The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-12-09

prove the opportunity OF writing few lines you to let
mother wanted You live with herr is my wish that
you should do So If she is lame have nothing against
Henry folks in the world They will not think so either.
Show Ruth this letter. and ask her what thinks about
your going there. certainly feel though would not
father was in very poor health. What the trouble with
him should like 10 you very much, indeed We
shall get to work by Monday, think; then shall not
that we struck here is very rich one worth about
$4,000 COO or nearly that The folks here say that
curious that them id Yankees should find anything
here. They have the drills pickaxes and they
know that there something going to be did, fact is
useless to try to conceal it, Two have spoken for
chances to work for us-r Humaster and Mr. Drenner
both good fellows to work Yesterday was in Virginia,
and saw three of the girls The photography. Amy
read it, You said that 7. D. Fiagg had not home;
yet he is gentleman and judge Of good whiskey,
When think how the democrats talk there i makes
me mad II l should go back there and they talk to
they have, we will have 6ght-that's the end ont
hardly know what to write. Tell Salmon the vines
are green here yet the corn is here have had
frost TO DO any damage; potatoes like marbles
Capt. II. Clay Pate, OF Virginia, ON John
Brown.
JOHN BROWN IN KANSAS, AND OLD BROWN IN vIR-
GINIA-AN EXCITED LISTENER CArEcHIsEs THE
LECTURER AND Is ELECTED.
The well known character, Capt Henry Clay Pate Of
Virginia. and formerly of Kansas, delivered lecture on
Wednesday evening at the Cooper Institute on "John
Brown IN Kansas, and Old Brown in Virginia. In couse-
quence Of the exceedingly unavorabc of the weather
the attendance very small, over one hundred
persons being present
Shortly after eight O'Clock the lecturer accompanied by
Gen. George Buckley OF Petersburg, Va and President of
the American Legion made his appearance and was greet
ed with considerable applause. Captain Pate is a slim
parsonage, about five feet nine inches in height with
rather sharp features and decidedly Southern east of
countenance.
In introducing him, General Buckley spoke in the high
esf IF lec ha In
for years. He alluded the excitement at present felt
all over the Union about the late Harpers Ferry nsur-
recon and asked the audience if they prepared 70
maintain the Union, and to listen to the remarks Capt
Henry Clay Pate. If so (sad he, have the pleasure
TO introduce You the lecturer Of the evening" Captain
Henry Clay Pate, Of Kansas notorety and Virginia re-
spectability
Captain PATE then advanced 10 the front Of the platform
and proceeded deliver his lecture Hs began by ex-
pressing his regret that the weather such as TO
allow full audience he had expected TO attend
what might have been very interesting lecture But he
would make NO apologies excuses such things were
always considered bores He had early been taught the
maxim Of Davy Crockett, Frst be sure you're right and
then 20 ahead and feeling satisfied that he was on the
present occasion the right side Of the fence he would
with the indulgence of the audience give little per-
sonal account of himself, which would, doubt
less, be excused in his case, nasmuch as be
all the country and grossly misrepresented ira
duced. Who am l. then? exclaimed the speaker. am
the Capt Pate who went to take old Brown and whom
old Brown took instead Iaughter) For the last four
FIVE years have resided in Kansas aud Missouri I
am an Odd Fellow, and have been postmaster under
the present administration, though seiyed my appoint
ment not from the President HIMSELF but from the Posi-.
