The Sun.
London, England, 1869-03-02 00:00:00

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General GRANT'S Cabinet may be known in Eng- •
land before we again go to press, and if so we de-
sire to point out to our English readers the grave
import of the names they will read, when the list
is flashed across the ocean. There is reason to be- _
Here that General GRANT, with the mantle of his•
predecessor, will inherit no small share of his fLude-
A President must either be the creature of the
Radical party, or at deadly war with ir. It is not in
the nature of its leaders—as is the case with all ex-
tremists—to concede or to conciliate. They give an
ardent and zealous support in return for a plia-
bility which accepts the impression they desire to
make, but they turn as furiously against the
man ee ho dares to stand between the wind and
their nobility. GRANT owes them me_hing, as they
did not freely accept him (nor did he even ask them),
but took him from compulsion, and in that modified
way showing, hid they dared, how gladly they w ould
have substituted a man of their own. Not owing
them anything it is probable he will refuse to
pay them anything; that is, to recognize the claims of
the War-horses for places which they have sti envi-
ously urged. However little is known of GRANT'S
political opinions this much is certain, that instal
of sympathy with he has an aversion to that party,
that he cares little for any political sect, his vi 3WS
tending, if anything, towards Conservatism. It is
also certain that he is not a plastic man ; on the
contrary, he is a cool, silent, provoking person for
a War-horse to deal with, and herein he differs from
his obstinate predecessor, who ran into an impetuous -
opposition, allowing his enemies to taunt him into
indiscretion, and then, like a dog who had been
tortured into biting, to punish him for his vicious
propensity. It may be taken for granted that the
incoming President will not permit himself to be
swayed by the extreme party,which being well aware
means war to the knife, that he will begin the--
anticipated fight, by casting down his defiance in the
choice of his Cabinet. The intelligence from America
by mail, foreshadows it, and the Cable announce-
ment, that the Senate Republican caucus had
decided to take no action on the Tenure-of-
Office Repeal Bill till next Congress meets gives
%trength. to the report. The following statement
appeared in the Round Table of Feb. 13 :—" It is
now known that the disposition of those great bones
of contention, and, in the matter of their distribu-
tion, those unerring indices of policy, the Cabinet
offices, the foreign missions, and the three great
Government positions at the metropolis, will be
such as to constitute a gauntlet of defiance thrown
down at the feet of the Radical faction. It is known
that the Treasury has been offered to Mr. A. T.
STEWART—and that he has declined it. The State
Department has been offered to Mr. CIIARLES
FRANCIS ADAMS—and he has taken the proposal
into serious consideration. Should he refuse, Mr.
MOTLEY is the next choice. The War Department
—and this is very significant—has been tendered
to General M'CLELLAN, and has so far neither been
accepted nor declined. Ex-Governor Fist' has the
option of the portfolio in Vie latter case. The
Navy Department, having been gratefully declined
by Admiral FARRAGUT, has been offered to Admiral
PORTER, who is pretty sere to aecept it. Strong
efforts have been made to induce the appointment
of Mr. E. B. WASIIBURNE as Aliiiister to France,
but they are slmnost certain to fail. It is pretty
well decided that Mr. M. H. GRINNELL is t) be
Collector .If New York, and that Mr. C. A. DANA will
be either Surveyor or Navy Agent. The last-named
gentleman is almost as popular withDemocratsaswith
R?pubicans, and his appointment and subsequent
career—able and upright man that he is—will go
far to efface the stain left on New York journalism
by the conduct, in the latter office, of a former in-
cumbent. Other names might be mentioned in
connection with important posts still more sharply
indicative of Radical discomfiture, and the only sop
to Cerberns seems to consist iu the selection of Mr.
GItEELEY as Minister to England—a step for which
there are exceptional reasons, and which is now said
to be finally determined upon. Mr. JOHN W.
FORNEY has been spoken of for Mr. GREELEY'S long-
supposed future niche—the Post-olliee ; but Mr.
FORNEY'S sinister connection with letters in former
days would meterially damage his chances, even if
his extreme Rsdica!istn di I not." Gen. M'CLEL-
LAN, as War Minister, will give a great shock to
the Radicals, and raise a storm of indignation, not
so much from opposition to that distinguished offi-
cer, as being indicative of GRANT'S intention to
work the State machine without War-horse aid. It
is asserted by the wire-pullers that GRANT is a
simple soldier, who cannot be expected to select the
right men without their guiding aid, and his ob-
stinacy in declining it has clused great chagrin,
anxiety, and fear. Any name showing a Conservative
tendency may be taken as strong proof that GRANT
has made up his mind for war,from which we fear there
is no escape if it be his settled determination to be
an independent President, and he will begin the
battle with the weapon used to coerce ANDREW
JOHNSON in the hands of his foe. It may be that
men like BUTLER may turn over a new leaf ; but
these who saw him with his sleeves tucked up on
the floor of the House bullying Vice-President
WADE have little anticipation of such a transfor-
mation, and GRANT had better look out.

