.li lici'Miii's Opinion of flic Federal •f iKlicitiry, Titer* «n* ‘tomciliinjj prophetic in Jeffer -op''* ri'-nijent warnings ogninsl the encroach in-! icn n-nev of ihe Suprcnfc Couri. The ijhiimc- «inch he lorcsaw from the disposition ul ihn: minimi 10 enlarge ns'junsdiction, was ii *nt)pri of rnnsuini concern wnh him during >h n l.iic years of his life, and nolhing that in- in- Hniu’n belier-illusiraies the wisdom an i i|v lorccns; of this eminent statesman, man i lie allusions to this source of danger to on* ffilera government with which his cor resmoni’ime niinunui. The recent startling ijoeicoiruf I tie Supreme Court gives a new, i. noi an unetpeoted importance to his warn ings, nn: iiirni.-iies us with an excuse fop rc ctiliui'.i mem llicm to the remembrance of our ream . I', wii, or seen by reference loins published forre.-’i'ninieni'c. ilmi Mr, Jefferson held; Is . '1 nai me federal judiciary is no more corntifien; 10 coislruc and interpret the cons iiiution lor me oiber deparlmenls of govern meiit —inn legislative and executive—than tliev are 10 consiruc it for ihe judiciary. T, 'i n n each Ui'panment is truly inde ncndonl of tnc omers, and has an equal right io ucciuu lor ilsell whol is Ihe meaning of the consntuiion in cases submitted to its action ; ami especially where U is to act ultimately onu wr.t).-iu - . tipnca.. • -'i. 't n.i" inc germ of Ihe dissolution of our icdorai government is in llie cnnsliiulion of ibe federa. judiciary—an irresponsible body, working like gravity by night and by day, gaming a liilio to-uny and a luilo 10-morrow, advancing ns noiseless step like a thief over ihe field of jdnsdiclion, until it shall usurp Horn me t>m'es. and tlie government till all be consofidaied into one. •in,. Tnat me tendency lo consolidate the sovornmeni bv streng'hcntng the hands of the icncrui piuictary, constituted in his day the distinction between Republicans and pseudo republicans—real federalists. oi. That the judges should bo appointed mr terms noi exceeding six years, and renew able bv tlie; President and Senate, the insuffi ctenav o( me means provided for the removal of ibe nidges gave them a freehold and irre sponsibility m office ; their decisions,seeming to concern individual suitors only, pass silent and untiocoed bv Hie public at large S these decisions, nevertheless, become law by precc dent, sapping little and little .the foundations 01 me constitution, working its change by construction, belore any one has perceived that that invisible and helpless worm has been busitv employed in consuming Us substance. In truth, man is not made to be trusted for life, ll secure against all liability to account. 61(,. Tnc iiiaictnrv of iho United Slates is me subiic corns of sappers and minors con stantly working under ground to undermine the foundation of our confederate fabric.— 1 nev arc construing our constitution from a coordination of a general and special govern ment to n general nnd supreme one alone.— This will lav all things at (heir feet, and they arc lon well versed in English law to forget the maxim, ‘boni Judicis est ampliare juris dictionem' The power of declaring whnl law k, ad libitum, by sapping and mining slyly and without alarm, the foundations of the cons’itution, could do what open force would not dare to attempt. 7th. Thai a judiciary, independent of a king or executive alone, is a good thing, but independen’ of the will of the nation, is a solecism, "a: least in a republican govern mcr.' How fur the Supreme Court of the United Slates has justified the anxiety which Jeffer son fell ami expressed in regard lo its influ ence upon ihe federal government, we leaVe to the judgment of the public. A Runaway Caught,—On the last out ward trio of iho steamship Atlantic,"a clerk lo a commercial firm in New York, having robbed his employers of two thousand dol lars in cash, took passage in Ihe hope, doubt less. of making good his escape. .The firm, were nnl disposed to lei him off ivilhout at leas! aiiemnting his capture, and the recovery of their funds, and uiih that end in view, one of then number started in purkuil in Ihe fleet slenmship Persia. which left that city more than ihrro dins nfier the Atlantic. As luck would have il, the latter vessel, having sus tained some damnge lo her wheels by the ice as she was leaving Ihe harbor, occupied an unusually long lime in reaching Liverpool, while (he Persia succeeded in making one of her nine day