The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-01-13

tuesday, evening There is not 80 much excite
nsnt hare upon the present gubernatoral campaign
says there ID beyond the limits of ths STATE Pso
pie regard the result Of the election to be a.
ready forsshadowed, wings and Know Nothisss being
SILENT they already had the victory guaranteed and
secured and the Wise partisans being mum, they
had all the handwriting upon the wall Mr. Wise,
however to be commended for his perseverance, and
he works away apparently resolved he dies at all to die
game All the chances Of his defeat ofcourse
depend upon the strength Of the Know Nothing party,
which has not yet tried itself in the political harness.
All predictions therefore, at the present time in regard
to the power OF this organization in the Old Dimn-
on is mere guess work; but guess work entitled TO
consideration when based upon good From in
dcatons far am inclined to the opinion that ma
tive Amercanism is going to sweep everything before 1t
in the coming contest it has already done at the
North-in Maine Massa :husetts, Pennsylvania, &c.
may be mistaken but base my opinion upon the follow.
ing eviderces from which every reader may draw his
own conclusions, as have mine-
In the late municipal election NorfokLe rst test
ofKnow Nohngsmi in the State-ths party swept every
thing before them Now Norfolk is the last peace in tho
State where the Know Nothings were expected
large foreign population which, combined with the
Wise democrats; 10 was thought would weigh down
the tSs Psy PaS. Il dssi
ever, was disappointed-the democrats 'knockei UNI
der,'' and new victory was. given to the party,
the Ist trial Of the Knov Nothipgs in this State
Petersburg, understand there about thousand
recorded the Know Nothing rolls The foreign
vote Of this place also very large, and one thousand
from the native voters enough, if not in itself to
control the election in this place. Ger any to do 50 sy
is tho strength cf the Know Nothngs Of Petersburg,
and it Is said By The supporters o. Mr. Wise that not
ssys this all CANNON 1t is at variance
with the natural order Of things that putty like
the Know No;i,iDgs, which is sweeping the whole
North, East and West, which has given undenabe
evidences OF great power In many Of the Southern
an' oscc s a s"q victory or ~ r s1e
of here, should not have lodge organiza-
ton in tie town Of Petersburg. The probabilities
Of the altogether jn favor Of the existence of
such organization these prct abilities with
the reports which have above stated that the order
of its existence, the only doubt being in regard to
its strenth. have hearsay alone to depend upon ia
making the remark that ii numbers thousand The
number may be more and IT may be less; but the gene
raj rule has been that the Know Nothngs have
always proved themselves TO be stronger az the polls
than they were supposed to be before the ballot contest
Reasoning above, prompts to write down Peters
burg with Norfolk on the Know Nothing catalogue Ia
Richmond it is conceded on all sides that the Know
Nothngs greatly in The ascendant all other par
ties. have not heard how strong the order is there,
but learn FROM reliable source that large majority
of noses have been counted within the Know Nothing
lodges Of that city have noo yet heard from the OF ner
districts OF the State; but cannot these three towns
Norfolk, Fetersb rig and Richmond-be quoted good
Indicators Of the general coorng OF the political web
throughout the State and justify tue belief have
Another indication 10 unbiased observer Of the
of MIR Wise, the apparent want OF enthusi
confidence nor even with any Of the enthusiastic feeling
which is the inspiration and the motive power OF the
politician but with careless Indifference, suggesting
they merely supported their candidate for party sase,
were old line democrats y and viii vote for Mr.. Wise
because they alwaysgo, and for thirty years have
gone the clean democratic ticket" The supporters of
Mr. WISE mainly those who consider it part of thr
religious faith to sustain the democratic nominee
The opposite party are borne along by the united
ne O Know Nsthiugs-the
enthusiastic because of promise of their first
through long Of years. and the Know Nothings
etic and enthusiastic for because of the
pnwayerng hostility OF Mr. Wsa to Their principles and
their creed The mail is about to leave aad must
close. will more 10 morrow, with the speech
of Mr.. Wise to morrow night. 1776
PETERSBURG, VA, Jan. 0, 1855.
Wise on the Stump-No in Petersburg at the Appointed
Tme-Hs Friends Find Difficult to Manage Him.
Resolved to FIT His DUN Harness upon HIS Back
State Of Parties in Tirginid-Atemp,ed Fusion Be-
t,ceen The Wigs and Knoo Nothiags--Does the Fu-
SIGN Make a WIG or Know Nothing Organization!
Again the citizens of this have been disappointed
in their expectations OF nearing Mr. Wise According TO
the programme Grst published he was to speak here
The 9TH according the second, he to DO hore
the 9Th and according to The third programme, he
was to be here without fail the evening of the 9th,
(tbis evening He has not come yet, and of his
friends able to account Cor his absence.
Between Mr. Wise his freais il seems there Is
little difficulty AMI embarrassment in carrying out his
appointments Mr. Wise. who Is as obstinate as he is
violent against The Know Nothings insists upon making
out HIS appointments for meeting tie voters OF Vr
gnia the stump and positively refuses to be directed
by his friends These too partial friends, the other
hand, determne that he shall be ruled by them, and
without his knowledge and consent they make engage
ments for him. and write out his programme for the
press They fix him it suits themselves; but their
data 49, oh Ia To IN nm hia
friends attempt to tight rein upon him. This is
tie secret of many disappoptments The programmes
originally published made out by Mr. Wise, but
by his friends and tic untarned and unameable colt
fused to submit 10 them and kicked completely out the
traces. The last list Of appointments by which he
20 be here to night however male out by himself
and why he has again disappointed the people,
at guessing find II difficult to solve He has so far,
only spoken twice during the campaisn-on the lst o.
January Norfolk and Saturday last ia the isc
Wight which day he set down in the papers here
for Petersburg. There is no calculating now, when he
will be ere, where he vail next bring up HIS best
friends here cannot find him or tell wnere neis Tney
say, "bis renjA have been trying to MANAGE him and
he Is going to shotbem that he will speak when II suits
him, ana act just he id peases." He may be
here to morrow, and speak tomorrow night HIS ab-
TO night win likely again change the eIre pro-
gramme for the state. Here he was anxously looked
Tor and expected to the very hour OF the opening OF
the meeting be was TO address crowd OF about two
thousand persons assembled In the theatre Of This place.
TO hear him, and in his absence entertained by
some the local orators OF the place The cros though
large was by no means enthusastc AMI see ned 70 en-
joy excessively good joke being hoaxed the tn I'd
time anticipated hearing Of the democratic nominee
Inay be that accidents of Mad incident TO travel
ling may have delay MIR Wise but Il toe old
alive t3ey would not augdr favoflbly from
such mishaps
Turning from the disappontments OF Mr. Wise to the
state parties here Is found they In very in
teres ing mnge aud that politician has eyes of t.e.
scoplc power who can clearly through them. tn
campaign is game OF dice, a,d il is just about as dif9
cult to say who viii win IL Is TO say which Numbers
wil turn UP under the dice box b. ore the throw Is
IL T., LIZ srla Isa1 tha no
thought were the Strongest and for such bief gave
my reasous. hold the fame op mons yet Tie ga:her'
ing 10 night did not afec 1t way or the o'her The
speakers addressed the meeting launched out into
violent phllpcs against The Know Nothings, AMI bril-
liant panegyrcs upon the immaculate character Of Mr
Wire; but what was most strange, thess remarks were
neitbar ann auied nor rehuLed rns Know Nothfnys