Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-01-07

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BDTnE Town OF surroS.-The town
of Sutton, in Braxton county, has recently
obtained some notOriety in consequence Of
the recent skirmish there, and Its destruc-
ton by the rebels. Our readers would
doubtless be pleased to know what sort Of
"a placeit was. Hear "W. D. b. of the
Cincinnati Commercial, who wrote letter
home from Sutton whilst following the
army of Geu. Rosecrans:
We are ut the most forbidding village in
Western Virginia. We arrived at o'clock
yesterday morning, and as we rambled
through the wretched town, which is strung
ont under the bluffs along both sides of the
road, general expression of disgust was
irFepressible. It resembled the deIectable
village of Stop.town, and the Odors of the
place were not much more refrcshing,-
How in tue name of desecrated nature could
people making some professions Of civ.
iliZHtion, manage to degrade site of such
striking natural beauty bY such abominable
artificial defOrmities? If we could see
nothing but the mountains, the crags, the
sweet little valley, where the town tssquats
like toad, ugly and venemOus, !" the beau
1900 AaSNA shhA S4G ANN5 SAGuuoEY graceful
wire suspension bridge spanning it, the
landscape would be enchanting. When
you stand in the road and look up through
town, you feel nasty
On this side, where Sutton squ1ts, the
mountains plunge sheerly down in mural
masses some 200 feet of almost peFpeniic-
ular distance, frowning upon the little val.
ley below like the solemn walls of u gloomy
fortress. The spurs on the opposite side
Rre bsld and more LOFTY, bnt less abrupt,
and are cut into cOniCAl sections by the
beds OF rtVulets, which race down the de-
CliVittes in raging torrents when JupiteF
PlnviOus asserts his dominion. Just now,
the charming aspect OF Nature is greatly
enhanced by picturesque developments Of
white tents spreading out their ample folds
upon the grassy surface, and the war fea-
lures impart to it dignity and spirit. Sut.
ton, you know, is the SHIRE town of Brax-
ton. Its hOmcly Court House is now n
military hospital, and its contemptible jail
a fitting receptacle for miSchievous rebels.
There is tavern or two in town, and four
or five comfortable frame houses, but the
ensemble is that Of desolRtion and distress
There is, therefore, no occasion for re-
greet Mt the burning of such n dctestable
place.
In connections yith tie Sutton business
we have the following letter from Mr.. Roll
Tyson the member of the Legislature from
BraxtOn county:
WHEELING, Jan. Z, 1862.
EditOrs Inielligeneer /:
have just received news from Sutton,
BraGtOn county, in regard to the despern-
does who visited that place few DAYS ago,
From the best information that l can get
the town is destroyed with the exception of
two houses. :.
The Union peopls will not suffer much
by this outrage as there was but one Union
house in the place.
The wire bridge across Elk river was not
interrupted, nor the Union citizens dis.
turbed. So says the telegraph operator at
Sutton. W. u. RoLLysoy.
MARRIAGE LICESsEs.-There were
leo marriage licenses issued from the
County Clerks Office during the year end
ing on the 3lst ult, as follows:
January
FeornRFy
10
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OecempeF
During the Same period 142 returns OF
marriages sOlemnized were fled, leaving le
unaceounted for.
OF these l42 returns, in 1O1 cases neith-
er party were evermarrted before.
In . cases both parties were widowed.
In 8 cases widows married men who had
never been married before.
In "a cases widowers married women
who had never before been married
But one case of man under. 81 being
married is reported. while 4s girls under
that age were reported, as follows:
Aged Observation-Disclosures. i
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. . . Is
The youngest pair reported is a boy. of q
marrying girl OF le.
The oldestpair was man Of &C marry.
ing woman of 80, both parties being wild.
owed. Tho next oldest was wtdoWer q
Gh marrying a spinster of 20.
The Oldest woman reported as married
was Onsof TIA widow marrying a wild,
over.