New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-03-26

steal condition 10 better than could have been a1tic
pstsd, at the commencement Of the Winter.
Spring advances slowly this year. The meadows
OF Fairfax County are still brown, and there is no
held of treshysprnging wheat to relieve the eye, 10
all the desoate, fenceess landscape. Here and there
beside the cinders of what once was house, the
blades Of dafods and hyscntbs breaking through
the sod, or clump Of scOrched lilacs show thelr
swelling buds the early frogs chip about the springs
in the hollows, and the buebirds sing on the road
side cedars-but otherwise all is bleak raw, and
wiutTy. Coming from the southern edge of Pennsyl-
vana, find difference Of six or seven days in the
sesson-not more. The NAPLES are in bloom there
we'll as here the alders hang out their brown cat
kins, and the willow buds as near to bursting.
The line Of densrcaton between the climate OF
Virginia and New-York will be found in the neigbor
hood of Trenton There is not difference Of 81 in
the extremes of cold between Philadelphia, Bslt-
more, and Washington.
The isothermal lines-for a considerable space, at
esst-run parallel to the Blue Ridge This long
eastern wall Of the Appalachian region, on the one
side, with the ocean and its deep Buys the other,
incloses district which exhibits very nearly the
saue features of scenery, SOIL and climate from the
Delaware TO the Rsppahannock. have been greatly
struck in Prince William and Fairfax Counties with
The resemblance of the country to the Counties OF
Chester and Lancaster, in Pennsylvania. The same
formation extends through Hartford, Baltimore, Car
roll, and Frederick Counties, in Maryand-a pctur-
esqe undulatng region OF wave-like hills and wind
Ing valleys with here and there warm, open inter-
vale well wooded and watered with soil, not deep,
but genial grateful easily reclaimed, and as easily
exhausted. The four principal rivers--the Dela-
ware. above Trenton, the Schuylkill, Susquehanna,
and Potomac--cross this region in parallel lines, al
r.-Lt-sngles to the course OF the Blue Ridge. Ncnce
the valleys, Instead Of following general direction,
frequently open toward sl points Of The compass, IN
tie SPACE of few miles, aud the country seems in-
uicNe and labyTinthine TO orc unfamiliar win lie
character. This is It's greateot charm; and love
er pastoral region is not to lie found on the face Of
Inc EARN. Where thoroughly cultivated, as in some
pans OF Pennsyyaui it ID garden Of beauty.
Even here, IN Virginia, long oourse OF neglect
as not been able 10 destroy us natural promise.
Though pine-woods have everywhere taken posses
sion of the exhausted eds and there are few farms
but show The evidences Of unthrift and Neglect the
splendid timber in the bottcms the rank growthe in
tie Old gaIdens and the richness Of every h;te bit
OF land that has been III any way cared Jor, show
what the country bias been, and what il may YET be-
come. Possessing that beautiful mean OF Climate
which untes the growths OF Maine and South Caro-
lima and which is 80 favorable 10 health and lonsey
ity that the annual mortality is scarcely Per cent,
it should have been, by this time as prosperous, If
not as thckIv settled, a. the midland counties OF
Enelsnd. But-set,ing aside the rsyages of war
4 .t...o ..tt,., ar
the old aTistocratc mansions, with their square out
side chimneys, their rusty clspboards, NOISY roofs
and tumble-down ouihousss. i remember beng
struck with the same characteristics between Ffeder-
ieksburg and Richmond.
Reading the accounts Of the Bull Ran Eight, lasi
Sumner, while in Europe, found 1t difficult 10 Oh
tain clear idea Of the character of the country.
All correspondents concurred in reprcseniing IL as e,-
ceediney rugged, formidable in It's capacities for de-
fense and difficult to penetrate by an invading force
/ ind 70 NV surprise, all the familiar features OF NY
native place which were oyerrun 10y both The British
and American armies without amy SPECIAL trouble,
during the Revolution. Bull Run If q smaller stream
than the Brandywme ard with fewer advantages OF
tologrsplis 10 military sense. Beyond MtnHfshr
tbe courrv "a sl und Using hui the hills are lower
and ess sbr,pf uuti yon reach tire saprabannoeA,
wher. they az become high and bold Gordon'-
vile, from all csn learn ga strong position, pro-
yided we should choose TO asssi II III 'front.'
Between Fredericksburg and Richmond the hills
become broader aud fguer rising in long sw1s, IN
interrupted, except by the Maiiapony and P'munk!
RIVER. which are narrow, deep streams. howins
between high and abrupt banks
4 In the desrih Of permitted news, send tih' hariy
sketch Of icgon which has been picked ont BY
Fate ~ tho canvas for many Of opr future historic
picues b.
FROM TENNESSEE.