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    • LONDON, SEPTEMBER 7, 1867.
    • THE ABANDONED.
    • THE TRUE ABYSSINIAN DIFFICULTY.
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      186 The Tomahawk. [September 7, 1867.

      186 THE TOMAHAWK . [ September 7 , 1867 .

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      London, September 7, 1867.

      LONDON , SEPTEMBER 7 , 1867 .

      The Best News Of The Week Is The Announc...

      The best news of the week is the announcement that the London General Omnibus Company ( Limited ) have earned no profit this half year !

      A Contemporary Informs Us That An Italia...

      A contemporary informs us that an Italian poet has written a poem of 900 lines about "Strawberries . " If this is the case it is decidedly a most audacious attempt to play Old Gooseberry with the Muse .

      An Evening Contemporary, Of Very "Peculi...

      An evening contemporary , of very " peculiar" politics , has hinted that some day or other the Metropolitan Railway will blow up London ! We trust not , all circumstances taken into consideration . They had far better blow up the Globe !

      The Abyssinian Quarrel Has Divided The P...

      The Abyssinian quarrel has divided the public into three parties . The first , the corp 3 of peace , can only see the "Abyss" into which our army is supposed to be falling ; the second , the band of war , can only see the " sin" of King Theodore ; while the third , the army of martyrs , can only see the whole word " Abyssinia . "

      We Congratulate Mr. Edmund Yates On His ...

      We congratulate Mr . Edmund Yates on his resignation of the post of Fl & neur on the "Star . " The Editor of our radical contemporary will now we suppose ( if we may be permitted to judge from the tone of his recent leaders ) be able to declare to the intense delight of the * ' Great Unwashed , " that there is not a single gentleman on his staff .

      Most Alarming News Has Just Reached Us F...

      Most alarming news has just reached us from Paris . The Emperor has stated in a speech delivered to a deputation from the sausage makers of Lyons , that there are Spots on the Sun ! In the present alarming crisis , such a statement from such a personage is pregnant with alarm . Some conjecture that as the sun rises in the East , the Emperor means to indicate that the Eastern question is on the point of involving Russia and Prussia on one side , in hostility with Austria , France , Turkey , and the Danubian Principalities on the other . In this case , disturbances in Montenegro , if not in Bulgaria , must be apprehended . Others imagine that because the sun sets in the West , the Emperor really means to annex Spain after making the Balearic Isles and French Guiana over to Portugal . This convulsion of Occidental Europe would lead to grave complications in Patagonia . Others , and these mostly of the quidnuncs , pretend that the modern Caesar only wishes to break the news to France gently , that the Prince Imperial is threatened with scarlatina . In this case , of course , as in most of the others , the Bourse will be violently affected .

      The Abandoned.

      THE ABANDONED .

      (See Cartoon.) It Was A Noble Vessel, On...

      ( See Cartoon . ) It was a noble vessel , one that had defied storm and tempest , sunken rocks and open dangers for many a long year , and as it rode in its beauty , steadfast and immovable , in the ever troubled seas , ship-men of the lesser craft ( as they were driven to and fro ) , would ever and anon gaze up at its fair proportions , wondering what mighty power had lramcu 11

      . ! Generations after generations of Englishmen had laboured in the 1 building of that grand old vessel , struggling and labouring their lives through only so much as to drive a nail into the structure , and then died content . Each brought his work to the task ; thousands of them had given their blood like water in defence of it , even while it was yet a shapeless and ungainly mass ; and there was not one of them but would have counted it a gain to give tip father , mother , and all , so that ivtii ciini iuiiuui wuiivt iiuul

      jlC llllu'i * - stiiivc a . aijij / ie siiuivc in Lilt ^ - ^ . father to son it went on , not always on the same design , but always with the same object . The artificers worked as they best knew how , each according to his lights , and the shape and form of the vessel changed under their hands , until at last it stood forth the noblest work the world had yet seen . Silently , imperceptibly , it was launched , and men were astonished to behold it at last floating on the bosom of the waters , so stovit , so grand , so beautiful , that it seemed destined to live a thing of

      (See Cartoon.) It Was A Noble Vessel, On...

