Daily national Democrat., 1861-06-07
AgjlD 9latloNal1 1morrat.
aro.ooraphy of the E'ieId Ofop erations
I""'7 in Virginia.

MI, news from Virginia would seem to
,ia chat not less than six points have been
elected by the state authorities at which
s',rssi,u troops are TO be concentrated, inde-
,Jont Of Richmond and Norfolk. These
I,,s oie AleXaudlla. Culpepper Court
IIouse Dumfries, Lynehburg, iredricks6urs
IIIorncr's Ferry. The ContgDity of these
ioods "i,~ TO Washington and Baltimore is so
li"So os TO render each and all Of them Of
i, Utmost Importance to the distant reader.
T'iow t,'I will be found such Typographical aud
.o,granbical descriptions as will enable the
5oJer TO Judge at once of the importance of
each point.
.,uns that make up the total of the District
ar Columbia Washington and Georgetown
f'rmine by far the most important part of
Ma one hundred square miles of the Federal
Uomain on the Potomac. The city is located
-, the southwest or Virginia bank OF the
T,tonac. seven miles below the Capitol at
Warrington. 1t is the county seat OF Alex
lria county, and contains population Of
obont 5000 or 10000. The town is widely
",,ltered over an extent of territory, which,
Il built up after the manner of Northern
riies. would afford a residence Of at least
si,iy thousand people. The land upon which
tae town Is built is undulatiug, not to say
would tell severely upon an attacking force.
Above the city, and nearly opposite WASH
inrton, the undulations assume a more bold
and preciptous form and altitude, and are
denominated darlington Heights" where we
read a few DAYS ago, the Nirginians were
throwing up earthworls and erecting bate
lies, for the purpose of bomUarding the
Capitol and White House, distant respectively
in a northeast direction, three and quarter
and two and three-quartcr miles. Reliable
reports row inform us, however, that no for
,iications of any kind have been instituted
hv the Nirginians, and it is probable that
Gen Scott will shortly proceed to take and
occupy the city with federal troops as its
ocupancv by a sufficient force would efectu-
aNy prevent an attack upon the Capital from
the South. The town is connected with
Washington 10y bridge of one mile in length,
in which are two draws of sufficient capacity
10 afford passage for such vessels as can make
the harhor. 1t is connected with Georgetown
by branch of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal, and to the south and west it has land
communication via Orange and Alexandria,
aud Manassas Gap railways, with the interior
Of Virginia and the South BY the recent
blockade, its water communication with
Norfolk and other Potomac and Chesapeake
ports by which it3 business is mostly fur
ui-h,d, is cilectualiv stopped.
Culpcper Court House, Ohere seems to be
mach Misunderstanding with regard to this
locality, as the proper name of the place is
Fairfax and there is another locality on the
sme lairoad-a mere railroad station--also
called Fairfax, which is only twenty-five
miles west Of Wa-hngton) Cuipcpcr Court
House ('airfaH) the county seat of Culpcppcr
county, is located on the Orange aud AicXuu-
oja railroad, siXty-two mi!,s southwest
from Ale0ulri1, ci4hty-thrcy Mi, uorth-
W,.t Of Richmond and tWcuty-siN mics
north eost of Gordo,svilc where the Orange
and Alexandria road connects with the Rich
moul, Freltick- burg and Potomac railway,
and the Virginia and Tennessee rail way fer
the South and West. Ihocouuty Of Culpcp-
ger contains only population OF about 49,
t"' the village perhaps 1900. OF this
population, over onc-Aalf are slaves. The
r,ct.on OF country of which Culrcppor Court
House may be called the center, is the finest
rart Of the State for agricUtuai purposes
cereals and live stock being raised there in
ar.,tahandance IT. wouc,iyeness in these
respects was the probable cnusc of this place
0iug .ytctcl as rondezyous for troops and
o. i is within three hours ride hY rail, of
Washington. over a route not easily inter-
ri'.i near 'le Capital IE opposing forces,
t.e for iElt Of th- military authorities who
W. planning the campai - oa t.e part o.. the
Secession. rs becomes apparent, However,
81 IA-i u' remembered That twelve mi,+
Iota-cis, OF CuircVper, towards AlcNanII.a
.i 'pN~haHuocE, the load ha, to cross the
York river on q long wooden bridge, the ja-
.Na";Hu of which hy fire (Wljg4 Is neither
rposs,lie Eor imrrobub,e) would present
troops from advancing from the South tor
-ony days by ,hat route 1t will he rcmem-
ayl,l chat about 1000 Tennessee and ken
tRcay troops were reported to ut at Cuipcp-
,or on Saturday last, and that more were
expected
Lyuchburg, where another large force is
now reported to he concentrating, is situated
on the south bank of the James river, at the
junction of the Petersburg and Lynehburg,
and the Virginia and Tennessee railroads. 1t
Is 1875 miles west of Richmond by the Rich
noud and Danville, and Petersburg aud
Lvuchburg railroads, and about the same
distance south, via Charlottesville. from Gull
pepper Court House. The great kauaWha
canal runs through this town direct 10 lich-
uon1. tone hundred and folty--cveu uilo-)
odolips cheap and expeditions means of
supp ying Richmond from the South and
West The population Of the place Is about
twelve thousand. The country about Lynch
burg is mountainous but like that in the
vicinity of Culpepper, Is very productive in
agricultural produce, though tobacco has
taken the place Of grains to a great degree
smong the products Of the soil As it is not
probable this place will be fortified in any
manner it is unnecessary to give more than
its general topography,
Fredericksburg is fast assuming an mpor-
tance in military consideration of no mean
dimensions. The news reaches us that heavy
ordinance and small arms are being carried
there in large amounts, and it is said that
carthworks are icing raised with all possible
dispatch. These may be only runiors-pro-
hably are nothing more-stll from the local
ity-it would seem TO be highly important that
the Virginians should, if possible, be pre-
vented from occupying it in strong force 1t
is situated siXty-two miles south of AleXan-
dlia, and sixty miles north of Richmond, on
the Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac
railroad; is the principal town of old Spott-
sylvania county, at the head Of navigation
on the Rappahannock river, and is in the
very heart of one of the finest valleys on the
eastern slope. North of the town a fine
bridge crosses the river, above which and
back Of the town there is rise of land. for
tihcations upon which would command the
bridge and protect the town without subject
parties, which might approach from the
westward rise of the canal and river. Fiji
teen miles north of Fredericksburg is Aquia
creek the present termination of the road
northward, at which point it is thought
troops can readily be landed from Washing
ton in sufficient force TO dislodge all the