M HERALD EXPOSITOR. earitott. , • WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 111, 1841 `Ms. JOxN EARLY, our agent, is now . travelling tltel county *ranking collection's. .4VVelvant.money, and hope . Our friends will not withliold their dues. • }rider the present administration of the '"Herald" suits shall be brought against no subscriber. We : have none 'who , require 'resort:to such means': It is but ndcesiar 'to ask and we.shail receive . . . KELLY and JAMES G., REED, -Esquires, were., , o'n'; yesterday, admitted Ito ibeliractice of 'the , laW in the several .courts of this•county. . scrlye.have had on . .otti• desk for two or three weeks, an article on the subjek bf Temperance, with the sitinatpre of " A . Subscriber." We haveso befbie us a ",resolution of the "Union Total Abstinence Sticiety:". • Neither can be ptiblished.• Not , •becanie thercontaia any factto Which we, wot4d not 'willingly subscribe, but because their Publioation.coidd have. lib other Effect than that of Stirring up a crusade.: against the•Tetnrierance'Reforin. :Theriglrt wby ,!to conduct Any nitiretittlti fOr-theintprove.L -" " •`• • merit ofinorats hy .. pnrsuasfion, not "by vituperation. . • shafrours r elves' one :o( 1 . these' days , discourse - Mt *ate . sutiject. - of TeMperance. • Meanwhile, we say to every_ belly 77 -frie - ndi and foes - of .the - Temperance- cause=that our columns •are,open_to-them, tso,long' as they calmly and dispassionately 'discus the .i.epic,av - eitl - ing . every thing like. _bitterness ~of spirit,. dogmatism or "railing accusation meeting at GettSr . ibure was addrused, ornonist. others,- by our towns - man, SouEL H. Hillard., Esq." . • - --•— • rohniteer - . - . - Yes, so we understand ; but why teit't You -tell the whole story ?' - As we' have heard it, thus it •runs. The,,youtig gentle man went uninvited to tbe Lo'c ()Theo bar becue at Gettysburg. anti, ertiragfroliniteering or heing called upon to speak,—it is imina ter-Id:which-4e indulged in malignant and low' vituperation against some of tlie citi • • zens of _Adams county, by name. The speaker who followed our • young towns- • man, repudiated the vulgarity of his trieus predeceisor," and declared that he :woad ,"rather be a dog than a ,man and de scend to Such abuse of private individuals." The Locos, with the extepticin of two 7 .;• . 0r three r owdies, were indignant at the in decency of our young friend's oration, and to their political opponents, they we're disposed to inflict upon him a school boy's d:!?..latise . ment, to wit, a switching. A geo tleman of Gettysburg undertook the tasliof rqttanning hint on- - the street—the orator 4 ' made a Straight coat tail"aprung into the first open door—ran ; up the stairs and secreted himself in the .dressing-room of a young lady. From . _This suoctuni he was ejected," - and then made his way through'a .back yard, over hog. Pins and wood piles, —being meanwhile pelted with tomatoes I - by a servant .Foy—until he-reached a pub lic alley, ';trough .which,. in a' pitiable, /fright, he bireaked it to-the residence of relative. 4.04- • To orr mind, a fellow . who has not con tags 'cinctigli to defend himself from a cane, aughttiever to indulge ir. the villification o _____private • GENERAL SCOTT lias adtlyesaqd a iiiaular to. " all , creation," containing synopsis of his political opinions, a:sor _of disavowal that he. loves th. lodge end a blunt actinowledginera that if nomi -tinted for the Presidency he will accept:. • . . __- GIRAFFE DEAD.-4he beautiful Giraffe, or Caineleopard,belonging to .- thurriinagerie: of Messrs. June, Titus, Angevine & Co:, /lied recently in Richmond, Indiana. The frianapirs - estimite their loss at $20,000. 46 •' te e_are requested by a laddyr• who ,a iew. (Nye ago, was likely . to liave . .been_rttu over. by a horse with.a -,buy , ,pon his back, • tiding with fall Speed An turning from an „alley into the street.";--Shippensburg Star. If our brother .BArrEri- had iitit told us Lwe,are—neverrnore_to. see -the Stir Pioneer, as finding s it to be liali - determined to• • • • • . .stop,its ,pubhcation, we phoUld have leoked ~.. • for information, next week, of what / the Atli did -request. ; • • : =MI 11. 