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SECESSION AND TUB FU?I TIVK SLAVE LAW. We have received a communication, which will appear next week, on the secession of the c ...??s?:,!..s an,! which reouires some no. | V7IMIHI? i ii ....... tic*? at our hands. It is not our intention to i admit any thing, editorial or otherwise, into our j columns, which might-gift* our paper a political caste. But we do not regard this question as a political one. The spirit that would overthrow' our Constitution and convert our Union into a tremendous machine of oppression and injustice, would, it' allowed its full sweep, soon degrade religion into an odious fanaticism. It is : " ??t?ii?l that the tendencies oj a.'?r?Ii " I" lion are not fowa rds itreiigion and infidelity; | its very spirit is (he selling tip of individual no. I lions of justice and tinmaniM, against the mor- J ality of the Bible, and if permitted to swell and gather head, it will soon sweep awav all the ancient bulwarks, and let in a flood of brackish water to destroy every thing green or fruitful. ?That fanatical wisdom which exalts itseif above revelation and array* the Bible against itself, must soon despise that sort of justice that removed trie fariaanites from the promised land . to nake room tor the more favored seed of Abraham ; it must end in holding in coipempt the doctrine that lays the guilt of the sinner upon the bpad of the i n maculate son offiod. ---? : What avails it to me rieaieu iui>i^iii?<?'? disciple of equality that all the past hear? its testimony In the fart that the Alririan race at. tains its highest elevation and greatest happiness under the control and direction of the whites? Fie will soon learn to question the justice that has so decreed, and to deny to the Supreme the right to suhject a sinful world as he chooses. If there ever was n-time and place since the faifof man where servitude was not known, where the dream of equality hud an actual practical existence, there might he some excuse for this madness. Hut with the concur rent testimony of sacred and profane history in their hands, matting lint madness ran lie plead, ed in extenuation of snrh lolly. It i? worse than blindness then, to shut our eyes to the matter. Thp progress of abolition niu>t be stop ped or our freedom of eonseiencu will soon be but a name and the next generation even may i see the Bible condemned, beranse man in his j wisdom pronounces slavety a foul sin. ^ e say tbai freedom of conscience may soon be denied us, it is "even so now. Persecution consists not alone in the torture of the body or the imprisonment of the person. Insult and scorn. in words and acts, deny to the mind trpprnim 01 thought, and he who is condemned to instill for his opinions, may endure persecution even greater lhan he whose body is tortured. Hotv then is this evil to be removed ? How Rre we to stop lhe months or paNy the lian Is of those who persecute us ? We know no cure for religious madness, the world has never discovered a remedy for fanaticism. But we can withdraw omselves from its influence. If we cannot stop the mouths n| our revilers. we ran stop our ears, and leave them to lisicn to th?-ir own ravines. Wftje'P-do po'itieallv what we Baptists h>-^*rtT^- ,P a: * rel..r,flIIS nnfJv> thsP"'^l,<* w*P,tr!tte- 1' '* thai ^rnirnon irovernment is the medium ihrounh which we are now assailed, for th;* shall can reach us in no oilier way. We can oxc'tide their books from our schools, their slanderous papers from en* tables, but the acts of our common government which brand slavery a? a curse, and slave holders a? tyrants, remain to bring the blush of shame to our cheeks. The j repeated attacks upon slavery in the District of Columbia, the passage of the Wilinot Proviso in the admission of California, the approaching repeal ol the Fugitive Slave Hill are small mat. ter? in themselves. But when we consider that t ka* tr o ro I. nt rrntono r\ nM ntir) lltilf 111* lliPin "'7 ?" * .