New-York daily tribune., 1843-05-29
rr,esbnch. the Beast-Tamer.


rriesl,ncn, the Bcast-Tamer.
Mr.. WILLIS, in letter to the National lhlei-
6opoccr. thus pleasantly describes the perform
.,nces of the celebrated Herr Dncsbach and hls
Beasts. now exhibiting in this City
q have spent an afternoon, since l wrote TO
,,on in the animal kingdom of Herr Drlesbach'
Four elephants together were rather an uncom-
.non s;gbt 10 say nothing OF The melo-drama per
1nr,,cd bv the ion.tamer There was another
accidental feature OF interest, too--thc presence
of onc or two hundred deaf and dumb cidioren'
,rbosc gestures and looks Of astonishment qttc
divided my curiosity with the show. opiie OF
abe reu,slyencss of the thought. 1t was lLnPos?l-
3le NOT to reflect how much of the difference DC
.u,ecn ns and some Of the brute snip'aIs lies
rnercly in the gift of speech and how nearly
some human beings, by losing this gllt' would oe
brought to their level. was struck wi.h inc pre-
dominating ANIMAL look IN the faces OF 'he ooys
of the school, though there were some 'eil'a.c
children with countcnanccs OF e very aeiica'e
and intellectual cast.
g ! v,ns AN hour too early for the performances,
and climbed into the big saddle worn " oia'ii'
and made lcisnrelv study of the four elephants
and their keepers and visitors. haa not no''ceu
before that the eyes of these huge animals were SO
10 me. resembed the eyes of Sir Walter Scott, and
athoneht. too, that the forehead wa: not unlike Sir
Walters. And, as if this was not resemblance
enourh. there was d copious issue from bump
between his forehead and his ear! (iFhat might
we not expect If elephants had cat paper ana
drink ink ~ The resemblance ceased with the
aers it is but respectful TO Sir Walter TO say ior
HANNIBAL is dandy and wean the fashionable
raitcr trouser, with difercnce--the galter htted
neatly 10 every toe. The warlike name oi TINS
elephant shonld be given to SIAM, Tor the lat'el
;s the rrcat warrior of the party, and IN rght o
sx hours with Napoleon some three months
since. broke off both his tusks. lie looks iiSe
most determined bruiscr. 'Nirglnins (thc Snow
man told mel killed his keeper and made ms
cscapadc into tho marshes OF CaroDna hoi iots
aro, and. after an absence OF SIX weeks. was sep,
died and brought back by a former keeper, o.
whose discipline he had terrified recoiectloh'
There are certainly different degrees OF amlabhty
an their countenances. | looked III van lof some
OF the wr;nkles of age in the one they SAID
WAS much the oldest unlike us, their skins grow
smoother with time--the enviable rascals no.
ticcd by the way, that though the proboscls OF
each of the Others was as smooth as dressed
leather. TINT of Siam reSenbled, in texture. a
scrubb;nr-brush, or the third day OF stiff beard
Wby he should travel with hair trunk and the
others not, could no! get out of the Snowman
The expense Of training and importing these AMI
mals is enormous, and they are considered worth
:, great deal of money. The four together con-
sume about two hundred weight of hay and SIX
bushels Of oats per dem. Fortunately they do
ahcir own land transportation and carry ,hsir awn
srunks.
at i o'clock Sam knet down, and four o.
Ave men Gf(ei his omnibus of saddle upon his
back. The band thea struck up march, and
he made The circuit of the Immense tent; bot
the effect Of an elephant In motion with only his
seps and trunk visible this body quite covered
with the trappingsl was singniariy dTo!i. 1t
looked like az avenue taking walk preceded by
a huge catsryGiar could not resist laughing
heartily. After enc round Siam stopped and
Anelt again TO ecelvc passengers. Inc wooden
steos were laid against has eyebrow, and thence
she children stepped 10 the top OF his head,
ahouok here and there u scrambier shortened the
step ny pstsng his foo, into the ear OF the patient
animal The saddle was at las; loaded with twelve
s!rls, aad with ,ba fearful responsibility on his
back theelephant rose and made his rounds,kncel-
.ang and renewing his load os innocence every
circuit.
'sThe hon tanner presently appea,s.: and aston
;shcd tie crowd rather more than the elephant. \
,,rnlocnc ssas prnounced setting forth that slave
,r,s 70 bs ts,iveyed up TO wild beasts, &c. &c. \
Green cloth was spread before the cages IN the open
s.ot i.n,rlors ,sora thought, among such ten
der mes, as two hundred c!bidren,l and out sprung
suddenly iul grown tiger, WAC seized the gentle
man in icsh-colored tights by the thaast- strlg-
gle cnsues in whch they roH over and oses on the
sround ana, taally, the vie.iia gets the upper hand
and aracs out his derouser by iae nape OF nus nerS,
was inclined to think once or tsiee that the tiger
was doing more than was set Down isf a,l nun IN sa'
play, ba, as the Newioandlan4 cog oil lh;, es'ao. m
dishmeat saoksd on very quietly, ! reserved my
criticism.
The Herr aest appeared IN the long cage WITH
Sd his auinals--lioi,s, tigers, looparos. &c ne
pulled ,aeaa about, pat his sands IN their mouths,
and took as mauy liberties with i.is stock of petEy
=. if 1t was already made into rpuffs asa t'ppets
asy gyowlea and showed their teeth, ba, essle ~:
ssses sbey were called, and Did as they were bid,
,sesg ssseis to my establishment. He made q bed
of them, sreoag other ,hings--pu.ting tae tiger
across the dos Ter q pillow, stretching himself on
the hon ana another tiger, and then pulling the