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The War news. Since the failure of Warren's expedition against Weldon, and his return, discomfited, to Grant's lines, quiet has prevailed in the Army of the Potomac. The serious character of this failure, and the great disappointment it has caused Grant, can only be fully appreciated when we consider the magnitude of the preparations he made for it. His plan, as we have before stated, was to break up the Petersburg and Weldon railroad and take and hold Weldon, thereby permanently severingWeldon, thereby permanently severing our communication with the South by this route, threatening Raleigh and the heart of North Carolina, and menacing Wilmington in the rear. To succeed in so extensive a campaign, it required a heavy column — In fact, a good-sized army. And that his main army, confronting General Lee, might not, by detaching such a force, be too much weakened for its safety, it became necessary, as troops were to be had from no other quarter, to call down the Sixth and Eighth corps from the Valley. The Valley t
n Monday. A paragraph in the Philadelphia Inquirer shows what was expected from the movement. It says: The body of Federal troops, under General Warren, which left Grant's lines on Tuesday night, it is now believed is destined for Weldon, North Carolina.--The distance from Petersburg to Weldon is sixty-four miles. The troops engaged in this service were in light marching order, and they evidently departed expecting to be absent some time. Beauregard reported Moving on Fort Pillow--Weldon is sixty-four miles. The troops engaged in this service were in light marching order, and they evidently departed expecting to be absent some time. Beauregard reported Moving on Fort Pillow--a terrible Joke on the "Colored" troops. A telegram from Cairo, to the St. Louis Republican, says that Beauregard is marching on Fort Pillow with siege guns. Osceola has been occupied by the Confederates. The telegram gives the following about another slaughter of innocent "colored troops" who had been sent out merely to kill a few "rebels": About twenty-five rebels appeared on the river bank opposite Memphis, waved their hats and hurrahs for Jeff. Davis. A force of about one hun