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vent that South Carolina seceded. (Life of Buchanan.) President Buchanan fortified his policy by asking very early in November the official opinion of Attorney General Black, which was delivered on the 20th of the month. According to that opinion the President had only the duty of executing the laws of the Union, without resoigned the portfolio of state on account of his disagreement with the administration on the question of reinforcement of Anderson at Charleston Harbor, and Attorney-General Black assumed his place. Mr. Stanton enters the cabinet as attorney-general. Public discussions take place in many Southern States and elections are held for uary 8th, as also did Governor Thomas, of Maryland, secretary of the treasury, and General Dix was appointed to the place. The new Cabinet was now composed of Messrs. Black, Dix, Holt, Toucey, Stanton and King, who served in apparent harmony to the end of the term. The affairs of the United States were in such disorder that on