Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-11-23
FORMS OF sALUTATIoN.


Tbere readable article ia the last London Quarterly,
ust Iepublshed by Scott Co., the forms OF
used by the different nations Of the globe. The wnef eA
tends the principle laid down by Lavasr that the character
Of man may be detected not less clearly in the most hns
gestures in the ordinary Of bis voice, in the way ne
takes pinch Of snuff mends apen, than IN MS g'eaes
actions national characecs, and endeavon 70 portray
the Distinguishing traits Of the several nations BY consde
ing the peculiar methods n which they salute and pass the
compliments of the hour We have found bis specuiaons
interesting that shall abidge portion OF them cr ne
use and entertainment Of our readers.
Thus he remarks in regard to the sautatons Of the On
entails that they breathe air Of prmeva simplicity, and
the ceremonious poisness ofhaavase people, among
whom word or look il nssntly requed by stroke Of
tie saghan or thrust of the lsncs the same tns as me
immobiy and deep religious feeling Of the region is reflected
They all convey wish for peace, which is the prime want
of such countries and such conditions Of e pastoral
people is always wake and throughout the Bible and other
Oriental books the staple Of sautaon is sha, or salem
peace Again. among the Isamites the religious tone
sconinued, but with touch Of fatam. eff God will
thou WELL says the Arab; oand here the Panarchsi-
ism shows itse"If God WILL all the members Of thy family
enjoy good health" The pde grandeur, and heroism othe
Ottoman less faithfully depicted his phrases, ashus
Be under the guard Of God" They are, however formal
and coorless compared with the Of hyperbocal
exalted high condition good !" I make prayers for thy
greatness" sMay thy shadow not be removed from our
head" Such words certainly, could be used by the
foggy shveing Friesander, by e dweller in Cheap
sds the Five Points The reviewer thus speaks Of the
| form used
IN EGYPT.
In Egypt they have form of sauation which stamps
and fixes fevesh climate to the life How goes the per-
spiration Do you sweat copiousy and this, father
.1o..c tho ~
you do continue in the daphoetc mod ingy alive to
the tord fervency Of the sum- you great risk Of melt
ing away altogether, of exhalngof lying in short, Of
burning qootdian teran; May Jour shadow never be
ess beside being picturesque expression, sereoyped in
human speechhuman speech, that OILY firm, sod, unauc-
uatng thing (excep Wing ministry, perhaps)- also
formula for the respect Oentas ntertan for @ Not
only does tyPiy, in nd,structibe Babylonian
eze, burning climate where violent light and strong sha-
dow before the eyes Of omthe cradle to the grave
climate where the fan and the parss have become embems
and insignia of sovereign rank like scepe (ognsy the
sta-he accompaniment of old age, and hence Of wisdom
and authoy) but it marks the honG and glory attached to
obesity in climate where but the rich and great
reach by having plenty eat and ie o do the enved
pinnacle Of twenty stone"
II Again, he remarks Of
i THE GREEKS
"The Greek sautaon have been subject to few
changes but this circumstance which may first sight ap
against us seeing that the Greeks capcous
generation mobile. imaginative, and composed Of such
number Of tribes will examination furnish an but
tes The Helsnic notwithstanding the multitude Of
lfntenal noancea - esssutaliy@ 1 iu1ii61 -
6nonRlY ersvon Gne fcuuded them fonR - 801W %
Il every side they ers comp3@sy one psdls through
common patriotic pride and highly developed civilization as
the Jews by elaborate scheme Of social distinctions
and the intensity Of religious pride and Hence was
quite natural that they should all in using one and the
form for the of those general sentiments which
constitute the groundwork of intercourse And what word OF
greeting il that they seecedor rather that grew up
among them like ree-ehaire- be glad Whist
people that have been Yes, from the cradle to the
grave the agora in the vineyard in the torchghed
i hasmus the battlefield, every moment Of the Greeks
existence filed with joy and grace Think Of him who
Sternitur, ct dulces moriens r.mniscitur Argos,
of the Spartan who smiles 10 dying remember the luxury
beauty which pevsdes and saturstes image every
word of their poe whose very storms are set to musc like
some empest-chorus of Handal Beethoven with the
oldest of whom the crooked beak of the careeng ship cuts
musicay through the bilows-biows deeply amethyst
and off with such dazzling foam that be sailing
in fairy land"
On the other hand the salute Of the primitive Romans
like their social character their manners their institutions
founded upon the idea of bodily strength vgor sptude
for war; with them virtue (uirus, manhood) synony
with being goris ct famei patiens;" their ideal
man was
"Patris idoneus, utilis aer @
Uilis ct bellorum ct pacis rebus agendis."
salve," vals"-be healthy, be strong Surely this
that must have been, where virtue sgn6ed manliness, and
Uar literary strength) the time uae and courage;
mans whole vs1e being in the Of bis vslo What
tone Of frank gravity Of rough military bunness there is
in all their older language One man meets another, by
whose side he may have stood when the shaggy
haired Gsu hurled back in the full fury Of bis shskiDg
from the steady line Of the Legion and be says TO his
friend bruder," but--felow citizen, " be healthy"
"be strong"
The Genoese Of the middle ages used to say Santa
quadago, health and gain but that in the days Of the
princess and the Italians have since desenerated
both in trade and character Now they say Come Sta or
Come STATE where the expresses extreme nervous
mobility combined with the altogether unprogressve indo
ence Of the STATE Italy land where TO stand to be, to
exist is itself such blessing that life fleets aziy and unny
away, without giving temptation or motive for any kind
of exeron. The Spanish Vaya Dio Senior Cabalero
has relish of strong erepect mingled with regiosity
and gives high idea Of the tone OF personal character
which prevails. Here is what our reviewer says Of
THE FRENCH.
Comment porfez-rous? Most readily do we ac
knowledge the food gh. which has been thrown French
phrases by M Taver but every syllable of this deserves to
be studied by Bopp Grimm for half canister Of Can
least that a the profound essencequnts pars nec
tsrs-msy be completely extracted and distilled out Of it. ad
residun, by the beeke of some linguistic Berze
us phologc Scheele. This little phrase Of three words
or the being eaed only counts one contains the
soul of the French character their manners their his
and only the portrait OF their past but helps