The sun., 1865-11-13

There will hks-hs bo one Tu,tAs elected fos
esch Ward.
AN ELEPHANT sToRy.-In his younru
uDs nA'huin once purchased share In an Elephant.
'iao n' "" proud Of his nov purchase, and
'aiiy walked around the great beast, purch.sins i'm
asinsy castles with the great fortune he orpectsd u,
realize by an exhibition Of the mon.ter Aos, a.
weeks, during which slim income had bssn der,ve8
nom this source the bills for tho food and odxns oT
tho animal began to come In. T.. T. vas Q gresnsr
Snowman then, than he IL at the present time and bs
contemplated the fearful expense Of keopnT M such
an e1hbiton,with less confidence In himself and ,hs
sttrsctvsne. Of his ',ho." than he has sub,eouent
y manifested IN all his business transactions For
afew days his determined spirit refused 70 give uu
beat, but when his purse .mpliod he came TO the
conclusion that something must bo DONE for his share
oil th' elephants "kcep'' would send him 10 the
poor house. Having unsucce.siuly appealed TO his
partner to purchaso his share OF tho beast, BArnum
took tho advice Of friend aud offered to slye up all
his right title, and interest in the animal II 1t would
be accepted by the former owner This prsp,.ition
was also refused, 40 ono morning BArnum becsm-
Desperate and armed himself with douhIe e bsrreusd
gun which ho loaded With bullets, aad proceeded tn
the place where the elephant was tethered Present.
ING ms i0wlins piece and aiming Al side o. tbs
sn'mal, BaTnuin cried out to his partner, Who v,s
standing near, "Now, look here. you and own this
beast, he ha. eaten up all am Worth In the world
and run me In debt TO boot; can't stand 1. any lon
ger, and What is more, won't. Ifyou don't buy m.
out Of this scrspe, mean W get myself out Of It bv
shooting three four bullets my share Of that us
ly carcass there" Al this speech Barnum', partner
turned pale, looked earnestly at the future Snowman
and after asking What he meant by such conduct, at
teinp!ed to zee In 10 . very good joko. paflcy
hnt n.rp g,.ht. IL. a
and was about TO carry his threat into shsa
his partner ''caved IN" and agreed 10 the terms
that had been propounded.
Lattery Barnum has had moro faith in elephant
showing, and not long since instructed his London
agent TO erpend some $500 In the purchase Of q
diminutive elephant, which in course o, tmo
shipped on board Of weasel bound TO this city Tho
little animal was only three feet hIRh, perfectly
formed and fully grown. On the passage this groat
curiosity slekened, and finally died II Ia now an.
nouneod that the hds Of this elephant will be stuffed
for eIhibition al tho Museum. Our reporter says
that B<num does not feo bad at this mshap for the
grost Snowman glsofully tells his friends that he Il
rather slsd OF H. for the little wretch won't cost
me sls<fsng for his board Rnd not much for his
lodsiul"
DEDICATION OF CATHOLIC CHURCH,
The new Church Of ST. Gabriel, In 37th street, near
LIST avenue, was yesterday solemnly dedicated BY the
Most Rev. Archbishop Of New York. Tho Church 10
In itself a very handsome edhce, and will comfort
ably seat fifteen hundred persons but two thousand
can fnd accommodation, and Indeed over thS mum.
ber were present yesterday morning.
The front Is of brown stone with transepts oithe,
aide Of ths main entrance. The building is Of the
gothic style Of architecture and Is really very hand
some inside. Over the high ALTA I. splend paiG
Inc OF the annunciatiOn, copied b. h.zzon from
picture now IN tho Propaganda Eide at Rome aud
which was pain cd by Guido Klni for Pope Paul Y.
This copy ives obtained throurh the eIer'ons oi DR.
Henry james Anderson, who also donated the ground
for tho Church, and took a very active pgrt
IN the erection OF II. On the right 10 ratuo
Of ST. Peters on tho left, one OF 81. Paul and asain
oYerhAnRing the Sanctuary are statues OF SAINTS
Patrick and Augustine There arc aso two hand
s9ne sdo ataiA respectively dedicated to the Virgin
MARY and ST. Joseph with statues Of those saints on
churches, AID do not extend over the sanctuary lut
are removed about thirty feet from H. Tho ,paSs
thus lett will hereafter be filed up by a chapel ded-
Gated 10 tho Virin Tho church Is 10 fset long by
Gu feet vide tho entire eGpense Of building is
S65,O 40, and the expense OF the altar Decorations
3 loo. Or. Andorbyn, tho donator Of the land on
~hich the church 10 built was formerly an Fplsco-
palisn. Tho Kew Father Clowry IA the pastor Of the
new church,
Tho following prelates and clergymen were pre-.
ent. J no Mo-, hsy. John hoCloakey, Archbishop "
Neg York. Right Rev. BiIhop Lynch, Of south Gao