Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-03-02

Waller, at the head Of q party OF
whites and friendly Indians, rescued
these ladies' and goods. after q lively
skirmish In which q fewof the Com
anches wsre killed. On this occasion,
his friendly Indians-he assures me-
cut steaks iromfhe thighs of the dead
Comanches-styling them "Comanche
beef;0 and, after brOiling them nicely
on the Goals, devouEed them with
great gusto. As q special delicacyS
they offered him
A HOT INDIAN HAND
tried to a nicely and very savory.
This manuscript contains many
more matters Of interest, but my
time as well as my space viii allow
ma TO notice no more.
TO IMMIGRANTS.
Persons particularly interested in
Texas / would advise to procure the
Texas Almanac, published under the
auspices Of the Galveston News, and
to take the Houston Telegraph, so
ably edited by General Webb and my
old friend, DR.. A. A. Mcbride.
Texas offers great diversity Of soH
and climate, as well as much mineral
! wealth. The east presents hills,
springs and running streams; Is gem
| orally healthy, but comparatively poor.
The north Is comparatively q wheat
cOuntry-medlOcre as regards cotton
and health. The west is healthy and,
par excellence, a stock country, al
though stock do well in all parts Of
the State. The South can boast the I'm
est sugar and cotton lands l have ever
seen, surprising even the Mississip.
| ST, Arkansas and Red river bottoms.
The soil of some of the rivers, as the
| Brazos, is inexhaustIble, having an
average depth Of from twenty-five to
fifty feet Of pure alIuviai deposit.
| But, In health, It pays the price OF all
rich lands In Southern latitudes-k
intensely malarial. On this account,
white men cannot work these lands
to advantage; the negro, in q state o.
freedom, Of course, will not; SO the
only hope is in steam and machinery,
which the a~attering inducements
held out will no doubt soon attract.
MECHANICS.
Mechanics and plain wOrkingmen-
I mean men who have the health,
muscle and. will to work at anything
do best here, as indeed In most Other
places. The towns are crowded with
clerks, professional men and those In
search OF easy places, and the most Of
them get on badly.
LAwYERs.
Some of the lawyers are getting rich
by speculation In lands, and taking
contingent land fees. A few are sue.
ceediDg, by energy, honesty and nat
ural ability. Among the latter, ]
might mention, In Galveston, my old
friend, Major Frank NJ. Spencer, late
of Ector's brigade; and, in Houston,
Colonel John Manly, known here as
the AdOnis of the Texas bar. Colonel
Manly is brother-in-lsW Of Colonel
Duncan K. McRse, of Memphis, both
of distinguished North Carolina fami-
lies. By the way, 1 notice a striking
personal resemblance between Colonel
Manly and one Of our rising Memphis
lawyers; I mean Colonel Frank d.
Stockton (of Haynes & Stockton);
and I sm happy to say that the re-
semblance Is not confined to mere
personal appearance; for Stockton
has brains sufficient, were that the
only requisite, to place him upon the
supreme bench Of the land.
DoCToRs-
In a sickly country doctors would
be expected to do well: In the main
they do, and better in the country
than in the towns. But, like the
Irishman in reference to hanging,
people, in some sort, get used to fever
and ague, and manage to do without
the doctor; besides, the leases OF
health are often too short to allow
time to work in order to pay him.
Among the doctors Of Houston, my
old army comrade, DR.. d. F. Stewart,
surgeon of Granberry's brigade, Army
Of the West, is doing a select and
highly lucrative practice. My friend,
DR.. Burroughs, Is also doing well. In
the country, my friends Drs. Robert
L. Harris and James n. Gibson have
large and laborious practices. To the
accomplished ladies Of the family OF
the first, / here make acknowledge
ments for kind hospitality. To the
latter-hGying no ladies in his estaO-
Gshment--I must make similar ac-
acknowledgements, H propri0 persona:
as also for the use OF Spanish ponies
quite Indispensable, when you get
into Texas proper. In this connec-
ton, I must mention kind attention
from the families Of W. w. Bains and
Jos. B. Nesbitt, Esquires; also those
Of MS. Thomas Blakely, whose hospi-
table mansion affords sufficient room
and variety Of entertainment to re-
lieve even the tedium OF blockade
from q Texas norther.
To my many Texas friends, with
whom I have been so Intimately as.
ISOLATED since the days Of boyhoOd, I
must now say goodbye. A. A. L.