Show monday next the instant was fixed upon long ago as the time for holding the democratic national convention at charleston but in consequence of the high prices for board and rooms which have been agreed upon by the hotel and boarding house keepers and the smallness of the fhe place there not being sulli cent accommodations to be obtained there at any price for the vast number of delegates wire workers and others that will be in attendance there is some probability that the convention will meet at A baltimore and not in the mercantile emporium of the palmetto state as originally intended if it the prices asked for rooms board etc are as high as represented the people of charleston heretofore so noted for hospitality must have bare come to the conclusion that if they do not riot make something this time they will never have another chance to fill their pockets po c bets by entertaining so many political gamblers as are expected to be present at the convention to witness the proceedings and to figure figura t in the grand game that will be played to determine who among all the aspirants in the great democratic party for the presidential chair shall be put in nomination for the sixteenth president of the united states the correspondent of the new york herald writing from washington under date zlate of march says it every day pro produces Auces some new evidence from charleston that at the landlords of the hotels and boarding houses are charging the most extravagant prices for quarters during the session of the democratic national convention ven tion A member of congress received a letter a day or two since in reply to an aepli cation for quarters stating that he could nave have a room provided he be would agree to pay the enormous price of ten or twelve dollars for it from the of april eight days before the convention meets he declined taking it another gentleman showed me a letter today which he received from a citizen of charleston to whom he applied for rooms with board for himself wife and son informing him as follows 11 went to the principal prin cipa hotels to see what I 1 could do for you but all refused positively to have any ladies in the house as in each hotel drawing rooms parlors and hallop halls halis will be packed with beds and cots and each occupant will be charged ten dollars per day I 1 next went to all the private boarding houses and found them all engaged engaged next I 1 went to several private houses an and at last I 1 induced a lady to say she would accommodate you it if you and our wife wite will take a bedroom and let charlie sleep in the parlor oil on a sofa she will charge you yon eighteen t dollars per day lay for the three I 1 assure you yon you ca cannot t do better if you wish to come I 1 have never seen such an exciting time here as there is about the convention I 1 board at the house but had to give up my room last week until the of may for the landlord told us all that we must pay during april fifty dollars per week and then allow allo ailo whim him to put someone else in our room this I 1 could not afford and went to a friends house and now find I 1 must change ge again and god only knows where I 1 sha shall g go the reason why board will be so enormous is that everything in market is very high beef now sells for fifty cents per pound and everything thid thin is I 1 s in that proportion eli ell efforts r ts are making to procure enough persons to charter one or more first class ocean steamers in new york each a crack hotel in itself and go round to charleston in that way the passengers in such an event only having to land at charleston to attend the convention without being beholden in the least to the land sharks the committee from baltimore arrived here this evening to confer with the national Nati onil democratic committee in regard to holding the national convention in the latter city they offer to furnish the necessary rooms for delegations etc free of cost and the hotels and other othe r places of accommodation will not riot advance in prices another correspondent states that information had been laid before the committee to the effect that every mancho man who registered his name at the charleston hotels during the sitting of the convention would be charged per day and that an ordinary parlor and chamber will cost daily such prices it was thought 0 might keep the 11 subterraneous at home and secure decent people sleeping places the term decent no doubt applying to those who have haye plenty of money to spend for nought the Baltim appear to be quite liberal literal in their offers and from the following it would seem that the national democratic committee are in favor of meeting at baltimore where there thele is more room roomi and less money demanded for accommodations BALTIMORE march 17 1718 1860 1800 CO A gentleman 1 just U s t from washington says that the beelin feeling J of f the nathonal national democratic v committee ommittee strongly favors having the national convection meet at Balti baltimore as it appears to be impossible for the large masses of people likely to attend to get accommodations at charleston brenat even eren at most exorbitant price pricey ir prominent citizens here offer to furnish the tho maryland institute and several other large larg e halls for the committee rooms delegates etc free of cost and all the hotels and eating houses have made a pledge to make no advance in rates the citizens also without distinction of party will throw open their doors for the accommodation of the vast crowd As a further inducement the baltimore and ohio road and those e connecting with it from tha the th west will reduce the rates of fare one half president making 0 has ever been avery expensive business and the time and money appropriated to promote party interests interests and promotions with what has hag been expended to advance individual preferment within the last las thirty years would have built half a dozen railroads across the continent if it had been used for that purpose but it seems beems that the tha expenses that are being P incurred byth hyth e parties now contending for the supremacy are arc far greater than ever be before foreknown known and the political games that are now being played are oil on a more extended scale than has ever been witnessed since the or organization animation of the government millions of dollars will be expended by the two great political parties who are fiercely contending for the supremacy before the con summation s of the next presidential election and from present appearances it is quite uncertain which party will gain the victory |