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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-01-29
FOH HNOON STOCK REPORT.

[coRREcTRp DAILY ~ NILSSON, CHUBBUck ; co
GOLD AILL.I
SAN Francisco. January 2.
20 Alpha, $59l5S = 30; 40 American, SIS =
20; $50 Bclcher. $40 5000 b 20: 80 Chollar.Po-
tosi. $lT1 J6lTa0170s 30; IA Crown Point.
SGGliB 9JLl5 DB 20: 1913 Hale s. Norcross,
SGTGGT JO5t6O $ 20; 70 Imperial, $l4J61l3 = 81 ;
IS Justice, $Ja5 30: 0 Kcntuck, $23l129O ;
30; 10 Lady Bryan. $l3 20; 100 0phir, $500
81 D63s b 30; 145 Occidental, $2JI2i02+ 80;
100 Overman, SIS OlsO1tTD 20: %i Savage.
ST. TJG7S % 30; ] Sierra Nevada, $:D;, N
aggregated Bclcher. Is 90; IS Yellow Jacket.
81. i55Ii. I52 JGl1 40 y 30; IL Aurora tWhite
Pinel, scr.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-01-29

GENERAL. FILE.
Assembly Bill No. Am Act to ere.
ate Legislative Funds.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1869-09-17
How to Sit,

All consumptive people, and all afiiict-
ed with spinal dcfonnities. ait habitually
crooked, In one or moro curves ofthc body.
There was time In all .theso when the
body had It's natural crectness, when there
was not the first departure on tho road to
death. The make Of our chairs, especially
that great barbarism the unwieldy and
disease engcnderod rocking-chair. favors
these diseases. and undoubtedly. tn some
instances leads to bodily habits nom which
originate the ailments just named. to say
nothing Of piles, fstula, and the like. Tho
painful or sore feeling which many arc
troubled with necessarily for years at the
extremity Of the backbone Is the result Of
sitting in such position that It rests upon
tho seat of tho chair at point several
inches forward of the chair-back.
A very common position in sitting. cs-
pecily among men, Is with the shoulders
against the chair back, with space Of
several inches between the chnir.back and
the lower portion Of tho spine. giving the
body the shape Of a half hoop; It Is the In
stanianeous, instructive, and almost uni
versal position assumed by any oonsump-
tive on sitting down, unless contracted by
an effort Of the will hence parents should
regard such q position In their children
with apprehension, and should rcctify It
nj once.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1869-09-17
Borrowing.

"My DEAR" said Mrs. Green to her hus-
band, one morning, "the meal which we
borrowed from Mr.. Black, a few days ago,
Is most out, and we must bake to-mor-
row."
"Well," said her husband, "scnd and
borrow half bushel at Mr.. Whites; he
went to mill yesterday"
"And when Il comes shall we return the
peck we borrowed moro than q month
ago, from the widow Grecn3"
"No," said her husband, gruffly, "she
can send for Il when she wants Il. Sam,
do you 60 down to Mr.. Browns and ask
him to lend me his ax, to chop some wood
this forenoon; ours Is dull, and I saw him
grind his last night. And, Jim, you 60 to
Mr.. Clark's and ask him to lend me n
hammer, and, do you hear3 you might rs
well borrow few nails while you are
about It,"
A little boy enters and says "Father
sent me to ask you II you h,.d done with
his hoe, which you borrowed week ago
last Wednesday; he wants to see It."
"Wants his hoe, ohild' What can he
want with it' have not done with Il
vet. but II he wants It suppose you can
have Il. Tell him to send It back. though.
rs soon rs he can spare t."
They sat down to breakfast. "Oh, mcr-
CIV ~ exclaims Mrs. Green. "thcrc's not u
morscl of butter in the house. 81. run
over to Mrs. Notable's-she always has
excellent butter In her dairy-and ask her
70 lend me platefll."
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1869-09-17
(ro BE coSrISuEp.)

