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2O4 THE TOMAHAWK. [September 21 , 186 7....
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LONDON, SEPTEMBER 21, 1867.
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The Peace Congress has terminated most s...
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A new order is about to be established i...
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Spain is tranquil once more. It seems th...
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It is hoped that the number of suicides ...
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Profiting by the example set in the case...
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Our Pai-is correspondent informs us that...
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WAITING FOR DEATH !
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(Sec the Cartoon.) And has their blunder...
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SOUVENIRS DE L'EXPOSITION.
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(By our <nun Mxcursionist.) Ho ! j'etty ...
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2o4 The Tomahawk. [September 21 , 186 7....
2 O 4 THE TOMAHAWK . [ September 21 , 186 7 . _
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London, September 21, 1867.
LONDON , SEPTEMBER 21 , 1867 .
The Peace Congress Has Terminated Most S...
The Peace Congress has terminated most satisfactorily . All the members have been sworn to keep the Peace .
A New Order Is About To Be Established I...
A new order is about to be established in anticipation 01 the ! Abvssinian Expedition . It will be called the " Black Vulture . " I
Spain Is Tranquil Once More. It Seems Th...
Spain is tranquil once more . It seems that the people of that country prefer to be governed by a lax Queen rather than by a Prim General .
It Is Hoped That The Number Of Suicides ...
It is hoped that the number of suicides which visually mark the foggy days of November with black letters , will be sensibly diminished this year , as several persons have volunteered to go as Special Correspondents to Abyssinia . 1
Profiting By The Example Set In The Case...
Profiting by the example set in the case of Overend , Gurney , and Co ., the admirers of Sir Samuel Morton Peto , Philanthropist and Contractor to the London , Chatham , and Dover Railway , have resolved to present that sainted victim of persecution with a testimonial . This touching tribute of esteem and respect will consist of a beautiful statuette
in papier macht \ representing the Unjust Steward in the act of making friends with the Mammon of Unrighteousness , the raw material consisting entirely of dishonoured bills .
Our Pai-Is Correspondent Informs Us That...
Our Pai-is correspondent informs us that nothing can exceed the " sweet content" which prevails in France . The 23 ^ enoinenon of Jujjiter being deserted by his satellites , sufficiently accounts for the terrible discovery by the Emperor of Clouds on the Horizon . After having taken a caretul survey through his great achromatic telescope ,
supported by M . Rouher , His Imperial Alajesty declares he can see nothing . M . Jules Favre declares—for a very good reason ; as some idle trifler had hung the Cap of Liberty on the end of the telescope .
Waiting For Death !
WAITING FOR DEATH !
(Sec The Cartoon.) And Has Their Blunder...
( Sec the Cartoon . ) And has their blundering come to this ? An hour more , and all will be over ! My horse has fallen , and I stand beside him , faint , weary , and dying , without a chance—without a hope—Waiting for Death ! Hard—very hard—to pass away like this ! Not at the head of a charge—not at the moment of victory , with the flag of my country waving over my head , and the enemy flying from before me—but here ,
in this awful solitude—in this weary waste of burning sand , with the bones of dead brethren for company , and the gasps of a dying horse fitfully breaking the frightful silence , and sounding in my ears like a weird , dreadful dirge ! It was not for me to complain . I was a human machine—a mere puppet—to be moved as men should decide . One who had bartered away body and soul for a day's rations and a scarlet coat—one who had given up all claim to life and liberty , and who , now that it was too late
—now that the past could never be recalled , found his best reward in an earthless grave—his only monument in a mound of shifting sand ! Surely a little cruel . The village green was pleasant , and the sounds of sweet familiar voices filled the soul with mirth and happiness . In spite of my coat my mind will wander away from pipeclay and shoulder belts , from guns and bayonets to the cottage I used to know before I met the recruiting sergeant , before 1 donned the cockade and followed the drum on the path to glory . Glory ! Is this glory ? Is this
miserable end the dawn of glory ? Is the cold sweat of death falling upon my Ixrow the dew of the olive wreath ? Is the fierce burning fever running through my veins , and setting my poor thin blood on fire , the delirium of victory , the ecstacy of success ? In thAt rusty sword the arm of a conqueror ? Is that unused pistol the weapon of awax-rior ? Has my horse borne me through the ranks of my enemies , has my breast been exposed to the steel of the foe or their bullets ? No . Before I hand have struck loses its a blow power for , my my heart country its , throbbing drawn a swo , and rd I for sink my down Queen beside , my my horse and share with him his unmournetl-for death ! Surely a little crucJ . Office is sweet , and ambition lures many a mnn 1
(Sec The Cartoon.) And Has Their Blunder...
