Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-10-16
A Beautiful Tributc from "a Faith
or TO n Son

George ID. Prentice, the able and ac-
complisbed editor OF the Louisville Joyr
nal, the poet and Union patriot. thus
mentions the late domestic afiliction which
he has sustained. The article is worthy
Of the warm and generous heart Of Mr..
Prentice and Of the finer feelings Of the
soul. What a comment is this notice mp
on the sad and terrible contest in which
tue country is engagcd--how it sumders
families and the dearest domestic ties
The Journal says:
"OBlTUARY.-William Courtland Prem
tice died on Monday last at Augusta, Ky.,
Of wounds received in the conflict at that
/ place on the preceding Saturday. lie
! perished in the cause of the rebellion.
at is not in the columns Of news.
paper, 1t is only in the family circle or in
the hush Of solitude, that the emations o.
parent over such an event should have
utterance. The tears of weeping eyes
and the fast Tickling drops 0. bleeding
hearts are not for the bubic gaze. The
deepest agonies should be content to fold
their SON bre wings in the soul Cons0-
iation could not come from the worll's
sympathy; it can be lookel for only from
God and his angel Time Nay, there are
griefs that time itself has no power TO al
lay or soothe, griefs that like running
streams are deepening their channels for.
ever.
"Wm. Courtland Prentice was no com
mon young man. He was remarkable
in his powers and in his temperament
a model Of manly beauty, he had extra.
ordinary intellectual energy. a strong
thirst for strange and curious knowle ige,
and deep passion for all that is sublime
and beautiful in poetry and nature. He
was generous, manly. high hearted, and
OF a courage that no mortal 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 gle spirit lived among
the mountain crags and shouted back to
the shouts OF the storm Although kind
unseish and humane, he was i'm petuous,
passionate and Of unconquerable prejudi-
ces. He was not unfrequently un lust in
his judgements, and be permitted nothing
to stand between him and the execution
Of bis purposes.
This young man, if he had always di.
rected his energies iudiciously, could
have made himself distinguished orna-
ment in any profession of life. He Nigh,
have been an able and honored statesma an
in the service of the Republic. But ar
intense Southern sympathy, in spite o
the arguments, the remonstrance, and th,
entreaties of those who dearly loved him
made him an active rebel against Iii
country. Aud, after brief five weeks
service in the rebel ranks, he fell, soon t.
breathe ont his fiery life, receiving, mean
while, far away from his family the kind
ly ministrations of those against whose
cause bis strong right arm had been rails
ed. Oh, if he had fallen in his country
service, fallen, with his burning eyes fixed
in love and devotion upon the flag that
for more than three -fourths of century
has been star OF worship to his ancea
tors, his early death, though still terrible
might have been borne by father heart
q but, alas. the reflection that he fell in arm
\ ed rebellion against that glorious Cd bar
ner, now the emblem of the greatest an
f holiest cause the world ever knew, is ful
of desolation and almost of despair.
"And, yet, we shall love to think 0
Courtland Prentice, that brave and noble
though misgulded, youth, during the lit
tie remnant of our lives. Our love 70
him undimmed by tears and grief, is ant
will remain an amaranthine flower upor
the grave of our buried years"