CHAPTER X.

Civil war in the United States--Large bounties paid Canadian recruits--Prices of products go up--More than two million men under arms--I make a trip to Washington--Visiting the military hospitals--I am offered $800 to enlist--Brief interview with President Lincoln--A pass secured--I visit the Army of the Potomac--90,000 men under canvas--Washington threatened by the Confederates--Military prison at Elmira, N.Y.--Cheap greenbacks--A chance to become a multi-millionaire 137