Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-01-26

severely in series Of resolutions. There were
seven Indians killed, one wounded mortally,
four severely, and nearly all slightly. One
white man, named Samuel Stephens, was killed;
and another, named Brown, wounded.
The WEATHER AND TIE CRoPs.-The rain
Of Friday and Friday night last, in this neigh.
borhood, was perhaps the most copious that
has fallen in the same space of time in this
region in the last year. The general freeze of
the succeeding night caught the super-soil sur
charged with water, and froze it probably to
the depth of some six inches; for the cold was
very intense. Up to this morning there was
slight abatement of the cold, and tho con-
sequence is that the wheat now in the ground
was frozen very fast. If the temperature
suddenly changes, much of it will be spewed
out, and thus destroyed. A heavy snow
storm, to lay on the earth and then pass
away very gradually, would doubtless prevent
damage from accruing to the wheat; but naught
else in the way of change we can think of,
will answer Ia that end. A succession Of in
complete thawings and freezings, at short in
tervals, which would not be extraordinary con-
sidering the character of the winter so far,
would leave little worth gathering of the
wheat in this vicinity; for not one acre in fifty
| is properly drained. Seasons like the present
one teach the Importance of undertaking to
the intelligent and observing farmer in lam
guage stronger than eloquent words. He whose
lands are thoroughly undetermined may defy
such changes and casualties; while all other
farmers must necessarily suffer immensely from
them.
The SENATORIAL TRAP DooR.-Never in
the course Of our experience here have we
| seen the public more amused than by the
idea gravely mooted yesterday in the Senate,
that the leak through which the public got an
| inkling of the details of the muss occurring in
secret session on Friday last, was a trap-door
and dark and secret passage leading from
somewhere in the lower regions up into the
| galleries of the chamber, which if climbable
for anything but cat, could hardly have &C
| commOdated all the correspondents of the
twenty or thirty distant papers, published in
| different places, that on Saturday contained
| accounts OF the affair. Our own opinion il
that those correspondents, suspecting tina,
something extraordinary was about to trans.
pire there, dispatched, each, his own confden.
tial black cat to climb the sinuosities of thai
remarkable dismal defile, and listen. Other.
wise, how could each one of them obtain and
publish SO different accounts of the affair al
they did
The RECEPrIos.-The second Executive re-.
ception of the season, last night, was undoubt.
4 V Of fha To-
has ever been held. Among the distinguished
persons present we noticed Secretaries Thomp.
son, Floyd, and Toucey, with their ladies; Post.
master General Brown and lady; a large mum.
| Der of Senators and members of the House q,
Representatives; several members of the diplo.
matte corps; Capt. Hudson, of the u S. Navy
celebrated tor his connection with the Atlantic
| cable expedition; Generals Jesup and Lawson
OF the 5. Army; Gen. Peasley, late collector
| OF customs at Boston, his lady and lighter;
| Mrs. Roswell, Of New York; Mrs Craig, Of
Georgia; Miss Bass, of Mississippi; Miss Hous.
ton, niece of Gen. Houston; Mrs Helmbold, a
very beautiful Philadelphia lady; and many
other notables whose names we cannot now call
to mind.
HE DISTRICT BEFORE CoNGRESs.-Tbose
Interested in Congressional legislation for the
District Of Columbia, are reminded that Sat
urday next having been set apart for the con-
sideration of such business by the Senate, they
had better promptly attend to their interests
where their due protection may be secured by
personal interviews with members of the SEN
ate's District Committee or other honorable
Senators.
The WEArHER.-The following report of the
weather for this morning is made from the Morse
Telegraph line to the Smithsonian Institution
The time of observation is about o'clock:
JANUARY 26, 1859.