The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-09-06
FROM WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, Aug. q

ern places.
The administration goes on very quiet
Iy, making few or no changes in Office
The rumor of dssension in the Cabinet is
not we'll founded. II very certain that
Mr.. Fillmore will not follow the example
of Mr.. Tyler and bend all his efforts to
election for another term. He has no as"
piration of that sort. Though there is oc-'
caslonally little talk here as 10 the next
Presidency ,-and ,hoag& something like an
organization exists in favor Of Gen. Cass,
the subject will not be seriously considered
till after the close of the thirty first Com
gress. The thirty. second Congress, more
than half the members OF which are to be
elected this Fall, is the one upon which
will devolve the choice Of the next Pres>
dent, should the people, as is most pro5a.
BILE, fail 10 make any. The continued asl-
ta,ion in Congress and the country Of the
slavery and territorial questions is owing,
in great measure. to the absence of par
~ control. 1t is frequently said, and, per-
haps, with some truth, that if Gen. Cass
had been elected and with decided ma
iorily in both Houses, the agitation would
not have occurred, or would have been
easily controlled. But. unfortunately, both
Of the old parties were and still are divided
in the North by the anti.slavery lacuon.-
From the best information get as to New
York politics, it appears very certain that
the Two wings of The Democratic party
can never re unite. Tie breach has be-
come wider and deeper. OF course, the
Wings, lntermixed with some Free-solers,
will continue to hold the State Government
and to send an over-powering number
perhaps thir,y-Whlg members to Com
sress. The Wings have already gained
one State for the next House, to wit: MIS-
souri. Gen. Foo,e is spoken Of in some
quarters as the Wing candidate for the
Presidency. But until the Questions now
asta,ng the country are settled, 1t will
not be certain that here will be an elec'
top for the entire Cn;on.
l presume that, ,1-day, the tariff men
IN the House will make another rally
On Saturday, Mr.. Stevens. Of Pa, moved
an amendment 10 III civil aud diplomatic
bill virtually restoring the most striking
features of the Tariff Of 1912. Mr.. Burt,
tho was in the Chair, ruled it out Of or.
der, and his dec sion was sustained, yeas
81, nays II. The vote was so close that
it will be tried again in some form.
The civil and diplomatic bill will prnba-
bly, be passed today, and Tomorrow will
commence the struggle for and against
the consideration OF the seven Senate bills,
concerning California, Texas, and the
territories.
This struggle is not between North and
South, as it appears from the vote on Mon
day last. On Mr.. Ashmun's motion TO
take up those bills in the order in which
they came from the Senate. there were
yeas 94, nays 81. Of the 81 nays, AZ
were Northern and AZ Southern men-
AZ Democrats and AZ Wings. The pre-.
yailing opinion is that the Texas boundary
bill will pass. We shall soon see.-Cor.
Char. Cow.
The Odd Fellows have erected q grand
edilicc at San Francisco, for the accommo-
dation Of their order. Tho Pacif; .Nsrs
says:
"The first Lodge cf California was estub-
lished in this city in October last. We row
learn from Dr.. John H. Gibon. the Grand
Secretary, that twelve Lodges have been
warranted under the jurisdiction Of the
Grand Lodge for tho State of California
crented in April last at Sacramento city, OF
which Col. J. D. Stevenson is the Grand
Master. There are located one each in
Benton city, Sonora, San Jose. Monterey,
Benicia, Stockton. Marysville, three in Sac.
ramen'o city, aud two in San Francisco.
Some half dozen others, it is supposed, will
be opened in the course Of as many weeks"
Spiritual Knockings, Stonins and Fid.
ding in Portage COunty.-From the Por'
tage Wing Of the l0,n inst, We learn tha,
the house of Mr.. Counieny, 4 Quaker, OF
Smi,htown, 81 miles east of Ravenns. has
been peltcd daily, (frOm 2 till P. N.Y. from
invisible hands. Numbers have visited and
found il to be so, but cannot explain 1t. The
house of Mr.. Cutler. "a miles wcs, Of Ra.
VIENNA. has been for 2 weeks visited with
r, ppiuc and fjdling. Many have visited
this too without being able to solve the
mystery.
The Daily Sanduskian gives an account
of the arrest Of negro in that quarter Tor
an attempt to do vioehce to the person OF
young German girl. This comes from a
quarter where q white man IS regarded a.
most a good a. q colored man, provided be