The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-10-09
Geo. d. Prentice In Memory Of His
RFbal Son.


lProm the Louisville formal, %.
William CORTLAND Prentice died on
Monday last at Augusta, Ky. Of wounds
received in the conflict at that place on
tho prec eding Saturday. He persisted
in the cause Of the rebellion.
II is not in the columns Of a newspaper.
il is only in the family circle or in the
hush Of solitude. that the emotions OF
parent over such an event should have
utterance. The tears Of weeping eyes
and fast trickliug drops Of bleeding hearts
are not for the public gaze. The deepest
agonies should be content TO fold their
Somber wings in the soul Consolation
could not come from the worlds sympa.
thy; it can be looked for only from God
and his angel Time. Nay, there are gliefs
that time itself has no power to allay
or soolhe, griefs that like running
streams are deepening their channels for
ever
VIM. Couriland Prentice was no com.
mon young man. He was remarkable in
his powers and in his temperament. A
model Of manly beauty, he had exEaorni.
nary intellectual energy, a strong thirst
for strange and curious knowledge, and a
dep passion for all that ia sublime and
beautiful in poetry and nature. He was
generous, manley, hight hearted, and Of a
courage that no mortal peril, come in
what form i! might could daunt. lie ex-
ul'ed in looking destruuon face 10 fac.
10 all its ways. lie loved wild and dang.
erous adventures for the very danger s
sake. His eagle spirit lived among the
t mountain crags aud shouted back
TO the shouts Of the storm. Although
kind, unselfsh. and human. he was i'm.
pstuous. passionate, and Of unconqus-a
BILE prejudices. He was not unfrequent
! ly unjust in his Judgements. ard he per-
mitted nothing 10 stand betweeu him and
the execution Of bis purposes. u -
This young man. if he had always di
rscted his energies judiciously could have
. made himself distinguished ornament il
t any profession Of liie He might hav
been an abba and honored statesman in tn,
service of tile republic But an intens
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Southern sympathy, in spite Of the argu
: menls,the remoustrapces, and the entreat
IT les Of those who dearly loved him, mad
d him an active rebel against his country
. And, after brief five weeks service il
: the reble ranks, he fell, soon TO breath
out his fiery life, receiving MEANWHILE ia
10 away from his family, tae kindly minis
- traiions OF those against whose cause hi
~ strong arm had been raised. 0, if h
" bad fallen in his country'S service. falIs
Or with his burning eyes fixed in love an
r. devotion upon the flag that for more ha
70 three.forths OF a century has been a eta
q Of worship 10 his ancestors, his earl
u death, though still terrible, might ha,
g. bfen borne by fathers hart: but, alas
le the reflection that he fell in armed rebel
ne ion against that glorious old banner, no
r the emblem of the greatest and hole,
cause the would ever knew,is full OF de,
ar olaion and almost Of despair. '.
II And yel We shall love 10 think Of Cuur
~ land Prentice, that brave and noble ,houg
OF misguided youth, during the little reu
'y nant Of our lives. Our love for him, u
1e dimmed by tears and grief, is and viii r
ID main an amaranthine flower upon Il
grave of our buried years. .... ......