The third 10
one OF the crew Of The Fingal, Which run the
blockade some time since as Savannah, And
who was sent here, as will be remembered,
from Norfolk 6y q nag OF truce some weeks
since. but were Immediately returned BY Gen.
Wool. The rest of the crew are still In Nor
folk. Up to last Saturday they were sup.
eOr ted by the British Consul, but q recent
upon their OWE resources, and II is supposed
they will be forced to enlist in the rebel navy.
Or 9 Of the men. who left Savannah on the
LIST Of April. confirms the reports OF the great
CONSERVATION theirs incident upoa tho expect.
| III a,tack on For. Pulaski and the city. The
| steamer Fiugai, and other vessels In the har-
| bor, were ready to be sunk or burnt. Con
| Siderable mortality prevailed among the rebel
| troops In The vicinity OF Savannah. Our In.
| formant Gays tnsy nave been dying In large
numbers from sickEess nduced on account OF
| the dirty condition in which they keep them
| selves. AS heretofore frequently stated, the
| city might have bsen easily taken by our
| troops at the time Of their Arst landing at
PorI Royal An attack " al tsen confidently
| expect d, and the whole CITY was In state Of
Id tense excitement and alarm.
| The Fedsr4 i statemen t OF the battle at South
| Mills. N o., given above, is 40 grossly false
rs &c astouish even hose who are accustomed
| 70 peruse the columns Of the Northern jsur-
nails i, is by such lying reports that the
yankees have become infatuated with the
idea Of easily suhjaeating tho South. An.
other extract has al allusion 70 the Same Agh.
| We copy from the Baltimore Am~sosn, Of tho
aAth:
The steamer Adelaide, .Csp:. Jas. Cannon,
reached here his morning aboutS O'Clock,
| with large number Of passar gers, nearly ali
Of whom were connected with the army or
| navy.
The Un.tsd States steamer Coszack reached
| Old Point yesterday afternoon from HATTIE: Us
! 1aiet, ard amongst the passengers were Col.
| Johu GUNNER and Captain Uarnes, late Of the
| .5es oac Nlarylaud regiment. These officers,
| in conssqusrcs Of difficulties Of military
| character, resigned theiT commissions. Gen.
| burnside exp esssd deep regret that any mis-
undo sta ndtng should have occurred. and was
10th to part Wi IN them.
| On "Wednesday the COesack was boarded III
the lnle: by boats crew from one OF tho
naval yesseIs VINO informed Them OF an action
| which had occurred ~ the locks of the canal
near Elisabeth City on the previous Monday.
Ool0nai Rsxkins's New York E1uaves ware
attacked By the Uontederx res, aud tie FEEDER.
al casus zas were ST 6owa at ffry killed III d
| wounded. Tue Al sans Of the regiment was
oae CT The killed, AID lie Colonel received .
OF serious character.
This Is 70 doubt tbs same fght previously
reported, but the time In when IL occurred Il
| probably an error. Tbs Ucssack anchored In
Hampton Roads for TIE puy pose Of receiving
coal and water, ana will stoalA direct lr New
1 Xork MA ~ hna n AAnAsa A0Aian ~ n