Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1862-05-30
Editorial Correspondence
CHICAGO, Nav oath,

CHICAGO, May 24th, 1862.
Well here / am en- route for The seat
of war in Tennessee, and expecting to
leave for that region in the morning. |
don know how it will be about my get
ting within the lines, for under General
Halleck's recent stringent order excluding
all civilians, even to newspaper reporters,
it rather looks as though an unpretending
individual like myself will not stand much
of chance for getting sight at the grand
army. I am going to try the experiment.,
however, and trust that the red tape,
which | am sure to encounter, will yield
when it comes to be known to the powers
that be, that my business is other than
that Of mere locker on ''taking notes"
went this forenoon to Camp Douglas,
but could not see much. There are no
passes issued now | believe, to anybody,
at least [ SO understood, and hence made
no attempt to obtain one did the next
best thing, under the circumstances, and
invested FIVE cents in a chance to see what
could from an observatory just outside
the camp, built by some enterprising chap
probably a Yankee ''mudslP which
enabled me to get a first rate glimpse of
the secesh prisoners. They are tough,
hard looking lot of fellows. The worst
description that you eyer saw of them in
any of the Chicago papers is the nearest
correct, for they are decidedly the most
outlandish crowd, so far as appearance
goes, that you can imagine,
The Douglas estate, you are aware, is
near the encampment, and it is here, on a
beautiful spot on the lake shore, that the
| departed statesman is buried A great
many people visit it daily. The grave is
enclosed with neat, unpretcndipg wooden
fence, and the yard is ornamented with
trees and several varieties of flowers. It
is said that the fund which is being raised
for the purpose OF erecting suitable mon
ument is in good hands and rapidly in
ereasing. s
Gen. Sigel arrived in the city last even
ing and was serenaded at the fremont
House. He did not make much of a speech,
that is it was not lengthy. His forte evil
IDENTIFY is not speech-making SO much as
fighting. He does not speak English flu
emily and is withal very ordinary looking
man. He wears no military fxings at all,
but seems to " dote " on SLOUGH hat and
other articles of dress peculiar to the most
democratic civilian. 1t seems from the
Generals speech that his command has
been taken from him, and that he is now
on his way to Washington by order of the
Secretary of War / was not before
aware that there was any trouble of this
kind in bis case. Only few days ago
& the reliable gentleman who furnishes
the public with news CD annouaced by
telegraph that Gen. S. was on his way to
Pittsburgh Landing, but it seems that was
all bosh. 1t is to be hoped that be may
net remain out of the service long for he
is one of the kind of men we want at the
helm now We need live men, like him,
that can and do fight, and are ready to hit
the rebellion On the head wherever they
hnd it. 1t may be that the Generals
treatment of the slavery question has
worked to his disadvantage. You know
be is not particularly partial to that insti-
tuition. He said last night that wherever
the Star spangled Banner goes, there
ought to follow the principle of liberty to
all men. This has been his motto all the
while, and it may be that for this he has
been SCI aside, fer the government has not