* wreckles* politicians pnti'ler to the appetites of the agitators, they are full of evil omen. The storm is assuredly approaching and we shall he wise jf we take shelter by ourselves. VVe cannot now doubt that ih? North is in earnest, that ! the agitators are in power thpre, and there is 1 no safety for thetn or for us but in our leaving to them the field of contest. Even the saf-t} oft lie North requires this course of us, tor perchance a hen its connection with slavery shall crate and thp North be to us as England is. a foreign nation, the strife may cease ami reason resume her throne. V\"e deceive ourselves if we suppose that any thing short of secession will give lis peace or put a stop to the progress of abolition. W? hnve been brought to this conclusion not by excitement, for we were never more calm, but by a cool and careful re- : view of the commencement and progress of tho ! slavery agitation; and our him belief is that it has taken so deep a hold upon tho mass of tho free States, that it must last while they have >>>ii a>.?in..iiMi .with ulsi'iirv ihrnnirh onion V?'iiur? IIV?I 'M h" - wiih slave Slates. This being our conviction, I and knowing thai slavery an i* institution tho j South will nevpr surrender, wp see before u* j no hope of peace in ihe futuri', whilst the Union lasts. With opinions anil feelings so diverse, the North and South must seek peace in an agrpompnt to ?pparatp,and the longer that tieparation in delayed, the more do wp hazard the rink of a fiprrp and bloody war. For lhi?sepa t ration wp bplicvp our denomination is ready. Their independent sysvtn o| chuirh govern ment naturally lead* to a reliance upon the ; home political government, and having, for the sake of peace, severed our religion* connection ! with the non-slave holding States, we are not prepared to hold our political a* dearer than those of the church. Kre?don? of conscience is the birth right of the HttplUl. Wp Iihvp never persecuted others, and will submit to persecu* lion from none. The late so railed compromise, no far from allaying, has increased llie slavery agitation. The leaders in the Norld are shouting loudly over their victories and gimolding fiercely at their failure. They consider all as their vie. lory except the Fugitive Slave law. and this they vow to repeal. Every where does the ! North condemn it. Our exchange papers ] propriety iik repeni wun Hie ax*iiranre n\r.?r. minty. An informal mectine among r|e|#?. gates of the New York BapliM Stan* ('drivenlion pronounce* for it* repeal. We hone it will he repealed and that right cp>r?fli I v. It always was a pretence an'! <.< ??Ji* - ,? forced. Its repeal will unite ?<? rouse her to a sense of her daneer. \| Se ward knot alone in holding to the doctrine ol a law higher than the Constitution. Therp are thousands at the North who believe in the "expansion of the human mind," who hold their notions of humanity as superior to the Consti. tut ion, aye, or the Bible itself. The Watebman and Reflector says that " if our Constslution is too rigid yield to the expanding convictions of the huomit mind as to what is homane or equitable, and then it will lie rpnt and demolished by a power greater than itself" O this opinion also, are the Independent and other Noitliem papers, and. thousands of their read; ers. These shew ton plainly that the issue has come. It was obliged to come. That issue is secession or degradation, and with ourdegralien and the destruction of onr institutions, fa \ .t.a ?...! riii*?. luti/iri yields to a rintll'IMII UilMII|MO n >i? .. J - - | hiiuhet riiio of molality. P. Southern Baptist. A Tklkgkaph arocxi> 'i nn Gnome.?The Loudon newspapers, elated with the success of the Dover and Calais telegraph, are discussing the possibility of extending a magnetic wit* from England to Calcutta; and some of them i even go so far as to recommend the establishment of a communication, a In -Morse, with j New York itself. It is urged that this latter | enterprise. Quixotic as it ma)* appear at first,! is in reality only a question of time and money, | for that if doubts exist of the practicability of sinking wire in the Atlantic, none can be entertained of the entire possibility of effecting the connexion by way of Russia, Siberia, Behring Straits, Oregon, St. Louis, and Philadelphia.? The idea is a grand one, and worthy of the age which has projected a Pacific railroad. Should we live to the ordinary term allotted to man, we \ may perhaps ourselves behold this gigantic i scheme carried out; and, if we continue in the ] craft editorial, may live to ask, before we go to j | press, u me wires are wumug u> , and to order, on an affirmative rep'y, that tlie j news from London he sent lis up to one o'clock. | Our merchants, loo, may give a dollar to a clerk, telling him to forward a message to Calcutta. and before dinner time the answer will he laid on his counting-house desk. The old. Egyptians thought they knew a great deal, hut how mommydom would have-stared at this ! | And those indefatigable Romans who built cost; lv roads over half the world, and hurried mes! sengers with whip and spur along thcin, what | a staring there would have been if they had heard of a Parthian defeat a week in advance, 1 " * ...? 