Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-07-09

10 the heavy ralne, wnlcn Tell ~hi'st Tue -wHea'
was 10 bloom, generating rot, rust. &c"
James Mason-1O6 gears Of age This indi
vidual is now resident ID Scntt county, Ky. liv-
ing ia sigh, Of the Blue Spring, the residence of
Col r. ~. johnson; he IS member oil the Bap-
fist Church, at the Great Crossing, and is in good
standing-,emperate aud industrious He was
born 10 the town Of Waterford, in the county of
Tipperary, Ireland. on the 1stof January, l727,
aud is now LOG years Of age. He was IN the
French war in America, and took an oath oil al
iegiance, never to take up arms against America,
now the United States. He was IN Braddock's
defeat, in 1775. near P,ttstutg. l1th July He
aiibe taking Of For. DIV nassps , M r. DE-.
burg At Tru-S.~~v-oI me french war ne was
discharged.
He volunteered at the commencement OF the
revolution. aDa was in the battle OF Bunker's Hill.
He afterwards served till the close OF the war in
the New York Continental line. as a regular sol.
der. He was in the battle Of Brandywine. was
wounded in the leg. and had one OF his big toes
shot of! HE was al the taking of Corvallis
He wasa soldier during the whole Indian war.
and served under Harmer. st CLAIR and Wayne;
he was at the Clair defeat, and under Gen.
Wayne at the defeat Of the Indians. tie was
discharged at Grecnville, in tine now State of
OAtO, III 1921. HI tHc- tdtc wal VIC JVtuCu 'uC
mounted regiment Of Col. r. M. Johnson, as q
volunteer 10 Capt. Hamlton's company. and was
in the battle Of the Thames.
He receives pension for his revolutionary SER
vices-and is now very poor, living 90 rented
land. He has been married twice; 10 his pre-
sc Mt wife when he was l0l years Of age, aud his
wife AS. Not long since, he walked to Frank
fort, distance Of IS miles, and returned the
same day, making so miles, without more appa
rent fatigue than would b. experienced by ordi-
nary men of As He walks erect and quick
and at the distance OF 100 yards no person would
suppose that he was under the burthen Of even
an ordinary old age He is Of small stature
his eye-sight good Ibis speech pain-h,s memory
seems t0be verv little mpaired-He is sprightly
and talkatiye, and for a man without elucation,
sensible andinteresting in conversation. Ii would
appear from the presen, appearances OF his con-
stit0son and health, that he is likely to live 90
or so years. He has been all his life a temperate
man. Such man deserves the Kindness of his
country and fellow citizens. -Gsorge.oWn( Ky
Sentinel.
The Spirit of Heroisn, LIN late Boston pa.
per we End the sabjo,ned advertisement. Truly
the writer must nave been in the real Furioso
vein, to think OF dlsmembering all intruders up
on ..the company OF which tie is a member"
aud shooting them in ertremsis. Verify the !" mi.
litary capacity Of Master Asa Gage ought to be
gagged in strait jacket
To tie Public II: ASA GAGE, a member
Of the Boston Troop Of Light Draaroons, will,
hereafter. when on guard duty, in nv military ca.
pacity, disigure, dismember, main, wound, beat
and 6ruise. any person or persons, who shall come
within INV limits, to insult me or any other
Of the company Of which am a member; and
any person or persons who shall intrude on
such ground, and shall, after being requested to
retire, neglect or refuse to do SO, will treat
them in the manner Aforesaid, and will farther
il necessary, in compelling them to comply with
such requisitiou, shootspisto charges at and into
them. not aiming at their vital parts, but at their
extremitiss; and l am to be seen or spoken to on
this subject or any other. It No. 444, Washing.
ton street, B0ston.
Beyond all questiun, next to Gen. Jackson,
the person whose popularity Rms highest 1T this
mvuent 10 MAJox Jxrk QowxIxe.