New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-06-24


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sBIowing for the Boys
We have never before witnessed an animated
Political Contest in our City wherein the Wings
were not bullicd into betting heavily or hootcc
at for refusing to bet This was the most etiec
tive argument of our opponents in 1884. Ever
in 1888. "two 10 one on Marcy" was the most
common answer to all we had to offer, and bets
on 5000 to 10000 majority for Marcy wcr'
N abundant One Loco. Foco swaggercr of th,
~ CITY bulled Wing into bet of $1,000 thai
Marcy would not have five thousand majority
and sued back the money soon as he had los
il bv fifteen thousand votes. This is very SAT,
way of making capital, with small chance q
making money at the Same time. In lS4O. every
ono knows that the Wings were challenged 10
bet at every corner until the October Elections
had cooled the courage of our adsersarles.
Now we have no trouble. We have not seen
Dragging offer to bet but once in Loco Foco
paper this season, and then it only proposed to
bet $500 each on the t,centy Std'cs most likely
to uote against Clay and 500 on The general
rssult-equivaient 10 offering to bet that CIa'
.
toral Votes. All around, you see men known as
habitual and heavy betters on the Loco Focc
ticket declaring themselves quite confident thai
New.York will gn Polk, that Clay will he
beaten, but they say they don't BET that way be-
cause they can get better bets-two 10 one on
CLAW, New.York, &c We presume this is the
truth, though not the whole truth
A little incident which occurred in our City
last week tells the whole story. a leading Loco
Office holder of this City, koown as lively sport
ing character was i'll miscellaneous assem-
blage, where he began to brag on Polk IN 'h'
usual fashion =" Sorry to hurt your feelings, DOT
Polk is going it with a rush-hc will carry two
thirds of the votes II bet Clay don't get t,cclre
States; l III bet SlG0 you can't name screen that
will go for him." &c. &c. A Wing who was
present went quietly away. saw some friends, &C,
his money, and came back to the boaster. 10y
this time alone,) and said, 80 IN ready TO bet
that 800 you offered just now.' "What bet 7"
"Why that 500 on naming seven States that
will 60 for Clay" "You amt in earnest, are
YOU 2" "Certainly why not ~ ooh, 1 want
in earnest-I ,oas only blo,ring for the boys"
This case indicates a class. And now let us
entreat Wings not % go into miTeG company
and offer TO bet 1t Is blockheads argument d,
best and may irritato an opponent, but never
convince him. Bets will be made, though the
law condemns betting; but the practice Is bad
one, and ought to be discountensnced. The
Wings need no gasconade to give them conf
dence-they have it already.
GEoRolA.-The Wings of the Fifth District
of Georgia have nominated DR.. II. V. MILLER
as their candidate for Congress. A good nom.
ination says the Augusta Sentinel. Hon. J. II.
Luspk1S is the Loco. Foco Candidate III this Dis
tric,. 1t gave last October 1857 Wing to 634s
Loco votes-Loco msjority 80, on the best poll
ever made by the Wings. Rather a dull look.
DELAwARs.-The Delaware Loco Foco Stati
Convention which assembled at Dover on TUESDAY
last nominated WILLIAM rHARP, Esq OF Kent Co.
as their candidate Tor the office of Governor, ano
EDWARD B. WoorTRS, Esq. of Sussex County,
fur Congress.
UY Hon. GEO. McDuEFIE has resigned his
seat in the q. S. Senate. He goes, with Nh
Picken, into the Legislature of South Carolina,
there to carry through law to tsr GA
Northern MANI lectures brought into South Caro-.
lima. Hope nobody feels frightened.
mr. Hon. Ross WILKINS, U. S. District Judge
for Michigan, and long an eminent and Efficient
Van Buren, man, has abandoned his party on the
Texas question and gone over to Political Aboh.
ton We hear of other changes Like this
IL Horace GREELEY will, by request Of SOM
friends of Ireland, address the citizens OF New
Haven, Conn. this epcn;ng at y O'clock. Sub.
ieo.-" The claims Of the People Of Ireland to th'
Sympathy Of American Ffse"eH' Notice o.
place, &c. will be giveni in the New Haven papers