0 - I.4o,non—Ymtit.—ln Barre Naas., recently hOught up nearly till-the r liquo in, the town, for the purpose • ° cOnititription—. 7 —liy fire." , But some of ' l, "' it ': 44 " ' aii .wold _tto t take fire' Ku mixed with . spirits' of-All:yen- ' "'Po' = . . ',4OO3IFOC:O'B IN.. OFFICE. t • • • • 'Tie Merry qounty Freeman complains and "we think - with great juetice) thht - Jesse Miller and. other prominent locollicos .are _kepi : in - Taco aLWashington. _LW-Miller. has. long- been Ittie4ti in this..region: as one. 'Of la:bitterest locofocos; and if is - a Matter of notoriety that frequently, since ,he has meld office at Washington i. lic . 'has made journeys into Pennsylvania to operate upon our elections. Why ,should such a .man be'ecintitine - d in -- cane by ZWltig Presi- - dent ? Is, it nn evidence of "high .princi -ple-s";on the_part - Of - Mr; Tyler . to keep . a_ both him met aie - ail - y plotting against / - ..bhp and using all their power and means! to overthrow the party .which elevated him to : power? . dy cati: no Whig be ffiund talents and inthrity to.fill the place .now held - by the "Honorable" Jesse .Miller?— These are questions - which 'the Whigs of Pennsylvania do now and willcimtinue to ask themselves ; and we can assure the President that • his own conduct in retain., ing lobofocos-in office under him, has in jured him more in ;Pennsylvania with all parties than all the attacks which his ene mies have made upon him. The people who voted for a change of men as well as of measures, believing •the locofoco office holders to be dishonest,, have waited with much patience to witness the fruition of the hopes ;Which the result of the - last Pre sidential eibiOth gave them; lint their pa tience will soon.be exhousted. • • Was it nn merit on the part of the Whigs to achieve the great- victory of last fall? - Were there. no sacrifices made ? N . VS there .n 6 reason for "a change?" If these questions he .answered'affirmatively, let us have "a -radical and .complete change. ;Let Jesse Millet, and all others who slandered the Whig party-, and.the . great and good Harrison . , meet.the fate which the people intended they should. This course would soon rally troops of friends about Mr. Ty- . her--"tot mercenary, selfish troops, &sir- . lug office for themselves—but firm, staunch Whigs, who dislike to have their action of last year branded us. unjtiit by the Presi dent continuing in 'office the men whom the people have declareltought tftbe turned • out. • The Baltimore thitriot, in an article upon the late reverses of the w' higs, truly s ites that they ; were the . resul ' ts rather of the ' President% tardiness in making removals; than of his vetoes. The Patriot says: " It was the : chagrin and Mortification produced-in the minds of ' the Whig party from this cause (non-removals) that sowed the seeds of discontent' and disaffection, which led , to our defeat at the recent elec tions. Had theft) disappoinunenis not oc curred, had General Harrison's, Cabinet met the expectations of the people in refer ence •to removals and ,appointments, it would not have been in the power of the vetoes to have wrought such disasters to our cause. §'o that in reviewing the his tory of these evems, and the reasons for what -has ocgr A, let jus tice:be done to all- parties. have here- tofore expressed our decided .disapproval and condemnation of President Tyler's course.upon the Bank question, but we are not inclined to ascribe to it- excluitively, nor mainly, the astounding defeats we have lately sustained. Let the members.of Gen: Harrison's cabinet - - come in ,for their due share of blame - - We - repeat, therefore, that had they evinced more nerve and decision. iti making "those . remoVals front office •so loudly called for by all intereste d it would not have been in;the,.power of adver sarlee,.ao;s,nccOsfitiry-to- storm-o4r-fortresa and carry off suoh trophies of victory." On.--this - -subject -- o—Washington corres pondent of the eincinnati•Gazettiliolds the following Jongnage • • .