The Sun.
London, England, 1861-03-18 00:00:00

eloquently spaaking to them. He was greatly
fatigued after the duties of the day, and speedily
retired, Colonel Keyes, his Military Secretary,
finding it difficult to keep the crowd tearing him to
pieces with their rough favours.

RUMOURS ABOUT THE CABINET.
WASHINGTON, March 4, 1861.

Up to the evening the Cabinet had not been
definitely settled. Mr. Lincoln said to-night that
the people would be astonished when he announced
his Cabinet to-morrow. This does not look as
though the matter was settled.
The first business after the formation of the
Cabinet will be to call an extra session, not with
the object of coercion, but with a view to ascertain
how far the people will endorse forbearance.
Hon. John A. Kasson, of lowa, it is understand,
has received and accepted the appointment of First
Assistant Postmaster General under the Lincoln
regime.

WASHINGTON, March 4, 1861.

Rumours of a change in the Cabinet are still
afloat. Chase is again said to be uncertain. So well
does Lincoln keep his counsels that nothing definite
Will probably be known until to-morrow noon.
Wood having had his slate smashed, is trying to
destroy Lincoln's.. Every effort has been made to-
day to oust Chase from the Cabinet. The most
ingenious arguments have been employed to bring
this about, the principal one being an appeal to
Mr. Lincoln that he would do great injustice to the
republican party of Ohio, and to himself, if he
called Mr. Chase from the Senate to his Cabinet, in-
asmuch as it would be impossible to elect another
republican to fill his place, and that the probability
is that the vacancy would be filled. by a democrat
or an anti-republican of some kind. The friends of
Mr. Sherman, who think he can be elected, and the
friends of Mr. Gurley, who think he: can be elected,
do not believe any such thing can happen. They
declare that the republican party is fixture, and
cannot be beaten. Up to 11 o'clock to-night the
Cabinet, so far as the men are concerned, is un-
changed from the list contained in my despatch
in to-day's Herald. The location of some of the
gentlemen selected is the only difficulty in
the way. To-morrow morning will settle the
question, and the Senate at one o'clock to mor-
row afternoon will be called upon to act in the
matter of confirmation. The Cabinet once created,
the political axe, already sharpened and upraised,
will fall upon many a head, and in quick succession.
OPINIONS OF MR. LINCOLN'S INAUGURAL.
WASHINGTON, March 4, 1861.

There is great contrariety of opinions respecting
Mr. Lincoln's inaugural. The most extreme
southern men regard it as meaning war, and assert
that it will be so regarded throughout the South,
while the more conservative men of the border
States view it as conciliatory, provided a Cabinet is
constructed of conservative and Union loving men.
A gentleman asked Mr. Buchanan, who listened
attentively to its delivery, what he thought of it.
He said he was not prepared to express an opinion
until he had examined it more thoroughly. This
much he would say, however, it was a well written
document.

Conservative democrats say that Mr. Lincoln's
inaugural, in connection with the proposed consti-
tutional amendment regarding slavery in States,
means peace, and that it will hold the border slave
States with anything like forbearance on the part
of Lincoln toward the seceding States. Colonel
Burnett, of Kentucky, says the inaugural means
war. General Hamilton, of Texas, says he feels
sad. Mr. Kellogg, of Illinois, hardly knows what
to think. Mr. Spaulding, of New York, speaks
equivocally. Senator Green, of Missouri, has no
opinion to express about it. A prominent Missou-
rian also says every Union man must like its sen-
timents. New Yorkers say the idea of "No blood-
shed and yet the enforcement of the law," is
borrowed from his predecessor.
WASHINGTON, March 4, 1861.

The all-absorbing topic of conversation and spe- '
eulation to-night is, of course, the inaugural. Re-
publicans of all shades express the utmost satisfac-
faction with it. Democrats, while denouncing its
treatment of the Southern question, yet give the
author credit for honesty, firmness, and patriotic
intentions. Among border statesmen there is a
difference of opinion. Some contend that it will
strengthen the Union sentiment in their States,
while others clamorously assert that it will drive
them out in less than a month.
Any one familiar with Mr. Lincoln's style will
at once concede that the form and substance of the
inaugural is of his own conception from beginning
to end. It is now positively known, indeed, that
in itspreparation he was not assisted by any one.
This independence of thought and action argues
well for the future in the eyes of his friends.
In the Senate, Mr. Corwin's resolution had been
adopted. The Crittenden resolution was rejected
by 22 to 19.
THE TARIFF BILL—Mr. Sherman (rep.) of
Ohio, from the Conference Committee, reported
that the Senate had receded from the clause in the
Tariff Bill imposing a tax on tea and coffee.
The tariff will be signed on the 22d, and come
into operation on the Ist April.
Senators Baker and Pearce rode in the same
carriage with the two Presidents. It may be men-
tioned as an incident, however, that this broke
down just before starting. In a second one were
seated Judge Davis and Tom Marshall, of Illinois,
and Lincoln's two secretaries.
Mr. Buchanan looked very grave and conversed
but little on the way. Lincoln appeared calm and
but little affected by the excitement around him.