PRESIDENT liUCIIANAN'S INAUGU RAL ADDRESS. Fbllow Citizens:—l appear before you tbia day 10 lake /be solemn oath "lhat I will faithfully execute ibe office of President of the United Slates, and will to the best of my •bilily, preserve, protect and defend the Con stitution of tbe United States." In entering upon this great office, I most humbly invoke the God of our Futbers for wisdom and firm ness to execute its high and responsible du ties in such a manner as to restore harmony and ancient friendship anions; tbe people ol the several Slates, and to preserve our free institutions throughout many generations.— Convinced that I owe my election to tbe in herent love.for the Constitution and Ibe Uni on, which still animates the hearts of the American people, let me earnestly ask their powerful support in sustaining all just meas ures calculated lolperpetuule these, the rich est political blessing which Heaven has ever bestowed upon any nation. Having deter mined not to become a candidate for re election, I shall have no motive to influence tny conduct in administering the Govern rnont, except the desire, übly and faithfully to serve my country, and to live in the grata lul memory of tny countrymen. We have recently passed through a Presidential contest in whiyh the passions of our fallow citizens were excited to the highest degree by ques tions of deep and vital importance. P y nt when the people proclaimed their wl.Vi, the tempest at once subsided, and all was calm. The voice of the majority, speaking in the mannur proscribed by the Constitution, was heard, and instant submission followed. Our own country couid ulotto have exhibited so grand and striking a spectacle of the capacity of man for sell-government. What a happy conception, thou, was it lor Congress to apply this simple rule, "iltat the will of the majority shall govern,'' lo the settlement of the ques tion of domestic slavery in the,territories. — Coneress is neither "to legislate slavery into any territory, nor to exclude it therefrom, ! but lo leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institu tions in their own way, subject only lo the Constitution of the United Suites. As a ttat tiral consequence, Congress has also prescri bed that when the Tcriitory ol Kansas shall be admitted as a Stale tl shall bo received into the Union with or without shivery, s their own Constitution may prescribe at the time ol their admission. A •lifferent opinion has arisen in regard to the point of time when the pooplo of a territory shall tiecidotho ques tion for themselves. This is happily a mat- I ter ol bill little practical importance; besides. j fl is a judicial question, which legitimately ; belongs lo the Supreme Court of the United | tiiates, before whom it is now pending, and , will, it is understood, bo speedily and finally ' teltled. To their decision, in common with . sll good citizens, I shall cheerfully submit, whatever this may be. though it has ever j been my individual opinion that, under the - Nebraska-Kansas act, the appropriate period j will be when the number of actual residents in the Territory shall justify the format on ol a Constitution with a view to it< admission as a Slate into the Union- But be this as it ' may, it is the imperative and indispensable duty of the Government of the United States, to secure to every resident inhabitant the free 1 and independent expression ol his opinion b) his vote. This sacred t a'u ol each Individ- : vtsl must bo preserved. This being aoeont plished. nothing can be fairer than lo leave lbs people of a Territory free from all foreign interference, to decide their own ~cs,.o\ lor themselves, subject only to the Constitution ol the United Slates The whole Territorial question being ttiU settled upon the principle of popular sovereignly — ;4 principle as :r ciSlit ss f-ee government itsel:—every hlng ol a practical nature h* be An decided. No other question re mains lor adjustment, be cause all agree that, under the C.nnstitution, slavery in the S ales i bevot-d tbe teach ot any human power except that ol tit' respect- j ive Stateathemselves wherein it exist" Mm we not. then, hope that the long agiuu ui o-i this subject is approach.eg i.s end, ar.d Iha - , the geographical parties to which it has give birth —so much dreaded by the Father ot hia > Country—will speedily become extinct ? Most hsppr w II it be tor the country when the public mind shall be d.rerted from this question to other* ol more pressing and prac tical importance Throughout the whole pro ves* of this agitation, which has scarcely known any intermission tor mere .. an twenty vests whilst it has been productive of re poi.,ve good to any human being, it has been the proline source ot great evils to the mas.tr. to ihe slave, a.'d to the wl o,e coun try. It tias aliens,ed a.