THE METROPOLIS IN TIME OF WAR. President Lincoln's First New Year's Reception--The Pennsylvania Lancers--Discontent of the Abolitionists--President Lincoln Favoring Colonization--Appointment of E. M. Stanton as Secretary of War-- Espionage--The Secret Service--Female Confederate Spies--Capture by one of them of a Union General.
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