Army Of The Potomac

An officer just froni the Anny of tuc Potomac informs us Uiat the army Ls in excellent heart and hope, and quite roady ior any service wliich uiay be assigucd it. Tt lies ís f'ar out as Culpopper, and stretohea for ïjiilos and miles in tho sisape oí' a Lorseshuu, protectíog tho Kappal.aiuiuck a.w.1 gjiarding tlie whaieGauntry for a distance "i fifty miles, 'JMie tuppliea ali cnue IVoni VaahipgtoB, and are abundant in füod foï tuen, funge for : . . and mulos, and i: overy neer to makü tij o men content. Tlie wliole cuiiiiliy is as daèplate of culture as if t wére a wilderness. Every unocoupied house is practically destroyed. Sarna, rcqces, ïmprovemeuta of all kinds, aro 2011e. The farm near Cuïpepper, a'n'd fór which H-'ii. John M Botts paid $100,000 in Confedérate funds, Las had tweiity or twenty threo miles of foLce destToyed by tb two armies, Tlio eari.ii is allowed to produce litoral ly nothing n the ueigbborhoüd of eitber army. - Desolation, and often beartless destruction of property, marks the progress of hotb the rebel and Union Forcea, and tíie latter is just as unspariiig as the iïrst. - Fot example, the brick wali of the grave yard at Uul pepper, wliich aotcj as a support for sume of tlio tombstones, bas beeu torn down, lo make ehimneys ior the quarters. 'f bus even the dead do not repose in piet.