~o pranged the peo ple of sister Sates from es, h o'her. and has even endangered the per* existence of the Union. Nor has the dang-." f" 1 en tirely ceased Under cur sys em titers." • * remedy tor all mere po cal en.s in tt.f eoer.d ee-sa and sober jadgmef of t u e pee- i pie. Tune is a great coveo: re. Political i •objects which but a tew y ears ago excited and exasperated he rtf .r ru ed, have pass- , cd away and are tow rear'y er. b < live question ct . roes; o S avery ,sot" far . meant importance thar of any mew poh ot, t qoer.ion. because shot-Id the >; at.ot en • > lime, it bit sve'tst y e-d.v-ge- the per teci saev ct' a Urge portion o' cot country t mac where tit* i.-.s ac .on exists lrt tha < event no form of Gcxonrces'. however ad •imbue . "c", bewever v-od,>c: re of ma tana, beetsfft,i t, c2i ccmpetsa t o- the lot* o peace aed ion***,re sere- v a-:;:n :s :ts tie altar. Let ererr U*lrh-S"vihi ma: nere- Ae, exert his be*, ixfitteroe to erpr-Tss th.f *£. aa oc, wt-cX. s-ao? is rece :.: .e o -" f Cocgresa u vanee; a* y rftg -. * t# cc- wc.. i J: it as r '>•*** - ii; t-ave i M4anA*<£ rt caictU e zre 3>?-e trtsr.t. ; eaee of A* Uwo*. Seanmed n < hare beam p-eeer too ot tne pec-sr-a-v pec-a J daoa mJtwm - -—w w?-v"2 wet *d rest tv 0 , 4iflHKKSoa.es aid meuxst hf ® u d.-*e> : gin. x&£ of the eoppa-a vr isiycj®* wtirfc —* as Heerr: vrntdi isfrrt ee otber Sw es ; srnd ew 'fan* Even seeeerid-ng ve rhas icw < am* View •' iW migjhnr coewioe, t anek are aa ixi.--—oe bare ref eh*w e itoe newn- Wt p® .f * t ime iiiiea_ki n t ti*t aa t > . j i tlHj ■—'J *• •*- 1 ■ I witnested. Thia trade is conducted on rail roads and canals, on noble rivers and arms ol , the sea, which bind together Iht North and I j the Sooth, the Fast and the West of our Con j-1 fedcracy. Annihilate this trade, nrreat its . free progress by the gengruphioal lines of I jealous and hostile States, and you destroy ; j the prosperity and onward march of the whole ~ j utid every part, and involve nil in one com _ J mon rnin. Bui such consideralinns, import- I ant as they are in themselves, sink into in , j significance, when we refloct on Ihe lerriffic I evils which would result from disunion to every portion of the confederacy. To the i North not more than lo the South—to the F.asl not more than to the West. These 1 I shall not uttempt lo portray, became 1 fee*, ian humble confidence, that the kind Pre,vi olence which inspired onr fathers will-, wU i dom to Itume the most perfect form, of Gov- I eritmeii*. and Union over devised by man, r | will not sorter it to perish, Dtitil it shall have j been peacefully tttslrumwntal, by its exam ' pies, in the extension, of civil and religious > | liberty throughout ihe world. | Next ill importance lo the niainlenanec ol the v'otisiiif.iion end the Union, is the ditty of | preserving the. Government Iree from the , taint or even, tlio suspicion of corruption.— ; Public virtue is the vital spirit of Republics; a I and history proves that when this has decay . | 'id and the love of money has usutped iis 1 place, although thefotmsof freoGovernment I may remain lor a sans on, the substance has i departed forever. 'j Otir present financial condition It without 9 j u parallel in history. No nation lias ever be- H j loro been embarrassed from too large a stir ' | pitta in its treasury. This almost necessarily 1 j gives birth to extravagant legislation. It ' I produces wild schemes ol expenditures nod 1 j begot* n rare of speculators and jobbers, ' | whose ingenuity is exerted in contriving and ' | promoting expedients to obtain public mon i ey. The purity ol official agents, whether " } rightfully or wrongfully, ia suspected, and ' | the diameter of the Government suffers in j ' | the estimation ol lite people. This is in itsell | 1 j a very great evil. The natural mode of rt lief j from this embarrassment is to appropriate the . surplus in the Treasury In gieat national oh- | joots, for which a dear warrant can be found i in the Constitution. Among these 1 might i ' mention the extinguishment of the public j ' debt, a reasonable increase of the Navy,— I ' which i at present inadequate to the protee-1 j lion of our vn*i turnings afloat, now greater I limn that ol any oilier nation —as well us to I the defence of onr extettsire sea coast. It is < /beyond all question the principle that no j ttioro revenue ought to be collected from the ! j people than the amount necessary to defray ; i ihe expenses of a wise, economical and effi | cioui administration of the government. To j reach this point, it was necessary lo resort to a modification of the tariff, and tins has. 1 | trust, been accomplished in such a manner ; J as to do as little injury as may have been J 1 . practicable to our domestic