New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-29
A PROUD DAY FOR BARNUM.
ARRIVAL OF THE SACRED ELEPHANT.
TIE GREAT SNOWMAN IN RAPTURE-wHY TIE
ANIMAL is NOT WHITE.

GREAT SNOWMAN IN URlf-WHf IhE
ANIMAL Is NOT WHITE.
p. T. Barnum sat in the pilot-house of large
tug which steamed the bay yesterday AFTERNOON to
| meet the Lydian Monarch. The reason why Mr..
Barnum thus employed his time that board the
Lydian Monarch the latest elephantne treasure
which hRs reached America 20 grace the greatest
show II past I'VE o'clock when the tug drew
alongside the steamship. Mr. Barnum emerged from
the pot-hOuse and rushing the side OF the tug
changed few words with thck-set man with gray
beard and cloth cap who stood at the bulwarks OF the
| big ship.
How Is he" roared the venerable Snowman.
First-rate" yelled the the cloth cap. He was
Charles White in whose charge the elephant made the
voyage.
There's $4,000 saved tried TO insure MIN at that
premium" he added and am glad the insurance men
didn't care 10 risk the chance OF losing 100000"
The Snowman fairly beamed at the thought OF this
economy and the fruton of his hopes, and when two
persons with partf-colored turbans and mahogany
coored faces gnned the side he waved his hat at
them. They the Burmese priests" said he waving
his hat again How dool Quite welloi" and when no
reply came, Strange these fellows don't understand
their own lang lage."
BY this time the tug alongside the Lydan Mon
arch, and o ladder had been let down. up which Mr.
Barnum and the party with him were about 70 Chamber
when a burly Custom-house official barred the way.
said Mr.. Barnum. Then you can't go board" re-
sponded the rasn IN the blue uniform This little Diff
Guilty however arranged and the party stood
on the Lydian MOnsrch's deck. Following Mr.. Bar
NUNS lead, they descended stairway and found them
selves IN total darkness From the hold below came the
gimmer of lantern aud the eye became accustomed
to the darkness the outlines of huge seen.
Inside the cage something moving When the lamp
turned in its direction this something resolved itself
into the head Of rather large elephant whose inquirng
trunk protruded from the bars Of his confined quarters
After short delay the hatch above removed and
then the circle of visitors for the first time Toung
Taloung the sacred white elephant"
HOW THE ELEPHEST LOOKS.
At first nothing could be his head ornamented
with pair OF finely formed tusks and having the
frontal bone sort OF blaze of dirty pink extending
partly down the trunk. A judicously held cracker
however; his trunk TO make voyage Of discovery
high above his head and his breast ears and the fore
part OF his body thus exposed to partial wow As
far could be under tine circumstances Toung
weli-proporoned fine young elephant about feet
and half high. His general color Is triie darker
than that OF the usual Of elephants seen in this
country. On the forehead is large pinkish flesh
cOlored PATCH which dies away In notified patches on
the shoulders The edges OF the also Of this
pinksh color and 1t appears In modified form on the
folds Of skin between the foreegs reaching up to the
chest few spots OF like nature dotted over the hind
quarters The tusks which singIlarly perfect and
white are about twenty inches long, and the tOe-na
are OF light color approaching white. The inner sur
face OF the trunk is notified with pink, while the tail Is
well formed and nearly touches the ground inside the
cage with Toung wa an exctable Asiatc, Rahde b.
name who is the Mdhou keeper OF the sacred beast
his CREDENTIALS.
After the inspection OF the pebdd animal was over
Mr. White and Mr. Hutchinson gave all the Information
they could. SIR. Hutchinson had guarded Oh board the
tug two pieces OF gilt and acquered wood about foot
81 fFr-,f
three pieces OF what looked Ike dried leaves They
were the palm leaves which written with sharp
instrument the Burmese certificate OF Identity, which
being interpreted
In the year l245 month ~ TasOuns ong 9Th increase
al Mendhlay MOuug Thee, Second Minister NJ Royal
Elephants do hereby cert that the Elephant named
TOUNG TvLONGU" Is the specie Of White toacred BE
plant and possesses the qualities and attributes OF such
al,