A FoRGEryuL "DrMERcRAr."-A Demo-
crat engaged in political conversation with a
Radical the other day, said emphatically rs he
was about to depart: "Well, I'm going to vote
for-ior-for-what's his name, I've forgotr'
"Smith," answered Radical. so, yes, Smith,
| know now, Mr.. - Mr.. what dye say
his totber name was-I've forgot" "JOeH-
suggested Radical. 80, yes; Joe Smith, (after
q pausc) but that-don't-secm-to be-'Iacly
it," ''Johnf" 80, yes, that's IL; know
him well, jest like book. Strange, I'd forgot
his name" "But asked you II Il was John
"well, amt II John!" 81 believe not" "well
whom thunder is Il, thought knowed." "Is
II Franklin Smith, Eyes, know now; old
Ben Franklin Smith. He's good old fellow
fust rate Dimmercrat voted for him for
goy'ner good many years ago-didn't fetch
him then, but we're bound to lick you Radical
ab'lish'ncrs this time, and have our liberty"
"Did you ever vote for him before for Govern
orr eyes. I did, l tell ycou." "was Il not
Manassch II. Smith that you voted fol! !' "Hew,
did you say r'-whst Smith, M-m-mnass
nasscr haitch well. | swow, I've forgot.
thought Scratching his head as II in dcep med
itation and perplexity) IL thought I knowd,
but (he said In working ofi,) I'm going to vote
the Dimmercratic ticket. anyhow, whether his
name Is Smith or anybody else" And away
he wcnt.-Bdngor JsfsrsoRian,
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1869-09-17
The Lifie Boy That Died.

am alone In my chamber now,
And the midnight hour Is near,
And the fagots crack and tho clocks dull tick
Are the only sounds hear,
And over my soul In its solitude,
Sweet feelings Of sadness glide,
For my heart and my eyes arc full when think
or the little boy that died.
I shall miss him when the flowers como
In tho garden whore he played,
! shall miss him moro by the 1reside,
When the flowers have all deoayed.
shall SEQ his toys and his empty chair,
And the horse no used 70 ride,
And they will speak with silent speech
or tho littlo boy that died.
shall SEQ his little sister again
With her playmates about the door,
And I'll watch the children In their sport,
As never did before,
And II In the group I see child
That's dlmpled and lsughingeyed,
I'll look 10 SEQ II It may not be
Tho little boy that died.
We shall 20 homo to our Fathers house
To our hther's house In the skies
Where the hope Of our souls shall have no blight,
And our love no broken ties;
We shall roam on tho banks OF the river OF Peace,
And bathe In It's blissfal tides
And one Of tho joys Of heaven shall DO
Tho little boy that died.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1869-09-17

TYpE-SrzE AND NAME.-The largest
metal types now cast are tcn.line plea,
which Is the standard size type, and Is one
sixth of nm inch deep. Smaller than this
comes small plea, long primer. bourgeois,
BREWER. minion. nonP,riel, agate, pearl,
diamond and brilliant. Plea is known by
tho French rs Cicero, because his works
were first set mp by this type. The next
largest, English. Is for the same reason
known rs st. Augustine. BREWER was
first known In printing brcviarics. Min
ion wns so called because It was the SMALL
est type then known; nonpareil, because
the maker thought It could not bc equailed.
Pearl was the production OF an ambitious
die-cutter. Diamond was cast In Balti-
more foundry; and lastly, brilliant, In
which It takes 1 900 Of the letter TO mako
a pound, and which Is but q twentieth OF
an Inch deep. Is the production Of type
cutter In Barlin. II Is said, however, that
there Is n Prusian microscope type, smaller
than this, which has never been brought
to this country. We hope Il never may
be.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1869-09-17

