The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-08-19
DANvILLE.

Branch of the Susquehanna, ABOUT Two miles
from its confluence with the West Branch. It
is pleasantly situated on high bluff, and is
entirely surrounded by mountains of very
respectable proportions. Like most other
towns in this section of the State, Danville
has almost an exclusive interest in
certain line of business. Here
some of the largest and certainly the best
arranged iron works in the State may be
found. Hence, when the iron business is
moving everything else keeps pace with it.
Just now, considering the season, a fair busi-
ness is being done. The population of the
place is about eleven thousand souls and
number of fine improvements are inprogress.
Among these may be noticed the new State
Lunatic Asylum, an edifice which when
finished will be one of the largest buildings
| in the State. It's extreme front is eleven
hundred and fourteen feet. When finished
it will accommodate nearly five thousand peo-
pie. The people of the place of gene
rous, social disposition, and this, added to the
fine hotels, makes the town most agreeable
stopping place.
On the opposite side of the river, and con-
nected with Danville by fine bridge, is the in
fant town of South Danvile, village which
has sprung up within the past two years. and
which promises great things in the future,
through the instrumentality of the S. p. Case,
or Sunbury, Danville, and Hazleton Railroad.
This railroad traverses the right bank of the
river, and when entirely finished will be- one
of the greatest arteries of the Ha-
zleton coal fields. The building of
the road is due almost entirely to
the efforts of Mr.. s. p. Case, of Danville,
who has devoted almost lifetime to its
construction. The road is in most excellent
condition, and although not yet finished has
most elegant cars and does fine business.
It's successful completion is one more evil
dence of what perseverance and zeal are
worth By this route we reach, on the Sus-
quehanna,
sUNBURY.
Beautifully situated, about two miles below
where the two branches meet and form the
main river, is the town of Sunbury. 1t is
one of the railroad centres of the State, and
has no less than five different lines passing
through or near it's precincts. 1t is the
northern terminus of the Northern Central
Railway, and the southern or eastern termi-
nus of the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad
It's population at this time is about five thou
sand souls, but the spirit of improvement
appears to have broken out among its inhabi-
tants, and the day is probably not
far distant when Sunbury will be
q successful rival among the inland towns of
the State. Sunbury, like Danville, has its
exclusive interests. Here it is railroads and
coal. Everything depends upon the condition
and facilities of the railroads, or the coal
fields. The men talk of these interests in
the bar-rooms, the women talk of them in the
parlor, the children lisp them in the street,
but withal there is a good business done in
other lines of trade, providing always that
the railroads and coal mines are all right.
The same troubles experienced in the coal
regions lower down are experienced here
The miners rule supreme, and if only half
l hear of their misdoings be true, they should
be exterminated. They rule with an iron
hand, and set both divine and civil laws aside
whenever it suits their convenience. Nor
does your correspondent see how this condi-
tion of affairs can be remedied so long as the
Democratic party, as party, protect these
lawless people in the course they are now
and have been pursuing for the past five or
six years. l am re minded of case which
occurred here few days since, which is fair
sample of how some things are done and
others not done. In some way or another a
colored man and miner got into quarrel,
and the result was that the African had
too much muscle for the Hibernian,
and knocked the Irishman down. A
few hours afterwards the Irishman
visited the hotel where the colored man was
at work, and deliberately shot him down
through the window. The assassin was ar
rested and taken before an alderman, but
through ignorance was permitted to depart.
He was no sooner free than he boasted to his
companions of having done the deed, and
this, in connection with other facts, induced
his second arrest, and his ultimate trial before
court. Men swore that they saw him do the
deed, but the defense produced a number of
men from among the mans companions who
swore that they were standing by his side at
the time the shot was fred, and that he did
not fire it; and the assassin was acquitted.
This is simply an expose of how swearing on
the Bible is reduced to a science in the coal
regions.
little log hut at the lower end of the
town, near the Lutheran church, was pointed
out to me as the birthplace of the Hon.
Simon Cameron. The whole concern is not
larger than medium-sized stable. Numbers
| of stories are told about the boyhood days OF
, the old General, but as most of them are OF
little interest to the general reader, l pass
, them by. One incident in connection witt