The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-03-03
A Washington telegla Of Sunday evening
1. 4Io Rulr;pnnro Gnn unrS.

CLANS md CcnernI Grant.
A Washington telegram Of Sunday evening,
| to the Baltimore Sun, says:
The preparations for tho unofficial cerem O.
MES of inauguration diy are nearly perfected,
and the procession aud ball are likely to pro, @
the grandest and largest ever witnessed on q
like occasion i'll this country. Everything per-
tanning to those have gone on harmonlously
thus far save as to the admission OF or refusal
| to admit colored person. to the ball, ani as to
the immensely important questions OF prece-
dence Of position IN tho procession and OF con-
troll thereof. The little mel who want to bo
great, and who pant Tor distinction on this oc-
cason, aud 70 come under the special aud ap'
proving observation OF tho President elect, are,
to use the catalogue phrase, too numerous to
mention.
The rival claims for consideration and for
this or that position in the line have given the
managing committee more trouble than all
other matters combined, and the momentous
question is vet uadecided.
The committee. however, have disposed Of
I the negro admission difficulty, and AUTHORIZE
tho announcement that colored persons will
not be present, the hlgh-toned colored popula-
ton having too much se,f-respect to force
themselves into society whore they are not
welcome, and those who hayo not any selt-rcs-
pect will not be admitted anyhow.
The comm ties not desiring TO act on more
rumor that General Grant will not RHO with
President johnson to the capitol, and TINT MIR.
John. on dou't care mu,h about the r1de any
how, have made sort Of compromise Of tho
difficulty by providing places in the procession
tor both these distinguished persons. Two
rows OF carriages ale to move along abreast,
the one on the right set apart for the President
and members OF his Cabinet, the other OF tho
left for the President elect and his staff, tho
l.. l.1 uS,kI 4. al
quarters.
Great interest is taken in all these details,
but the all-absorbing matter is found in tho
formation Vt q new Cabinet and there are hun
lred4 hero eager to re leve Geicr.l. Grant OF
that important l.b)r. Bus the President eact
will have mono OF tho profercd aid, and to-
night we slapd, 80 far as rcIiablo information
on the Cabinet subject IS concerned, Just about
where VIC. did when General Grant concluded
his acceptance response, wherein he trigidy
bastcd The hopes OF the Cabinet makers alrea-
dy assembled here to patrio,ically assist in
formlp, il new administration.
There is absolutely nothing positively known
about the matter save to Geieral Grant, whc,
1t is said to-light will announce The names ~
the new Cabinet on Tuesday next. Even this
is nero runor.
A Congress MN called yesterday upon Gene
raj Grant to say that Ill clso Adm ral Porter
should moi resign his position in the navy to
Take the Office OF Secretary OF tho Navy, he
wished to urge the selection OF Governor Haw-
lev, OF onno 'ticut For that position. This
was assuming, Of courso. ;hat Admiral Porter
Ii III tho Teiusai OF tho Office, Which ls not NY
any meals n certainty.
General Gr,t is reported as replying that
Now England cannot havo more than one mem
ber of the Cabinet aud that ono must como
from Massachusetts. Then who s tho Mas-a
chusetls man. was askei; but General Grant
was num- and Tonight There Is as niuch specu-
latiun about tho massachusetts menlD-r as
there has been about the Ponnsl lyauia turtu
nate individual The knowing oucs say posi-
lively it wo.'J bo Boutwell, nor Sumner, a-d
the Pennsylvania mai is IN AZ much doubt as
over.
General Grant visited tho House yesterday,
retired to cloak-room aid called for MIR.
Boutwell,, and dreciIy sent alsofr alr. BlnS-
ham. Tue qlidnuncs we're almost craz-d with
CURIOSITY to uu1 out what it all meant, aud va
rious reports are u circulation relative to tile
purpose Of the extraordinary visit. 1t turns
out thai cerlaiu SOuthcrners, Gcorgians es-
pecially, had begged General Grant t. advise
lhe members OF tho Reconstruction Committee
to refrain from legislation intended to exclude
members who had already beeu regularly ad-
mittad TO their seats, and that General Grant
had received information from General Meade
and others as to the status " affIirs in Geor-
eia, which made it advisable that there should
be no further legislation at this time relative to
Georgia.
General Grant also opposes army reductions
at present. The proposition before Congress
would disarrarge his plans for roorganlzing
and for promotions tlat would follow by reason
OF tho promotion OF Sherman.
Mr.. McCannon, prominent lawyer Of Wash
inglon County, Pa, arrived here yesterday and
immediately called to 500 Geucra Crafts
fami Y. to whom he is related distantly. The
town was full of it, and of curse MoCaunon
WAS the coming mau from Pennsylvania. Lie
had been sent for specially 10y General Grant,
whose carriage was in waiting at the depot for
the coming man, into which the lattor jumped
and rode hastily of 10 Grants residences.
give this as a specimen of the trivial things
on which rumors are started about the forma-
,ioa OF the new Cabinet. The fact appears
TO be- that MIR. McCahnon did not ride III
General Grants carriage; that it was not in
waiting TOR him, aud General Grant did not
send for him.
Most OF the Cabinet rumors and accounts OF
alleged interviews with the President elect are
gathered up by persons who seek notorlety,
and wish to have themselves advertised.
The New Cabinet.
Another correspondent of the Same paper
writes:
After all that has been said upon the subject
thur. is not much Likelihood that any one will
definitely know who arc to compose General
Grants Cabinet until after tho iuall9 urLtlon.
lie remarked to-day that no good general
would announce to his enemies in adra-ce or
a C ,mpligu what officers had been selected to
comnlauu his artillery, cavalry aud iuflntry;
that hc was aware how difficult 1t wOuu be TOR
him to please the varIoIs cliques OF politicians.
WHO hop ID to get their own men ihto Cabinet
positions, and tbathe Iiad 10 desire to antag-
onZo his admins ration ut the outset with any
branch oil the Republican party. Lilo said,
further, that, although tho gentlemen whose
na1ncs be proposed to send to The Senate
might not bo hUisY politicians. they were good
aud true men, WHO stood by the Country during
the war, and who had yot, d for tic Rcpubl!ca
ticket last iail. THIS, he ad cd may not please
sume OF my Penns, lvlnla irlen Is, who arc 80
hard 10 please, but shall nevertheless, do
wat believe 10 DO rlg.!I.
There arc some very important rumors on
tho street tonight winch seem to have good
foundation O4e rum.r is That General Grant
will Issue uis first order rs eoiamlndcr.ln-cnlet
of the army on Friday next aud that 1t VIII be
;, notice to all that the RECONSTRUCTION Tvs Ut
Congress are to be carried out III good faith
aby officers VIII so sl lnlpathGS arc right" ALL
Other rumor Is thai General Sheridan will be
sent back TO his command at New Orleans, Ill
place uf General Buchanan; that General ltcv-
mods will go agaIn to Texas to relieve General
Caubv: that General Sickrs will relieve General
Arutic. anu that General GIliem will also bu
superseded.
A Washington dispatch OF tho 9th ult., to
tito Now York Evening Post, says:
~ delegation OF Pcnnsy lvaniaEs visited Gene