Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1838-07-19

II Darn or AN ON pATRpr - The last Sji-
H der Of the old French ,car IN Canada is gone
Died, in Warren county, Tennessee, on the
Sth OF June, Mr.. JonN LUsK, pronounced
l.isk in his native Dutch,) at the advanced
ago Of one hundred and four years. He was
born on Statcn Island, New York, on the 5th
Of November, l7}l, and was Of Dutch ex-
traction. Mr.. Lusk was in regular service
Tor well nigh sixty years. le commenced
hIs career in the war Of AcNlic, commonly
called the French war, when about twenty
years OF age; and served through the whole
oft. lie was a soldier at the seige Of Que
bcc--fought in tho memorable action Of the
Plains OF Abraham, evenly mine years ago
saw the brave General Wolf fall and partic-
'patcd in nll tho sufferings and hnrdships of
that arduous and memorable campaign. He
was also at the conquest Of Acadic, now cal
led Now Foundland, by Gems. Amherst and
Shirley; and assisted in the dispersion Of the
captured French through the colonies Of New
England by the Anglo Americans.
! MIR. Lusk carly enlisted in tho war Of the
revolution, and fought like soldier and
patriot ill its close. He was attached 10 the
expedition 10 Canada under Gen. Arnold
was at the building Of Fort Edward, and wns
there wounded. He was in the battle Of Sa
raioga, where Bnrgoyne surrendered, and
was nj the siege Of Yorktown, and had the
singular and remarkable fortune to see Corn
wallis surrender his sword to Gen. Washing
| ton.
| On the restoration Of peace the old soldier
land down his mnsket and his knnpsnck tor
while. but he did not remain long in inactivi.
| ty. The "pping times of peace" were no
times for him. lie left inglorious case," as
he esteemed il, on the first opportunity, and
enlisted in The army of Gen. Wayne against
the Indians, nothing dauntcd by the terrors
OF the wilderness or the strn,agcms Of the
powerful and wild foe, though he had already
weathered the storms of sixty winters.
| At the close of this brilliant and success.
tnl campaign, he joined the regular army
under Col. Butler, and was stationed at West
Point, in this state, now called Kingston
While at this station he became renowned
for his skill in catching fish from Cinch riv-
er. But at last tho brave old man, being
worn down with age and nfrmtics, was dis
charged MS unfit for duty, when near eighty
years Of age. He left the army in entire des-
titution, and snbssted for several years upon
the cold charities of the world, together with
tho little piltaEcc no earned by his daily la
bor as broom maker. On the passage Of the
pcHsion law In 1910, nc uVaIcu himself OF Us
privileges, and from that time has been fur
nished with oil tho ncccssaries 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. lie was man of re-
markablc strength of constitution, and elias.
ITCHY Of frame. lie never had spell of sick
ness in his life. lie was in the habit Of
walking to the town of Nc Minville,a distance
of soven miles, and back ngnin on the same
day, and this too after he had reached 100
years of age-rctaining the perfect upright
fprln and firm step and movements Of a sold
icr till the last.
Thus lived and died one Of the most re-
marknble men OF his ogc. He was witness
to more remarkable events, perhaps, than any
man living. What revolutions have rolled
over the earth since he was born! He was
almost conval with our colonial history. He
was on old man when this nation 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 hundred millions
OF his race have lived and died. But the old
man has gone to his fathers at last. Peace
be to his memory, and may the grass grow
green upon the patriots grave.