Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1838-08-25

4 From the Nashville Wing. N.
DEATH OFAN OLD PATRIOT THE LAST
SOLDIER OF THE OLD FRENCH WAt
IN CANADA CONE.
Died-In Warren county, Tennessee
on the 9th of June, Mr. JOHN LUSH
pronounced Lisk in his native Dutchl al
the advanced age Of one hundred ana iouI
years. He was born on Staten Island
| New York. on Inc 5th Nov. 1874, and was
Of Dutch extraction. Mr.. Lusk was IN
regular service for well nigh sixty years
He commenced his career in the war Ar
cadic, commonly called the French war,
when about twenty years oil age; ana
served through the whole Of it. lie was
soldier at the siege Of Quebec--iought
in the memorable action OF the plains ol
Abraham, seventy-nine years ago-saw
the brave Gen. Wolf fall and participated
in all the suf1crings and hardShips OF that
| arduous and memorable campaign. lie
was also at the conquest Of Acadle, pow
called Newfoundland, by Gems. Amherst
and Shirley; and assisted in the dispersion
Of the captured French through the colon
les Of New England, by the Anglo Ameri-
cans.
Mr.. Lusk early enlisted in the war Of
the Revolution and fought like soldier
and patriot ill its close. He was attach
ell TO the expedition to Canada under Gen.
Arnold, was at the building Of Fort Ed
ward, and was there wounded. He was
in the battle Of Saratoga, where Burgoine
surrendered, aud was at the siege Of York
town, and had the singular and remarka-
Bile fortune to see CORVALLIS surrender TO
Gen. Washington.
On the restoration Of peace the old SOL
der laid down his musket and his KNAPP
sack for awhile, but he did not remain long
in inactivity. The piping times % peace"
were no times for him, He lett SIN glo-
rlous ease" as he esteemed il, on the first
opportunity, and enlisted in the army of
Gen. Wayne, against the Indians, nothing
daunied by the terrors of the wilderness
or the stratagems Of the powerful and wi
Iy Toe, though he had already weathered
inc storms OF Sixty Wln'efS.
AT the close of this brilliant and success
full campaign, he joined the regular army
Under Col. Butler, and was Stationed al
West Point in this State, now called King
sion. While al his station he became re-
nowned for his skill at catching fish from
Clinch river. But at last the brave old
man, being worn down with age and in
irmiies, was discharged as unfit for duty,
when near eighty years Of age. He left
he army in entire restitution, and Subsist-
I'd for several years upon the cold chart
les of the world, together with the little
plttance he earned by his labor as a broom
maker. On the passage Of the Pension
Law in 1918, he availed himself Of its priv
ileges, and from that time has been fur
nshed with all the necessaries of life.
Mr.. l.. retained to the last all his faculties
except that Of sight, which for the last ten
years had been growing dim, He was
man Of remarkable strength of conSliu-
ton, and elasticity of frame--1e never
had spell ofsicknesS in his life! He was
in the habit OF ualking to the town of Nc
Minvile, u distance Of seven miles, and
back agt in in the same day, and this too
after he had reached one hundred years
oragc-retainIns the perfect upright form
and firm step and movement of a soldier
I'LL the last.
Thus lived and died one Of the most re.
markabIe men ofIhe age. He was witness
10 more remarkable events, perhaps, than
any man living. What revolutions have
not roledbv The earth since he was born
He was almost coeval with our colonial
history. He was an old man when this ma
lion commenced its career. He has seen
empires rise and fall, thrones demolished,
and new Kingdoms spring to existence.
Since he hung upon his mothers breast
twenty five millions OF the race have lived
and died. But the old man has gone to
his fathers at last. Peace be TO his mem
Dry. and may the grass grow green upon
The Patriots grave.