THE SUTHERLAND GOLD DIGGINGS.—Thp weathel.
was very favourable for the gold diggers last week, and
between the burns of Seisgill, Kildonan, and Torish there
are fully 200 people daily at work. Professional diggers
now muster pretty strongly, and on their visits to
Helmsdale report that their success runs from ss. to
12s. a day. Great numbers do not make anything like
this. Putting the good and the bad together, we should
say that the daily earnings will average from 2s. 6d. to 3s.
a day. From Brora our correspondent writes—" Last week
has added but sparingly to the earnings of the diggers at
Smeoral, the quantity of the precious metal found being
small, and no nuggets having been met with to stimulate to
fresh activity. Still the search is being persistently
prosecuted. On Saturday about fifty men were
engaged at the diggings, with the most of whom
we have seen more or lees of the precious metal
preserved is vials and tin boxes ; but there appears
to be no proper datum upon which to base an estimate of
the value of the gold found, some of it being appropriated
for various articles of jewellery, and some not yet brought
to market. The diggers are now under the surveillance of
a man employed by the Duke of Sutherland to prevent the
molestation of any of the ground beyond the limits of the
burn, but as far as we are aware, he has not yet had to
interfere with the men."—Northern, Ensign.

DEATH OF A SON-Dr-LAW OF THE POET BURNS.
—This week one c.f the very few links that connect the
great poet with the present generation was severed. Mr.
John Thomson,the husband of the sole surviving daughter
of Burns, died on Monday at Crossmyloof, and was in-
terred on Wednesday in the churchyard of his native town
of Pollokshaws. He was brought up at the loom, but
about the beginning of this century was a sergeant in the
Stirlingshire Militia, and his colonel, by whom he •
was much respected, often spoke of him as the
handsomest man in the regiment. While at Dum-
fries he met Elizabeth, daughter of Burns, whom he
married while she was not quite out of her teens ; and on
leaning
Dannumscfrriipests ahend was presented by Jean Armour with
many relics of the past. Thomson was
not
a man of great physical strength, but had a
•,
onl y
l'he
he fact
s h u o
shunned
his
end
vigorous intellect • and a great fund of genuine humour,
and in his day produced some good verses. For manly
independance of character he was such a man as Burns
-a
somewou preferment,ldhavebeenpbrouutdwOhfilaSe
haesoinia-a strengthinlw.
marriage connection might possibly have procured him
taking advantage of such relationship, and was proud to
bring up his family by his own industry. The sentiment,
"The Lord be thanked I can plough," applied in his case
most emphatically. On the 4th -of May last a party of
friends and relatives met
the old couple to congratulate
them on the 60th anniversary of a
life. He leaves, besides his venerable widow,mosthappy
married
two sons antS
four daughters, about 30 grandchildren, and several great-
grandchildren.—Glasooto Ci'i.Tcit.

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