The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1867-05-24

GERARD HOUSE,

Dear Clarion After sojourn of ten days
at Baltimore, l arrived at this wrctched,
Radical, God-forsalSen city; and have felt
ever since my arrival as though l was in
some dark cave in the ground, surrounded
by vile serpents and other venomous reptiles,
which only needed u near approach to strike
blow at you in the back. called upon
several merchants and manufacturers, and
had conversations with them in reference to
the trade of the South, and were told proud
ly that they were not soliciting our trade,
and in fact were refusing it.
Now l feel that it is my duty to notify
our Southern merchants who are coming
North to purchase goods that if they value
their country's good, or respect themselves,
that they will find it more agreeable to pur-
chase their goods either at Baltimore or
New York, where they will DO treated as
gentlemen and with that respect 70 which
they are entitled
To-day, when the telegraph announced the
release of Mr.. Davis on bail of 500, 0,every
newspaper in the city, except the cage, had
on their bulletin boards, in flaming capitals,
"Rebels Victorious p TRAITORS Trium-
plant - THE Traitor, Criminal and Muir
derer Davis turned loose upon the Commune
tyr "The Nation Disgraced! !" and similar I'M
kind and ungenerous filings as the above. A
man from the South dared not even express
the least sympathy for the 'kind-hearted
..n1
without the least shadow of charge against
him. Now have this to say, and 1 do it
with all sncerity-that am Reconstruc-
ZIONIST and have long since determined to
endeavor to heal up the wounds of the late
war, ard make no distinction in favor of any
part of our great Republic but do say,
that from personal visit to this city, and
from knowledge of facts which | have
learned here, it will be positive disgrace
for a merchant or manufacturer of the South
to buy one dollars worth at Philadelphia.
With few exceptions, the merchants of
this place are composed of Radical heartless
enemies of the South.
While in Baltimore was invited by some
of the members of the Constitutional Con-
vention, which is now in session at Annapo-
lis, to visit that city, which is the capital of
the State of Maryland. Accordingly l en-
parked on board steamer and was safely
landed at ten o'clock, A. NJ, making the trip
in about three hours, This Convention was
called by the Legislature for the purpose of
amending the Constitution of the State, and
am glad to say is composed of the right
sort of material A former Convention dis
ranchised all who were in the Confederate
lrmy or sympathizcd with it. There is not
man elected to this Convention who is not
n favor of amending the Constitution so as
o enfranchise every white man in the State
nd restore to full confidence all who were
riends to their native soil had the pleas
re of an introduction to the Governor of the
tate, and also to the President of the Con-
ention, as well as various other distin-
uished "men of Maryland" They all
eeply sympathize with the South in her
condition, and are willing to give
'eely to the destitute of our section. BY in
itation of member of the Convention, /
listed the United States Naval Academy
rhich is near the city, and on our arrival,
as pleased to find that the world renowned
apanese Commissioners had Just arrived
ON Washington, and that Commodore
orter was showing them the Sights"
hich pleased them very much. The I
diets (abont five hundred) were brought
1T on dress parade in uniform, and the |
'lendid band were marched back and forth i
theirpresence, and must say presented
lendid appearance. These Commissioners
@ very ordinary looking set of men - 4 4
hey are about the color of the Indians, with t
ack hair high cheek bones, awkward and t
Fly, and their dress was horrible. One of
EN- (the Chief) had his head shaved, and a
stead of hat he had a concern" on his a
ad resembling the top shell of large tur- Il
}, about two feet in diameter, tied with "
'bons under his chin and over his nose, so h
to hold it on; instead of shoes he wore a
ldals, which resembled our common slip n
rs; and as to their dress it was decidedly Il,
ninine. They were tho most ignorant, m
graded, awkward looking set of men / p
or beheldi yet every attention was shown G.
IN by Commodore Porter. l made the f.
luaintance of the public printers while D,
re and on inquiry was astonished to find IL
It his bill against the treasury of the a.
tie for the printing last year, was over III
y thousand dollars, which is more than i'll
, times the amount paid in Mississippi for til
same work. Va ="
t 81 p. m, we embarked for Baltimore sh
ere we arrived safely at CT p. NJ, much al
lsed with our excursion. The people of m
timore are looking forward with conf
&c for the trade of the South They are lie,
Y anxious for it and assert that they can co. &C.,
lish goods as cheap and as abundantly as re,
city in America, l feel kindly towards an
N on account of their contributions to ca
destitute, and desire that southern mer- ro,
nus Try thls market before purchasing he
where. an
learned on last Saturday that Mrs. Jeff s -"
-i1 wns at Barnum's HULUl, aud vn send wi
up my card she promptly met me in the no
or, where 1 was highly entertained for &c
lour. Mrs. d. was looking well, and in reo
l hopes of her husbands early release in
1 prison-and l am glad the time has
ady arrived. She expresses great con-
for the education of the orphans of the
federate dead, and was sorry she could
be Of some service to them. ~, ~
4 my journey from Baltimore to this o. y
a we nassau tbrouOb a baautif,1 oountr, lOl