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WIN, 6ome "ingenious iunu0 Y it upon himself to a the . e bills of the denomiliaioqof Five ients, as is sued, by Meshrs. ELLIOTT & Co. The figuro 5, in 'left hand corner of bill, has n altered, by the addition of an 0, thereby zpaking the figure read -50, while print rods "five ents." Parties are cautioned' against receiving these bills,as Messrs..ELLIOTT & CO. have called them in and will cancel them. There o ,bills of t'e denominqtion of Fi i s now issued by Messrs. EI. Jo. Tit a be very easily detected by reau. , and upon a close examnina tion of the alteration it will be found that it is not done with printere ink, but with wraing fluid. We hope the, person or persons who did this villanidus piece of work ill be caught auid carried before our militarylau. thorities and severely punished. They deserve it. Our exchanges say tiat the great fire in New York destroyed over half a mil. - lion dollars wolth of p-operty, among w)h is enumerated the -office of the Newi York MIerald, *hich was enirely consumed. The Petersburg R 'xjrese of the 15th instant, informs us that sall pot hasap. . poared in'that city. Messrs. Er.LrTT & 00. have author, sed us to a~y that they hav called in all of their change bills of the denomination .of Five Cents. All persons having bills of this denomination in their possession, by presenting theni at the store of Messra. E.LIOTT & Q0. will have them cashed. The IchVmoftd Rp91i ca, 6 Thurs. dao, says: "Gen. U. E. LE: and family left the city las eyeing. fpr Carters ville,- Onimberland Cointy, near which placo.they will occupy, for the summer,, a cottage on a small farm. A large numbor of farmNs in .different parts of Virginia, a beun offered aspresents to Gen.'LEE builxo hAW1 4 erfyaggde. cined to- accopt thefn. During this week, a citizeni t Richmorid proffered him one of the finest, farmia in Orange Countf, which another offered to stock." The NbN'York' World stimate& th total exception to the Prepident'samnos t7 proclamnation at rom '00,000 fo 250,., 060 men, dividq4 'i fpl owp .: - ersops aboY6 ,he tank'of 166ell;400 :- raidera frbud Cam,' i,e00Gjpratder'ame1, 8,600 ; uoluteer iebels - worth above $20,00 ; fo t of rob. elg.Vyermqt, 0 0 officers, 160 ; disloi 1ri in con el4tda . maj~ ro, 800~; of0 .northern nien , 40O, dIdiers in tps not seco ~rp prisons at the ?4d Jrsdet phnaon. The .lette.r - stof * t nreon msiob N .ao&b a~T4 e bea r whek f Poelpstructi pW) X'4.~ a oneI.40, and tient h b I 'heir Rtand' ti n 6,W 0 io pe-oer. a beep: it ti rfour yeard to tye the Unin; I Ynow proposed that those who deired to construct it' might go is 4id see viat. they could do. Por hu part, he felt inclined to be rather a lookereon than an active participaint in the contest whidh would naturally grow out of it. "The President said: General, there's io such thing as reconstruction. These States have not gone out of the Union; therefore reconstruotion is unnecessary, I do not mean to treat thei as incliate States, but merely its exi-stiug uider i temporary suspension of their Govorn ment, provided always they elect loyl men. The doctrine of coercion'to pr'. serve a State in the Union has been vindicated by the people. It is.the pro. vince of the Executive to see that the will of the peoplo is-carried out in the rehabilitation of these rebellious States, once more under the authority, as well as the protection of the TJnion. "General Logan responded,. 'That't so. "The President then passed on to the question of the public debt. He said lhat the finances of the country were in a hopeful condition; that probably it waa possiblo to resume specie payment immediately were it not for the com. mereial distress it would creatp through. out the country generally. As to the public debt of the coutry, he was in favor of paying it to the last dollar, and wotild never countenance ally maiin, party. sect or .measurej that eveli sqtinted at repudiation in any form, The debtwas incurred to save thelcountry. It was a legacy of the war, bequeathed to us for good or evil. It was not pos sible to shirk it. On the other hand, the great question would be to make it. if possibl6, 'tin instriment- of good, not