New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-03
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1857.

iaese IN ,is'.j BY Css yea previous 70 his deoLh,
gee hoss sre ,aic y bsve ses Slaughtered, asd Pom
psy mae Jrars esrbsr cau,.d 500, or see 'rtiDg ~
cone ateoEIis eco 10 Dc pat % d-asa- Atlas q ns
hey were cpor'ea rom Asia Ase. 10 Area tAe
6iuit rtos in The cue Sess Of sid beasts oessn 10
male assI f.h O. early IS the commencement OF the
In PIE. Asve have stated above WITH regard "a
I'll, hsDis, ,5s lis-Ausi vas royal monopoly, aad
Va. snoiiy frb1des 10 Esq ica except, iedee !, "
es.e Of se deiepse. ArcJrdE TO - 'ye--trsss ta'
k~lsr3s betssel the Euph's,ss soj TIE rgris Ser'
covered a. the end o; TIE frrtA century With "cOunf
less" se:5s vi lions Dlrieg tbs Empire toere we're
sewers, colossal Si-besss hyats but in 10 one ~erv
o. ore has leo sBs engaged AmOog others, Commo
OF. is .aid - saSe san tAs' many himself. sngfs'
IA, DID. They were ofsp seer also cEtsde the Gage
AID the snptihes er. Tame IONS Kissed ~ pets
il he oya ps,,,ss az il ;hoss OF the nobility They,
8. ~e e. elephants, seldom appeared In fights Of Wild
spiu ale otsids Of Psne, s,d me sccouct tht eight
iot-r,bs we're found in the Amphitheater of Pompeii
Il doubtless mistake.
In he Wild haas; engagements in other cities, pan
tiers and leopArds we're commonly Used. They were
import, into Italy at the ssr-s tine With hous and
were called by Roman writer's Arrears; later, kaey
were Usually hunted in fs-'Aer Asia On me Ith Of
Moy. B. c. II, ct the dedication Of the Mar ssu.
Tieser the ruits Of which stard 10 the presen. day
there was wild-5esst fght in vhich 600 partners
were let loose. letter OF Pliry the Younger informs
Us that these panther fsh's took place also in the
Amphtheater Of Vs'ope, ard We earn frOu various
descriptions ~ a, towns even Of the third rank were
acquainted With this spectacle.
Tie Sirpopo,auus very seldom appeared, evsn 10
be apphi. heaters Of Rome The capture and Trans
9ct this huge beast appalled, even the ndomitsals
R,mxs. AZ nearly as can DO sscartaiped the hippo
po Anus nov in the Zoologi1si GARDEN at London was
the 6rt yirg nal of tos sind in Europe sub
..qu.ht 10 the fsn Of the Rousa Empire.
1t ras IN the year s. b. c., while Marcus SsuTus
sas Edile tha. the Romaa public first amazed at
,he sight OF q hppopo,amus At shs. time the snimal
vas still found in Ey pit in the Upper Mic. Lacr il
vas frequently seen in Rome CoGnodus 10 said TO
have slain Eve of them in day. Toward the close
Of the fourth century they had already witbdrs sn to
Nubis.
Together with the hippopotsmus, the crocodile made
ts FIRST appearance. durn the nne of S,aurus. After
the conquest OF Egypt, Augustus, himself an ardent
stmrer of Wild. beast Shows restored those magDf-
c.D speciacles Thirysix crOcodios are said 10 have
beer exhibited a. one time b. Z. D, the Flamnian
Circus beiry filed with water for the purpose. The
crocodile of u ypt undoubtedly the only animal Of
the tpeeiss exhibited in R0rle whers it vas cIassed
sn.ors the is,est beasts Toward the end Of the
fourth century large runber of crocodiles were
carried TO Rome On tas occasion Of great celebca
tom but they perhei there before they could DO eA-
aihited.
The Rbinocsyos becsr,e Known 10 the Roman public
at a alter period in tis time 0: Ponpey, So b. q.
This was the one-bor1sd species. TIE two horned
~ss fret SEE in tho il the great wildbesst fights
Of Don,tian $50 yes-s 1 e., and its appearance is
nemorste3 on the coiDs struck during his reign
l. vas aherward frequently seen still greater eI
riemsDt probably oaured at the trst appearance
of the Giraffe, which Csssr presented 10 the Romans
at the eOse of the African From the period OF
the fall Of the Empire down 10 the time of lorenzo di
M.dlci, who 10 ssid 10 have been preseated with
giraffe by the Sultan OF Egyp this animal was seldom
in Europe and it continued TO be very uatil
the COMMENCEMENT of the present century.
The Tiger introduced latest into Europe. In
he year l9 B. G Augustus visited by au Indian
Embs,sy On the rssnd Of Ssmos. They brought him
rom thew monarch number Of natural curicdtes,
so ODg which were several tigers. At the inaugurs
rpn of the Marceus Thea,er mentioned above, tiger
vas for the first time exhibited in Rome. Hs was
'cne and coDfI ed in esge. TIE Emperor Claudias
exhibited four Of them AT the weddiog Of He6osobs-
lbs fifty ore are said 10 have been killed in fght.
IDCrvdib IS this number may appear, We must be
cautious how We discrsd. il, when We cOnsioer the
propensity 10 perform upossbiities that characterized
tb. degenerate period OF the falling Empire.
Only on one gle occasion do We fId any mention
Of the iyeps namely, ct the specaelss instituted ~
Philip ne Arabian, A. D. GAG, Oh the one-thousandsh
an. liver, ary Of the i9urds.on Of Rome The unsshty
appearance and cossrdly nature of this beast was
probably the reason that it was seldom seer IN the
shows. On the other hand, different species OF
aptelopes and wild sheep were brought over from
Africa ard probably sho the Ieb'a and the Onssri.
Csnels did Dot appear in the beast fights, but they
occasion ally ran races in the circus, harnessed to
eha,ios This was done 10 the time OF Clautus, and
Heie gobaus Is said 10 have ridden in car " which
four csmes were hsrneised. CemeLs appear to have
been very common 10 Rome, but we go no"bsre In
formed that a,teotion was bestowed upon breeding
them there az was aferward successfully done in the
peie hborhoGd Of Pi-s.
Wuh regard 10 the ether animals mentioned by
AZ cjs wiitss in their descriptions of great festivities,
our Lr ow ledge 10 scss'y unsai4,ao;ory Maoy Of
thee. apin ss may have been detOrmed OF monstrous
speeim.ns; while ohsrs, in ell probability, had
dlsaupesr.d from the face OF the earth In many de-
crrp,loDs the writer's seem 70 bsye given their imsyi
nation. ful play, although il is possible that more
extensive cries in the hddsr receses OF Central
Africa ~ virdicate the truth OF some Of those SEEM
irp e1sygers,ions Thus, Ppy mentions q Naoisn
be o.. which ppesred in enc Of Pompeys celebrations,
o.e bird /, o, resenbled those Of man, aud vsOse
toIt less were iise The human eTms, with hands at
n. e,,reuiies Since that occssion the animal
probably giant Of tie ape 'pseies-has never oeen
seen L. noticeable fact that apes never appeared
in tbe public speetacles, although they were frequently
rsis. in prvs's houses for the entertainment OF the
inn ares. On the tenth anniversary of the reign OF
Ssye,us IA ID. 202 an Indian CorocOtts wa seen In