manufacture*. !' i especially those necessary lor the defence ot j the country Any discrimination against a 1 pntiieitlar branch for the purpose o f benefit- 1 , iag favored corporations, individuals or icier- 1 ' ete, would have been iinyns: to lb' rest ot ' ! the community, nu-l inconsistent with that spirit ol l.iirnoss and equality which ought to govern in the adjustment ot a tevemia lar ' iff. But the squandering of the public money sinks into comparative insignificance, ss a temptation to corruption, when compared v\ nil ihe squandering ol the public lands No nati in in d e tide ot" tune has ever been bless ed with so rich snd noble an inheri'ance ss we et'toy in the Unblio I.ar.d*. in sdmint* t toting this important trust, whilst it may be vv.se to grant portions ol them for the im- , provement of the remainder, yet we should never forget thai it is our cardinal policy lo ptcsetve these land", as much as may be, tor uc'tvsl sett ers, and this at moderate pri ces We shall thus not orlv best promote the prosperity of the new States and Tettito- i ties, by furnishing t'icni a hardy and ittde ; pendent race of hardy am! industrious citi- , .-ens, but shall secure homos for Cttr children 1 a d oct children's children, as well as fori i those exiles from foreign shores who nvsy seek in ibis country to improve their eondi , lion a d to enjoy the blessings of eivtl and n-'igiou* liberty Such emigrants hsre done ntui > to promote the growth and prosperity of the country They have proved faithful ; both it peace and tn war. After becoming cit-, iietvs they ire entitled under the constitution , and laws, to be placed on pet fret equality vv .h ra ;ve born citizen* and in t! ,s chsr- , a.-ter they should ever be kindly recognized T: e Federal eons',i'ttt'on is a grant frem tie < a - e to Congress to cetu.-i spec tie powers, and the question whether ih s grant shou.-d , be 1 beraliy ct strictiy eoastrucd, has more or less divided political par. es from the begin - , r.ittg Without entering into Ibe argtttrer.'. 1 do" e to state, a: the commencement c; ntv ad ministration, that long experience ar.d •vbse:ration have convinced nie that a strict c.vsanction o: the powers of thcGovemment < ihd o; iy ,:te. well as the on'y safe the :-v c .e Con.sr.'Ption. Whenever, in onr story, doubtful powers have been ox f. sed bv Con rra*, these bar# never failed to produce i. artoa* and unhappy eonsequen- , ces Mary s-.-.ch nught be addu ce.-. .:" .his were the proper occaaicn. Ner t:.er s cccessarv tor the put'-o service to s ra..-. lie ,a. gnage of the Co.-.srHmion. be cause a. .he great ard usetul potre. - * requi re. a srozesstc! aJntiuiktrw'ion i"t the u;ie- nre; t-o a peace ar.-d ;a war. fcave Peer, graited e ,ier ia express terms, cr by* ,;e ? a res: .x; -rt Wt..st deeply c-gvn- , v.uze. ct .ijse :r:.x. 1 yet cz-rtf der :. c sar, < i at. auie: .te xir-Btiltrg (exc: Congress • ctay appropa.s ? rrrcey ioaxis the cat:- } t -art-ri £-' arr a:y toad, w.-er ti. sis ab- ( so : ,-.: v "eressa-y tbe ar-core cd a: y jcave or Ir.-r.ts" 4 - - le 4 " ' " r " . < j C g-ea* A*|voweu • e ♦£-.*: j- . bdaafqa-t anrses pro*;us a-* 4 " 3,4 , - :a,a a Hiiy a: - xc caJi fani a m- .a ■ i -zepei itrxtix Taa* ia*l axt - pie Bar nei srux lie waz mkirg fuvr,ti.e eorrerpatid. rg cny ss recccvi dH *':t I l"naeu SvAre* iti. pitec. end tt tcz (die i ptmes) egnsr* itrnmos .*" Nc* c -s poaes- j ,> K n Son uu* praneexsoz c Gsadorun aid < TVMC the Xerrtvones cite , lions of war may be speedily transported from tlie Ailuniie Stales to meet and repel the in vader. In the event of a war with a naval povvSr much strongor than our own, we should then have no other available access to the Pacific coast, because such a power would instantly close the route across the Isthmus of Central America. It is impossible to con ceive, that whilst the Constitution lias ex ptessly required Congress to defend all tho States, it should yet deny to them by any fair construction, the otdy possible means by which or.o of these Slates can he defended. Besides, the Government ever since its origin, ha', been in the constant practice ofconslruct :mg military roads. It might also be wise to . consider whether the love for the l/'mon which , now animates our fellow-citizens on the l'a- I cific coast may not be impaired by our neg • j lect or refusal to provide for them in their I remote and isolated condition, the only means j by which the power of the Slates on this side ,of the Rocky Mountains can reach them in i , sufficient lime to protect them against inva sion. I j 1 fin bear for tho present from expressing ! | an opinion as to the wisest and most eco , j nomical mode in wtich the Government can . | lend its aid in accomplishing this gree l and ; j necessary work. 1 believe that many of the