trips, nrriv'ng in Ihe Mersey an hour or so ahead of Ihe Allanlic, Tho pur suer having ohl.iined Ihe services of an offi. cer, proceeded ui’h all dispatch on Atlantic, nnd there of course confronted ihe ns'onished delinquent. Nearly the whole of tire missing mnner was recovered, nnd by order of Mr. Unwihome, ihe United States Uon»ul a! Liverpool, the unfortunate cleHt was sent back lu New York in custody on the Ailnmir A harmful, Sekyant. —The Washing- Inn correspondent of the Boston Traveller thus desert lies one of ihe attaches of the Na tional lateUigencerofdce-. lie is very large, very sagacious, very old, nnd verv self-important Newfoundland dog. Like evervthmg and everybody about the office, ho bears an appearance of extreme solidity, and groat good nature—but also of ability and doiermination to maintain his principles, privileges and rights. Since I hive known him, il has been his cusiom to go to the Post Office every morning with the hag. This morning, ns I returned, I met him { ho occupied tho narrow footpath, attd picked his way very daintily. The snow otl Sillier side was about four feht deep. One of us must turn out, nnd d rather expected to take precedence of his dogship. But not an inch would he yield, and when I attempted to push him off into the snow he very, good na luredly turned ihe tables by placing his im mense paws an my.shoulders, and precipita ting me headlong iota (he snow bank, and then quietly passing over my body. I re .covereddo time to see several others, who had laughed at my fall,.lake warning by my fate, •nd accord’ ihe way ip the old ,/ellow, who passed on ay quieily as ever. ' Tra.—lt is stated that -40,244.000 long pf tes'kifere shipped to the United Siatea from .OWfcs'lifting ihe year 1856. The fair ladies are astonishing us by their extravagance, as indicated by the ciiormous tea and silk importations 1 ; THE AGITATOR. HI. H. Cobb, WELLSBOROUGH, PA. Thursday Ifforulnp, Mar. 36. 1857. All Business,and olhcrComraunicationsmusl be addressed to the Editor to insure attention. Mr. David Bbion lias leased the Tavern aland formerly occupied by Mr. W. F. Robinson, and is enlarging and otherwise improving it (or public ac commodation. Mr. Brion is recently (rom Liberty. Messrs. Dicffd\ciier Farnsworth have leased the Hotel formerly occupied by Mr. P. P. Clravrr, and will throw it open on the Ist of April. These gentlemen will have a Livery Subic In connection with their business. We have still a small quantity of China Sugar Cane Seed, for gratuitous distribution among those who will thoroughly try the experiment of its culli valion. VVc have distributed nearly two quarts of this Seed among our farmers, and would be glad to .distribute the remainder before the (Wanting season opens. This species of Sugar Cane may be cultivated wherever corn wilt mature. Il is said to produce excellent molasses, and Is very valuable for fodder— capable of yielding six and seven tuns to the acre of the very finest quality. Mr. Editor : My neighbor has n six month** old puppy that runs out and barks at my hreN every time I "pass the house. This morning I slopped and worried him half an hour, but without any percept iblc effect, unless it waa to increase his confounded yelping. Now what would you do with this nui sance? Be good enough to adv‘i«c me. Four?, William Wiggle. L 1 Reply. Mr. Wiggle: The cause of your di=. tress seems 100 insignificant tor comment, or such comfort os wo may bo able lo give you. The more you notice the puppy in question, the more he will bark. Rest assured that he cannot bite you. Pup. py teeth always accompany, puppyhood. Resides, yon have something of greater importance to do, than the worrying of puppy-dogs. Or, if you have not, call at this office nnd we will introduce you lo a saw-buck and a pile of wood. Is It Practicable? Now that the Federal Judiciary lias allcinjilcd lo constitute Slavery as the rule and Freedom as.the exception, it may not be far wrong to accept this somewhat monstrous-seeming proposition, establish ed by the democratic parly through the highest power in the government; remembering lhal not to acquiesce is eonslructioe treason,and to resist Its ap. plication is rebellion, treason, or any other horrible name used lo frighten grown up people. Wc pro pose to submit for a week, at least, and (n follow up the possible result of future political action under this now democratic doctrine, with truly democratic