A SHARP NEoRo.-Thc following amusing
and sharp incident is related by Lansing
(Mich.) paper:
Sampson, the colcrcd boy who PLAYED the big
instrument in the Reform School band last win,
ter. was recently discharged from the iustitu-
ton, but Is again under arrest for one Of the
sharpcst and most amusing transactions We have
heard Of Tor long time. lie bought suit of
clothes Of jackson, but not having cent 10 pay
for them. he proeccded to series Of mauGu-
yrcs to raise the rino. Finding COW in a sta
bic, he brought butcher to look at the animal,
who agreed to take her at stipulated price,
paying part down and leaving the animal to the
next day, when she was 10 be delivered. Samp-
son took this money and applied il ON his suit,
but as II did not pay for them. the merchant
would not let them 50. lie then got his friend ,
the butcher, to become security for the balance,
and took his clothes snd cleared out The odd
ity Of the situation Is amusing He did not
steal the COW, nor did he deliver her 10 the
butcher. He did not get the goods upon false
pretenscs, for the butcher became voluntary e.
curity Tor the payment Of the suit, and he
didn't do anything else.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1869-09-17
Drouths q Great Blessing.

Now when AL nature seems dry and
dusty when fountains and streams dimin-
ish or cease their life-giving waters, and
the red eye of day seems weeping over
some dcsOlation,-we hear 1t said on all
sides, what terrible thing Is drouth;
and many clergymen, moro pious than
wise, personally entrcat, and oftcn invoke,
through public prayer and fasting. that
God would stay the scourge-the drouth
with which no is furnishing sin-curscd
worldj Never was there u moro need
less complaint; never charge against
tho Almighty more abusive and sinful In
the making of, or would be II the sin Of
ignorance was not one to be 'winked ut. :
Drouths, on the contrary, are highly
beneficial; are one of tho great means the
all-wise and benifcent Creator employs
not to punish sinful man. but TO do him
tho highest good-to restore fertility and
give productive energy to the soil. Look
at some facts.
All soils are fertile In exact proportion
as they contain plant-food; those things
which mako plants grow. And this plant
food, in whatever form 1t exists In the
soil-whether naturally, or applied rs
drcssing,-must all take tho liquid form
before particle Of il can be absorbed by.
and 60 to nourish plant structures. Now
the certain effect of constantly wet sea-
sons, such rs the last two or three have
been, would be to wash this plant food
down Ear below the reach of vegetable
things; so that barrenness and woe fsr
greater than that deplored In droughts
would ensue. But in drouths q reverse
order Of things obtains; on the principle
of capillary attraction, the water from be-
low asccnds through the porous soil to the
surface, us oil ascends In the wick
bringing up those fcrtilizing matters,
otherwise lost to vegetation, to make the
earth fruitful. and the hearts of all ami
mails to rejoice.
In support of this view II may always
be noticed that after succession of rainy
seasons poor crops follow. and good ones
after . great drought. Thu, tho unusual
" dry summer Of 1864 was followed by
several very fruitful seasons, the extra
rains of which, having washed down the
plant-food too f.r, make this rather lean
year, rs the dryncss Of this will make sue
cceding ones productive and fat.
Two or three other facts show tho same
thing. Cultivators Of the soil know that
In dry seasons, stirring the soil well, after
plants are well rooted, is about equal to
rains-far better than artificial watering;
thus keeping the surface light and porous
for the ascent of the water from below.
Another proof is that II In the dricst Of
times you lay n board. rug or any nom
conducting thing on very dry soil. In n
short time the under surface of tho things
will bc moist; showing that the water
came from the earth, and was arrested by
the things. This explains what mulching
so much recommended for young trees,
&c.,-is for: to arrest this upward rain
ing in dry times, and retain the wnter
among the roots. 1t shows also one of
tho greatest benefits Of understanding, to
get the sour, stagnant water out Of tho
soil that the water below may come upI
loa,led with fcrtilizinC materials.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1869-09-17
NUMBER 80.


