New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-01-10
a Shocking Aaair.

The Miners Journal, published IN Pottsviile, Pa,
relates the following story Of the suierings Of a
family canght upon the mountains in a snow storm
during tile recent cold weather:
On Saturday afternoon last, during the preya-
lcnce OF q severe storm, d young man who Ind
been sent from st. Clair to Hazleton with team,
for the purpose Of removing the family of Mr.
Valentine Frantz to the former place, found it ne
cessary to unhitch bis horses and leave the wagon
which contained the family d mountain, to GO
home and have his horses shoes sharpened The
persons composing the family left in that danger
Gus position were Mrs. Frantz, five small chill
dren, an elder daughter and her husband. After
the driver had been absent sene time, the family
left the wagon for the purpose, If possible, Of
reaching their home but the rain falling fast, and
freezing as rapidly DIS it fell, impeded their pro-
gress. Mrs. Frantz sank to the ground a dozen
times, III distance of between one and two miles,
yet she clung to and protected her babe, with the
Terror which characterizes mothers love. At
last Mrs. Frantz, overcome BY cold and fatigue,
could proceed no further The young man placed
her and four Of her children on the ground, In as
sheltered position as he could find, picked up the
remaining child, boy, in his arms, and with his
wife proceeded home ~ rapidly as possible.
After reaching home, he informed his friends of
the occurrence, and they started in search Of the
unfortunate sufferers. When discovered, Mrs
Frantz and Che children were insensible. The
mother was lying on her back, with her babe
pressed tightly to her bosom, while her clothing
was frozen to the ground. One of the children,
little giri while attempting evidently To crawl up
the hill. had slipped her clothing was stripped
from her person, and she was found exposed and
frozen to the ground. The children were taken to
q place of shelter; but Mrs. Frantz was not re-
moved until wagon had been procured. The
first enquiry from her lips when restored to CON
seriousness was for her children. The boy first
taken home has died. It is Thought that Mrs |
Frantz will recover. The babe is well. There is,
however. some doubt al To the recovery off the
other children What the little family suffered /
in the long hours Of that Saturday afternoon and
night exposed to the peltngs of a pitiless storm,
and to the chilling atmosphere of winter day, on I
\ bleak mountain, with the nearest house miles /
way and their friends ignorant Of their condition;
what thai mother must have suffered mentally in
ler anxiety for her poor children, our readers can I
imagine. We will not attempt description.
z z fET Us ALoEE. The sound sentiment of the |
South seems to be embodied IN the following from
The Petersburg tya., Intelligencer
g Let Us .4ioue. Such, says q contemporary, is
the simple, brief, emphatic demand Of the South |
e is all that is required of the North. 1t Is mod
srate appeal to common sense and Justice. II I
here Is sufficient strength in the conservative feel
ng in the North, that demand can be complied with
willingly and cheerfnlly. If there is not--there |
nay pc uttered the equally simple, brief and EN-
lone, BY having nothing to do with you.', Let the
North be satisfied that in the South there is no di-
Vision OF sentiment. Here we are unanimous I
fhe division and quarrel must be north Of the Pc
.omae. We rejoice to see that We have strong
friends there, who are not afraid to stand up for
the right.
Let us alones means no John Brown and his
pixies, no underground railroad operations, no in
cendiary documents to infame the passions of
slaves; smind your own business, and we will
mind ours p not this q fair demand?