Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-11-19
MISCELLANEOUS

none, and laugh at the idea of one person be-
ing interior to another.
Islanders, near the Philippines, take a per.
sons hand or foot, and rub il over their face.
Laplanders apply their noses strongly a.
gainst the person they salute.
In New Guinea, they place leaves upon
the head of those they salute.
In tho Straits ofthe Sound, they raise the
left foot of the person sa.uted, pass it gently
over the right leg, and thence over the face.
The inhabitants of the Philippines benz
very low, placing their hands on their cheeks
and rise one foot in tho air, will tho knee
bout.
An Ethiopian takes the robe of another,
aud ties it about him, SO as TO leave his friend
almost naked.
Tho Japanese take off a slipper, and the
people of Arracan their sandals, in the street,
and their stockings in the house, when thcy
salute.
The negro kings, on the coast of Africa,
salute by swapping the middle finger thee
times.
The inhabitants Of Carmcne, when they
would show n particular attachment, break a
vein, and present the blood TO their friend as
a beverage.
If the Chinese meet, after a long separa-
ration, they fall on thor knees, bend their
face two or three times, and use many other
uuCCtCu IOIcS lucJ HdNe also, u KIM Oh
ritual, or "Academy of Complaints" by
which they regulate the number OF bows,
genufiections, and words to be spoken upon
any occasion. Amba ssadors practice these
ceremonies forty days before they appear at
court.
In Otaheito, they rub their noses together.
The Dutch, who are considered as great
enters, have a morning salutation, common
among all rankS,-" Smaakelyk eeten -
May you eat u hearty dinner" " Hoe va.
art awe -" How do you sail 2" adopted no
doubt in tho early periods of the republic,
whom they were all navigators and industri-
Gus fishermen.
The usual salutation at Cairo is, elbow do
you sweat ?" a dry hot skin being a sure in
dlcatIon OF i destructive ephemeral fever
Some author has observed the naughty Spa
niard with the frivolous Frenchmen, that the
proud and steady manners of the former were
expressed in his mode of salutation, Come
esta 80 How do you stand '"-whilst the
yous portez-vous?"-" How do
yon carry YOURSELF" was equally expressive
OF I gay motion and incessant action of the
latter.
Iha common salutation in the southern
provinces of China, amongst the lowest or.
ders IL, " Va fan :"-' Have you eaten your
rice Il"
In Africa, q young woman, an intended
bride, brought a little calabash, and kneeling
down before her lover, desired him to wash
his hands /; when he had done this, the girl,
with a tear Of joy sparkling in her eyes,
drank tue water; this was considered as the
greatest proof she could give of her fidelity
aud attachment.
d.feartess SDimmGr.-A case has been in
examination before the United States Dis
kr,-k (N-.,rN --.., -. -. -.
exhibits a recklessness of death and of dam
ger but seldom equalled. James Riding, n
seaman, between whom and his captain con-
siderable difficulty had existed in conse-
quence of a certain mutinous conduct, form
ed a determination to leave the ship, which.
at tho time, was In the port of Trieste. He
was prevented from deserving while in port.
by being in close confinement and not pla.
ccd on board until the moment of sailing.
The ship went out OF the harbour of Trieste
TO wards evening; the next morning Riding
wasmisslng, and all conjecture as to his prob
able fate was unsatisfactory. He was known
10 have been a yenturesome sailor, and an
expert swimmer but that he should yoiun.
tarily throw himself overheard in the night,
when there was scarcely n possibility of his
escaping immediate drowning, was a height
OF rashness; which it was supposed he would
not venture. TheGulfo of Venice, where the
ship then was, it is remarkable for a rapid
ard strong current against which it would
be impossible for the most athletic powers
long to hold out; and the impression be.
came general among the crew, that they
should see their messmate no more.
Nothing was heard OF Riding, until some
time after news came that a seaman floating
wv tho Gnlf on a spaI, had been picked up
OH the morning above alluded to, by a vene-
tan coaster. He had survived nine hours in
the water with nothing to sustain him but
this slender spar. This case in Conrt was
brought to recover his wages.-Boston Trop.
eHeY.
TIE American Soldier.-In the bat
tie of , Colonel Jesup suspectlng
that his troops had expended nearly all
their cartridges, passed along the rear
ofthe line, to make inquiry as to the
fact. Several soldiers who lay mortal
ly wounded, some of them actually Ill
the agonies Of death, hearing the in
curry, forgot for moment, in their de-
votion to their country, both the pain
they endured audthe approached death,
and called out, each one for himselE.
"Here are cartridges in my box, take
u distribute them among my compa
Mons"
"A soldier in the line exclaimed to
his commander, my musket is shot to
pieces" His comrade, who lay expi-
ring with his wounds at the distance of
lew feet, replied, in a voice scarcely
audible, My musket is in excellent
order-take and use her."
II IS no extravaganza to assert, that
an army Of such men, commanded by
ofncers OF corresponding merit is liter
ally inyincible.
In the Illinois Monthly Magazine is
a paper on the geology of that State.
IL aoounds in Mineralt. Silver, cop
per, lead, salt, coal, Valuable, as wood
IS scarce,) end mineral springs have
been found. One of the latter Yields
EPSON salts, by boiling in a common
kettle.