master General. was for eight years member OF the
press and still belong to that honorable confraternity
(Cheers) By profession am attorney, and some
times practise in Missouri and sometimes DON'T but when
don't $50 our reporter understood him to say don't
n m for n and anpln \
Having thus satisfactorily accounted for his identity the
lecturer proceeded devote himself to the particular
subject of his DISCOURSE BE said he had divided his
lecture into two parts-frstly, John Brown in
Kansas, and secondly, old Brown in tho Charles
town Jail on the 2lst ultimo In the first civil
Kansas John Brown he distinguished himself
by desiring to obtain authority. He wanted to rule
always and always to command. He wished on all o:ca,
those beautiful creatures who would rather rule himself
in hell than in heaven. The next time John Brown
was heard Of was when he Went at midnight-when he
stole 10 poawatome creek, at that witching hour of
night when churchyards yawn and graves give up their
| dead and murdered i've innocent men 10 cold blood;
which crime he did deny justified in his letter
10 Gen. Scott the ground that promoted the of
righteousness namely the abolition Of slavery. John
Brown told him (the speaker when he was prisoner in
his (Browns hands in Kansas, that he would as
take man life common dogs, If that stood in
the of Mrs Doyle, whose husband and children he
said, Brown butchered, helped 70 butcher in Kan
all of them most inonensive and orderly proslaye-
ry people-that he Captain Pate raised company
under the United states Marshal with the view to capture
old Brown. Here the lecturer narrative Of the
famous battle Of Black Jack, the details of which
doubtless familiar to all readers In describing this
action Captain Pate brought TO his assistance black
| board, on which he had traced rough outline Of the
scene Of the BATTLE the various locations Of which he
pointed with pike, which he said one of the John
Brown pixies made in Connecticut after the model Of
bowie knife found in the possession Of Fred Brown
of the soDs Of old Brown Captain Brown JOHN Brown
After relating the way in which he and his company had
been enrapped by old Bro Fn the lecturer said that
after three hours fighting he Captain patc) out
agreed on. He 0he speakerl to Brown, who in
medately told him that he must surrender Cap
| tain Pate said he would never surrender. Brown re-
piled You have got to do it, and right down hcre.
Immediately he surrounded and compelled TO SUBJ
init, by about one hundred Of Browns men, who
also surrounded the little band Of Pate's and
forced them TO lay down their arms. While some
Of the abolition papers, in describing this affair,
under Brown the latter admitted himself that be had
ls0 men under his command, twenty five Of whom were
perfectly reliable. The lecturer here said be had rapidly
glanced over the battle of Black Jack and asked II there
anybody present who would like 10 have any further
| information about the matter.
A man with military cap on and large coat buttoned
up to the neck instantly sprang 10 his feet and sad-
| MILITARY MAs-Capt- Pate, have been in Kansas and
you question. DO you think that if were 70 70 to
Virginia would be allowed to speak you speak here
| nghtp
CAPT. PAH-Cerainly, sir, you would
MILITARY M,S-No, SIT, / would not.
Gxx BIxr SsSxci;edlyYes SIR you would
Petersburg any other part Of virginia. You would be
allowed full freedom Of speech. (Cheers)
| CAPT. PATE-Who are you, sr2
MILITARY MANI am n soldiers My name is Hen
| ry Watson otherwise known Governor Lorr.
GAIT PATE-Oh, thought you were gentleman.
The military man proceeded TO say that he
was gentleman, but the lecturer quickly
s,lenced him and continued his lecture He said be did
wish to offend Northern laws feelings but 10 act rs
An orderly parsonage wherever he went, whether TO
Rome Egypt, any other farm. But the abolitonsts,
when they asserted in Virginia that should not hold
saves, offended against law OF the Old Dominion and
should be held arnenable therefor. After tho Kansas
MURDERS the speaker said Brown feeling his occupation
to be gone and that unsafe for him TO dwell any
Of The States bad resource left him but 70 join in
wild attempt like the Harpers Ferry outbreak Henry
Ward Beecher had said there thousand men at
Harer Ferry, and that seventeen had conquered
them. The truth was there seventeen hundred
men, women, children and dogs in the place fLaugh.
teri Were tho Vlrgnians 10 be called towards? fCrcs
OF No, NOD II so, where were Yorktown, and the
o'br great battles achieved by Souhera vaor 10 Tho war
o. ndsr There ado made about the