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about that torpedo that Admiral Porter had read so much about that he could not help trying one, says: Every appliance which scientific knowledge and ingenuity could devise, and enterprise and manly daring execute, were put in requisition to insure the success of this novel and important feature of the expedition. The boat selected for the purpose was the Louisiana, a propeller of about three hundred tons burden. About one hundred and forty tons of powder, together with the necessary Gomez fuses and other appliances for insuring an instantaneous ignition of the vast mass of powder that was put on board before the boat left Hampton Roads. One hundred and twenty tons more of powder were added at Beaufort, where she put in on her way to the scene of action, making, in all, two hundred and sixty tons, or 520,000 pounds. The aggregate cost of powder and boat to the Government was slightly in excess of a quarter of a million of dollars. The boat was painted white, her general appear