New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-11-07

horse swerved suddenly, and the eo~ ail'o"sn VIZ"
greatly diminished force, fell upon sne ooys neck,
njuring him severely The hore, IN It's igni' aar'ed
of, and striking the wagon against the een'e' P'n VI
the tent broke the harness. and escaped 70 tne sec''
Becoming more and more excited with aee' ne 'nen
next turned the zebra cage upside down, and, taxing
mp with his trunk and tusks tossed il out from eeneaih
the canvas as a man woud an apple. BY this time
every attachee of the managere had made good his
escape except the keeper Of The raving beast, who
was absen, al tho tune The cage containing the hyens
IN one compartment and several wolves in another,
wa. the next point of attack. This be tore TO pieces,
and scattered them about the premises, letting gu, the
amiabe inhabitants, who nm away with the utmost
terror.
The monster then went from one cage TO another,
urse,,pg them in turn, and smashing them in pieces.
His keeper made his appearance about this time, and
sttempsed TO put in practice his usual devices 70 gain
the ascendancy over the elephant but his efforts were
utterly unayailing. Hannibal saysgely sailed forth
into the street ,mpe,ing defiance and dragging after
him the chain with which he was usually fastened.
The keepers followed him down the street into an open
space not far distant from the menagee grounds, and
with the aid Of two others, succeeded IN getng
him into an excavation made for cellar. He man
aged to chase back his pursuers, however and was
again followed into stone yard near by, where no
was a second time impeded in his progress. lie was
kent here until the lsng pixies and hooks OF foung
America Hook and ladder Company were erougne
upon the ground, and manned by the increasing
crowd to be used in suppressing the crued insurree
ZIONIST Thus attacked from all directions, he was
hooked and piked in many places that he ionnd 70
inconvenient, and nearly impossible TO move; H,s
pixies and grapped and held with hooks. His atsen-
ton was then diverted until bis keeper could venture
up behind him and throw rope about his legs
This was done with such CELEBRITY, that the rope was
nd nd amir md
beast became aware Of what was being done, he was
captured. - ,.,,.a,a.
and had old Hannibal effected escape from the
hooks ard pikes il is probable that large number OF
the spectators would have lost their lives. They were
urged by the showmen 10 keep out Of tine way, but All
that was aid done could scarcely induce them 10 DO
otherwise than push forward 10 see what was going
But Hannibal was not totally conquered after all.
A stone eight feet long and two feet square having
been chained his legs, and the pikepoeS lad by, hs
Majesty embraced unexpected opportunity TO con,
tinue the war. He put the spearmen TO night, and
chased them about the stone-yard dragging the I'M
| mense building stone after him as II y We're susk.
The crowd scattered precptafely. With some daring
the spearmen again trnmphed and the elephant was
| this time more severely dealt with. His iegs were
again fastened with heavy chain and be was tambied
over and speared, and stabbed with pitchforxA tne
instruments entering 10 the depth Of three and four
inches at every thrust blood flowing in streams. He
endured the torture without nching for some time,
the blooc-letfng AZ length reduced nrfAv
and he succumbed, making peculiar noise knowntoaii
keepers of wild animals by the term OF begging.
When this stage of humiliation has been prodnced Is
always considered safe to relesse a ferocious oessi
! Hannibal was then driven back, conquered hero,
70 the show-ground, where he was securely fastened
| by means Of heavy CHAINS
1874, by Mr.. Van Ambnrgh and Is one oi tne ia5gsN
of his species His hight is 10 feet inches he is
claimed TO be onehird larger than any other elephant
ever brought to this country Bayard Taylor estihes
that he il considerably larger than the majority Of eie
nhsnts which he had met with either m Ana OF Air1c.
when Hannibal was imported in 1874, II was thought
that he was already old, but as he has been growing
| ave, ,ince the showmen have concluded that he "
stI young-the natural term Of life Of the species De-
hS fhs an;mals reputation was formerly almost unpar-
aeled for yicousness but during the last hve years no
had apparently reformed, and became docnc IN cnans
ter before that time he had repeatedly proAen o
and had killed. on different occasions, as many ssseven
persons The last exploit Of the kind which hannspai
undertook previous 10 the present one, was IN
when he sprung open the door o. ms cags ana
cages and transportation wagons, ran away nine miles
!, into the country before he was captured.
, The damage sustained by Van Amenrgh q 20. oy
the wagons and cages spoiled yesterday, amounts 70
considerable sum- The wild animals which he eieased
were all secured without difficulty. go
ANOTHER ACCOUNT, BY OUR BROOKLYN IKE
. PORTER.
On Friday morning tremendous excitement was
created in the lower part Of Wiamsburgh caused oy
!! the elephant belonging to Van Amburgh's menagere
becoming enrsgsd and breaking loose from his keeper
A man had been employed to bring some shsvmgs 70
I rne menagere, which were brought in a wagon. n
man drove into the tent, and while unloading
wagon the elephant was observed 10 grow -rsstle
at the sight of the horse, which had white blink
on. The man was advised TO take his horse ava,
but before he could do the elephant advanced
few steps, and, knocking the man down with bio
Of hs trunk, next seized the horse with his trun
and injured him seriously. He next SEIZED ih
wagon, throwing il up into the air and breakn
il to pieces His anger fully aroused then, an
proceeding to the cage Of the Prairie Wolf he snashe
il with his trunk, releasing him. Next in his way wa
tho cage OF the Black Bear This daniages
but The bear was chained up and could not esesps
The cage Of the Zebra being next in his way h
puzzled through the tent and clear through the wal
Of small shanty at the back OF the tent Then eay
ing the tent be got into the street, pursued by hi
keepers and hundreds Of the people, none Of WHOM
were able 10 cope with the enraged elephant.
He did not modest passers by, bat seemed TO nave
| great aversion TO horses, which he would pursue a
rapidly as lie was able being hoppled with chan
connecting his tGsks with one Of bis fore legs. III
finally driven, by the crowd, into the stone var
| corner of South Fourth and Tenth streets. Here
| number Of workmer we're engaged IN dressing stone
and had lust placed upon wooden horses huge g;ors
weiqhins about fifteen hundred pounds. In atrrlpt
ing to get out Of the stone yard tie elepban
got caught by hs chain 10 this stone, which cxeke.
bin. The keepers gradually approached him viii
| chains 10 fasten his legs, bat IL not till he BIZ
received several blows with spears that bis 40
tention could be diverted % 10 render il posss Il
further secure him. Finally, he wis thrown dowr
upon bis side where he lay for some time believing
end thrshng about him with bis trunk. Application wa
made the unbers Of Hook and ladder Companie,
Nos. and 8 who furnished the keeper with long hooks
One Of these wes run through one Of bic ears ana
twisted round until the poor animal could not move
from pain OF the wound. When he was perfectly sub