inhumanity. And let no reckless patriot dare lo at tack the lovely democratic doctrine which it may be necessary to foreshadow in this article. The existence of a dynasty depends open com plete obedience lo its decrees on the part of Iho gov erned. The fall of those truly democratic monarclrs —Charles, James and Napoleon, was the fruit of popular disobedience. King George was robbed of his American possessions by our rebellious forefath ers. And through that rebellion (sometimes called u Revolution,'') the treasonable and anti-democratic doctrine of “ Equality,"—a doctrine which ever proved troublesome to existing powers as tanght by factionists and fanatics, came near being established in this land. The ringleaders of that great insur rection—that monstrous national highway robbery I —■were evidently visionaries and fanatics, (vide Ta. ney, Lord Chief Justice of the American. Oliao—'-r -and Hia Serene Higboo««, Breckenridge, viceroy of (he some, A. D., 'a 7, and of our subjugation, the Dili,) who conceived the absurd idea that “ all meb “ are by nature, entitled to political equalityand who were silly enough to write it down where a wi ser generation should discover its fallacy and laugh at Us “ glittering generalities." At ,lhis distance, the clairvoyant Democratic mind beholds the ignor anco of that insurrectionary period with mingled emotions of astonishment and pity. Tills certainly ■ does honor (o the head and heart of modern democ I racy ; but those worthies are certainly excusable far I the impracticable notions they took no pains to con. | ccal, in some sort. It was, comparatively, n dark I and murky age. Its were those arch-rebels and fanatics, Washington, Adams, Franklin the ; printer, Hancock the merchant, Jefferson, and Shcr- I man the cobbler. Franklin was deemed a great | man and philosopher in (hat murky period; and the | unprogressed stale of mind then can bo shown by • nothing better than this one fact, viis That the dif j covery of the relationship of lightning and electric. | ity by Franklin, was noised abroad as a great trt umph of mind: whereas, even oar schoolboys know that, to say nothing of a thousand other tilings that Ben Franklin never dreamed 01. If the nations of these men were crude, extrarsgaht, Utopian and disorganizing, do not haste to condemn. They saw as the light of that time permitted vision. Ameri ca had pot then reflected the snlsr splendors of the mind of a Douglas; nor had it known the leaven of the wisdom of a Pierce, the ennobling influence of the chivalry of a Brooks, the humanity of a String fellow, the patriotism of in Alchinson, the disinter estedness of a Cass, tho IransmutabUily of a Buch anan, the moral prestige of a Forney, the incorrupt ibility of a Taney, and more than all, and more to bo regretted, the hearts of (hose simple men, had never mirrored tho truth of a Bigler nor thrilled with the eloquence of a Snobble! . It is enough to know that our fathers wore lend of impracticable theories respecting the natural and civil rights of Man. Men.arc not endowed hr the Creator with'certain inalienable rights, for Breckin ridge, Choate and Taney hove so decided. The Declaration of Independence is but a a string of “ glittering generalities,’ 1 We do not know this of ourself, but from the decisions of our democratic Ta lers and judges; for during lljis, temporary alliance with the great Democratic party, wo ere not per-- milted lo do any independent thinking. Mr. Buch anan’s word Is law, and Lord Chief Justice Taney's opinion is gospel. Tho Constitution may as Well be and Congress need never' assemble again. Mr. Buchanan cab make proclamation o.f tho law through the Star Chamber in future a B he has Just done. As good democrats, whp believe that *• gov “ernments derive their Just powers IWin lliecbn “ sent of the governed," we arc bound'to'submit to (lie decrees of Providence, promulged by the Su premo Judiciary. 1 A« loyal democrats we owo something Ib' trfis glorious old' Commonwealth, under"tho Dred Stbtl, decision. As Blaycry is national,'so a'S'a mailer of justice we should petition our’ legislature ‘to dlrcct our Supreme Court lo remdve'all ’obstructions tt> the free spread ‘of slavery within' our’ limits. Let us re 'mobber that negroes are not oUitbka of lho United States,-Sod that Ihey are dohied redress in'the U,B. Courts. What an opportunity.