Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-10-17
GEO. ID. PRENTICE IN MEMORY OF
HIS REBEL son.
From the Louisvi,ie Journal, %,

FROM the Louisvefe Journal, I'd.
William Courtland Prentice died on Mon.
day last at Augusta KY, Of wounds rscsv-
ed in the conflict at that place on the preced-
ing Saturday. He perished in the cause OF
the rebellion. .......
II is not in the columns ola newspaper, il Is
only in the family circle or in the hush of
solitude, that the emotions OF "a parent over
such an event should have utterance. The
tears Of weeping eyes and fast. .trickiing
drops Of bleeding hearts are not for the pub
lie gaze. The deepest agonies should be
content to fold their sombre wings in the
soul Consolation could not come from tho
worlds sympathy; it can bs looked for only
from God and his angel Time. Nay, thero
are grefs that time itself has no power to Il.
lay or the,griefs that like running streams
are deepening their channels forever.
VIM. Courtland Prentice was no common
young man. He was remarkable in, his
powers and in his temperament. A model Of
manly beauty, he had extraordinary intcllec-
tual energy, and strong thirst for strange
and curious knowledge, and a deep passion
for all that is sublime and beautiful in poe
try and nature. He was generous, manly,
highhearted and Of courage that no msrtal
peril, come in what form it might, could
daunt. He exulted in looking destruction
face to face in all its ways. He loved wild
and dangerous adventures for The very dan
gers sake. His eagle spirit lived among the
mountain crags and shouted back to tho
shouts OF tho storm. Although kind, TN
selfish, and humane, he was impetuous, pas
sionatc, and Of unconquerable prejudices.
lie was not unfrequently unjust in his Juds-
ment, and he permitted nothing to stand be-
tween him and the execution of his purposes,
This young man, if he had always direct.
ed his energies judiciously, could have made
himself distinguished ornament in any pro-
tession of life He might have been an able
and honored statesman in the service of the
Republic. But an intense Southern sympa-
thy,in spite Of arguments, the remonstrances,
and the entreaties of those who dearly loved
him, made him an active rebel against his
country. And, after brief Ave weeks SER
vice IN the rebel ranks, he fell, receiving
meanwhile far away from his family. the
kindly ministIations Of those against whose
cause his strong right arm had been raised.
| y, II he had fallen in his country's service:
fallen with his burning eyes fixed in love and
devotion upon the flag that for more than
three -tourths Of a century has been star of
worship to his ancestors, his early death,
though still terrible, might have been, borho
10y fathers heart but, alas the reflection
that he fell in armed rebellion against that
glorious old banner, now the emblem of the
greatest and hottest cause the world ever
knew, is full of desolation ard almost Of tles-
pair.
And yet we shall love to think Of Court.
land Prentice, that brave aud noble though
misguided youth, during the little remnant
OF our lives. Our love for him, undimmed
by tears and grief, is and will remain an
alnaranthine flower upon tho grave Of our
buried years.