The Rebel Steamer Merrimac

The Fortresa Monroe correspondent of the Biiltimore American says: " One oí the passengers is an intelligent raechanip, who fur somn timo past has boen employed ar the Navy Yard at G sport, ar.d workod on the steam frigate Merriinae. He sta'cs, in the first place, tbat ihe storv , in the Northern papers tliat q stean er had made a trial tr'p 'nad 110 f'ounda 't '■ on the corary, aftcr sever ..1 ';u, n,]is h;on oceupied in nlMing of her, siio was reinov 't w (ho dry dot.l5_ a,„i hiis c'l'ii thoro over sinoe. In hiu op:nion it Umi two moiiths' wo'k will be reqaired tu prepara her Rif active sorvioe, nocordliig,ió the peculiar blans of the work to be" cloro. Ojio of the boiiers wu tobe repi&oertj and dn l-'r'iday the smnko staok was not up No persoti waa allowed to eutar the yard without special porniit." f35" A man acquiies moro !ory ■ Jefei.ding; ÜC y ibusin "rt?rs