The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1854-11-24
DEFEAT OF TIE KNoW-sCTHlycs

The result of the elections in New Vol
especially interesting. because of the ns.,t,
affords INTO the real strength Of the KDow-2ou
ING party. In these elections, for the first !,
since lis organization, the Know-nothpg
der nominated distinct and independent H.
ct. And they avaiied themselves of pecrl;.,
ly favorable eonunctnre Of circumstance :,
an exhibition OF their strength After n,
candidates for The GovernoTshp were aIr,a,,
in the field, they brought forward man 10
was the Wing nominee for the Office Of A,,a
ney General in 1852, and who, on accom-, :
his popularity with the Silver Grpyg. vc,,'
certainly draw oil large vote from the 4,
burn and Saratoga ticket. The event i6sf,-
this calculation, for it is asceriained TIA, Il
''National Wings" constituted no inconsi9.,.
bic portion Of Ullman's support. Despite ,b4s,
advantages, the Know-Nothing candidate !,
badly beaten. Again, in the city of New YorL
the know-Nothings attempted to play The sam5
game They brought forward candidate r..
the Mayoraty, when three men bad aIrqsdr
been nominated for the Office, and they Were h.
fraed. The result in these elections is copcn
sive of the fact that the power Of Know-Not
ingism is fiction.
What is true with reference to New YoI
would have occurred in our State, had an ain.
ancr not been formed between the Wig. Aha.
lition and Know-Notbing parties. Ona ser,.
rate ticket, the Know Nothngs only Doi.4
l2l 900 votes-the Wings 1000: while IL.
Democracy alone polled 10000. Bat in M,
State, the fusion was complete, so far as the Gov
prnor was concerned, and hence the election of
James X. Pollock. This, however, does MT
prove that the know-Nothings are majority IN
this Commonwealth. On the contrary, Their
weakness is confessed by their desire 10 arnaIgg.
mate with the Wings, and proven by the mea
gre vote polIed Tor their candidate PR Sc, Mr..
Baird lfparties bad remained separate in tins
State, as they did in New York, the Democracy
would have swept the State by $4,000 majority
As it is, the Democratic party is united and
wa,chlul, while the ranks Of the opposition IS
filled with recruits, whose sole object is pIunder,
and who will desert at the sound of the fra
gun. A distribution of the spoilS will be ss-
nal for the commencement Of jeaouSies among
the allies and when the camp is once dissolved
into IFS original elements the truth Of our asset
ton will be distinctly aScertained. As the fg-
ures now stand, the defeat OF the Democracy
cannot by any process-save that OF open tala-
hcation-be tortured into know-Nothing VIC
tory. The real strength Of shat faction is seen
in the number OF votes cast IN favor Of the
know-nothing candidate for Supreme Judge
and by that test the relative strength Of The
Know-Nothing and Democratic parties can be
Judged PHILADELPHIA .frgus.
.uerioan .Nfrs-THe Fictory Of .9lraye.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 17-The New ORLEANS
papers Of Saturday last, received by mail, Iur-
nish tie details Oft the Mexican news by the Orr
zaba. The accounts fthr late battle differ from
those received by telegraph.
The battle was fought at Campo Guerrero, and
resulted in the victory OF Alvarez, his forces
routing the government troops and killing 800.
The son OF Alvarez, who heads the guerrilla
forces, had captured number Of prisoners and
1000 bead Of cattle
Gen. Alvarez has issued an address, drnounc-
ing the Dictator, Santa Anna, and closing with
the words, "Down with the Tyrant-Dratb 10
the despot."