Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1852-07-23

nan ar''le'y' anu II any oooy thlnKs YANKEE
voters can't see it, he is iIcorrgaby green!
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riI Els Hill ht chRELh'
Inc Times OF Thursday evening devotes
column to defence OF Gen. Perce's military
conduct IN MeXico Some OF their statements
have no foundation IN tact, and most Of their
Quotations are deceptive. We shall lei the o.
hc.al reports OF Gep. Pierce. and the various
otlcers engaged with him, set the matter before
Inc PUBIC III us true lght'
cue q"'u"e ''o''' d uesPa'Ch CT ueh. scout
III reference 10 fIerce and Cadwaader'S brig
AIDES beng exposed to heavy fire for three
hours on the thirteenth Aurnst The T,nes
Saws.
49," .,-t
hour. Gate in the eveung That Cen T errs,6 horae
ie,i NdJ severely injured h,n. But he iume diatey
holn'ed ano'n'r horst NC
The IimeS Is in fog in this Whole matter.
Zen Sr"t Goes not say that it was during
L c,ti L,'I,' y" LUZ Io,'' "Iat r't'Ie
""'ee ic''' anu rIelCe htnSelf, III MS report,
says
at was INV misfortune "a before stated f., re-.
ceive serious INJURY from the ial ii my hosc on
'ne Afternoon OF the "theteenta - roc. No. !,
fThe do on wb;oh .bo o,,;io,,. ,.,.,...,
L..
~" c,c'' 10 hot very uialefidl ludL MS morse
ie'i ii, aunt pu. tliai lie il'Incda'eiy mount,
- h;o a- 'oi a"u do tiis iI.c' says teu
G' .',1 ..,, !" ."e Illus % med'y IRE
i.lI ~ ,i =? '''. 50 ||"o0-
49, u4'u ."o f''o'"'4o1 nun No'' mo" re-
port dS gwen ov the Times, Is descriptive, for
he Immediately adds, speaking Of Picrce's
brigade tiro regiments Of ,phich. u01fr n, inn
mediate command OF the gchant Col. Ransom
ana Lieut.. COL Bonham, GssaHed The entmys
porks, &C.
The Times fi,r,her saws.
,C.,,
Gen: Iefce says III MS Official report at O'Clock
on the 'oll""inE morning com Gen. l"lLIs with
Cap.' Lee' G.,e 70 my olvonac "lth orders ir2m me
inst able to Keen The .add 10 a ,,n lie SEN 5cr
rear" - 0'''N' wv '''' '''0
And thew would have us believe ,ha, Con
Pierce did lead his force to attack c.,br r,rL,
and renr." but in Immediate connection WITH
the sentence from his report oro,ad Nv tho
Times. he adds:
..p.;,,. ,,,.-,,,
in copseonrIce Of severe n;npfy ' 3ov' ,b V
horse lie day before, the communal Of this force de-
polred upon Col RanSom If the 9tI lntantrg"
1t was towards the close Of this day that
Pierce tainted, and the Times says,
las he revived he refused 10 h, r,,rrved ,,li bo
had piyeu orders TO his men and rbs ene,rv t.s
had given way"
. 49,;
iio" ',ue ''iis iS, anu no" neal ne was 10 MS
command, may be learnt from bis report. APP
pendlX p. LOG.
Although in position to observ, the general
gallant conduct OF my brigade, cannot spcaE OF the
iul'!auut oe1Il's OF my othctrs ana men 80 much
stpf and from ,brs ha -, NV
,,,;, ,bo rr,,,,-
~ Woin ~ ~ .i'I se,eteht Patt o' me
der, kept him in ano,h,f Race INV h. yos or5.r.d
to remove dead from Inc field ,ch,ch he rid ~
dsT ae0ty-frs PROM the tRenIy, the cannon halls
p ,55,g ap as eF'tf Wia'h ~: Jse' o h!m
70, p;o-.o A,d 49,, ro,L 49,. "a,
~ '- 80 0~I''e Vi t"o
Cau!e OF Molno del fey rn'!! more than an
hour after the battle had b over, md how
heavy the FIRE from the enemy r,rst have beer
and how r,onv ca,non haus ,%ero ,,.-o ,I,,,-.
49, 49,, 49, - 80 F.'"e'!-
az W '"o S"FtH VINE !.e was removing ne
0edC from the te!c may be inferred by re- ding
Gen. w onh's reports EX Dec No co n
w., ',l t., - 49,, -. .ool - ~
,.'r ";'a '.o nae oee' e!sae !" co'!ec'.Hg the
r"C"o|u IN! ceIa nearly an houF tetOre
r'eFce oFlSao" arrived
tcr Ssrer1l n0ys u !9r;3s his s,rsrs dAt.ss on
t . oI.-"!o"S' "e I-aS cD"H"sc u MS tt"I !il
v-reN ,'r, h. c1,,.,I no, T. , a., d,,, l., 'i,' -
:mr The ST rring 81 ChavCI;r,l.e oec,,r,td aTI
no,alns ,ayr absolute oi,1ol.ty prevented him rom
"rl"2 h. !n' SIDE OF i;a!isom and Seymour III tina,
"'Iu' e"''''c' 0' arms
.. nefo tney won!d have US infer that Pierce
"'G 49,. e. Va 10 I's l!o'u nul was cohhhed TO
Ne ;ifar fr,,,, ,ha ,'e;n,,l r,., 80.
"a, , ,. r. ~ ~ Il" '''"S0''Iet
'"TieI.l e'ale on 'he Case. VA Tie eve or the
otte lust GS ms command lraS tuking lie pos,-
ton assigned 10 II he LEFT TIE FIELD in conse-
quence of indisposlton renamed sick durino
the BATH, and on the subsequent day as early
a. four o'clock, was again on duty. For proof
see the following extract from his report:
AS soon al il necame sufficiently, darL -, oo,o..l
The ulanruver The bri,,d,. ,,ne d,I.,,.,i L, ,h m
.rI con,nonnire tbe Ty,o, -, 49, ''ie
cover Of IonT rance Of bnG,ny. ,'n,"' u''I 'Ia
Mohno del Rey, which Is inlned a'rly under the
" Tue Iuno :" oloplnepgf. iTf'''us 10 ms
-0. ~, nv e.' quo co"'Pe'''u ~ "HSs Hfe DeId
= ~ ',srq1ence o. hGiSP41t'""' MHith con-
Ineu iI ~ NV .tu uulIha t'e loh l"d Of course
u'ptNeu me Vi Tue sdslac,l'h 81 participating with
my o'lsaoe ~ uie s'"hocS hch'c'eheh'a OF tna day
81 49,. - !ou' o cocA Oh me morning OF
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