No matter what may be your sphero In
lie, you may 20 act work, In Il - 10 %
cure somc good result In our nero con-
tact with others, a. friend or acquaintance.
we may produce an influence which shall
remain an ever fresh memorial Of . soul
illumincd with truth and purity. Nostately
monument may rise to grace tho spot
OF earth which incloses our ashes, but one
namc may be enshrined amid tho sweetest
associations In tho deepest recosscs Of low
Ing hearts. It's true that
Tho evil tAss nsa DO lives anr them"
but what legacy! crushing. blasting.
whitening much that would otherwise have
been good! How great tho accountability
Of those who wicld y potent influence for
nefariotB ends!
Tho memory Of The jast b blood"
Let this august yet inspiring truth bo
prominently fixed in our minds. How
vividly illustrated Il Is by the examples Of
those holy men who far back In tho cen-
t,Irics sought to promote the welfare Of
others rnthcrthan exalt themselves! whose
very nobility and power grow out Of their
sanity lives, whose names are as fresh now
rs tho dcws which still brighton the hill
side where once their feet pressed tho
springing grass, and whose good deeds and
ringing precepts stimulate US to lives OF
Christian manlincss and virtne!-Phre-
biological Journal.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1869-09-17

IN viii not siay me. NV heart shall not break
A while, n only for the ehiidren's sake.
por his TOO, somewhat. Let him stand unblsmed'
None say ne gave mo less than honor claimed,
RIcept-oas trias searee worth bei.g named
The hssrt That's rose The eOrrrpt desd nigh
A, essiIy raised mp, bresthing-Air 10 see,
As no could brin. his whole heart back TO me.
never sought him In eoquetlsh sport,
Or court~d him As silly mAidens court,
And wonder when the wished-for prime fAls short
I oaly loved hin-any woman wosid,
But shut nv love sp I'LL he came and sued,
Then poured 10 Ger his dry lfe Ike nood.
was 90 happy could maize him blssti
10 happy that WA his nrst and best,
As no mine, when he took mo TO his breast
An me, N only then ne had ssea trus,
If Tor one little year, month or two,
lie had given mo love fOr love - was my due
Or. had be told me. ere the deed was done,
lie only raised me 10 his hearts dear throne
Poor substitute, because the queen was sone!
Was warm upon my mouth In Ancicd bliss,
lie had kissod another woman like 70 this
II wore less bitter. Sometimes could weep
To be 80 cheated, like . child Asleep-
Wsre nct the anguish or 100 dry and deep.
Mockcd with heart Just caught at The rebound,
A oankcrvd thing thai looked - hrn and sound
And when thai heart grow eolder.cOlder stnl,
., Ignorant, tried all duties 10 fulhn,
Blaming my foolish pain, exActing will
Albany thing but him. II was 10 bel
The full draught others drink up carelessly
W.. .ie far N m u A fDr
say agaln-he gives me all claimed.
and my children never shall be shainedi
He is q Just mamie will live unbalanced.
Only-O God, O God 10 cry Cor bread,
And got . stonei Daily 70 lay my head
Upon bosom where the oid>ovo's aesh'
Dead, Fool, II never lived. II nonly stirred
Galvanio, like an hcur-cold corpse. None heards
30 let me bury IL without another word
know not n her Ace be foai OF bright
I only know that 10 vas his dshsht-
ks his was mine, only know he stands
Pale, at the touch Of these iongsevercd hands,
Then TO fiickering smile his lips commands'
Lest should grieve, or Jealous anger show;
lie need not When the ships gone down, trow,
We iittie roek whssescr wind may blow.
And 90 my silent moan begins and ends. =,
No uerlts lsagA OF worlds taunt, no pity OF fiend
OR sneers Of focs, vith this my torment blends
None knovs-aoue nceds Ihsve little pride,
Enough 10 stand up, wife- like by his aide,
with the sams snifs - whom vAs bride
And shali take his children TO my arms,
They viii not mis- these fAiing, worthless charms;
Their kiss-ah. unlike his-au pain disArms-
Aud haply, as the solemn years 20 by,
iie VII think sometimes with reyetfal sigh,
That other woman was less true than l.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1869-09-17

