The weekly Arizonian., 1859-03-24

They welcomed nm Wlln all tho sports well Known the frontier, He hunted buffalo and elk, and lived on grouse and deer; And having brought his stores along, he entertain d each chief With best 0tard and whisky, smoking and chewing tobacco, not forgetting cards, with instructions in seven-up, brag, bluff, and euchre, till they drank themselves dumb and blind, having first war-whooped whoo-oo- -ooped till he was deaf.
 This fine Arkansas gentleman, &c. He went to sleep among these friends, in huts ol tents of skin, For if it raned, hailed, or snowed he didn't care pin; For he'd lined his hide with whisky and brace o roasted grouse, And he didn't mind the weather any than il he'd slept in four-story brown stone front tir roof fire proof Fifth Avenue house.
 This fine Arkansas gentleman, &c. Now, while he was enjoying all that such adventure brings The chase and pipe, and bottle, and such like for bidden things Some spapeen of an editor, the Lord had made 1T vain, Inserted in h, horrible-accident column, amongs murders robberies, rapes, and thefts camphen, accidents, collisions, explosions, defalcations forncations, seductons, abductions, and de- SJrucuOnS, unucr a Splenulu pldch-DOruereC notice, the lamentable news that he was deaC agaja.
 This fine Arkansas gentleman, Sc. The other papers copied it, and then it was believe That death at last had taken him, so recently re prieved: They mourned him as a warrior, poet, and trump, And with eleges eulogies, biographies revewt articles, criticisms on his productions, doubt whether he had ever fought, wrote, hunted buf falo, or indeed lived at all And one incredI lous pagan-"Johnse Hooper," of the Mont gomery Mail-always denied his dying, plump
 This fine Arkansas gentleman, &c. But far above the common grief-though he wa good as gold His creditors, like Jacobs wife, refused to be con soled; They granted him poet, and warrior, if you will But said they had extensive experience in Generals admiras, orators, statesmen, congressman actors editors, letter. writers, route agents conductors, and other public characters, wh
 rarely paid bill.
 This fine Arkansas gentleman, &c. Behold in this excitement, our distinguished frien arrive We knew from remark he made '" that he wa
 still alive When every journal joyously the contradictio' The tailors take his measure, the banks renewed hi notes.
 This fine Arkanras gentleman, &c. But Johnny Coyle, an Irishman, the news refuse
 to take, He swore " no gintlemon alive should chate him ( his wake - So hecalled his friends together, asshere you pIan .. see, And has set out the spirits to lay the boby und, the table dacently.
 This fine Arkansas gentleman, &c. So now, when we must surely go the way that a must pass, 5 Don't hold feather to his lips, nor yet loOokiI But whisper that friends in need of either pu1s or hand, And he Il make a to aid him, if they havn got him damned.
 This fine Arkansas gentleman, &c. Or, try another test, certain if any doubt remain Just put within his palid lips drop of whisE plain, And if he makes no verbal signs, just put him the ground, | And let his Maker raise him at his final trumpet sound.
 This fine Arkansas gentleman, &c. Pike made really beautiful reply, and sai that if he came back from the other world, | left all his animosities behind him. He thougl better of mankind since he died; for so muc good was said of him by persons who had bee opposed to him in life, that he would be disil clined to return, if he brought back any of h ill-leelings, and he ended by giving humo ous account of his death and visit to the oth, region done into excellent verse and sung ! the whole company to the tune of "BennC Ravens, O. :"
 Many letters of consolation were receive many poems read and suitable remarks mad