1 fx by some private magnetic teiegrapn; n was I no uncommon thing in the Crusudes for a good I knight to he gone for years without Ids family 'hearing a syllable from him; hut now-a-dnys, j if another Crusade was to he got up, anxious wives might ask "how dye do" by telegraph, and receive a reply when the doughty husband, at the siege of Acre, stopped to take dinner.? Wonderful times these ! Keally, we don't think we shall ever he done huzzaing for this nineteenth centurv.?Phil'i. Bullet in. / THE IDIOT ASO,ro?oAuw. Frotn a review In Taite s Magazine, ot Air. Cornht^w L'"'UKJ States, wo quntA. .TiTtelrestiiig passage descriptive of the quick1 nniiiif allnnla hmilti/>niliiu mi irliot'c iiiinij liv* his ; b - - -J ? | habits of daily intercourse with a beautiful young girl. .Moore would turn this anecdote to admirable account in a poem. "In the course of conversation a case was mentioned to me as I having occurred in the experience of a highly ' respectable physician and which was so fully authenticated that I entertained no doubt of its truth The physician which I have alluded to, had a patient, a young man, who was almost idiotic from the suppression of all his faculties. He never spoke, and never moved, voluntarily, hut sat habitually with his hands shading his eyes. The physician sent him to walk as a remedial measure. In the neighborhood a very beautiful young girl of sixteen lived with her parents, and used to see the young man in bis 1 walks and speak kindly to him. For some 1 time lie took no notice of her; but, niter meeting with her, for several months, he began to j look for her, and to feel disappointed if she did , not appear. Ho became so much interested that he directed his steps voluntarily to her father's cottage, and gave her bouquets of flow- 1 ers. By degrees he convers-d with her through , the wi idow. I lis mental faculties were arou-; sed; the dawn of convalescence ap|>eared. The j girl was virtuous, intelligent and lovely, and en-! couraged his visits when she was told that! she was benefiting bis mental health, tilie1 asked linn it iiu could read and write, lie answered, No. She wrote some lines to him 1 to induce him to learn. This had the desired ; effect He applied himself to study, and soon wrote good and sensible letters to her. He recovered his reason. She was married to a ; young man from the neighboring city. Great j fears were entertained that this event would : undo the good she hail accomplished. The young patient sustained a severe shock, but J bis mind did not sink under it. He acquiesced in the propriety of her choice; continued j to improve, and at last was restored to his family, cured. She had a child, and was soon af-1 ter brought to the same hospital perfectly in- J sane. The young man heard of this event and j was exceedingly anxious to see her, but an interview was denied him ; both on her account and his own. She died. He continued well 1 and became an active member of society. What I . .. . - . i ... i a boautitui romance imgnt do lounaou on tins ; narrative !" The following conundrum, submitted by Mr. Niniun Thompson, took the prize of a Silver Cup, presented by the Campbell Minstrels on Wednesday evening last: Why are thu unmarried ladies present, like the State of South Carolina ? Because they are either for an honorable j Union or single Independence.? Char. Sun. A Washington letter says: " We learn that! (funeral Taylor, .whilst at Monterey, in July, j 1840, made a will for the disposition of his pro perty among his wife and three children. Richard, Mary Klizabeth and Mrs. Wood, in ease lie should nut return from Mexico. No subsc-1 quetit writing in relation to this subject was executed. The parties, it is understood, have | agreed to make a division in accordance with ' tin* desire of the deceased, expressed at the ! time mentioned. The amount of the property is estimated to be at least 8100,000. fSTIlg jJOTUISPlAIL / CAMDEN. 