The attack on Charleston by the monitors is evidently not abandoned. A heavy cargo of war materials for the fleet left New York on Friday, and with it two of the machines called “devils,” which are carried in front of the monitors to remove piles and torpedoes from obstructed waters. There are now three of these customers at Port Royal, and the sending of them affords a strong presumption that the iron-clads are to try another experiment upon the Charleston batteries.
Smyrna Times, Smyrna, DE