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

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PRESIDEN-7 GRAN7'b, CABLZVE7.

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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-
lieve that General GRANT, with the mantle of his
predecessor, will inherit no small share of his find.
A President must either be the creature of the
Radical party, or at deadly war with if. 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 who dares to stand between the wind and
their nobiliiy. GRANT owes them nothing, as they
did not ft eely accept him (nor did he even ask them),
but took him from compulsion, and in that modified
way showing, had they dared, how gladly they would
have substituted a man of their own. Not owing
them anything it is probable he tviil refuse to
pay theta anything; that ii, to recognize the claims of
the War-horses for places which they have strenu-
ously urged. However little is known of GRANT'S
political opinions this much is certain, that insta 1.
of sympathy with he has an aversion to that party,
that he cares little for any political sect, his views
tending, if anything, towards Conservatism. It is
also certain that lie 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
--weans -war3--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
strength 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. CHARLES
FRANCIS ADAMS—and he has taken the propo.al
into serious consideration. Should he refuse, Mr..
AIorLEY is the next choice. The War Department
--and this is very significant.- has been tendered
to General NPCLELLAN, and has so far neither been
accepted nor declined. Ex-Governor Elsa has the
option of the portfolio in the latter case. The
Navy Dep trtinent, having been gratefully declined
by Admiral Fannann-r, has been offered to Admiral
PORTER, who is pretty sire to accept it. Strong
efforts have been made to induce the appointment
of Mr. E. B. WASHBURNE as Minister to France,
but they are almost certain to fail. It is pretty
well decided that Mr. M. H. GRINNELL is t) be
Collectorof New York, and that Mr. C. A. DANA will
be either Surveyor or Navy Agent. The last-named
gentleman is almost as popular withDenaocratsaswith
Repubicans, and his appointment and subsequent .
career—able and upright man that he is— w ill 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 in the selection of Mr.
GREELEY as Minister to Englan I—a step for which
there are exceptional reasons, and which is now said
to be finally determined upon. Mr. .loliN W.
FORNF.Y has been spoken of for Mr. GREELEY'S long-
supposed future niche—the Post-office ; but Mr.
FORNEY'S slttister connection with letters in former
days would materially damage his chances, even if
his extreme Radicalism did not." Gen. APCLEL-
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 GeaNT'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 caused 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 bands of his foe. It may be that
men like BUTLER may turn over a new leaf ; but
those 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 bad better look out.

THE SUTHERLAND GOLD DIGGINC:S.—The wcathcl
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 r)s. 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 less of the precious metal
preserved in 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-IN-LAW OF THE POET BURNS.
—This week one of 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
Stirling-shire Militia, and his colonel, by whom he
was much respected, often spoke of him as the
handsomest man in the regiment. While at Wm-
fries lie met Elizabeth, daughter of Burns, whom he
married while she was not quite out of her teens ; and on
leaving Dumfries he was presented by Jean Armour with
many manuscripts and relics of the past. Thomson Wll3
not only a man of great physical strength, but had a
g tilhilei
ef fact
shunned
nihielinds
vigorous intellect and a great fund of genuine humour,
and in his day produced some good verses. For manly',
ofhi
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independance of character he was such a man as Burns
would have been pir)ouutdw
marriage connection might possibly have procured I •
some preferment,
taking advantage of such relationship, and was proud. to
bring up his family by his own industry. The
"The Lord be thanked I can plough," applieleds.enbment,
in his case
most emphatically. On the 4th of Mq , 3last a party of
friends and relatives met the old couple '
to congratulate
them on the 60th anniversary of a l
most happy married
life. He leaves, besides hi veiierl' 0 e N't IdOW, two sons anA
four daughters, about 39 u grqn I -1-
• ,ildren, and several great-
grandchildren.— a i«SgOW CT-;,-Cit.

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