The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-11-12
THE DAILY DISPATCH.
Wedne.day NIorsins, Novemher 12. issa

The DAILY DISPATCH
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"wednesday "Wednesday Nlor.ins, November 12, 1856.
DOEsTICKs BETS ON PENNsyT.yaNI.
hadn't any money to bet but did have +. new
su't OF clothes, and was willing to risk them
ana try to win another suit on the State Flee
lions Was sure Of Pennsylvania, Ohio and In
o'ana' Tor the Rspublicans-so made up nv
mind 70 oet on the Opposition, asd started oxt In
pursuit OF a cuatomer-was willing to bet Nth
anybody who had good clothes, and 'on ANYBODY
who thought would win.
T., " went into the Pewter Mug"-Buchanan man
IN nis snirt sleeves with ragged breecbea and
uAueted nat wanted to bet $40 600 that .sola
Buck would carry his own State by ffty thau
SAND msJority-then, when one took him up
ne offered $4,000 against $4,000 but A thera
was no SIC. 900 man ON hand be magnsnimouaiv
came down TO $4,000, but as their didn't-appeay
to be even that small amount ready At the in
Sant-he lowered his terms to a thousand dollars
against which he proposed to lay $50 600. but
still no one listened-he went on offering greater
and greatert0dds and made bold defspee to all the
world to put ten dollars against 500 600; and q
nally offered to stake Sl00 600 against Q glass of
whiskey on the Democracy of Penn.-fndine
no one to take him up even at that Offer he turned
away IN high disdain. staggered up to the bar
and wanted something out of black bottle. bat
in two minutes the enterprisng bar keeper kick.
ed the hundred thousand dollar man into the street
his liquor
The room seemed to be full of miilionsirss who
all wanted to bet on Buchanan any amount
thought that the possession of q great deal of mo
ney must make q man thirsty, for noticed that
when any one called the crowd up to drink the
millionaires always responded to the in aviation,
and took double horns observed, too, that t.sg
never asked any one g edrink, and thought 1t must
be because they feared setting bad example and
leading strangers into dissipation.
Then q Fillmore man wanted to take vote on
the Presidential question; he asked all those in
favor of Fillmore to come up and drink, and the
millionaires all came up-then Buchanan man re.
quested all who were going to vote for Buchanan
to come up and take horn, and the millionaires
again came up-then Fillmore man claimed it, and
the other man claimed it-then they hit-Buchan.
an went down before a rap from q chair, but not
before he had hoored Fillmore with decanter-
disinterested millionares dressed chiefly in black
eye and second hand coat, anxious to preserve
the peace, took the decanter from Buchanan man
and drank the contents before the bar tender
caught him at it-then the barkeeper got excited,
jumped over the bar and pitched into his wealthy
cus;omers-be was perfectly sober, and conse.
quently had a tremendous advantage over the
others-so he devoted himself for few minutes
with great energy and singleness of purpose to an
individual who, little while before, had express.
ed willingness to stake half million on Peunsyl
vania, but who was now surreptiiiously filling his
pockets with Goldfish and crackers aud hustled him
out-then he took . sixty thousand dollar chap by
the nape of the neck and pitched him into corner
then he gave his attention to a seventy thousand
fellow and q poverty stricken rascal who hadn't
offered to bet more than fifteen thousand on Buch-
anan. which two were having 4 quiet fight all
alone, and kicked them into the gutter-then he
went promiscususly and impartialy at the rest of
tho crowd with club and dealt out two handed
hickory Justice" till all we're subdued and .stiI
fed-he came at me in a like affectionate manner,
but called for two drinks aud showed him the
money, and he thought better of it. Thought
there was wasn't much chance of winning my new
clothes from these gentlemen, SO hurrahed for
Buchanan. threw quarter to the barkeeper and
took myself off while he was looking for it behind
the barrels
In the course of the day found Brown, who
was well dressed and willing to take my bets-so
made the following wages:-a new hat that
Pennsylvania would give twenty thousand Re-
publican majority, new coat on fifteen Thousand
majority. and cravat, pair Of pants, and half q
dozen shirts on ten thousand-then got bet of
pair of pants and an oyster supper on the gen.
eral result In 1ndiana-went hsme and thought
had done good days work, and made a suit
Of clothes quicker than could in any other
way-went to bed satisfied with the world and
dreamed about the cut and quality Of my new
coat
Next day the election came off-met Damphool,
he'd been betting on Pennsylvana too, that it
would 60 for Fillmore. So had all his namesakes,
in fact he informed me that all the Danphools had
bet on Pennsy lvana, and ON Fillmore Met Brown
and told him I'd take six dollar hat, or if he'd
make it a cash bet and pay it then, Id allow him
small discount-but Brown said Wait" Told
Brown he might as well go home and put on his
old suit and give me the new one, as to wait till
night, but Brown strangely preferred to wait
told him to be careful meantime and not sit down
in any dirty spot with my pantaloons on-then l
follow ed him silly for two hours, admring my new
clothes from a distance.
Night came at last and 1t was time for the re.
turns to come invent to the newspaper Office
and heard the results read Fremont seemed all
right-wished that had ten hats bet and clothes
enough to last me ten years. Then the scale
seemed to change, and In q little while didn't care
for more than half dozen hats, and was glad on
the whole that hadn't got ten years stock of
clothes at stake, as they might go out of fashion
before could wear them out. Then another tel
egraph came in, and thought could make three
hats do-then another arrived and began to be
rather glad that had mt bet my old clothes well
rny new ones-then the telegraph said that Ere.
mont wouldn't have more than five thousand ma.
jorityi thought that this report must be wrong
went to the Times Office same new there; walked
up the Tribune shop, ditto; circulated down to
the Herald office, same kind of news there, only
worse, and mighty sight more of it-trembled
for moment-then thought of 'the mountains''
with giee, and the back countries" with joyful
hope. News kept coming, same kind-got a lit.
tie scared-found the fellows / had bet with and
tried to convince them that had meant q suit of
summer clothes, straw hat and cowhide boots -
Brown pulled down the corner of his eye and said,
mo, you don't Cruel Brown"
Then another county came in and made the
twenty thousand majority sure failure, and 80
lost my bat for me, and 1 began to fear that 1
should have to relapse into my old clothes Then
another county came in and toek the coat from
nv back; then another. and stripped me of my
pantalo ous then another yet, and despoiled me
of one of my six new shirts. And the las: dis
patch Of the night robbed nae of my velvet vest
and nv only decent cravat. Went to bed sorrow-
ful-took q look at my old suit and mourned at the
fractured integrity thereof. Pondered over the
rips under the arms, reflected how to mend the
holes ia the elbows, doubted the plausbity of
darnpe the knees and went to bed wandering
where should get money to buy patches.
DisconsoIate, wandered down town the next
morning, and read on the bulletin that Pennsylva
MIA had gone for Fremont after al-borrowed
newspaper il was even So and shouted for joy,
for though had lost my hat and coat, had saved
my shirt and pantaloons