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Show 1 to A,.rAD ELEPHANT AT LAR 1 but , A . . ,r . , ; nto freaks; 6e VAir AMtitrnan's hanhib, the. EXCITINQ SCKSJiS'AND ISCIDEK'Xi too ., : , , r. that As exciting sceno wa3. witnessc icers Williamsburg, $f. Y., about 10 oc ,9s on Friday mprriing,, Vnn Amhur ; but Menagerie, stationed on South 1 ove- street, between Sixth and" Set cm'- streets, was the localo of. tho. o . rcrico. , While a- la'dr as ttnloa tthat sawdust from a. wagon' within' the hibition . tent, Old Hannibal, iho nber :phant, broke out into one. oE h'U,. -that nodical fits " of fury;'::fand,Vriak5nj ut?SV wards tho Jborso, aimed" a blow ,t srma ,wit his trunk' . 'Missing the am 2i tlip bbw'.fclljupp ; 3 ,'T; but'xtith greatly "diminished f orpq muStaye'bccn.killedinstantly. A "- lieattackcd;tho hbrseand thp.f right GY. ahinial, ;at ter,a.. fievcreiugjjf rem 5 ele'phant?s'Urunki , darted, off, das thp vchTclb' iigainstf.the ;cqhter pdited, disengaging himself.a'f the samp " arid iuiinihg. into the. street., ' Hsini 6r a dclibcratelv torehe'wagon to :pi ,,has flinging the wheels about like, jffort .Tho-cages. containing tlio, Ivild b rosi- 'next engaged his atten,ti6ti;-:and- thc Hhe reckless, way Jn, which -.ho ,tt stifir; JoVer .'ahd.'smpshed.up the hdbttatib hey: jtlie bears, hyenas, wolves,;zchra3i En- otlier- wildi anifnalsiit was prpl the (that the whole managcrio would apmp !bp let loose in the street. lq to , The circumstances of the affair NIany -pear to be as follows; The anim make .'notorious for its periodical fits of perr during yhich i.ia;quitp nnmatoagc thenr 'and cpminits mq'sKviolent'attacks kind-; icveryiMng;!ancycrybo Evtho. ita wayV Tha imtnedito causo e racter' outbreak oh-: Friday, appears "fd bdrby; b'cen'audden dislikp which lie to ar or the horsdV and it was ag.inst'tha( M bo inal 'that ,hls first attack was' dir. " Taking 'advantage '.tho :'abscn o the lnss:keeper; bp rushed, at it, ani re re-"deavpred stq 8tnke;it vith.'his. lrnal Thp bbrse XwcrVod .suddenly, ani r cry bl'6v, "although with greatly dfmii) raply 'f pree, fell upon tho" boyrs.neck, inj t for him; severely. Thohprso, in its f dead darted off, and, striking the v ;cs a. against thp center pole of the Hows' broke the harness, and escaped U sym- street. Becoming more and more dead cited with r'agc, he then next turnc iing, zobra bago upside down, and, tafci up w,itli his trunk and tusks, tpss own, put from beneath the canvas as a inual would an apple. By this, time nati- attachce Of the managcrio had oundtgood his escape, oxcept tho kcopi from 1 tlio raving beast, who was. absent 1 once; timo. The cago containing thp 1 : rc- j in one compartment and several v vquld, in another, was thp next point of ai bera- This ho, tore to p?ece3, and seal olec- them about tho promises, lottinj re3i-,l tho amiable inhabitants, who ran raises, with .the utmost terror, 3 im- Tho monster then wont from rown ' cago to another, upsetting them in and smashing a them in pieces. iough keeper ma(lc ,hls appearanco aboi actcr timefand attempted to putin pr , pity his" usual devices to gain the asqe jainst cy over the elephant, but his ij &cjworc utterly unavailing. liar " bast savagely sallied, forth into tho , and trumpeting defiance, and dra lither after him the chain with which b at, or usually fastened. Tho keeper thq lowed him down tho Btrcet intpai trial space, not far distant frqm them mces. crie grounds, and,with the aid of ! i and two others, succeeded in gottinj jsary, into an excavation mado for a nadc, Ho managed to chase back his 1 im- suers, however, and was again fo belief into a stono yard near by, wht inter-! was a second time impedcdUn his gross. Ho