Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-09-11
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fl3s 4trV Wright, decd. BE- rere'

Mr.. Wright was horn in the town OF Am.
hers', Mass., on the 2ith OF MAY. 1T93 His
mthnr was n tanner, chvrier and shoemaker,
who was oppren'ierd 10 His trade a, an early
age. and never ~os at schon in his life. Tlis
fellow journeymen taught him to fead and
write. and to keep accounts. He removed to
Vermont became farmer. msrried, and his
wife completed tho education that his fellow
Journeymen began. Silas his son, was oue Of
inmiiy OF nine children. nearly all of whom
are farmers and farmers wives, tasiding in
Vermont. In his youth. he. ike most. OF the
rising youth in New Englard, attended the
common schools in winter. and worked on the
farm in summer. until he Ind passed his four.
ieenih year, when he was placed at an scade.
my, that he might be prepared to enter college.
In August, 1911. young Srias became studen,
Of the college At Middlrbury, Vermont, where
he retna ned until the SUNNI er ri 1915, when he
received the FIRST degree OF Bachelor of Arts
In January, 1919. Mr.. Wright completed his
preparatory legal s'uties, and was licensed to
practice as an attorney Of the Supreme Court
Of New York. In October following he reno.
we'd to Canton, in the county Of St. Lawrence,
an opened an office. His superior talents, sd.
dcd to the universal kindness in his disposition
and manner- soon made him highly popular
IN 1876 he was nominated and elected to Con-
gress He was comptroller OF the State OF New
York while at Washington. In 1889 he was
elected U. s. Senator to sucrred Mr.. Marcy;
was reelected in 1887. After the close of the
9Th session Of Congress- Mr. Wright ~ns csl-
led to preside over the State of New York, and
at the election Of November. 1s44, received the
largest number Of votes ever cast in the State
for one individual. In 1916 he was succeeded
by the rresent incumbent, Gov. Young. The
Democratic Review speaks Of his manner and
character IN The national councils, as follows:
"There is in all the movements Of Mr.
Wright an air Of qnietness and resolution, of
modesty and mildness, which Is generally
found in public speaker who fcele an mistaken
confidence in his intellectual strength and in
the Justice of his cause When ne rose, the
opposition became profoundly attentive, because
they knew that he possessed the entire conf.
dence Of the Executive, and therefore that what.
ever revelations he might make were 70 be 70.
gsrded % authentic and conclusive. II was
evident. in few mpments afler he had risen,
,ha: he had prepared himself fully, and that he
would be able TO prescn, the truth with simpli.
city without hesitation or the lesst sfiec,ation.
Whilst his sdvcrsarirs had spoken TO the throng
within and without the Senate, the young Sena.
tor spoke to il, and through il to the whole ma.
tion. Even his opponents confessed with ad.
miraton the skill and ingenuity Of the speakers
logic, and placed him st once in the very front
rank of the friends Of the administration, side
by eide with the beet and the foremost while
many have been accustomed to assign him tho
firsi placr. ss the administration 'eader' in the
Senate. Tor weight, soundness, discretion, and
eloquence.
twill be asked IL Mr.. Wright is an orator.
In the common sense Of the term, he is not. -
We have never known him excited beyond his
usual level Of cooi equanimity. He never de.
claims, he never addresses the possions. nor at.
tempts to charm tho imaginp,i,n with the fie
ures or embellishments Of rhetoric. His voice
is not melodious, ,ho',sh after listening to i,
for short time, !. becomes not nnplcasing.-
His cnunciatioa is slow. but distinct and fluent.
The same accurate logical precision characteri.
zes his 'lngusge and his thoughts. He is the
most perfectly calm. methodeal and logical
speaker tha, we lave ever listened TO. His O.
pinions are habitually marked by moderation
by constant regard to the results Of actual ex.
perience, as well as the dictates of an enlarged
resson-by fixed determination TO be practi-
cal, at the same time that he is giving scope to
the broadcast general views"
Al INDIAN PRoPBsTEss.-The Cherokee Ad.
voca'e ssys, young girl, of the Creek nation,
'eccntly fel! into a trace, aud has since been
prophesying TO the tribe. She says that while
in this insni,nate state she had communion with
Invisible spiri's who learned her song. which
she sings with gsea, beauty and effect. She
has predicted one or two deaths which hate
come 10 pass, end told from her own feelings of
a murder, at the very time II wns committed, q,
Q distance of several mlcs from her home. She
has also purchased her burial clothes, foretoid
ct wha. time her death would take place, and
certain signs which would then be seen, and
from which the world would Judge Of the since.
rity Of her profession and the truth Of her reve'
lstions. '1
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