Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1848-08-12
RElTING.

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While we have the most implicit CONN.,
dence in the opinion that Gen Taylor will be
elected by an ovcrw helming majority, we
would most earnestly demonstrate with each
and every member Of the wing party against
betting ia any fern. They may win; but they
risk a loss Of their men and measures, they
give their opponents a very great advantage
oil them.
First. We are principled against betting
il is very silly aaG no proof OF the opinion ad-
Nanced.
Second. The loco focos do not bet honest
y. Those who have the money rarely bet
themselves, but put it into the hands OF a
third party. selecting one as their medium OF
arrangement, whose opinions are not fully SET
tied, to make the bet. He at once becomes
an excited p~artiZan, and views the bet as his
own risk. lie is -drawn into the ranks OF To-
co locoism again and becomes a working &C.
tive p%artizan, while the wing who bets at
tends to the wants of his family, and never
thinks Of his bet until perhaps the day OF E.
lection. The locos gain, thus. we active a.
gents against one who is not active. 1t also
occurs, TOO, that one man puts out ten or
twenty bets through different agents, with
one wing; thus increasing the number OF
siaunch and interested working men Tor the
cause. lie is then made willing, also, 10 ex.
pend one hall the amount be has bet 10 pro-
auce tae result.
The only way TO remedy this is promptly 10
re.lse 10 bet.
Mir Crump has been induced to remain one
DAY more With bis likeness OF Gen. Taylor on
Horseback. which may be seen to-day & eve
ming at the CITY Hall, In the evening it will
be brilliantly illuminated. This isone of the
best paintings 10 he country, and has won
u-nboana1d aduiraiiou from all who have seen
il. MIR G. wiit visit Pittsburgh with it about
the middle Of next week, and the papers of
that city will DO well TO prepare the minds of
their citizens for a liie-like representation Of
the nations Hero.
Journal and Gazette please notice.
THe WnLELlNe RouTE.-We were inform
ed Yesterday, by a gentleman in whom we
can place every confidence, that the Surveyor
brought on by the Wheeling people to exam
inc their rail road route TO Cumberland, has
pronounced ii impracticable, or nearly So
one distance OF seventeen miles requii ing
fourteen miles Of tunneling, We also under
stand that one or two very large stockholders
have lately become convinced that the Wheel
ing connection cannot be desirable IN any e.
vent.-Pitsbargt Gaz.
We respectfully ask the Pittsburgh paper TO
give its authority. We happen TO have at
This time a letter from high authority, setting
forth a very different state of things. We are
awaiting authority TO publish ii, and we shall
thus convict the Gozette's informant OF being
. malicious liar, and the Gazette of being a
pander TO ldischood and detraction.
Cas- Il De rRuE}-It is said that letters
have been received at Philadelphia from CT
enieugos, (Cuba) which reiteraie the report
that our Government handed TO the Spanish
Minister at Washington, a petition presented
aud signed by the natives OF the Island, beg
aiug Tor annexation to the United States. In
consequences thereof numbers were thrown
into prison and tried by Court Martial for con
spirng against the government.
GIDDISGs' OPINION OF VAN BUREN.-Gid-
diug-, OF Ohio, made the following emphatic
declaration 10 ,he House of Representatives
IN reference To Martin Van Buren,. We
commend it to our abolition irieads:
.'Sir, | may be led to cunide in the honor
OF a Shareholder; but a 'servile donghface' is
too destitute Of that article 10 obtain credit
with me. Mr, Van Buren, has placed the ev-
idence OF his seryillty conspicuously upon
the records Of ouI country. There il will re-
main, and will be regarded as an enduring
memento Of the degeueracy OF the age, and
.. the men who filed our public sta lions"
Some Of the Wing papers call Gen. Cass
s'janus-taced We do not think this epithet
applicable. Janus had Two faces. one Of
which indica'ed wsr aud the other peace.
AL Six ot Case iales are Tor waf.-Loais.