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of the town. "In the Government depots," writes a correspondent to the Louisville Journal. "were sugar, flour, bread, &c., and the destruction was immense. Guns were bent double by striking them across rocks; powder, cartridges, and percussion caps," we are told, "were thrown into the creek." It is estimated that the value of the Government property lost at Lebanon would reach one hundred thousand dollars--perhaps exceed that sum. Changes in the Cabinet. A special dispatch from Washington to the New York Herald says: Some important movements are on the tapis to give unity and force to the military plans of the Government for the speedy suppression of the rebellion. I have authority for stating to you that Gen. Halleck does not come here as Commander-in-Chief of the armies of the Union. He may be appointed Secretary of War; but it is believed, in well informed circles, that Mr. Stanton will retire to relieve the President of all embarrassment, and that Mr. Lincoln wi
ortunate city, should it fall into the hands of the North, will have to pass through a fire of persecution. Is it supposed that the remnant will survive to be good and true citizens of the American Union, which treats them in so paternal a manner? Such a victory of the North would be driving another nail into the coffin of the extinct republic of the "United" States. * * * * * To-day is the 4th of July. With the anniversary of American independence may be date also the end of the spring campaign which was intended to repair the fortunes of the shattered fabric which Washington and his friends founded in doubt and hope. By this time Charleston has fallen, or the siege has been raised. By this time, in all probability, Richmond has been taken, or the host of McClellan scattered. Such signal events cannot much longer be delayed; but whatever happen, the end will be the same. The subjugation of the South was never farther off than now. It may be considered postponed sine-die.