Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-02-23
Albert Pike's Wake,

Albert was personally present, lndulging in post -mortem potations and cadaverous con vitality. He met a large number of kin dred sptrats on the occasion, who had assem- bled at the house of Johnny Coyle to do honor to the distinguished ghost. The cere monies commenced with song by Wm. Nj. Burwell, of Virginia, entitled 'NThe Arkan- sas gentleman alive again. which was sung by full chorus. It begins by telling how the line Arkansas gentleman, miraculouslv restored to life, in the last verse of Pike's own song, went off to chase the Buffalo. as he had done before, with his Indian friends. The rumor of his Visit had extended far and near And distant chiefs and warriors came with how
 gun and spear
 when he reached the council grounds with much
 delight he sees Delegations from the Foxes, Siouxs Ouanavs Blackfeet, Pottawottomies, Gross Ventres. Ar, ropahoes, COmanches Creeks Navaioes Choctaws, and Cherokees This fine Arkansas gentleman, close to the Choctaw line.
 They welcome him with all the sports well known on the frontier,
 He hunted buffalo and elk and lived on crouse-and
 deer;
 And having brought his stores along. he entertain
 ed each chief
 With best Otard and whisky, smoking and chewine
 tobacco, not forgetting cards, with instructions
 in seven up, brag, bluff and euchre till thov
 drank themselves dumb and blind havng first
 war-whooped whoo -oo- 900 -oooped till he was
 deaf. "'
 fine Arkansas gentleman. etc.
 Ills time passed pleasantly on, while thus engaged. It is added: Now whilst ha wac or;o,;o,x
 ture brings,
 The chase, and pipe, and bottle, and such like
 forbidden things, Some spalpeen of an editor, the Lord had made in
 vain,
 inserted Tn ms horrible accident column, amongst murders, robberies, and thefts, camphene ac- cidents, collisions, explosions, defalcations.
 seductions, abductions and destructions. un der splendid black bordered notice the la mentable news that he was dead aqain This fine Arkansas gentleman, etc The other papers copied it, and then it was be- That death at last had taken him. so recently re. prieved. They moumed him as a warrior, and trump And with elegies, eulogies, biographies, reviews articles, criticisms on his productions, doubt
 whether he had ever lived, fought, wrote, hunted buffalo, or indeed lived at all-And one incredulous pagan, '' Johnsen Hooper," of the Montgomery Mail, always denied his dying plump. This fine Arkansas gentleman, etc
 There was general ref at the sad news. and
 So sad the tavern keepers and the faro bankers feel,
 They crape the bell half an hour. and intermit a deal. For thlS tlne Arkansas ppntla oman But far above the common gref-though he was good as gold
 His creditors like Jacobs wife, refused to be con soled;
 They granted him poet and warrior. if vou will, But they had extensive experience in generals admrals, orators, statesmen, congressman. ac- tors, editors, letter writers, route agents. con ductors, and other public characters who rare ly paid bill. ! This fine Arkansas gentleman, etc. | Behold in this excitement our distinopshad f.i.nd | arrive;
 We ''knew from remark he made, that he was still alive.
 Then every journal joyously the contradiction | quotes,
 The tailors take his measure, and the banks re-
 new his notes
 This fine Arkansas gentleman, etc. But Johnny Coyle, an Irishman, the news refused | to take,
 lie swore no gentleman alive should cheat him of | his wake;
 So he called his friends together as bere vor rIoir | ly see, | And has set out the spirits to law tba holr ,n5. the table dacentlv
 This fine Arkansas gentleman, etc.
 Nil. Pike, whose genius seems to have lost none of it's fire in the neither world. wrote poem for the occasion, which was sung by one of the company. It opens thus:
 gentleman from Arkansas, not long ago, tis | said, Walked up one pleasant morning, and discovered | he was dead;
 lie was on his way to Washington. not seelipo fo the spells,
 But rejoicing in the promise of spree at Johnny
 Coyle's.
 lie awakes on the ferry boat which eros ses the styx5.s informed by Charon that he IS dead; laments that, if so, this little acci dent may make him miss the frolic at Coyle's; resists all entreatv from Horace ana Anacreon toremain with them; crosses The adamantine halls, and reached the ebon throne,
 Where gloomy Pluto frowned, and where his
 queens soft beauty shone. nv hat want you here?' the Monarch "Your Majesty,'' said he " Permission at one frolic more at Jvbnnv CovIo, | to be-
 He complains that, if dead, he has not < been paked, and buried dacentlv;" de- clines nectar and ambrosia, preferring the canvass backs, terapins, and St. Peray of his friend Coyle: and swears that better company than Pluto can boast of he can | find at Coyle's
 lie promises to return, as Orpheus did, and bring some of the good company back with him.
 "l'll bring you Philip Borton Key, the Roman | Tully's peer,
 And Jonah Hoover, frank and brave straightGor- ward and sincere;
 McGulre, the generous, liberal friend the patron | of the arts, | Who, not content with fortune, takes delight in
 winning hearts.
 "Fll bring the Impressaro, Rev. Tucker, who shall win,
 From Pericles Aspasia, if he chooses to 90 in; The man without enemy, the wit the Sheridan: In whom two continents confess the gallant gen tleman.
 Ii these are not enough, I'll bring Bob Johnson | with me, too
 The very bravest of the brave, the truest of the l true;
 lmpulslve generous, fearless, frank, the Senate's
 Paladin,
 Who never did ungenerous act victory to win. !" And with him Johnny Coyle himself, who never
 left friend,
 Nor harbored an ignoble thought, nor sought
 selfish end;
 The Arthur he among his knights, the pride of all | his peers,
 Whose heart but grows the younger with the swift
 revolving years.''
 This list of prime-fellows afrights Pluto, who announces his intention of taking them by mstallment, and of not letting Pike re- turn to upper air But fair Proserphine eoaxes her swarthy and regal husband, and prevails on him to allow Pike to be present at his own wake l.. How can you say me nay? I'm sure you do not love me; if you did, you not
 refuse, l When want to get the fashions. and u0u want to