‘ ". The present apitthy , exieting • among the. whigs is not to be attributed 'solely the-Bank yetoes of Mr. ;fl'yler. Allen be ldame, soured and, disgusted at the, com mencement .of the Adneiniatration;, by - the retention in office of the ,bitterest enemies, of their ,party Witheut aityjeatiatis,; by . the. appointnier.l . those who were alinohCas objectionable ; ''and by what ,they reglirded . the TMtightytindrepulifytinamieriri theY were „received, by tboiii , whom their 'exertions find placed in "pnwer; . • , . Where7s.Bill Wiley ?—New Yor k Suri day Mercury. • \. • Aye, wThere's Bill Wiley ? • é were told some, time ago, that judicial- . 3 ceed ings .were instituted against him , li . • villainy in the affair of the Frederick county Bank, but nothing has since . been beaxd about it. We opine that the prosecution ;?. has been withdrawn upon ,the ,0) ni14110., Bill belongs to the family of res ectakle scoundiels, who in this refined age, b some sort of sublimated morality are not Consider.- ed, amenabledo the criminal code. ' , ' NEW YORK: - MERCURY.—We consider thrt."New York Mercury" to be one Oldie very best papers with which. we'exehange. It is . really a sprightly and pleasant.. Sheet; and *mild force a latigh from the_ gtfavest of the grave. In . politics it",is nentral-,- tkeing - . -- de - r - oted-principally . to news, gossipy literatnie;. the drama, and" lin - morons and amusing, sketches. It also abounds with fun, anecdote, repartee,.boo 7 mot, and broad humor. " Dow, JR.," who .furnishes the sermons, "Spoors" and )• 66 13t.scit who manufacture the, pnachine poetry, (a . full lengih portrait of. which latter gentle man embellishes ) thelast number,l are in themselves a• host. ) Although; the editors of the: Mercury have never solicited us to puff their paper; we have deemed the above. notice 94 1 .whiclt - ii richly merits.: • The Metettry is printed on good type ,nd paper, andli furnished at the - low rate .1 $1 50 per annum. '). • Gentteins.n wishing to. subscribe can do An by leaving ti)einnaines and theirnrioney irithtfie etniat:str.tlils ajer - • )4, ME t.t01...*:*,.t . :r.0.,x,:ti a.3ti.:..5131r.-:,lo,o.lo.lssiti.t; left this city •Withdeelings . of hostility, and thousands throughout the country had 'the same feelings, declering that as all their ex ertions. for the.last twelve years had been useless, they twould cease to exert them selves'any longer' for a party that had die -appointed their e:tpectations in carrying our the - reform- thef-had promised, and whci, it would seem, prefer their enemiesto their friends. This 'was _the first and -great source of dielatitfattion." Affects of LOcofoc? Sacendency.—The National Intelligeitcer,,in commenting-upon the result of some - of the state elections, Says, it is:quite remarkable whari.depressioU •of 'the businesspursuits of the country; the °Currency,. monetary exchanges of trade '&c. every where . attendiP,the success Of . that party which had possession of the govern„- :meta during the last -twelve . years, and, under whose ascendency the prosperity, of the countrywss checked.and almost ruined. In Georgia, for instance, we see it stated, in the Augusta. Chronicle, .that no sooner was it ascertained that the locofoeo candi • date . was. ' - elected - Governor:.and - the same party had a majority, in,thelegislSture, than such, was The . effect upon the currency as to make it impoSible to sell, bills of 'the - Central Bank at any discount.; and no one would attempt to'say . whSt the state. bonds were-worth,--auch,was—the,antildipated-de preciatidii.=-Beqten.4kis..- • Locofoco Pinanciering:—The six hun dred thousand dollars of "British gold". re alizeil from tlie'SmithsoniUn legacy Was in vested, by the late Udioinigtration in state stocks. .I:What the country' has gained by the operation may be seen by - a glance at' the following table of The prices paid, for, and the present market value of these "se curities.' • • Coat.' , Eat. Present value. „ Arkansas $532,892 $350,000 Illinois; • '- . 42„403 ' ' 30,000 Michigan, ..'- . 8,270 •." :5,1100 . .01 1 i . 0;. , --; . • . r - /0,980.,-.A.,:,,,;15,.500.4;46 . ..9600,2,45 ....9.40 . 