Lieut. Gen. Giant

The President on Wednesday nfterlioon, March 9tb, -formaliy presented to Maj. Gen. Granij iiis eommission as Lieutenant General. The ceremony ook place in the Cabinet chamber, in the preeence oí ths entire Cabinet, Gen. Halleck, Representativo Lovcjoy, Gen. Ravrling.? and Col. Comstock (of Gen. Gnint's stafl), the son of Gen. Grant, and Mr. Nioolay. T.he Presi.dent addreesed him thus: " Gen. Grant - In consequence of the iiatioos a,ppreciation of í?hát yon have iione, and its relinnee upon you, for what remains to do, in the existing jreat struggle, you aro now presented with the commission constituting you Lieutenant General in the army of the TJnited States, With this high honor ,deralsre8 upoo you also a correspon.ding rnsponsibility. As the country jterein trusts you, so, under God, it wül iustain you. I scarcely need to add that with what I here epeak for the naHion goes my own hearty personal con.cúrrenle." To which Gep. Qrant rspljed as fo!Jows : " Mr, President - í accept tbis comfuissjyn with gra'itude for the high hanvr Lonferrüd, With the aid of the noble armies that have iought on so rnnny fields for our common country, it wül bd my earnest endoavor not to diaappoint your expectations. I ieel the full weight of the responsibilities now .deTolving upon me, and I know that, j( they ara not, it will be due to those .jirmiei, and, above all, lo the fivor of that Providence whioh leads both nations and mon." The President then introduced the Gneral to a!l i))a ipombors of the Cubinet; aftef whjich the company w;is seated, URyj ibout half an was pont insocial confersation.