I difficulties iu the way which now appear i j formidable, will in degree vanish as 'soon us the nearest and best route shall i have been satisfactorily ascertained. It may | be right that on this occasion I should make I some brief remaik in regard to our rights | and duties as a member of the great family |of nations. In our intercourse with them, | ttiere are some plain principles approved by I our own experience Irotu which wo should , never depart. i We ought to cultivate peace, commerce, attd friendship with all nations, ami this, not merely as the best means of promoting our own materia! interests, but in a spirit of Chris tian benevolence towards fellow man wher j over their lot may be cast. J Our diplomacy should be direct and Irank, j neither seeking to obtain more, nor accepting less, than is our due. We ought to cherish a sacred regard for the independence of ull i nations, and never attempt to interfere in the j domestic concerns of any, unless this shall i be imperatively requited by the great law of ! ell-preservution. To avoid entangling alii uiioen has been a maxim of our policy ovr since ihe days of Washington, and ita wisdom no one will utiempl to dispute, j In short, we ought to do justice in a kindly spirit to all nations, and require justice front i them in return. I It is our glory thai whilst other nations ' have extended their dominions by tho sword, we have never acquired any territory except 1 by lair purchase, or as in the case of Texas, 1 by the voluntary determination of a brave | kindred and independent people to blend their ' destinies with our own. Kven our acq nisi- j sitions Iront Mexico form no exception. I'd- I willing to tske advantage of the fortune ol , war against a sister Republic, wo purchased , these possessions under the treatv of peace lor a film which was considetcd at the time a lair equivalent. Out past history forbids that we should in the Inture acquire territory, ; unless this be sanctioned by the laws of Jus tice and Honor. Acting on this principle, no 1 nation will have a right 10 interfere or 10 complain, if in the progress of events we shall still further extend our possessions Hitherto in ull our acquisitions, the people under the protection of the American Flag have enjoyed civil and religions liberty, as well a* equal and just laws, and hare been contented, prosperous and happy. Their trade with the rest of the world has rapidly ' increased, and thus every commercial nation ; has shared largely in their successful prog ress I shall now proceed to tske the oath ' prescribed by the Constitution—whilst hum bly invoking the blessings of Oivmo Provi- . dtnoe on tins great people. JAM Kb BUCHANAN. ' Philadelphia expedition to Neha-lopol. An expedition from Philadelphia is about to undertake what the all.ej army could not effect. It is making preparations to enter the harbor of bebastopol, not as a destroyer, but to sutc national property from destruc tion. Tho Russians, during the famous as sault upon that city aunk ia the harbor IP# vessels, including 15 line of bart'e ships, T . it.gases. t> steam eta, and 10 brigs of war j The machinery of the steamers of war, be- i tore being suuk. was carefully covered w.tb a preparation of tallow to prevent it jury from the water. They were scuttled by boring, three inch auger holes near iV.e water lute. Mi. Johtt F-. Gcmen, of Roster, a; the soli citation of a number of gentleman ci Pi i'.a , delphto, went to Sebastopol. examined the harbor, made bis plana, and agx.t.s; thirty compel.tors frost France and K.g...cb tamed from the Kmpercr of Buss a ...e con tract to raise these ships. which are vx.oed by the government at aix-y-nve r0...i0..i o: dollars The expedition will consist of two vessels, one of which leaves Philadelphia en or about the first of April, and the se-cond sooa after. The number of persons engage; , to accompany it from this country is about one hundred and fifty, and the hydrit ; machinery is of the most colossal Jesertp acriptios. The contract will take eighteen months to perform, the Russian Goverumer: furnishing fear thousand men to help is the work. At Ker.oh. there are also soma five or s,x Russ.i- vessels stark, which are in c-'cded ta the contract and in the harbor cf >ebas. opo". ihrtejare StV .\C-.V wortkjof cf i "; and anchor*. which the French and English tajew overboard, (rote inability to carry then, off This contract is the greatest one eTe: emerssi into, and a: anrlloatioa is new ietc-e the F.xnsylvasla Leg s'a'ure to in corporate the Company for the purpose cf' -rose—ting the work foec-essfc y. Jofct; locker. Esq, Dt. Mo.tw S- W.nkorsram aad Mr Prmbory oi the Girafd Hosae. art the scire mowers .a ;;e ecterp.ria■—Ledger i-vo Lxiraca—lt is stated that Bmme Ayre* bices—!Te best quality ia anarsc,—nsa m Ftv York iat Wf cts i per pocsd srld'n Jaw Jsse ISe price was 43 ftinf Txi< is ar cf fsij 65 per att- a Months, though -die r*et reppy b w lom sraa! •&' *= ©f ' ye* 1 STAR OP THE NORTH. R. W. WEAVER, EDITOR. Illoomabnrg, tVrilneaday, Atarch 11. 