Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1838-07-24
From Us .NafiriNr Nag
DEATH or An OLD PATRIOT

Th' ~. Soldier 81 ths old Ireath cqHada 4,
geT, Died IA Warren county. Tennessee, On the -tl
bnichl a. he advanced sgr q iNi yrsrs H. was born
On Staten Island, New York the 5th Of November
I''' and was Of - licL extraction. Aif lask WAS 90
regular service ior well nga sisiy wars lie cemncn
GEO hs career IN the army an The war Of Acsd,c CON
monty called the Fvnch war, vhrn about twenty ycer
" are ant SERVED through the whole of g. tie vas
soldier ~ tic siege of Qn,tec-fourht in thr mrmofe
be action the Plains 1T Abraham seventy yeats
H21-s7w the brave crn wolfe fall; and participated
10 a.. The surrars aud hardshp- 81 ih7 arauous mad
uem"rnbc campaign a. vas a's' AZ tn" conquest 81
Acad,- now called NewFouud'and, bT Gen An'hcrst
shirley aud assisted in he Dispersion e Ia" ca p.
ured French through the colonies Of New Ing land BY
The Ausip Americans
W. joss early ~ -t.d in the war ofthc revouia a
ana lous" ihe soldier amt p'''' g. b. c' 's'. lie
as 9cd go The - '"diiian 60 tau'da under Gen
Arna!d--was ~ the b1i'dur 81 Fort IdHard add wa,
ih"re wounded lie va, in th- battle at Saratoga
where Butroyrr surrendered aud was 80 thc siege Of
lorA'0wD, and had the siusuar nnd remarkable fortune
TO see Cotuwt's surrender his sword to General Wash.
lnvlnn
Ga iha restoration Of peace the old s1ll.er laid down
hs musket and his knapsack g. wh'r hu he did not
remain long ia inactivity The "pipnG times II posce
wUr' no t.ues 10y him Hp len inVloruas 0s be
esteemed D.. on The fret opportunity. nlisicd IN
TIE army Of Gen Wyne against the Indians, nothing
nauuej by the terrnrs OF the wilderness or the srne
gctns Of the po crfal aud willy fe though ha had al.
ready wsatherrd the storms Of sixty whit -.
A. the close OF tis usiiIiani and suce-sf rasesiqn.
y
stnoncd at West Point. in hs state, called Kings.
ton While st This stlliou he became Renowned lo hi.
stilI ~ catching fish from Cuch riycr. But at la-l
the brave old man, being down with arc and IN.
hrnies, was discharged unfit for dntY, when near
eighty years of lie left the army 10 entire drs'.
iution and subssied fr several years upon the cold
charities Of the world, together with the little puarca
he cared by bis daily labor broom maker On
the passage Of the pension law in Isle he AIDED HIM
sell ct us privileges and from that time has been fur.
nlshed with al the Of life Mr. l. retained
TO the last all his faculties except that of sight which
for the last ten yeats had been growing dim lie was
a man Of remarkable strength Of constitution and elias.
tcy Of frame lie had fit Of slckuess in his
life tie was in the habit of walking 20 the town of
McNinyille distance of seven miles, and hack again
on the same day, and this too after hc had reached one
hundred years Of aye retaining the perfect uprgh,
form and firm step and movements Of soldier I'LL The
last
Thus lived and died one Of the most remarkable men
Of the age. lie was witness To- remarkable events
perhaps, than any man living What revolutions have
rolled over the earth since he was born lie al
most cocval with our colonial history lie old
man when this nation commenced its lie hns
seen empires rise and fall thrones demolished and new
kingdoms spring 10 existence. Since he hung upon
his mothers breast. twenty FIVE hundred millions OF
the human have lived and died. But the old man
has gone 10 his fathers AT last Peace be 10 his memory
and may the grass grow green upon The faIot grave
FouPrn Disruicr Fer ConrrrSs--The wings have
nominated lIeman Allen and the loco focus Inn Smll
of st Adams. 1t "a not year since Mr. Smith was de
/ nounced BY the loco foco clique bank lrde1ast
Franklin Copn'v-The wings have nominated ID
F-Tnsworh Horace Eaton nnd Moses Morse ior Sena
tors strong ticket and the Wings Of Ftauklii
County can elect 1t Wy round maJoriiy-ii they bu