The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-05-30
The Press Dinner at Richmond.


The Press Dinner at Richmond
Mr.. Greeley on Dinners, Slippers
White Hats, Riots, Ben. Butler, DC
From Richmond Papers.l
The Press dinner was given in the
dining hall of the Exchange Hotel
and at half past 10 o'clock the guests
comprising all the correspondents Of
tho Northern press then in Richmond
and representatives of each of the
city papers were seated. The follow.
ing Representatives of different jour.
nails were present: Horace Greeley
New York Tribune; Ben. Perley
Poore, Boston Journal ) J. M. Fitch,
the World and Boston Post E. P.
Brooks, New Orleans Republican L.
A. Gobright, Washington Agent As
ISOLATED Press; Mr.. Mcconnell, New
York Tribune; Mr.. O'Connell, New
York Herald; Mr.. Mcfarland, Wash
ington Chronicle; w. HI. Carrlngton,
Philadelphia Inquirer George Alfred
Townsend, New York Tribune and
correspondent at large Edward
Crapsey, Now York Times; L. @.
Washington, correspondent of tho
London Spectator. Mr.. George Shea,
one of jeff. Davis counsel, was also
present.
MR.. GREELEY ON DINNERS AND sUpPERs.
Horace Greeley, Of the New York
Tribune, was accorded a seat of honor
at the head of the table, position
he filled with general dignity, and
much apparent enjoyment, though
he ate nothing and drank nothing.
1t CHANGED that on his right sat the
Examiner, and on his left the Times.
Mr.. Greeley said heneverate supper,
but intimated that dinner was an
important consideration. He had
just come in to have talk, dwelling
upon and emphasizing the monosyI
able until it acquired new signifi-
canoe, and became suggestive both Of
cheerfulness and refreshmenu.
MR.. GREELEY ON WHITE HATS.
The Times, stealing a moment from
the most interesting section of beef
steak, said: Mr.. Greeley, see you
wear a black SLOUGH hat. / can scarce
ly realize that you are Mr.. Greeley
in the absence Of the white hat.
Down here we have scarcely heard
Of you except as the white hated
philosopher" Sir" replied he,
quickly, 81 never had but one white
hatin my life" To which the Wing
who sat on the second seat on the
right, remarked that he had always
thought of Mr.. Greeley as looking
like William Penn-the conventional
idea of Penn, as he is shown in the
school biographies, with broad brim-
med ha, and Quaker coat.
Mr.. Greeley said that on one occa
sion, while walking along the streets
of New York, he heard one freshman
say to another, "There's Creole W
"Tut," says the other, "that cant
be, for Greeley's naigur." son
another OCCASION" said Mr.. Greeley,
"while travelling in railroad car ia
the west, Hoosier was very much
surprised to find that / was not an
ugly man. He said that the passen-
gers had told him that | was the ug-
liest man in the world, and he came
forward to where / was attempting
to get q nap to look at me. i told
him it was all joke on the part of
the passengers-that wasthe hand
soonest man in the car
MR.. GREELEY ON RIOTS.
The Examiner inquired if Mr..
Greeley thought there was really any
danger Of riot in New York !? The
answer to this was not explicit; the
rum interest was very strong. The
Times said he was surprised to SEQ
that SO many lives had been lost in
tho Now York riots Of 1863, the DO.
lice now stating it to be 1855. Mr..
Greeley said he knew something about
that riot, he happened to be in it.
ct will be recollected he took refuge
from the rioters in Taylor's eating
saloon.) That riot was as much a
part Of the rebellion as any battle OF
the war. Any one who would read
his history Of the war would find it
so. The rioters expected news of a
confederate victory in Pennsylvania,
and had they not been disappointed.
the riot would have been a much
more serious matter.
MR.. GREELEY ONBUTLER.
The Times inquired whether Mr.
Gresley, in his history, had adverted
to Buffers having been bottle up at
Bermuda Hundred. He replied he
had q good deal to say about Butler;
be believed Butler had taken us con-
siderably by surprise by his move
nent against Petersburg. He dcfen-
Tod Buffers course towards the la
lies Of New Orleans, saying thar it
vas their duty to have pursued their
svocations quietly and without, by
word or look, giving ofense to the
"If his wife and daught-