us great os they ore* to break the band* But if iliey do succeed in proving that Mr, Beecher is not a guilty man, and that he is as pure and BtairileBS in lus later life,]as he was in the earlier years of his glory and his ministry, these lawyers will be immortalized throughout the nation a^ haying accomplished a wonderful deliverance; for; the fame of Reeehor has been so towermgly great,and so purely American that every one . has an interest in the reputation of this man, and great joy will there. be that the most. renowned preacher in the world* though lie has noted thoughtlessly and indisoretely, has not forfeited the full confidence which our countrymen ' everywhere, from the Bt, • Lawrence to the Bid Grande and from ' the Atlantic to the Pacific have^ poured out in a halo of effulgent light around his head.Congressional Summary*. Senate*-Tuesday, January 26.—The Chair laid before the Senate the report of the Com* mission .of Engineers appointed to. report a permanent plan for the reclamation of the al-luvial baain of the Mtoeismppi,—Bills werepassed; to f adlilato the dispCaittoa of cases ip the Supreme Court of the UnitedStates, and for other purpoaoe; end to amend the twenty-third paragraph ol section ihiriy-four, toregn-kte the foes and coh in to bo allowed lUonbda and Attorhoya of the Circuit and Dibtriot Courts of the United States, approved February 2G, IBM.-—Ednmnda introduced a hill to provide for and regulate the counting cf votes for President and Vice-Presidents—-The Finance Committee reported, with amendment, a bill to amend the national bank act fixing the compensation of the National Bona Examiner, ana providing that pomms appointed to make the examination Of national banka in redemption cities shall release such redemption ax may be fixed by the Secretary of the Tress-proposed enactment worn a onng county affairs into the hands of throe or fourcommissioners, instead of legislature*’5a /‘county0. B. H.—•A GHOST STORY.Btrnffe DoIbri in n‘ Vacant Whisky Shop la Fnckwaoker, Wls« ;Correspondence of the Evening Wisconsin*• The ’ only ghost that - has haunted Packwaiikee in times ngone was theghost of departed Imsiness-rfliOngh the old / topers do say • that Hub-ball’s whisky is afflicted by departed spirits,-—-but tliis apparition has • become such a familiar spirit Hint it stalks the street at midday, and no one Is frightened at it. Probably the reason is in the clear consciencesCAHPIiN*TEK« FK08FECT8*The Sentinel declares ‘ that Senator OatpeuterW prospects were never brighter fpr an election; that confer-#*oes have been held between the twen-^y-two seoedera and the fifty-nine Eo-publioans who adhered to the cauc os nomination, and - it thinks they will arrive at some pommon ground of agreement. Piveoftheabeenteesare already willing to return; and support Senator Carpenter; but three more are required. Gan these votes be secured'? : That isthe flnestioib After it, was understoodthat tfe dissenters would confer, theSentted'aye;' .The Coipcmter mte ^pointed a committee of five, composed of Benatoiw Barron and Potter, and Assemblymen Burdick, C*U*h*n and Yui Sohaick to confer with the bolter* in tho »grioult.Gr*I loom*. A like committee, oon-iftstiug cf Beaatore Baden and Sdraette, and Aaeemblymeu Nowell, Comstock and Mitchell wa* Appointed to meet the former. A: long dieceimion fallowed, carried on entirely in a friendly spirit.;. ^ * •The Senteud thinks that the effects o! this healing plaster will not be viai-We until Thuwdaj «r f riday.: .SSHr »°2 * «- people, .togeaer rttb thefactconcluded his argument on Sotmrz's Eotuwana that most of the inhabitants are iso poor —™ ,oUowed by ^ Thurm“- that they cannot get ■ away in body, andwhen , the Deliverer comes to summonIloirwe.Mjc bill to pay the February intercut of the j them to the shades they have no desire to8-66 bonds of the Ditrict of Columbia was re^ ported.