Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1863-10-09

ruins Of Fort Sumter to-day for the first time
for several weeks. No damage was done.
The Examiner contains the following:
Charleston, Sept. 27.-The enemy is evil
IDENTIFY making himself impregnAble on Nor
ris Island.
NEW NoRK, Oct. l.
Deserters from Charleston who have arrived
on Morris Island report that the submarine
apparatus in Charleston harbor, which was
invented by an ingenious fellow from the
North, who found himself in the enemy's lines
at the beginning of the war, and since then
unable to effect his escape, has gone to the
bottom, greatly to the regret of the rebel au-
thorites, who hoped by its means to blow up
the Ironsdes and drive all the feet from the
roads. They report that the inventor of the
machine took the liberty of cruising around
with it about whom he chose and frequently,
unbeknown to the rebels, made submarine
trips down the harbor. BY some means or
other suspicious were excited in the minds of
some of the enemy that all was not going
right, aud a watch was placed on the " Yam
KEGS" movements. The deserters report that
he was caught one night at work clearing
away the distractions in the harbor, in order
to give our iron-clads access to the city. He
was Immediately deprived of his command,
arrested, with all his crew, and thrown into
Charleston Jail to be tried as traitor. What
has been done with him my imformants could
not state. His machine was placed in charge
of an officer and five men, and an attempt was
made to operate it, but with partial success.
The last time IT was tried the lieutenant and
his crew Of five men got into it. djusted the
machinery and opened the valves through
which flowed the water necessary TO sink the
machine TO the proper depth. IL gradually
disappeared from view, and up TO the latest
accounts had not come up again. So the ma
chine, the lieutenant and five men found
grave together in ten fathoms of water, and
have probably passed from the sight of men
forever, and Commodore lngraham is busy in
venting some other apparatus to drive the
navy from it's anchorage and from his sight
The Charleston Courier Of the 26th ult
says the Yankees in large force were again
vigorously at work on battery Wagner all
day yesterday They have made consldera-
BILE changes and have thrown up formidable
sand embankments facing James Island
They also appeared TO be busy preparing the
ground behind the embankments for platforms
for their guns, It has not been positively as
certalned whether they have as yet mounted
any guns in Wagner or Gregg Throughout
Friday, Fort Moultrie and Battery Bee on
Sullivsns Island, aud Battery Simpkins on
James Island, shelled the enemy on Morris
Island very severely. The fire became so hot
that the Yankee working parties at Gregg and
Wagner were completely checked in their
digging operations n the afternoon for some
length of time. Two Of their ammunition
chests at Battery Was ner were exploded yes
terdsy, At Cummings Point shell from
Fort Moultrie exploded near the team Of a
wagon, killing one horse aud scattering those
IN loading, Several times volumes Of smoke |
were observed issuing from the batteries, sup
posed to be from fires caused )y our shells.
The lronsides, four monitors aud the rest
of the feet, including the Nondescript, re-
main in about the same position. The crew
of the monitor nearest the point were engas-
ed in covering the deck with some sort Of
earth work, having the appearance Of sand
and yellow clay mixed.