The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1867-04-18

box elders, red cedars, wild peach. mul,
berries, DC, with occasional valuable
cane. brakes one beautiful, group of
magnolias and hollies, no pines. The
Mustang grape vine grows in vast quah,
titles, festoonipg the live oak. &c., in the
most beautiful snd graceful manner,
aud-bearing heavy and regular crops Of
grapes, from which good red wine is
made. - - ~
OF rivers. there are none within the
County. The. Brazos is: the boundry
on tue east. the;Yegus on the north. -
The valley Of the bottoms, affords Yast
range for cattle and hogs, and some
good lands for cultivation. New Years,
Wolf, Mill, and many other creeks or
smalI streams, have their sources in and
traverse portions Of the County. A
railroad, soon to be extended between
sixty aud one hundred miles further to
Austin, taps he Texas Central Railroad
at Hampstead. Brennan is the pres
eut terminus. This Road is of great
value TO Washington Couaty, and TO all
The country north and west. ..
The pasturage is unsurpassed by any
part Of the State, when the lands are
enclosed, which is easily done BY hedg
ing, and for which Usage orange, and
various roses. &C., have been used, but
the best and surest is the white mi.
crophylla rose, known "a Maria Leonida.
Stock of all kinds thiives we'll bot the
County, until each, farm is enclosed, is
overstocked. The best building material
10 much Of the County is sandstone,
but very scarce little or no gravelly
pebbles or rocks in The County. Good
bricks are made. Houses are chiefly
framed Of cedar and of pine, brought
rom the pineries Of Grimes and Mont>
gomery counties, distant thirty or forty
miles excellent houses of bewed logs
are common. The cheapness Of living
depends entirely upon, ones self. A
kind and bounteors Providence gives
food Of all kinds in abundance: The
fruits are somewhat limited. Butter,
milk, cheese, poultry. and eggs, wine.
game, dc, are abundant; and their
preparation and cooking depend upon
individual efforts. Game, such as deer,
turkeys, grouse, geese, brants, quails. the
great prairie hare, DC, are abundant.
The most serious difficulty is. that the
means Of living are too abundant and
too easily procured. Hogs are raised
in great numbers, and cheaply, and ,ba.
con cured easily with reasonable care.
Our population is fast increasing; can.
not say at what rate but the result will
be to make this beautiful County a
white. mans country.
Life and property are secure, as much
so as in any part Of South Carolina or
in the United States. II is very com.
mon thing 10 sec in this County, cotton
gins. corn cribs and smoke houses with.
out locks upon them.
Out side of Galveston and Houston
cities, coin is used altogether As curren.
cy mo greenbacks used in :his section {;
no credit system in this country what.
ever. Gold and silver are as plentiful
in Texas, and more so, than any other
country that-I ever saw in my life
The negroes, as a general thing, have
more money here, than the white peo
pie in South Carolina.
The very driest years here, a plenty il
always made TO live upon, and when i, is
a seasonable year, there are thousands
upon thousands wasted and thrown
away. never saw such country;
had no conception Of what kind Of coun.
try it WAS until lcame here. All new
comers have just as many milk cows to
milk rs they wish, and at no expense
whatever, ouly to drive them up and
milk them and when you wish to turn
them loose. with their calves, you must
mark the calves in the same maik as
that of the cow. This is all the owner
OF the cattle requires Of you. By this
course Of procedure, it is a great ad.
vantage, both TO the cattle and The own.
er. The caille always keep fat, the
range is so great. You can get now, at
this time, as nice fat beef in The market
IN BRENNAN as you ever saw, at from
lbres to four cents per pound pork at
i've TO six cents'per pound bacon at
eight TO ten cents, &c. - ~
Permit me to give you tho Excmp>
tionsAct Of the State Of Texas. Ch6p,
ter l3e, known as the Exemption Act,
exempts from forced sale two hundred
acres Of land. including the homestead,
notin town or city ;or lots in any tc wn
or city, not 10 exceed two thousand dol.
iars in value at e,ime Of design alton
as the homestead. and the same sill
exempted, notwithstanding any future
increase in value household furniture
not exceeding five hundred dollars in val
We; al;implemen,s Of busbandry, all tools;
apparatus, and books, belonging TO any
trade or profession, FIVE milk cows, two