The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-06-17
The History, science, and Art Of Whip
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A very curious book has made its ap-
pearafce beakiHg the following title
"FLA0KLI.ATfoN. AND FLAGELLANTs.
A History of, The Rod in. all Countries
/ from the Earliest Period to. the Present
Time. BY the Rev VIM. Cooper, B.
i A. London, John Camden Hotten,
/ Piccadilly.h .EpTTAdfH II =
/ The Rev. Mr.. Cooper commences
with the Jews and Romans, and tells
us how the scourge WSs used in public
and private among the people Of these
nations. The Roman ladies must have
been pleasant women to serve. He
says:
| hIt wase quite IL Sufficient excuse
| among the Roman ladies to whip a
slave, il rs Juvenal expresses it, their
nose displeased them - in other words,
| il they were not satisfied with the state
| of their charms. I Their lWantonness Of
power was carried still further. It was
customary thing with some of them,
when they propoGedI having their hair
uISbSCu Will 0l1u CAHCOA-
ton, to have the dressing maid stripped
to the waist, ready for fagellation,
should she be guilty Of any fault or
mistake in performing her task. The
fair termagants at, last carried these
cruelties to such . pitch that In the be-
ginning of the empire it was found ne
cessafy torestrain their license. - ID
During the reign of. the Emperor
Adrain, lady was banished for five
years for 'infiicting undue cruelties on
her female slaves. u Thesmallest faults,
such ~ breaking glasses or rover-season-
ing dishes, exposed these wFetched serfs
to grievous whippings, which are some
times inflicted in presence Of guests who
happened to be entertained at the table,
as a means OF. affording little diver
sion.' The following is a literal trans
lation of a passage from Juvenal, in
which he describes the way an angry
woman treats her slaves upon an occa-l
sion when her husband has slighted
her: Woe to her waiting women! the
dressing maids lay down their tunics,
the errand slave yis, charged with hav-
ing returned too late, the straps break
on the back of some, Others redden un-l
der the lash of the leather scourge, and
others of the twisted parchment." ON 4
The authory writes at length Of the
discipline practiced in converts, and
gives q long description OF q religious
sect called the @ Flagellants," whose
religion consisted in f10gging and SELF
torture, and whose practices, though
curious, were extremely unpleasant to
hear of. Under the head Of penal fla
COLLATION. there are one or two curious
anecdotes: .nirt .ss n
s"Cowper, in q letter to his friend
John Newton, relates droll incident
which he ewitnessed at Oiney.n A young
fellow, having been caught thieying,
was ordered to be flogged through town.
AS he performed this penal pilgrimage
ct the cart's-tail, the ruddy stripes up
on his back stirred the compassion,
while the fOrtitude with which he bore
them excited the admiration of the
spectators. H,.nir1.sri .adutg.fr sriAs1
Is But 1t turned out that it was an i'm
position on the public. The beadle,
who was the executioner, welded. his
whip with the utmost tenderness, sand
before every stroke drew the lash
through his left hand, which was filled
with red ocher, 30 that when he ap-
piled it to the culprit's skin IL left an
Imprint like . bleeding cash. A com
stable, detecting the deceit, applied his
cane to the shoulders of the beadie by
exhortin0 him to do his duty. A
country lass, plying the pitiful beadle,
assaiied the pifilees constable. 70 Thus
the beadle thrashed the thief; the con-
stable, the beadle; and the lady the
constable; and the thief was the only
.-~S II c.y<<npaA moth.
lng.n 1ai u teas sn.r,"a r1zi7340z Il
!! 80 A young man, sentenced for soma
slight misdenaeaf10f ITO be-. whipped
through the streets of Glasgow, turned
out, on being stripped, to be female
She was identified at the time, by a
mark on her shoulder to be q daughter
ofa highly respectable merchant, who
had run away from her home at a very
early age, and been lost sight Of for .
great many years. IL After leaving her
home she made her way TO -Port-Gias-
cow, and became cabin-boy in West
indian sugar vessel. As her uncle was
a town councillor at the time, she was
pardoned the public exposure by the
Lord Provost OF the period, on condition
of submitting to be whipped by the ma
tron of the gaol.n a. sl7gf1
10 The author gives an old magazine
as fl1e authority for the above story.
= "The last whipping through che
streets of Glasgow by the hangman
took place on the Sth Of May, 1S2 On
that day at twelve O'clock, q strong de-
tachment of the 4th Dragon Guards
paraded in front of the gaol, and at the
same time a large party Of police and
civil officers attended, under the direc- /
ton of the superintendent of police.
Soon afterwards the culprit-a man |
sentencedt to be logged at the cart's-tai
for assisting and encouraging riot |
was brought out Of the gaol by. the |
north, door, and bound to the cart,
which was in waiting. Parties of the
draeoons were placed in front and rear |
10 keep of the crowd; and when all
was ready, the cavalcade moved round |
to the area of the south side Of the gaol, |
where the cuipfit's back was laid bare |
by the hangman, who then gave him |
hiS first twenty lashes with . formid- |
able cat-'o-nine-tails. Thslike punish !
ment was repeated at the foot Of the |
Stockwell, and also at the head Of the |
making eighty in all, were given by |
II Il ~
crowded Cross or Glasgow, the prisoner |
all the time groaning and lamenting |
his fate. This example, says COM |
mentator, had the most salutary effect |
ii taught the mob that there was pow
or over them after all, and there was an |
end Of riOting.' - .s.1a |
In treating of the use rod in Eastern |
nations, the author takes occasion to |
speak Of its absence in the japanese |
schools. A ladies' school among the |
subjects Of the Tycoon must be pleas
ant place: ...5r,.l |
n" A Japanese female finishing estab- |
lishment has the following among 9TH |
er peculiarities-namely, all the mas !
tefs pay for the privilege Of, teaching, |
instead of, as Is the case with US, being I
paid for their lessons. This makes the !
Instruction. q labor Of love. 70 Then,
again, to q certain extent, q japanese |
young lady Is allowed considerable |
freedom as to the selection of her in /
structors-she. generally prefers the best |
looking. A lady principal Of one of
our English finishing establishments 1
for young ladies would not be o little /
surprised, IL she could be Suddenly |
transported to Japan, there to study |
the peeuliarities OF Japanese customs.
She would find herself, not in q close
pent.up room filed with girls bolt up
right, each perched upon an educational
stool, but in delightful garden, fra
grant with the odor Of tea and flowers. !
She would see q number Of little sum-
embowered in the midst