The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-04-01
A Successful Raid up the Peninsula in.
TO Mathews and Mlddlesex Counties.

NORFOLK, Va, March %, 1SG4-A
gunboat expedition, under the CON-
mand Of General Graham, which start
ell away from this city a few weeks
since, has lust returned. Immediately
after leaving here it proceeded to York
/ town, where a section Of artillery and
1 force of over a thousand infantry ioin-
ed it, on transports. A detachment of
four hundred cavalry, the Eleventh
/ Pennsylvania, moved from Gloucester
/ Court House, to cooperate with the
| above The Piankatank River being
entered the whole force landed and
/ commenced securing Matthews county
/ The gun-bOats lay near by to render
assistance, should their services be re-
/ CURED
But little opposition was met with.
( Occasionally a guerrilla would fire and
\ fee precip lately. Remaining in this
/ county about two days the river was
/ crossed and Middlesex county The
people here conceived the idea that
our men would not allow them to 20 un-
molested, and consequently prepared
themselves against incursiOn Much
! opposition greeted our advance. but
nevertheless a portion of our force pene-
trated the country as far rs the Kappa
hammock River and returned in safety
The wreck of the tug Titan, captured
at CherrystOne n fortnight since, was
discovered She had been burned and
her machinery taken to Richmond A
1 chain seventy-five fathoms long, and
\ an anchor, belonging to the schooner
Lion, destroyed last fall, were recovered
/ Many of the citizens averred that the
engineer Of the Titan had been muir
dered in cold blood by some of his
captors, with whom he had got into an
alteration.
Mathews county was thoroughly
cleaned out Everything of value to
the Government that could be found
was taken. The people felt as though the
raid was a retaliatory act for the seizure
and destruction Of the Titan by parties
from their county. Ten prisoners were
captured and brought in. Three Of
/ these are suspected OF being connected
with the late raid on Cherrystone A
little incident in connection with the
capturing Of these parties may be mem
toned here. A squad of six colored
soldiers, under the charge of a sergeant,
while scouting through the woods came
across four regular Confederate soldiers.
They surrounded them, and much to
the chagrin Of the Secesh they were re
luctantly taken prisoners by the black
faces.
The property captured by General
Grahams expedition Is very valuable,
and among it may be enumerated sixty
horses and mules as well as q number
OF oxen, a saw mill, with boilers, an en-
CINE Of twenty-five horse power, and
other valuable machinery. More than
two hundred bushels of wheat and corn
were brought away Three hundred
and twcnty-eight contrabands were re-
leased from the bondage of their op-
prcssors. They were all put upon
transports and brought down to this
city, where they were turned over 90
Captain Brown, the Superintendent Of
the colored people.
The expedition was very successful,
not a man being lost The officers who
conducted the raid are entitled to great
credit for what they accomplished in
the enemy's country.
The storm of yesterday is one that
will long be remembered Not since
the year 1857 has this section of the
country been visited by so great a storm.
From early in the morning till long
past midnight, the snow fell rapidly
and with binding effect A strong
northeast wind ragged all day, and 50
great was its vehemcnce that not yes
sci OF any kind dared 10 leave the har-
Dor The wharves were Overrun in
many places, and stores and cellars in
undated Some of the merchants lose
heavily thereby. Large trees were
snapped in twain by the force Of the
wind, In the upper part Of the city
house was blown down, and an inmate
Of it killed by the falling bricks
/ Phil Enquirer.