—Mr. Harrison, from the Committee on Elections, presented a xhejonty report on the proposed amendment to Ihe constitution, as to the election of President and Vice-President in favor of the plurality BVBtem. and a mi-return* But, this winter if we have not been* visited: by ■* a genuine ghoet then whfit m ifc? At least the villagers are exerci^pd at cemin occurrences, and that outsiders more familiar withoh wo: the ofi beeaimen w betwei and to staUi ■ alone:; recoin and diBYBwCEPl A[ ghostiy phenomena judge; if^sub-tbf ^tion of the 4nit toe Plain:unvmiii^ed^e: electoral college and a direct election bv the v lt;« *• .. ■. ^ ,“ aU wAs psssacd providing'that. 1 upon toe prmoipal streetAndjt Johnson carried off the Sena-:-terW:;)pn*e;' -am; Tennesee, on Tuaeday, and tettboemiCntly .made a speedi to an: luuntape' tmdiencfiinWbicn he referred aciltnafis of Amenomexicsii citizens, rteiding in terdtorieB scquiiv I of the village fitands A small one-stoiy ed by the United States from- Mexico, who j building popularly known as the f4 Wig-n1ii\Aolt;i fKnn ll.vin.n Vnf 1 . * * II ' . r ’ ' ' ‘ ' »i'wain/’ -.a title bestowed uponit yearschoose to retain their Mexicxa citizenship, butliAve aijice resided in the territories, shall nave ^ CAWO - ’ • v.^and enjoy an the rights and pSvilegea of *** whoUnited Steteu citiZBMrand may become natu- ***** dark TOtod too word; in en-ralised without any preriotas declaration of iiv- during letters upon ita • lowly battle-lcntion.—An advense report wma made on the ment; This building /was originallyfeM to create * now atete^oct of cartaiu por- fitted Dp as a salooa, arid durSg thetionft of lAmiBiana And Texts; also upon the TOa_- _bill tor the relief of the Southern rtatee by a ^ar?Ild ,^0r “““J®? ™oompromlsewf their lands in the settlement of Hi® favorite resort of .too bibulous loaf-toek debm.-~^Tho Judia*^ comznitie© xe- era of toe village ond ^ surrounding J ported a bill to provide for. the roden^lion of country. It ; was kept by one theOTfir-dot bondsof-the United Statee known TWi^ Brainord : a wmKerlrtl-fnc-aa the Texm mdeumlty boocl*. These are 14$ ^^1,D(I0 boude belongiog to the state of Tews fA, tootMe®* ^tadtOTO, mystenons which were taken from there doling tb© war httle : piematuraly old ; man, with and sold in Europe to Peabody A Ca, and far shnnge: peculiarities,but, withal^ a which the shite had received no considflratioh.. kxnd-heortod fellow. In the cnlinorvTrophy .aiploStaSstate of Texas, which is to guarwitoc the Blot, and in the componriding ofUnited totca.-—A bill was also remitted for brandy smafihes, whisky dings and ginJndne for•dmjoint: roeohitionpropoqiiig thefoamendment to toe-constitotion, arti„____From after the next ©lection . for Preai- Mtothtianfling-; ■ he was . supposed dent cf the United Statee* the President shall to be driving - proeperoufi brisineas, boM l^^oKeW^chair dortoga faro of ea: te soifi botriis fixtaiesaria dhappaaadelected in the manner aa now prorideAurthat cmmntte. Yh® i busiMss^ r bui ^tpome; angnlar ^ JatIxty ng * theinMjhereaftM- be, * provided; ^bnt n^hesr the Eresdent iKU.Vlce-SPreddejit, when the cfflbe of PreaHent hu devolved upon him, shall -be eligible for JMtaotusi ;«• nedden^ After tmideraldejdiseaesion this joint zcadnticn waB paaitea by m vote Of 188 to 11, and thefionae then «dj OoizkmL if- A ='v:.;i»a ;uiitoslost ^ one '^vWkp ;!^un3eriook-; it-‘ opened in ;J^moon^ ootlty of A lonely!«riiaia^!^riitod a* • I IntIer, oflor thepostalwhicli Sectlines c posfcro is anti misflio toe sal mails j • Sect shall ;i from :lt; charge the sai hibifcs class o Sect -ponies tereste collect cialne : Sect rial tel merria which': ed* sue ratesiel Other p Jan nor ■ Secti shall blaw to iters-no bedivt the coj justice, teat jii: Secti'all part emmen pw^jeri ont pre ririally iothersorder n to go al;; Secti.content daisy ii grapniipnnisialost idsfire^fronearth