1857. Democratic Nominations. FOR UOVLRNOH, ' WILLIAM F. PACKER, ( of Lycoming County. TOR JUDGE OF THE M'RKKMK COURT, ELLIS LEWIS, of Philadelphia. FOR CANAI. COM MISSION KR, • MM ROD STRICKLAND, ' of Chester County. , . . , Jl'DtiE Df.Att K. Tha members of the new administration are all man of national reputation. But Ihe ' appointment from Pennsylvania it especially fortunate ; and the President could have I found no man in the State of more vigorous intellect and independent spirit than Judge Black. His opinion in the Passmore Wil liamson case is the strongest legsl production I from the mind of an American lawyer since Webster's famous speech in the Dartmouth ' Collega case. Ir. his public addresses he uses language with an ease and grace, and yet with a power that no Ameri'iatt of this lime can equal His late address on Reli ' gious Toleration, of which we published a j I good part, is a apscimeu ol his fine and fin ished scholarship, as also of his clear and ! strong mind. But it is iu his legal opinions I | that we see most plainly the line accuracy I r with which he weighs the shades of every I word's meaning, and his thorough familiarity with each one's origin, history and use. f.e | gal dissertations require this precision ol j j language, but many a judge and lawyer has , ; found the difficulty of being at once definite , and t.ot prolix and tedious. Judge Black I I does not use one word too many, and no j word in his sentences could bo changed for II a more pertinent one. i I But there is another merit in this appoint- J ir.eut, —Judge Black is not embarrassed by • any politics! associations or obligations that | can in tha slightest degree restrict hie entire I independence ia his new position. Indeed ] we know that his temper would net submit to be hedged ill by ativ ties or bonds, any | more :lttt the eagle's spirit would bear to bo caged. He will be n strong and honors- , bde part of the administration. M ho Shall It lie. ! The removal of Judge Black to Washing | ton will require tho Democratic party to j nominste another Judge of the Supreme ; Court in his plsee. It the three present noaii ! nees w ere not all from the Kaetern end of the j : State. William Strong, Ksq.. ol Reading. I would no doubt be the most tit nominee j But justice and discretion seems to require \ the* vt candidate should be Item l\ Wm. j Wm. A Stokes of Westmoreland, lu been mentioned; but unless he is very different j trom the other public men of that county a 1 better candidate ought to be found. Hope well Hepburn ol I'litsburg, has the nepnta- i lion of being a sound Ixtvyer: and eo too i has Charles A black ol Greene, who served j with ability as Secretary of State under Gov. Btgler, and was some years ago a State Sen- j ator. Judge Thompson of Krie, has capa- i city lot the post:ion. but perhaps lacks some j other requisite elements of character. - The New laitil Bill. Just a* was to be expected, the Republi- ■ • cans iu Congress aided to pass a b'll redno- j i-;g the tariff', while t ot one of them pro- J posed a single measure of telle! for "bleed- , ing Kansas " Those good easy souls of the . Opposition who once behaved that the -tariff" j cry was in earnest, or who last fall shed tears over the det.t.ls of -blood and murder" in Kansas, can now open their eyes to the , tricK which demagogues played upou them, j They can see that the jugglers who practiced on their passions and prejudices rated ceuh- | er for the tariff uor the "niggers," but ouiy iter a slice ot the spoils. Plenty or Aew Doctor*. The Medical Colleges c! Philadelphia lust | week c osed their winter course of lectures and conferred the degree ot M. D upon such • smden.s as had attended two courses of !ee , turcs. Among the graduates at the old Jef , ferson College are John C. Fruit, cow of HxtUtou, but formerly of this county, ar.d lVierH. Freeie. Among the graduates a: the Fancy; van ia College are the follow ..-.g young men from this county:—Robert H. Brown, Char'.es M H El-sha IT. M. Lowe, David R Delong and Cnarles H. Wilson.— Trie degree ci M. D wlso conferred mi Dr F. O Harrison of this plxoe. though he tad formerly gra.iua'ed at another College.