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The War News. The Yankee raid in Culpeper county has proved a ludicrous failure. It appears that a body of seven hundred Yankee cavalry came from Warrenton and reached Rapid Ann station, where the Orange and Alexandria railroad crosses the Rapid Ann river, Sunday morning. They crossed the river there and came as far as Holliday's mill, which they burnt, with a considerable quantity of grain, stored there by the Orange and Alexandria Railroad Company. Here they captured a large number of government horses, which were grazing there. At this point the successful portion of the raid ended. A short distance from the road an engine was seen coming slowly towards them; and after dispatching a party to the station to burn the railroad bridge, the main body of the Yankees proceeded down the road to catch the train. The engineer tried to escape, but, apparently, for want of steam, made a slow business of getting away, and the exultant Yankees had nearly gotten to him, when the dischar