> is- hcreprcseoWdto those eminent’ philanthropists who believe that God ordained'Slavery for'the ChtUiiahlzaUon ol'thS Al-i rienn race! > There ore now in Pennsylvania, 1 33,836 negroes, in the enjoyment of righto and priv. THE TIOGA CO tb-gcs which, under the ortliodox-.lccoocratifi.cou-1 ruction of the Constitution, they ore not only not entitled to enjoy, but which it is unchristian and cruel to permit them to enjoy. What a field for the Christian Philanthropist! How suggestive tb the liberal-minded democracy! Wc fear that Slavery will never thrive in these Northern counties, at heal, not profi'ably. Yet, by reference to the census of 1850, wc find that Tioga county has about 100 of these unfortunate, free col ored people. Now what is to ba done ? Our Slate t Debt is now upward of 840,000,000. The proper, lion ot this which must by paid by Tioga county may be 940,000. These 100 free colored people, at an average of $4OO each, would just pay our propor tion of the Stale debt, then. What more Christian and democratic disposition ot these unfortunately free, people can be suggested? Wc dare say that many of our democratic breth ren will affect to denounce this suggestion ns im politic and premature; but they cannot impeach its humanity. The Democratic doclrino is now that Slavery is a good thing. Its policy is (o extend i 1 in every possible direction. Titus, its policy has been shaped by its devotion to Slavery as a great Christianizing agent. Tito Democratic party is a great a pngrrssite parly. The country is indebted to it (or every im. porlant fealure in its policy, from the suh.treasury down lo the latest and most glorious triumph of the ptrly —the nationalization of Slavery. Its Press is a hospital or infirmary, where the greatest charily is observed in dealing with the morally deformed and the intellectually crippled—both classes of which unfortunates find ready market for their scr vices at the tripodial counter in the Democratic Ba. zaar. The more scrupulous need not apply in that direction for aid, or employment. Such are presum cd to be hostile to pious frauds at the ballot.bov, no less than to the doctrine—“ Might makes Right." Here wc close our first effort at foreshadowing the ultimate policy of the great democratic party. If wo have seemed lo lean toward Freedom, wc ask the Grand Mogul of Democracy lo pardon the Irea, sun. A strict adhesion to the revealed line of the p diey of that parly has been our aim in every »og. gC9lion lv , Editor Gov. Gkary has resigned, We publish Ida Fare well Address lo the people of Kansas in another place, nnd commend it lo the earnest attention of our readers. Those who looked lo Mr. Buchanan to sustain Gov. Geary, may now look for some con venient willow opon which lo hang their harps. The resignation of the Governor was not sudden or unexpected. On the contrary, he long since in. formed the President that either himself, or tho in. famous Lcconiple must be sustained. If the latter, then the Governor would lay down his commission' The Powers that Be, refused lo remove Lccomplc, and for the very plain reason that that monster of Corruption has bean all along doing the will of the Oligarchy, and therefore the will of the great Dem. ocratic party. Gov. Geary V Resignation is truly a removal by the present Administration, then. Tho ruffians who rule and ravage Kansas have ollen urged that a Southern man must be put In Geary's place, nnd the people will not bo surprised to learn that Mr. Bucbanso has tendered the np poiutmenl to a Southerner and a slaveholder. Wo dq not think tho appointment will tic accepted by this Southern gentleman, and for tho very good rea son that'tbs Oligarchs intend the Territory shall be enslaved qnder a Northern Governor. Then, when the last rivet in our fetters shall bo beaded down, they canpreply lo oar expostulations: "We gave you two 'Northern Presidents mud Northern men to shape the destiny of Kspsss; and now, if you find yourself hound hand and fool, and in peril, it is by your own countrymen We shrink with horror fro in the unnatural nrimo* s-kh.li rumanCHlS sotnefi'mea lead their characters into; bat the history of the subjugation of Kansas, as it shall be read by a not distant generation, will cause the blood to curdle which (lowed evenly in contemplating the worst of the catalogue of terrible crimes conceived in the brain of a Walker. Free, dam is to be throttled by the child to which she gave suck 1 The reader it not expected to look to Gov. Geary's Farewell Addresa for the causes of Ins resignation. We shall publish the relation as it appears in tin St, Louie Democrat, a Democratic paper, next week. A brief reference to some of the leading facts is as mnch spaqe os onr crowded columns will this week admit of. 