Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-03-23
HrOzs yesterdays Evening Edition.
THE NEWS.
PROM NORTH CAROLINA.


Wereceiysd no exchanges, this morning from
POINTS south OF DaRyIle. The following paragraph,
nom the Dsnyille Register, OF yesterday relative
10 the victory AT Bentouyle, was written before the
reception there Of the official telegram, and is the
only newspaper statement Of the affair which has
reached rs. We learn, as the Register states, that
the battle commenced al p. M. The hour rs p.
N. was incorrectly transcribed from Gen. Lees
despatch: ...
We learned, on undoubted authority, late yeSter-
day evening, that a battle took place on the 18th,
in North Carolina, between the forces under Geu-
eral Hardee and column OF The enemy, which re
suited in signal victory TO our arms. From the
information in ourp0sseSs0D, We locate The battle
near the Neuse river, and not far from the dividing
line of johnson and Wayne counties some forty or
nfsy miles below Raleigh. Gen. Hardce attacked
1hr enemy al O'Clock and drove them a mile aud
= hair capturing guns, and carrying two lines
OF jntrenchments. Under lin were his own com-
mand and "a portion OF the Army Of Tennessse.
TIE DRAFT IN NEW YORK.
The New York Hsyati, of the nth, publishes the
names OF persons drafted in that city the lTth.
Its captions are eharsc eristic, viz Turning the
Great National Wheels-Full Number Drawn in
tbe S,b and s,h Districts-Draft in the Other Dis
trcts Postponed Till Saturlay-Judges, Republi-
can Editors, Copperhesd Editors, Sunday Editors,
Court Clerks, Reporters, War Correspondents,
Aldermen, Clergymen, Police Officers and Russian
BarOas Drafted.
The Herald SAYS that a number OF very wealthy
men were drafted m the 9th District, "The follow
ing were among the names drawn Alderman Ry-
ers. Hugh Gardiner, leader OF the Republican party
of the Sixteenth ward; Ex-AsSemblyman j. Sher-
wood: also the present Assemblyman, 5. Reed
Judge Cardoza, W. Orton Revenue Collector; Hon.
Henry J. Raymond, the editor OF the New York
Times: Alderman Isaac Dayton and Theodore B.
BronssG, Ex-Provosi Marshal.
Roars OF laughter greeted the ann6uucent mt Of
each name interSpersed with cries Of - How are
Won. Henry % q Bravo Dayton" Sc; and the
crowded seemed highly pleased that Dame Fortune,
on this occasion, had showered her unwecome Ia
vors on many Of the ''upper ten who were con-
spi,uous ON previous occasions for their i-luck.'
YANKEE OBSERVATORY sHELLED.
Vic Petersburg Express says that the heavy can
aiding on the lines Monday afternoon occurred
IN the vicinity OF the Jerusalem Plank Road, where
or batteries opened upon the Yankee observatory
recently erected on the Avery House, about one
ono mile distant The firing commenced about halt
past two O'Clock, aud at first slow and regular.
The Yankees did not reply for some time, but
eventually sighted their gnns AMI threw some shells
towards our lines. Later inthe afternoon the 6ring
on both sides became very heavy and rapid, and
the air shook With the reports Of cannon, and the
snoke Of the discharges and the bursting OF the
shsRr could be plainly seen from elevated points
about re city. What damage to the observatory
aud the asrse upon which it Is erected was accom-
plished by oyr guns we were unable 10 learn, but
presu;u, :, rlU,t have been no little AT dark the
ARTILLERY ceased firing when the picketS commenced
their usual practice Ell along the lines.