POKilTfCAIi. GEN. HARRISON'S POVERTY. Our opponents are talking a groat deal a liout General Harrison'a povcity, and say that tlio administration papers aro cohtinu ally making it a subject for mirth and laugh ter. They are certainly very naughty for deing so, as poverty is, in our opinion, no disgrace to any body and certainly not to ono who has spent go great a portion of his life in the"" wars," as Gen. Harrison is said to ltavo done. But what has caused the old hero to be so very poor in his old days ? Moro than a quarter of a century has passed away, since he foight tho British and " In gens" at Fort Slcphcnson, and ho has held various, important, and profitable offices, almost continually since that time. Wo think his poverty, if he is really as poor as lie is now represented to be, is not much in his favor as it seems to indicate that ho is pretty much of a spendthrift, which is cer tainly not vety creditable to him. The form, without tiny danger of being accused ciecly in the same manner lhal Joes Iho great Jl Perilous .Wwiimm. During these for the violation of contracts. The banks Republican' parly of' Pennsylvania, and Wo vera snow storn1( On Wednesday night last that suspended havo forfeited their charters kniw that ho abhors their conduct front tho as tho Chicago mail sloigh was passing and tho curse of nation will restunon them indignation of his soul but still this is no from Peru to Hennepin, and when within If they aro left to cacapo without having reason why ho should brinjr his personal four or fivo miles of tho latter place, the reelings, as an muiviuuai, in conuici wuu unvcr got iosi, anu wuu uic passengers rc- what ho knows to bo the truo interests of maincd out all night. Thojsnow had com- tho commonwealth ljti islhp Governor of pleiely obliterated tho track, so us to make the wholo state, and thcrcforo it becomes it impossible, in tho absence of all houses, htm to act with mature deliberation. Let it be remembered that he is grappling with a tremendous subject, that of effecting a total roform irrtho Hanking system which has been plundering the peoplo for the last twen those guards, and. protectivo principles thrown around them, that will forever put to rest the foar oC fuluro suspensions and frauds. Let this work be dono with a view to tho credit of tho commonwealth' and tho iinmcdinlo intotosts of tho peoplo ; but. woe to them, who shall nculcct it. Wo cannot boliovo, however, that n single dom measures in promotion ol this obj from tho repeated and earnest recommen dations of tho Governor wo may safely say, lhat'he will not bo wanting with his hearty co-operation. Slate Capilol Gazette. From tho Bedford Gazette. GOVERNOR rOKTEU AND THE CRISIS. In another column will be found a special lences, or other land marks, to keep it. The wind was also directly ahead, aud blowing with groat violence. There were two passengers, who encouraged tho diner to keep the team in moiiou, and thus four bout tho prai- omp ot trees, ihey determined to make a halt and wail for daylight. Tho driver in securing his horses, became necessarily more oxposed to the ctorm, and was ready to- perish ero ho had finished. The two passengers, one of whom was Mr. Bicelow, railroad con- in importance to that whirth proclaimed us tractor, were providod with buffalo robes, afrco people from -tho thraldom of British -and lay down in the enow which was whirl Tyrants, at tho mouth ol the cannon and tho cu about them by tlie wind with unrcrnit point ot tho bayonet, let us see mat we go ting mry. iir, u. Eavs tie lelt a strong . ii.a t : ,ii u r.,.,,i ........ III. I 111 IIIU JJllllMUIUlU III UW lull II. I uii I " ...(i ... - . i - T - . . I . I V ... I - t 1.- 1 .t.. I 1 . ting in his labors to lorward all expedient I iy years anu ici u aiso oo rcincmucrcu wiai nuura wero ppeiu wanumng a inn ol this object; and, tins reiorm cannot ue ciieciou in a nay. it no. jveucnuig ;h longm a can would not benefit tho public it tho Hanks wore Hindu to resume, without making that resumption permanent without securing the people against tho impositions of those soulless corporations for nil timo hcrcaftcr- thcreiorc as this subject is one second only uniticoine, unio, auvortiser, siaics inannis message trom the uovcrnor rennsytvaiua, mio its merits with that pruueuco and tendency to sleep, winch lie knew must poor old gentlemen nas ocon lor many years, by which U will bo seen that ho has had tlio FHi and is now, receiving from the county