— Tae Deonsy ivsr.ia is comparatively a ycur.c rs' -.clion. bw it this year exhibits cuile a respectable number cf graduates^ hew Books. Mr. T. E Peterson, of Philadelphia, an r.ou: res that be has published The B-orkr Rrrci." a new novel bT F.rnersc- Betoett. a-, acthor who has cow sc-ne ceiebnty as •he ictbor ol "C.Ara Mcrtiar.d," "Tbaprarle ffrwe:,"' and seme hx.; dr zei ether works. The book is complete is two '.irge duodeci mo vc',oes. rea. y brstd is paper cover f for St tni tor that sum wil. be sen: free of posaee to any pan of tie Us.tac States. The szraa pobtisr.e: announces that on next Sj c:c*y he wall publish '-Trria: toe secret of acaer," by Mrs- K. D. N Soo'h i worit. The wsrk is oo cocbt tail of thrii . ling set :snt and cerroos ptctares; and pm-si io bars a use fx the vxciuiUe seesus acd skeaebes oi this dxrt of books j wil fiuc it to faraish agieeabte readwg. In ooc vr.Eme-eisebbkdißg-tz>e pries nil-15: ' ia two <;:eea, paper bardsrg. the price is 41. For -hw s mm the pabSsbev wiM mai 1 ocqnes by staM, fiwa of parage, to asy pgr, ' vi toe Utttnd bow • School CxiiXninntlou. ' On last Friday afternoon the public exam ination of the Upper Grade School took plane in the Academy of this town. The classes I showed proficiency in their studies whioh did credit to them and their teachers. The class in Algebra was very good lor its time of study. The advanced Grammar class passed through very much such exercises ' in ''Young's Night Thoughts'' as makes a part of the examination of teachers for tno Gramuier schools of I'hiladelphia, and we behove with an equal percentage of correct urswers to the report of the Philadelphia examinations. The youngest classes in Ge ography ami Grammar, under Miss Morris, could teach ono half the teachers oi our county. The exhibition of declamation and origi nal reading was held in the evening at the ' i Mslliodisl Church, uud it seemed as if every | human being of the district was there. The , j exercises were well lor those of the first , j pubhc school ever held in the place; and . | would evidently have been much more in , ; loreslitig tl the audience had not been so , j large ami some of it not so disorderly. , j We believe the school education of the . | young in this town ia not to be complained ; |of iu the geneial. If only the Aomr education , | and the slice! education were no worse, there , j would not be those shametul cases of youth , ! ful riotousnese, rowdyism, and obscenity I | whicr. disgrace society. There nre in this > ' district 500 school children, whose minds , and characters are just forming and need j daily training and culture. They arc grow- , ing tip for good or evil—for virtue or vice.— j I And let uot any person deny that ho has at; | interest in the training which these 500 tm- I mortal minds receive. '-The child is father j to the matt;" and lltoso youthful minds ate ] the elements out of which will spting the j social condition of tho next lew years. It will be either upward and onward to an ele- | vated and refuted sentiment of rectitude and ' social security and enjoyment, or downward and backward towaid licentiousness, vio lence and vice. If any man tee! sore iu the purse alyut his school-tax, let him rolled that a majority of tln-so children can receive no private schooling, and that it is neither si\f'e lor society uot just to the young that tltey should receive only tho education of the ilrrtl. Nor will it affect only those who are allowed to become depraved, l'ha chil dren of every family are as liable in their moral nature to the contagions of vice as the physical system is to the small-pox or j the whooping-cough. IV" The F.Jinburg Review for January has been received Iront Messrs. Leonard Scott & Co.. TO Ful on St., New York. The following is the table of oontenta: l'htlip 11. and his Times—ProseoU and 1 Motley ; Human Longevity ; Convocation ; Fcrgusaou's Handbook of Architecture ; Ma- j | can I ay's History of England : Rights and Li abilities ol Husband aod Wife: French iwieiv j • under the Directory; Scottish Lawyers and j | Kitgltsli Critics ; Parliamentary Committees and Uailway l.egistaiion ; India, Persia, and I Afghanistan, j TERMS—PAYMENT TO UK MADE tN ADVANCE. I For any of iho a Ksv.an.*, ?.i per sun. i For any two, h " For any three, T " i For ll four of ihe Reviews, 8 " i For Blackwood's Magazine 3 " For Blackwood and 3 Renews !' " | For Blackwood and the 4 do 10 " | Address I.FON'AUD SCOTT &Co , Tit Ful Street, New York. 1 he ( obi set. | The President selected the f.-llowtng per- | i sons as the members ol his Cabinet, at.d j I their nominations were immediately confirm- , . ed by the Senate. i Secretary ef State—Lewis Cass, of Michi- 1 i gan. | ' Secretary of the Treasury—Howell Cobb, i of Georgia. Secretary of War—John L>. Floyd, ot Vir -1 ginia. Secretary of the Navy—lsaac Touccy. of j Connecticut. ! Secretary of the Interior—Jacob Thornp i son. ol Mississippi. ! Post Master General—Ansaa V. Brown, of ; Tennessee. ; Attorney General—Jeremiah S. Biack. of | Pennsylvania. Fire ai 1 nmaqun. Oa Monday night of last week the Ma chine Shop of the Little Schuylkill Company 1 at Tamaqna was discovered to be on fire, ' i and. before the destruction cou.J be arrest ed, that buiidmg and several ad oining ones ; ; were entirely consnnied. The loss is e*.i mated at SIO,OOO. ol which $5,000 is cov. 1 i ered by insurance in the Lycoming Company. C On Monday ttight ol last week, a fire i, occurred oa the Minersriile road, which con ■, fumed tour ot five frame dwelling houses i The firemen were on the spot, but as the vra -1 , ter does not reach that part of the borough, : nothiag could be done to save the property. The r.'