Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1835-08-27

They went to PaiDbeuif, in France, and
thence to Brest-and then sailed for Boston,
where he was discharged; and went to Mar
rapansett and remained with his family one
wear. He then enlisted i'll Col. Greene's X.
/. regiment, of which Col. Onley was Lieu
tenant Colonel, and then marched to JOIN the
regiment lying at Cromproud, in York State.
An officer and "a men, were drafted from 1t
to form select corps ofLight Infantry, form
ing under Col. Scanned. Jacques was in
this detachment; they embarked at Peekskill,
and passed down on the west side OF the
Hudson, and landed in the evening at Phil
lips house, 5 miles above Kings Bridge;-
marched that night TO a position near the
bridge, and at day break were attacked by
the Yagers and other Llcssian troops. After
a smart skirmsh their enemies He'd. The
battalion remained drawn up on the edge Of
a marsh, on the further side of which, to the
west, there were bushes two hundred yards
in front. jacques observed a smoke rise
from bush, and at that instant he received
a ball in his breast, which went through his
body and was afterwards cut out under the
shoulder blade. An officer, seeing he was
wounded, directed him to retire; he placed
his musket against fence, at their backs,
got over and walked up the road, and in Il
short time met General Washington with
some officers. The General asked him if he
was wounded, he said he was he then told
him "to walk on slowly, and he would soon
meet Wagons coming down for the wound
ed" He got into one, and was finally carrl-
ed to the hospital at Robinson's farm in the
Highlands, and thence removed in the fall to
New Windsor. He was wounded on the 3D.
July, l7SI, and was not fit for duty till Christ
mas following, when he joined the regiment
at PHILADELPHIA, after the fall Of Lord Corn
wallis. They lay there that winter, and IN
the spring marched to VerplanckS Point,
where they continued that summer, and went
into winter quarters at Saratoga. In June
following, 1853, those enlisted for the dura-
ton of the war, were discharge for
three years reinainedtlll Christmas, and were
then discharged. In Feb'y l7s2, while lying
III Saratoga, a detachment of the X. |. regi-
nent under Capt. Holden, joined an exped-
ton under Col. Willet, of New York, against
Fort Oswego. Jacques was among inem;-
they assembled at Fort Ierkimer, OH the
Mohawk, to the number of 500 men-march-
ed through a wilderness, and proceeded in
sleighs the length of the Oneida Lake, 81
miles. AT miles from the Fort they made
scaling ladders, intending at day break to
storm the Fort; but their guide, an Oneida
Indian, called Capt. John, either by mistake
or design, conducted them wrong. They
wandered in the woods, and were discovered.
The garrison was alarmed and on their
guard and being too numerous to be over
come, except by surprise, which was now
frustrated, the party was obliged to retire.
They were pursued, and many OF the sleigh
drivers having deserted with their sleighs,
they were reduced to great straights, and
suffered extremely from the weather, many
being frozen, and some lost their toes, feet,
&c. They however all reached the inbabit-
ed country. At the close Of the war, Jacques
reoned his family, and remained in Nara
gansett till the year 1900, when he removed,
to Ferrisburgh, in Vermont, where he is now
living. He has u pension from the United
States Of s. per month. His wife IS indus
trious and prudent; and they have daughter
living who is also industrious, aud contributes
to their comfort. They live in u house which
he built on farm belonging to one of his
sons'-in-law, a thriving farmer-and they ap-
pear to live comfortably. jacques has be-
come blind within two or three years, and iS
good deal bent with age; bat in other re-
spects healthy; is quick of apprehension, in
telligent, and his memory good. 1t does not
He was a hard worker--but rather II loose
and careless manager Of his affairs, and
therefore never made much advance in ac-
quring property. He was tall, very athletic,
and has undoubtedly been first rate man in
hardihood, both Of mind and body. He car
ried with him to Vermont two sons, now ra-
ther past middle age, but still stout laborers,
and have been distinguished boxers.
The writer, in residence in Ferrisburgh
in 1897 and '28, made several visits to this
remarkable man, and drew from him this mar
rative of his life and adventures. He was
interested and gratifed in these interviews
by conversing with a man who had lived so
long, and suffered so much in the service of
his country; and though always in humble
station, from which he never appeared to aim
at rising, yet it was obvious there was la
tent sentiment Of warm feeling for his coun-
try always at hand, and ready to be reused
into action, on every occasion. And he was
well qualified to render service, in the humble
stations Of soldier and saior-was faithful to
those engagements-and seemed never to
have been troubled with any doubts of their
propriety.
From the Wilmington (N. C) Press Aug. IA