Albert Pike.
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We find the following notice Of this
poet and gentleman in New York letter
to the National lntelligencer:--


"Albert Pike, the author Of the s'IIymns
to the Gods" so much lauded in Black
wood about two years ago, is now staying
at The Astor Mr. Pike resides at Little
Rock, in Arkansas, and is one of the first
lawyers and most respected and influential
men of the West. Il will not offend him
to say that twelve years ago he parted
from me in Boston, (after contributing
these same noble hymns gratuitously to
a periodical then edited,) bound to the
West to seek his fortune, with sixteen
dollars only in his pocket, and not friend
west of the Hudson. shook hands with
him then with some feeling, for loved
the man; but knew his genius, and pre-
dicted to him the success that awaited him
| trust he will give us chance to niche
him among the classics, by collecting his
poems in a volume. lie is still quite
Young man.o 81