8. C.; / TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER W./850. As a sufficient number of iSubscrit^i/ cantiot novo be obtained to the Daily Camden jfyfirnal, we take occasion to remark that the project id abandoned l'or the present. We have made the effort, and the fault is not ours that we have not succeeded. We stand pledged to be ready, whenever a half-a-chauce is offered to engage in the enterprize, but we think it quite too much to go into an arrangement as extensive as this until we have a better showing on the part of subscribers to warrant us in the undertaking. To such of our friends as have given us a hearty co-operation, and to those brethren of the Press who have promptly and generously extended the usual courtesies of the corps Editorial, to each our acknowledgements are due?and as a semi-weekly is the height of our ambition just yet, we conclude aAer the old adage that hali-n-loaf is better than no bread. Fire. In our last we noticed a Fire which occurred on Tuesday morning, in the cotton yard of Messrs. H. Levy & Son. On the evening of the same day, about 9 o'clock, another alarm was given, which ptoved to be in the cotton yard of Messrs. Wm. Anderson & Co.; this was speedily extinguished without much damage. It has since been ascertained that this fire was set by a little negro boy about ten years of age. who states that he was irduced to commjt the act by another negro boy older than himself and that it was done for their amusement to see the Engines at work, &c. It is difficult to obtain the I truth in this matter, as the older boy still obstinately persists in his innocenry. Of course there may j be many surmises, but we cannot arrive at a ronI elusion with any degree ef certainly. The negroes i are both in jail awaiting further examination. Our Paper was not issued on la it Friday, ! as the day before was Thanksgiving, appointed by ; His Excellency Governor Scabrook. i ?5?"? The steamer Robert Martin, says Jeeins, is ; expected vwnlhly. Was it Right for Congress to pass the Texas Bill, the California Bill, etc. Brother Fulton, of the Wadesborough (N. C.) | Argus, "cannot see where Congress has assumed any arbitin.y power" in these matters, and as he : expects to end his days in that beautiful portion : of the Union, he, brother Fulton, don't4ike to be told by every Tom, Dick and Darry that simlhern people (such as he is) are the slaves of the North, &c. &c. Now, brother Fulton, if you ueverhear anything worse than this, consider yourself a lucky mail. Your late attempt to ridicule one of our edj itorials is decidedly puny. There an* some peo! pie in the world tmo aru 1hhp4It lit tttni "to trotch , geese on a common" unless they are themselves . ipatched. Were you "voluntarily to assume the | task," a committee of Vigilance might be necessa rv. liui let us cease uiese onenstvo personalities i which can neither afford amnseinent or interest to j our readers or ourselves?let us come down to j our work as "practical, business-like Editors''?let i us lose sight of men and consider measures?upon these grounds we are willing to meet you at a pasj sage-in-arms, as a tbemnu worthy our steel, "with our lance couched and not a feather quivering in our plume"?so here we go. Congress had no right to pass such bills as have been carried booming through both houses. You call for proof as if we had none. You ask our reasons lor saying that Congress had no right to pass those bills. You regard our remarks as mere assertion without shadow of proof. Tho truth is, we regard it as a self-evident proposition not even needing the shadow of proof. Yet as there are a good many different opinions in the world, and as you seem so thoroughly wedded to your own, we have no objection to submitting, ior your especial i i-.i _ r.... .. Ut'lll'IIl, Cl 1CW 11MIIO Ul JUClOy WHICH Uic COMA ovmi;times to be stubborn things. We take I'aCs way of answering you, by submitting the following interrogatories: First. Was the letter and spirit of the constitution of the federal government carried out in the admission of California, or in the passage of Pcarce's bill. Did Congress, in the admission of California as a State in the Union, observe the precedents regulating the admission of States heretofore. Was a territorial government at any time prior to its admission as a State, provided for it, as was done in the cases of the other States applying for admission in the Union, succeeding the establishing of the federal compact.? Was a census taken by and under the direction of the Congress of the United States before her admission, to ascertain if the required number of inhabitants were there, to entitle her, all things else being done constitutionally and in order, to admission. To these points we say that Congress observed none of these things. l'lease inform us, brother Fulton, why it was that Congress refused for two years to give California a territoiial government! And we ask you to answer why it was that those very members of Congress who opposed California having a territorial government when no slavery restrictions were