Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-08-19
The Political s e. ,,.n .IarAe'-''a''''
from the New York SUM-

From the New York sum-
"PUr UP OR SHUT Up l"-Under the
foregoing heading, the Philadelphia Sun-
day Mercury of July 10th has the follow
ing
ia blatant Radical, a few days since,
happening in company with some gen.
,lcmen in this city, offered to bet $500
that Governor Seymour would not carry
his own State New York;. One Of the
company, q responsible aud we'll known
citizen agreed to take it, and offered
the following, open to all Radicals ne
will name twelve States, and Will pet
$40, 900 on each State that Seymour will
carry them $50, 900 that Seymour or
he liyes) will be the next President, and
S., 900 that no Radical will dare accept
the proposition, and put up the money
This is a fine chance for Wilkes, OF New
York"
This is a line chance indeed but it
significantly measures the true fears OF
Seymour and his friends" The first
proposition is simply q bet that Seymour
will carry six States; because every
State got by Seymour beyond that mum.
Der would be 5000 in the pocket Of
the Aereury's man. Taking this to be q
concession Of Seymour's defeat, the
supplemental bet of $40, 900 that he
will be the next President, If he lives,
only increases the six States to eight,
while the $4,000 extra only adds a
fraction, and makes the whole a bet
that Seymour will carry eight and q
half States in tho November election.
Now, though our polite friend OF
the Mercury thinks this to be
SC worry liberal that It ought to make US
take to the water, we will do O little
better. We will bet the Mercury, or its
man, that we will name thirty States
(which are twice as many and a half as
many moro rs he agrees to name) and
will bet $4,000 on each State that
Grant will carry it. We will then bet
$50, 900 to $40, 900 that Grant will be
the next President, and give 5000 to
the Mercury if it will get any one to &C
cept these propositions, and put up the
money. This is a much finer chance
for the Mercury than the Mereury's offer
is for Wilkes; for 10 place Of the twelve
States It will name for Seymour, we will
name thirty for Grant, and give two to
one in the remaining bet instead Of bet.
ting even. We await the MercMy's
reply Wakes Spirit.
ANOTHER OF LIKE CuARAcrER.-We
extract the following paragraph from
the World of Tuesday morning last:
ave have received a note from H per-
son who offers to bet from $500 to
SIS, 900 that Governor Seymour will car
ry this State by 10000 majority; and
the same sum that Governor Seymour
will be the next President Of the United
States. If the enthusiastic better do
sires US to hold the stakes lie has ad-
dressed the wrong journal. His note
should be addressed to Theodore Tilton,
editor of the Independent, who was men
toned in the Washington kilograms as a
prominent bottle and stakeholder during
the impeachment farce
The above order can be met and COW
cred, at this Office, for the highest sums
named-to wit, $4,000 each-and we
will then bet $4,000 to $4,000 We will
win the first bet, and $4,000 to $4,000
that we win the second-that is to say
that Grant will be the next President,
instead of Seymour. We have no oh
lection that either the editor Of the
World or Mr. Tilton shall hold the
stakes. Will the World please name
its man p Wilkes Spirit.