The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-05-27

Whlcn mad served to command the siege
exclaimed, ,-"This half has proved it,
self the better Of the two, let it be
hencerorth sacred" And the baton Of
marshal has remained a shortened
stump as we now behold it
Thus the cane (from cana, siqnifyinc
reed, or caneb in the Hebrew, and which
was called by the Romans, according TO
it's various attributes, either 171.do. Jqc-
UlUs, .tUshs, U0ga or scipi0) has been
handed down to us as a symbol of au-
thority, Of power, and command, and it
| is thence that the first idea of the scep-
tire Of kings, the staff Of the patriarch
the baton Of military command, the
wand Of the magician, has evidently
sprung. Tn the secondary order we find
the cOnsyable's and adiutants slaves.
and the long silver-headed cane of the
drum-majOr in every army Of Europe,
by which the march of many hundred
men is slaokened or precipitated. and
the baton of orchestral leaders, which, as
it rises or falls, seems to coniure up the
food Of harmony, which soothes or ag-
itates our souls.
In the Eastern world the cane is the
instrument of punishment most in use
in the administration of justice. From
the cadi of the most obscure country
village to the highest functionnries of
the empire, every one carries a cane, or
is followed by a slave bearing one. A
certain Captain Muller afforded the
world much curious information bv the
wonderful quantity of canes he collect
ed at Algiers, all of different form,
length, and thickness, and destined for
the chastisement of individuals accord
ing to their elevation on the social lad
der. The Emperor Of China, surround
led by his ministers, in all great occa-
sions Of state is preceded by four hun
dred men armed with long canes of ia
.panned ivory. Throughout the Chinese
empire chastisement with the cane is an
everyday occurrence The smallest
number of blows bestowed for the slight
est offence is twenty, and this punish
ment is not regarded as a degradation,
but simply as a patcrnal correction
Sometimes its infiction is ordered by
the Emperor as punishment for some
slight forgetfulness Of etiquette on the
part Of a courtier, which does not pre-.
vent a continuance Of the imperial ia.
vOr and immediate resumption of his
duties on the part Of the chastised IA.
vorite. This cane, or "pantsee," is of
bamboo, broad and fattened at the end
! Every mandarin has the right to order
its infliction, according to his pleasure
even for omission of a bow as he passes
b. through the streets. Athis tribunal he
) is gravely seated before a table, upon
b which is laid a bag filed with canes of
various sizes. He is surrounded by a
crowd Of subaltern officers, each armed
8 with a 'pantsee, and they await the
5 command to exercise it on the person of
? the culprit. The mandarin draws from
2 the bag one of the canes and filings Il
: into the middle Of the hall At this
] signal the victim is seized and thrown t.
I the ground. He receives from the Of
q hcer nearest to him FIVE strokes of tht
pantsee-the mandarin draws another
p cane from the bag, whereupon anothe
officer approaches and administers fvr
S strokes in his turn, and so on until thr
q number of canes in the bag is exhaust
ed, or the mandarin relents in his ire
s After the ceremony the delinquent is ex
e pected to fall on his knees before hi
p judge, and, touching the ground thre
p times with his forehead, thank hin
a with humility for the care he has takel
% of his education.
S In Europe the heralds, the ushers
o and the lacqueys of the nobility still
q carry wands after the fashion of tn
Il East The runners who preceded th
,. royal carriages, in former times, carrie
d long wands ornamented with parti col
- ored ribbons.
IS Charles VI. Duke Of Orleans, whe
l. at war with the Duke of Burgundy
placed a knotted stick in his shield, t
y which offensive allegory the latter repli
o ed by inserting a plane in his own arms
h to signify that he would soon find mean
J. to plane down the knotty points Of hi
r rival. The cane has now for many cen
is turies been considered a necessary az
r bondage to the dignity Of a gentleman
l- At the court of Charles H. it was th
70 fashion to carry long gold.headed cane
p of costly workmanship, some inlaid wit
t. jewels and incrusted with enamel tn
h. courtiers Of Louis XIII, carried at th
Is same time hollow canes, denominate
IS SarJacoRes from the town in Lombard
b, at which they were first manufacture,
# The sqrbacaae was filled with comht
S. which were shot at the feet Of the ladie
s. These bonbons were surrounded by pD
u etic devices expressive Of love and a,
lr miration; thence the origin of the dev
ID ces which are sold by the pound on Ne
# Years Day. In the account Of the tr
g- al of Charles I. we ind mention ma,
n of that monarch's cane, which leads
7f to imagine that it must have been
he formidable length. The solicitor ge
n- eral, Cooke, being seated to the right I
be the prisoner, arose to open his speec
NJ when the King, leaning across the bo
touched the speaker with his cane,
- though he was standing beyond q
,s, members Of the council Of state, Obi
by ding him hold his tongue, and 10
1f member that he stood in presence Of ]
M sovereign Many Of the sovereigns
ou tho north Of Europe have beeu selobr
o. ted for the richness aud recherche exhi
tied in their walkiug-stioks. Thy
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