LETTER XIII.

The Major Returns to Washington--Things Get Mixed Up--Lincoln and

the Panther--Splitting Rails and the Union--The Major and the

President Visit Gen. McClellan's Army--Going up James River--Alarm

of the Rebels--Exciting Scene on Board the Boat--Nobody hurt--The

President Reviews the Troops at Harrison's Landing--The Return

Trip--The President and Party Bathe in the Potomac--Almost a

Catastrophe--The Major's Life-Preserver--The Moral of it--The

President Proposes a Conundrum. 116

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