Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-04-26

Dispatches to the Associated Press, North
Grahamis PsninsnLa CampaiRa.

D1pAboleh y A13oSAaNeA EAe11i GAuEAL
Grakam's Peninsula Campaigns.
In she Field. AprH Is -Ths excitement ssussd, =
few nights since, BY the attempt Of the reels TO blow
up the Minnesota, has net been allowed 70 subside with
cut ONE efforts being made 70 esptursi its perpetrators
Active inq0rlss soon discovered the fact that the ter
nordo had been at Smithfed several nights before It
was towed dom the james river. Il Is believed that
It has been also kept for some time In the ueighbortood
OF MinorstoWu, on the Nsnsemond. The propeller that
lowed the Torpedo through our piekst boats was be-
ieved to have escaped up the Nsnsemund river, aod 3
coubinsd land AMI naval expedition was Immediately
organ zsd 30. effect il capture, aad seize or destroy
whatever Other rebel property fell into their hands.
Tbs Nasal Expeditions.
Thb was placed under the command Of BTigadlsr
Genera Graham, Of he naval brigsde, and consisted
Of detachmsuts Of the Hsvsl brigade. and fths colsred
Gsosral O. A. Hickman from the force Stationed out
aide P~ortsmouIb. The expedition wss carried In trans
ports and accompanied BY several ~gunbostA.
Landing EEseted-D sath Of LisEt. Wilder.
TheexpedIlou effected landings At Ohsrry Grove.
Days Point and Smilh6sld, and had several sharp con
deis with the rsbels Two men we're killed aad seven
or eight wounded. One Of the killed wss the gallant
Lieut.. Z. T. Wiidsr' executive omcer Of the Minnesota,
who was il comma d If the guGboat Stepping Stones
a. naval launches. he was shot through ihs head
While attempting 10 land his barge a. s~mithfeld, and
in The oct Of sighting the can
Although the main object Of the expedton-ths cap
ture Of the rebel proPeher-1as not seeomphsed, yet
oTsr atty eontrAbsnds and a laree nunbsr Of horses
were brought in Whsn il Is considered thas this coun-
try has been frequently the scene both OF cavalry and
gun ost raids, this viii appear an unusually large
amount Of spoIs.
lsmsll results, truly, for SO gigantic an sIpeditiOnl
The FOies Seat from PertsElOath.
In addition 10 the troops he furnished Gen. Graham,
General Hickman also dispatched three different sLps-
diiiona from poin s along the Suffolk railroad 70 Scope
rate with me navy. A force under Colonel Reese was
sent across the NsnssmOnd, while Lieutenant Colonel
Hstzei, OF the lIih Prnnsyivsnis cAvsiry was sent " To
a large force OF cavalry 70 take q posi- ion a. iYor stu
ton. about forgy niles from Suffolk, on the Norfolk and
Pete sburg railroad In addition to theSs two expsdi.
lions. large 70 &c under Colonel Spears, composed 81
infantry and cavalry, we're ordered TO march from SnE
folk and effect q junction with tbs navy At MilnerstoHn,
on the Nsansmond They were unable to effect the object
and did not reach ths point until the navy had retired,
although they made an infantry march Of hftsen miles
IN four hou-s.
C~avaI,y Action Near COjsiOck.
A detachment Of =hs Goth New York cavalry had a
severe hght outside Of Coirj ok yesterday, and sue-
coeded In driving the rebels some disanoe, and esDtur
ing their commander, Dol Whitson, Of the 9Th Narth
Carolina QsbeD cavalry. There sre no further pArtic-
ular1 yet received.