The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-02-22
EXCITING sCENR IN 4 CmURCn.

part Of the bona Gds Unionists, and Of ange
and vindiceiveness on the part Of the Secesh
who had heard Of its anti slavery proclivities
| AZ the regiment belongs to Gen. Summers Divi
sion, II could not be fettered and psSecute,
| BY the military commander Of this place-Gen
eral Montgomery We don't know where b.
halls from, but be is detested BY every UnioI
man tn Alexandfia. He 10 stepped in pro-slavery
ism and takes sides with Secesh In an disputes
especially If there 10 Gecesh woman in che case
For instance, the soldiers Of tho ssth Pennsyl
vania regiment arrest Q secessionist who ba
been insulting and abusing to Unionists Th,
wife, sister or mistress of the rebel will run 3,
old Montgomery, cry little, tell lying story
and obtain . release from him. This was
daily occurrence.
He finally went 90 far az to give orders to th,
Pcnnaylvania soldiers who are doing garrison
duty, not to make any more arrests Of secession
ists for any cause without his special ordefs- -
The effect was, that when our regiment arrived
seesniuutsm was uppermost, and Union mar
expressed his sentiment at his peril No Amer
ican Gags we're displayed, no signs Of the recoe
milton Of our Governments were apparent, e1
cept that Of the blue uniforms Of soldiers who
are doing the police duty in the city. The
secesh preachers preached against the oppres
sors of their people and prayed the Lord to re
move and destroy all those In any way engaged
in putting down the rebellion-ezcept General
Montgomery. He was spoken of - Q kind
hearted, humane old fellow, who would not harm
any traitor. The officers Of the ssth Pennsyl.
vania, and their men were desirous of change,
either of their position or his. The Mayor, and
Provost Judge Freese were hesrtsick and dis.
gusted 1t the position they were compelled to
occupy and the acts of the seceesionists they
had to tolerate. However, they thought they
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into the city. We are attached to Gen. Sum.
ner's Division. consequently Gen. Montgomery
can give us no orders. The old man was much
offended when be learned of the fact, aud tried
hard to prevent US from coming here When
he failed in this, he endeavored to have US nut
under his authority, but failed in that also
through the interference of Gen. Sumner. who
would not listen to it. Colonel Farnsworth be.
coming aware of the state of affairs, ordered all
the company commanders, Majors, &C., to nut
out the American flag across the sidewalks, and
to arrest all offenders against its dignity. Our
quarters are scattered all over town, on the
principal streets. The effect was numerous pro.
tests to Gen. Montgomery to have the odious
Stars and Stripes taken down. Secesh laoiss
would walk around block, in order to avoid
passing under the glorious old banner.
Well things passed along some what quickly
for few days, We having our hands full in shut.
ting up whisky shops that were poisoning and
robbing the soldiers, ferreting out underground
rebel post Offices which had carried on an ex.
tensive correspondence with Secessis, and other
little jobs of that Sort until We learned that q
certain reverend gentleman called Stewart, the
secession rector Of the Episcopal Church South,
announced from the pulpit last Sunday, that be
had received orders from his bishop at Richmond
to pray for "his Excellency" JEFF Davis. and
the Congress Of the Confederate States OF
course this thing had to be stopped, and we
stopped it develish sudden, as the enclosed arti.
Gle from the Virginia Chronicle Of this city will
show. Capt. Farnsworth is nephew Of the
Colonel, and acted on the Colonere authority.
The thing created an awful excitement in this
city. Reports were circulated that;we had gone
in there and killed half the audience. Lieut..
Hynes Of Company g, formerly of the Chicago
Tribune O6ice, laid out three or four Of the
rebels, and Sergeant Fitch struck an attitude
Of selfdsfence, to the disgust of several young
secessionists.
A. soon as the thing was over, the whole con.
gregation run OF TO old Nontgomery's head
quarters, and he telegraphed to Seward that
Farnsworth's regiment had taken the authority
which belonged to him, and asked to have the
preacher turned over to him, ~ he was Senior
Officer in the city. And Seward turned him
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From The Alsxandris (va) Chronicle, Feb. 10.
TRIAsoH IN TIE PuLPir-AR1Esr OF sEcEssIon
PARsoN IN CHURCH.
The Rev. Mr.. Stewart, renegade parson of
Northern birth, who Was lately driven from
western pulpi: by bis indignant congregation,
for bic incorrigible and offensive secessionism,
and who has aimee been stopped in attempting
to cross the lines on bis way to Dixie, was
promptly and properly brought mp With q round
turp, 40 our nautical friends have il, yesterday
morning, at St. Paul's Church, during what
ought to have been divine service, but which
the reverend traitor converted into an insolent,
defiant endorsement and glori6cation of treason
II appears that, on several occasions, this man
has used, in the pulpit, language that would cost
him his life IN any other country engaged, %
this 10, In quelling rebellion, and that hs has
taken particular pains to be % offensive 40 pos.
eible, otherwiee, in matter and manner. He has
always omitted, for example, the prayers pre-.
scribed BY the Episcopal Church, Of which he 10
. clergyman, for the President aud the Congress
of the United States, and on the Sabbath before
last, February Cd, he announced from the pulpit
that he bad an order in his pocket from Bishop
Meade Of Virginia, now an active secossionist
in Iebeldom, to pray publicly in bis pulpit for
JeE. Davis and his Cabinet, the rebel Congress,
and the rebel army and navy. After making
this announcement, this Northern renegade
stated, openly and de6antly, that be should omit
those prayers, not because his sympathy wae
not with the government and arny Of the South.
bn: because he could not read such prayers
here without rendering himself liable to arrest
He exhorted his congregation, however, 40 he
had often done before, 20 pray privately, 40 he
did, for the success OF the rebellion. st M *