The Arkansas banner., 1844-05-01

hdy HoHu, III SpedhlH9 OI the IrISH ldH- guage, says ssIn order to discover the ori- ginal of the Irish nation, was at the pains to compare all European languages with that of Ireland, and found it had no agreement with any of them. then had recourse to the Celtic, the original language of the an- cient Ccte, or Scythians, and l found the the affinity so great, that there was scarcely a shade of difference. There being such an exact agreement between them, and the Irish having no affinity with any known language m the world, excepting the Hebrew and the fh1nclan this is sufficient, ! think 10 pro- cure that credit to Irish history which it may justly challenger
 | he alphabets of different nations contain the following letters English 26, French 23, Italian 20, Spanish 27, German 26, Seal vonic 27, Russian Il, Latin 9, Hebrew %, Greek 2l, Arabic 2S, Persian g, Turkish 8, Slnscfit D, Chinese 2ld
 In l553, Dr. Wilson, man celebrated for the politeness of his style, and the extent of his knowledge, wrote at that period in the following manner Or as the sounds of a good insirnmente styrreth the hearers and mouloth much delte, so cleare soundying voice comtorteth muche our deintc cares, with muche swecte melodie and causeth us to allowe the matter rather for the reporters sake, than the reporter for the matters sake"
 In l640, psalm book was published in the United States, from which we make the following extract.
 "Fhe rivers on the Babilon
 Then when did sit downe
 Yea! even then mourned when We remembered Sion -
 Learned men have gone hand in hand with the languages, and the increase of the first with the purity, manner, and style of the other, has marked four of the most learned ages of the world The first is the Grecian age, which commenced near the time of the Peloponnessian war, and extended till the t.me of Alexander the Great within which period we have Herodoms, Thucyddes, Xenophon, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Demos- themes, Eschynes, Lysias, Isocrales, Pindar, A.schylus, Eurpidcs, Sophoclcs, Aristo- planes, Menander, Anacreon, Theocritus, Lysippas, Appelles, Phidias, Praxiteles.- The second is the Roman age, included near ly within the days of Julius Cesar and Au- gustus allording us Cattlus, Lucretius, Te renee, Virgil, Horace, Tibullus, Prospectus Ovid, PhGdrco, C9sar, Cicero, Livy, Sallust, Varfe, and Vitruvius. The third age is that of the restoration of learning under the Popes Julius II and Leo K; when flourish cd Arosto, Tasso, Saunaagarius, Vida, Michi- avel, Guiaciardini, Davilla, Erasmus, Paul Jovius, Michael Angelo, Raphael, Titian.-- The fourth age comprehends that of Louis XIV and Queen Anne; when fourished in France, Corneillc, Racine, De Retz, Molere, Boileau, Fontaine, Baptiste, Rosseau, Bos- suet, Fenelon, Bourdaloue, Pascal, Male- branche, Massillon, Bruyere, Bayle, Fonte- ne!le, Vestot; and in England, Dryden, Pope, Addison, Prior, Swift, Parnell, Congreve, Ot- way, Young, Rowe, Atterbury, Shaitesbury, Bolngbroke, Tilotson, Temple, Boyle, Locke, Newton, Clarke; and l think we may with propriety add fifth age, begin ming with the latter part of the reign of George the 2d, and extending to the present time- Home Joaraal and Citizen Soldier.