The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1852-07-21

Hat Knocked of-Remar&abJe Escape


We hope no more will be said about Gen.
Pierce's faiating, after the following butlet-ln
his hat. We knew Gen. Pierce had made
most miraculous escapes on horse and on foot
from the hands of terrible Greasers, and had
performed prodigies of valor when he "led
his forces in the blaze of every battle'-but
the most terrific incident in his marvellous
history is yet to be related, and we have been
selected BY events as the historian.
We were conversing with soldier few
DAYS since, who had served in the Mexican
war and time under Gen. Pierce, and was
with him at the "National Bridge" This
Young man by the way, is staunch Demo-
crat. At the National Bridge, it will be re-
collected, the Guerrilas offered some little
resistance to Gen. Pierce's detachment, but
were too few in numbers to make any stand.
While occasional guns were cracking, Gen.
Pierce was seen by his soldiers, suddenly to
knock off his own hat, eXclaiming at the
same instant, he had been shot at, and his
hat knocked off by bullet passing through
it. Capt. Duff, OF N. York, who was close
bv. picked up the hat and had the curiosity to
examine it, but could not find the bullet hole,
nor did he or the soldiers hear the report Of
any gun at the moment. Such smiles II
not laughs, played about the features OF the
soldiers. as showed they saw through this
piece of awkward juggling on the part OF
Gen. Pierce, without any explanation. 1t
was "sham feiat'' they reished, as it just
accorded with their idels of their gallant
leader.
Mr.. S., our in 'ormant, is willing to make
affidavit to the above statement. He has
lived in Warrick nearly all his life, and though
a good Democrat, says he can't vote for
, Pierce, and that his soldiers generally must
} have altered their opinions, if any Of them
still surviving will vote for the Great Shot at!
, Every reckless Wing sheet in the land
has. in defiance OF what il knew to be the
truth, ass lied Gen. Pierce tor aiding, as is
! asserted, in the retention of the religious
test in the constitution of New II mpshire.
EransUiLe Times.
"Every reckless Wig sheet in the land''
NAV have done this, but, IL SO, he number OF
}, reckless Wing sheets in he land must be cx-
. ceedingly small. We have not seen in a single
Wing sheet any charge against Gen. Pierce
of having aided in the retention Of the ''reli-
u q Gus test in the New Hampshire constitu-
d tuition.
;. What we charge is that the New II mp
4 shire Democracy voted by an overwhelming
majority in favor OF the retention of the reli-
= Gus test, hat Frank Pierce, WHO is claimed
r by his friends to be the leader. the guiding
Y spirit, the soul of the New Hampshire Demo
cracy exerted noinf1uence against the reten
ton of the test; that the only speech he made
against it would not fill third OF column
n our paper, and was just about as near AT
\ approach to nothing as speech possibly
+ could be; that his own county, strongly De
: mocratic, gave about five to one for the &c
" tentOn: and that his own town, strongl,
. Democratic, gave a majority of about four I,
II one for the retention.- Lou. Jour.
: And that is exactly the position the Evans
ii vile Journal has occuped-not that Gen
> Pierce has been laboring to keep this anti
: Catholic clause in the New Hampshire Con
stitution, but that he has shown he either pos
] sesses not a particle of influence in OWL
State, or else has not used that influence t
effect the removal OF this obnoxious clause
: Now Democrats claim that he has more in
fluence than any other man in his own State
If this be true, then the people will hold hln
directly responsible for not having exerteC
= any of his influence to effect change in thu
law which prescribed Catholics. SO far la.
he been from doing this, that in his own town
the vote was shamefully small for amending
the Constitution so as to prescribe no man
= on account Of his religious opinions, and
> nearly all those who did vote for this amend
ment were Wings. These are plain tact
which no 'cordS will change.