The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-09-13
OUR CAMP SUTTON CORRESPONDENCE.

CAMP AT SprroN, BRAxroN COUNTY, Va,
OK THB MOUNTAINS, Sept. Q, 1851. (
March Over the Mountains 10 Suton-The Countrywide
Pecpte-SWton and lis Fsatayss-Scenoy-Ba Pros
pectsfO F%age-No Ne@s-Fiom the Gauley Line-7se
graphic Farces-The Affairs at Cluksbuyana Worth.
imgon-The McCook Family of .Sotdies-More B,rga,
diers, Dc.
Taking Carksburg for the point departure you follow
Hauey pike in southwesterly direction through the
valleys and over the ridges Of Harrison Lewis and Brax
con countless until you arrive at Sutton You cross the
west fork Of the Monongahela and the Little Kanawha
rivers and the dividing ridges OF mountains between those
two streams with very serious difficulties the road
being generally very good Here you strike the Elk river
beautiful mountain stream, which finds its source in
the spurs of Grcenbrcr in Webster county perhaps y
mikes southeast oil sutton The aspect Of the country
rugged and picturesque and unused the level sur
face Of the North and West would apt 10 regard the
corrugated face Of Western Virginia unsusceptbc to the
Industrial arts Of agriculture but this people have dsoov
cred it's capacities for grazing purposes and have con
verted many Of Its hills into luxuriant meadows and
pleasant pastures. But their industry Is Of the simplest
character, and their farms owe to beniGcent
nature than TO the feeble industry Of their inert proprie
tors The Of Yankees would have civilized the rough
fcatures Of this landscape into beautiful homes long ago.
md under their culture would have been the most pic
tWesque and Of the most houshng sections of the
West. cannot say that Buckeye, Hoosier or Sucker
farmers would have discovered any strong inducements
10 emgrae from their rich bottom and prairie lands but
the New England Immigrant would gladly exchange for
chem his own stubborn soil, with assurance that few
years expenditure Of intellgcntly directed muscle TO-
sether with tho influence Of his little red brok school,
houses and modest chapels would convert these noa
forests into thriving towns and the hills into beautiful
homesteads. This people produce surplus exclusively
In beef cattle They raise only corn, small grains and
potatoes enough for domestic use and hay for their live
stock Harrison is the best county l have tYaversoa
Lewis less desirable for its lands and is not go well
cultivated and Braxton is rude and savage with but
slight display Of the amenities Of human industry
The general Commanding and his STAFF reached su,,or
on wednesday morning, and encamped on tho bluffs
which overhang the Elk the position which ,as ror
fed by Colonel Tyler, Of the Seventh Ohio in JuIv An
around us are the submits Of commanding maintain.
eubdvided into graceful by dark ravnos ,h,o,
radate upwards from the banks of the beau,su, E, ~
ducing striking landscapes in which rude art and rno,
mature are attractivoly combined The tents OF tho ~
whftcn the activities, and bright steel flashes in No
sunlight, improvising most spirited scenic effect,
sutton is not the sweetest deserted village in the world
in fact have been disposed TO regard IL as $50 40
formity in the midst Of much imposing sceperv bn
os original features have been so much ds6cur.d b ,h
conversion Of its street into stable yard and s tene
ments into army storehouses barracks and hosp,ta,s
that presume il Is Just 10 cover IL with mantc NJ
CHARITY and admit that IL might have had sone corr"
ness prior TO the rude ncursions Of vandal rebels and
tncons, dcrae Union soldiers. Small a. the vaev or
rather river bottom H. through which IL sragpes in AZ
rs aonc;lenty spacious TO accommodate Its H.
for the tow headed urchIns of The village 80
feratch bull ring with stick for their juvenile and in
see'us games vi marbles, provided they accept the