The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1859-11-24
S ELECT MISCELLANY.
Our National Trophies.

| people have been informed that lately the
bishops IN attendance on the Episcopal
| Convention at Richmond, called on the
President at Washington, and the Presi-
dent exhibited to them a spear taken from
Browns arms for the invasion of VIRGINIA.
which District Attorney Ould had brought
him from Harper's Ferry Doubtless the
President drew deep moral from this
terrible weapon, and impressed on the
minds Of the worthy Bishops the necessity
OF represslng all agitation except that alb
solutely necessary to guard and extend
the divine institution. The President has
certainly founded a museum Of implements
and relics Of war that, if perfected, will
vie with those at the tower of London or
the Invalides of Paris. We hope that
measures will be taken at once to forward
all the most notable Of these weapons and
curious relics to the White House then
when next the house of Bishops calls on
the President, he will show them in his
national museum in this wise:
Here, Reverend Gentlemen, YOU see
the two rifles with which Clark and Gar
| dener shot Barber, in Kansas Barber
was riding quietly along the road, a CAPT
| tai offence at that time, and was shot in
the back. Clark was my Indian Agent,
and an excellent patriot. 1t was not GER
tain which killed Barber; but in order to
make sure that justice was done. | appoin-
ted Gardener Postmaster at Lawrence, and
Clark Purser in the Navy. That is copy
Of his commission, Gentlemen. CARVING
out the scripture, you see: those faithful
in few things are appointed over many
things.
That, Gentlemen, is the cannon taken
from the government arsenal at Liberty.
Missouri, with which Jones and the Mis-
sourians bombarded the town Of Lawrence
and battered down the hotel and several
dwellings, after they had pillaged every
| thing they could carry of. Here is COPY
OF Jones commission as Collector of Gus
toms. True patriotism will never die.
Gentlemen, while this country rewards
her heroes.
This, Reverend Gentlemen, is the
knife with which Murphy scalped Hopps
"a free State man-a very dangerous
class, gentlemen: you cannot too much
warn your congregation against this a~i
tating element, This is Murphy's appoint
ment as Agent for the Pottawotamie IN
NiASthS, lAC Ctlil It>tCi IilCIl inc CIVIL
lied mode Of scalping. Virtue is sure to
be rewarded, gentlemen. Remind your
congregations Of that.
Here you see some Of the muskets and
pistols taken from the United States Az
senal in Missouri, for butchering the Kan
sas settlers. The Canaanites are to be
driven out, Gentlemen. The scriptures
are clear on that point All means are
lawful, even the seizure Of the United
States Arsenals, to pat down the agitation
Here, reverend Bishops, IS Il precious
relic, and great comfort to Il true patriot.
especially IN view of the recent wicked
attempt to disturb the family relation, es-
tablished by the Patriarchs in the sale of
their brother Joseph, by which we have
the comforting assurance that the traffic
in our blood relations is peculiarly blessed;
this is the hatchet with which Gibson Kill
led Frederick Brown, a son to that mighty
man of valor, before whom the hearts of
the chivalry became as water. With this
weapon he was slain unarmed and pris-
oner His wife and child were spared
an injudicious humanity toward such a
race Many good men strove for the
privilege of killing him, but it was given
to Gibson to hack him to death with his
hatchet, even as ''Samuel hewed Agag to
pieces before the Lord" You see, Gen
tlemen, how the devout mind is sanctifed
by trophies This lot, gentlemen, will
not be complete until we get the rope
with which the father of this sinful agita-
tor. who has been i'll an unreconciled con-
dition since this dispensation on his son,
is hung Then the mind that is properly
disciplined will be highly edited by trO-
phies SO full of incident and allusiOn.-
Gibson has not gone unrewarded; IN
government office he shows to wicked
and peryerse generation that republics are
not ungrateful.
a now come, gentlemen, to the choi-
cest relic in this collection, and the one
best calculated to inspire patriotic and ma
tional emotions. Here in this glass case
are pieces of the cane with which true
Southern, ardent as Southern sun, with
an invincible courage and pockets full of
revolvers, walked up to a sitting Senator,
who had INDUCED in the profanity of free
speech, smote him to the floor and contln-
ued beating him till there is hope that
they have silenced his profanity forever.
These are the revolvers and bowie knifes
Il II,