evil, to the public generally." How Ron. John 0. Brookinrdge's. caped. - The following interesting account 01 the escape is flurnished by. the corres pondent of the New York WorM: HAVANA, Jime 17. General J.. C. Breckinridge, acconpa. nied by his nid-de-camp, Captain J.' Wil. nsqn; iis faithful :ar-servan., Thomas ; Colonel 'Tiaylor Wood, and two Confnd crate soldiers, arrived at Cardenas on the 11thinstnt, in opeu boatof about oito ton bugthen, from t coast'of bori A. This'party, after the capture of the President of the late republic, made their way to the St Johns river, where they proceeded tip that river until they reached a point due west of -the lIndin river, near the head of navigation. At St. Johns, Col5\el Taylor Wood joined the party; having been captured by the commoand of .General Wilsen -whioh captured the President of the Confedera cy 'ay accident, but lie made good his Rsa 'the same n'igist. b small boat"as hauled acros' the country frani the Ote-John to Indian river, a distance of twenty-six miles, and launtehold fot the cean.' On reaching a point ealled Gilbert eiear the mouth of the river, the b beached, and dragged -acrosa a Jp sixty yds, and'aunched in an I a.colsnunicadn witit the ocean. -On this partof 'the r'oote Iuidian parties supplied them 'with eatprovisions of' "Ctintry" ef 'wbich th eado habreoftb'or .tF~ Ualid of they w.edroompelldd to live h, caught along the shore, h. 988h le erthe noumtil of~h. di edaitd souih e filgy of Si g~hen the~y b~cfatheft boat toi pjovisiozis, A this titne n itk dlh soI~th .64tween the hore' ha th4 $'Jertda r-eef olhsegved 'ths piarty, pd (e comuauanur dispatched .a bbatfrod the yeli to ascertain who thofswere etdWh a th een 4 an thpe A hatbea W los bre h. *t41 erman that vkt lived inl dR "7 44te paoN'd14% l "'sm~v;thev r efaiN ws'ecka ;'ana entift'ej cold iWg boiter,.they voro It4bsir'ont theftk~hrtwaA1y charity 'of th4 ds shell fish driven on shore and- tirtles, eggs; they'meant to get as far as.IndiAn Key. or possibly Key 'West ; tltey hid a boat load of papers, it he wanted -to see them," - And the ready boys pulled forth their parole documents, which Were examined and found correct. "The folks on shore were of the same class : had plenty of papers-the same-and *brp trying to cook dinner. it they could'And any eggs or shells ;wouldn't the captain like to go along ashore-he would be per. fectly 1welcome to the. beat they had, sod' their papers too I" Their hospitality was declied-the dictum "all right. was uttered. andt. "give too, my boys' -when away shot the-gig on her rdtini voyage to the steamner-naine unkrtown. Theo wearied and half-starved ,party breath-ed more freely after the interview., wilich had been rather tedious: 'while waiting' for the result. That evening they left the shore,-having on board a few dosen ofcggs, cakes of cumty brand, and a Few clams, so small that thftV might pass for mussel. They reached the Bank in about thirty-six hours, ha ing spoken one vessel and obtained ' supply of 'fresh water the day following their departure from-the Florida'coast, and met with no other incident, -though terribly perplexed for want of food, until they reached Cardenas on the morning of the I I thi-eight days-where they were received by the people and the au thorities with kindness, well fed. *el ro freshed, tund serenaded - in the evening. The ladies *ished . to entertain them in their hospitable homes, which was, df necessity declined for the. want of suits ble jainient. The Governor of Cardenaa furnished the party with transportation. 1o I lavana, where they arrived on the, morning ofthe 12th, acoompanied by -an ipdjutant'of the Spanish army, amd took up their guarters at the Hotel Oubano. The adjutant reported his arrival with his guests to Captai*nGeneral1uloe, who instruictid him to say to General Break inridge. that lie had'the "freedom of -the city and Cubn, for himtosolf -and f-iends as long *as 'aey wish-to rena'win; and when h'was rested front his fA4tigtoand at hii ofti conveniend, he would be happy so seahim. hese who'knowthe country through the wood froi Georgia to St. John'A, (the public roads not -available for their services except sit night,) arld thence by the- route