Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-01-14

DILL, ana then ensued that colloquy, tue reenit
of which has been so wrongly given to the
world in the sententious reply OF General
Evans, e Go 10 h--llI'
The true history of this iutcrview-and
am glad to be the medium Of correcting u
false impression that has been allowed to
emsrate most carelessly-is as follows:
Tie conversation was commenced by one
Of the officers in the following words:
ORcer. ~ understand, sir, (bowing) that
seine Of your troops Lave indicated q wish TO
surrender, and have been detached to re.
ceive the surrender, by Gen. Foster. pre-.
sumo, sir, that You are Gen. Evans:
Gen. +. 81 an-rho are you, sir 7"
Officer. with suPerclious air) Al am
COL Potter, sir, Of the lst North Carolina
Volunteers, and attached to the staff of Gen.
ersl Foster
Gen. f. II am not aware, sir, that any of
my troops desire to surrender, nor do l b.
eve there is South Caroinian under my
command who has any intention OF doing So
Give my compliments to Gea. Foster, anu
tell him he knows Gen. Evans too well to sup
pose that he will ever surrender"
Col. P. "Then you intend to renew the
! battle
! Gen. E. Yes, sir-.o tightnow aud here J.
; Col. p" Do you mean to begin at once.
! sir, or do you wish time to remove your
wounded -
! Gen. E." Well, sir, you may say to Gen
Foster that If he will give ire an Eour and a
half to remove the women and children frotn
the town, shall then be ready for him."
The North Carolina Yankee then made a
wave of the band which he doubtless intended
as polite mode of saying farewell, but which
! q by s,and.r remarked to me as much resem-
! blcd the fall of pump handle as anything
else aud, accompanied BY his brother etfi
Ger aud courier, turned aud rode Oh. His
manner was anything but that Of agenteman,
while that Of Gen. Evans was ali that a pro-
! per regard for courtesy could demand.
The most r. "ulo,.s part OF the affair is
tha, the flag Of tra:e mas ps'r OF whIse
drawers which Hoped about On oayonet in
decided state of Iooseness, and excited the
rcsibil;ties Of the spectators to pitch OF re-
baious is cschina ions. Whether the Ya:-
Ieas INTENDED i. as s.: ::.sr!t, or4 whether Il.
;s:s an infersntial admission that it Was q
| 9yu,ru game, Lave no rnpaas Of knowing
but one .hin5 is cc.ta.a, though ten. tYans
! has once SURRENDERED TO cfiao'ine skirt, the
breaches Do not walk tie earth or fly the
mir before which hs will bow in homage as 3
captive.
While the b.:tl;. wss going ON arcand
Kinston, Poole's battalion Of heaTy artillery,
stationed q, small fortifcatoa on the Nen-,:
river, 8 miles below the town, was en3as'i
with Of tbs eaomy's gunboats. We has
10 aa.aloa tn works destroying the pieces
| As the sunb ,a.s p1ss,l dowa the river, Cap
| tain W5itfor.'s Partizan Rangers fired into
the rear bosts, sweeping their decks, and
! it is thought, killing aud wounding soIEe %
|! CT 20.
i Discovering the overpowerins nature OF the
enemy's force, General Evans retreated to
Falling Greek, 6 miles distant, on the road to
Goldsboro', where he arrived al shutdown. and
was reinforced bS tie 4i!h, 4ith and l!th
North Carolina Regiments.
On Monday, Gen. Evans sent Gen. Roll
ertson, with his 500 dismounted cavalry,
Leaven,horpe's llth North Carolina regiment,
and section Of Moores Battalion OF North
Carolina Artillery, TO contest the enemy's
crossing OF the Eeuse river at Whitehall,
while the 44th North Carolina regiment was
sen, to Thompson's Bridge, seven miles east
of Goldsboro, for the same purpose. The
fight a, Whitehall wss conducted generally
with artillery, and across the river. Our loss
was only 10 killed aud ~ wounded. During
the skrmiSh, We burned the bridge at White.
hall and Thonpson's, and foiled the enemy,
who withdrew from, the combat and resumed
bis march up the river.
When next heard from, the enemy were
within six miles of Goldsboro'. Gen. Smith,
the Commander-in-C Chief, had arrived there,
but found everything unprepared for the &C.
cssion. Providence, however came to our
aid, and the difficulties were surmounted.
At this place, another battle occurred, du-
ring " hich the railroad bridge was burned By
some six Abolitionis.s-five Of whom were
kiilel-tne si1th-sa;d to be Lieut.. Duncan
Graham, Of Va, SON of Gen. Graham, o!
the Abolition army, succeeded in making his
escape.
The battle lasted until uightfail, both Or
ties holding their positions, when the enemy
under cover of tbr iRcss, rc;rcated to
Newbern.
aPetsoune" thinks that General Foster
will renew the attack. He thinks, also, that
the credit Of the campaign belongs to Gener,
al Evans the blame, II any, must rest else
where.
The renegades in TIE neighborhood Of the
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