Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-08-14

fused to attend Protestant worship. 1t re"
suited in his conviction, and he was sem
fenced to forfeit 10 the United States five
dollars a month of his pay for six months,
to spend two months in solitary confne-
ment and on bread and water, the other
six months at hard labor, with ball and
chain to his leg. This sentence which
was in part approved by Gen. Wool, came
up for revision bfore Secretary Conrad of
the war department, and was by him
set aside, as will be seen by the follow
ing
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, July Is 1851
Sr.-Complai have been made to this
department that soldier at Fort Column
bus, who is, or was a Roman Catholic, was
ordered to attend Protestant church, and
on his refusal to obey the order he was pun
ished for disobedience of orders. 1t is
doubtful how far an officer has the right to
compel officers and men under his COM
mand to attend divine service; it is evil
dent, however that no one ought to be COM
PEELED to attend church Of other persua-
sion than that to which he belongs.
Every means of persuasion should be
employed to induce soldiers to attend some
church, but they should be permitted to Sc
Iect the one they prefer. And when they
profess to have Conscientious scruples a.
bout attending any particular church, all
compulsory measures violate the rights of
conscience, and should be avoided.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
G. M. Conrad,
Secretary of War.
Brevet Maior.General JOHN E. Wool.
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.-Extrac from a
letter giving an account of horrible MUIR
der perpetrated at Hannibal, Mo. -
We have German in prison, guilty OF
murder of young lady whom he loved,
the prisoner was servant in the family of
Mr.. Scholten, and became enamored Of his
daughter He declared before, as testimo-
ny shows, that he intended to make de-
claration of his love, and if not received,
ne would shoot the lady. He made his
declaration of love-the lady Indignantly
repulsed him. He got double barrel gun.
came into the house where the lady and
mother were, and told her he had a present
tor her, pointing TO the gun. Said she.
"You are not going TO shoot, surely" He
replied, &c am" firing the one barrel and
afterwards the other, the loads taking eff
feet in the head, scattering her brains all
over the room. The young lady was beau.
full and accomplished The prisoner made
sham attempt to kill himself He is
quite young, and very innocent looking
fellow.
ONO WooL TRADE.-At late meeting
OF some of the principal wool dealers. at
Cleveland, it was stated, after preparing
notes, that eight million pounds will be sent
from Ohio to the Eastern market during
the present year. TIE average price of q
years clip is thirty eight cents pound
The Wool goes to Boston, Providence and
New York-and is there distributed; but
the great mass of it is used in the de lain
factories of Massachusetts, New Hamshireb
and Rhode Island.
AN IRISH Fish SToRY.-An Irish paper
states that recently monstrous salmon. es-
tlmated at sixty pounds weight, was hook
ed upon in the Shannon, and contested for
life or death with strength proportionate to
his dimensions. The angler became ex.
hausted, whilst the fish was still vigorous
aud tainted before he relinquished his hold
A second took up the rod, and continued
the struggle for hours, but at length relin-
pushed his chance to an officer for FL.
The third continued the sport, and finally
lost the prize-the king of the river escap-
ing with all the tackle after a contest of
twenty hours.
REMARKABLE ADvENTURE--Tn the abb
sence of their parents two little girls, FIVE
or six years old one daughter of Mr. John
A. Root, the other of Mr.. Hathaway. both
OF Haydenville, Mass, undertook to sport
upon raft above Hayden's button factory.
In the act of getting on the raft they push
ed It from the shore. and were carried over
the dam, where there is fall of Is feet.
AS the raft rose to the surface, little
hand was seen clinging to it, and man
plunged into the river, seized the hand
drew out the girl, and found the other cling.
ing to one of her feet. Neither sustained
any injury.
SINGULAR MOVEMENTS OF LAKE MrcHI.
GAN-The Chicago Journal of Saturday
says:-Lake Michigan was playing its an.
tics again all day yesterday, the water ris-
ing from two to four feet every half hour,
OF so, and as suddenly receding, At dusk,
while the lake was as smooth as mir
ror, without wind or any apparent cause,
the water rose to the height Of four feet
within an hour. "What has caused this
great commotion" with old Michigan is
mystery 1t is certainly very unaccounta-
De ..s.~.
There are forty female students in the
emale Medical College in Philadelphia.
Two of the number hail from Massachu.
etts. N
SERIOUS ACcTDENT.-On Tuesday after
loon, Mr., Josiah Burrage, Jr,, of the Bur-
age e. Gale, lumber dealers, Cambridge.
vas thrown from his chaise on Court street
o violent to the ground as to break his
Ell leg near the hip and otherwise bruised
Courier.
They have found human skeleton in
rance thirteen feet in length. 1t is sup
osed to be an antedeluvian relic.