1,Q00 • • Thus'one' 'third' of this legacy has been alreay•sunk by one of Mr. Van Buren's " Orrieriments." 4 .• ' ~.• ' • •. - ~. _ - -- When—we-mentioned-flip other-tlay, says the Natiiifialintptligencer, the.f.iel of Mr. Van Buren7.s being again a candidate for the Pre'iidency, we tlitt.not mead, of course at he had volunteered his services, bi thitt he teas atready , feg6rded by his polit cal. friends as'a candidate. 'sever: weeks since we heartliolhis being actually toMinated - in Missouri. for_the_uflice, under [eireumrsta . nees4hicilt induce-the-belief ;that u it was no mneaninghidication of the design to place him before - the- people. in due 'lime as the eandidatelof . the- party - . - • From the Philadelphia papers We now learn 'that on Monday evening last; - a - meet , ing - of-the friends of Mr. Van. Buren in the City ,was held, and numerously attended, "for, the . purpose of adopting Om .necessa ry measures to place that gentleman before -the people as a candid:ate at the next pre4i dential election." A resolutiuti,vvas adopt ed ." expressive of the undiminished of the Denmeratic•party in Mr. Van, Buren," but' it was deemedinexpedient at so early a day to take any action, as to the next Presidency. The decision was a very sensible One, in ouropinion. • We learn from the Philadelphia Sentinel, however, that Mr. Van Buren. Will not be without competitors from the ranks of his political friends. -'t Commodore Stewart's friends," says the Septipe!, "are , quite active; Mr. Buchanan has a- , Eitiolig'body of ardent supporters in Pennsylvania; and Generbl Cass. has' been 'named in several quarters, as a candidate who would be very accepiable,to,the democracy of country. Other candidates will doubtless be brought out before the time arrives.for making the nominations."' In addition to the_above, we . observe that meetings have been held in AdaMs county, Harrisburg, and- Lancaster, favorable to the 'selection, of Gen. Scott, as a candidate for . *the. next Presidency—and some stir' is at tempted to be made by several papers in that behalf. • . If those who feel out of their element except when they have .an electioneering canvass on hand, can minister to their wants by n - preniatute, agitation of the question, we have no objection, but we have no disposition to participate in the squabble at presont—ChainGerobur6 Whig, From die PhilatrLdphici Public Lege) POLITICS IN. NEW •,( . 13jijc qv.: One of the subjects which will,probsbly seriously affect the issue in New York city at the coining election, is the question of the isstrihution of the Common School Fund. This question has, been for a long, time agitating the community there. The catholic imrtion consider themselves ag greyed by the present system, and wish to effect a change. ' The questionythotf6l.., i at first religiously se arian in its..chltraeler i is W now assuming a „eal *peat, and it is 4 1 0 through the Legis attire that any alteration' in the organization of the School system can be' hoped to be produced. ',Each political party has-ikept aloof ;from ,idff tifying itself witl. , i c ,..l.the • CAholic . , party, ,probably frail to. rash ~its, own popularity, as it is evident the,,Catholie : party, froni having been unable'tei aCcomplisli its object is put in the minority..'. A pojitiCal meeting of CatholicsPai held on Friday evening; and after an address from. Bishop finglies, a *lie' . for. tlie 'Assembly was :formed, _pledged to a distributiOn of tire school fund amonrreligionists as such. ' - The, result pas the noinination of one oflho pre-exietink tickets, (the democratic,) except fivciliameS for which others, were substituted, and . the presentation of men all believed to be pledg ed:to sustain the. Catholic claims.: • . ''. .' . • The Tammany . meti have, , however, pub lished in the•,afternoon' papers of Saturday, rejecting t he nomination 'at Car- roll Hall; and:declaring that they iare • riot pledged to a. division . of the school•land. The'sithject is exciting' much fe r etind in that: :city, Mid we record 'the fact as apa rt of the news' of, the day, and onelikelriteAntlit ence . the.appreaching•election.,. , The Preis: generatly„ptetest'agaitist. any.. , of