New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-10-04
ra,,rs.t,px Di.eovery Of Lost Child.

Tnreo yeaTs ago John Bgrt. a this city lost
his son James D. sseo four years. He vss an in'el
gen. and attractive little fellow. and was last seen 10
The vicinity Of circus 10 the city The only informs
,oo he cosd obtain Of the child Wa nat vnile b. 10
company With One ~ he clmpsnions was Zoo nng
through the enclosure, woman sddfsssed him and 10
vlie5 hfn 70 accompany her into The circus since TIA
tins Mr. Burt has used every conceivable means D. 70
cover his lost He had always beloved him . rave
,sen carried "a BY some one courec,s1 with the circus
sad expected 20 fnd him or later 10 some cir "a
company With isls oyui9n predominant, b. has 10 saf
ssvsrs journeys y deterrent parts q me county D1
sl~sJs without success.
Hope deferred bad well nigh made The heart lick
when his attention was called % paragraph 10 -
paper restive D. little BOY who was iouDQ ~
Justice House Of that city, covered with mud ano
blood erdesv0ring 70 shelter himself from TIE am 20
dry goods box. The boy the paragraph stated gave
hi. nsLne 80 James Burt and appeared 70 % Or .
year. Of age This cores Olded win the name sh1
age of Mr. e losi child bu, be bad been % oien oe
seved that no tel~graphed u the Jusuce MAKING Ger
lain Inquiries. The reply not ssiisisctory. - the
boy insisted that he had come from Englsnd three
vesrs previously But i0lieT description. IN sns"sr
10 leiEr-yarticulariy the statement that the boy
had dark brown mark unccr bic let esr-so fu.y
confirmed Mr. Bs hopes that be went % Syracuse sst
Saturday night On Sunday morning be projected 20
The Orphsn Asylum, where the boz had been piscec'
and without having bny description Of the little fellow,
instantly picked him out from compsuy Of my, al
dressed alike Although lie boy did not recognife lin
parent. csn conceive Of the satisfaction vhicn the u
ner felt In thus recovering BE long lost son, Of whose
n
The history Of the abduction i substantially a. iol
lows gathered from tho boy himself lie was spok
- BY woman, near the circus A. Mr. b. before M
derstood This woman took the child % house 10 me
city which be docs not recO!lect Soon after dark,
they oOsrd Of tie and after about an hour
the boy thought they got out OF the cars and took
rarai boat Immediately After they got Oh ne oOai Dc
recJi.c,s that the woman took of hs apron brat and
,nen biz other clothes and put on him pretty rel
,ut lie then remembers rcscbng the wOmsn's house
ia Oswego where he saw little girl whom Tue woman
called bis twin sister snd he was told ihs bic m jther
and father were dead lie was also made % believe
ths be bad been brought Oswego from Lnglaud and
new name vas given him. lie would, however
sometimes say that MS nsfne was James Burt uli ne
whipped for this often sud severely that he -
generally known A. FREDERICK il. lie never TEX
home with his sbdlctress. and once or twice ran
away, sn1 ebsented himself several days
u was this precipitation 70 got on which ultimately
resulted in bis recovery. Having heard q great deal
about The State Fair and seen Oswego extensive ar
rGnsemcuts made for visiting IL he determined 70 20
himself and be went accordingly While mere he
picked pennies ~ running Of crrands watching cal
tie. &c aud 80 lived in the crowd, without attracting
SOY particular attention. But alter the Fair closed he
DID not -, song well and used 70 wander about the
csns walking 70 the neg hboring villages and returning
70 Syracuse IT night a. he fancy dictated u wa.
while thus wandering about on the to~paih durins the
daI suess add rain that he ZEN on soue badly cutting
hi- hesd aud face sad rendering him 80 nsensble thti
he aid out Ia the rein during the whole night 10 Was
not until the dsy following thai be found aud cared
for lie 10 with his psren,s-s bright good io1S az
sud happy little fellow, and WILL We Trust remain "a
compensate them for the unuuerabie guei which bis
three years s5sence hss caused them. We have TIE
name Of the wretch by whom the boy was enticcd IRON
hi homo but Mr. h does NOT - present ~ish u pup
ishet She 10 The wife 81 aIesicciabie msn % s0nt
property IN Oswcgo who processes % De- isnofsni u
Toe manner Ia when The boy was obtained hs say
that she accounted satisfactorily % him for TIE posses
zion 81 the boy but refused o. give her story when NJ
Burt saw him On sunday. The case will undergo
i-,a examination and 10 Is 10 be hoped that the guilty
parties nsy be visited with the eNtrcnlest penalties OF
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