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Show BAUNUM AND CHARLIE H0S3. Stanley discovered Liviugstono, Slillaon Rot up tlio Utah war, and the honor is probably reserved (or P. T. Barnura to find Charlie Ross and rpaloro him to hia borcaved parents. It appears that thcjyreat showman has come to tlio rescue in this benevolent enterprise, Mr. Rosa having spent bin euiiro fortuuo in iho pursuit of hia labor of lovo. The story ot Burnum's coming into tlio field of search is thus: Lately tlio i ioa lias loon growing upon Mr. liiirnum tliaL tlio parsons who havo hid iho child in custody, tinco tlio death of iho original abductor1, mint (lad him a burden on thuir hands, which they would ho clad to got rid of Tor monoy if I hoy ctmld ho suro thoy would escape expouiru. Them parliua being only ac-co'sorifB ac-co'sorifB aftor tlio deed, ihuro would bo littlo or no moral harm in frivinj- thm thir safniy for iho rwturn of the chi.d. Accnrdinfly ho icli'gnipho t hU oll'.ir to Mr. Kobr, and r'que Uid that uentleinftti to visit him at Brid;etort, and tho lw mnn met thoro for ttm first tiuio on tho lllh of th's month, .Hr. liarnuui's proposition pro-position ihon wns that no should ofler tho reward nu proposod, and, if iho hoy was secured, souio arraiiKcmonls should bo made for cxhihituig him by which Mr. Jv9s phould linvo a large share of the protitd, a1 d thus, norlinp.i, retoro his ostnto of Su':(),i which ho 11.1s spunt in tho Fii!irch. Air li .--a rondo no answer at that limo, but rcturnud to Piiiladel-pliia Piiiladel-pliia to cniill wth his wife and her brotliori, who aro tpiito wi'althy, and mot Mr. Barnum -tt iho liayues house to accept tio otl'cr, with ibocondition that, it the boy it found, it shall ho discretionary discre-tionary with tho family to reimburse Mr. Barn am or ftrrango for the child's cs-hib cs-hib lion, but in no caso is any other exhibitor ex-hibitor to have tlio priviioe, and th'se toruia wore readily accepted by Mr. Burn una. The family cling to the hope that the child is not dead, and b.ise it largoly on the ascertained fact that he was living at the timo tho abductors worQ killed on Long Island, five mouths alter ho wag stolon, lie passed out of their hands within two dayB after he waa stolen, and tho family fam-ily think if ho was 30 closely kept to that time that no trace of him could be found, it would be as easy to conceal con-ceal him to the present time. In hia investigations, Mr. Rojs has come ncroas the very interesting tact that Mosher, who possessed literary ability, wroto a novel sixteen years before this 1 ftflair, in which the plot turned upon 1 the abduction of a child. He accepts 1 this offer of Mr. Barnum as a last re- sort, only hoping, as will every other good parent, that by this 01 some means he may soon see his boy again. Tho following 18 tho formal announce" nieut of Mr. Baruuni's ofler: , ?10,CtlO BKWABD FOR CHARLEY KCSS. I wiU pay SlO.COO ia eih for tho do-livery do-livery to mo alivo of tlio kidnapped child Charley Kess, or for inform.ilion that will lead to his discovery. I mjjt solemnly and sacredly plolgo my word of honor and my roputnti-.m as an upright up-right t-usines man not to attempt for myself to discover tho idotuity nf tlio persons negotiating with ae in this mat-tor, mat-tor, nr to c nvi'T to any other person any hiula or clews by which any accu-salion, accu-salion, or even suspicion, thill ho directed di-rected against thorn. Tho parents of the child unite with mo in this pledge, and agrow, if their darling child ia by this meani ro-tored to them, to abandon all attempt to punish any person connected with his abouct on or concealment; Unjy fierce never to appear against such p-,r-tio4. and with myseif will uso evory on-deavor on-deavor to shi-ld them from xposure. For the Wit threo years the-y parents are juilend more than death, and no Hint Mysher and Douglass, the real abductor;, ab-ductor;, aro dead, it ) hoped that tho persona who have the chi:u in custody will t willing to accept this reward and imnmuity. 'i'uo reward shull he paid in current money as soon as tiiechiidis ideutitied oy its parents. As an additional addi-tional security to tho persons bringing him, a r as 'liable time shall c'tip-o bu-tw'cnbis bu-tw'cnbis dehvo'-y and tho public an-nouucpnient an-nouucpnient of the fact, that tlio parties deliverrtig him shall havo every ippor-tumty ippor-tumty t avoid discovery. I'. T. f A R X V M, Bridgeport, Conn. 1 snctKn the atoTO arracgemont for uiyslf and wife. CualSTlAN K. Boss. |