The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-01-04
THE PRESS EXCURSION.
How the Richmond Mem were
Received I'm Washington.
= DELIGHTFUL TRIP.

Jhe much-talked OF eXcursl0n or the
Richmond Press Club to Washington was
brought to n close yesterday, when the last
Of the cxcursionists returned to duty after
two days spent most delightfully."- in the
company Of their brethren at the national
capital. The Richmond press was repre-
sented by the following gentlemen Will
liam s. Gilman and DR.. J. B. Brock, of the
Enquirer John Grame and J. 4. Pizzini,
Of the Wig; N. P. Handy, of the Dis
patch :: II. II. Wade, Of the Ne,cs; B. W.
ellis and 4. 7. Bennett, of the Journal );
II. c. Tinslcy. Of the Associated Press :;
William d. Chestcrman, correspondent of
the Petersburg lndcr; and William G..
Elan, correspondent Of the Petersburg
CourieT-aIl members OF the Richmond
Press Club. On the eve of their depar
ture, Mcssrz. Samuel D. Davies, of the
Petersburg Courier, and George ". Camp
and DR.. SchoolIicld, Of the Petersburg H.
der: BY invitation, joined the party. The
ro!Gmissary department OF the visiting
club was Represented hy Mcssrs. c. B.
Luck, STiro Xctcllc, and Henry Schott. and
the quartcriaaster's department by J. T.
Ecthcrland, Esq, and 4. 4. Lorentz.
Fly the courtesy Of General Wickham,
the mc'ubers Of the Club were afforded the
courtesy % free travel on the night train
over tho Chesapeake ani Ohio railroad,
and they also availel themselves Of the
sleeping car placed Ut their disposal by MIR.
Thomas II. Wynne, president OF the South
ern Transportation Company. BY the plea
SAINT route just named tho excursionists
reached Washington at 5 o'clock Saturday
nd p,nf a. fho IaTNt h,-tn no
Committee Of Arrangements on the part
Of the Washington Press Association, COM
rosed of Mcssrs. f. T. Boisseau, of the
Evening .Sior; Arthur Shepherd, of the
National Republican ". G. Mcbride, Of
the Chronicle; S. V. Noyes, National IN
ttUgenceJ; ". S. Kcelan, Morning Ne,cS;
NJ. ". Barr, Southern Associated Press J.
F. Dooley, Evening Star Nat. Sardo, Nd
tional RepubIican ; and Colonel Thomas B.
Florence, Of the Sunday Gazeltc.
an elegant coach, drawn by eight fnc
horses, conveyed the Richmond gentlemen,
under the escort of this committee, to the
Arlington otel,-the most elegant estab
lislment Of the kind in hinston-owned
by Mr.. Corcoran, and managed by Messrs.
Roesslc & Son. Here D. suit of rooms de-
sirably located and handsomely furnished
we're assigned the guests, and we're occu
pied by them during their sojourn in the
city.
The formal reception took place at 4.
NJ, in one of the parlors of the hotel, where
were assembled the following members of
the Washington Press Association, in addi-
ton to the members Of the committee whose
names appear above: Colonel Thomas B.
Florence, Sunday Gazette L. \. Gobright,
J. G.. Holland, and D. R. Mckee, New York
Associated Press C. B. Baker, A. r. Shep-
herd, and NJ. i. Goodwin, Erening Star ; O.
X. Harris, W. J. Murtagh, A. B. Talcott,
and George u. Wilmington, National Re-
publican; Colonel John w. Forney, D. c.
Forney, and 7. c. Gray, Chronicle; Hon.
Alexander Delmar, IntelIiyencer Phil. 4.
Julian and w. J. Bennett, Sunday Herald;
B. Perley Poore, Boston Journal; W. W.
Worden, "Wallace" of the Dispatch,
" Data - of the Baltimore american, sc. j
f. A. Richardson, Baltimore San; {. A.
Pilshurg, Baltimore Gazette 4. P. Noah,
New York Democrat 7. B. Connery, New
York HerGlN; C.'B. Ringwalt, Chronicle;
Hon. J. NJ. Cayanaugh, of Montana; W.
W. Corcoran, Esq, c. K. Cornwall, ESQ.,,
r. T. Dornin, Esq, and Porter Morse, o!
the Galveston Nelrs.
The company having been called to order
by Mr.. Harris, managing editor OF the ne
publican, he introduced Colonel John w.
Forney as the spokesman of the Washing
ton Press. Colonel Forney thereupon in a
handsome address, extended cordial well
come to the visitors. He reverted to the
fact that the event could not have occurred
at a more auspicious time than on the first
Of the year, when Washington made her
best appearance-when courtesies were
universally extended, and hospitalities or
ganized. He spoke of the proposed recep-
ton of the gentlemen by the President as
follows:
{: You will be received by the President
of the United States-your President snd
our Pregident-heartily and simply; and as
YOU receive him and he receives you, gen
;tlcmcn, please to bear in your minds that
victory which elevated him to the position
he occupies in the Divine Providence of
God was not the victory Of one section, but
in all its teachings, and in oil its blessings,
is destined to be the victory of all sections.
[Applause.] 1t was O result pre5rdalned,
as the most of us must admit; and / feel
sure that the great body of those who con-
tributed to it chiefly viii see to it that the
harvest of that bloody sowing will be har-
vest of fraternity, of prosperity, of brother
hood, and of peace [applause] and those
of us here present who belong to this great
profession--at once the teacher and tho