The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1832-09-25
From The Broome County Courier.


Rny. +. A. SrRsLE. The case Of this
gentleman, sentenced on Saturday Inst
by oar Coun,y Court, 80 Eve years i'm
prisnnment ia tho State Prison, for at
tcmpl nj rape, has been the occasion Of
sp;na excitement and we now deem
tI,a, lrialic justice requires an outline of
the attendant circumstances at our hands
which, fran regard to those connected
with the nnlappy man, who are every
way respec'able, a1d whose feelings WE
wnuld by no means unnecessarily wound
we s'ilff make brtcf ms p,ssitIic. Mr..
Strale has been a clergyman nf the Pres
byterian order, by birth Norwegian,
35 years of age we should Judge, Of
prcposscssing appearance, and high
literary a;,ainn,cn,s. He has of late
conducted The Female Seminary at Great
Bend, Pa until within few months
pnst. when he removed his school to this
place, and continued it as the Binghamp-
ton Academy.
The subject of tho outrage was n
daughter ofhis wife by former husband
The Grand Jury found three true bills
against him, nn the leas, Of which he
was arraigned, and plead guilty, nnd
threw hmself upon the mercy of the
Court in an eloquent appeal drawn up
by himself, and founded principally up
ON the peculiar situation Of his family,
being dependent upon saInry of which
he is III the receipt, from Swcden !; md
which he apprehended would be discon-
tinued were he sentenced 10 the stete
prison. la proof Of his literary attain
ments, his counsel submitted the Lords
Prayer beautifully written out by him
since his confinement, in eleven differ.
ent languages among which were the
Hebrew, the Greek, the Latin, French;-
Italian. and German langua ges. But
ihe other bills found, involved charges
ot more serious nature still, one of
which we understand was nB attempt nj
the above crime, with the design 10 kill,
and The court Judged rightly, that, mei-
fher the literary att ailments of the gen
iicman, nor the peculiar situation of his
family, should be permitted to interfere
with The due course Of public justice.
A CLINICAL REnuKr.--The Rev. DR..
C-----of Massachusetts, once gave a very
longing 10 his lock, Who was a httlc moro
nee than wise. She was in tho habit, as
many other nice people are, Of complaining
whenever any body entered the house, ori,s
being dirty, and not fit to be- seen, aud al
that. wacn she knew well cnongh il was in
the most perfect order. She might perhaps
bc h'hIng TOR compliment {; but those who
angle Tor pclches, sometimes chance 10 catch
crab.
Hearing soms person knock, one day aod
porceiviHg by chance through the window,
tnst u was The Rev. Doctor, she cried out
co.nc IN ~ you can get in on account o. tho
dirt"
"'Il try and vale through said The par.
son, os he opsned the door, aud deliberately
wa,krd across the room. lifting his feet very
hgh' hse one travelling in deep mud. The
niee iady blushcd and fidgeted but never a.
gain hiuieda syllable 10 the Doctor abou,
her house being dirty.
Mstakiag Customer. Lost June. n
young buck of the city wns journcyinr
'nrongh Worcester county. aud endcay-
nrea 70 SHOW himself of by quizzing the
it.n'srs. lie was passing field of corn,
"nen boy was hoeinv. Tie season
had been cold aud backward. and the
cor" '"ok"d rather yellow. The youup
oandy suck his head oa. ofilsc window Of
tue stage and bawlcd out. sBny, what
,n'kes your corn look so'ycilnw ~ The
my raised mp iNs head and hawlod out i,,
r"'nrn, why. wc planted yaif,r eo,1s.
y,ld..sed fniiyouI" lD,sioa atlas.
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