Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1851-01-23
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friend who ~ss an old acquaintance Of
the late Hon Silss Wright, related to
AZ an anecdotu Of that distinguished man,
which he received from his own lips.
and as we have never seen it in print.
we give il to our readers
Mr. Wright left his home at an early
age, to 4" seek his fortune" having by
way Of earthly possessions. a fine horse.
saddle and bride, pair Of saddle bags.
a small stock Of clothing. and five hun
dred dollars in money which was in bills,
and was deposited in his saddle bags.
He took a westward course, and in trav-
cling one day he overlook Il man with
wagon and furniture, and an old span of
horses, apparently emigrating. There
was nothing particularly attractive at
fret view in the person Of his equiI age
but upon closer inspection, Mr.. Wrigh,
discovered the daughter of the emf
gran, to be most beautiful young lady.
evidently refined and intelligent. They
journeycd onward toward Geneva char
ting costly together, when suddenly the
old gentleman recollected tlat he ought
10 get his money changed at the Geneva
Bank, and TO enable him to reach the
place before the close Of bank hours, he
proposed that young Wright should
take his scat, beside the beautiful
daughter, and allow him to mount
Wrights horse and hasten forward. Ar.
den, and hall smit,en by the charms of
the young lady, Silas gladly accepted
the prof. osi,on, and leaping from his
horse, allowed the old man to monnt
and make offwith all his earthly posses
sions, money inclusive, wthuu, second
thought.
Rapidly the hours of Thalaba went
BY" while these two young and gifted
beings pursued their course towards
their journeys destination:--On arriving
at Geneva, Mr.. Wright drove to the
principal tavern lett the lady, but then
for the first time shade OF anxi, "
crossed his mind for the safety Of his
fine horse and his money. He went tn
oil Of the other public houses but could
hear Of no such man az he described; hr
went to the quarters Of the cashier #
the bank, and learnt to his additional
concern, that such manh"d called AT
the bank and endeavored to get some
money changed, which he had declined
doing, az the notes which were offered
we're counterfeit Our future Statesman
then came to the conclusion that he had
made a crooked start in life. About
fifty dollars worth of old furniture, til-
apidated wagon and a span Of worn out
horses. for new wardrobe. fine horses
and five hundred dollars! Ay, but then
there was the pretty daughter-bnt her
he could not keep as personal property.
without her own consent, and without
money he hardly wanted wife. He
was at his wits end, and had just con
cluded to make the best of bad bargain
when the old man made his appearance.
with horse and money all safe. 1T turn
ed out that the money which the cash
ier had thought to be counterfeit was
not 80 and the mistake had caused the
old man to 60 some distance, to tnd an
acquaintance, who might vouch for his
respec,ability in case Of trouble, and this
occasioned his mysterious absence. In
the sequel, the beautiful daughter be-
came afterwards the wife of the future
statesman. - Detroit Advertiser.
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