'The Governor plates, that a band of fitly desperadoes bad. sworn to assassinate him if ho dc. viated from tho.course tho ruffians had marked out for liiu). The ostensible ringleader of this desper ate band was Sherrod—the man who attempted to assassinate the Governor some lime since, but who was shot dead by a member'ol the Governor’s suite. Lecomple aids and abets these desperadoes, and the Governor very properly asked for his removal. Tho great democratic party, with James Buchanan at its head, refuses to remove this abettor of murders, and the Governor, to save hia life, resigns. The Governor further states that tho outrages by the Border-Roffians have never been half told. He has concluded that the Free State settlers of Kan. 'as have been the victims of tho crudest of oppress ions and most barboiWs outrages. It remains to be seen'whether the Buchanan pa pers wilt publish Geary’s statement of the state of affairs in Kansas, or whether they will continue to rave on imbecilely about “ Black. Republican lies." The Tnnkhannock Garrisonian organ has now an opportunity to " shriek" about the outrages in Kan sas. The observing man will find a very probable clue to the policy of tlie ne.w Administration, both in the conduct of the campaign and ia the recent appoint ments by the President. The schemes ol the Oli garchs are to be favored lo the uttermost. There is every indication of litis. Certainly, (he President, with a modesty that does him infinite credit, as sumes that the people hang their love Tor the Con tlilulion and the Union open his election ; and lint his election operated like oil upon the fierce Waves of popular fury. In other words, that when he, James Buchanan, went op, it, fanaticism, went down. But ills well krtdwn that James Buchanan was the chosen nominee of the' fire-eaters and dis onionists at, the South; such as Jefferson Davis, Brooks, Butler, Keilt, Brown, Dave Atchihson, StringtelloWj'and so on; Indeed, we do not know that any man of intelligence denies this. ’ We can not igrec wifh Mr. Bichinkn, therefore; that ho owes his election to Unhm-saVcrs. On the contrary be koew bettor when he said it; and what Vs worse for Mr. Bochansn, onr hord-hsoded and. sunburned workingmen here at the North, understand his hy pocritical Indbjtuipl platftlißfei %Il ds' tVell as lie does. , " " ’’ • Mr.Bachsiian taVnowledgcs'W* taperlor nbllza tlbiut'tothe Oligarch* lii 1 dealibgoul bW patronage Bui hO should 'not''pots (rtcrTibga-eowity) rotwe hive' knoui, Lere, and in abundance. Every oo'eoT (bdde men aboold be revnuded-iiribtt liter u, Tram cor ’ tally ttataagds of Scripture, vreiednclada ;Uitt their' f dlo^.feward;i*r/alLw. | “««»*ijV 1 ,ii, .. i. i ui'.W e - Layen’l (lieleMt aijnbiHqp.to, lead (hi* Ad ministration by noae,"»nd yel we really President will gracloualy permit o« to nominate a few deterring candidate! for Executive lavur in Ibis County. N'T Y AGITATO LT Ex-President Pierce has been presented with a splendid service of silver plate, the .gill.of the cit zens of Savannah, Georgia,,—Ax, The N. Y. Evening Past maliciously presumes that there could not be less limn 30 pieces, that iftg the Scripture price of treason. In this connection wo beg lo stale a fact that tve failed to notice last week. It is that the Republican parly presented Mr. Piercc'e native Stale with -a Republican Governor, a Republican Council and a Republican Legislature,on the lOlb instant. \Vn. Haile was elected Governor by a popular majority of 3000! One year ago the Republican Governor had loss than 100 majority I This is reaction. All Hail, New Hampshire I Balayicc of Opinions. Law AntDtNC^—Horace Greeley says in the New \ork Tribune ihai 'he decision in the United Slates Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case is entitled to no mote defeieiice and respect than would be the decree of a set of bar.room politicians. Such is the leaching of a self cons'ituled leader of public sentiment in regard to the laws. That decision is lain,- yet Greeley would treat it as nought, and leuch the people so to do, because it does not suit his private opinions and his political schemes. A good citizen should advocate a law abiding dispo. silion and a respect for constitutional authori ties. But not so the fanatic Gteelev. He would tear down the whole structure of our government if it came in the way of Ins fa. naticism. Fortunately such men can be ru'ed, and such vicious counsels can be over ruled.