Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1852-09-02

E57Did any reader ever sec as malicious
a thing as The following from the Louisville
Journal:
We think we must be cruel enough,
though not naturally hard-heartcd, to com
pare Gen. Pierce's own account of his mis-
hap at Churubusco, with that given in his
behalf by his Hibernian friend, Senator
Shields. Pierce says:
ARRIVING at ditch, which it was impos-
sible for my horse to leap, IdiSmounted and
hurried forward, without thinking of my in
jury, at the head ofmy brigade for 200 OF
300 yards, when turning suddenly on my
knee, the cartilage of which had been seri.
ously injured, tainted and fell upon the
bank, in the direct range and within perfect
reach Of the enemy's fire. That escaped
seems to me now provdential."
Now keeping this account in mind, just
read the following from the pen Of Senator
Shields:
Gas we (he and Piercc) approached the
enemy's position, we encountered Il deep
ditch, or rather q deep, narrow Shiny canal
which had been previously used for the pur-
pose of irrigation. 1t was no time to hest
tate; and so we both plungedin. The horse
| happened to ride that day, was a light, ac-
tive Mexican horse. This circumstance
operated in my favor, and enabled me to ex-
tricate myself and horse after considerable
difficulty. Pierce, on the contrary, was
mounted on large, heavy American horse
and man and horse both sank dopn and roll
ed ocer IN Meddch. There was compelled
| TO leave him. After struggling
there, cannot say how long, he extricated
himself from his horse. and hurried on fool
10 join his command, then closely engaged in
desperate conflict with the enemy; there
he remained till, overcome with suffering
and exhaustion, he sank on the ground, and
was carried all but lifeless from the field
We don't want TO get Pierce and Shields
into fight, and we presume there is nc
danger, for, in all probability, Pierce has nc
more idea Of getting into fight with his
friend Shields than he had Of getting into
one with the Mexicans, but there are Ger.
tainly some direct issues Of veracty between
the Yankee General and the Irish General
Pierce says, that coming to the ditch and
finding that his horse couldn't leap it, he
diSn0unied and hurried forward on foot
Shields on the contrary says that Pierce and
his horse both sank dowd and rolled over in
the ditch, ard that Pierce, after struggling
and tloundering there for some time. extri-
Gated himself from his horse. Now il
Shields account is true, what bushes had
Pierce to say that he dismounfed, instead OF
saying that he and his horse rolled over in
the mud, until, by dint of hard houndcring
he eXtricated himself from the bcast?-
What sort of dismouafiag was that?
Again Pierce says, that, on diSmountinc
he hurried forward at the head of his bri,
gade. He conveys the idea that he WASH,
delayed at all by the ditch-hat on coming
TO it and seeing that his horse couldn't lear
it, he leaped from his horse and hurried
right on, leading his brigade as before
General Shields, on the contrary, says he
rolled and iloundered in the ditch, and. after
struggling their indefinitely, extricated him
self and hurried on not "at the head of his
brigade" but ''to join his command then
closely engaged in a desperate conflict pah
The enemy" Pierce saws he went at the
head OF his brigade, and Shields says that
he followed it.
If Pierce tells the truth, Shields doesn't
and if Shields does, Pierce doesn't. We
have no doubt that the kind-hearted Shields
will cheertulIy take the whole ialsehood up
on himself for the present in consideration
that his friend Pierce can't afford to take
anything Of the kind until after the cleo
ton.