After few moments 81 returns "Mrs.
Notable says she has sent you the butter,
but begs you to remember that she has nj
ready lent you nineteen platefuls, which
are scored on the dairy door,"
Nineteen platcfuls!" exclaimed the as
tonished Mrs. Green, holding up both
hands, "It's no such thing; never had
half that quantity, and II I had. what is q
little platefulp I shouldn't think Of keep
ing an account of such trifing affair; I
declare have half mind never to bor-
row anything Of that mean woman again,
as long rs live."
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1869-09-17

Ina certain school district in Iowa resides
q few ultra Democrats; likewise a colored
man and wife who have several children.
The young Democrats and the young AZ
ricans went to the same school, at the open
ing Of which It appeared that tho former
relucted at drinking from the same bucket
with the latter. ltso happened that on the
following day the Constitutional Amend
ment was voted upon. and negroes were
declared to be folks. Charged with tho
knowledge Of this ''boon," the young ebo-
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1869-09-17
Spsre Ltsses.

What goes most against Ather's grsin-his
moving machine.
..Nov the swallow, .rs returning" sid .
man on shipbosrd q hs threw up his brsakfAst.
,,1,,.h ,on., xho v.. ou.,r,,In. v,,h her
,..A..a ~. 90 A., ,.u :. v,, ..s n,,,.nos
..l.-,-S . : s..,.-"
s'-' 49,.
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sA - - =. -. A.. A.. ,- -.
paying ' 'N " A,'' - 'NA Wv
''.p
Inc oes' w.y ~r Ps,sn" 70 VAN Up ennaln
.....,,..i,v ,h.m..,v,,
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- S,ss.SS. ~, ~ -,,,ar, r..,.S,,.s.
I'm. :. = - .n., A.. ~, ..i....,s ~.
1900. :, ~. ,..d,o,s.
A., - ~.
-" 60 -. I.... -
s"" 49, 80. | -. - - -. am
49,. - ..s-..n...-
49,.
ths tina when vs: vssm,t much. II u lost 70
with the ftos On Q jump hs can't remember
when he was . tadpels, but oshsr fS,ks eAn.
.I IA not v,.h n nav ANYTHING .o,,n,t N.
individual IN ouestiou !" ssd 4 very po,I,e eru.
tleman' "but would merely remark In Tho Ian
suasc OF the poet, that to him. truth 70 strans-
CT tnan ncton.
An exchange, recording the fall Of deacon
In the river. says; "It ha wonder he escaped
with his life." Prentice says, "woaldnt Il
have been still greater wonder II he had esosp-
Cd without IL"
A negro driver Of q coach stopped to get soms
water for the young ladies In the carriage. Be
ing asked what he stopped for, he replied, 'I am
watering my flowers" A more delicate ooupli.
ment could not have been paid.
Amsn who cheat. in 4 mail measure u .
measurslesa rogue. II he gives short measure
In wheat, tnen ne aFosus IN gram. In
whiskcy then nc Is rogue IN spirit II heg''cs
. bad title 70 land' then no |" . rogue indeed.
A German shoemaker who had undertaken TO
MAXI 4 psir Of boots for 4 gentleman OF who's
financial integrity he had considerable doubt,
replied. when asked for the article: "Der poots
Il not quite done. but der bcel hh msds out"
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=, u,..,o.,r. .o.,..,.. -o,nd nm NJ. nr,v.r :.
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pcnsc.,
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s,,,o-,,.. "Ay ~ . .,dd., A.. s.ir ,;,I ,o,-
,i,r,d 70 ii, nm N. and ,,,ioy u,on n. br;n,
d..n =, ,ho., b,.,,,, Nom N. ,.,I ,h,r.
v,n, m,rr;lv nv fr,ieb,cd-.h, ,bo can ,sIl
-,,h no. much ~ ,os and .orrrv ,,a MIN,
,rmh.r ,,d .,n,,ra,,. and ho,.. aud al, s.b -
a SUNDAY ocn00' 'e.eoer "s s,''os
on hu'h. soe ~an'ei 70 ol,hs out 'ne 1'n'ne-
OF Doaa in oommana'' "s rpem " .'.p
nlscr nAnaia" '" s" WV. ~
a'd' 'boai d'a ano'ner 'er' n'o' .."s
can you tell me what f" VAST "''
said one OF the boys
Everything h" Its u'e'" sad phno''ph-
cal professor to his elAs. "of "na' ssns
drunkari's fiery rcd nossr asked one OF hs
pupils. "Irss Lighthouse answered the pro-
fessor. "to warn US Of the little water that pas-
@ underneath Il. and reminds ~ OF tho shoals
of appetite, on which We might Otherwise b
Tho coolest reading Tor dog-d.ys, Il . CORES
pondencs that lately transpired In Hartford. A
voung gentleman whose bosom Was being rent
" the psnes Of jealousy. addressing billet 10
be lady, enclosing her notss TO him, and REQUEST
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1869-09-17

