The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-02-08

oHo SASy ena1 Can De rented at an
price. There is not less than 10
large tents in the suburbs in wbicI
people are living.
The people here are very san
guine of the future of the CITY AM
it is confidently believed that in
or B years the population will
reach 10,000ior Is, 900. Nous veryons
The Federal court sits here, hold.
ing four terms a year and almos
continuously in session. There ars
about 70 persons indicted in iai
here now, and an equal or greater
number on bond. These are mostly
Indians and white men committing
crime in the territory. The Fed
eral court has Jurisdiction of the
entire Indian Territory of all
crimes committed there, where two
white men are party or a white
man and an Indian, or vice versa.
The marshall told me yesterday he
had. two deputies now out, one of
them over 400 miles in the nation
and the other about $50 miles from
here. 1t is an interesting sight to
see the native wild Indian shere
wrapped in his blanket with his
long black hair, buckskin leggings
and moccasins. In many cases
they do not speak the English
language at all and an interpreter
is required. Since / have been
here, I defended in the Federal
court gentleman named Slaughter,
formerly from Tennessee, indicted
for the murder of a Chickasaw In
dian. The trial lasted a week and
created considerable interest, the
chief of the Chickasaw tribe being
a witness for thesgovernment. He
was acquitted.
To many who have spoken of
coming west and to this point, 1
would advise them first to come and
see. / am very certain that there
is not a better country, people, soil
or climate on earth than Giles coun-
ty, and as place to live and die
I would prefer it to any spot on
earth. But it behooves us all, es-
pecially young men, to go where we
can do best, and of this each man
must judge for himself. The very
fact that Fort Smith surrounded by
an immense area of fine country
new and comparatively undevel-
oped-300 miles from Memphis
and over 400 from st. Louis rem
ders it certain to my mind that
this will become q great wholesale
distributing point and large city.
By actual experiment goods can be
sold as cheap here at wholesale as
at either Of the points named, and
the conclusion reached seems in
evitable.
Mrs. Bonneville, the wife of
Capt. Bonneville upon whose adven-
lures Washington Irving wrote an.
entire volume, lives out mile
from the city. She was German
girl and married Capt. B. at the age
of sixteen. She is quite an elegant
lady and lives in fine style in ba-
ronial. elegant residence built be-
fore the war. Her house is fur
nished deliberately with plate mir
rors set in the walls, and It's said
here that she entertains with an ell
egance and grace seldom equalled.
/ wrote you short time since of
DEATH OF JUDGE LOGAN.
The death Of Judge Logan. Yester-
lay / was at Van Buren, and talked
with his estimable friend and ply
sician DIR. Rowland. He died
about daylight Jan'y LIST and the
doctor ascribes his death to effects
produced by continuous study and
smoking. He has been
boarding with widow lady
and her daughter, whose father was
named Logan and a relative Of the
deceased. On the morning of
Jan'y 1st they were aroused by
Judge Logan who when they went
to his bedside said that he felt
\ severe pain and smothering in his
breast. Ina very few minutes his
eyes closed and he was dead. The
pupils of his school then in prog
ress, are raising fund to erect a
marble shaft over his grave, upon
which will be inscribed his last
words, 81 did the best 1 could"
Peace to his ashes.
1t is hard for me to call this
home. That name 1 naturally ap-
ply to old Pulaski. 1 love Giles
and her people. There l
nave spent some of the happiest
hours of my whole life and some of
5he saddest, and wherever may be
lpon the face of this earth there is
lie between my old home and my
self stronger than hooks of steel and
which time can never efface. For all
The real estate / own on this Garth
s the little spot'in your cemetery
where sleep my children and where
when the time comes 1 hope to find
ny. last resting place.
Yours Truly.
II