The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-07-09

jourped till Monday evening The consideration of
the disputed election in the Nineteenth warl was
deferred sine die. The Mayors nomination Of DR..
Clarke, as resident physician, rejected by vote
of eleven to one In the Board of Assistants re-
monstIance and veto were received from the Mayor,
against the action lately taken in the matter of the
Eighth Avenue railroad. The document will be
found in our Official report. Adjourned till this
evening.
The sxiled socialists from France gave banquet
last evening TO NJ CADET, the chief of the Icarans
report Of the proceedings, including synopsis of
III. Cadets speech is given in another column.
The President sal Race-On which Side Lies
the Odds I.
great horse race does not excite more interest or
lead to speculation and betting among the fan-
cy' and the sporting fraternity in general, than the
race for The Presidency, involving sweepstakes of
| ffty-two millions Of dollars per annum-a million a
week-tor period Of four years from the first Of
| March. 'The event. comes off the I'd Of November
next; and in proportion rs the time draws near, tho
hopes and fears and the excitement and exertions
of the friends and hackers Of both the candidates
increased. The betting is brisk, but the Pierce
men are required to give the Odds 1t is very
hard to get an seven bet.''
large amount of money, all over the Union
changed hands the result of the two Baltimore
ventions. still larger amount will change hands
the result Of the great event t. which these two
conventions we're but preliminary runs
The state Of the odds varies according to the tenn
per and disposition of the politicians Some very
sanguine, bold Scott men ready to take an even
| bet ON their man some, more tirnd and cautious
want five to four Others, three tive; and some are
even asking two 10 one, and in many instances
getting that odds. According 10 reliable informa-
ton, every harroom in this city is the Of this
betting. The moment some warm admirer Of Scott
Pierce asserts the probability certainty Of his
favorite candidate winning, he is met short by a
man on the other tide, who offers him bet to test
| his sincerity or his courage. If he has faith and
money and gambling, adventurous spirit, he closes
! with the cher, and puts up the stipulated amount.
| If lie has not faith in his man, or has faith,
| but has money in his purse, in bank, never
bets-in any or all Of these eontingences-he is com
| PEELED to 6 sing small,' and his opponent enjoys
laugh of triumph derision at his expense. Those
who freq bar would be surprised, if
| they could only get peep behind the curtain, at
the amount of money staked in these palaces by the
| politicians who resort to them. New York is,
perhaps, the most gambling city in the world-in
nothing is the propensity decidedly developed
than in betting upon a Presidential election. But.
| a. we have said, the odds with the knowing ones
at present IN favor of Pierce, and against Scott
| Let what are the reasons, and how the
chances are calculated by the Spectators.
The singuine Scott men place their great reliance
upon the military glory Of their General, and they
are confident that this VIII carry him trilmphantly
through ike General Taylor in 1918. They do not,
perhaps, take sufficiently into consideration the al
tered state OF circumstances, in four years, in
| Try where that space Of time is much twenty
| four years in other nations General Taylor was
! not party man. General Scott is. General Tay
Tor democratic in his tendencies and character.
Scott is the reverse-the great man-all fuss and
festhers--an aristocrat. Old Zack was fresh from
the fed of battle redolent with victory. General
SCOTS laures are little sale; and the appeal
to the military principle is rather the worse for
wear Jack got many democrats to vote for him.
Scott will have comparatively few from that party.
In IS4S the democratic party was divided, aud was
beaten by the detection Of the barnburners under
Van Buren,. Now, the whole party are united.
But at the same time there can be no doubt
that the military reputation Of Scott will have its
effect with large class; and it iaust be confessed,
that as a General, the democratic candidate cannot
compare with hin.
When, however, we turn from generalship and
soliiership to principles and civil government,
we have an important counterpoise, that makes the
beam even 1t is true chat the principles of the
whig platform good; but The democrats were
first in the field and adopted the same principles
cordially uRreservedly, and unanimously; and their
candidate was well kaown to BE- in harmony with
those principles, and would not lie open TO the sus
pcion OF assuming them, without sincerity, in order
to carry bis election On the other hand, the wings
did not unanimously or cordially adopt the plat
form II vas that kind Of virtue that arises from
necessity: and many were opposed to having any
platform at all, because they felt that whatever
kind of one they adopted, they would lie under
disadvantage. If hey adopted the principles Of tina
Compromise, they would give offence to thatportion
Of their party which consists Of abolitonists and
free sellers Of every shade-f they adopted free
soil platform. or even lodged the Fugitive Slave
law, The defectsa 10 the South would be equally
great
In this choice Of evils, to compromise the matter
and get rid Of the dilemma in the best way they
could they resolved upon taking as the least Of two
evils, candidate that would please the North and
a platform that would please the South But it Is
easy 10 see that this arrangement, though less often
sye to either section than either horn Of the dilemma
would have been to one Of them, is far from
being completely satisfactory to any section. The
South likes the platform, but does not like Scott