New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-05-21
THE WAR FOR The UNION.
FROM WASHINGTON.
From Oar Own Correspondent.

Yesterday was bright with bayonsis and bril-
liant with the finest march of large body OF
troops thai we have seen 10 Washington. Five
regimen;s, New-York and Massachusetts, after
passing in review before tho Presidents House,
moved down toe Avenue in their best attire
with full regimental and martial bands, draaing
tbe Whole curious population TO the sidewalks
and windows The scene was inspiring as they
dehcd from Fifteenth street into the broader
marg Of the Avenue, and wldened by lap Of
pla.OoDs into the whole of the carriage space,
filing the entire breadth, and stretching, far az
the eye could note, toward the Capitol in dark
and massive columns, steady in step and perfect
IN dress of sections. 1t was the beauty of war
no unwon,ed spectacle here nOw--but seeming
10 lose none of its charms by its daily and hourly
recurrence. rne dust too, always il suspension
and often in sufocation, seemed to have, for
once, some consideration, and neither filled the
Uostrils q the soldiers the eyes Of the spec
tat0rs but LETT a clear perspective for the iuli
enjoyment of the scenic pomp. Each new ar
rival passes inspection, and the recent Michigan
regiment followed to-day in the same footsteps,
and drew out Tue ldentlcu thchuNt "ADols
upon the next pageant
The weather has been favorable, also, for the
spirit of war, and the display of lace, epaulettes
and ribbons. There has been no rain for forty
eight hours, but warmth OF sun, even tO the
point of perspiration, Wizards Hotel being mex
baustbe in varieties of climate. IL stretches, in
extent, from the Equator TO the Polar Circle,
aud has the heats of the tropics aud the ice of
the Arctic region. My own habitatiOn ia in the
Northern Temperate Zone, With 10 visible sun
shine, but infinite variety of bleak wall for
pc spective; but as 1t Is not SO high in the
heavens as to enable me To study astronomy with
the naked eye, am content. The cOntermneus
territory Of Coocert Hail. dear TO memory as the
theater of the last salvation OF the Union, is in
military occupation. / have musical entertain
ments Of drum and fife on the most liberal scale
Of supply and cheapness; the rattle Of mUskct-
brooches brought to the floor with emphasis, in
the " order arms of Scott's tactics, sometimes
at undesirable hours: and Chen again, pleasing
panorama OF camp-aunderiDg in shirt festooDery,
of sleeps grey, with tintiDg Of indigo, gong
through the drying process, that if solitary II
is solitude sweelened with variety of saccha-
rDe properties.
But DO not suppose that we have here only
barracks and declarations. The scope of obser
vation has larger expaDse. Art in galleries,
aud sculpture in groves and inches claim admira-
ton. You can study the Ancient Masters at the
Rotunda in Chapmau's Baptism of POcabontas,
where--like the picture criticized in the Vicar
of Wakefield, the work " would have been better
" il tho painter had taken more paDs"-and ad-
mire historical pigments IN the silk stockings and
shoe buckles of the Declaration of Independ-
ence," with the heads of several gentlemen OF
| good hsbits and excellent moral character placed
at the other extremities. Or if you revere the
skill of the lapdary, study the attitude Of the marble
Columbus, or the eastfront, with simulated globe,
but seemiu. ball, OF Columbian conception, which
he is in the act of tossing 10 lis friend Gen.
Washington, who sits across the intermediate
gravel, sword in hand, evidently contemplat NJ
the weather, and thinking, as the wind is East,
that it VIII rain tomorrow. In drapcry, too
Roman in fashion, but one in which he was
never seen, unless by faithful Cesar, when he
may have thrown a sheet over his shoulders in q
night alarm, or wrapped himself in two els OF
beached muslin, 20 60 10 a BATHROOM, ecltiDg
our aDxieties Tor such slender apparel, with the
ftful thermometer ranging from two below to
one hundred and ten above, in the shade. Yet
with Ill of this incongruity of dress, position aud
| locality, drawing forth emotions Of reverence
| and love, such as no other resemblance by
chisel or brush can give to the American heart
| Others vii deplOre the removal to Annapolis
of another gem of invention and execution-the
Naval Monument, placed very appropriately in a
cis,crn of hundred barrels of water, to aid our
appreciation OF the rough. rude sea, by small
| package Of Tie fresh element at the base. 1t
was q curious compound, in its emblems of
heather mythology and the Christian dispensation
Neptune and naval symbols of most astounding
conception, but very opaque signifcatlon. Moth
ing but respect for the gallant men Of WHOM it
is a mcmento saves it from iucitrg other dispo-
sitions than that of sorrow for tho dead. When
tie voice of the turtle il heard again in the land
| shall make trip to Annapolis ior the express
end of renewing my recollcctiOns OF this most
monstrous and astonishing accomplishment of
creative genius.
The borlevards aud parks Of the city are now
at the suburban camps. Hitler resort both the
idle and inquisityc. The village Of tents Occu-
pied 81 toe New-York 9TH is the most FREE
quented. OF easy access by omnibus and car
rage, there is no exclusiyeness Of visit Ladies
look on war in its mildest form, and misses and
children in crowds see future victory aud con