The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1862-12-26
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WAR NEWS.
The Cabinet Revolution.

says Lne SITUATION mere is more lntereStln z
and exciting just now than any field of
battle. .....l.
Washington is full Of rumors, none Of
which are reliable. Half dozen state
ments, are confidently named; also, that
Fessenden has been positively rendered
the State Department, but declined, ex-
cept with an entire new Cabinet. Fur
ther, that Sumner has been rendered the
same position; and, further, that all the
Cabinet has followed the example Of Mr..
Seward.
1t was reported at eleven o'clock to-day
that the President had not accepted Mr..
Stewards resignation nor made the tender
Of the State Department to Fessenden nor
de we believe to any one else.
Our efforts to ascertain whether Sew
ards colleagues have rendered their resig
nations, have not succeeded. We are un-
able to learn whether a single one has
taken that step,
The President keeps his own counsel
so exclusively that no one has received
the slightest information of the manner
in which he proposes TO Settle this affair.
Neither Secretary nor Assistant Secreta
ry Seward have attended the State De-
partment up to noon. 1t is understood
that they are preparing for an early de-
parture for New York.
The three o'clock edition says, "Mr.
Chase has rendered his resignation and
we have every reason to believe that Mr.
Blair has done the same. 1t appears to
be universally believed that by nightfal
all their colleagues will follow the evan
pie, if they have not already done SC"
1t is ascertained that the Senators who
met in caucus last week were pledged to
keep their proceedings secret, excepting
to the President, and this they did with
more success than usually attends such
deliberations. The Secretary of State,
however, soon heard of the proceedings,
and promptly rendered his resignation on
Friday night. The committee from the
caucus again visited the President, and
remained with him and all the members
of the Cabinet Mr.. Seward alone being
absent) for more than four hours. The
next day by noon Secretary Chase seut
in his resignation, not merely as a mat
ter of form, but in good faith. 1t is not
known that there is any objection to him
on the part of the caucus--the represen-
tatives of the States were in no manner
consulted regarding the propriety of the
action of the Senators but no complaints
are made by them, there being general
acquiescence in their proceedings. The
resolution adopted recommended a partial
reconstruction of the Cabinet, which sew
eral Senators interpret to mean an entire
change of programme. Reports are cur
rent, but which cannot now be verified,
that all the members of the Cabinet have
resigned. However this may be, it is
believed that none of them will in the
least embarrass the Executive in the
choice OF uccessors--whie some Of the
Senators insist thai all of them shall be
undoubted Republicans. Others arc
content to leave the entire matter in the
hands of the President, so tina. he may
act as to best serve the country in it
present circumstances.
Senator Fessenden and D. s. Dickin
son of New York, are among the mos
prominent among others named for Sec
retary OF State, and the belief is enter
tanned that the former will soon be ten
dered the appointment.
Speaker Grow will probably be offere'
a Secretaryship, many of his friend
seem to regard this as nearly certain,
The President, it is known, some tim
ago desired Colfsx of Indiana to occup,
the Secretaryship of the interior, but thi
gentleman inAexibly declined the hon
or, owing to the present doubtful politi
cal complexion of his district, which i
another election might return one Of a
opposite faith.
The impression is general that neithe
the resignation of Mr.. Seward nor ths
!, Of Mr.. Chase has yet been accepted b
the President.
After careful inquiry, it is believe
the above statement contains all that
reliable on the subject, and that the re:
olution that passed the caucus receive
,, the unanimous vote Of the Senators pre-.
ent.