POlitiiiaLparPeeintltirrelighimii 4 ,„ . • , •e'ven:lhose which Aefended the jditliiibution asked Sot.; , • : • ' GEN. HARRI SON- . POISONED ! . . • We have learned .from private sources that when the' body 'of General Harrison.: . was disinterred, prevjouP,to;itsiTernoval to North Bend, on openingthecoifin 'in which it was:enclosed, the .head had swollen so . large as to burst the glass case fitted around it. It wati,examined' by niedical . tnen, 4 and, others, and the . conclusion to which they came, left room for the horrible . suspicion that he had been piscine(' to death. '• Of the fact, as we noiv state it,there.can be nojloubt, for we have the most positive proof, and it only fieems - strange,to us that no further investigations were m a de, at the time, to satisfy the mind in regard, to any .other evjdence of murder havinOieen cOtn mitted. There is oneestablishcd fact, bow eve.e„which .strongly fivers the idea that such might have been the case, and that is, nothing but poison. could !nth) produced such-an--effect upon Thellead i and cause' it to swain such a -manner. And if there be. any disease which might include such a stvelling,still,:lber- - discase of which it was generally thought.and alleged he dietl7 . c - otild not possibly.bc the case. The- opintonLthat General Harrison was murdered is becoming prevalent among the people of Washington, and the above is the - reason which they a-s-sign-fo-r essing belief. And yet in thinking over the n tter,- we can hardly convince ourself that we are dealing with facts--butstich !s the. case. The mysterysisjull ofturror, and yet it-is' no phantoriirtio_chiMera , of the brain, but a Teal, tangible, fearful reality. _ :The truth is not knoWn—may, never be ittiown--save only by him whose eye upon all things, searching out even - ~the thoughts of men,.as - well as being, cogni zant of - their deeds.. What deeds of horror Eternity will bring toliklit;;Whjeh• ,Tiine ...\ has only -serve& t eloak.With•the oblivion of. iecreey.eit 01 rnee !,--11 7 : R. Review.; A.:r.:.ii;:':'-:::•' .. ..:'...; - _: ':-L.-.:! , _:, ~ Xii . e ':Eight -.:, Fe lin . .i• - -; - 411°.',: - Allaikiii 'id" . . . . Qhio, condlnded an able: speech .adverse to the .exereise. of. the .ve1.0 .. . power, with the following•sound seniirdent- in . reference'to• ... .•. - the - sueeession :- -. • - ..- • AlloW we - to say, in eonelision, that I shall resi - SOiteadily and . lirmly,...ary and all trasvimiChisiimeiiileiLto iiiing,into pre- ; 'mature discussion. the question of:the sue cession..' Let no candidate for the presi dency Lin named for at least-two years -to come.: - I will wear the livery of '.no man, nor will I :commit 4sell,to-any matt, Or permit o thers - to do it for, me.. "hen the. tune ponies . for .bringing, the-candidate- : into the field-I shall be prepared to declare my preference.. Till then let the country enjoy repose thatit _May have. a right to hope'.'foror e2q)ect, under events so - inau;: spicious to its'happiness . and.prpsperity as' those that haVe already occurred - and that . aro now - rapidly approaching." • THE LATE ELECTI(W._ The ., 'following 'paragraph, from that steady 014 -Whig print, the Norfolk Herald, eomprises in a few words . the whole history of the elections which have been held since the termination of the last Session of Con- " 'press ) - `TIM elections Which are now in progress scarcely deserve the name of a contest.— The late victorious party, disheartened at the fruitlessness of their victory, have thrown away their arms . in a pet and gone' home—leaving their opponentsto ransack their camp ,without mole - slation; -- atid - for - A' •time , to occupy their position, proposing to rally at the proper.time and dislodge them from it. In the interjum, their opponents can make but little use of their success in strengthening and fortifyinehe ground they have gained. The Wbig party have had ITO inducement to expend their ammtmiten and brace - themselves for the pending con flick; :for they .saw, that if victorious, it was a matter.of.tmbkto benefit the victory would tenere,' (to borrowMr-Cal !Mull's idea.) Possibly "their opponents might, by some contingency, be . the gainers by - it; and peradventure it might - be thrown away inTa preposterous effort to get up a third party; in any event, if we have read the signs, of the times correctly ; they could not, as a party, expect.to make any thing by it. Therefore it seems to have been their wisest course to postpone the struggle until they/could see a clear field and no mistake,''' . - in relation 19 the large majority against Judge Banks in Berks county, the Reading pazette A neutral paper,.remarks : . " "1110 overwhelming majority given a gainst John Banks, in • this county,,rnay perhaps_be considered abroad'as an evirdence of . his porional unpopularity in his own 'neighborhood. .Nothing can ,be further from the fact. As a man, no Quo the county is more.respeeted by his neighbors; and as a Judge he has won golden opinions from men of all parties. The heavy ma-: jority given against, him was cast solely . upon political grounds. • We, statefliis fact in justice to-a' worthy citizen, and to cor rect any mistaken impression that may have been formed in regard to the Election in Berks." • A singular proceeding jssoing on iri tha State- of Rhode Island. A Opnvention met at 'Providence sonie time agpto draft anew constitution for-the State 77 thesStd Plnven, lion _being , -a voluntary gathering together of delCgates, and wholly •unauthorized by' the State authorities. . The, convention ad journed recently .to. Meet again;in•-,4slnvern-' --As-the: result . of their----reformirsAa hours they have agreed-ppon vtriciuSamend-' ments changing, very thateriallystlte.organid Ittw of the State. • • . !ft ,appears the late censtis . •, returns that-the :State . of Maryland has more free blacks within: her borders: than' any :other State in tlte,Unitm.' The number offree blacks in _egret), .:of States, ars." as fol- lows: Marylon g] New York, Virginia, .Peons,j , lvinip T "-- I",buisiano, • Ninth; Corolina, ME 62,820 . , 69,011, 48,842 • m,380. , - 1'7,342 2,732'. ,• ~~`~~ ~...", .-4,,,; : ,.:,,,-,,, ;-..,:": ..,k.,6,,,, . The New - YOrk American-thus, corn aneuts..uppn,the.proceedingii. of. the ome' Intlifitry Co'Oeptionk " Ra&REofiltopiTt o nit I l ttoTE.Otort. —American .Institutions, American Inven- dons, • And ,Atnerican Products, against the Such-Is the - dedaration of prin ciples under which the Fair of the Airier& can Institute,, now exhibiting at NiblO'si - is :conducted. . , 'too, 'it - . may; be assumed, are :the „prirteiPlesn,which have called - together the •Corivention.of Industry i 'and led to the estaldishment of the Home League, concerning,which softie interesting panic.. ulars will be Atind,in,qqr-colurpris :to-day. The, practical optleticy of the public mind is well,illustrateVby these symbols, which must: riot be regarded as merely temporary eballitioni, or as expressions only,of the interested views of this or that class - of our industrious population - . . • ..It is, in our judgment, a growing senti ment that tiehave : been suffering, by our own::readiness'to concede freedom. of trade ,in all 'things, while our chief European competitors, if conceding it -at all, concede it only in part, and in particular Whetr.a show of liberality'-On their . part interferes w ith no important home interest. . • . Even on that- element,..the ocean, 'where we are equal with the first; -by what are Called reeiprocal treaties •and. equalization of duties, wehaire seen the proportion of foreign navigation enorintilisly increased in . opr waters, and.,the • ,fl'ag; by rea sonyof the 'disastrous sacrifice by_ Mr. 