Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-07-18

This year Mr.. Henry ID. Cooke varied his
usual dinner to the Correspondents Clut, OF
which he is an honorary member, by a press
excursisn down river, which, however, included
half a dozen baDquets on the steamer and sS
Glymont, as his magnificent Inequalities were
entered upon from tie moment that the boat
left the wharf and kept up until it returned,
want or desire untitled. Most OF the newspaper
men Of Washington and the representatives In
Washington of the press Of the country were of
the party and also number Of prominent gen.
fleEsen OF the city, not connected with the press.
The newspaper men, just set free from the
freaS-mill work Of the session, were in the mood
a day from the cares OF business, were quite in
the mood to "assist;" and IL is probable that
about Is much good humored FUN was enacted
on this pleasant trip was ever witnessed in
the same length of time. There were mock
trials, rope-haulings. vocal music ad Hbitum
instrumental music (by Weber's bsnd) to fiji i'm
the chiDks, speech making OF the kve-minutes'
sort, for reporters and correspondents suffer too
much from long speeches to tolerate tiem on fes-
taloccasiozs5 and dancing of style of dash and
The performance Of the Laneisrs at the pavilion
by the very heftest of washington's renowned
Heavy A Dragoens was sight to see. The
emulation a to who should mount the highest
and stay up the longest was very animated be-
tween Messrs. Geo. G1Seon, Ii. Ii. French, Major
Poore, Col. Tom Florence, G.. w. Adams H y
Ramsdell, f. p. Brooks and G.. A. Bassett. Mr.
Gldeon won by several seconds and thirty or
forty feet.
At the brilliant dinner at the pavilion there
was some good of-hand speech making by
Mess<s- Cooke, French, Gobright, Barr Hunt
Ington, Florence, A. X. Shepherd, Hallet Kill
burn, and Curtis Cad ihierifn), Of Georgetown.
The party then embarked for the return, and
the tofiity and larking Of the down trip was rei
entered upon.
As elsewhere, the prevailing topic was the war
IN Europe. and the sympsthes Of the press were
shown to be quite Enthusiastically on the side of
Prussia. There were impassioned speeches by
Emperor Napoleon, Minister olivier, Count
Beneditti, Bismarck, King William OF Prussia
John Ii. Cough, Mr.. Toodles, and others. The
weight Of argument and evidence was unmis-
takably that Napoleon was the aggressor. The
unseemly impernSence of Prince Beneditti in
interrupting King William at the critical mo-
ment when his msjesey was hazarding the expe-
denounced in fitting terms; and it was conceded
that an ambassador who could tribe with row.
atty at such solemn and trying period deserved
TO be sent back to Paris with a flea in his ear,
at the risk Of universal war.
All the patriotic songsof GERMANY and France
we're sung IN turn, quite impartially, assisted
oy the band, and when, as sometimes happened,
the band was rather too strong for the vocalists,
their handkerchiefs down the big ends of the
brass instruments. Ithad wonderfully sedatiye
effect on the brass-horns and things; and the
surprise OF the players was considerable, espe-
cialy as the distractions were whisked AWAY
undetected as often as examination was made.
lime ned quickly. and the city clocks struck
twelve as the steamer approached the wharf on
her return, telling that it was Sunday morning.
Ihere was an instant stop to the gaiety of course
IN respect to the hour, and Major Poore who
was relating with immense effect story apropos
70 the war, about Prof Groux and Napoleon
ruptness Just as he had reached the nib OF the
tale that to this hour il is not known what the
emperor was about to say to the little Groux at
The battle Of Waterloo.