The Kanzas news., 1858-02-20
Charcoal sketch Of a Prominent Dem

q. Etsssa socraf.
To understand the 5osnt of the following
rich sketch, it is necessary TO premise that
the subject of it has been the confidential
Kanzas correspondent of the st. Louis Re
publican, and an active Border Rufian, and
made the columns of that stupid sheet i've
ly with lies for two years past. Pate is at
present Postmaster at Westpdrt, Mo-, and
is one of Buchanan's spies for Kanzas. He
took an active part in cooking up the Ok
ford and Shawnee frauds, and is Democrat
of the first water:
From the Cincinnati Commercial.
H. CLAY PATE IN HIS TRUE coLoRs.
Some years-four or Eve, perhaps-ago,
the door of lodging room in the third sto-
ry of an obscure building of this city was
labeled with startling letters-letters that
an Irislman might call very loud III. CLAY
PATE, AUTHOR l'' Behind this door were
the quarters of Sigh. young man who
had thrust distinction upon himself by pub
fishing, at his own expense, a book The
frontispiece thereof was wood-cut of the
author" with fac-simile of the auto
graph of that ilIustrious Individual We
weigh our words when we say that we never
saw more luxurious, ridiculous thing in
or out of Punch. McLelan's best designs
of Doesticks and his friend Damphool,
would not compare with it. The matter of
the valuable volume, however, was all that
could have been inferred from the frontis-
piece. 1t was made up of several mournfal
attempts at "tales,' and mass of essays
perpetrated at college, introduced by pro-
digious exhortation to all young men of the
country to 90 straightway and take a col
lege course at the institution, of the work
manship of which the "author'' was bios
soming specimen.
The next thing after his book he became
sorely frightened about the Pope He was
convinced that the Pope meditated the con-
quest of the continent of North America,
and preached in several of the rural districts
crusade against the s'scarlet CONAN"
For time he was aid de-camp of Pap Tay-
Ior in the campaigns conducted by that re-
markable metaphysician against the Baby
lonish monstrosities, which, like the sau-
rians from the slime of ages, were about to
crawl over "'this fair land of ours and
spoil its sweetness with their foul and pesti-
ferrous &c., dc. After gallivanting about
for awhile, he disappeared, and 10 he turned
up as the kanzas correspondent of the Mis-
souri, Republican.
The next thing of especial moment was
the authors account of the immortal
''battle of the Black Jack" an action per-
haps the most important in the Kanzas war.
The point was, that Pate, with compa-
ny of the chivalry, made an attempt to take
that pesky free-sciler. 'Old Brown" of Os-
awatomie; but Brown took them The
history of this military operation is deli
cious. Pate, while raising his troops for
the attack on old Brown, was mounted on
fine horse, had splendid sword girt upon
his thigh, while his waist was bound in the
martial folds of scarlet sash, and he gal
loped about the streets of Westport, calling
upon true hearted patriots to turn out. He
went forth. He met the enemy, He led
his men into ravine where old Brown had
them at his mercy, and after few shots he
surrendered. And the heartless old Brown
took from him his fine horse, his gay sash,
his silyer-mounted sword, and sent him
back to Missouri mounted on a poor little
jackassi He is said, when riding into
Westport upon this congenial animal, to
have borne strong resemblance to Shang-
hal rooster in hard rain.