of Hamilton, as Clerk of the Courts of that county, fees varying seven to nino thousand dollars per annum. It is generally admitted that office is worth, on an average, at least eight thousand dollars. Tho Advertiser states on most respectable authority that he is incompetent to perform the duties of tho office himself, that other persona are 'em ployed at moderate salaries to do the work and that, after rllowing the utmost for ex penses, it leaves about six thousand dol lars, as a sinecure for tho Hero of Iforth Bend for doing nothing. If this be true, and Gen. Harrison spends 6ix thousand dollars, per annum, besides the profits from tho produce which lip raises on his form, ho must be a very extravagant old gentleman, that's all; and as our opponents profess so much dislike for any thing like extravagance, they surely are not anxious to send him to the WhitcHouse" in. Wash inrrton ! for if they do, they will have to raise, his salary, as one term will not be suf ficient to satisfy him. If Gen. Harrison, after fulling so many offices, and after real izing six thousand dollars a year for ten or twelve years past, still pleads poverty, we imagine ho will not bo much better off, if he should succeed in reaching tho Execu tive chair. Twenty dollars a day, wc should think sufficient to keep any common far mtr but it seems tho farmer of North Bend cannot live on so small a sum, and more! Farmers of Delaware and Penn sylvania, what say you to Gen. Harrison's "Poverty now ? Don't you think him rath er an extravagant old chap, to spend so much money every year? Yes, wo think wo hear you say, loo much so to occupy tho White Mansion" in Washington, and vro will therefore, permit him to. end his day9 on his farm at North Bend, as wo do not wish to see so much toverty " in these parts." Delaware Gazette. BANKS IN THE UNITED STATES. It appears from tho late rcpoilof the Hon. Levi Woodbury, Secretary of tho Treasury, that die number of hanks in the United Stales, including 109 branches, is OGO 1 Of tbeso 343 susnended specie pay ments entirely, and 03 in part only, during approved of by the year 183U. The-number ot mem mat have been discontinued or broken within by most serious dillicuilios to encounter in or der to sustain tho faith aud credit of the .State. Owing to the prodigality of tho lalo antimasonic Administration, to use the Inst words ol Joseph Ritner on retiring from the" principles that wore instrumental in cleva Executive chair a chair which ho disgrac- ting him to tho office, hoso of a thorough, cd and dishonored total and radical reform in tho Banking sys- It has come to pass, that notwithstand- tern, such as sttggestcd by the Governor IRMNES3 which marked the conduct of prove tho sleep of death. Rousinsr himself tho signers of tho Declaration of Independ- therefore, he sprang.to his feel, and with his ence; and may tho everlasting and eternal fellow passongers, proceeded to look after curso of tho People rest upon the head of the driver, who was found lifeless. By that DkiUUUKAr who sunnKs trom the sunning aim rousing nun into exercise, coa ing a succession ol circumstances mo most fortunate, and receipts the most amplo and unexpected, tho commonwealth is left with out means to continue her own works and rodeem her own faith 1 1" Thus, according to tho solemn declara tion of Joseph Ritner and Thaddeus Ste vens, when Gen. Porter was inaugurated Governor of this commonwealth there was not a dollar in the Treasury to sustain tho credit of the state and carry on her improve ments. In addition to this, a combination has been cnlered inlo among tho Banks and Aristocracies of the cities, headed by that monster of corruption, the British Bank of Sad Condition of British India 500,000 in his annual message. Gov. Porter has among other Reforms, effected ono in par ticular, which will immortalize him for ages after ho ceases to exist, that of putting an end toShinplasters ! and this circumstance, of itself, is sufficient to Gatisfy iho peoplo that his wholo mind is fixed upon a reforma tion of tho abuses tint Irtivo crept inlo the banking system. News foy the ftSails. soiousnpss was at length restored, and Iho group, adopling various expedients to kcop in motion till day light, then saw where they were, and in an hour reached Ilonnc pin. Mr. B.'s fellow passenger on reach ing that place was unable to proceed far ther, but Mr. B. continued on, . reached here on Thursday, and left for Springfield yesterday morning. I'coria (111,) j ter, 1st hist. shocking'famine. tho United States of Pennsylvania, to defeat every measure that is calculated to relieve the State from her financial embarrasments. Under these circumstances, no Executivo has ever been placed in so peculiar or try ing a position as David It. Porter now is, and wo think there aro fuw men in Pennsyl vania beside himsojf who would have nerve enough to stem the toncut thai surrounds him on all sides. But in; is equal to the CRISIS '.and on him the people may con fidently rely for a safe oonvuyance over tho difficulties that now surround us in so un merciful a manner. The winds may howl, the waves may roll high as tho Allegenhy, tho storm may beat with the fury of a hur ricane, the Whigs may attempt to flatter and cajole, butDvid R. Porter is as immovea ble and firm as tho Rock of Ages" in his! determination to stand by the Flag Staff of Popular Liberty and the Free Democratic Institutions of our country. His fust an nual message to tho legislature is a state document that stands unrivalicd and admits of no superior; and his special message is a postscript worthy to be appended to its le gitimate parent. In regard to tho banks, Gov. Porter has suggested a plan for their future operations such as cannot fail to bo every republican in the state; and which, it adopted, wjll liereaticr secure tho peoplo against all losses from an irredeemable paper currency, such as has flooded the country from our infancy to the present timo. Tho banking system, owing to tho enormous privileges that havo been extended to it in days gone by, has wound itself, like a, serpent, into every branch of domestic industry, as well a3 into all the People Sivcpt off. British India is an empire as largo as Eu rope, cxolusivo of Russia, with a popula tion, including tributary Stales, of more than 150,000,000. Over this empiro and peoplo a sway was exercised wholly Bri tish ; while it is affirmed that ignorance, poverty, crime and disaffection pervail there, to a distressing and alarming ex tent. It has been estimated that tho famine of 1337 and 1838; in the Upper Province of Bengal ; swept off more than 500,000 peo ple. The famines of the year 1839, vi sited the Northern Provinces of Bombay and Madras. The Asiatic Journal for August, .1838, states that "1100,000 were scantlv fed daily oy vaovernmcni anu priYuiu niuiviuuuiy in the north west provinces ; yet this is but a faint palliative. Tlio people are dying like Jtcgis' From tlm Tnllaharaeo Star 1st. injt. Florida, The Indians aro troublesome in tho West they appear to know ctcry movement of tho troops, and to evade them at almost every point. A few days since a parly of those savages, about 30 in number attacked a government wagon, which was travelling with supplies in Gadsden county, St Joseph, Jan 20. Indians -An express has just arrived (Tuesday morning) from loin, with n let ter from Mr. J. L. Small wood, merchant of that place, s ntingtlinton Monday iii.rliti.ho family of Mrs. Harlan, about six uu'i's from loin, were all murdered and tho pretaiss burnt, by a party of Indians, supposed to bo about twenty in number. The citizens' of that neighborhood vero witlitiut ;irms or ammunition, and call for assistance. The Indians will either remain the Appalavhicola swamps, or make for tho eastern arm of St. Androw's Bay. A company hence, under tho command of Colonel FiiZDatricR. gone in pursuit of them. ArPALAcincotA, (E. F.) Jan. 20, QiQ. We ibis morning received tho distressing intelligence that tho family of Mr. Rowlntf, atRowlott's Mills, in this county, about thirty miles from this city, were massacred by a party of Indians just beoro sundown bst G-cning. Mr. P. W. Rowlett atul ti mulatto man were shot down by tliC Indian baforo they lied shown themselves. Tbtf Indians then approached the house, and tho' inmales wero shot down in endeavoring to make their escape. Mrs. llollis, adaugter of Mr, Daniel Kowlctt, was soon to run some distarrce from tho house before ahe fell A negro man was shot near tho house. Ono individual, a Mr. Itobison, wo believe, who was near the premises, alone osraped, trf tell the story. Tho cider Mr. Kowlctt and one of his sons wero from homo when tho inassacre took place. Gazelle. From tho Buffalo Commercial of January S3d, AN INCIDENT AT THE FALLS. Wc learn from a correspondent at lh Falls, that there was a general turnout of tho citizens of that place, day before yesterday, to see a live deer take tlio avful plunge. Tho