The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1849-12-12

connected with tic circus, and expected
TO find him, sooner or latter, in some cir
Gus company. With this opinion pre-
dominant, he has made several Journeys
10 different parts of the country, but al
ways without success.
Hope deferred, had well nigh made the
heart sick, when his attention was called
to a paragraph in Syracuse paper, rel
alive to little boy who was found by
Justice House, Of that city, covered with
mud and blood, endeavoring to shelter
himself from the rain in dry goods box.
The boy, the paragraph stated, gave his
name as James Burt. and appeared to be
6 or, years of age.
This correspondent with the name and
age of Mr.. BIS. lost child; but he had
been so often deceived, that he tele-
graphed to the Justice, making certain
inquiries. The reply was not satisfac-
tory, as the boy insisted'that he had come
from England three years previously
But fuller description, in answer to
letter, particularly the statement tina.
the boy had dark brown mark under
lass left ear--so fully confirmed Mr.. BIS.
hopes, that he went to Syracuse last Sat
uraay night. On Sunday morning, he
proceeded tothe Orphan Asylum, where
the boy had been placed, and, without
having any description OF the little fellow,
instantly picked him out OF a company OF
fifty, all dressed alike. Although the
boy did not recognize him, parents can
conceive of the satisfaction which the
fqiher felt in thus recovering his lost son,
Of whose identity not particle of doubt
remained.
The history ef the abduction is sub
stantially as follows, as gathered from
the boy himself. He was spoken to by a
woman near the circus as Mr.. B. before
understood. This woman took the child
to house in the city, which he does not
reco.iect. Soon after dark, they went
GA board OF the cars; and after about an
hour, as the boy thought. they got out OF
the cars and took canal boat. Imme-
diately after they got on the boat, he re-
collects that the woman took OFT his apron
first, and then his other clothes, and put
on him a pretty red suit. He then re-
members reaching the woman's house in
Oswego, where he saw little girl, whom
the woman called his twin sister; and he
was told that his mother and father were
dead. He was also made to believe that
he had been brought to Oswego from
England, and new name was given him.
He would, however, sometimes say that
MS name was James Burt, but he was
whipped for this so often and severely,
that he was generally known as Freder-
lex C. He never felt at home with
his abductress, and once or twice ran
away, and absented himself several days.
II was this predisposition to get off,
which intimately resulte in his recovery.
Having heard great deal about the
State Fair, and seen at Oswego, ex-
tensive arrangements made for visiting
it, he determined to go himself; and he
went accordingly. While there, he pick
ed up pennies by running of errands,
watching cattle, &c., and 50 lived on the
crowd, without attracting any particu-
lar attention But after the Fair closed,
lie did not get along so well, and used to
wander about the canal, walking TO the
me- ghboring villages, and returning to
syracuse at night, as his fancy dictated.
Ii was while thus wandering about on
the towpath. during the darkness and
ram, that he fell on stone, badly cut
ting his head and face and rendering him
50 insensible, that he laid out in the rain
during the whole night 1t was not I'M
I'll The day following that he was found
and cared for He is now with his pa
rents-a bright, good looking and happy
little fellow, and will, we trust, remain
to compensate then for. their unutterable
grief which his three years absence has
caused them.
We have the name of the wretch by
whom the boy was enticed from his home;
but Mr. b. does not at present wish 1t
published. She is the wife Of a respecta-
bic man of some property at Oswego,
whc processes to be ignorant of'tfe man
ner IN which the boy was obtained. He
says that she accounted satisfactorily to
him for the possession of the boy, but
refused to give her story, when Mr.. Burt
saw him on Sunday. The case will un-
dergo legal examination, aud it is tob be
hoped that the guilty parties may be visi-
ted with the extreme penalties of the law.