, 1862-02-25
AFFAIRS AT CAMP Dovsl is.
Incidents, Street Runlors, SC.


I Our citizens arc still on tho qui vips to sec !
the secesh prisoners at Camp Douglas 4 curl |
osity which but few, comparatively, have op- |
pgrtunity to crafty. The restrictions neccs- |
EARLY imposed prevent the entrance Of thou1- |
ands who would hare been glad to have OBJ |
taincd nearer view Of the prisoners than the |
cracks in the fence wonld permit.
Tic Southern visitors hare nearly all arrived |
At Camp Douglas, which now numbers nearly |
its complement Of seven thousand prisoners !
from the victory Of Done1son. They are as
well quartered and fed as our own troops late
II In occupancy Of the same barracks, and re-
ceive the same rations, both accommodations
and food the prisoners themselves say, being |
Of as5cttcr description than they hare before
enjoyed in their military experience. Wehaye
already referred to the salient features and as
pccts of this large involuntary irruptfon Of
visitors, and those first arrived have already
BECOME cosfly settled in their quarters. They
have been already visited BY thousands Of our
own citizens, and hare been indulgcd in free
dom of intercourse which has In few instances
been invaded by aught to mar the effects of
these interviews. The guards have been post
ed strongly about the entrances, and surround
ing the enclosure, and within tic extensive
area the spectacle during visiting hours has
been marked and peculiar one. Here, there
and everywhere are seen groups made up Of
citizens, soldiers of the Union, and these
whose duller attire Of drab or butternut be-
trays them at a distance Us belonging to the
rcbel regiments.
The scenes that hare transpircd have largely
gone to diEarm these Southcrners Of tho mis-
taken notion that Abolitionists were man-hat-
crs or man eaters. The freedom Of discussion
and its range has comprised every point at is
cue, and the rather extraordinary spectacle has
been presented at almost every hour Of the
day, Of coteries of I[linoisans and Texans, 10y
al men Of tile North and rebel soldiers Of the
South debating politics and abolition, and
I'll the aspects Of the negro question, without
rancor and without heat, simply because the
advocates OF that side Of the question which
has ever needed such aids were deba1Ted its
privileges by the peculiar circumstances Of
look st the great truths Of the age separated
from the little side issues Of riding on I rail
| and ta11ing and featheripg its apostles.
Only IN occasional jar to such intercourse
between citizens and visitors has occurred.
| Once it was demonstrated to citizen that d
| previous reputation for loyalty would have
stood him in good stead, and yesterday hack
load Of crazy and half-wittcd females aston
ishcd the camp by a harangue borrowed from
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lhe sPalls o1 our 1osa e'sizens toward 1hes'
prisoners IS commemorate. Ihefe Is every
where Expressed INC oesare that shey snail no
su1ef rom iaeh o1 necessary comforts. ih'
sacA WILL ee well eareo 1or. ihe 1eennss
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Inc fnmor that heY. Ut. howard, 1ormerl
r o1 me fafs1 bap1lss chufeh III ILLS city, an
"ho ie1t herc quite suddenly year or moi
sincc, Is among them, Is undoubtedly 1al5
: We can ind no foundation "hntevcr for sue
? report, and 1t was undoubtedly the work
l some person troubled With an over supply
: imagination.
0 L CHICAGO sdaS wHo Is THERE
L Among tho rebels is . man well known
u many Of cur citizens. Three years Il:
d this man, John B. Miller, by name, for
Is ished on West Lake street, where he ha1
Is soda fountain establishment, and at one til
&c was doing good business IN thas Inc: II
lc celling he subsequently ananaoneo 1or
,e whisky traoe' ana t"o years ago nc iahed,
T. the 1ssfet ed numerous crco1tors' VINO d
ID trusted 10 hls promises TO pay Inc eneAt thl
IL heard OF him he was in the soda business
ac Memphis, Tenn. Now, however, he turns
in an entirely new role, as Captain in one
the imprisoned Tennessee regiments. INF
n tunately, lie is in no condition to meet t
! sk friends he lift behind him y as hn 1.cs