Evening star., 1867-03-14
INAUGURAL DINNER OF THE wAsHISaT0N
EORRR SPON nENTSl QI.IH

CORRE sPONDENTs' GLUE
The inaugura. dinaer Of the Washington
UorrespOndents' Club was held last night at
welcker's, on 18th street. The dinner was an
excellent one, aHd served to put the assem-
blage in good trim for the subsequent " feast
of reason and flow of SOUL
Mr. l.. A. Gotrignt, of the New York Asss-
ciated Press. the president of the club, preside&
upon this occa. ion, and Mr. Geo. w. Adams,
ofthe New YORK World, first vice president. did
the honers At he foot Mr.. Gobright was sup.
ported On the isht by Hon. James Brooks, of
New York, AMI on the left by Senator An
thony, OF Rhod" Island. Nr Adams was cup.
ported on The right by Speaker Coifax, while
seat he LETT b Id beer prepared for Hon. VIM
l. Robinson. OF New York. a Washington cor
1'spondent of c'her days, " Lo sent letter re-
sreitlng his inaollity to attend.
To the right of the presiding officer were
seated n the erder named Messrs. L. l..
Crounse, OF the New lork Timss; ID. W. Bart
leti, New YORK rest; Crosby D. Noyes, wash
lngto Sfdr; W. =. Seville, New York Herald
r Richardson, Baltimore San, o. X. Harris,
BaltInore SVH; III. j Ramsdell, New York
Tribune; j. II. Young, New York Tribune; T..
l.: Andrews, New Orleans Crescent; J. W.
Fitch, Boston Post. W u. Shaw. Boston Trans
cipf; and J. Il. McColough, Cincinnati Com /.
MerciuI.
To the lef, Of the presiding oficer, and In the
order named, were seated Messrs Il. Psrley
Peore. OF the Boston Journal; II V. N. Boyn-
ton. Cincinnati Gazette: w W Worden, Phila-
dtIpnia L'@9e. T. N. Cook New Orleans
Pr.ss; l.. IL I'ainter, Philadelphia Iaquirer:
J. N. Burritt. Western Associated Press: E. p.
Brooks, New York Times; ). Mcfarland,
Washington Chronicle; W d. WaIlach. Wash.
ineton Stor. snd r. K. Eliot, New York Er.
press.
As stated above, letter was read from Hon
w. l. Robinson. regretting his inability to be
present; and also one from Ool. L A. Whitley,
OF the WashinGton National InteEigencer re.
gretfinR that ircumstancee prevented his at :.
tendance. Mr. Mcfarland presented person
ally an tns regrets OF Colonel Forney, Of the
After doing justice to the good things pro.
vided BY mine host Welcker, the club was
called to order by l.. A. Gobright. Esq. its
president. In few pertinent remarks, Mr..
Gobright cor graduated the members Of the
club on the aaspicious occasion which brought
tnem togetner, and extended cordial well
come to The in yited guests In answer to re.
peafed calls. Hon. James Brooks. of the New
YORK EzDress, arose and gave a detailed and
extremely interesting account OF his career as
aneWspaper correspondent. He WAS the old.
est washington correspondent present, having
been the fret to inaugurate what is now q
regular business. and fixed and important
feature Of journalism. His remarks were lie.
tened to with much interest, and frequently
greeted with applause. Speaker Colfax, in
reply to the general demand for a speech l.
related hts own early experience as a CORE.
spondeht and reporter tor some OF the
journals OF the West. His first experience
IN this capacity was on the staH of the
Indianapolis Journal, as reporter of
the proceedings OF the Legi stature of In
diana. and as the correspondent OF q paper in
the town where he then resided, and where he
still has his home. He was proud to be recog.
nized as one OF the fraternity, and in whate yer
position he might occupy, he would ALWAYS
regard II as an honor to be associated with
members Of the newspa7er profession When
Mr.. Coifax sat down loud calls were made for
Senator Anthony. who responded in a brief
and pleasant speech. After paying a high
compliment to the profession, he alluded to
the fact that when there was a great drou, n
the manufacturers of paper took occasion to
advance the price, because they said there was
no rain. For the last forty days they could
nave no excuse on this account for maintain.
ing pigh rates. He hoped the price of paper
would decline to such figure rs to allow the
prop1ieiors ofthe various newspapers through
ceres pondents. This sentiment was received
with great applause, in the midst of which Mr
Anthony resumed his seat.
w. ID. Wallach, Of the Washington St1r be-
ing called for, followed in some Interesting r..
miniscences Of Washington journalism, and
concluded by bearing testimony to the charac.
ter and ability Of the present corps Of Wash.
ineton correspondents, and expressing the be-
lief that their labors could but result happily
in moulding public opinion inteliigently and
for the best good OF the country,
Brief and fslicitoHs speeches were also de .
livered by @. w. Adams, Ben Perley Poore
l. l.. Crounse, ]. b. Mccullough. E. p Brooks
L. A. Richardson, w w. Worden, and Others
"Bueno Buro." Of the New York Citizen, was
loudly called for, but declined to unmask The
company separated about 9Z O'Clock.
The inauguration was a great success and
the Correspondents Club starts out with the
promise OF an able. e.bodied longevity.