.ght was intensely co'.l, and the scf -1 , feting of those rttdereJ destitute by the fire I very severe. The fire originated in a suble I close by. ScLUTAS.—The store cf Henry Shafer. at ■' Headleyrifie. was totally destroyed by fire on I the ?2d c!t. Partially insnre-J, A shawl accidentally caught fire, and in the endeavor i' to quench it, a ficid lamp burst Toe ■ dwelling boose of J. B. Little, of Laporte, narrowly escaped conflagration on the J9:h .! clt. The fire was communicated by sparka r alighting upon the roof. But little damige f - was dooe Wm. Mey'.ert baa been e'ee ' ed Justice of the Peaee for Laporte borough. i ■ IT" Socb of oar readers as like to enjoy ■ | good thicgi rn find Judge Black's Agncoi • taral Address entire in the ' Star' of October I J Jib, 1855. In oer paper of November J9,h, : 1556, will be fonod a cbeice par. cf hb Ad i '■ dress on Religious Toleration. i . —— ry Ttrey are talking of rannmg Judge i Wiltot* for Governor oi Pennsylvania, says I ihe SyracoM Journal. "They" did talk of I running Fremont for PiMsdeat in the same i Mate ia*)! fsP the nkw tariff bii.u. A Washington correspondent of the New i York Timu has furnished a running ab tract ( of the new Tuiifl Hill just passed by Con ! press. It is the result of a compromise of , conflicting views on the subject, and passed , by a vote of 35 to Bin the Senate, and 124 , to 71 in the House of Representatives. It ! goes into full effect on the first of July next, L nnd the now rales of duties to apply to all , goods imported, but warehoused, in the , meantime, as though the same had been ! imported after the SOlh of Juno. The im mediate practical results aside from tha main purpose to reduce the present redun dant customs revenue about $14,000,000 per annum on ihe enrtent scale of importation will be to throw n large portion of the highly dutiable goods now on the way from foreign State into Public Storo, to await the opera | tion of the new bill, and to postpone a con i siderable share of the usual importations or • dered for May and June until after the tsl of | ' July. Both will necessarily lead to the re- j i dttced payment of rash duties into tho Sub- | 1 Treasury. What the effect will be after the | ! new bill takes new force, it is difficult ai j j present to see. The measure, however, is j well-timed, us the banks will bo better ena- j bled nt mid summer to supply the first de- i | mands of the importing iuietcst, to pay cash j ' duties upon the large sum ol goods withheld ; | Irani the market until alter the Ist July, than J ,at any other season. The subsequent im- j J portaliuiis will no doubt be heavy for ssvorsl 1 j winters, and the very serious apprehension is \ ' that the reduction in some of tho schedules 1 of the act of 18 lit may while curtailing the j revenue, afford undue encouragement to an excessive scale of importation. Schedules i of 1846 to 30 per cent, might have been I 7]iiiie sufficient to bring down tho revenue to tho budget of (iovernment expenditure, ; without interference with the original 30, j 25 snd CO per rent, schedules. But litis I could not be done in the conflict ol opin- j ions between the two Houses, and the j broader principle of the Senate bill of Mr. | Hunter had to be yielded to to secure the j adoption of tha much enlargement of the j Free List, so as to include wool and some ! I other raw material, and the drugs nnd dyes j j employed in mamilucttiring, as contempla- 1 j tod nt the House bill of Mr. Campbell, its : j well as to remove all danger of a mischiev- ! 1 ocs redundancy in the public treasury. The ' j general arrangement of the modification of' 1 the schedules is thus: t Old Rate, 100 40 30 25 20 15 io 5 Free. a Re r> k f c, u i ! ' New Rate, 30 30 24 IP 15 12 8 4 Free. | j The tollowing leaJing articles are reduced j | as here specified : i In SxhtJulc .4 ft cm 100 to 3 $ per trnt. j | Brandies, Cordials, Gin, Liqueurs, Ab-j J synthe, Curacoa, Anack, Maraschino, Other : Spirits. I in StktduU It /rem 40 to 30 per catt. I All wines in wood, Mannf. Tobacco, Ci- : , gars. Champagnes, Ebony, Cut G'ass. !h> Akf csnt, | Silks, Fine Woollens, Firearms. Copper i j Ware, Cutlery, Laces of Metal, Paper Fab . lies, Cheese, Iron, iron Fabrics, Bonnets. t i Combs. Clot hum. Jewelrv, Glassware. Chi j nose Ware. Wiuo, bottled, Ale nnd Beer, So ; gars. Syrups, Molasses, KmbroiJercs, Tin . Frabrics, Carpeting. I:i Sckfifule If fio-t 25 to 10 rtr err:.'