The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-03-20

IHE CHARLESTON CoNvENTToN-FAMINE PRIcEs.-
correspondent of a northern paper, writing from
Washington on Saturday last, says:
Every day produces some new evidence from
Charleston that the landlords of the hotels and
boarding houses charging the most extraya.
CANT prices for quarters during the session of the
Democratic National Convention. A member of
Congress received letter day or two since in
reply to an application for quarters, stating that
he could have a room provided he would agree IN
pay the enormous price of ten or twelve dollars
for it from the 18th of ofApril-eight DAYS before
the Convention meets He declined taking it.
Another gentleman showed a letter to-day
which he received from citizen of Charleston, to
whom he applied for rooms with board for bims. If
wife and son, informing him as follows :-'sI went
to the principal hotels to see what could do for
you, but all refused positively to have any
ladies IN the house, as in each hotel, drawing rooms
parlors and halls, will be packed with beds and
cots, and each occupant will be charged ten dol
lars per day L next went to all the private board
ing houses, and found them all engaged. Next
went to several private houses and at last in.
duced lady to say she would accommodate you
if you and your wife will take bedroom, and let
Charlie sleep in the parlor on a sofa. She will
charge you eighteen dollars per day for the three
L assure you you cannot do better if YOU wish
to come. have never seen such exciting time
here as there is about the Convention. / board ~
the - House, but had to give up my room
last week until the lst of May for the landlord told
us all that must pay during April fifty dollars
else in our room. This l could not Afford and
went to a friends house, and now | find | must
change again, and God only knows where shall
60 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 is in
that proportion"
Efforts are making to procure enough persons to
charter or more frstclass ocean steamers in
New York, each crack hotel in itself, and go
round to Charleston in that way, the passengers,
in such an event, only having to land at Charles
ton to attend the Convention, without being behold
en- in the least to the landsharks.
MACAULAY AND Mrs. BEEcHER STowE.-Notwith-
standing Macauay's reputation for conversational
power, be appears to have uttered few bon mots,
10 nave made few conversational points which are
repeated and remembered. One of the very few
goou stories current of him is the following 1t is
said ne met Mrs. Beecher Stowe at Sir Charles Tre
yelyan's, and rallied her on her admiration of
Shakespeare (Which of his characters do you
IKE pest & said he. "Desdemona," said the lady.
"Ah, OF course" was the reply, "for she was the
only one who ran after black man."
The sloop-of-war Pawnee, at the Philadelphia
Navy ard is nearly completed, and will be rt adv
to make her trial trip next month Her machinery
is all on board, and in few days steam will be
used to see how the engines work.
From advices received at New York. ON Satur
day, from Nassau, Bahama, we learn that General
Pierce and lady were stopping at the Royal Yicto-
ria Hotel, and the season was very gay.