The Trinity times., 1855-02-10
Early Days of Silns Wright.

A friend, who was an old acquaintance Of
the late Hon. Silas Wright, related to us an
anecdote OF that distinguished man, which. he
received from his own lips. AS we have
never seen it in print, although it may have
been, we give it to our readers:
MIR. Wright left his home at an early ace
to seek iortme,' having, by way of worldly
possessions, a fine horse, saddle and bride, a
pair of saddle bags, a small stock of clothing
and five hundred dollars in money, which
was in bills and was deposited i'll his saddle
bags. lie took a westward course, and in
travelling one day, he overlook man with n
wagon and furniture, and an old span of
horses, apparently emigrating. There was
nothing particularly attractive at first view,
in the person or equipage, but upon closer
inspection, MIR. Wright discovered the daugh-
ter of the emmigrant, most beautiful young
lady, evidently refined and intelligent. They
journeyed onward toward Geneva, chatting
costly together, when suddenly the old gem
teman recollected that he wished to get his
money changed at the Geneva Bank and to
enable him to reach that place before the
close Of banking hours, he proposed that young
Wright should take his seat beside the beau
tiful daughtol, and allow him to mount w Is
horse and hasten forward. Ardent and half
smitten with the charms of the young lady,
Silas gladly accepted the proposition, and
Gaping from his horse, allowed the old man
20 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 beings pur-
sued their ct urse, quite leisurely, it may be
surmised toward their journeys destination.
On arriving at Geneva, MIR. Wright drove
to the principal tavern, left the lady, but then
for the first time, shade of anxiety crossed
his mind for the safety of his fine horse and
his money. He went to all the other public
places, but could hear of no such man rs he
described; he beat up to the quarters of the
cashier of the bank, and learned to his addi-
tional concern, that such man had called at
the bank and endeavorcd to get some money
changed, which he declined doing, rs the
notes he presented were 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 Il
dllapldated wagon and a span Of worn out
horses, for new wardrobe, fine horse, aud
five hundred dollars. Aye, but there was the
pretty daughter--but her he could not keep
as personal property without her own con-
sent, and without money he hardly wanted a
wife. lie was at his wits end, and had just
concluded TO make the best of a bad bargain
when the old man made his appearance with
horse and money all safe. 1t turned out
that the money which the cashier thought to
be counterfeit was not so, and the mistake
had given the old man the trouble to 60 some
distance 10 find an acquaintance who might
vouch for his responsibility in case of trouble
and this oceasoned his mysterious absence.
In the sequel, the beautiful daughter became
afterwards the wife of the future statesman.
Deir0a .Rdrertiser.