The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1860-09-04

gifted poets ever elaborated in their clos
cts. He possessed rare wit His gar
land was enwreathed with flowers culled
from every shrub or plant, and from eve
ry cline.
And if at times the thorn lurked beneath
the bright flower, the wound it inflicted
was soon assuaged and healed by some
mirthful and laughter-moving palliative.
His heart overhowed with warm, gen.
erous, and patriotic feeling. He was as
brave and chivalrous as Bayard-as soft,
tender, and atectionate as loving child,
untainted by the selfshness of the world.
All small, selfish, narrow feelings were
foreign to his nature. His bosom was the
home of honor-his imagination was full
of lofty thoughts, and his mind disdained
the grovelling feelings and considera-
tions of the worldly minded Let not his
friends be inconsolable.
1t is proper that such mind should
thus glide from these scenes of worldly
trouble. 1t is just that a bright exhala-
ton, which has shone SO brilliantly,
should disappear thus suddenly, ere it be-
gins gradually to fade and flicker; that
the fire of so noble an intelligence, should
not diminish, and gradually and slowly go
out, amid decrepitudc and physical decay;
but that, like the meteor shooting across
the heavens illuminating the earth, it
should sink suddenly and forever, into the
earth from which it sprung!
From the Ne,o Orleans Crescent
Now that he is dead, it will not be
deemed invidious to the living for friend
to say that as a popular orator he had no
equal in the Southwest. Gifted with a
voice of great compass and power of mod
ulation-with face of eminent beauty
and intcllectuality-
ellis gestures did obey
The oracular mind that made his features glow,
And when his curved lip half open lay,
PASSIONS divncst stream had made impetuous
way"
His imagination was 'as wild and free
of wing as Eden's garden Bird which
futtered and toycd with every beautiful
flower. while his wit relieved the tension
of the heart strings, drawn to pain by his
pathos. Never did we hear man who
had so much hold on the masses A
friend once said to him in our presence,
ePrentiss, you always mesmerize me
when you speak" lie answered: "then
it is an affair of reciprocity, for multi
tude always clcctrifes me" One secret
of his great power andoubted was the
sincerity of his spceches-the sympathy
which bound him to his audience, was the
tie which bound them to him. 1t was as
a lawyer, however, that his early and in
innate friends most admired his talents.
1t is rarely that vivid Imagination, point
ed wit and strong reasoning power are
united. Where, however, there is this
union we have the character Of the orator.
Such was OConnell-such was Prentiss.
OF our friend, as man, we have not
the heart to speak. Where he was
known he was loved as much for the
kindness and generosity of his nature, as
he was admired for the brilliancy Of his
genius and the power Of his intellect.
He leaves a wife and children to mourn
his death, but to treasure his memory.
Amid the widows weeds shall sparkle
the brightest jewel, husbands reputa-
ton, while the children, if rich in moth
ing else, have princely heritage in the
fathers name. May they prove heirs as
well to his eminent talents and his many
virtues.