Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-07-20
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP
The CORPORATION TRIP
Editorial Co,yespondenee Of The S.arJ
ON THE BALTIMORE Cars, =.

The CORPoRATroN's TRIP
| Editorial CoyyespondeHce Of The Star;J
ON THE BALTIMORE Cars, 3
MONDAY, July 2O--6 a. m.
The " early BIRDS only Of the honorable and
dignifed Councils of Washington city are at
their places on the train His morning, in puf-
suance of their resolve on Friday evening last
to participate in the festivities Of the day in
Baltimore, in honor of the Railroad visitors of
the latter city from the West. Some of them
went on last evening" while others could not
resist the soft inducement of the early morning
nap; so, as in the case of their never-to- be.for
gotten Ashlandl(Slash Cottage) trip, fulliBoards
are not along. ,---a----,s--.-.--
When the clock struck six, the train didn't
budge-the engine was off the track. This &C.
cideat Afforded the Messieurs Trop Tard of the
venerated bodies an opportunity to reach the
depot, putting and blowing, in time to get aboard
the dilatory train. Ardent were the congratu-
lations at having saved their distance with
which they were received, as with collars and
vests thrown open, and perspiration streaming
down their handsome but somewhat flushed
countenances, they rushed into seats and COM
menced tanning themselves amid the clatter of
the tongues Of their more prompt compeers,
who were discussing their own arrangements
for the day, and puzzling their so proverbially
unmuddled brains over schemes for the best
plan to give those who are to be our city's
guests tomorrow the best possible time ont,
with the least possible. exertion on our part
the usual ultima Mute of all such affairs ex.
pected by the public to be carried out by mid.
Al rod
ness.
1t appeared to US that, intuitiyely as it were,
they had voted themselves an oratorical COM
mittee Of the whole, in order to take the shine
of all the many municipal councils with whom
they expect to hOb-nob in the course of the day;
each of which, according to the programme in
to-days Sun, had selected an % orator" to re-
spond in their behalf to all the hghfalutin that
might possibly be leveled at their respective
cities in the course Of the long trip in the mid.
die Of which they are now in Baltimore.
Yes, all of our honorable and public.sprited
Councils, by whom am now surrounded, seem
ambitious to excel each his fellow in doing the
talking of to-day's occasion-judging from the
manner in which each is putting in his oar in
the discussion Of the contemplated arrange
ments for the day and the morrow, about winch
no one appears to have definite information
The locomotive got on the track, and the excur-
sion got of after three quarters of an hour
tugging at and sweating-and the usual modi.
cum of Swearing-over the jack levers
&c, applied to right the iron horse on the
track.
We arc now approaching Beltsville at speed
of some % miles per hour, to make up for time
lost by the accident mentioned above.
Here and there one or two of my honorable
charge-for the Star is universally voted the
dry nurse of the Corporation Of Washington
are looking askant at me, as pencil in hand, 1
am evidently bent on immortalizing them lin
my solicitous care for their fancy somewhat in
advance of the commencement Of the days cere
monies.
Here we are at Beltsville, so l must close this
letter, in order to send it back to Washington
by momentarily expected freight train.
w. D. VII