offered, afterwards voted'for her admission as a State when theso restrictions were incorporated ? Do you suppose, or can any reasonable man with common sense suppose for a moment, that the bill which passed Congress for the admission of California, would ever have passed, if the slavery restrictions were left out? ilad it rbeen a slave State, is there the slightest possibility that it would have been received. What guarantee havej either of us, that those certain unalienable rights, among which are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, declared in the great magna chart a of American liberty, may ever lie claimed bv us in any part of this vast do main? Is (here a spot in all the five handled thousand square miles of California upon which we can stand and say, heke we may rest secure with our froperty ? Can we take aalave there even eouth. of compromise Number One 36 301? j i You know we cannot. If we do, it is at our peril, i b at the risk of even life itself, to say nothing of liber- e ty for us, and the pursuit of happiness. It is to t us a most singular and inexplicable mystery how * Mr. Fulton or any man can say that Congresp did 0 not vote all this territory to the North, when he a knows perfectly well, that he as a Vnian-ittivg man, who has absolutely aided California in get- j ting into the Union, that he has no right to take t his slaves there, unless he wants to make them j free, whereas northern men have all* the rights, 1; privileges and immunities to that territory,as well fc as free ingress and egress to southern States? a whilst we are positively excluded from any par- j; ticipation with our peculiar institutions in territory ; acquired as well by otir arms as by the North.? a We ask vou. sir. if this is Reason?Justice? c Equamtv?is it Right! If to these interrogates- ^ ries you answer in the affirmative, will you be \ good enough, as you have already volunteerd, to I give us a lew reasons of the faith that is in you.? I We give as a Jew of our reasons for saying that \ Congress had no right to pass thefee bills, that t California, the most important one, was not ad- 1 mitted regularly, constitutionally, or equitably.? f In your replies don't forget to state why it was j that California was admitted with "l.oundarie6 un. I natural and excesnire" whilst other States hereto- < fore were, restricted and circumscribed in their < limits. Why was it that such a considerable exception was made in the cafte of California ! But you say, in attempting to justify your posi- j tion on the t'alitornia question in general we take it, on the voting "all this territory to the North," "that Congress had nothing to do with this, that inai mauer was. very jusuy disposed 01 uy u?e pea-; pie of aiifomia.'' Now this is one of yi/ur -mere [ assertions without a shadow of proof.'* Pray tell ns how the jtenj-le of California so very justly disposed of that matter. We wont ask you who the penj>le of California are, or who were General Riley's confederates and members of Governor Riley's unauthorized self-constituted convention.? We reckon these questions, with a few more of the same sort, will be a little too hard for our sagacious brother to answer rightly: but do tell us a little more about this very just disposition by the jteople (?) of California. Who, it seems from the editorials of Mr. Fulton, have dictated terms to Congress as well as given us to understand, in unmistakeable language,that we are not to have part j or pnscel in the California spoils. According to j j Fulton's last, uT!:e individuals in California who j I formed a constitution and a State, and exercised I .1 .1' i : .u<,f lilt* JJUWtfr IJI IfUIMrtllll^ WIlllUUl WIC- \JI Congress, who have usurped the sovereignty of the States and the authority of Congress, and have acted in defiance of both''?that these, the people of California have very justly disposed x)f all matters, and by and with the aid and atilhori: ty of Congress, have determined in their mature ! and unerring wisdom it was better to exclude the j .South from her portion of the acquired territory ; better to be "Lords of all they surveyed. For their right there was none to dispute." And there would be none to dispute ifall southern I ntait ?? < '? IPT3..f ??ia onnool (vanri cuoli tx j iur-|i wur a uitA/ur?. j;vh ?c oppini uvui ruwu ? i I ilt ci?ion. and to sustain our position we are will! ing to submit facts to a candid world. The prar. ! tira! Editor was right when he said the Argus Editor is just where he always was, on the wrong ' | side of the