The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-08-17

10 remember The vstuss and chronicle he mespo-
rial deeds Of the deal, who Lave tier m rk- on
tie way-side Of the age, s p-rnliafly the prUvincs
ofihe journalisi; province mournfuI in lis neees-
siiy, but grateful in ifs du4y
Our readers wiil have observed, 10 every saz-tts
OF lhs land, appropriate refer, To the life f Ser
giant $. Pfefss, who dird about first OF JOY
last, near Nalch-z in MississTppi of a di.ease
whirh, in the recent war, struck down al their
camp-6res warriors If the p,oudest Fenown, wlmIe
Ih-y we're seemingly 10 The m DIST Of heailh. and
n ch, raging u a more rapid type, deprived the
Ma i,n Of the IilusirIous Head who-e loss Is vet
degloTing in the eoqUence and pagesnrry Of woe.
Mr.. Prentiss, beyond bis aceomplehm-n's
lawyer and politician, (which have been so well
narrated by the pens of generous fnendshp,l pus-
sessed claims on the country man Of literary
auainments; and IN this counert on il is fitting
that reference should be m de 10 his deeease IN the
column OF the Literary World
H was endowed win genius Of uncommon or
der. There could be no psyehoiosi'al quiahliRg on
his point by any pBe who knew him the spayk-
ling domt stIriy Of every-day-if- or heard hsm in
the glowing hours of his eloqDence.
A child OF the Republic, itnour more than ordi-
rary aids to study and r. hrcuon, he grew 10 be
Man oe the T mrs. Necessity nervsi his boyhood
70 exertion and IN the earlier years Of his life he
waeed sfern Battle with Lie Like the present.
Pre,ident Of the tvunny. he engaged in the ranks
| Of common sthool tearters; aid like him, 100 his
| talents Mere observed by thr shrewd rye o. exoe-
| renee, and they couns-lled TO ihe adventurous
paths Of the law. Circumstances (lhe 1Ien sesame
OF worid-renowneJ greatness) exposed the treasures
of his inierct-ior Of patient toII d oheer.
vaii0n amoHg meB and books had increased he
| value 1T natural gifts; the diamonds VI tire mine
| WIRE polished and set
FIR years he has been the Cicero Of the South.
| H eon'inuei first in impassIored oratoTy al the
Bar; first IN ths wonderful passages OF popular i'm
| provtsatOn; first where b. brilliant hilartV of
good fellowship shone the festive boaTd An ex-
tensive student Of pters and GIFTED with ex "a
ordinary m Emory, Rad vas q re -mber ard 10
remrmher was To adorR argument, tons and
fentiueut with appFoJria classic allusiOn and
grareful quoatian.
For hr,ef time he eleeuified The Legislative
Halls of The Na,on; and The ssu. tansic I unur
mp Plssloned depunciston, and feIvld reasoning
~ hieh br'ghIened he yearly pfo airs at WaehIna-
ton, viii long be remembered by It's h4bitue- as an
FRA IN Congressional el'quenee. Wnh aneestrsI
home at one end Of the Union, and household gods
al another extremity, he Iravried 20 and fro bmong
various pnpuar and pollueal exeits ments h. The
midst OF which his CLARION voIee ever invoked
and heard with fresh delight
| II Mr.. Preniiss unexceled in the forum, al
! the bar, and upon The paifWm Of MASS m, etngs
I h7 WIS unsqualed in the exub~ nance of his social
| vii, and in the facility with which he adapted
i thought TO occasion
HIS versatility Of eloqusncs, and profuseness of
/ vii, were wonderful. 10 have listened o him is
some thing 90 remember and Ialk of an event.
The Wrer has heard Mr. Prrntiss at poIIIical gath
erings in the meadows of IN eounlrV when every
one tald III glorious SIX es and the sublime
mountains soaring ird< Ihem the eOFgrons land
scapes, and delicious breezes, have inspired him:
but he has heard him IN the crowded and uaporish
hall, surrounded with the mi4sma and gas of
cit life, and his e hness Of thoughr, grace Of G.
ton, and rapidity of cumhiBatpn ha We been equal
ly happy and astonishing. H has heard h M in a
court n ON almost deserted hen he " expeciedv
arose TO speak, and although the acrasien was tFi-
vial, and the quest on of slight moment the room
was filled as If by magic at The sound OF his VI ice
snd the suhI-et whlrh in cooler contemplation had
seemed dnil and vapd, has assumed dramatic in.
terest. He has heard him when human life was
in debate" and prosecuting officers elosed their
books, judges forgot their rro,es, witnesses were
suddenly endowed with patience, the dullesl jury
man frightened with absorbing attention. the pr,s-
oner m-d 10 forget the crisis OF his posiion-all
| spell bound by the thrilling words Of The orator
lawyer. He has heard his winning pathos and all.
yer tunes bidding a wecome-latse 10 r-turnea he
rpes from the bloody ground of Busna VITA, v hen
The wounded seemed 10 forget their pains, the sick
their disreses, and the sound in limb the pers of
| The past He has heard him. in The call Of charity
relax the tgntened purse Strings of The most mIser-
| Iy He has met him at public dinners, when he
| bore away from the houOred guest the laures pre-
pared for his temples
| Mr.. PTenliss leaves no writings thar we know Of
| Indeed The NE Of pen and ink would have only
| e,Ierrd his mind And few If any reports Of his
speeches and 'ayings are in prlut; those which
have had pub ication seem lame to those who were
| present at lhe first reception. 40 H.