New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-10-20
AN ARTIST IN THE SOUTH.
SHOT AT by THE MooNsHINERs."


10 encounter who attempts to live there. Mr.. Graham
started out I'm August 10 make sketches the ustra
! on of series OF articles by Mrs. Rebecca Harding
Davis which TO appear in Harpcrs Moggsi1e, and
returned to this city few DAYS In the course OF
recent conversation with TRIBUNE reporter. Mr. era
ham stated That NorthrInor hc was looked upon
wifh extreme suspicion. and his movements were 50
closely watched mat the progress o. his Work was often
seriously npcdcd.
rney take every Northcner." be said. who goes
there to be- Republicans aud they al once give him The
cold shoulder and various to make HIM feel
uncomfortable. The, forget al about the Democracy
Of tbe North and never seem TO think for moment that
ID Nauk eau De- anything except a Isepubhcan."
Were you shot at y1ur tupg'
"Wcll. yes" responded Mr. Graham "but that was
not account of politics WIS then mp In North Car
DINA. close the Cherokee reservation. Tnis part of
country Is luil OF 'mooushncr,' or Illicit whi-kcy
distlers. aud they suspected or pretended 10 suspect
that revenue officer. Ny Guide and hrl campcd
short d tancc from Qlaa and vc were told that 'the
BOYS come 90 -ec what We were after n we
remained. The hr.t day were there Charley Glass,
the guide, noticed several men urnng Ia the bushes
and presently ul them came up t0 The tent. lie SAID
they Thought 70 Doe rcveru" oilccrs; hut showed
him my sketches ard took some pains 10 di-ahuse Dis
mind OF that notion; and al length Ec appeared satisfied
aud accepted ny invI;aiiom supper ~ the evening
other icthcred their horses near te camp ard
las around On the grass smoking Nnnc OF hem spoke
ne, except the who came into thc tent. AMER
supper started 20 leave the tent bu' had not gone
timn "a ;cN PAGES when be- turned and deliberately
fred two shots - me with hi, revolver. took up
repeater 1c with which Mc--rs. Harper had provided
mr. hut sen. the other Ceiling on them icet. -
Trained fioin lsiugi
"' what dli that man shoe; ior I asked 40 One
answered a while and 80 lcr-h one -an, Cos Dc
knows no better an which they I'D laughed
"Ino men continued 20 watch n wherever we went.
and The 2uide got scared aud refused 10 remain with
IN. or should have gone right ahead INTO tlo Indian
reservation met with several mr. icut, of imar
character. and hay0 no idea oi doe darg.r-Ne
hot exactly danger but continual annoyance that have
been subjected to-"
Don't you think they really intended violence :"
asked The inquirer
- don't know. They seemed PRINCIPALLY DESTROYS Of
soaring aud 10 some extent aust admit that thy
succeeded I would rather hght sioux Indian a.y
time than of these mopnshincs- : they mean
and cowudiy. The, he ambush dny aud night. and
might take pop 40 one any time Wherever they hear
of STRANGER, they SUSPECT han of being officer. ANA
thirty forty farmers WI 80 once 10 atrn-u ARID
DOLCE huu place to place, heard OF great many
having 1ecn killed IN his way"
Bat that not said, poss by. 70 scare you /"
40; / heard II from res9ccfah.. Republicans that
many murders we've p'rctratcl Dos the 'moonslinrrs'
which never heard o., You see, the onecrs don't
20 THESE ouof-'hs-vay places Themselves but em-
pioy m0uutalneers, and these nformers or men sus-
pected OF being sucn Slot at vthle consideration
o. The best down there expressed % tIer
surprise that .hc authorucs dd not Send strong mil
tary escort ami clear ont the whole .ot 90 wa.~6ey
makers. You ta,ic la.Ua. tAcr.. 4ud the
farmer having market for Dis cl.u makes wl.Acy.
vhchi- c3aa I.,.d hy hila-cli and friends. There Is
scarcely cent made out %, IT, This WITHDRAWING is
Wmug The country. The natives arr q drunken, lazy
set and on farms OF POO 30, acres te only po-on 81
land actually under cultivation than ien or
twenty acres the farmers do nothing except hang
! around and talk politics. now and then riding 10
mother place fifteen twenty miles away, TO
pick mp the news"
DISCUSSING TIE POLITICAL SITUATION.
