Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-04-24
From Fortrens Monrne

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FonTREss MoXnog, April 23.-A small
row boat arrived here this morning from
Norfolk, containing three men and one wo.
man aud two children.
The refugees report the Merrimac still al
| Gosport Navy Yard. Workmen were en-.
gagged in placing shields over the port holes
1t was supposed that the improvements
would be completed and the MerrimaC
would be out in two or three days. She
was aground the last day that she came
out, as was generally supposed here
Nothing was said in Norfolk about the
bursting of gun, and that superstition
was undoubtedly incorrect.
Capt. Buchanan is thought 10 be still
alive, having been wounded by a rifle shot
only IN tue thigh. 1t was only flesh
The steamer jamestown and steam tug
beaufort went up the James river on FRI
day, and Yorktown on Sunday, to obtain
coal. At Richmond they took in tow a
number of schoOners loaded with iron. 10
De rolled into plates ut the Tredegar works
IN klchmond. FOnr new gun boats have
been launeed at the Navy Yard, and four
more are in course of construction at Nor.
lolE. part ofthese will be covered with
the iron plates above mentioned.
The previously reported engagement be-
tween the troops of Gen. Burnside and n
Georgia regiment took place on Saturday.
Tho Union troops are said 10 have num-
bered 900. The confederate troops consisted
of the 3d Georgia regiment, Col, Wright.
The engagement took place not Mt Eliza
beth city, but on the Canal above that
place.
The confederate loss was 10 killed and
30 wounded. They were only partly
equipped and many lacked muskets and
| ammunition. They are sNid to have run ON
being attacked. The Union troops held
their ground until they had buried their
dead and carried away their wounded,
when they retired Eleven graves Of
Union soldiers were subsequently counted
on the battle fetd.
One of the refugees visited Richmond
last week. He states that there are very
few troops either there or ut Norfolk, they
mostly having been sent to Yorktown.
Fourteen thousand troops are said to
have passed through Richmond in one day
last week, bound for Yorktown.
The whole party of refugees came from
Savannah. One of the men, who brings
his wife and children, belongs to New
York, and is - carpenter by trade. The
third is one of the crew of the Fingnl,
which run the blockade some time since at
lie
The crew of tho Fingal were sent here
from Norfolk by flag of truce which i'm
nedintely returned. The rest of the crew
are still in Norfolk. Up to last Saturday
they were supported by the British Consul,
but recent dispatch from Lord Lyons has
thrown them upon their own resources,
and it is supposed they will be forced to
enlist in the Confederate navy. One drthe
men who left Savannah on the first of
March reports great CONSERVATION there
The steamer Fingal and other vessels in
the harbor, were ready to be sunk or burn
The troops in the vicinity of Savannah
have been dying in large numbers, on nc
count of the dirty condition in which they
keep themselves. The city might have
been easily taken by our troops on their
first landing ut Port Royal. An attack
was then confidently expected, and the
whole city was in state of intense ex-
citement and alarm.
The French steamer Gassendi has re-
turned from Norfolk with the French Min
lister. Ills dispatches proceed Immediately
to New York by sea, where steamer is
waiting to cross the Atlantic.