question. But again, before taking leave of California, we j j submit the following- Congress had no right to ! pass the California bill, and in so doit g establisli; ed a dangerous and unjust precedent, a total and j wilful disregard is manifested not only in this act | tor constitutional law, but for established usagp j and the articles of confederation agreed upon by j the delegates from thirteen States in convention | assembled July ninth, 1778. In regard to the Texas bill we have this to say, i it wont do rtiiw for southern men, and Editors in ; particular, to eav that "Had Congress made it j I compulsory on Texas to accept the bill, then Tex- i as and the whole South might have complained. | As it is, we cannot see where Congress has as- ' sumed any arbitrary power," &c. We regard i the passage of this bill as wrong,because it is clear [( that now no State can get into the Union, unless ! slavery is prohibited. It is therefore a-bribe and ' nothing less for Congress to offer to purchase any ! territory, much less our own, when it is evident ' ( their object is to make free soil of it. Can brother j, Fulton, or any of his coadjutors, deny that if this ^ \ bribe is accepted by Texas, the South, by such ac- j i ceptance, will be deprived of so much of her ac- j * quired territoiy, and in a short time a free State j i will be admitted with as little hesitation asCalifor- !J nia was. Is tliis not so. But, say you, Congress 1 offers to pay the South for it. Recollect sir, that | the South in this matter will be absolutely taxed ( to buy her own territory from herself, for the , largest part of this burthen will fall upon us, and ] in our relinquishment of ihis right we will not be , aPowed to enjoy a common right with the North | to tliis territory. We must see them enjoying an i exclusive right to all of it whilst we with our pe- i culiar institutions are totally excluded frono any '' part or parcel of said territory. How, we again I j ask, can any true southern man advocate such !1 outrageous measures, and tamely submit to such ( aggressionsas will directly deprive us of our rights j and liberties. We heartily agree with brother ' Fulton in a concluding paragraph, "that no one | j portion of the Union ought to ask of or receive ] from the hands of any other portion more or less s than what was intended by the original framers of t the U. S. Constitution." We ask you to answar I candidly, if the North has not already taken more ; than her portion, whilst the South has submitted to leax than what was intended by the original Trainers of the U. S. Constitution. Although our talk may be regarded as " the veriest twaddle," by tench great nationalists, Clay-compromisers, r subniissionists as yon are, it is all the same to g us. You are the very sort who not only want but r ' -? 1- *1? coom oiron <-* vn _ an ?iici'timu iu me iiuiiu, ohm v*wu iv jv- h joicp at being allowed so great a privilege. J We hope that Texas will scorn the bribe and e hurl the insult beck into the face ofher oppressor?. n A*' * * > *' % ?ith x>rocd defiaucp. If Texae dor* accept the ribe-then we can only attribute Iter conduct ttv uch men who, liftc brother Fulton, always akfn ^HXnoKJii. view of Thi* question,"audar^ rillinir to'about their halleluiahs oftToiori-'-fildrU us Union, for ever, whist that Union opprtMBffi'V nd destroys. Whether we have provd that the course of-tlie* irgusis inimical to the rights of theSouth or not#here is only one question in refef*ue*; 1a*hta\ joint to he determined. Were the passage ofther. ate bills admitling California its a State,PearceV iribe. &c , trere these in favor of the South of igainstit? if in fa ror of the South- then the Argwe s ri; !.t: if against the South, /tor-'Hut "hurtdreif y 1 dont see good. Yon conclude yonrelahor ' ite remarks by saying "that rob are opposed l<r lisiinioii under existing circumstance*.