The Kanzas news., 1859-05-28
Clay-pate

Clay-peIe.
Henry Clay pate, of heroic Kansas fame
. has written to Sol. Miller. OF The N nae
Cloud CHEF, to know if be has written q
biography of him, Pats, and enclosing one
cent postage stamp for copy thereof it he
! had. : So Sol, In consideration Of the in
ducsnsnts held out, and the money sent
him, proceeds to write the biography of Mr..
Pate, and in the course of 1t giEes-the fol-
. Lowing capital account Of one of Pate's
Kansas heFoics
"Pate performed great number OF ex-
ploits, which We shall pass over, ia order TO
relate one which occurred Just as be was
entering nanhood-one that has become a
'.hopsehold expTession." He performed the
feat of butting the bull of of bridge
Henry Clay-pate. then, is the man you have
all heard of, who ..butted the bull of ol
the bridge" But history, heretofore. has
been slightly at fault relative 10 this achieve
ment. for it has omitted an important part
of the transaction. The bull, at the same
time, butted him off It was thus In
the butting operation, the bull employed
his pate, while Pats employed the most
prominent part of the rear Of his physical
corporosity. (Get dictionaryil Pate was
Leading the way, at a rapid gait-the bull
was following-when their butting machines
came Ia contact, and of they both went
- Pats vas sent to school, and became an
sethor-an author without q book. But
va shall pass over this, as our s'sort of BIZ
orraphy" has not 80 much to do with Pate,
the author, as with Pate, the warrior
When civil war broke out 10 Kansas, the
valiant Pate few where duty called him
: Is is well known that during the Kansas
difficulties. hordes of Abolition women and
children denied the righ. of Shareholders to
bring their niggers into the Territory. Pate
proceeded towards the theatre of war, ac-
conpanied only by trusty nigger boy
But when he reached the borders, he found
e that it would be impossible to take the boy
an affectionate farewell, and left him behind,
and raising an army. led it against the re
beliious women and children. His deeds of
valor at Black Jack, and other bloody fields,
/. have made his name immortal--in his own
eloquent words, have rendered him one OF
the e'Kansas notables" will be remem-
bered as long as the words Black and Jack
are found in Webster's Unabriged Diction-
ary. His capture of Old Brown and his
men will never be forgotten--by Henry Clay
ful of men-oniy 800, all told-while Old
Brown had an immense army of rs men,
Pate determined to attack Brown-and with
him, to determine to do a thing, was to do
ESPECIALLY when he determined to 'tcut
Dirt He attacked Brown, and captured
his entire army-and did it by peculiar
stratagem. He remembered the manner in
which he vanquished the bull, and he de-
termined to play similar trick upon Brown.
By skillful maneuvre. he managed TO get
: Old Browns men all around his own, when
he and his men stacked.up their arms, and
compelled Browns army to tie their Pate
and his men's) hands behind their backs.
This being done, a sort of mesmeric current
was established, and they had Browns ar
my to accompany them wherever they went.
How long they kept them. We have forgot
ten--but we think we safely say that it was
until Pate and his men we're tired of the
presence of Old Brown & Co.
Pate is also advertised as a swindler, in
the Missouri paper. The st. Joseph Jour
nal says: 80
"Upon the boat reaching Jefferson City,
Pate and his companion took the cars for
/, ST. Louis. When they arrived there, Pate
left orders for his pony to be sent by e1-
press to Norfolk, Virginia, and decamped
with the negro he had stolen for parts un-
known-although it is supposed he is ma
king tracks for the Old Dominion. The
telegraph advised the authorities of the va
rious towns through which he might pass,
to arrest and deliver the fugitive up to JUS
.tice. The main sufferer in this matter is
DR.. Morris. who has lost $500 in money.
and property valued at 81 900. Tbs fel-
low Pate is one of the most blantant Nation
al Democratic pretended Pro slavery dema-
gogues in the whole country. Should he
succeed in reaching Virginia, requisition
will be made upon Gov. Wise for his deliye-
~ to the authorities of Missouri"