Mr. WILLEY. I believe myself but the bill is in a very imperfect form; at least it might be made more explicit in many parts, an put into much better form. In regard to the object contemplated by the bill, think there can be but one opinion. The canal in its present condition is a very great nuisance. it answers no good purpose whatever. It does not accomplish the purpose designedb making the canal, in the 1st place, so taras the transportation of commerce is concerned, and the ringing of produce, coal, &c., into the city for the convenience of the people; nor does it an swer the purpose of sewerage to any very considerable extent; indeed, no just purpose of sewerave at all. While it is the properrccep tacle of the city sewerage, it does not carry it away; it remains there; it festers there: and it Wlll be the source of disease and pestilence unless something be done. So faras I am concerned, I think that something ounht to be done with this canal, and that speedily. Here is a company which proposes, without any cost whatever to the U.S., to build a canal from the Chess cake and Ohio canal through the city of Was in ton to the Anacostia river, making it ten feet eep, obligating themselves to keep it perfectly clear of all sediment and deposits and to keep the tide constantly flowing through it. If we had awork of that character through the city, it would evidently promote the convenience 02 the city in a great many ways, and the health of the city by allording better sewerage than it now has. Then it is a fact which has recently come to my knowledge, and which surprised me very much, that the people of this city are pretty much indebted for their coal to this canal; but instead of having it extended from Georgetown into the city, so as to have the coal deposited upon the streets of the city, in a convenient place, it has to be unshiped at Georgetown; it has to be thrown down 1 ie bank and brought down in boats to the borders of the city, or hauled by wagons into the city. It is so with any other article of commerce. It is so with flour; it is so with bacon; it is so with every thin that comes down the Chesapeake and Ohio caniii, and the citizens of Washington are put to great additional expense for the want of the extension of this work. As to the form of the bill for accomplishing the purpose we have in view, in looking over the bill last night I made divers and sundry amendments, which I believe would meet every one of the objections suggested by the honorable Senfrom NewHampshire, or at least they are designed to meet them. I myself, however, am of the opinion and perhaps the Senfrom Ohio Wlll agree with me that it had better be recommitted, and ifthat meets the views of the Senate, we can then amend the bill in the committee in such form as we see proper. I have divers and sundry amendments marked upon the bill, which I willmention now, unless it meets the view of the Senators at this stage to have the bill recommitted.