Litchfield enquirer., 1831-07-21

loud, the villain struggled to disengage him. self. for some time without success. but he finally released one arm. with which he drew forth short bludgeOn, or some such weapon, and struck his caIltOr a violent blow acrOss the shoulders thls obliged her to relinquish her hold. hut having discovered that the can- dlesticIx which had fallen from her hand. lay at her feel. she seized it and inflicted heavy blow on inc retreating villain. This blow he returned with such force as to knock the fe- male down.
 The husband about this time heard the noise Ofthe scuffie and proceeded down stairs, but only arrived time enough to discover that ! the villain had opened the window and Ieaped { into the yard, which communicated with Inc street by an alley way, the door Ot which 1 was unsecured. Had he instantly pursued 1t 1 is probable that he might have arrested the tu- l gitivc, but the state in which he saw ms "iie obliged him to delay few moments SO as 10 ascertain the extent of the injuries inflicted on her. The injuries were discovered to be slight. but inc villain who had inflicted them ] made prOnopt use ofthe time which it took to ascertain this. It is supposed that the fellow had been concealed in the room some hours Presidents of the Uaited States.-Therc ! have been (incudng the present, seven Pres, , 1 idents. Tine names of four of them ended in the letters on. The names of three of them ended in the letters son. but neither of these three had a, son. All of them were married {; ] but three of them were childless. The son of the only one that had son, was one of the seven. Four of the seven are dead ;-and three of the four died on tho fourth of July. PhilG. paper.
 Suicide.-On Saturday evening last. Iit- tle before II o'clock, a young man named William T. Robinson. of Portsmouth. put an end to his existence by shooting himself, at | the Mansion House in Milk street. It ap. pears that he had transacted some business with a commercial house of this city during the day, and remained reading in the public parlor of the Hotel most of the evening, where he committed the fatal act. Immedi- atcly after the report of the pistol was heard, he was found lying on the floor. perfectly 1 dead, the ball having passed directly through his heart. By letters and other papers found in his trunk and pocket, it appears that he
 was recently from. Portsmouth, that he has been unfortunate in business. had become discouraged and concluded to do the rash act several days since, and had actually attempt
 ed it but failed in tho attempt. He had been
 in Portland in the Book binding and selling
 business with another person, and is said te have some relatives in Portsmouth -Bos. Pat
 The Boston Courier gives some additiona particulars. The following is a copy of let ter found in one of his pockets.
 Wednesday, July 6, 1881. To the Keeper of the Mansion House.
 Sir,-Misfortunes in business and pecunia " losses have caused me tocOmmit what th newspaper editors call rash act. You vii find in my wallet an order on J.. l.. Cunning
 ham for the amount of proceeds of sale Q
 Bookbinder's Tools, sold this day. You wil
 pay yourself out ofit,my board for the weel or more. and the expenses ofhaving me decent
 ly inferred. wish to be buried exactly al
 am found when dead ov dying. trust tha
 you will comply with this desire. I have
 written 10 Mr. H. G. communica
 tiOn, who will attend to the disposal of what ever property belongs to me-you will have
 the goodness to see that all letters left on tho
 table be forw arded to their respective destin' atiOns-thOse to Portland and Portsmouth please to put in the Post Ofice-those to per- sons in the city please to send them immedi- ately. . J. T. ROBINSON. Subsequent to the date of this letter, and some others written to other persons, Robin son took dose of laudanunl, which operated as an etnetic, and had no other effect th an to weaken him. Tbis fact appeared from let ter to a friend at Portsmouth, which was found unsealed in his hat. From infrrma- ton derived from other sources, it appears that while the auctioneer was selling the tools alluded to in the above letter, one of the cred itors of RObinson served atrustee writ upon the auctioneer, which consequently prevent ed such disposition of the proceeds as he in- fended. This circumstance accounts for the following men,Orand um, written on a small bit of paper, which was found in his trunk, at the top of all the other articles.
 Letters will be found in my trunk. MT. Coggeshall will please see they are delivered. Robinson the driver from Portsmouth. will bring tomorrow night letter from me con- taining some money. Mr. (. will please ap. propriate it in part pay of my expenses. The letters in my trunk to persons in the city had better be delivered immediately. J. T. ROBINSON. Pensacola, May 2, 1881. Dear Sir: An affair of bloody nature has recently occurred in this place. few of our sea men had no rn, issinn fO visif fhe shore