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      $Lo« $&—Ffllx* Pufy, T^E Doctor* 1. Mr. ...

      upon ringing men , resounded ' s brows . throug The fig h ht the was house despera . Dark te—down spots stairs appeared —in the the lobbies lawas — usual down stairs triump again hant —in and the street Jack Pul ; but p in was the end en , prisoner , , as ringleader , , and lodged that , night in a cell I IV . The next morning he was brought before the magistrate . The X X 1 C police JJUX 1 UC them were WCI severel C lenient X ^ lXl ^ XXL in XXX their til ^ lX his evidence 1 W \ JI 1 ^^ j , although CiitiXV ^ LA the ^ Ai he U ^ had XICLU .

      had punished even reached , the y ears . However of the , mag re is putation trate . The as " police Terror were " character bound Puland to . answer then The in the magistrate solemn questions tones looked put and to after very them man grave as to horiiilies the at poor prisoner Jac ' k s the p di , eful nature of his conduct , declared y he would make upon sentenced an examp sgrac him to one , declined month ' s hard to impose labour , any ! fine whatever , and ( To be continued . )

      ! I/O The Tomaha Wk. {October 9, 186 9.

      ! I / O THE TOMAHA WK . { October 9 , 186 9 .

      The Quality Of M&Rcy^-A Good Jd&Al Straz...

      THE QUALITY OF M & RCY ^ -A GOOD JD & AL STRAZN £ Z > .

      Friends As A Of Great The Amount Directo...

      friends As a of great the amount directors of of sympath thfe Alb y ert has Life been Assurance expressed Society by the been the at the mag p unp laced istrate leasant by himself being predicament s before ubjected whom in to which the crirninal summ these proc ons gentlemen for edure consp , and iracy have as which was heard the directors officially expressed were exposed his , sorrow it may , for perhaps the annoyance , be useful to to those of the British public who have not been , foolish enough to insure alluded their to must lives surely ( of which consist class ) if the friendl publish y sympathisers tariff uuin oi of rewards above

      ai . lUu . ea . to must sureiy . consist ^ , , 11 we we puuxisu a a . rcwaros to numerous of suit assuranc the . p e eculiarl We companies submit y " hard , the which cases following events w arising scheme are fro dail m for y the becoming approval windings mote i- - -up \ Services . Rewards . ers Directors , who have , being failed sharehold to attend - An address of sympathy . ; a Board meeting for a year or

      more , holders Directors who , not have being failed share to - a piece An address of plat of e , sympathy and attend a , Board meeting for a similar period , rpivpd ceived Directors les 1 (» s < s thaii thaii who ^ have " 2 2 . OOO 000 not a a year vear re- tatibn tatibn A gold tb tb watch the the Bl Bluecoat , uecoat and a presen School School

      for their services since , joining for the youngest boy . the direction , afifairs Directors were in who a , hopeless knowing con that - ment . £ 106 . , and a Seat in Pairliain dition more , have ital managed at th to e la get st m oment ,

      the annual ectors accounts who have fal hav sifie e ear A p to ension the wife for and life a of commis ^ 500 a - by or other means wise of rendered perjury , , valuable forgery , , y sion eldest in son the . Guards , for the services to each , , other , latio Of ns do urse not , special quite c app ases ly may ; but arise there to can which be no the harm above done regu if - its a co president mmittee is with forme the d , with object Mr . of Knox at , once the p c o arrying lice magistrate out these , as sympathetic , regulations .

      Prize Riddle (Communicated By A Discharg...

      Prize Riddle ( communicated by a discharged Admiralty has clerk the wh naval o has l ardour ost his i of nco our me countrymen and senses si recentl multan y eousl cooled y ) . — down Why ? Because they have ckilVdits at the Admiralty .

      Our Bookmarker.

      OUR BOOKMARKER .

      A Cruise In Paymaster The " Gorgon , R.N...

