The Morning herald., 1875-10-27
Lons Lost Brothers.
RESTORED AFTER MANY YEARs-A RO-
NANCE IN REAL LIFE.

RESTORED AFTER MANY YEARS-A RO'
NANCE IN REAL LIFE.
Anevening paper Of this city, says the
Cincinnati Commercial, publishes a ro
mantle story Of the loss Of little child Al
the capture and pillage Of Corinth, Miss.
by the Union forces in the late war, and O
his restoration to his family after thirteer
years had passed and the little boy had
grown to be . man. In the flight Of tht
inhabitants from the burning town mos
Of the people hurried down the railroad
track, leading from the Southern part .
the place, and took refuge in the woods ane
fields along the route. Sson the streets
were deserted by all except this little boy
who became separated from his friends
and stricken with terror ran thither anc
thither in his bewilderment, and at last hic
himself in freight car which had escaped
the general coneagration. Among tn.
Union soldiers who soon poured into the
city was captain (afterward General) Hick'
enlooper, Of the Fifth Ohio Battery, who
discovered the boy and took him back tc
camp, where, by his youthful intelligence,
he became great favorite. TIE boy
stated that his name was Frank Foster
and that his father and brother were in the
rebel army, his brother being an aid to
General Beauregard; but as all search
for them had failed, it was believed
that they were dead. The Gen.
eral, out of pity, adopted the boy, and in
August, 1862, sent him to Cincinnati
when he was taken charge of by the Gen.
erals father and mother. He was sent to
school, and aftervard served an appren,
liceship in the Surveyors Office, under his
patron. the General, becoming at length a
good civil engineer. During all these
twelve or thirteen years he never ceased,
when an opportunity offered, of making
diligent inquiry with regard to his pa
rents and family, but in vain; all he re-
membered was his fathers and mothers
names, and with only this to guide him it
seemed hopeless task.
He wrsts repeatedly to his old home,
but the letters were all returned, no one
having called for tsenl. He inserted from
time to time advertisements in the Mem
phls and other southern papers, but they
brought no response; and, from the day
that he was first taken to the Union camp
nearly fourteen years ago, wrapped in an
old army blouse that reached to his ank.
les. uutil Saturday Of last week, did never
he hear one syllable with regard 10 father,
mother, or friends.
One evening, year or two ago. young
Foster, in company with friends, visited
theatre in this city, and while all were
affected with merriment by the perfor-
nance of particular comedian, Foster
was silent and serious, and being after.
wards asked the cause. answered, THAT
nsn looked SO much like my mother that
t starts me to thinking
Again one night lnt week young Foster
'isited tho same theatre, and to his aston.
shment the same comedian appeared on
he stage. This time it made such an i'm.
preston on Fosters mind that he could not
leep. On Saturday morning Of last week
wo interested friends visited the theatre,
nd found tho comedian alluded to At re.
learsal. Ehey questioned him closely, the |
lanes Of both father and mother CORES
'onded exactly, but he lad no brother |
His only brother, Frank, was lost, he said,
'hen = child, on the battlefield Of Corin,h |
nd all search for him fss thirteen years
'ad proved unavai]ng, and he had finally |
'een given up as dead The history Of the
amily was then relatsd in detail, Lew;
'fter the siege and burning Of the town,
hey had returned to the old town in Dun
lirk, N, Y, finally moving to Cleveland,
vhere they have remained ever since the
athsrs death, the now heart-broksn, old
mother; the struggles Of the only surviving /
on to earn /. living ies his mother and sig
err, and his final debst and success on the
tage; the u.avsiling search for the lost
'rsther: tho advertisements in papers in
astern and southsrn cities; the Journeys,
many Of them on foot TO distant places, Of
he distracted mother; still searching for
'er lost child. /
The brothers, as soon as they were satis-
led between themselves that they were