...s covered with foliage; grass is a foot high, and in some places two or three feet. Every grove is vocal with birds. Further on--three miles and a half from Alexandria — is the farm of Mr. David Barber , of New York, an absentee proprietor, which is rented from year to year, by Mr. Lee.some, a Virginian, who was also the agent, I ascertained, to sell it to the highest or the earliest bidder. Aft...