Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1862-10-29
Beautiful Tribute from q Father to
Son.

George d. Prentice, tho able and &C
sopplished editor Of The Louisville Jour
-dl, the poet aud Union patriot, thus men.
lions the late domestic affiiction which he
has sustained. The article is worthy OF
the warm and generous heart of Mr..
Prentice and Of the finer feelings Of the
roul. Wbn, comment in This notice
upon the sad and terrible contest in which
cur country is cngnGod-how it sunders
families land the dcGrest domoetic lies. The
Journal says.
"ODlIUARY.-Willlam Courtlahd Prons
tice died on Monday last at Augusta, Ky,
OF wounds received in tho conflict at tha!
place on the preceding Saturday. lie
Iserisbed in 1.-THE cause of tho rebellion.
at is not in tho columns Of newspa-
Per, Il 10 only in the family circle or in the
hush Of solitudo, that the emotions Of q
parent over such an event should haze ut
Lersnce. The tears Of weeping eyos aud
Ito fast'rickling drops Of bleeding hearts
are not for the public gaze The deepest
sgoniee should DO content 20 fold their
Sombre wings in the soul Consolation
coed not como from ,he worlds sympn>
Thy It can be looked for only from God
and bis angel Time. Nay, they ate CRIES
That time itself has no poTer 10 alloy or
Sothe, griefs that like running streams
are deepening their channels forever,
Nm. Courtlond Prentice was no com,
mon young man. He was remarkable in
his powers and in his temperament. A.
model Of manly beauty, he had extraor.
dinary intellectual energy, a strong thirst
for strange and curious noSledgc, and q
dcep passion for all that is sublime and
beautiful in poetry and nature. He was
generous, manly, bigh-he0rted, and of a
courage tnal no mortal peril come in what
form it might, could daunt. He exultcd
in looking destruction face to face in all
It's ways. lie loved wild and dangerous
adventures for the very dangers sake
His eagle spirit lived among the nouns
tain crags and shouted back TO the shouts
ofthe storm. Although kind, unseltish
aud humane, he was impetuous, passion
ate and of unconquerable prejudices. lie
was not uRfrequently unjust in his judg.
ments, and ho permitted nothing 20 stand
between him and the execution Of his |
purposes.
This young mau, If he had always di.
rected his energies judciously, could have
made himself distinguished ornament |
in any profession OF life. lie might have
been an able and honored statesman in
Ihe service o! the Republic. But an 10,
tense Southern sympathy, in spite Of the
Arguments, the remonstrances, and the
tntreaIies Of those who dearly loved him,
made him m active rebel against his coun,
iry.-And, after n brief five weeks. service
in the rebel ranks, he fell soon TO breathe
out his fiery life. receiving, meanwhile, far
away from his family, the kindly minis
rations OF those against whose cause his
strong right arm had been raised. Oh, il
he had fallen in his country's service, fal.
len with his burning eyes fixed in love
and devotion upon the flag that for moro
than three'fourths Of q century has been
9 star OF worship TO his ancestors, his ear
" death though still terrible, might
have been borne by fathers heart, out,
alas. the reflection that he fell in armed
rebellion against that glorious old banner,
now the emblem Of the greatest and hol.
lest cause the world ever knew, is full of
de'olation and almost despair.
And, yet, we shall love 10 think of
CORTLAND Prentice, that brave and noble.
though misguided, youth, during the lii.
ile remnant OF our lives. Our love for
him. undimmed by tears and grief, is and
will remain an amsrsnthine flower mon
the grave of our buried years.