The New York herald., 1874-11-09

James Haydon. Anne Cushman.
Michael Rafferty,. Sarah White.
George d. Bancroft. Nary Ann Cough.
sllas Hammersmith. Pat Ryrnes.
Julien ID. Brown. George Seaver.
Amos Hardy.
or the number actually killed IL will be impossi.
BILE TO tell for some DAYS. OF those wounded no
savage beasts was the most unexampled IN the
history OF cities. They tore through the
leading thoroughiares with all the freedom
they might have enjoyed in their native wlldA
LIST OF TIE SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS.
1rhin0ceros. 1American tapt-.
zebra. anaconda.
American deer. woodchuck.
2giranes 4Syrian sheep.
American bison. l sacred bull.
whitehaired porcu- 2American eagteA
pine. twO-tOed sloth.
prairie dog. great Kangaroo.
sea lion. alligator.
2leOpards. water turkeys.
grizzly bear. 4pink.footed geese.
brown bear. reiicans.
striped hyena. trumpeter swan.
ocelot. clupper raii
2brown capuchin NOM red-breasred merga1
bengal tiger. 1pled-bili grebe.
Chacma babo0n. pine snake.
cameis. perDian wailaby.
Sambur deer. Dorcas Razele.
] African lion. nvlghan,
] African lioness. 1guanaco.
ANIMALS AT LARGE
me following ANNALS are ut large In vart0W
parts OF the Central PARK and city. and OF course.
are extremely dangerous The cheetah, the mama
Tee the Cape bunaio, the panther % most iero-
cinns beast, supposed to nave killed the two
the goats whose skeletons were found on the
RamDle), the opossum (hot dangerous), the Wild
be on re west SIDE Of town. in the netrhoorSod OF
Manhattan Market, and credited with killing the
young lady 1ound near Sir Waiter scott's statueI,
the mangaDev the puma lion IA very savage
animal DESTROYED most or the deer In the northern
enclosure and bit large piece out OF the shoulder
OF Henderson the policeman; supposed also to
have KILLED tine nursery girl discovered In the Car.
rousel. Three snakes escaped and are believed
the Casino. More than dozen monkeys % are play. .
ing truant through the PARK and are not to Do
Siacx leopard whose % shs scI in the building WITH
The Bengal tiger disabled him considerably, y
linn lmpipg pg,. 2opus r the upper end Of the Park.
Ryan murphy IS said to have been shot DI Re.
corder Hackest near The upper reservoir. There
into the city, but looks SO much like Dutchman's
dog he may evade detection until no has com.
paradoxure and many other beasts Of prey
whose names are not Immediately available are
eagles escaped and many valuable TT tropical 6irdS.
The prairie wolf Is not to be found, the sur1cate u
also missing and no tidings have been received Of
GENERAL DURYRE
BY the excellent disposition he made Of the police
or Tompkins square from being devoured. Had
the same precautions been taken on the west side
would never have accomplished 80 much iearful
havoc.
NATIONAL GUARD PRECAUTIONS.
General Shaler deserves credit also for having
Guard tie aaaass rom sas Si'a SSs ~ and ~:
proved TOO much for the police. Tns
scene at the Fiftn Avenue hotel when
policemen burst in among the mob Of gentlemen
standing In the portico can never be forgotten.
erai Butler no mad come on in the morning, was
In conversation with General Gilmore. and 70.
@ osiysa ss ots 10 the cali o. the sg Major su1d
Commerce, assisted TO calm ]. Jones, the button
manufacturer. who was thrown into paroxysm
Robson and Alderman Vance were thrown
violently against . pile or baggage. Leonard
disappeared from the hotel. and made some ex.
cellent practice with revolver but failed TO bring
the brute down. The Buffalo overturned Ear!
Roscberrys carriage In trout OF the Brevoorr, and
subsequently, ran into another carriage obtaining
Moses Hanz, oi Forty. tirst street. sut without
1t would be imposslble at this late hour to de-
scribe the numberless scenes or dismay and die
are fifteen BODIES the MorRue and several In the
various precincts. sentiment OF horror per
rIIE GALLANT POLICE.
1t Is now time to saw that the police deserve the
greatest credit lor aeir COURAGE not Tor the suo-
cess In dealing with this unhc0rd OF danger.
Every where they are at tue 'front.' and among the
SLAIN and mutllated they count heavily. General
stroke or policy. 1t gave the rapidly gathered Oh
platoons work they could undertake without
iurther direction, while IL gave the squads q
officers he despatched to the angles OF the leadlne
thorongnfares cnance to zeal eficicntly with the
animals running muck aud without iurthel
danger to citizen lie. There was only case re
ported OF citizen shot by police bullet. and, a
the unfortunate victim had been warned to leave
the streets, the officer cannot he blamed.
THE MORAL or THE WHOLE.
or course the entire story given above Ia pure
single act or incident described has taken place.
IL Is huge hoax. Wild romance, or Whatever
other epithet OF utter untrustworthiness oui
readers may choose to apply to II. 1t 10 sim
ply . fancy picture which crowded upon the mind
OF the writer u lew days ago while he was Raxng
through the iron bars OF the cages OF the Wild
animals In the menagerie as Central PARK. Yes
as each Of Its horrid but perfectly natural
sequences impressed themselves upon his mind,
the question presented itself, How Is New York
prepared o meet such catastrophe 7 How easily
could It occur any uay OF the week. How much,
let tue citizens ponder, depends upon the indscre
ton OF even one OF the keepersT hstle over.
sight. trinipg imprudence might Iesd 70 sne
actual happening oi Aii. and even worse soan nes
been pictured From causes quite as lusignincane
the greatest calamit,es Of history have nPrunG
Horror. devastation and Widespread slaughter Ol
human bsinns have Aad suaaA thiahaps w ooseoe
tuna Haa. a8aAA.