. 1 _ * I Flannels, Bareges, Yarns, Cotton Laces. I Mohair, Matting. Fabtics of Hair. Col on Frints, Feathers, Floor Cloths. Cordage. I , Worsted Goods. I ! I 'Jrt SAfiro/e D from 20 to 15 jxr crnl. ' Linens, Other Flax Goods 00. Cotton I Hosiery, Hempen Goods. Paper and PerioJi icals. Paper Hangings. i'i Sch.'JuU Ffiom 15 to 12' per cent. i Tow of Hemp, Tin Plates, Steel in Bars. Tow of Flax, Brimstone, S.lver Leaf, Gold ! i Leaf, PU.v I'mnanuf., Diamonds. I Mr. Campbell stated in his explanation : ! •'To# Hoi;-e Committee yielded to the | amendment of the Senate which proposed a ; reduction of the higher schedules to thirty ' per cant., and in the compromise of the mat- ' ' tot tkry hart procured substantially tktir fttt Nst by yielding some immaterial points in I ' that respect " Mark the Hypocrites 1 A bill.lor the admission o r Minnesota ss a I State has reeeutly passed the House at Wash-1 iugton, by a vote of 07 to 75 TWENTY i SEVEN Northern ''freedom shriekets ' voted against this bill for the admission of a FREE State, while TWELVE Southern Democrats voted for it! If these twelve Southern mem- J bers had voted with these twenty-seven ' '-'freedom sbriekers," the bill would have been defeated. Thus the admission of a j new free Staie is due to those Southern members These canting hypoerites of the , North are constantly denouncing the Souih j era [woplr aa endeavoring lo foree alavary " •' into free territory, while Southern members ; vote for the admission of a free State against the persistent efforts of these hypocrites to defeat it. Messts. Aiken of South Carolina, iClitigntan of North Carolina, Cobb of Geor gia. Bocock of Virginia, and other promi nent men. voted for this bill, while three Massachusetts member, three from Connecti j cu'; tluee from Ohio, five from New York, ! seven from Pennsylvania, and others voted r against it. Snch is the sincerity of these ( j freeJom shrieking demagogues—constantly bawling in behalf of freedom and then TO ' ling against the admission of a free Slate! J C?" The residence of Mr. J. F. Yost, in j Lewisborg, was destroyed by fire on Wed ' nesday evening last. Insored in the Lock ' J Haven Company. COFTKE.—The value of the imports of * | coffee into the Coiled State*, is sl6 000.000 ' ! aneostly, or one-seventh of all the imports '' of the coowry. I A LIEGE COMPACT.—The number of pas sengers carried by ah the railroads of the e J United State* during 1656 was 74,000,000. s ' —-■ f , Faoz*c To DriTn.—Two bnndred persons r J are said to base keen (rozan to death in the United Fan ierrug ihs present winter Dcoislou Ol the Xuptemn Court in ||,u Ulcd .-coil. Wam.\oroN, March 6 The opinion of the Supreme Court in the Drc.l Scott ease, was delivered to day by Chief Justice Taney. It was a full and elab orate atatainaut of the view* of the Court.— They have decided the following all impor tant points First—That negroes, whether slaves or free, that is, men of the African taoe, are not eitixens of the Untied States by the Constitution. Second—That the ordi nance of 1787 had uo indeponpenl constitu tional force or legal effect subsequently to the adoption of the Constitution, and could not opetato of itself to confer Ireedom or eiti nenship within tho Northwest Territory, on negroes not citizens by the Constitution Third, that the provision of the act of 1820, commonly called the Missouri Compromise, in so lar a* it undertook to exclude negro slavery from, and communicate freedom and citizenship to negroes in the northern part of the Louisiana cession, was a Legislative act ' exceeding tho powers of Congress and I ' void," anil of no legal effect to that end. In ' deciding these mam points the Supreme Coun i determined the following incidental points : I First—Tire expression "Territory and other ! property" ol the union in the Constitution, ; applies, ' in terms ouly, to such territory a* I tho Union possessed at tho nine ol tho aJop- I ilon of the Constitution. Second—The rights I of citizens of the United States, emigrating j into y F* dose or two of ibe Pills will then arrest the s progress ol the disease, arid save much pain and trouble; but should the malady hare reaehed a more dangerous stage, and taken the shape of bilious fever or jaundice, and the functions of the stomach have become s disordered, a course of the remedy may be necessary. Toe cure is merely a question of time, foe however violent the jMoptoros 8 rosy be, however long tire pattest quay have , suffered, this potent remedy will ; produce the desired effect if adawiJWv.eicW- . accordance with the directioui. , 1