Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-11-21
DAILY VIRGINIAN.

ANEoporE OF WEBSTER. Among the many
anecdotes told Of Mr. Webstert there Il one which,
though slightly reAecting upon his negligence In
pecuniary matters, Is still very Websterian In its
wit: 500 s5
On one occa sion. 10 is related he was the guest
Of the Southern Senators and Representatives in
the city Of Washington, and they passed many
compliments upon him and alluded frequently to
his being like the Sontherners in his habits and
feelings aud IL was oil an accident that he was
born In New Hampshire. At last Mr.. Webster
arose. "Gentlemen." snid he, ..it has been stu
ted that l resemble the Sontherners IN many res
pects-nnd, | must confess that. now Il has been
mentioned, think | do. The Southerners love .
good glass Of wine-so do ]. This Is 6ne thing in
which resemble tho Southernrrs They also are
goodjudges Of beauty. n will again confess that
am a lover of the beautiful This makes two points
of resemblance. But there is a third in which |
more resemble them. The Southerners,it it is snd
never pay their debts; and the same has also been
snd Of me. In these particulars, gentlemen. !
feel am like the Southerne-a" sTo IA nsst
Shouts of laughter followed this sally Of wit and
good humor
REMARKABLE CASE Mr.. Where, Of Tndi-
ana. u respectable and wealthy German, was
summoned on jury and although he told the
sheriff he was "too Dutch to sit upon jury"
he was not excused. After trial Of an impor-
pnrty for n new trial, on the ground that Mr..
Where could not understand English, and the
man was brought forward for examination. The
| account says -
During his examination, Mr. Where became
! vcrv much alarmed and. In spite Of the assur-
nnce Of the court, the bar and his friends that be
| hnd done wrong. he still thought he WINS upon
his trial for some crime he had committed. He
! inquired in his own language. what would be-
| come of his family and burst into tears. Not be
| ing able to reconcile him, he was discharged
and Immediately proceeded bomeward. On ar
! irving al home. he remarked TO his family that
! the lnwyers here Ead ".cnrcd hin almost to
denih, md he didn't know ihat he could get over
IT," He remained thoughtful and melancholy
until Sunday, the Goth ut.. when his family were
horribly shocked by finding him corpse, suspenA
dcd by the neck in his barn. Not UNDER
standing tho nature Of the examination he was
subjccied to. and supposing he had committed
some grent wrong. so wrought upon his mind as
! 10 induce him to commit suiside.
The last number of the Deseret News oon-
! tnins an account Of the origin successes, trou-
blcs, and trumphs, of the Latter Day Saints.
The writer computes the number of Mormons in
the old and New World at 100000 Since their
! settlement by the Great Salt Lake, they have
prospered and have received accessipps from
all parts of Chrstendom. One taoasand Danish
Mormons nre expected to arrive nt Utah next sea.
SON
On the 18th of September, they had an exhibi-
ton of fruit at ''Social Hall" under the supervi-
sion of tho Horticultural Society of Great Salt
Lake City. iatb
| We quote the following 49,.
| On Thursday Mst n few thousand million Of
gras asshoppers descended in the settlements in
the north of Utah county, destroying every green
thing in their way; the last prospect for bread in
that region is therefore sudlepy snapped asun-
der. . ..5.f .tls,
Bishop Evans on Sunday informed US that they
were continuing their ravages when he left
Lchi the evening previous. f79na att q
The Hon. Ezra T. Benson informs US that the
county of Tooele is also yislted bya similar
plague, cutting off tho last ray of hope for the
farmers. as about forty grassheppers were at
work on every stalk Of corn they destroy the
silk first, which prevents the ear from filling and
entirely destroys tho crop, even If they remain
ON a patch but "a short time.
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A SINGULAR SURGICAL CAsE.--Dr. f. p.
Fearing, in communication TO the Nantucket
Inquirer, gives an account Of remarkable sur.
gical operation which he performed. He SAYS:
In the early part of July last, was called to
visit Jane james, aged "A years. found her
very i'll. with pecuar symptoms, involving an
obscurity ms 20 the nature Of the disease. Soon
nfter she came under my care, needle or pin
was discovered near the stomach, lying deep
| seated, hatwsr. ] cut down and removed a per-
| feet needle. Since that time to the present, l
! have frequently removed needles-eight the
| greatest number in day. The whole number
removed amount to sixty two needles. and pin,
supposed to be a hreastpin, with the head want
! ing. No doubt quite number remain to he re-
moved. They have been found in a scattered
condition. in the region Of the stomach. abdo-
men and left side. As the needles have been re-
moved, her sufferings have diminished. She is
said to be woman of truth, and says she has
not the slightest recollection OF ever having
swallowed a needle, or anything of the kind
However impossible it may seem. there cannot
be doubt but that she swallowed the needles,
probably in papers, about twelve years ago.
| when in state of insanity.
| WHAT Is A MoRMoN.-A Mormon is q living
paradox; he says grace before cotillon, swears
in hts sermons selects his text inditferently from
| the Bible. the books of Mormon, an almanac, or
the Presidents message and is perpetuaily quar-
| relling for the sake Of peace. His religion is q
'oke d he who makes the best story teller Ia chief
| of the quorum. He assumes dignties, but has
not the slightest respect for them and The effect
of his piety apparently to put him on level with
the greatest reprobates of the time. In short he
Is the Latter Day Saint or in other words, the
last one you would think of calling Saint.
QUEEN VICTORIA ON THE RAILwAys.-Th fol-
lowing Interesting paragraph is furnished by the
London correspondent ofthe New York Times:
1t often excites remark, the danger to which
the Queen is exposed by her travelling SO fse-
quently by railroad; but you have no idea Of the
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