The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-03-15

Dele8otea t. Charleston
The Charleston CoAxention has alread,
done much to inspire usewith hopes Of the ca
pact'y Of the South to lake car Of Its own in
| terests. What platform II Will adopt, wha
candidates nominate, afs matters Of which W
know nothing, and which, editsrially, concssr
rs not. Whether DOCGLAs, WISE, HrNTs"
or some unknown man receives the oHeT o.
| the purple 10 thing OF little importance com
| pared with two practical points wnfcn tht
| approaeh Of the Convention has already de'
| veloped. The frat of these IL the colossal
| charges of the Charleston hotels. Five dollars
| a day for board Is something unknown even
| in the history Of hotel charges, which, OF all
| charges known 70 mankind, are the most dis.
| proportionate to the consideration received
| The actual expense OF the hugest feeder In
Christendom would leave handsome prof
at one dollar per diem, yet $3.50 are sub.
mi.ted TO, from custom and fashion, at such
hotels as the Fifth Avenue and St. Nicholas
prices which the miserable inns of every lit.
tie village are not slow TO emulate, making un.
fortunate travellers "staud and deliver" al
every stopping place on the highway, and only
differing from the highwaymen Of old in the
kind Of weapon with which they enforce their
solicitations, the knights Of former times pre-
sentiLg rusty blunderbuss at your breast
and those of the present forcing heavy biscuit
and tough meat down your throat But five
dollars day There is a grandeur in such a
demand which exalts an inn into a castle, and
landlord into Highland chief Of the good
old days of Ron Roy. We mad feared that the
South was altogether incompetent to grapple
with the North in sharp business practice, and
that in the matter Of taking in strangers, there
was great danger of being taken in itself; but
we are now quite treasured. If the North has
any doubts that Charleston can rival Cincin-
natl We dare it to come on to the Charleston
Convention and stay ten days.
But then, another fact, equally unexpected
and quite as encouraging, has been broght ont
by this five dollars day. 1t is that Virginia
is as fertile in resources as New England, and
can NEE, an emergency as promptly and in
geniously as any JONATHAN Of them all. The
Enquir,r of yesterday states that arrangements
are being made for the char tering Of the steam
er yorktown" of the Richmond and New
York line, for the conveyance of gentlemen to
the Charleston Convention, and for hs boay,f-
ing and lodging Of them upon the steamer during
The sitting Of the Contention. The expense of this
trip, says the Enquirer, will be very moderate
being entirely aroidsd. We submit that this
ingenious expedient completely check mates
the financial movement OF the Charleston
hotel keepers. Here is an elegant and spacious
steamship, holding out the inducement of
Charleston harbor, cheek by jowl with other
vessels just arrived from the West Indies,
loaded down with bananas, plan tains, oranges
OH In
price, the delegates can eat, drink, smoke
and sleep on board this fine steamer; they
can make pleasure excursions OCCASION
ally down the harbor, visiting the forts,
islands and snufing the sea breeze when
they return from the Convention, heat.
ed with debate or dyspeptic with disap-
pointment, they can cool themselves Off and
restore the tone Of their stomachs by partak-
ing literally of the luscious fruits lust ar
rived from the West indies in the neighbor-
ing vessels; or, they can take an occasional
swim i'll the harbor, provided they have no
fears of a collision with sharks. IL would be
pleasing to behold the various delegations at
sunrise every morning, making their ablu-
tiOns after the fashion OF the ancient mariners
in PETER SIMPLE, with a bucket of salt wa
ter and mop. rowing ashore in blue jackets,
with brass buttons, and tarpaulin hats, and
rolling up the streets of Charleston in the
genuine nautical gait, which they might east
ly learn from some of the old Blowhards OF
the Yorktown when outward bound MozIs
Albums has recently recommended that "tar-
rapins might be cultivated fer domestic 70 uls.
and perhaps this amphibious delegation TO
Charleston will test the practicability of such
a suggestion. The future President will be
taken, like MOSES, from the bulrushes, and, Of
course, will be a tidewater man.
p. S.-Since writing the above, we have re.
ceived intelligence which completely upsets
the first pillar Of our new Southern edifice.
The Washington Star says that the no keep.
ers in Charlest ton are all Northern men. Our
last hope of Southern capacity for gouging
has gone by the board.