, 1863-12-19
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.
The Enlargement OF tho illinois and
MfclisCnn Cannl-3he Reciprocity
Trcuty-The IEebcllfon-Vkac 1kuxsluil
Flcct-Grc0t Horse CorrAf- I4cuk to
be 5toEpcd-Pafen1s Granted.

r,. E,,.r,emeot or thu r,1tnoy. md
MfchIgnn cannl--1he Reciprocity
FieatgGrcat - Mopso corraiM fSaHs'an ncnk n
be stoFpcd-Paten1s Granted.
From Our Regular Correspondent
- wAsHma7oS, Dec, Is, 1867.
THE ENLARGEMENT OF THE ILLINOIS AND
MICHIGAN CANAL
This evenings chro7feie contains an article
IN !avof OF Inc enlargement OF the Illinois
ana M1cnean canal, WINCH send you. l
an giaa 70 Learn mat democratic members OF
Congress from our State VIII give IL united
support James G. Allen yesterday vo}untn-
rily profered his services In It's behalf to Mr..
Arnold. md pledped Iimse1f tn leave M
r+o,a ,7,,+,,,,,od w1.3.h ,or15 to,,a+o 49,. ..s
: ~.-. -. 1e4A w
cess OF The undertaking.. The altered condi
tipn Of political affairs has made theDemo.-
.c,,+;c members mnch ,norc reosons,1. ~
- !. - -. A1f' 80 ~, 7vne 7S,ue
OF them eam 10 me q lew days since: ST
oppose the conducl Of tue War, the ,Eman
cipation Proclamation, Sc., nnd have thus
committed myself to certain coprse ~
uo1icy.. ;: The AdminIstrat;on: cban1sa ~ !.
rohcy. PROBABLY II was necessity Of the
conflict that they should do So l stick to-
INV original position. and Innst ,cont;nno -
ID so - haiieve + am m tho 1,e,.n 80.
uu ~ 49,. w .,Io i1sAps s'oo' po,
Atacauv;; oot can't help It. lmust 60 with
nv party, even to destruction,' I;baye M
doubt there are many Democratic nnemhc-:
~ instapcis
o1 congress VINO thlnk as my friend. In
fact, nearly all those in districts in which
the ..late elections have reversad tha
.,ata A. .o tttnl- 49, In,1 Lno
Eldrldgc, IN the pine region, where the
Democrntic majority is SIX thousand, Is the
onlV Democratic member from 4bat s+.to
who,s. sholy oa ror,raa do,ot,o. ~ 80 ~
".~taases I ,sss.,s,,s1sa 49, ss 49, aeso''ou ~ .ue
'Psolesseo: ptanc'p.es o1 inc party. and this
loosening OF the chains Of party must help
s,.;r OH eana "a ;g s;naagetnen., !or many democrats
~ r;ere 1,artv issnes in nrSer - ssin Eaas,ae
Tor thensclyes, As he oid ahin of ,Snrtu ~ ~
u;ns ~ tn sI'nw srmntnms 81 fann9aP 1a Party @ oe-
viii he for constrnctinr ;n;IenenSe4f .nsy
and rsfta ~ ynTions kin7,s n Cr1as - S,a3tis 3s
mort therawfth:: " AAno
Ana writing of thr cana1 ron wit, ,ot,,a,
that Mr, Wcl{es Sccretory If fhe Navv T., ~
report strongly recommends II. H. st,tes It. tss
fhat there nre now m fhe Miss;sainn5 ,n1,o
hundred onnhnafs' comnr;sinpo 9+gpr 9er,er oaS 0nS
more effeeiiyc nav than re nassesso5 hefnra Gua
fhe nrrsent war This f,ect hr thn er1.ro..'
'1nnnt nf t},e cannJ. cnn1d he' nasse1 Into ~
lakes lonr before The British cnnld naas tha1-
yesscls up the eSt,lawrcncc canais. esnnc;aiIy
would this be SO In the spring Of tie wear,
But, as we arc at present situated, tho lakes
would swarm Wltn br1lash gun9oats IN very
ieW Gays, aaa T. eve1y s..y anu every vessel
1ne1eon lnus ~ ~ ~ & .4cal II IN case OF
Ma1, I4sn, aae coss 49, - - VIC canai
7 ~ ~, Hoat - ~ % ~ tac aacI auAt u
MoMu fLxc on 4Ie' tS ~ :,,:y aul ecll4ce, 70
saS ~. orfe,t1. - ons aao,,sa ~ pt1heity ~
F4ha ano1oS WIZ tRe & Tau1nt, vmn ane ns.
