... Major, don't tell the General about the torpedoes, for he will want to take the Grayhound and explore the river himself. Captain West of General Smith's staff, with a party of men, went over to James river where a rebel schooner lay, made a raft of logs, went off to the boat, and set her on fire. It was thought that a torpedo was attached to her, and she had been floated down and anchored at th...