Current:

Tomahawk (1867-1870), 21st September 1867, Edition 1 of 1, Page unpag, ——" I THE TOMAHAWK: A SATURDAY JOURNAL O...

Page unpag
Page 1
1 of 10

On this page

  • Departments (3)
    • EXPEDITION TO ABYSSINIA.
    • THE NON-REVISED CODE.
    • TO THOSE IT MAY CONCERN.
  • Text (9)
  • Transcript

    • Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

      Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.

      ——" I The Tomahawk: A Saturday Journal O...

      ——" I THE TOMAHAWK : A SATURDAY JOURNAL OF SATIRE . ^ gaafe ^ riiiat i ... y . n ! . ) =, ; = ¦ , & km— ™* rf * y "INVITAT CULPAM QUI PECCATUM PRETERIT . "

      No. 20.] London, September 21, 1867. [Pr...

      No . 20 . ] LONDON , SEPTEMBER 21 , 1867 . [ Price Twopence .

      Expedition To Abyssinia.

      EXPEDITION TO ABYSSINIA .

      Instructions To The Officers And Men To ...

      Instructions to the Officers and Men to be employed in the Expedition . 1 . They will invade Abyssinia from Massowah as their base of operations . 2 . They will conduct their operations under the sole and exclusive

      direction of a b * . g . The The Forei War Office Office . . c . The Indian gn Government . d . His Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief .

      j o — e . The General who may happen to be there first—or last . g f . . Any The natives Special , C or orres any p bod ond y ent else of the who Times knows . anything about the country . h . Any j refractory — - mule — .

      Subject to the necessities of the campaign as they arise and be made apparent . Nation 3 . The , and authority will be held above responsible mentioned for is the alone result to represent of the Expedition the British , and will transmit an account of his expenditure and successes to the

      and War M Office . de Lesseps in the . usual forms , countersigned by the Pasha of Egypt 4 . The expedition will find King Theodorus . 5 . The expedition will capture him . 6 . The authority above-mentioned ( par . 2 ) will

      a b . . Examine Wash and him baptise in the him Catechism ( in one operation , Pentateuch if possible , and Thirty ) . -nine Articles . c . Present Dairyman him ' s Daug with hter a copy provided of the by P " rayer the Society -book , for Bibl Promot e , and

      ing Christian Knowled , ge . d . Ask him what he thinks of Sir Samuel Baker ' s account of the All Source of which of the information Nile , and what will he be has transmitted to say about on the Gorillas . forms to the War Office and the Commander-in-Chief proper .

      that 7 . the The utmost expedition friendliness will then is await displayed further towards orders any , care inhabitants being taken who spected may be . found Prize in money the desert for leg , and itimate that captives private will property be accorded is strictl , y as re in - the case of Banda and Kir wee , at the proper official convenience .

      cip 8 hering . While any awaiting hieroglyp orders hic inscri the ptions expedition which will may occupy be found itself , and in will deinvesti Suez Canal gate the , and question the possibility of the iise of of transp the P lanting yramids Cleopatra , the meaning ' s Needle of the to the South Kensington o — Museum for ^" 150 */ — . The abovementioned

      the 9 , release authority of the captives - now imprisoned ( par . in 2 ) Ab will yssinia , if possible by , procure a . Exchanging Gazette , which them is for at the the S bottom pecial Correspondent of the whole thing of the . Pall Mall l > . Pay Lords ing a Commissioners ransom for them of Her by Majesty bills at ' s thirty Treasury days . ' sight on the

      c . Waiting bNature till . privation and misery have resulted in their release 10 . The y Expedition having covered itself with glory , and the present India Ministry . with credit , will theu return , if it can , to England and

      War Office , \ st Sept ., 1867 . ( Signed ) LONGFORD . The Doctor ' s Fee-Simple . —The Guinea Worm .

      The Non-Revised Code.

      THE NON-REVISED CODE .

      (.Dedicated •Wit/Tozet Permissio N To Th...

      ( . Dedicated wit / tozet permissio n to the Magistracy of JSjigland . ) Offence . ( I . ) Punishment . Wringing a man ' s nose ... A laugh from the Bench . Tampering with his pocket h hand- One h year ' s imprisonment .

      — — - k erchi - ^ — - ef ^^^^ r r — — — — ~~ — j ^ -w - — ^ - ^ ^^ — - » - - » —— " ^ - ^ . ^ ^ H ^^ m ¦ " ^ W ™ - ^^ ^ m ¦ " ^^^ " ^ P . 4 W " ^™ ^ " I - ^^ ^ B ^^^ H ^^ ^» - ^^ p ^ " ^ W ^ p V ( 2 . ) Knocking a man ' s real teeth down A reprimand , his own throat Borrowing his set of false ones Two years on the treadmill .

      without permission ( 3 . ) Dragg roots ing out a man's hair by the A laug reprimand hter . , with suppressed Taking his wig off his head ... Three years on the treadmill , with a threat of more .

      ( 4 . ) Tearing out a man ' s real eye ... A fine of five shillings . Making off with his glass ditto ... A prison for five years . ( 5- ) Breaking a man ' s leg ... Ten shillings and costs .

      Stealing his crutch ... Seven years' penal servitude . ( 6 . ) Destruction of a man ' s life ... Recommendation to mercy . Damage to his property ... The severest penalty of which the law admits .

      To Those It May Concern.

      TO THOSE IT MAY CONCERN .

      Novel We Publishers Beg To Inform That T...

      novel We publishers beg to inform that the have "kind sent and to disinterested our office theatrical parcels of managers books an an d ^ of on " orders the app curses lication for the of , from journalism play our " that publisher , their and deserves unsolicited . The free the presents severest admission may treatment system be obtained is at one the , hands of those with tongues to speak their thoughtsand courage to

      maintain their resolutions . Be it clearly understood , then that this p paper iece is cannot good it possibl will be y p praised lace itself , if under bad condemned an obligation . A to stall any one costs . onl If y a half six shillings a guinea , . and a yearly subscription to a circulating library is but

      Was Verdant Committed Green A Few Week O...

      was Verdant committed Green a few week on s his since Travels at Dinan . —The for defacine Snob Sweeting : the statue , who of Du Guesclin , will soon be among us again , as , his punishment was limited to fourteen days' imprisonment . We suppose , on his liberation , he will be — _ allowed to return _ to Oxford to some wretched little hall more slangy

      than select . We are quite sure he could not have come from Christ ^ j Church or any respectable College ; on the contrary , if the truth were known it is more than probable that he would turn out to be a fine specimen of "Worcester Sauce . "

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Sept. 21, 1867, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_21091867/page/1/