'Van Buren of our . just pretenOona to a share of Atte West India trade, and the flags of the North: of Europe; by reason - of:the . so 7 called. -system of reciprocity, Which admits their ships and their. cargoes into - one ports, when large• imports are made,.. upon the same footing as our own ships, hecause those. northern .powers; which - impart - 44de or _nothing, adthit upon the -footing na -tives• our and', cargoiis,, float in our lintiiu es - alinost as frequent' as our • a!'telarge questions connected with these , . !tatters ffiuStioecupy.umeh attention to;:the . . itext.pongresq.! Th - eTVOilision 'tariff : , - the re-adjustment- of duties, se as to - secure ht - onee--adequate revenue;;:ind afforJ a fair chance to our awn industry'; the 'maintain ing the Superiority'or our ittereantileina- Tine, depends; all these Most be entert4ined by the, next Congress; - and Meantime may be atiiantageously. discussed - 1u: the newspa pers. TheTnotio• of the Atnerican . Fair, and the bonstittition-Tifilie — flrinie - League, will stimulate, these.diseussions." Porter Celeltration,. : =4t •bancaeter, on P Saturday ,weed:; the orterites•-had a ceje , bration. . Mr.. Muhlenberg Was present, was toasted-, and mile a speech.' , Mr. Bu chanan., also,Ave understeml, made asppech, though we - have not heard whether he urged Iris - scheme, for, "reducing onr Ootbind to the real standard•of pitices throughout the world." . It is said the• object of the jolli fication was tti bring out M. 'Muldenberg for Governor in 1814. NVII:lt think you, General Beim ? On one of the limners in the procession the Billowing was diephiyed '"l'he people must'do their own fightiru as Harrison said when he resigned his commission in - the midst of the war." This insult to •the 'dead—hero, and the whole nation tvho united to do hint honor while•living, and atter t)eath,,Wa3 ho_donbt highly acceptable to many of those Ivlio had .joined ,to .slander General Harrison while a candidate for the Presidency ; ,but we are much, mistaken if it did not wound the sense of propriety of every decent man present. The, fellqw who prepared it ought to he scouted from society.—Harrisbut•g 41clligencer, •, WO do not blame the:locorottos Tor feel ing so filo over, the returns , from NA aryland,. 114110,4;e. They have, a perfect right to do so. We' remember very well the satis faction: which, similar victories gave the . Whigs during their twelve years' minority, During the , whole of that long'permd, we were blessed with. about One series of tri umphs every four years; but it so happen ed that th'ey' were always in those years when it was of very little national - conse- Nence whether the Whigs or locofocos succeeded. It is so, now: The only state where elections have been held which - has anything to do with .Congress, is Tennes see. There United States Senators are to he chosen, and there the Whigs •have the, .Legislature. In all the other states the LegiSlatures have nothing to do, but to ar range their localalfair6. When, next year, something of more importance Will he de cided, the Whigs •ti will•,be prepared to do their duty..—Petroit .Rduertiser.,. • . ..REponm.—We have heord:it hisPered .among some oflheleading4rientle of. Gov. Porter,, that he . intends Carrying out certain measures 'Of Reform, which cannot but proVe.highly D.o6)table to the people and advanta,exons. to the slate: Of . these the 'nfostprinlinent are the dismissal of - a con siderable number of the ,inte,,who,. for the last three years; have been preying upon the interests of the state, mismanaging the' pitblic works, and enriching themselvesat the expense of the public. Nome . men 'On have been ,leaders in these iniquitons transactions - are expected to-go .14. the board. , . Whither the people may really indulge any hope r of such a reforin*,is very doubt. ful: We, are much mistaken if the p..rty does-not,' during the peit'three years, earn a - better pie, to the tippellation7Of tlie'gra4- tang pady, than . they .81 , 61.1)016re posses !! .sed. -'i,Governor.Porter has it, however, - in his pe,wer i by Ptt,r,vm.g an independent and patriotic course; to ymerit ihe'gretitude of the-people;' and ,:the ~.ceipMendation Of, the candid, and disnAergeted•of all parties:,,,,,Ths he,. however, nerve enough , to cut - loose from the horde of speculators by,wherri.he is surrounded? .- . Aye fear not::-,-1,3,'erks.: t ,' SchitylkiltJotynal:' ~.:. :., ,-'.,:,,, .. . , .• . • CneurtNo.---MhO Is4cv Yerk Standard has divers chicken :ducks- paraded in its columns - all crowing. - Settle - of tliettiltiok sorry enough. The (fender, of that city hits thorn off as folliuts;: 7 —• The Standard has '.got ;.. :::,. , ,,•:=E'.:L:, - ,:'