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Grey River Argus, Volume VIII, Issue 526, 1 June 1869, Page 3

With the exception of Mr Washbourne and Mr Stewart, the members of the Washington Cabinet nominated by General Grant appear to be in a great degree new to the public. Mr Washbourne was a lawyer, and is a representative in Congress of the State of Illinois, and is understood to have been the most active man in urging the appointment of General Grant to a command during the civil war. He has watched with great vigilance all appropriations of the national revenue, and endeavored to protect the Treasury from being plundered by the multitude of schemers constantly pressing bills upon the House. Mr Stewart is the head of the largest and most prosperous ' ' dry- | goods" store in New York, and possesses a colossal fortune, while the current annual profits of his business are still estimated to be beyond precedent. His nomination tends to inspire great confi- ■ dence in the soundness of the financial . course lively to b,e pursued, and his ac- | ceptance of pfiice is regarded as an act of unalloyed patriotism. Mr Boric, the Secretary of the N,ayy, is, of French descent, and has been for many years a merchant of standing in Philadelphia, hitherto unknown as a politician. General Schofield, the Secretary of War, held that post under the Presidency of Mr Johnson, having succeeded Mr Stanton. Mr Cox, of Ohio, the Secretary of the Interior, is believed to be a man of sound views. — Times.