, 1866-07-04
The College Commencemenfs.
The following is list OF College COM
menccments to be held durtng the months Of
I,1l.< Auonsf nnIf GeOtpmhprs
Another Sample OF Southern Loyalty
Eirrmau,a EeatiYa1 Haa receutlY held q

Another Sample OF Southern Loyalty.
A Fireman's Festival Was recently held at
Houston, Texas, OF which the Galveston
Eullttin says:
Ffrst-Tbere WIS not single American
fag In the procession.
Second Although the banquet hall and
bar room were decorated with flags, devices
and tmb1cms, no American flag, patrfotfc de.
vice, emblem or Inscription appeared On ths
walls. = !
was drawn in the procession, the description
oi Which Ne copy from the Houston Evening
tIiook and Ladder xas last in tho order o.
archine, blne fanneIehls. and hllck paata BENG
their uniform. Their ttuca WEB drawn by tom
whf1e hqEe 1ro which va p saao e1ooRy M r.
Confederate dead upon which Aas Aeassd 4 osaa;t'
fiji girl mourning Tor the 'tead natl0n". aud ita
martyrs, Sne wore rcd white and rcd, WITH Grape
over The stats representing .he Southern States.
she ~oIe manscles on her hands. with chains at bel
feet. as narrative Of the condition OF her oNn
na1iys land sne did Eot reRte.sni t59 Godaess
pos ed,} but tie South-he: dowE-tEolden. the op:
presse1 South. It was painfully beantful and
ioucnins, and reminded as Of Andranaehe lying
chained, md weeping for her lord
Fourth-Eu national a1r was performed by
any band engaged either at the procession or
the ball, but that those tunes known as
.Coniederate'. were played continuously. :.
Tifih-Cheers were sigco for "JeH. DaytS''
and Dixie played beneath the qu4rters Occu-
MED by military commission g.
It Is plain, II these things were done, that
premeditated insult to the Federal Govern
neut ves intended. The officials Of the
United States army are fncensed that the com-
mandant OF the post did not forbld the dem.
onstrstiou.- Major Lathrop has,: "a we are
informed, stated that he had not meu cnous
to enforce obedience 10 such commsnd and
that ne was counseiied not to giTe Il oy
prominent and influential Union men. There
IS report on the streets that previous 70 the
proccssit n, Judge Gray, chief marshall bad
an interview with Minor Lathrop, and stated
to hiro the above feature Of the demonstra.
ton, and obtaiued promise that It ahorld
not be 1nterfe1ed With.
;. We hope for the credit OF our, sister city
that these reports nc vastly exaggerated.
For II. they are even approximately truA she
has branded the mark OF dtsloyalty so deeply
on the brow of our State, that all tho Un!on
men cannot eradicate H. On the morning
succeeding this denomination, the Houston
Itlkgruph arrnigns Governor Hamilton for
speaking Of The dlsloyal mistecds Of our Tex
a. citizens, 0na threatens to have gentleman
sent who shall CONFRONT and refute the Cover
nor's statements. What nnswer would or
could such missionary make to 2 simple
statement Of thcse proceedings VII An
drew johnson credit the loyal representations
Of those whose names appear 10 such a con-
nection? People may attempt to explain
away these demonstrations as being harmless;
but they will tail to convince those who have
the power to keep our representatives ont ot
Congress. This Is the result OF all such dis
plNYs. '"'