Show an interesting war album in the state department at washington there liero is an album that was intended for some oriental potentate but neler was ivas sent it contains the portraits of 0 all the union generals as they were at the opening of 0 the war A gaunt black haired SIc Clellan a thin black headed boyish hancock ancock JI a grant 5 on would not knowlt know at all and a very youthful sherman Sli erman but the portrait of gen dan sickles iu in that book is a portrait of ron gen sickles of today minus tit thi crutches with which lie ho is forever 1 whether lie has a barber call upon him every morning or not I 1 do not know julian ralphs letter |