''On  Mrs.  Forney's  table  near  the  south-western  end  of  Union  avenae,
appropriated  to  the  Committee  on  Labor,  Income,  and  Revenue,  be-
neath many  graceful  folds  of  the  national  emblem,  may  be  seen  the
most  exquisite  and  appropriately  finished  photographic  album  ever
made  in  any  establishment  in  the  world.  It  is  from  the  manufactory  of
Messrs.  Altemus  &  Co.  It  is  finished  in  the  most  costly  style,  and  is
designed  for  two  hundred  pictures.  The  album  is  about  twelve  inches
by  sixteen  inches  in  size,  and  royal  purple  in  cover.  The  covers  pre-
sent a  series  of  embossed  panel  work,  in  the  centre  of  which  is  the  National
shield.  The  edges  of  the  work  are  handsomely  done  in  gold  with  run-
ning vine,  of  oak  and  laurel,  and  patriotic  designs.  The  beautifully
chased  clasps  are  inscribed  with  the  following  words :  **  For  Major-Gene-
ral Winfield  Scott  Hancock,  18Q4J'— The  Press,  June  20, 1874.
THE  BATTLE  OF  WILUAMSBURG  IN   1862.
The  following  is  the  opening  paragraph  of  an
editorial  in  the  N.  Y.  Herald  of  May  24,  1 862,  r^


WINFJELD  SCOTT  HANCOCST.  337


Iiferring  to  the  full  report  of  the  battle  of  Williams-
l)urg  published  in  the  Herald  of  the  same  date
■written  hy  Colonel  Findley  Anderson  :
"The  battle  of  Williaraaliurg  in iist  become  hislorical.  Of  all  oor
battles  it  was  tlie  beat  conlestcil  and  the  hardeal  won.  Tlie  oppo^ng
forcen  engaged  were  very  nearly  equal.  Infantry,  cavalry,  and  ttrtillery
diJ  e»cb  its  gharc  of  the  work.  The  loaaea  upon  both  BJilea  eqnalled
thoae  of  the  Altiaa  and  tbe  Russians  at  the  lerrible  battle  of  Alma.