—Pittsburgh Post. Nolbing that has been said by Iho majority of the Cuurl, which has not a direct bearing on the jurisdiction of the Court, against which they decided, can be considered as authority. I shall certainly not regard it as such. The question of jurisdiction being beforethu Court was decided by them authoritatively, but nothing beyond that question, —Judge Mc- Lean, Since llie decision of this Court in Livings lon vs. Story 11 Peters, 351, the law has been settled, that when the declaration or hill contains the necessary averments of citizen -' ship, this Court cannot look at the record to see whether these averments are true, except they arc put in issue by - a plea of Jurisdic tion. In thnl case the do'endanl denied by his answer that Mr. Livingston was a oiiiaen of New. York ns he bad alleged in Ihe bill.— Both parlies wen,t into proofs. This Court refused to examine these proofs with reference to the personal disability of the plaintiff.— This is ihe settled law of the Court affirmed so lately ns Shepherd vs. Graves, 14” How, 27. But I do not understand this to be the rule which the Court may depart from at its pleasure. If it be a rule , it is as binding on the Court as on the suitors. If it re moves from the latter the power to take any objection to the persona,! disability of a party alleged by the record to be competent, which is not shown by n plea to the jurisdiction, it is because the Court are forbidden by law to consider and decide on objections so taken. — f do nol consider it to be wi bin the scope of the judicial power of the majority of the Court to pass upon any question respecting the plaintiff’s citizenship in Missouri, save that raised by the plea to the jurisdiction, and I do not consider any opinion of this Court oY any Court binding when expressed on a queallan noi legitimately bcfbrt it'. " {Cn’rfOll vs. Carroll, 16 How, 275.) The judgment of this Court, Is that the case is to be dis missed (or want of jurisdiction. Into that judgment, according td the settled course of this Court, nothing appearing aflcr a plea to the merits can enter. A great question of constitutional law, deeply affecting the peace and welfare of the country, is not in my opinion, a fit subject to be thus reached.— Judge Curtis. uGov, Geary reached Washington on Sat urday evening, tho previous report o( his ar rival having been premature. Gur Special Correspondent,- who has seen him, reports ihst he is willing to resume the Governorship of Kansas if Ihe Administration will support him in so doing, and rernove those officials who have done their best to thwart him and screen the oppressors and murderers of the People of Kansas frorh, justice. But this is nolexpected by any ono. Geary’s fate was foreshadowed some time since in leading Southern journals. The last Squatter Sod eieign grossly defames and abuses him. He has been.used as long as he could be, and is now cast aside as worthless, . The report that a, distinguished Southron had been appointed in his stead proves pre mature. No appointment had been made— at least, none has been announced, Fayette McMullen, ex-M. C. from Virginia, has been suggested for Ihe place, but will not be op pointed, As Woodson, the present Secretary of the Territory, is thoroughly Border Ruf fian, it is probable that ho will be left in power as Governor ex-officio for some lime yet, as this will be just as efficient ns the appointment of Soule or Jeff. Davis, and not so obnoxious.— N. Y. Tribune. Thirty five Thus of of it ye poor miserable devils who' have got, nary red 1 to bless your names with ! Think of thirty five tons, of silver bullion passing through our city without a adore of people here |tnbwihg'ihe,facts,or ils having the least effect Upon the‘money market! Fifteen ions left, for Philadelphia on Thursday morning at 7i X. M., in throe extra cars provided for the purpose,the remainder having since passed through, ft is declined for the United States Mint, anti tiame from Si. Louis, in care of the Adam's Express Company 1 / The total value of the 35 tons is upward of $1,800,000, but being in' ihe' form of bafS; from eighteen inches/ to two feftl long, jp rftiher unwidely