Show AMia SUBMARINE VESSEL E L J A correspondent who has bas tec been n down in the submarine vessel recently invented and manufactured in ill this city by y S S mem i am tested by himself and the government near new york sends us the following account pf af his bis i experiences entering the min gular vessel from the top the door was closed and the order 61 man en ty tw your places given to ali the e little crew who promptly obeyed when everything was geady mr merriam turned gome some valves and tale ane compressed air air came hissing in ill 11 an gunj unpleasant beasant lea sant sensation up upon oil the drum of the ears cars of which one was at once relieved by inspiring and swallowing tte the vessel seemed perfectly under I 1 control for we stopped when half way W ay down to the bottom an and d rai raised edthe the door on the bottom boef am of the tac boat air a 3 ir inside ins idlof of course prevented any water from coming in even evell enough to wet vet the soles of of of our feet aae of the crew fibia houi your city improver improve il the te opportunity to dive out anel ana come up on the surface cof of the water much to the astonishment of the spectators on he bauk returned and entered cred the vessel from the bo bottom atom when the door was closed another adoth er and heavier rush of coni com pressed air came in and we were on oil the lie bed abed of odthe the river twenty od odd 1 feet underwater under waater wj ater this thia distance requiring an additional pressure to resist trie the water with the door deor open we could stand on the bottom of the river and not wet our feet and at that distance under unde r water could easily see to read by the light that came in at the glus glass windows dows s bells ringing on the odside were a also hearil heard distinctly to return to the th e r rest est of the outside I 1 I 1 t world only a m few strokes of the pumps were necessary the air rushed out of the bottom and the boat boa was quickly on the surface of ih yater we moved with a propeller eily easily under as well as upon the water e lit er and 1 in U all respects ts the the beigel worked so complete coia that its its if is 3 undoubted sc spring fwd W republican |