The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1854-12-22
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! Harly dsys Of Silas Wright.
AN INCIDENT.


A friend who was an acquaintance Of
the late Hon. Silas Wright, related to us
an anecdole Of that distinguished man, ,
which he received from his own lips, and |
as we haveneyer seen it in print, although !
it may have been, we give it to our
readers:
Mr.. Wright left his home at an early
age to geek his fortune" having by way
OF earthlypossession, fine horse, saddle.
and bridlf, paif ofsaddle-bags, a small
stock Of Glothing, and FIVE hundred dollars
in money, which was in bills, and took
westward course, and in traveingone day
he overlook man with wagon and fur
niture, and nold span Of horses, apparent
" emigrating, There was nothing par
| ticulsfy attractive atfrst view in theequi-
page, but upon closer inspection, Mr.
Wright discovered the daughter Of the en-
igrant, a most beautiful young lady, evil
dentlg refined andintelligent. Theyjour-
ncyed onward toward Geneva, chatting
costly together, when suddenly the old
gentleman .ecollected that he wished to get
his money changed at the Geneva bank,
and to enable him 10 reach that place be-
fore the close of the bank hours, he propo-
sed that young Wright should take his
seat beside the beautiful daughter, and
allow him to mount Wright's horse and
hasten forward. Ardent and half smitten
by the charms of the young lady, silas
gladly excepted the proposition, an leaping
from his horse allowed the old man to
mount and make off with all his earthly
possessions, money included without a
thought. ,.
Rapidly the hours of Thalaba went
by while these two young and gifted be-
fings pursued their course, quite leisurely
it may be surmised, toward their jour
ney's designation. On arriving at Gene
va, Mr.. Wright drove 10 the principal tay-
ern, left the lady, but then for the first time
a shade of anxiety crossed his mind fol
the safety of his fine horse and money.
He went to all the other public houses, bu'
could hear Of no such man as hedescribed
he beat up the quarters ofthe cashier ofths
bank, and learned to his additional con
cern, that such man had called at the
bank and endeavored to get some money
changed, which he had declined doing, a.
the notes which were offered were counter
fell Our future statesman then came t,
the conclusion that he had made crooked
! start in life. About fifty dollars worth @
old furniture, dilapidated wagon and
span OF worn out horses, for new ward
g robe, fine horse and 6ve hundred duilarI
: Aye, but then there was the pretty daugl
e ter-but her he could not keep as persol
n al propery without her own consent, an
d without money hs hardly wanted awif
le He was at his wits end, and had conclude
u to make the best of bad bargain, whe
IS the old man made his appearance, wit
"a horse and money all safe. 1t turned OIL
&c that the money which the cashier ha
a thought to be counterfeit was not so, an
D., the mistake had given the old man II
Of trouble to go some distance TO find an az
e. quaintance who might vouch for his r,
e. spctability incase of trouble, and this occ'
a. stoned bis mysterious absence. In the 81
re quel, the beautiful daugter became aftel
o. wards the wife of the future statesman
al Detroit AduertiSer.