Litchfield enquirer., 1846-01-01
SPEAKERS OF THE U. s.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

/ Wet have before alluded to-the fact that
Nc. DAVIS, the present Speaker of the
HoasAof representatives, is the first OF
the. Representatives of the Western
States proper, that has occupied that dis
tinguished post, since the organization of
the Government. "A friend has taken the
pains to compile and furnish US with
complete list of the Speakers of the,
House of Representatives from 1889 to the
present time, which exhibits at a glance
the several incumbents, their terms Of
service, and the States I'd which they be-
longed-and which will be found to be
accurate and valuable, as indicating
which section of the Union has hereto
fore held the prepondering influence in
the House of Representatives. We give
the table below:
1769to 1871, FREDER1ck A. MULLEN.
BURGH, Pennsylvania.
1891 to 1898, john TRUMBULL, Con-
nectictt.
1893 to 1897, FRBD'K A. MuHLENBuRG,
Pennsylvania.
1897 to 1898, JONATHAN DAYTON, N.
Jerseys
y. l79s to 1901. THEODORE SEpG wrck,
| Massae husetts,
1901 10 1907, NATHANIEL MACON, North
Carolina.
lsO7to 1911, JOSEPH B. VARNUM, Mas.
sachusetts,
1911 10 1914, HENRY CLAY.e Kentucky,
l5l4to 1915, LANGDoN CHEEvEs, South
Carolina.
1915 TO 1920, HENRY CLAY, KY.
1920 10 1921, JOHN w. TAYLOR, New
York.
1921 to 1928, Pr1LLlP P. BARBOUR, vir.
ginia.
1928 10 1925, HENRY CLAY, Ky.
1s25to 1927, JOHN w. TAYLOR, New.
York.
1927 to 1885, ANDREW STEVENSON, vir-
ginia.
1885 10 1887, JOHN BELL, Tennessee.
1887 70 1889, JAMES X. Polk, Tennes.
see.
1880 u ls4l. ROBERT M. T. HUNTER,
/ y i f54f Is 1919, JOHN WHlTE, Kentucky.
1913 10 1915, JOHN w. JONES, Virgil
mia.
1916 10 JOHN w. DAVIS, Indi-
ana.
It will be seen, that during the sine
embraced in the table-Virginia has held
the Speakership the longest period, II
years-Kentucky II years-North Car
DINA, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts,
6 years each-Tennessee years-New-
York 3 years-Connecticu 2 years-S'
Carolina and New Jersey year each.--
OF the several Speakers, Mr.. Clay held
at different times 10 years !; Mr.. Steven.
son, years continuously Messrs. Muh-
lenburgh and and Macon, 6 years each.
II will also be seen, that six States have
furnished Speakers forty -four years, out
of the fifty-six; and that New York, one
ofthe orginal1ehir!een, has furnished on
liz one of the seventeen gentlemen who
have been honored with that distinguish
ed station since the organization Of tht
government, and that for only thres
years.-Albany Argus. s.
THE EXCITEMENT IN THE CHERoKEE Ma
rloN.-The papers from Van Buren,, Ark
mention several cases in which lives
have been destroyed by the National Pc
lice Joseph Swimmer and Stoam, Cher
okees, of the treaty party, were killed OF
the Goth, by party of fifteen men the
first was shot five times, and the latter
stabbed twice through. the heart. On
Friday night, the l4tt ult. Tom Waite, a
Cherokee. was killed in barbarous
manner, about twelve miles north Of this
in the Cherokee nation. The circum.
stances are thus stated in the Van Buren,
Intelligencer: A police party of Chero.
KEGS, came to the house of Arch Gurtrey;
where Waite resided, about the time he
was going to bed, and one Of them told
him he was their prisoner, and that he
should 20 with them. w. replied thai
he wished to dress himself add then he
would 90. AS he raised himself in bed
he was shot dead, his head split open
with tomahawk, and his body horribly
cut and mangled with knives.
1t is added that great excitement ex-
lists in the Nation, in consequence of
these acts of atrocity. The InteIligencer
invokes the interposition of the State, or
of the United States, to stop these pro-
ceedings.
On the other hand, the Cherokee Ad-
vocate avows that these proceedings have
nothing to dowith politics, but g are the
cbulitions Unpopular feeling, irritated by
long series of outrages, and maddened
by the preparation of one Of deep enor-
nifty :" and that paper counsels the pur-
suit and arrest of the outlaws, five or six
in number, who have done SO much mis-
chief and caused the recent enormities.
A BAD BELL.
A person having the misfortune to ad.
NIT as iodger into his house an individ.-