they took'.to 'the eoest, will appreciate the' troubles -andldaogers encountered to getsthrough safely. besides tho difficulty of obtaining food''and sip plies for six persons. The boat'.in which the voyage was performed did not admit of noreithan onesleeper at a tnis and the onlf' navigator, Tayloe"Wood'had to bo always on the alort.' In a qiuall at night he was thrown, o4rer-by sea, but hai n"the halyards in his hands, lie VianAged to get oni bard again without any one being"aware 'f histabsence. Befote -leavi:ig the coastihaey hitd religi ons services, and on reaching' Cardena, before leavibig' sheir 'frail' boat, - they returned thaNks With prayer and praise to the Divim Prbvidephe VWru they had beeisAd.v . ColV Chad - J.-Iehn, who ham tTways been .highl.y eteeimed' liete for his gentlemanhy and ? eial qualities, with the-'pEople asdto h Mthoj'da Centhmee to exErcoise h. eait dservatvjin. Ihnebee-for tin 66n6'of'snaay' unFotau. tuates who timE tnd* oMhint intstiegion and are hbdeles.z'91e' ' rselied Gen ert:~Brtekakrldge td the:'syain.gen oral of Cubs at lil'bitrf'np ' on the l4tth inst., ad thE'distig i 'Confed $rate 'rat rt'negs -* nnwarm banshs'of' Min*'o6tt:s and, necessary that' heo)h 18006 pa- g wat among strangere 'for' alittle while; btt he :ntih rest. aemnrrd4 ~the *ut#and shat he she n 1*nd; kat-ag o *hol hefue~ gu ~~r to. eg n ber 8 os eg1 a geswimeem amrua can be no lasting peace" founded upon cruety 44pression." \-' r~ ethe Blehncodleptibli.j The e* $oyk 7'ngs and other Northerijouirnals -are alteady discus. sing thd probable increase of %ito repre. sentation of the Senthern States in the national Congress 'by the liberation of three tlillions of slaves. The increase in ouriepreontatiton. it is suppsoeOl, will not be less than 'ourteen t members in the House of Representatives, and'this factdias aroised th'4 jealous apprehen. sion of some of the organs oi the Radical party. * Tp'proie, however, tiOat the 'emancia pation of the negroes will not entitle us to this increased representation, they are'laboring, we aamrit, most suqcossful. ly, to show that since the commence ment of the war, and especially in those States wlre the triumph of the Federal atins "delivered the slave from bondage" neatly three years ago, one-third of the pegroes havs already died or disappeared. The New York 7Mes, to sustain its ar gument, refers to the official reports of GoneiAl Banks to prove that shic6 the occupation of New Orleans by the Fed. eral forces, in 1862, fifty per cent..of the negro jppulation of Joriseiana have been swept away, a -.d it believes the moortali. ty to have been nearly as great in'oth er States. If the Rpublican' journils r.are willing to admit the truthof these terrible statistics of- mortality, we cer tainly shall not question their accuracy; but (ley should bear in mind that when the census of 1850 was taken, the mer tality niong the negro poildation'-of the United States was greater, i pro. jation to their numbers, in Massachi setts. and sma(ller in. Louisiana and Florida than 'any where dise. As Iuisiana has not,' since tie commence. ment of the war, been , scourged by the frightful epidenic which in 1849 '50 deltaed, the population of New Or leans, we ate at joss AQ . conjecture..to what cause this tearful mortality among the "ceedmen" is attributed by General' Banks. As 'thoy have been since the spring and winter of 1861 under the spe' disticare of Genorals Betler and:Banks, th'eir reports tuon this subjectgcqus; be depyintretg, but 'we' have not read 6he:. If -the 7*es, therefire, is correct in its opinion, that in three years onelhilf of theemaneipated negroes in a single State have perished,. it: conelu sion that these hcndredsof'thousands of dead "fqodmen" are not eptitidd to rep. rosntation ic a - Congrok is porfectly correct, an4 if they continuto.dig.at the same rate ,whoh th . reapporcentienif takes place, six.years hence, we fear, thaj.e will not be enough of t he "freedtnon" alive.-to 'add a' Congressman to our qut.If-the ghastly statistics of' die Ilen and-of thc Hera4 and.of.Genteral Blanis are reliable, .we tAIink that Phil esopl-.er Greeley. and- the .New England lergyof *tle.