Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1853-02-09
COM NJ U.NICATI0 MS.
Correspondence of the Advertiser.


The weather is cold, colder, coolest, ending
with the supcrlativc degree, and still getting
colder. The Editor Of the Mercury says that
on Thursday night at midnight, while he was
engaged in penning paragraph on the weather,
in order 10 inform his readers how cold it WAS
while they " "siumbercd and Slept" that the 'hcr-
momcter was nj % above zero, and falling. We
never remember 10 have experienced at this sea-
SON, such y long spell of dry and Intensely cold
weather We noticed L formation of ice this
morning half an inch thick. A stiff and piercing
North eastern breeze is blowing. which seems
to have very little respect for thick clothing
Wood is seren dolarS 4 cord, and coal in pro-
portion.
The spirit of progress aud Improvement is
still zcalously at work in our midst, as is abun- |
dainty testified by the number of new buildings.
and the extensive additions and repairs 10 old
ones, which are going on in every part Of the
city, The side walks in many parts of King and
Meeting streets are blocked up with brick, NOR
tar and lumber, while the, towering. wall and
stately column are rising as if by magic to deck
and bcauiify her busy marts and crowded tho
roughfarcs, Among the most prominent of the
late improvements is the large five story Hotel
which is now nearly completed on The site of the
old Mansion House, at the corner of Queen and
Meeting streets This will rank next to the
Charleston Hotel in size and beauty of architec-
ture. Avery large four story wing is also being
added to that already llrgc and commodious
building. the Planters Hotel, which, when COM
pc;cd, will almost double its size. The Hotel
accommodations of Charleston will soon be
equal. if no, superior TO any city Of its size in
the Union. Friend IIURsr of the American is
.'some" in his line.
Negroes and real estate are selling at cXhorbl-
tant prices. A store at No. 267, King street,
known rs the London House." which sold 4
wear ago for $1,000, again sold on Monday
last, for the enormous sum of $4,000. large
gang of negroes was sold few days since by
one of our Brokers' at an average of $1,000. A
larger amount Of this kind ofpropcrty has been
RECENTLY thrown into market, than has been for
MANY wears before. The price of cotton Is also
improving: the highest price for last week was
10 3-4 cents, with IN upward tendency. If tic
price of property gets much higher, so as to
stimulate the spirit of wild and cXtravagant
speculation we may expect another monetary
rcvulsion, such as paralySed the credit system,
and shook the commercial world some years ago.
The price Of rents are enormous, and there is
scarcely room TO be obtained for love or mon
Lat, tI,o, rrfN
and Society streets, the house on which was
burnt BY the great fire of '3S, was sold last week
for $4,000.
We had the pleasure, on Wednesday evening
last, of listening to highly entertaining and n-
Btruc:ivc lecture, delivered at Market Hail. before
the Mercantile Library Association, by the Rev.
B. NJ. PALMER of Columbia, on the subject Of
Mormonism. The speaker traced the rise and
progress oflhis blinded and fanatca sect, through
n its changing phases of sunshine and shade,
from the LAYING of the corner stone Of the tenn
pie at Nauvoo, to their final settlement in the
celestial city on the banks of the great Salt
Lake a large portion of the lecture was taken
up in drawing. parallel between Mormanlsm
and Mahomctanism, showing 4 striking smar-
t., not only between the most prominent tenets
of the two sects, but also between the originators
and leaders themselves The close was most
beautiful and impressive, being a fanciful specu-
lation upon the probable consequence upon the
people and government of the United States, of
The recent meeting of the two antugonistic and
antipodal extremes, the Asiatic and Anglo-Sax-
on civilization, upon the golden shores of Cali
forna The great success of the Mormon cause
was attributed TO the Jealous missionary spirit
which was recognised in all its branches, and
infused itself into the life blood Of the whole
system. was somewhat surprised to hear that
Mornanism numbered its millions, and that it
had sent out its missionaries to every civilized
nation under heaven. AhCllbh:
THE Governor Of Alabama has appointed
Benjamin Fitzpatrick, to fill the unexplred
term of Hon. w. X. King, in the United
States Senate Hon. Samuel S. Phelps has