"WhaI does this political conversation amount tor"
VERY little; 1t is pretty generally confined to the
lost cause"
"who Is the iavoritc candidate ior the next Presi
dent Z"
"Tildcn is the only man heard spoken Of In North
Carolina, and the feeling Ia the locality Is best de-
scribed think. in the words OF Franklin judge
Well | suppose shall have Tilden. he snd; but
want good smart man whmt'll wake 'cm mp.
There's nothing IN the Government a; present Too
slow, sir. too duh FOR anything. DOu hear of 'en do
ing anything We want somebody whatT stir things up
and make 'em lively. We want new party SIT; that's
what we And we shall set it, too. Therell be
usslc this time. but guess Wei come ahead
at last several others said they would Ike change Of
administration. Just 10 ste what 10 would do Tor
but they didn't appear 10 have ans great hopes OF
ing "a Democratic President elected next year"
have DS Ss Pa'f feeling run very h' III the districts you
I'm West Virginia there + little political feeling,
but after you get into North Caroina things are di
There Is gentleman N Highlands who = doing
every thing to buid up the town, bit whenever he tries
tO get afOid through some portion O the county, TO
do thing FOR which he needs the cooperation ~ the
other Tosidonts, lac always meets with opposition lie
told me- ts himself, and added The Republicans have
be very quiet here. lf were To try o. exert iuf
ence politics should he fixed entirely There is no
doubt ~ my mind, from Lat ard tnai Il puDlcaus
have rough time Of H. aud that ary have to keep -
lent altogether IN reference 10 politics.
Did you hear Of any cases where Republicans were
intefcred with e.
thing TOR man To say TWO men were shot CA that blu
Nortncrncr dropped Their, because lac IN - Il the ticket
aud 50 on Many oI the cases have not been published
Can you name one two of those placcsr
/ could name the places and the persons In some
TRIEUSE read down there and IL would lead 10 |
trouble several Republicans mentioned TO me that they
Thought o eaNlnS thc south nor because .itli business
not prosperous but because OF the con '"mPtuOus
treatment they received irom SOuIhernrTs Ono man al
McbstcFw 10 LAS saw ill ana a. hch WOih ~ lac can
manage says hc shall leave this year n cons, qucucc OF
that represented Ncw-YorS paper, some OF the Dem
ocrat, were very k,nd TO me- Il Was common Tor them
North, and Mast aud THE ImBUNE Will give Us IL /
when ne lsis back Ina regard 10 the Mahalia MURDER
OF which Gu nId Long account. "A lrhuins Democrat
ms manner: Now gentleman here j. M Graham,
from the North, write tins thing up for us. You
fh. man WA. Shot pr..u.r he, wa. Republican, II Nas
nothing of the sort; simply little scrmlagc about /
property Ihc man did have some iutucucc with
the negroes n one time I'll the he shot |
had Influence far lie Republican rarity Was
concerned AMI % Is absurd 10 me- shot Tor that
had not troubled my mead about the affair. but rs
being sd upon me ia ms manner td me 60 maze
few inquiries and from Ia statements of the Democrats
themselves, feel convinced that the man was shot 10
got ann hrtdu-, lac had influence
Dld NOu near 81 any other >hputiug ui TINS kludI
harley Gla-s. my guide. tOd me OF several eases.
not recent. but happening within the last Two brr, ol
some "i thcu made inquiries about, aud Utnrrs
uIJ moi GI>s is thorough Republican, and his word
j. thorough 10 Ice frhed UPON bnI II y"a ash lac Tor
names oT iocatou- must decline 90 give Them, as
know IL VIII only occasion iurthcr trouble
CONNICIs CHASED IN BLOODHOUNIS.
There IL one case or brutality tiIt heard o. which