      beauty through all time . Who shall describe it or tell the plan of its building ? Rules there were none , for each workman had done that which seemed to him needful , and yet the ship was a marvel of symmetry and tiiiu beauty ucauijr . . Those inuac who * vuu knew iviiov best ucai , , said acviu . there lxicic were wcic three LlliCC decks UCCKS , , OI of

      which the highest , or King ' s , whence the ropes and engines were I worked to , struck sustain the and eye beautif by its it elevation and the , lowest while the bore Lord the ' s deck whole lent struc its - j I ing ture power throug in safety h all on the its decks broad , floor bearing y . , The aloft masts their were pendants stepped up of law firml and y , pass reli - - gion ; and from them swelled out full and fair the sails which skilled navigators are wont to hoist to the breezes from time to ti me . Thus the vessel went on her appointed voyage loved and admired by all . and Many the a li time ghtning the sea and rose hail , beat the fiercel skies y closed upon in her , the ; but storm she came held on down her , way and came out unharmed and scathless , when all else had gone down in ruin , to delight and amaze the world with her beauty and strength . Alas for the fair and strong ship ! Alas for the men who had ventured

      their fh # » ir all all in in her her ! ! Alas Alas , for fnr she sh «» is is no tin mnrp more . Down Dnwn in in the fh # » depths rlf » nfhc she cV >*» lies , whence she shall never be raised again , a mock and sport to the noisome things that live below the waters . But a short time ago she sat proudly on the seas , a chosen captain on her deck , a picked crew within her flanks , and when men said that her timbers were unsound and that there were worn out planks to be renewed , lovingly and cautiously they sought to strengthen and repair her as their forefathers had done , adding something here , taking away there , but ever on the ancient lines as they were laid down by the first great craftsmen . But the old spirit had died out , a new crew came and seized the ship , and no man j prevented them , for they said they loved her better and would care for her more than all others . So they put to sea , and for a time sailed ^ smoothl UlWblUT y enoug VfUVUgltJ h , ¦ for KXSA . the kllV trade il MU . V winds IT lUVti ] waft VVU . £ |* all Ull things tUUlgO softl OV ^ ALXT y along d £ . VS * l ^ T « . Then X iiVll there tlifrf amsp arose strife strife and anH mutiny miitinv . and nrirl the tt *» shi shin being l-u = » ir » nr laden l « rl *» n with witV » old ni \ r \ lnmVipr lumber

      brought by the new crew , laboured , and strained p till her seams opened , and they knew not how to bring her safely to port , so that they said they must make repairs . Then one of them called upon craft that followed in their wake , and these came and stove in a plank , so that she began to leak still more , but they carried on , feasfing and making merry , and the captain deceived them long with false pretences , saying that he would stand by the vessel . Thus they sailed on into the darkness , till when all was left behind , when the night came down and the water rose in the hold , the captain called the crew together , and told them that the leak was gaining ; that the ship was utterly rotten , the masts worn out , and all the gear out of date and not to be repaired , so that they must abandon her and save themselves . To this they said nothing , save three of them , who declared they would never desert the vessel , but the rest took their treasure and filled the boats with it , and they cut down the masts and threw the cargo overboard , and afterthev wards had entered started the , hoping boats , - shap to reach ing a course it by good back to luck the , p but lace they whence perished they

      shamefully , and their names are a reproach and a by-word among all who honour truth and fidelity . The grand old vessel still held up awhile , for the strength of anci her

      structure was great . Only the pale light shone down upon her , the sea-birds screamed at the wreck . But the waves struck at her , and the seas rolled over her , sweeping her shape and beauty away , till she sank lower and lower in the water , and at last , nestling down , in one convulsive agony she sank , and the cruel deep closed for ever over the " Constitution , "—and all was silent .

      The True Abyssinian Difficulty.

      THE TRUE ABYSSINIAN DIFFICULTY .

      The Government Having At Length Determin...

      The Government having at length determined upon an Abyssinian Expedition , it is highly satisfactoiy to learn that , notwithstanding the coast necessity no imposed effort will upon be them spared of despatching to interming 10 le , 000 the me stem n to the demands Bombay of , justice view to with the difficulties overtures of of a the most task friendl before y and them pacifi they c character have drawn . With up the a following programme , which will , as far as is , compatible with circumstances , be strictly carried out . what It is vacillating have only been due to course influenced the Government they have solel felt to b bound add a , desire that to propose in to ad accommodate opting to themselves the some the - , v they aried phases of their policy to the y ve y ry opposite points of view from which this important question has been regarded by the country at

      large In . shortit will be seen from the following brief outline of the party proposed on the campai , meeting gn , how of Parliament little . groun , the d for proclivities cavil will of be those left on to the either one the hand other , who who believe insist in on the an efficacy immediate of friendl resort y to negotiation arms , having , or of been those alike on judiciously considered . ( 1 . ) the As soon troops as , shal the l be Commancler considered -in politic -Chief , after accompanied the disembarkation by his staff of , disguised , with a due regard to Eastern prejudices , as dancing dervishes , will approach the head-quarters of the Emperor . |

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Sept. 7, 1867, page 186, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_07091867/page/2/