~ assnss;n1 ~ tha Rr;tfsS on9 w. ;niot fln1s
~ 40 nnr side thc Sae coaet ne on5 G ia
o.,t,eo1,, ~ +ho r,nr1r ~ G-ao+ px;ta; nv W
nnds q. nnnno"ts ~ oo m "och r. 95o oon ne
NV ~ no,a1 r,91 easa, 10 eSv'yo
~. ~ ,,.., ~ ~ ~ .3,n rsttl, "an ea1 p4tt VI
'14e e"n' - e4'~0 ~ -11 ---
THE aEcAAoo4If TREATY;
Tie opponents of the Canadian Reciprocity
Treaty In the House yesterday {thc chief of
whom is Mr. morrill,, OF Vermont endeavor-
ed to have y re1erfea 70 tne % Gommittee on
friends @ Of thc f,eaty an nnfayorable commit. %
t,e. md in fact lis eommitmcnt thereto was
ro~t;on r. ths ryrr,inn NJ Hfr Amid
5ossa.on. ~ anI ,afssraa - " ~ ,tto, nIotu,
~ Enrai,arcn r;ti, ;nstrrctinns +hat ~
s4tao " t,,n,;ra- into 10 .rant;oa1 .-nra'
al 4t a,,., ~ ,es Ia A.
~ i4n ,sno,t 1v SrhetIas
- $s,41 41,a fnT
net eA1su.s. lu ~ AnE ito1 o.a @ sus sEe
u toen eouuo4@st ~ N1tSa auu auieun Ivy
sa1he SO as 10 SenoeI oeIattecipfoeaAus ~ osncAcia1.
TIE REBELLION.
In the Senate, MI. Hale presented a bill
practically abolishinr slavery In lie tinted
Sfntrs. il MAS ort1ered nrintcf].
In the Iouse one or two hills were intro-
| anrrd nrnvifinr for an nmenirnent IN fhe
| Ccnst;fnfion nroi,{hitinp slavery.
Nr. Fernando Wood offered a resolution
! nroyidinr for The Sending Of three Commia-
I siouers to Richmond to treat with the rebels,
| It was Ibid on the table on motion Of Mr..
! Washburre, by vote Of 50 to SO.
! The two Aliens. Eden, Harris, Knapp,
Morrison, Rose, Robinson and Stuart Of I'LL
nois voted against laying 1t on the table.
| Mr. Holman Of Indiana, offered series o1
resolutions In favor OF What he called Con.
stitutional Tar; that Is, 4 war that will not
hurt the rebels-which we're laid on the table
\ by-ayes, So; noes, "a.
TIE RCss1As FLEET.
r ..es+araax In co,mn,pv Win ,a++,, -,
ladies and gentlemen from our Statc. visited
the Russian feet We were. shown over tht
fag- which is forty gun fTigate. The two
lufgeet vessels nre still in New York, as thcJ
draw too nlnclr wafer to come up to Wash
iugton. The flagship Is an old-fashlonei
vessel, but the three corvcttcs are Of modcr1
build and finely modelled. The armament O
the flagship Is smooth-bore sixty-eigh
poundefs She is not SO neatly kept rs ou
yessels; the men are also unttdy in thei
e4ni;5.1nof,rn conntcnances Thnv .ra a-a s1no1 .;
in ststnre. hni able -bod;eds hroadssbon11crcl l
FELLOWS. The officers nre inferior to ours i,
| r,crsona1 anneerance nr,tncss of attirc 40
Wc werc ~ treareJ yerr noiiie1v WhiIn ",
Tsre On board, the vssssl was as,,,; VISITED ;!
BneadlcT Gene1al Aarllnoale, iil1ntary COY
crnor of Washington City, who received
salute of thirteen guns.
r.r.r 71o1s, con,.,
| On The way down was introduced TO Baro,
Stocekl- n henvv-1onk;nr rna, nnnarent1v-
eaw 1,;u, in fhc theatre = ,foht a. two s}ncc
where 10 1nn1-e5 mnr1, hettor i,v c.as .1;1hf
glare Of day. We pass the great horse cora
q ,cspoiG IoiG on inc MaG 10 stnS,as anG ato
Of whom asi but about 500 have been recoy
cred.