      A Cruise in Paymaster the " Gorgon , R . N . " . By B W ell . and Cope Dald Devereux y , 1869 . , Assistant-We have seldom read a more stirring or interesting account these of a cruis pageS e in j and one it of is Her heartil Majesty y to ' be s shi wished ps than that is to more be found of our in oh naval board officers ship . would The be modern at the applian pains to ces jot of down steam their power experiences in our of Navy x ; " » the jf vimuiv enable j , i i lii n these ixxwoi , j days \ . a , jf few j , j man xxxcux months y y offic vsxxxv > ers wx and \ ; s j \ . to what visit vuii . every v . vui jf quarter v ^ uai lvi .

      doing in globe leading n a nei very ghbouring countries ; to know railways each other are ' make the more might more the intimatel well m constant be value forwarded y , each and visits consequentl other , as regards more to y sincerel the , mor we m are e b y distant , that happy our same cruisers countries to think mission , , to flying squadrons , if , on every paid occasion , one or more of the , intelli at the gent pains young to tell offic us ers all who that now struck abound him as in our new Navy or commend would be - ] able been any Mr , attempt abiding or . Devereux of good at in fine ^ his report in writing rapid this among pleasant cruise or the bookmaking round volume strangers the , has world , with to managed bring . , whom before , without he had his ; readers tbuuvjiij interesting iiibV / scenes and descriptionboth i of % jl the

      more quiet many . ixxcaxxjr days spent ivouiig with his ^ uca comrades a . xxu uuoviipuuiio on board their _> vyixx floating ixxc home often , most and of painful the stirring duty , incidents the watching of that and most impeding harassing of and the ; cruel short trade extract of must slave-carry suffice ing to on describ . the West e the coast dreadful of Africa inhuman . A \ measures when dete which cted with thes slave e stealers s on board of men : — do not hesitate to adopt Gulf "T , hese and Zanzibar northern . dhows They are ply the between acknowled Muscat ged , the irates Persian of the coast jj i and cuiu when nutii chased they i throw ixxi vj tv their lxxcxx slaves siavca overboard uvciuuai Ui A

      two forty v short « " . dollars . , ) slaves time , each ago which , ^ one iyiiaoi were , having , of not them , xxv equivalent cost ^ had on on an to board average the value two not of hundred the more vessel . than and xv . Sla On ves seeing then threw cruiser them in chase overboard , the crew in order cut the to throats save the of all dhow the from slaves being , exceeds captured that of and the forfeited dhowthe . , But crew when either the make value a of bold the run mix when ui f cha iu it , , sed of ui else ci . ac land xa the . uu . the tiic slaves sictves . ^ Their j . ncir most most common common method memou

      • trusting to their near being coast picked is tip to throw on the the coast slaves by ca overboard noes . At , oth chains er , times are dropped , when they over ar the e sore side pressed and perish , the . wnole This cargb is not j in a story present of day Weis . Peop Goasit le ar origin e apt , id nor think of ten that years these horrible ago , but features of the h of ad this . " inhuman traffic have disappeared . I only wish they Our author is particularly happy in painting the portraits of

      the the Here st stranere range is quite characters characters a photograp whom whom hic sketch he he from from of time time an Arab to to time time agent encounters encounters ^ hot often .. of the very highest repute : — head " This , tb morning be bur cruising our Captain interpreter engaged and an general Arab , named spy on Bull the - if slave we coast capture . He a dhow is to , have and £ £ $ 20 £ er if we month capture , and a a re square ward - rigged ; £ io vessel rally rog on ues his , — information a species of . low Thes , cu e nn half ing - breed utcasts Arabs , possessing 1 are gene the - cowardice Subtl auMVJ > ety vi « jr w of * of the buv the Asiatic i « . giurbiuy , and the tuv would treach wi vayAJ . do v ery ^ i jr of v / i . the ui ^ « Arab for * * j . c * p */» , and cuiu fedol ¦ the f . uu

      lars , even tb selling negro their , own parents , if anything they only knew a w them - . nis a Our little left ruffian grisl , blind y I , will cocoa ; fac describe e - , nut a - dirty looking . He black skull wears , ind ; his en a large righ t y white e small ye is turban -p ox e , the e on d , m Ski soiled ark n ; s cotton extended of the garment dise nostrils ase b coming e , in thick g dark below lips er tha , and the n the sho knees oth rt , e ne and r part ck ; over s a of li it g ht a e feet bad very imitation large of , toes a Zouave awkwardly jacket separated , white , , with like extended a dash of fingers blue ; . Arabic He speaks French half-a- and dozen coast lish jargons His , ears besides are a always smattering at full of

      cbek , and , his one , eye here Eng , there . , and everywhere . Such is our interpreter Not the . least " interesting portion of the book is that which repart lates of the the author author ' s meeting ' s narrative and sojourn is of with the more Dr . Livingstone value , as . giving This

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    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Oct. 9, 1869, page 170, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_09101869/page/10/