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May 9, 1868] THE TOMAHAWK. 187
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"THE SWEET LITTLE CHERUB WHO SITS UP ALOF2."
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Bustle Shove , bustle your , tiny little...
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FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT IN ABYSSINIA.
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Magdala, April 16, 1868. do I You mean n...
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little and unlikel wholesome y state discretion of things . . Let The the committee be should retained exercise for the a present by all means , but for no indefinite money period ; let it be used for the purpose 'for which it . was subscribed . The weather is warm November " now , and are not is dail far y becoming distantand milder when , but the the winter cold ni sets ghts in of those ; £ 106 , 000 urgent , large appeals as the on sum behalf | is , , of will the not poor go , the very starving far to , meet and itself dying . , which It is not come onl to us in as Lancashire surely and that regularl distress y as sometimes Christmas existsand ready as y Englishmen always are to respond to establishment appeals , from all of quarters a Charitable , the time Reserve has not Fund yet . arrived This would for the be well sent enough the demand if the exceeds supply the exceeded l the lentiful demand as , the but latter as at presuppy , p may be in the and face is , to of retain so much a large distress sum ' of would money become for an indefinite a heavy respon period - sibility declare . a It dividend would be to the better subscribers to return , the and undistributed leave them the fund option —to of redisposing of their donations as they think fit .
May 9, 1868] The Tomahawk. 187
May 9 , 1868 ] THE TOMAHAWK . 187
"The Sweet Little Cherub Who Sits Up Alof2."
" THE SWEET LITTLE CHERUB WHO SITS UP ALOF 2 . "
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From Our Own Correspondent In Abyssinia.
FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT IN ABYSSINIA .
Magdala, April 16, 1868. Do I You Mean N...
Magdala , April 16 , 1868 . do I You mean not expect have to , give of any course further you , had something information all the news by from way weeks me of , ago but a , and finish nevertheless possibl . The y Abyssinian difficulty being now quite solved—that is the expression taken — this I start step homewards on three distinct at once . occasions You know . Once I have , the very first nearl time y gnat I was ) . stung Again by , the the morning Sclepta-pedra after a diabolicalis certain dinner ( the with common the 133 tetse rd the to cel third ebrate time the when arrival we of came Bracer in sig with ht 5 of , 000 this mules place . Lastl and heard y , for that the late lamented , Theodorus meant business . , However my duties as a correspondent , were superior to all other con- , commit siderations the . * last I held of on letters to . my to the post last , and mail here for I home am about . Am to I reclining amid the my smouldering ruins of barbaric splendour ? confusion No . Am I of , you action ask , again seated , hurrying on a drum off a few head pencil ? No lines . I in have the little or nothing heroic to communicate . I am not even one of the expedition fourteen has wounded been a . very No , quiet let me affair confess after it , all this , and Ab for yssinian once , even the penny papers have been " out . " Quite between ours selves eems to ( do have not publish been quite this unnecessary ) as far as I . can It does make not out read , the prettil carnage y , does it , this account of slaughter on one side and a few scratches
Magdala, April 16, 1868. Do I You Mean N...
on he the issue other proves ? The , but business one can was scarcely well managed call it , glorious no doubt work , as . Perhaps you have not yet got all the reports of the attack as I did . Here they are , and see if you like them—on reflection . April 15 . Magdala is ours . After a desperate resistance on the part of the enemy , and thirty-six hours' bombardment on ours , the p the lace point was of carried the bayonet by assault . The at hal Ab f yssinian -past'four losses this aft are ernoon roughl , at y All man estimated well sli . ghtl at y 2 , scratched 500 wounded . The and troops 15 , 000 are killed in the . We best have spirits one . April 17 . Magdala has surrendered at discretion . Theodore has blown his offered brains by out the . enemy The prisoners was desperate are in our in hands the extreme . The resistance and our losses are already set down at fifteen wounded . Those , of the exactl enemy are know considerabl what to do y next greater . , nearly 150 to 1 . We do not The y two following versions may have more weight with you they as they are come both from slightl forei y prejudiced gn sources . . It is only right to add that , Front the Corresfionde ? it of the " Neiu ' York Herald " AMI 1 .
jt . - — before " Wall however , the British the darned cuss has ni slicked ketched in ; O yas well —he hol has d . of Not his tail . Britisher , ' s , loss , 2 , 000 , cut ggers up into apple saas . John B . Theodorus Gold , 1 45 I- J and Midling his platform Upland . — , wall 23 ^ , ; call Exchange it 500 into in London smithereens , S } £ . " . From the Correspondent of the " Gazette de France . " )
siprii , 31 . Ma " foi Hoorah , O yes ! in . Ang The lische Negores . Per , armed fide Albion , pauvre has enfant one black i with eye the . ^ Glorious ^ -gun , has ! Vive beat la les France Boulesdouges /—mats to and our their mouton Sir . Armstrong At two of . the clock they charge ! They jump , they scream , they leap , they la tremble / , The they Nt push > dr , < they ! s he cry watch , they he turn-taile the / dam Ah and ! C the ' est fig guerre ht is made . One shock g ! two shockes , say i it is finished , . The JYdgor / s with 3 pop-gun take the victory from Lor-Napierre with la Fratice 5 , / , 000 Vive breesh le - Canal loader de ! Sues It is I a / / second Vive Vaterloo les Messageries . Vive Imperiales / / / / O yes / / / I ! "
Such are the reports that reached me after the first announcement are ears worth alread of the , until y . event You you , and get must I some dare , of reall course say y they reliable , take will them have information come for what to which your they I trust willif it does . not realise the French view of the , matter at least show , that as little blood was shed under the circum- , stances as was compatible with the success of the attack . The hour question is wh which at is to is come agitating of the everybod British y ' s mind . Is at it to the present home or stay here , or what ? Again , on this army subject reports go are rife , in French all directions , who are , the and most it is jealous almost superfluous of our presence to add in the that Red the possible Sea , are bents not the of most our backward future policy in suggesting . Slopper the —you probable may re or - turned member up him among , my the scientific other prisoners friend—who , says , by that the Abyssinia way , has just has been removed already to the purchased South by Kensington the Government Museum , and . This will be I at do once not believe , no more does Bracer . He , on the contrary , insists that most it has unhealth been determined y spots , and " at erect Head camps Quarters upon " them to select for the all pur the - pose of training our troops for service in the Mauritius and " Sierra plant" Leone just . as The if it American was " so much says he skinned can see isinglass throug ; h " but our tainly that is is all vague he says . As ; and to my when French one comes friend to he turn is the it over most , it con cer - - fident of all . " Morge-bleu—blanc bee . Sacrrrr , —but you are jealous of our Cochin chine—Sacrrrrr— "—and that is all he has whole to of say the about British it . As force far , having as I am accomp concerned lished , I its hope avowed the mission mission is thoroughl done—I y am , will coming do what home I purpose . doing at once—my
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Tomahawk (1867-1870), May 9, 1868, page 187, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_09051868/page/5/
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