The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-10-03
Early DaYs Of Silas Wright.

A friend, who was an old acquaintance
of The late Hon. Silas Wright, related to
US an anecdote Of that distinguished man,
which be received from his own lips, and
as we have never seen IL in print, fal-
though il may have been.) we give it to
our readers.
Mr.. Wright left his. home, at an early
age to'seek his foftune, having by way
of earthly possessions. fine horse, sad
die and bride, PAIR OF saddle bags, small
stock of clothing and iVe hundred dollars
in money, which was in bills and was de-
posted in his saddle bags. He took 2
westward course, and in travelling one
day he overlook a man with a wagon and
iunLure, and an old span Of horses, ap-
parently enigrafing. There was moth
ing particularly attractive at first view n
the person or his eqnippage, bat upon
closer inspection, Mr.. Wright discovered
the daughter of the emf igrant, most
beautiful young lady, evidently refined
and intelligent they jOurneyei onward
toward Geneva, chatting costly together
when, suddenly the old gentleman recol-
lected that ne wished to get MS money
changed at the Geneva bank, and to ena-
bic him TO reach that place before the
close Of bank hours he proposed that
young Wright should take seat beside
the beautiful daug ghter; and allow him to
mount VS. horse and hasten forward
Ardent, and half smtten by the charms
of the young lady, SiIas gladly accepted
the proposition and leaped from his horse,
allowing the old man to make off with all
his earthly possessions, money Inclusive,
without n second thought.
-"Rapidly the hours of ThaIaba went
by" while these two young and gifted
beings pursued their course quite leisurly
it may be surmised) towards their jour
ney's desnation. On arriving at Geneva,
Mr.. w. drove TO the principal tavern,
left the lady, but then for The first time.a
shade of anxiety crossed his mind fog the
safely of his hne horse aud money. He
went 10 all of the other public houses, bat
could hear of no such man as he des>
cribed, he beat up to the quaters OF the
cashiers of the bank, and learned 10 his
additional concern, that such man had
called al the bank, and endeavored to get
some money changed, which he had de-
clined doing as the notes were counter
fe,t! Our future statesman then came to
the conclusion that he had made crook
ed start in life. A bout fifty dollars worth
Of old furniture, a dilapidated wagon and
span of worn out horses, for a new
wardrobe fine horse, and five hundred
dollars! Ay, then there was the pretty
daughter-but her he could not keep as
personal property, without her consent,
and without money he hardly wanted q
wife. He was at his wits end. and had
just concluded TO make the best of a bad
bargain, when the old man made his ap
pearance, with horse and money all safe.
1t turned out that the money which the
cashier had thought TO be countrfelt, was
not so, and the mistake had given the
old man the trouble to 60 some distance.
to find an acquaintance who might vouch
for his responsibility in case of trouble,
and this occasoned his mysterious alb
sence. In the sequelthe beautiful daugh-
ter became afterwards the wife OF the
future taiesman.-Defroit Advertiser.