*' ^Wljeii* ve ask, will you be in favor of it. we fc,Kon*? vhen wonders never cense. W'h^n Henry -Cjajr ?ecoines an honest politician?arnd ceases to hajr/r 'residential aspirations. Finally, who fiflp tell jy what mysterious process this greal artsalpama-* ion of Clav-ites, with Foote-iteR and Badgert*'?y Elitchie-ites and Fulton-ifps, hsve been so successfully accomplished, which enable them as tbrjf y iretend, thus united in one unbroken phfthfc^A, coldly to stan 1 up as the "great champions of t)w" v. constitution and pieservere of the glorious >f the States." , , There will be a call meeting' of the Southed* ^ Rights Association on Mondhy, 4th of Xov'eni*" lierat 12 o'clock. Bv order of the Presitfeuf.K. S. MOFF A, G. BASKIN, \ & X 11 " '**1 Death of Judge Gantt . We learn (says the Xlefcury) that this veiiewv'.. bio citizen died on the 18th instant, at his.fwu',, diMicp. in Greenville, in the eighty-sixth year of age. He was raised to the Bench in the year mo, and held that honorable position iruul 184a,, when lie resigned, He was one of the most amiable of men. and passed through his long and distinguished public career without perhaps making* a single enemy, and his memory will be warmTv cherished by ail who enjoyed his intimacy. Bishop James 0. Andrew, of Georgia, ha* written an eloquent letter to the editor of the Christian Advocate, in favor of the Union. So says th? Balttnore Sun. We saw the letter ?but we ask did Bishop Andrew write a tetter.in favor of the Union ? And if he did, (lid the Southern Christian Advocate publish it? These am grave questions?they may have been already answered. We care not who he is or what he is, there is no name sacred enough on Earth, to gild the pill of submission for us to swallow. If the M itlndist Church ofSouth Carolina bes-uind on* the^Jsubjectof Southern Rights, let them, ifBfc-hO?A. has written such a letter repudiate him at oticg; it can show no soundness to smother the trifc state of affairs over?let the worst he known that we may lie prepared to meet the worst. '' Ei therthe Baltimore Sun lies, or Bishop Andrew ?? untrue to the .v'outb?if 'he. latter, lii* Episcopal . rohes should not ehndd him front that portion oC |, the Church South who claim to be "a* .sound as / anv people in the South." * . . ) ? \ We hare received inunlier of the "Weetern Medical News* published quarterly at Memphis TenneSsee, and edited R. S. & O. E. Newton. * V fjgr Tlie Charleston Mercury of Monday, announces the death of R. WV Singleton, <*q., thn member elect, without opposition, to the House of Representatives, from St. Luke's Pa rish He died on Monday, the 21st inst. at the residence of his friend Doctor Strobbart, io.the village of Grahamville. A fiT We don't want your :iort|jrn stuffl No, ve don't; therefore, Messrs. Traham & Petersao- - ?, & Company, it is loves labor lost to send your pic ttrs down here. Ot/r Jmm says-it is time to leave that party, otherwise they might take us, they are getting entirely too smart for. us. i ne wiiowtnjr grapnic rtwcrtpnon o? the Pilot Mountain, we copy froiqa communication of the feirand gifted correspondent (pro tempore) of the Southern Baptist: - - > "One purpose of tills letter is to give * brief account of ft visit to tlie pilot or Ararat Moan* tain, one of tbe natural wonders in this State. It is in Sorry County. 1'lie appropriateness of the name of Pilot \s evident front its entire separation from any range of mountains. It takes the name which rises at Us foot. Some inhabitant near hy thinks it the wry Araraton which the Ark first rested after tbedtdiigo, in accordance with which, Noah's chair is pointed out, hewn in a rock. A comfortable soat it has been to many a weary oije in bis ascent, oven if never consecrated by the old .Patriarch. To return, this Mountain rises 1500 feet above the levek of the eai Jb, and is suruionuted by what is called Iho Pinnacle, a jierpendieular barren rock 200 or 250 feet high, ami 600 feet around the base, seemingly placed pu the very top as a. post to the lost wanderer Ibmrilea around. Its height can. be appreciated only after a walk around the base, and a gaze up its rugged and o'erhanging cliffs. The Pinnacle is ascended by ladders. From the summit, when-the atmosphere is clear, the view Is extensive and beautiful. ^The N. and \V. seems bounded by the Blue Ridge, and farther iistant the Alleghanies liike heaving billows suddenly petrified." In the S> are seen ti?o [)eal;8 of Table Rock, Paris Mountain and King's Mountain, in our Stute. f? th? k small points rise above tlie horrizou,. supposedj Jj| n I... in S>tniliiv uiul MiintirmiuirD cnnnliov hundreds of plantations dot the landscape liko ll mnd banks or barren islets in au ocean of trees. 1 harm houses and orchards near the foot, look ike chiklrsh play things. Here and there the | ivinding Yadkin is visible, like calm silvery akes, studding the green prospect. It is on such an elevated point, varied Rcene. y around and beneath, extensive view and vet iccitur but a sneck of God's creation, that man 1 nny ho humbled into the dust, nnd propedy isk, What am I that Thou art mindful of im-V liny we ever remember our nothingness 1 ntire dependence upon the merev./#pd -good,. v IOCS of (iodl . - , M.