Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1863-01-14

ing General, displayed the highest military
.taIentsJ were the three young officers Of
:engineers-Lse, Beauregard, and McClei.
Ian. Beauregard has not, on the whole,
justified his early promise inas high 8 de-.
;greea as the others; though it may be doubt
ed whether the reason is not To. be foundin
the jealousy Of the Confederate authorities
rather than in any want Of capacity on his
part. Harper's Reekly. .5 M q .
g General Evans.
The army correspondent Of The Charles
ton Courier, writing from Kinston, North
Carolina, gives the following account Of the
demand for surrender made to General
Evans 2g;.. Y !.
About 8 O'Clock, while General Evans
was at his headquarters in the large man
sion which gives the hill its name, q body
of six hundred horsemen came dashing up
the streets as if they intended to carry the
place BY storm, but uddenly reaching q cor
.ner they wheeled, and, as.quickly as they
had appeared, disappeared from sight, leaY-
ing behind three individuals on horseback,
Hhonow rode slowly forward. s.
General Evans met them atthe foot Of
the hill, and then ensued that colloquy, the
result Of which has been SO wrongly given!
to the world in the sententious reply Of
General Evans, $50 to hell 7" ss5
The trae history Of this interYiew-and
I am glad to be the medium Of correcting
q false impression that has been allowed TO
emanate most carelessly-is as follows:
The conversation was commenced by one
of the officers in the following words
Officer: aI understand, sir, ((boWing)
that some Of your troops hare indicated .
wish to surrender, and have been deatch.
ed to receive the surrender, by General
Foster. IpreHume, sir, that you are Gener-
al Evans ?" -: ~ * -: s
Gen. E.. al anl-who are you, sir p g..
Officer (With a supercilious air "I
am Col. Potter sir, Of the 1st North Caro-.
lima Volunteers, and attached to the staff Of
Gen. Foster e :s1s.i 81; ~
Gen. d. at am not aware, sir, that
any Of my troops desire to surrender, nor.
do believe there is q South Carolinian un.
der my command who has any intention of
daias soG Give my compliments toGen.i
Foster, and fell him he knows Gen. Evans
too well to suppose that he viii ever sur
render - ~ r. -.
Z. Col. p "Then you intend to reneHthe5
battle s. So. +
. Gen. .. Eyes sir--to fgM noa0 and:
herei ~ 80: n 49,: a'zs
\ Col. p ADo you mean to begin at touce,
Sir, or do you wish time to remove your
wounded ?" 81.
Gen. E.. ssWell, sir, you may say to
Gen. Foster that if be viii give me an hour
aud half to remove the women and chill
dren from the town I shall then be ready
for him. - -
The North Carolina Yankee then made
wave of the hand which he doubtless in.
tended as polite mode of saying farewell,
but which by.stander remarked to me as
much resembled the fall of a pump handle.
as anything else, and accompanied by his
brother officer and courier turned and rode !
off. His manner was anything but that Of
a gentleman, while that Of Gen. Evans was
all that proper regard for courtesy could
demand. -
The most ridiculous part Of the affair is
that the flag Of truce was pair of white
drawers, which Topped about on bayonet
in decided state Of looseness, and excited
the risibilities ofthe spectators to pitch
Of rebellious ordinations. -
We also copy the following regarding N.
Carolina reuegades, familiarly known as
EsBufaloes :" - g.
One of the principal difficulties With
which General Evans has to contend in this
section, is the disloyalty of the people
There are few remaining here who are
true; but they are as leaven to the mass
One does not know who to trust, and com.
nunication with Newbern is so easy to
hose who know the by y.roads and cow-paths
hat hardly night passes when information |
IS not conveyed to the headquarters of Gen.
Foster. The very guide-Alexander Wat
led General Evans, deserted him