Weekly Trinity journal., 1863-08-22
eeklg Trinity 9uurnal.
Weayeryille, Saturday, Aug. %, 1868,

A SECEsH DODGE TO FooL MINERs.-The speech
of Mr.. Whitesides on Saturday night week, if it
could be called a speech was the lamest excuse
/ tor political harrangue ever inflicted on this
community The mountain labored and q
mouse was brought forth. 1t was u congomerate
mass of rubbish made up of misQuoted poetry,
misappled, stale aneedote, aud oopious extracts,
badly committed to memory, of speeches on tax.
alton delivered in the British Parliament during
the Revolutionary war, correct version of which
can be found in the old English Reader
As specimen of the facts aud authority upon
which his immense crushing effort was founded
the speaker stated that there was no doubt that
the General Government intended as soon us the
miners got their drain bitches dug to take the
mines away from them, and in support thereof
said he had seen private letter from dstin
guished gentleman in Pennsylvania--one who
had occupied the highest official position in that
State, to his brother in California, who had con
temporaneousy occupied the same position here,
informing him that he had been unable to dis
pose of the stock which the aforementioned dis
tnguished individual in this State had sent him
also telling him that the reasons therefor un.
doubtedly were the unconstitutional acts of A.
Lincoln, and manifest desire on his part to
take the mineral lands of this State away from
the present occupants and parcel them amongst
Abolitionists.
The truth of the matter is probably simply
this, that Honest John Bigler, Copperhead nomi-
nee for Congress from this State, needing little
coin to carry on his canvass against Lucoln's
mercenares, concluded AS he was too well known
to gull anybody in this country that he would
send home for sale to Bill Bigler, defunct Cop.
perhead of Penusy ylvana, u little of the " Wild
cat" stock he is 50 largely interested in, and to
his huge disgust has found out that the patriotic
masses Of the North prefer investing their spare
capital in 5:20s and that his shares in the " Pine
Knot" "Suction - and big Blk are at
as great a discount in Pennsylvania as are his
own wild cat politics in this State
REBEL JouRNALING.-From vertable copy of
the Raleigh (North Carolina) Progress of June
10Th, which we have before US, we copy the fol-
lowing:
1he ankees are all being Killed up and we
/ shall have peace in about six weeks After every
battle the telegraph tells us that the "enemy
lost heavily-no one hurt on our side" The
telegraph is great institution. According to
its statement Grant has lost nearly half a million
of men since the seige of Niclsburg commenced
On this subject the Mobile Tribune says
An Ingenious friend of ours, highly gifted in
the science of colated statistics, sends us the
following from his place of scclusion in the
country:
I've have mutitudinOus rumors up here from
Vicksburg. | figured up a few OF them recently
and the result was that Grant had lost 3G5 900
killed, $4,000 wounded, and 1000, 600 prison
ers since he commenced his attack upon the Hill
City, and that he still had u tremendous army
left Most of the rumors arefimpllcitly believed
10y the people hereabouts. ! am somewhat skep.
tical, although, have no doubt Grant will be
driven away from Ncksburg. The story Of the
capture of coo Of the enemy's gunboats at
Port Hudson was rather staggering-was not
universally credted-but the report OF the tax
ing of five hundred at Vicksburg, crews, arma-
ment and all, went down like hot cakes with
fresh butter'