Litchfield enquirer., 1864-12-15
OUR WASHINGTON coRREsPoNpEscE.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 10, 1864.

OUR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENTS. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 10, 1864.
 You have undoubtedly seen the diplomatic correspondence communicated to Congress yesterday, by the President, relating to the ap. plication of Lord Wharncliffe for permission to distribute among rebel prisoners in the hands ofthe United States, by means of an ac- credited agent, the proceeds of the Liverpool Bazaar. It elicits universal commendation.- Not only does the letter of Mr. Seward evince great good sense, but it is marked with the same digni6ed disdain which characterized the
 letters in which he conveyed a quietus to MT. Joseph Parker, rebel sympathizer and British emmssary in similar attempt on our for- bearance. The letters conform indeed to the requirements of diplomatic controversy but whose heart does not tell him that if courtesy ; ever ceases to be virtue it had then ceased |? Who that knew how expensivcly and how per sstenty England has given material aid to the rebels or that was satisfied of her lively hate to us and love to them, thought nevertheless that she could go step farther, make this un- | warrautable interference, insinuate that we used barbarity toward our prisoners, endeavor | to make us the instrument oi their affectionate i offices toward our intestine enemy, an address the insult to our envoy the representative of our national dignity at the Court of St. James If indeed their charity had been catholic, how mu:h sooner would their offer have been made Unchanged still iu it's character as an insult, 1 to the rebels themselves for the benefit of Fed eral prisoners whose means even HOW draw tears from all but Britons! The genius of history will gasp with horror when forced to record the sickenlng tragedy of their wrongs 1! The offer of the managers of the secession Fair at Liverpool, strikes chord a. the equipment of the Alabama never sounded That act was wicked but it was bold this ex- cites disgust as we'll as anger. In some it may create laughter by its stupid impudence. Ia the charitable it may raise doubt whether an Enslishman is too dull to be gsntlemanly, or finds for his envy fit servant in a malice brilliant in invention and interruptions in means.
 The rebel government is fast becoming mere remarkable for it's facility in devising new methods for piratical enterprise. A favorite one is the capture of richlyladen vessels by Confederates in the disguise of passengers a most honorable means, worthy of it's orig4na- tor For the failure of one of these attempts we may congratulate ourselves and Admiral Pearson of the Pacific Squadron for his sue. cessful vigilance in saving the steamer Salva- dor, of the Central American line, and proba- bly other steamers of those seas.
 Akin to such attempts are the late ineen- diary movements, in more than one northern city. which. have been so happily thwarted, and the raids en- our Canada frontier which are none the less real in intention because we are guarded against them. In these last the guilt of our pirate enemies is shared by the foreign rulers who should dread the prostitu- ton of their sol to such uses more than we can the invasion which they help to bring upon us by at least a criminal inaction.
 Since last wrote you, Congress has cos vened, and the Presidents Message with nc companying reports of Departments ard bureaus has been seIt in. The message every l one has read. Short and plain, it is a docu. nent for the people. It is vigorous in expres- sion and vigorous in the assurance that the policy which fills tue hearts of the people ani- mates the executive. But little has been done in Congress this week but during the next ten days much may be expected. A few confirma tions have been made in executive session. one of which at least is received with profound satisfaction. The future will agree with the present generation that Salmon P. Chase is the man for Chief Justice. I was stru ok, while in the House, a day or two ago. with tue appearance of Henry Winter Davis, of Mary lsnd-a man between forty and fifty years of age, who looks like young blood of twenty i've. He is of medium height, slender, ner. fecty straight, 1.-the and sinewy. with the quick. nervous motions of the fiery you,h--the per sonification of yigor. His hair is brown. with dash of gray, and clusters over his bead in shor', ~svy :cuss ,ihis fsrshesd broad aud ratbes