Of Herncsstle's guilt; 3 N even fanciful enough
to believe that he win live to regret II, II he
keeps the Diamond; and that others win live to
regret taking Il from him, II he gives the Dia-
mond away.
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Misfellaufnas.
THE MOONSTONE
ny wILKIE COLLINS,

AuruoR or "ARNApALs." ''So NAME" 'rHE
WOMAN ~ WHITE" "ANroSiSA," "oUEES
oF HEARTS," Erc.
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Entered, according 10 aet Of Congress In the year
,s.y by HARPsR a BRornERs, In the Clerks Otlce
of the District Court Of the United States for the
southern District Of New York.
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The Story.
FrRsr PERIOD. The Loss or TIE DIAMOND.
(l84S.)

The Erents related BY Gabrisl Beitsred9s,
house-sterdrd in the service Of Julia, Lady
Verindsr.
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guetry.
nv pnAu MANA xuLocx.

4 Csssssoss Story.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-08-06

ALABAMA CLAIMS We are INF; rmed
that the most persistent and unyielding
of the private citizens who have claims
vs.. the British Government are DIR. j. C.
Aver d CO., of Lowell, Mass, the man.
ufacturers of medicines. They will con-
sent to nothing less than that their de-
mand for medicines destroyed by the
British pirates shall be paid in gold and
in dollars to the last cent. They are
emboldened by the fact that the destruc-
ton of their goods by the English in
China and elsewhere (for where are not
that troublesome nation trampling upon
somebody p have hitherto been paid in
full, and they now say they shall be-
They however propose this compromise:
Give us Canada and we will call it even.
because we can then send our remedies
there without duty. Washington News.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-08-06
DEATH OF A SLAVE CATCHER. Geo.

DEATH OF A SLAVE CATCHER Geo.
F. Albert, who died in Philadelphia on
Thursday last, at the age of seventy
nine, was for many years terror to the
colored people of the city on account of
his heartless execution of the Fugitive
Slave law. When it was passed he be-
come its especial champion, and carried
out its provisions vigorously, His ener-
gy, however, got lin into trouble in
1850. He returned the child of fugi-
tive slave woman, born in New JERSEY.
with its mother, 10 Maryland. He was
to ten years Imprisonment
and fine of $1,000, but was pardoned
before the expiration of his term. OF
late years he has not been before the
public.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-08-06

Elections take place this week in sew
eral of the Southern States. The re-
publicans have very foolishly divided,
and do not therefore stand the ghost of
a chance in some places where otherwise
they might have handsomely triumphed.
Especially is this true in Tennessee
where the rampant Parson Brownlow
and his more immediate friends have
united with the democrats and rebels
and are thus playing into the hands of
Andrew johnson who wants to 60 back
to the Senate.