The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1862-11-06
George ID. Prentice in Memory of his
Rebel Sou.


George ID. Prentice in Memory of his
Rebel Son
William Courtland Prentice died on
Monday last at Augusta, KY, of wounds
feceiyed in the conflict at that place on
the preceding Saturday. He persisted in
the cause of the rebellion.
1t is not in the columns Of a newspa.
per, it is only in the family circle or in
the hush of solitude, that the emotions
of parent over such an event should
have utLeance. The tears OF weeping
eyes and fast trickliug drops OF bleeding
lug hearts are not for the public gaze.--
The deepest agones shoul be content
to fold their sombcr wings in the soul..-
Consolation could not come from the
wolld's sympothy il can be looked for
only from God and his angel time.--
Nay, their are greiis that lime itself has
no power TO allay or soothe, griefs that
like running streams are deepening their
channels forever
VIM. Courtland Prentice was no com
mon young man. He was remarkable
in his powers and in his tempeament.-
A model Of manly beauty, he had extra.
ordinary intellectual energy, a strong
thirst for strange and curious knowledge
and deep passion for all that is sublime
aud beautiful in poetry and nature. He
was generous, manly, high.heartcd
and OF courage that no mortal peril,
come in what form it might could daunt.
He exulted in looking, destruction face
to face in allits ways. He loved wild
and dangerous Ddye1lures for the very
dangers sake. His eagle spirit lived
among the mountain crags and shouted
back to The shouts of the storm AL
though kind unselfsh. and humane, he
was impetuous, passionate, and Of un
conqueruble prejudices. He was not
unirequenlly unjust in his judgments,
and he permitted nothing TO stand be,
tween him and the execution ofhis pur.
poses. NJ a..
This young man, if he had always d.
rectod his energies judiciously, could
have made himseIfa distinguished orna-
ment in any Profession Of life.
He m ght have been an able and honor.
ed statesman in the service oft repub.
lie. But an intense Southern sympathy,
in spite oi the arguments, the remon.
strances, and the entreslies Of those who
dearly loved him, made him an active
rebel against bis country, and, after
brief five weeks service in tho rebel
ranks, he fell, soon TO breathe ou, lis fe-
ry life, receiving meanwhile, far away
from his family, the kindly minlstrationS
of those against whose cause his strong
right arm had been raised. o, If he
had fallen in his counlry'ssaryice, fallen
with his burning eyes fixed in love and
devotion upon the flag that for more
than three-fourths ofa century has been
a star Of worship to his ancestors, his
early death, though still terrible, might
have been borne by fathers heart /; but
alas /! the reflection that he fell in open
rebellion against that glorious old banner
now the emblem Of the greatest and ho.
hest cause the world knew, is full
OF desola ion and almost of despair.
And yet We shall love TO think Of
CourIland Prentice, that brave and no.
bic though misguided youth, during the
4i!:ls rrmsNatSftaFr 4;vss. 0ag|f.t1e
for him, undimmed by tears and grief,
is and will remain an amaranlhine flow