was kopt hero unt f jusr long pikeg and hooks of Young 1 ca on'ca Hook and. Ladder Company rango, brought upon tho ground; and ir south by tho increasing crowd to be ui 1 mis- suppressing the crazed insurrccl may 'Thus, attaqked from oil dircctic 3 and'waa hooked and piked, in so own place3 that ho- found it inconvi ture. and nearly impossible to move, vi his ears, trunk, sides, back and liml may held with hooks ilia attention then! diverted until his keener. -, venture up behind him and thr . , Tins was done-with . sucli eel fliat tho ropb was passed found round again, ami secured before boast became aware of what was 1 rt done, ho was; captured.' lock 'no c0 had by this ti tnp incn "ha to. thousands, .and' had old Han Fifth' fcfifoiicd an escape frora.ihq heoks 'enth pikesi it is' prqbablo that, a largo. :cur- Per of tho spectators would have ding cir vcs 'Xhoy werpurgcd bj ' cx ehqwmen to keep but of? .the - way do- a tat wa3 sald'or dqnqcouldcq jjcrj. induce thert to do othfirwise than, i, fofwaXd tosccwhat aaCgoin'g'on 'him " ' Bu,tHanhibn!;;waSvHOt totally mal, qetcl after all.. A stone eight, boy- long and ;;tw,0;. feet Eiuaret, h: orjJo bconlehainod tojbis legs,, and tho gai'n poles'laid by,; List Majcsy; cmb ened an noxp(H!iqd opportunity tb cpr the war. 'He. pu0hox spearmen to-ilijng to-ilijng : an! chasca.tlicniabut thcstonq. p0i!draggihg tho ' imnicnser.building . , tjmc after Jiim a if.lt ivcre, a. stick:.. ulbal crowd scattered precipitafoly.- cccs ;some. daring the "spearmen a'gaii toysl umphednnd.thp'olophanf'w.as this easts' wore semcly.,deaiU with., His legi ftbm again fastened with a heavy-chait irned lie wad tumbled qVcr. and 'speared ns of stabbed, tvlthilitchf brksj the lristrm ' and entering . to tbe'depth of three, of Eiable inches,atevery-tirust, blood flowii soori' streams. Ho endurqd the, tor ture. out flinching fori somp time, bu ' ap- copious blood-letting "at" length re ai is rage, and .ho succumbed, inal; f nry peculiar noise kriown to all Ikccpe able anwals by the term of "begg unon When thia'Stngq pE .httinUiatio iiesltt tbcti" I?rqdttcai1t.l3 always: cqna ' liis BIlfblto release a- ferpcioua; boast-, liaVc "Hannibal vaa" then driveri X ok1 to conquered hcrPi ;'td the show-'g r ani-' ,w'hero 'hewas securely "faster ectcif. weans oThcayy chains. co' o'f - 'Plus; elopliant was - broug 3 America, in tho..ycar48-l;4, byrM: trunks Almburghand is one .of tlio Jnrj .j'. tha .s epccies, iliajliiglit.'is ' 18 uished tochps; Mfc is claimed to bo phi iuring wrger ta 'any pt?r tfojfl180' friirht brought to this country. Bayart , lot testifies that lie is consid tent largcr'than tho majority of th ;o the Plants which ho. had met with !e gj.. m Asia, or Africa. "When Ha edthq wiis imported, in 184,4, it was tl jn jt that ho wa3 already old, but .1; sod it een SrownS ever since, tho sh( x man 'iavo couqluuoil that ho is still eyery l)aturll term of lifq of the made being from 800 to 450 cars. l0r 0f This animal's reputation was at tho erV almost unparalleled for v hyena ncss,but during the last fivo ye: solves ftpparcntly reformed, and 1 ittack. 'bcilpiin character, Befqre tha ittered ho had 'Wpeatcdly broken loos out had killed, on different occasii away many as flovon persons. The li pipit of the kind, which Hannib 0 ono uerlook prcyioua to the prcscn turn was in 1853, when ho sprung op His door pthis cage; and, after-affe utthis pretty general. demolition' of tho ractice PanJ'8 ?,afie.8 and transpqrtatioi jnden- ?a- tai away nine miles it efforts country before ho was captured, nnibal !ae damage sustained by Vai street urfiu & Co,; by tlio wagons aht gging 8Poiled yesterday, amounts to t a was sidcrablosum. The wild animal |