Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-06-15
the Mayor the responsibility for the prompt
eradication of the state of things here, described

DISASTROUS WEATHER.-The weather for
the past week has been big with threatening
disasters to the wheat crop for hundred miles
around Washington city, in all directions. Up
to that time, the prospect for wheat in that
particular district of country was perhaps finer
than was ever before known. More land had
been planted 10 wheat in it, and the promise of
yield was more abundant than ever before in
proportion to the land so planted while the
ravages OF insect enemies to the crop had been
far less than for few years past The i'm
mense quantity Of cold rain falling ON the
wheat while in blossom, during the last week
has greatly retarded the filling out of the
grain, and proportionately increased the yield
Of straw. Nevertheless, the black rust has
made its appearance nowhere, so far, in the
section of country to which we refer. Yet all
farmers therein are dreading, momentarily,
from the peculiar condition Of their wheat as
explained above, that in twenty -four hours
they may find the crop entirely destroyed by
that enemy Of the grain at this particular Pc
riod Of the year. A sudden change of the
weather to bright, sultry sunshine, without a
drying wind, would, in twelve hours of it, doubt
less produce sufficient black rust to damage the
farmers, thus, within hundred miles of Wash
ington in all directions, to the extent Of mil
lions Of dollars.
Ii the weather, on the contrary, changes so
that cold wind will blow without rain. and
especially without sunshine, for day before the
suns rays are again fierce upon the wheat, no
damage whatever will have been done to that
grain by the torrents of rain of the season so
far, which, in its effect upon other crops, has
as yet done no injury, except where it has
overfowed low grounds The crops on tho bot
toms skirting the upper Rapidan and Rapra-
hanock rivers in Virginia, we regret to say,
were yesterday in greater danger of general
submersion, than at any former period since
1874. Mr.. Cunningham, Of Culpepsr county,
well known as one of the most enlightened and
successful agriculturists in Virginia, has fifty
acres Of Rappahanock bottom-land wheat, which
week ago promised to yield thirty five bush
els to the acre, completely under water; a dis
aster only to be appreciated by those whose
means are embarked in the noble pursuit Of
agriculture.
r. S.-The weather to-day, at least up to 10
a m: is most propitious change. If such
weather as we now have here extends over the
region referred to above and continues until
night and then clears up, the late excess of
moisture will produce no rust
THE LoEDY.-Those who comprehend what
goes on in Washington behind the curtain that
is, the experienced observers have duly noted
the extent and activity of " the Lobby here
during the past fortnight. Tho "hubbubto,''
concerning the lobby in the newspapers for the
past years, and before investigating committees
during the session, caused it to fight sby.r
covering its tracks as far as possible, and to
burrow while at its work. During the last
fortnight its schemes have been deyeloped
embracing proposed drafts on the treasury to
an extent more enormous than over before in
the furtherance Of which not only nearly all
the Old stagerS, but an army Of able pertina-
cious and unscrupulous recruits were enlisted.
Conspicuous among them were many of the
vociierous patriots, who before the commence
ment of the session were noted for tho yebe-
mence of their outcries against the alleged
abuses connected with the public printing
They were not more vociferous then, than
earnest and industrious in their calling, ex-
planned above, in the last fortnight They are
indeed soldiers of fortune, aroused to very des-
peration by the faintest scent of gold to be
ciutched, either by maligning others or log
rolling among themselves
fortunately for the public interest, most of
their schemes for the session have been defeat
cd; so large majority of these enterprising
people must be shOckinsly disgruntled. Much
Is due to the construction Of the new Hall for
the defeat of their schemes That enables sll
TO comprehend instantly all that is boinc said
and done IN the course Of any stage of the pro-
ceedlngs OF the House. Much is also due to
the change Of the rule of admission, which ex-
cludes nearly all from the Hall but actual
members and officers Of both Houses That
change scattered the ex-member-lobby as
flock of crows on being fired into The pros
pect of making big haul in the hurry and
blunder of closing up, however, brought it back
on Congress, in the last fortnight, to be defeat
ed in its schemes for the most part, as we ex-
plain above. The noise made by the different
Investigating committees, though bringing no
little disgrace on Congress itself as well as ON
the fair name of the country, in some cases un-
justly, has served q capital turn in preventing
members from being victimized by friends in
having been almost all powerful with them un-
til the results Of these Investigations exposed
to the outside world the fact that for years past
II had exortcd perhaps the most delcterious in
huence upon the public interest
Treasury NorEs.-YeSterday, the propo-
sails for Treasury Notes, invited by notice Of
the Department under date Of May 18th. 1873.
were opened by the Secretary, in pursuance of
The advertisement. The amount Of the loan
was Si.0OO,O0O, and the aggregate of all the
bids reached So G35 900. The number Of bid
dcrs were ~, and are distributed among the
cities of Boston, New York, PHILADELPHIA and
Washington. None of the bids were for less
premium than a per cent, or none for more
than 9 per cent. The bids ut 4. per cent.
amounted in the aggregate to 81, $50, 900, were
all accepted, and the balance of the loan
Isl OOO) was distributed pro rata among
the 4 per cent. bidders, giving to each of these
h 49,