deer was driven to the shore of tho riv er about two and a half miles above the Falls. Being closely pursued by snoris- mon and hounds, he took lo the ice, arid ven tured out so far, that the portion on which ho stood broke oil' from the main body, and floated out into the stream and was wafted in tho neighborhood of Carnochan'o pianta- ll?v;n 1,10 slream vcr.V geUy "ntil he reach- .i . i . . . nr lln .n.it. s ...t.n. l.ir. r..:i j . " i-i'iu'ij mien ins nun bujipuii boon broke in pieces, and ho was left to stui!.'glo for life in tho mad torrent. Ho finally suc ceeded in reaching a small island which ma ny of our readers may remember, near tho head of Goat Island, and between that and tho Canada shore. No person has ever been on the Island except when tho ico lodgco around its head, and forms a kind of tion, on the Apalachicoia river; fired on the team killed two mules and wounded ono of tho men. A sergeant, who was with tho wagen, and two soldiers, defended themselves, it is said, with great bravery, and kept the Indians off until two m'tfes were released from tho wagon, with tlio aid of which the men made their escape. A letter received at the Executive oflicc two or three years is 50"! Of those that had suspended 48 only have resumed. How strikingly this short statement ex hibits Iho insecurity of tho rights and inter ests of the people under the present banking laws. Nearly ono half of tho banks havo vmlutpri lliff lawn, and nno out of cvorv twenty has cither cheated and defrauded.or public improvements ot our coinmonwcaun shamefully inismanaccd its affairs ! Yet the immaculate whigs and Harrisonian lake these institutions under their protection they foster them with as much tender care as if they were tho offsprings of patriotism and tho trusty guardians of the country's) tvclfare. Such men, indeed, aro veryjmn and, in consenuenco of this moat unfortu nata, state of things, it behooves us to ox tricato ourselves in the easiest manner pos sible. If you havo your hand in the jaws of a Tiger, take it out with great care and prudence, lest a sudden and unguarded ef fort to relievo yourself, results in the total dogs mothcro throwing their children al jlb"".t twenty miles above, tho town of Apa night into tho Jumna disease destroying numbers whom famine has spared dogs and jackals actually devouring bodios in which life was not oxiinct." At Gwaliur "hydrophobia wa3 as cholera famine dreadful horses, asses, buffaloes, every thing that hits died a natural death, eateil by the nativos. ' AiAgra-inc pouco picu up 150 bodios daily.". . On the Mlh of April, 1838.78,000 pin ing wretches, men, women and children, wero fed by the bound at Agra ; and be tween tho Island 15tl of March, 71,523 infirm and sightless creatures wero relieved in a similar rofliiner. So great wero tho ravages of death, that the air for miles was tainted with the effluvia from iho putrifying carcases of men andscuitlcj and ihe riveis of the Jumna anil tlio Ganges were chok ed up and poisoned by iho dead bodies thrown into their channels. The water from Major Bryan, of Marianna, stales Jam' wl,ic1' aJiii of a hazardous passage. positively that three persons wero killed by tho Indiana near Bloni's Town, on tho west side of Apalachicoia lflth tilt., doubt less by the same party of Indiana that at tacked the wagon, of which wo havo spo ken. From gentlemen just arrived from Apa lachicoia, we learn of further depredations. The Indians attacked the h onset of Mr. i.owict, snuaien op no nam: omhio river, lachicola firod at, but missed Rowlct, who escaped by crawling under a house killed a negro child, aud actually carried off, as a prisoner, Mrs. Ilollio, and a sister of Mr. ltowlet I The people of the West will, wo sus poct, be much harrasscd by tho Indians for some time to come. They arc travelling Westward. Horrible! AV o copy tho following letter from the Edonton Sentinel. It relates a talo of hotror, indeed I Salmon Greek, Jan. 27, 1810. Dear Sir; Bo pleased to publisu in vmlr next nnriRr.urwl hnml in ilm ioiu'..il J i .w tlU Uk.llltt.kl) ai mo prcsenutimc mo river is as open as in midsurnmoggjEt Robinson who distin guished htmSjjffipist summer by his daring in rescuing Cnapin resolved to go over in a boat and brhig the deer off". He mado tho attempt, but was not able to gain the island. Mr. Wm. Conklin, accompanied by Mr. M unger, then determined to -go. They rowtd out to the rapids below the island, thinking to get into the eddy at its