, 1862-02-20
FaFnsWDrthsR Illinois Cavalry.
EFrom the EhrunicIe.1


Our town was in come excitement last night |
from run1or that this regiment had received |
orders to report at the Headquarters Of Gen |
crl Heintzelman- This regiment, during Its |
short stay in Alexandria, has done more to |
than al that had been performed heretofore;
and, In this remark, We do not detEact, In the
SLIGHTEST degree, from either the service, SYM
pathies or patriotism OF the gallant e8th Penn
sylyania, who have SO long ga1Tisoned th&city.
man, free to act as his own sense Of justice
and loyalty to the Government he hld Gu
gagged TO serve might dictate. In the other,
Col. Mclean was, and has been, tramneled bg
Il superior in command, whose course Of con
duct, to say the least, has made him the
especial favorite Of all who sympathize with
the aideTs and abcttoTs of treason This regi-
ment has cndeared itself to every loyal man
in Alexandria. Its officers are just such men
as give TO us all an abiding feeling Of security,
whilst they remain among us; and, il misrc-
presentations have been made to induce this
change-if the e1igencies Of the service arc
not compulsery-f it has been caused By in
| fiuences growing out Of determination to
sustain lie rebellion here, which is every
| where manifest, we greatly mistake appear.
ances, if the day Of reckoning is not speedily
| 1T hand.
| Viewing this whole matter in its true light,
every candid man must admit that humanity
| alone would justify the retention Of the Regi-
ment here, until the health OF the men is re-
stored. Within the past three weeks, one hum
! ilsed and six soldiers were sent to the Hospital
with Typhoid Fever, from camp that was de-
ciuiating the Regiment, and that alone should
| be sufficient at Headquarters to permit them
| to rclnainlong enough for the restoration Of
health. But, it appears that because these
| mcu have been earnest and honest in the
cnuse Of the Union, because they act prompt
| ly when called upon to assist in supprcssing
the first symptoms of treason, they have f:1-
lar, 7,u3,r tI,f han cf fine r1yerpYn.,nt t7is
| city, which has become almost unsupportable-
We hope it is not rs represented; we plead
for the Sth Illinois cavalry, for oHr oscn SAFETY,
and VIC ask that, il the exIgcncics of the ser
| vice do not reqfrc their removal, no opposition
from men already suspected Of treason may
accomplishit.
| From the same papcr.]
t MOVEMENT or THE EIGHTH ILLINOIS CAY
/ ALRY.-This corps having received marching.
orders yesterday afternoon, Feb. 18th, at five
O'Clock, were, at little after six, en- route for
Gen. Heintze1man's head quarters. The boys
understood that they were to 60 ont to thsi1
. old quarters in camp California to pass the
, night, and the prospect Of o night to be pass
cd in the Great Dismal Swamp would have
been equally cheering with that before. them
: yet they LETT their snug quarters, packed theil
knapsacks, saddled their steeds, filed thei!
hayereacks, slung their carbines and buck1eG
; | on their sabres, with such alacrity as to 1caf
outsiders to suppose that the change
: was q most desirable one. The readiness
,, | with which this unwelcomc Of all possibl'
! orders was obeycd, constitutes striking com
: mentary on the charge tint nutinous feeling
! exists in the regiment. Let lis tell tic naalisu
crs of these brave boys that tfcachery can in
if vent no per1dy, and ''little brief authority
a no lnsolenee, sufficiently aggggrayatIng to in
e dnee them to neglect their duty to thenaseIre:
r their country and their flag, on any occasion
= or for any prctenEe. The reg i1nent hayin
~ reached Summers headquarters, about thrc
= miles from the city, received orders to retu1
a to their quarters here, but to bold thcmselve
III readiness to march again at 4 moment
J. warning. Their brief march, however, h1
. satistiei.cycry one, friend as well as foe, til:
the Farnswo:tl,'s tall suckers know their dut
!. and will fulfil it.