, 1862-02-17
TREASON IN =CAN0NICALs.
FarnsWorth's iii. Cavalry Rectffy
= Rebel Rector.
E xciting: Scene In a Church.

We are permfhed 10 mike some extracts
from letter received by 4 citizen from q SOL
dicr in Farusworth's ath Ill Cavalry, encamp-
ed at Alexandria, Va The date is Feb. 18th,
1869:
The arrival Of our regiment in this city, out
| of the horrible mud in which VIC Houn-
| dcrcd for month, was the cause Of great re-
joicipg on the part Of the tone ]7de Unionists,
+! and Of anger aud Vindlctivcncss On the part Of
[ the Secesh, who had heard Of its anti~slave.y
| procliyities AS the regiment belongs to Gen.
| Summers Division, it could not bc fettercd
and persecuted by tue military commander OF
tbs p'aeSe-GsneSEai! Se e. M, MentgomeEy We dont
by every Union man in Alexandria. BE is
| stepped III pro,slaveryism and takes sides with
| secesh IN all disputes Il there Is a
Seccsh woman in the ease. For instance, the
soldiers Of the sSth Pcnnsylyania regiment
arrest a sccessionist who has been Insulting
and abusing to Unionists. The wife, sister or
il! mistress OF the rebel will run to old Mont
gomery, CIT little, tell lying story and obtain
| aEelease from him This was daily occurrence.
He finally went SO far as to give orders to
! the Pennsylvania soldiers who are doing gar1i-
son duty, not to make any more arresss Of
seccssionists for any cause without his specin.
orders. The effect Was, that when our reggi-
ment arrived eecessionism was uppermost,
| and 8 Union man expressed his sentiment ut
his peril! No American flags were displayed,
no signs Of the recognition Of our Government
were apparent, except that Of Tie blue uniforms
Of soldiers who are doing the police duty ln
the city: The seecsh preachers preached
against the oppressors Of their people ind
those In auy way engaged in putting down the
rcbellion-ezcca Gen. Montgomery. He was
spoken Of as n 6iud-hcarted, humane old fel-
low, who w:u!d not harm any traitor. The of
sirons Of change, either Of their position OF
Ills. The Mayor, and Provost Judge Frcese
were heartsick and disgusted at The position
they we're compelled to occupy and the acts Of
the secesionists they had to tolerate. How
ever, they thought they saw Q day Of deliver
are attached to Gen Summers Division, CON
, ! sequently Gen. Montgomery can give us nc
, orders. Ike old man was muck offended
: when he learned Of the fact, and tried hard tc
failed in this, he endeayored to have US pu,
!, under his authority, but Eailed III that als<
: through the interference of Gen. Sumner
: | who would not listen to it. Col FaFnswortl
becoming aware Of the state Of affairs, ordered
+ all tie company commanders, Majors, &c, tt
+ put out the American Aag across the sidewalks
r and to arrest all offenders against its dignity
: Our quarters are scattered all over town, o.
the principal streets. The effect was numcr
ous protests to Gen. Montgomery to haye th
odious Stars and Stripes taken down. Seccs
lli1ies would walk around u block, in order t
/, | avoid passing under the glorious old banner.
We'll things passed along somewhat 9uictl
for few days, We having our hisnds full
shutting up whisky shops that were poisonin
l. and roi,bil1y the soldiers, fcrreting ont nnde
ground rebel post offices Which had carried 0
r. iii extensive correspondence with. Sccessf
1t aud Other little jobs of that sort, until IT
;. learned that Il certain reverend gentlcma
- called Stewart, the secession rector Of I'll
Is Episcopal Church South, announced from tt
IL pulpit last Sunday, that lie had received orde
ar from his bishop at Richmond, to pray Il
-, this ExcellencyH Jt1f Davis, and The Co
~ gress Of the Confederate States! OF cours
q this thing had to be stopped, and we .stoppt
1y it dcrlisl sudden, as the enclosed article fro
h. t1.e Virginia Chronicle Of this city will sho'
- Capt. Farnswortl is nephew uf the Colone
'ss and. acted on the Colonel's authority II
thing created al awful excitement in this cit
O. Reports were circulated that We had gone
IL there and killed half the audience. Lieu
m Hynes Of Company G, formerly ct the Chica::
ur TE1BrSE Office, laid out three or four Of Il
en- rebels, and Sergeant Fitch struck an at.ltus
,e- OF defence, to the disgust Of several you,
ID seccssionists.
n As soon az the thing was over, the who
lie congregation rpn off to old Montgomery
Headquarters and he telegraphed to Sewa
On that Farpsworth's S regiment had taken the a
Is tl,n1ity which belonged to him, aud asked
OF | Ei1vc tic preacher turned over to him, as
ne was Senior Officer III the city. And ScWa
turned him over and Of course The villtan Il
Ii, released