important from the paths that the of honour Treasury ;— Bench but surel should y a little be retained cruel . ? Was Was it , it then , then , so such concession a grc'at ? point That , that the vanity the clamour of the of ignorant the Press and shxmld the insolent be hushed should by , supply the nation ' s law ? Because thoughtless scribblers counselled an impossible war , was that a reason why the rulers of the people should send their troops to an inevitable ruin ? Some one has blundered ! Again the old old epitaph that has told the story of so tragedies . Some one has ¦ ¦ blunderedand — - a fine
army ^_ ^ t d * ^^^ ^* " ^^ ^ has ^^ ^ fc ¦ ^ * been >^ «^ b ft j ^^^ lured many ^* hk ^ ^ ¦ v ^ h ^ b j to ^ b ^* death ^^^_ *^^ ^*^ ^» ^^^ ^ j without v r *^^ ^ ^ am ^ " ^^ a chance ^^* ^» ^» ^^ r ^™ ^>**^ r ^* of ' v ^^ victory ^^ ^™ ^ " ^ ^™ - ^™ ^^ r —* ^™ . - ¦ , ^ m Some —^ ^ w » ^ v ^ p one f ^ ^ j ^ j ^ ^^^ has blundered , and thousands of pounds that might have gone to clothe the houseless , to succour the homeless , have been swept away . Some one has blundered , and men that have fallen into captivity through a and blunder here hav I e faint lost , their dying onl from y hope want of escape , from ! starvation Some one , from has blundered fever and , disease V « ¦ K /^ 'b ^ . ftf V I V
As I stand with my poor thin hands clasped and my weary eyes fixed upon the setting sun , these bitter thoughts pass quickly through my mind . How calm it is ! Not for long ! No , not for long ! Ah , a shadow and the sound of fluttering wings—see how bold the vultures are growing . Great God ! have pity upon me I One last look at the sun , one long deep prayer to Heaven , my life is over , and Death is with me 1
Souvenirs De L'Exposition.
SOUVENIRS DE L'EXPOSITION .
(By Our <Nun Mxcursionist.) Ho ! J'Etty ...
( By our < nun Mxcursionist . ) Ho ! j ' etty vwor l'Exposishong Dedong le grand veal de Paree ; Cay pookwar j'avvy fay ce chon-song Poor dear too-lay shows you may see .
Dabbor—ce kee volly dear j ^ -st r — J ' avvy lar toojore onvee de bwore Allor j ' ally quenchay mon " thirst " Dongs un day buffays de la Fwore . Le premyer joor j ' ally too drwaw , O Restorong " Spiers and Pond , "
Lay Madmersells la ker je vwaw Sont too-lay ploo jolee du mond . Too le jore je dimandy " Pell Ell , " Too le jore je payay le ga ^ ong Joosko swore je regardy ma bell Song ponsay a l'Exposishong I Le next day je un shays
Devong un owtr prenny Buffay on vogue , , Ou long vwaw oon jolee Ecossays Voos ofFrong du "Stout" wit / i a brogue . Cetty tro poor mon sensible coor : Dons uns caffy de Turkey j'ontray Oon Odderlisk shonty lammoor ¦
~ ^^ - ^ ^^ hi * # ^ - ^ " ^ ~^ m " ^ ^^ ^ m m ^& * fc ^^ w ^ r ^» ^ b ^ t ^^ ^ v ^^ ^^ w ^ h n ^~ ^ V ^ ^* ^> ^ ^^^ ^^ Avec tootafay laxon Fronsay . La poosyair poossay toojore De vairsy dedong mon goziay ; Le Rooce Corrychenko oncore , Forcy maw malgry maw darrettay .
La Roosian feel portay du * ' Quass " Oon espayce de Petersburg Beer , O dairniay je fexzy grimass , May le premyare me fezzy sooreer . Le solail me brooly le nay Kel Le bongoor pavvy may ! / fere peeay 's a de Yankee maim Buffay ; ¦
Je prongs un sodar a lar craim ! Vairsy toojor Professoor Johnteel ! Voo meritty le meddle Dore ! O caffy 00 a lar Vanned ! O 1 Vaixsy Professoor encore I
Appry sar avec Bock de 1 'Allmine , Licure amperyal de Jappong , A pwee chocolar de 1 'EsiDine Avec doo tarse de tay de Hong Kong . Pweesker murntenong f ker je par ; Je rappelay maw poor long-tong , Day bell feel , day Buffay , du sodar , Ker jay vu ay bu a l'Exposishong .
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Tomahawk (1867-1870), Sept. 21, 1867, page 204, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_21091867/page/2/
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