foot, but while contending with the strong current, one oar brake, and with tho speed of a raco horse thoy wero instantly hurried towards tho brinlt of tlio precipice. As they pas sed over a small bar Conklin jumped out, and succeeded in stopping the boat,thu water being only about waist dtiop. After regain ing thoir presence of mind, they started a gain, and by means of their single oar and a pole, landed on Goat Island just above the . Falls. Tho deer still remains on his rocky islet. A Child in the Tf 'oods.Somo sensa tion has been caused in the neighborhood of Shcrbrook, Lower Canada by tho dis covery of a white child, supposed to be four aud iish of these ri7ei's were rejected as un- was consumed by fire; logcthor with all its fit for use, and man hopt constantly pin- inmates, consisting ot an elderly lady, three nlnvml in nushiiiff the accumulated bodies olnldreii, and Miss Ward herself. Tho down the torrcnis. The mortality was at rc was not discovered until il -iad progress lor publication, tho following particulars of or fivo months old in the possession of a a heart-rending and awful catastrophe: small party of the St. Fra.icis, Indians. On Friday night, tho 2tth of January, The poor little creature was in a wretched auom o ciock, inc dwelling liouso oi Miss sialo ot suHerine emaciated almost to a t'atsey waru, near Windsor, B.ertic county mere skeleton lashed to a board, pappooso tintl rrmlute defenders and vnholdcrs of loss of your hand, a calamity which might ,i, .,, np ihouHnnil a month : n destruc ed so far as to render the efforts of all to cx- the supremacy of the laws! They con- havo been averted by dealing gently with tion 0f iif0 v.hich if it had continued,would Jmguish it, or savo tho inhabitants, unavail- tinually warn the people to beware of tho tho fearful inonetcr until you felt yourself iav0 SWCpt 0fl" the entire population in less Two sons of the elderly lady roach- Sub-treasury, which, they say, will fill tlio frso from its unnatural embraces, when, in tlian a year cd tho scene only in time to spo their only country with Stcartwouters, who will tho plenitude of truo wisdom, ,you might A still moro dreadful, picture is given in parent buried beneath tho mass of burning plunder tho public treasury that tho pre- lay your antagonist dead at your fuet, whilo aioUcrrrom Calcutta, under dato of tho timber. No person lived nearor than a cious metals, gold and silver, will bo paid you would escape tio fury of the conflict joth of April, which says : "Sinco tho quarter of a mile of ihe scene, and none ar- into their hands and thus enable them to unscathed 1therefoio it may be safely said dCgpatc, ofii,0 overland mail over tho Ber- "vod in timo to hoar a groan or cry of dis- feast upon the luxuries and pleasures that that thoso accursed swindling shops, the cince, which left Bombay at tho close of tress from the burning inmates. the country atlords, whilst the nonest dusi- nanus, nave mo inicrosis oi inu puupiu anu ast month nubl c attention in tins quarter ll,lor l,,e lire "urnru oui.tuo nonsum ... ... . 1 I .1 11- . . - X . ' . I. 1 . "... ness man and laborer will receive a depro ciated cutrency in remuneration for their daily labors, and be obliged lo livo upon that Hind of a nou.ishmont, that produces a3 Cervantes would say, nothing but 'grum blings and groanings." This is not any thine like the results of the banlcmg syu tern ! The democratic whigs, wo would eupposo, by their great clamors against frauds and defaultern, would never bo gu of upholding a system that gives cmpl ment and support to tho dishonest. But let us draw a paralel between tho csnduct of many banks and stock speculators and thoGe who have mado their fortunes by plundering the treasury, and the fact will be plainly established, that banks, as woll jisafew log-troasurers,' havo drawn into their voracious grasp the moneys of tho peo ple, without the intention of ever giving a just and honorable account of them I We aro decided in expressing ouropinion that tho banking syBtem must bo reformed tho commonwealth to a great extent m their unholy embraces, consequently it will rc quiro greet cnution and foresight to bring ourselves out of the fiery futnace without engendering, a system of destruetion that must be felt to the remotest parts of the com monwealth. Let us worK ourselvos out ot has boen engrossed by tho accounts which daily reach tho capital of tho horrid ravages of famine in the provinces to the west und north west.' It