Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-11-19
Tremendous Excitement.

AN ELEPHANT LOOSE INTuG STREETS.
y cstcrday morning tremendous OK.
cltement was created in the lower part Of
Williamsburg, caused by the elephant be
| longing to Van Amburgh'S Menngerio be-
coming enragcd and breaking loose from
ms Keeper \ man had becn employed to
bring some shavingS to the Mcnagaric,
which were brought in wagon The
man drove into the tent, and while unload
ing his wagon the clcphant.was observed
to grow restless ut the sight of the horse,
which had white blanket on. The man
was advised to take his horse away. but be.
fore he could do so the elephant advanced
few steps, and knocking the man down.
with a blow of his trunk. next seized the
horse by means of his trunk and Injured
him seriously. He next seized the wagon.
throwing i; up i'll the air aud breaking it
to pieces His anger WAS fully aroused
then, and proceeding to the cnrc of the
pralric wolf he smashed it with his trunk.
releasing him. Next in his WAY was the
cage Of black bear. This cage was dc.
molished, but the bear was chained UP and
could not escape.
The cage of the zebra being next in his
way, he pushed it through the tent and
clear through the wall of II small shanty ut
the back! OF the tent. Then leaving tho
tent he got into the street, pursued by his
Keepers and hundreds of people, none of
whom were able to cope with the enroood
elephant. lie did not molcst payscrs by.
but seemed to have great aversion IL
horses, which he would pursue as rapidly
as he was able, being hobbied with chain
connecting his tusk with one of his fore
legs. lie finally was driven by the crowd
INTO the stone yard corner of South Fourth
and Tenth streets Here n number of
worEmcn were engaged in drcSsing stone,
ana hau Just placed upon wooden horses a
huge stone weighing about fifteen hundred
tons In attempting to get out of the
stone ysrd the elephant got caught by his
cmain to this stone, which checked him.
the keepers gradually approached him
with chains to fastcn his legs, but it was
not till he had received several severe blows
with spears that his attention could be di-
verted so as to render it possible to farther
secure him
FINALLY nc was thrown down upon his
side, where he lay fQrsomc time believing
ana thrashing about him with his trunk
Application WAS made to the members of
the Hook and Ladder Company Nos. l. and
., who furnished the keepers with long
hooks. One of these WAS run through
ms ears, and twisted round until the poor
animal could not move his head from pain
OF tho wound. When he was perfectly
suoducd, he was heavily bound with chains,
ana taken back to the menaa erie lie is
almost covered with wounds received from
Tho hooks aud spears, and it is not deemed
safe to'eXhibit him fur few days, nor would
1T be safe for his keepers to approach within
sight of him.
ft IL a very fortunate crtu nstancc tb :
no person was killed by the elephant or
tramplcd to death in the confusion of cs
cape. AS it is the poor animal is the
greatest sufferer. This is the LARGEST Gle
phant that has been exhibited in this coun-
try, and sthc same that, few years since,
caused such havoc by escaping from his
caGe at Harlem. These fits, it is said, oc-
cur annually, and the keepers have for
some time been expecting some such de
monstrations, and kept a more careful watch
of him.-N y Day yBooh.
SoUrn CAnoLINA.-. correspondent of
the Presbyterian Herald of Louisville, Ken
tucky, says
The road from Augusta to Columbia
runs througha barren, sandy country, with
little to please the eye or crafty the taste.
This remark is applicable tonearly the whole
region over which have passed within the
State of South Carolina. The wonder to
me is how the people can live, and yet, cy
cry where that went, both in hotels and
IN private houses, the people seen, cd to live
well, and to have everything on ..leir ia.
bies, that | could wish, in the greatest
abundance. The almost total absence of
the grasses and the red, parched look of
the soil strikes the eye of a Keutuckian
very unfavorably' | was frequently asked
during my stay in the State, how L liked
the country, as 1t was my first visit NV
reply was that they wcreth quictcst, most
gentecl, well l-belIaved people, living on tho
poorest soil, that have ever seen. / did
not meet with rude, iii-bchaved bcrson
IN travel of five days and over FIVE hun
dred miles in the State. | saw vcrylit,,c
drinking or gambling, and heard no boiste-
r0ns or profane language about the hotels
or on the cars. Yonng America has not
gotten as far south as South Carolina vet /:
or III he has 1ln kenno b;n,sole ,,o.