- AnLiaslavoy Socety, htad mauch bttor b preparing the ,freedlmec for the next world, than for.the asser. tiotn of their political rights in thia, as we have n0V~r. beard tife !Tighsof, snf fIge elassied .Among"- thQse, sanitary tieasurewlchI tend '9 redce the bills of mrtalily. . -_Another argumens recently pressed with great , earnestness by thie Radical journald' against thes appreiecnsive in. crense of Soubbero- repreben!atives in Gongress is, that,' unless the'emnanccpated stires' are- permit~ed to vote, e should not ht.dlowed' to count theme in any fu-. W~re-p ginmetof'reupreehtstiour. Tiisa:trodnlig a ne*'basia of rep' erstfi'o1 writh a vengegaee, 'ad~tlie jr umda~tI, the very desersoe of ldcftey. l( xhibits an ignorance of the very ez'. Fsidehyof "tb'e Constitution,-"and of its pt'o~isions 'with refehreetto -repreentr.. 'tic~ trdstr'icts the rapcesentatiod of t& oters, ind- eteludes, wbisni, OhMmw~d IWy forenr Itl a t wo e4 J~r' ~l~rh would etottav~lh tic ' Nould that cdi tt*'S64t*g19e. a4 Wests r3tof' sectidiual qu stioadthe ?i'rWth cod safe toly no i of fifty vot". IIe t'!Apdly. increasing: treagt paoes its shprenia c 1y he poss ity ofdoubt. - aiou Ahthe , can never con tend ith. thqNorth with the slightest hope of suebsk, if sectional parties contin ue to divide the nation. 3ut there is very little, if any probability,' 'of parties remaiiing t ~tlie fqr at. thli .tirhe. "Slavery.in4"'ecidn" wilfho -opp or constitute prolifi and perpetual sources 'f tcIOd i tri. * VOW4!sues mnst nowarise, likeoe t which agt ted the comitty before slaverir ittnj reared its liideona form; and dazOve Abb9' nation into the hor'ors of civil Wanr I all probability new parties wi have nothing of soctionalisti about thert They - will -groiw' ut of each new rpase of our national progreap, preisely its those p1olitical questions dr Which preceeded the slavery. agitatiou. ,iheso questions, in all prdbability, will not ar ray the North against tle Soath. any 'more than bank, tarifl, Internal itqproye in'nlts; bakrupt Iaw% dt4%hirty year* ago. We abarl very sthe ne gro altogether out of te i Plogisda. tion ; and if ' the slati4is of the New York Tines and of qe6*60 BANds anre correct, he will soon go"wh bo thai eati mable colored mAn "tTne Nso is surposed to have gont wbeA ie put down "do shubble and de .00." As soon as seotionalisni dis' out, Ie confiagration, for 'ant qf tilaterlr to Red upon, th, Sioutlhern Statesawill, by the fonation of new petrtids,- again wield a,powerful - influence inthe councils, of the nation. The same cases wlich anid th'e South powerful beforh the f Mtion6f ge6eraphidal or sebtiorial parties 'vill again give us. power. "Savery and. "Secessioni," far-from adding to ogr~pO litical, strength, were the direct causes .of our loss of power. They evehitially lost the South th4 support of all parties at the North, and eftna at the meory sf an exoited and frritated popular in ,,i' ,he policy and du dtli811o Sotdili're. after Il the, halls of natialunl legislation will be extrmnely'snivpl andstraight$tf wnrd. It must avoid, radivalim and Qt eotional isspe. It must throwJis it divided inflience upon the sig4n of ot scfvatism, retrenchint riust encourage' the'foiftm1 ohof a great natioial party. which will afford egnal protcotiou to all sections, one which-pan truthfully procleiin ihat it kitows no North, no Sonth no Eiast, end no West, bilt'thiat i Udoeks to iapartially promeiU thd welfar: A-prosperity of the WhoIQ iatida. . The fovmhton of suh a purty iq inippratiyoly tl iarided to cornplate the work ofrestormii and purift id 1 t1it .9 - Au DKM farT, qreau-q, Freedipen,u -Sati Abanden, CIRncULA1, o 8 , Whereqs A largo an4it of li 41h, theo'State of V'fglini, Ri%.l 'ther Sutrk that have been in insurrection,-6as baeen abandoned, b dislo ilowners a,& is now being cultivaited b Prehien;,and whereas the0' tiers W'A1 eh -ai% #4e attempting tobtain'possbasNe, arnd thus dprM. the Fieedmeno of' ia frute of thir industryj. ie. or4 -~ that all abaaip ,lauused t now under- si~u~t. by ite' en4~b, be terinedbtI posesontuptlft . eIops nwgrowig'hAl 'be iseouredlpv sha fu$ll nddus.t wg ustioa be nune ,fqr ~heur lb strued as to tM1ieP y t 04 i W 4 ~. 6ntW nede gay rCeotiQ$ of }f ~~ lMMMimu m M