Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-29

Il vas Citing lhai uo Hsht
nings breath should bear % the.
ends OF lhls land the Intelligence
ol tie death Of George D. Prem
lice. It was aillng that his ear
lHest obituary should be penned By
the Hghluing's fingers, and the
scinullating brilllaney Of his glo-
rious genius be shrouded by the
Hghtning's halo.
ImPerially grand he was in the
arlstOcracy Of journalism, and
proudly he bore among his peers
and in the face OF all the world
the bright escutchcOn Of his fame
and talents.
If he was potent in the circle
of Journalism he was no less bril-
liant and grand in the sphere Of
letters. Within his breast ever
glowed the ETHEREAL spark of di-
vinity which makes men GODS
His glorious soul has wrought it.
self into the jewelled imagery
of palpable thoughts that shall
ever burn and glow resplendently,
like precious stones, in the tiara Of
his poetic crown. His very ma
ture was of that rare and exalted
cast which is ever burning with
the molten fires Of genius agon.
izing to break forth in the caden-
ces Of song. Natures like his
with all their exquisite s%ensibility,
are doomed to suffer.
"Down TO the gulis ofthe soul theT 90, =
where tue passion -iCuntai : buEE,
Gathering the jewels far below.
from many = buriei urn:
wFinalug from l~aya-yeins the Ore
That o',r bright words Is pou,ei;
Learning deep sounds, 70 maSt the Tyre
a spirit In each chord.
And Who will think. when the tran Is sung
TIL q thousand hearts are stirred,
WHAT lie .drop, IRON the minstrel wruns,
Have gushed with Cyery worl!'
The name Of George D. Prem
, tice was almost a household worC
throughout the length and breadtl
Of this land and other cline
had learned to respect anti rever
ence the man whose mental powe
had won for him so proud ranI
in the sovereignty Of genius. Fo
years we have laughed at TIN
coruscations Of his wit, then wep
at the sweetly tender goshings 0
his poetry, and, anon, wondered
at the far reaching profoundly o
thought in his editorials. In thi
|. life he stood heal and shoulder
above the mass and where in tn
drapery of his character VA
found a fault it was forgotten il
the blazonry of its surroundin!
virtues.
George d. Prentice is no NOR
in the flesh, but in the spirit AM
in the glory Of an enduring fame
he lives on through the unnum
bered cycles of all coming time
In his own words, death
- lal his rs palho ban!
Upon the strong man; and the naughty iogt
Is falles, and the filshlag csc Is dIn.'
Literature mourns him loved
garlanded, lost. Journalism
mourns him sagacious, bold an,
) determined. Society mourns him
entertaining, pungent and witty
The Preside mourns him tender
loving and true.
The fountain Of song that well
, ed within him and would hay
sent its gushing melodies eddyin.
into the circles of life to bless an
to purify, is no more. for its va
tefs are exhausted, and the brigh
. and holy visions that fingered il
, that glorious mind are doomc.
never to be born.
''Tis time
! For mtmoTy and Tor tears within lh
! still ehan,btrs Of tic heart, a pee re lin.
who,o tones art ike tae wizard vol c &
Time. ,
Heard from the tomb Of ages, poials II, col
. Ard solemn finger 10 the ueaull al
. And hOly visions, that have passed. away,
} And lcr no shadow Of tLcir loylincss
On the dead waste OF lie The sFsCtsn l,i
The coin lid Vi EOpe, and Joy, AMI Lofc,
And lending mourn!uliy al owe the pale.
i, sweet 70. that slumbers there, scatter
? deal H0wer,
Z Ger whatbas passed 90 pc,hiagncss.'
? --ss@R@ts-
AT the late election in Missis
! sippi, a negro named Lynch wa
elected Secretary OF State. wiz
f the exception Of the Governo
elect, he IS said to be the most re
, spectacle member Of the Rabies
: party in the State. That, we be
= lieve, is very generally the cas-
. here in the South. The ncgroc
= constitute the most respectful
( norton Of thr Radical marty /