The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1862-11-05
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II. G. SMART, Secretary.
Geo. ID. Prentice in Memory of his
Rebel Son.

Geo. ID. Prentice In Memory Of his
Rebel Som.
William CORTLAND Prentice died on
Monday last, at Augusta, Kentucky, of
wounds received at the conflict at that place
on the preceding Saturday. lie persisted
in the cause of the rebellion.
1t is not in the columns Of a newspaper,
it 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 trick.
ling drops Of bleeding hearts are not for
public gaze. The deepest agonies should
be content to fold their sombre wings in
the soil. Consolation could not come from
the worlds sympaty it can be looked for
only from God and his angel Time. Nav,
there are griefs that time itself has no power
to allay or soothc, griefs that like running
streams are deepening their channels for.
ever.
William Court'and Prentice was no COM
mon young man. lie was remarkable in
bis powers and in his temperament. A
model Of manly beauty, he had extraordi-
nary intellectual energy, a strong thirst
for strange and curious knowledge, and q
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 motal peril, come in what
form it might, could daunt. lie exuted in
looking destruction face to face in all its
ways. He loved wild and dangerous adj
ventures for the very dangers sake. His
eagle spirit lived among the mountain crass
and shouted back to the spirits of the
storm. Although kind, unselfSh and hu-
name, ne was impetuous, passionate, and
of unconquerable prejudces. lie was not
unfrequent.y unjust in his judgments, and
he permitted nothing to stand between him
and the execution Of his purpose.
This young man, if he had always d.
rected his energies judiciously, could have
made himself a distinguished ornament in
any profession Of life. He might have beer
an able and honered statesman in the ser
vice of the republic. But an intens.
Southern sympathy, in spite of the arga
mcnts, the circumstances, and the entreat
les Of those who dearly loved him, mad,
nim an active rebel against his country
And, after brief five weeks service in tn.
rebel ranks, he fell, soon to breathe Gu
his fiery life, receiving, meanwhile, ia
away from his family, the kindly ministra
tons OF those against whose cause Iii
strong right arm had been raised. o, i
he had fallen in his country's service, fal
len with his burning eyes fixed in love ant
devotion upon the flag that for more tina,
three-fourths of century has been sta
OF worship to his ancestors, his early death
though still terrible, might have been born
~ fathers heart; but, alas the rctlec
ton that he fell in armed rebellion agains
that glorious old banner, now the emblem
Of the greatest and hottest cause the worl.
ever knew; is full of desola.ion and almos
Of despair.
And yet we shall love to think of Court
land Prentice that brave and noble, though
INCLUDED, youth, during the little remnan
OF our lives. Our love for him, undimme,
by tears and grief is, and will remain, al
amaranthine flower upon the grave of ou
suried years.-Louiscille Journal.