The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-06-05
Incidents ut Grants House.

Incidents ut Grants House.
THE NEGRO DELEGATE sNUBBED-AN
1NQUIRING COAIMITTEEMAN-INCO
sIsTESCY OF THE RADICAL MoauLs.
To the eye of the observant, last
evening was an interesting one, 80
far as the scenes and incidents tran
spring in Gen. Grants parlor were
concerned. Each and every member
OF the committee seemed particularly
desirous to make himself conspicu-
GUS, especially the brave and renown-
ed Logan, who was ever gallant to
the company present.
Chief Manager Washburne, the
sign-post of the Presidential candi-
date--impelled by duty--jumped
around like unto hen upon hot
griddle. He must be present at all
introductions; he must bear every
one in and every one out; he must
bear all remarks made to his candi-
date, and, if needs be, assist in the
answer. To the ladies he was per-
feet Charles the Tenth; to the Com
mittee O Grand father Whitehead; to
the guests generally the all powerful
leverage that would grant all that's
asked; to the press an exceeding in
convenience and decided bore, with
the anxious remark of "besure you've
got it right" AS he stood at the re-
freshment table, smiling benignly
upon his protege, and glancing
askance ut the different faces there
presented, doubtless revolving in his
mind which he would send {when he
became Secretary of State) to this
mission or that, his thoughts even
forgot themselves, and his destruc-
tion of strawberries and cream was
immense. Donnelly would have had
no show with Manager Washburne
last evening.
Grant and Colfax were near each
other at the table, each enioyipr
an ice, when up stalked q Western
member of the committee, with m
inquiripg mind for facts, and, nd
dressing General Grant, said "Who
writes your speeches, General ?"
General Grant looked ut tho com
mittee man, but made no answer.
The anxions:Agmber from the West
again snia: 'f7Ve want to know; as
Colfax can make his own speeches,
and they say you can't" General
Grant turned away from the speaker,
and made no answer. Colfax turned
to the man from the West, and re.
quested him not to make any such
remarks in future
The great feature of the evening,
however. was the presence OF the
negro delegate from North Carolina.
His name is J. H. Harris, delegate
in the Chicago Convention from the
Fourth District of North Carolina,
late n member of the North Carolina
constitutional Convention, a candi-
date for Congress, (he declined, how
ever IN favor of carpet-bagger,) and
now a member of the committee to
apprise the radical nominees of their
good luck at Chicago.
He was introduced, of course. by
the immense manager Washburne.
bnt neither Gen. Grant, Colfax. the
ladies present, nor any one of the
great radical Mognls seemed to know
Brother Harris. The company at
one time were nearly all crowded in
the back parlor. while Harris was
observed standing solitary and alone
in corner of the front parlor room.
There he remained for over half IN
hour, the observed Of no one except
the reporters, who proceeded to take
side notes of Brother Harris solitary
condition. It was fact to which
many can testify, that neither Grant
nor Colfax, save at the introduction.
took any notice of Harris during the
evening. He was like our Jack at a
picnic, 'not fixed"-or poor Sambo
at o dance, "widout Dinah being
dar."
Gen. Hawley, Gen. Logan, nor
any of the larger radical guns,
deigned to notice this practical limo.
vation of black upon white. He was