ia impossible lo compute tho numbers who die in their tedious pro uress from tho desolate districts to the towns where food in procurable. Wo hear ed bontiH, supposed to be of Miss Ward and tho three childron, were found among the ashes congregated together. It was indeed a dreadfulsight 1 a scene so awful 1 hops never to witness again. Tho wholo matter is a inyslory how the house took fire that no one of the inmates should havo es fashion, with a piece of raw venison in ita mouth which the squaw who had it in charge had given it to satisfy its ravening hunger, being herself incapable of supply ing the proper food designed by naluie for infants of that tender age. Tho poor child was purchased from tho. Indians by a kind hearted Captain Adams, who paid lliern for it fivo dollars and a bar rel of flour. lie also provided for it a suit able nurse and comfortable clothing. It is'cstiinaled that tho parents are known,, or at least cuspected. The child vas not stolen from them, but transferred by them selves to tho Indians with what purpose the Canada papers do not say. American Farmers. There is one class, of men on whom wn can as yet rely. It is. the samo clads that stood on the littlo greeii' at Lexington, that gathered on tho heights their serpentine folds, and then pass such 0imo3t daily of mothers deserting their caped and more than all, that thoy should of Bunker Hill, and poured down from tho laws as will render them a beneht, not children on the highways of infants crawl- Mat "avo been aroused by tho flames, for hills ol Now England, and which wcrothet illy a curse to the counrytnui will insKotnam ni? around tl,0 nranaries lo nick un thef ULrom u, position m whiun thoir ashes wero life-blood of the nation. I mean the farm.- oy- tho servsnts, not the masters of the power cujn8 0r ri,.0 accidentllv scattered durin!? Ifomm after the fire, thoy must either have ers. Thoy were never found tramplinir on that brought thorn into existence I In view of this the Governor vory justly observes, " that if too. rigorous a system of measures be adopted to coerce tho payment of the li abilities of the banks, immediately , the cred it of the Stato must and will be seriously af fected." Let assurance ho given to tho public that at a certain and fixed day, within a reason able time, such resumption will take place, and thrt it will then bo JCP" PERMA NENT T'pj This is preciiely what the tho process of distribution at tho doors of thu roads being hneil with dead bodies, a prey to tho vulture and jackal of the uonMerf of email invert actually obstructed by tho masses of dead bodies thrown there- n, by thou who are-, employ d to clear the perished while slooping or havo been con- hrned in the house beyond the possibility oi cscapo, suspicion uaiiy gaining ground, is en tertained in the community, that tho house . i . . . ... was bci on uro, anu mo inmates either intir- law and right. Wero I to commit my char acter to any class of men let it be the farm--ers. They are a class of men such as thq world never saw, for honesty, intelligpr.ee, and Roman virtue, swoetened by tho gospel ol Uod. And when this nation quarrels, highways of tho European inhabitants of oret or secu.ed within by violence by the they and tlieir sons aro thoso that will stand before the piosperily and happiness of tho peoplo want tho do not care whether tho mnn n can ha tlrmlv and permanently sa- resumption iae iiihuu lo-uoy ur m u av ured. Our Legislature has now tho pow- weeks, providod it then be made pemaneul. r and opportunity to bring about this re The Governor looks upon the Banks pro- it. a nnn Int.n. - f I ., f!n..,nnn.n Jf,n HID llllgt? IUIVII3 U "jft WrtmifJUlU, , being compelled to abfludon their evening drive from the impossibility of encountering the eimivia irom tho putrid corpses a-round." Gen. Alexander Anderson, of Knox, has been elected to succeed Jurlco White, as United Stales Senator from Tennessee. incendiary, to prevent tho possibility of de tection, unspecuuiiy yours, J. L. WEBB. T. J. Elakh, Esq. Edonton, N. O. mmamnmmn Tho Ohernkeo nation, in ironenil council convened, havo chosen John Ross, who is now at Washington, to be their piineipal uniet, by the sheot anchor of our liberties, and hold tho ship at her moorings till she out rides the storm. Paulding, Forty-thrso of the Banks in Michigan have hen proceeded against, by the Attor ney General; and thirty-four of them owo tho slate an aggregate of a million and a half of dollars,