The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-01-04
THE PRESS EXCURSION.
How the Richmond Men were
Received I'm Washington.
THE BANQUET AND THE SPEECHES
! DELIGHTFUL TRIp.

Inc muCH-tnlkeQ OF eXcurS1On OF the
Richmond Press Club to Washington was
brought to 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 vas repre-
scented by the following gentlemen: Will
liam s. Gilman and DR.. J. B. Brock, of the
ENQUIRER John Greene and J. A. Pizzini,
OF the Wig; NJ. P. Handy, of the Dis
patch j: ". H. Wade, of the Ne,rs B. w.
ellis and 4. I. Bennett, of the Journal );
II. G. Tinsicy. Of the Associated Press ;
William D. Chestcrman, correspondent of
the Petersburg lndtr; and William G..
Elan, correspondent of the Petersburg
CouieT-all members OF the Richmond
Press Clue. On the eve of their depar-
sure, Mcssrs. Samuel D. Davies, Of the
Petersburg C0uTilr, and George VI. Camp
and DR.. Schocliicld, Of the Petersburg n
Ger, by Invitation, joined the party. The
roamissary department OF the visiting
club was represented by Mcssrs. {. 3.
Luck, Spiro Zctcllc, and Henry Schott, and
the quartcrlnastor's department by J. +.
Eetherland, Esq. and A. 4. Lorentz.
EY the courtesy OF General Wickliam,
the members Of the Club were afforded the
courtesy o! free travel OH the night train
over tho Chesapeake AMI Ohio railroad,
and they Glso availed themselves Of the
sleeping car placed ut their disposal by MIR.
Thomas II. Wynne, president OF the South
crn Transportation Company. By the plea
saut route just named tho eXcursionists
reached Washington at 5 O'Clock Saturday
morning, ind were met at the depot by the
Committee Of Arrangements on the part
Of the Washington Press Association, com
POSED of Mcssrs. Fl. F. Boisseau, of the
Evening Star; Arthur Shepherd, of the
National Republican ". G. Mcbride, Of
the Chronicle; S. Y. Noycs, National In
teNigenceT; ". S. Kcelan, Morning Meas;
NJ. W. Barr, Southern Associated Press J.
T. Dooley, Erening Star Nat. Sardo, Nd
t;onal Republican F.; and Colonel Thomas B.
Florence, Of the Sunday Gazeltc.
IN elegant coach, drawn by eight fno
horses, conveyed the Richmond gentlemen,
under the escort of this committee, to the
Arlington Hotel, the most elegant estab-
lisument Of the kind in Washinston-owned
by Mr.. Corcoran, and managed by Messrs.
Roessle & Son. Here suit of rooms de-
sirably located and handsomel, furnished
we're assigned the guests, and were occu-
pied by them during their sojourn in the
city.
The formal reception took place at A.
NJ, in one of the parlors Of the hotel, where
we're 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. y. Gobright,
J. G.. Holland, and D. r. Mckee, New York
Associated Press; C. 3. Baker, 4. r. Shep-
herd, and N. i. Goodwin, Evening Star ; 0.
4. Harris, W. J. Murtagh, \. B. Talcott,
and George T. Wilmington, National Re-
publican; Colonel John ". Forney, D. c.
Forney, and 7. c. Gray, Chronicle; Hon.
Alexander Delmsr, Intelliyencer Phil. A.
Julian and W. J. Bennett, Sunday Herald;
B. Perley Poore, Boston Journal; ". W.
Worden, {" Wallace" of the Dispatch,
" Data " of the Baltimore american, &C.;
F. A. Richardson, Baltimore San; {. A.
Pilsburg, Baltimore Gazette; r. P. Noah,
New York Democrat; I. B. Connery, New
York HerGld; CD. Ringwalt, Chronicle
Hon. J. NJ. Cayanaugh, of Montana; W.
W. Corcoran, Esq, c. K. Cornwall, Esq,
r. T. Dornin, Esq, and Porter Morse, of
the Galveston NelrS.
The company having been called to order
by Mr.. Harris, managing editor OF the ne
p,aJ!ican, be introduced Colonel John W.
Forney as the spokesman of the Washing
ton Press. Colonel Forney thereupon in II
handsome address, extended a cordial vel
come to the visitors. He reverted to the
fact that the event could not have occurred
at more suspicious time than on the first
Of the wear, when Washington made her
best appearance-when courtesies were
universally extended, and Inequalities or
eanized. He spoke of the proposed recep-
ton of tho gentlemen by the President as
follows:
y" You will be received by the President
of the United States-your President and
our Extraordinarily and simply; and as
you receive him and he receives you, gen
.tlemen, 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 it's teachings, and in oil its blessings,
is destined to oe the victory of all sections.
Applause 1t was result preordained,
us the most Of us must admit and feel
sure that the great body of those who con-
tributed to it chiefly will see to it that the
harvest of that bloody sowing will be har-
vest of fraternity, of prosperity, of brother
hood, and of peace [applausel and thoae
of us here present who belong to this great
professional once the teacher and tho