Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-02-04

We have received from tie signal corps officer, a
copy Of the New York Hersli Of Monday last, the ls
inst. TT; Glowing is summary of the news:
LRcoLSs DRAFT CONSOLIDATED 100000 MEN CALLED
FOR THE RIAL CALL BLING FOR 100000.
Lnco1 has issued the fjlOSiag call for troops:
EXECUTIVE AINsIOS.
Washington Feb. ls', 1864
Ordered tina. draft for 500. 600 men to serve for
three Yeas during the war, be made the 10Th day
Of VA en- next, for military eervce OF the United
States, cryditng AMI dcducog thereffDm 20 many as
NAV have been enlisted drafted into the service p'ior
to the st day Of March and not hereu fore credited
ABPAHAM LIEC0LN.
TIE Herald says:
The new order ia bu. constellation of the two calls
previously Issued for 800 O0) men, half Of whom
we're obtained by volunteering en- nistments, and
which number eli those enlisted up TO the lst Of
March next will DO creGi cd. Therefore the call viz
| tusly demands only tgo bundled u usand mer. II
the enlistment Of soldiers properly md vigorously ad
sAnced there will be 10 Iced 0! am DRAFT to I'll the
quota demanded by Ar. Lincoln.
Upon this aurou ,nent tee Herald has a Character
istic article about having peace from Maine The o
Graude ana then ''5sttlng With Eogland and France
CAPTURE OF YANKEE ARMY TaAIs-sEyERE FIGHT IN
HARDY COUNTY, VA.
Tie f~losiug despatch is telesraPhed to the New
York Papers:
HEAD'QRs DEP'T WESTERN Va,
January 81, 1864
Again 80 a.e iu the midst excitement ana activity,
caused by severe conflict that ook place yesterday
afternoon in the gbborhood Of Will. msFort, Hardy
county, ard which lasted, With considerable persistence
and severity, for four ours.
On Thursday night q tlaia of about eighty Wagons
WIS sent out from New Greek, heavily llden with COM
mssary for the garrison at Pc csburg, and ac-
u. -
ieachments from thu 23d Ilino s. Irish brigade 4,h
Virgia cavalry u Maryland LIST and Alb Va infantry,
and 100 Of the Riuggod c,valcy battalion the whole
| under command of Col. j. W. Snyder.
log unusull occurred until the train got abou.
three miles south Of Wilams2ort when it sudden.
set uIel at different points by ope1 aud concealed
| forces Of the enemy.
Although some what tutpris,d By the suddenness Of
tue attack, the guard formed and deployed fer
action Then it was that baud fgdt ersued, COM
m,rcng 5 o'clock in tho afternoon and lasting for
over four hours at tie expiration OF WI ca time t was
faynd TIA, We had abou! eighty in killed and wounded,
ra TX and fe Tns eneny's 10 s Is said to be aoou;
one hundred.
In the early part Of the Ggit the rebels opened are
from fOur pieces of artl ry. The superiority OF the
eHemys srength-therc being ia all about 1000 men
also gave them advantage IN on hAnking movements,
aud tie enemy exercised his ingenuity simultaneously
to osrste en- the float, rear aid aIaks Of Col. Say
de,'s command.
The enemy, however, completely failed Of his object,
which SEEMED 10 be to try TO surround ani II possible
to c. u-e the whole party Several times the rebel
lines were broken ali seYorl t.m,s he rebel chatg,s
| we're repulsed.
A. ls, az night co:ed, the superior numbers of the
rebels aud not their good hug quail e' gained them
| a saccess.
At one tine the train in f.ir p Of bsisg en-
teiy s-vod out osing 70 ,he tlbs sicdad rs POO
pc etts Of some few of the teamsHr, aud the tfec1
OF their cooeuct Others kidd OF pinc sGi the re-
suls portion Of the train was ayed notw Outstanding
tie above mentioned mstortunes. Ga hearing oil tho
engagement, Colouel Aulgal a. oacs sent reiiorc>-
| msrt5 10 Colonel Snydsr.
later d,hp Itch than the above says tba the con-
mand ef Col. Thoburn, which comprised the garrison
at Prtersbu g. tad succeed IN mixing hei7 esclpo by
mountain road, pas ing between Two OF our columns,
tn ali their AM guns, Sc. The despatch Gays that
the next morni Gen Early che led tho evacuated FIR
t6cations.
A d,spsteA frOw Washington safes that dispatches
had been received at he Yankee War d plFmen, from
Gen. Kelly confirming the capture Of IN, iraas Sbev,
| alluded to.