Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1850-01-04
use adjourned till Thursday next.
Former Speakers of the House.


The House adjourned till Thursday next.
Former Speakers of the House.
1t may not be uninteresting, just at this time, to
see who have been Speakers in the House. since the
foundation of the government. We give the record
authentic, we believe, as follows:
Frederick A Muhlenberg, of Pennsylvania demo-
crat, elected Speaker of the House of Represen
tatives in April 1889. This the first Congress
under the present constitution.
Of the second Congress, commencing October,
1871, Jonathan Trumbull, of Connecticut, federast,
was elected.
Of the third Congress, commencing Deer 1893,
Frederick A. Muhlenberg again elected.
Of the fourth Congress, commencing December,
1895, Jonathan Dayton, of New Jersey, federalst,
was elected
Of the fifth, commencing May, 1897, he was again
elected. MIR, Adams then President and both
branches of Congress federal.
| Ut the sixth Congress, commencing Deer, 1899.
Theodore Sedgwick of Massachusetts, federalist,
was elected.
rvut11g1r1 r1,rcu11, Opprr,firp,
presided the seventh, eighth, and ninth Con-
gress.
Joseph B. Varnum of Massachusetts, democrat
elected, both at the tenth and eleventh sessions.
Henry Clay, of Kentucky, elected November, 1911,
and resigned May 1873 when Langdon Cheeves, a
democrat of South Carolina was elected
Henry Clay again chosen, December, 1915,
and resigned in the first month of the sixteenth Con-
gress, 1919, when John w, Taylor, of New York was
chosen This brings us down to the time within the
recollection of modern politicians, and we therefore
present the remainder of the information in tabular
form:
XVII Dec, 1921, Philip B. Barbour, democrat
of Va
XVIII. Dec. 1928 Henry Clay, wing, of KY.
XIX. Dec, 1925, John w. Taylor, of N. Y.
Xxx. Dec. 1921 Andrew Stevenson, Democrat OF
XXI Dec, 1929, Andrew Stevenson, democrat;
XXI Dec, 1881, Andrew Stevenson, democrat,
of Va.
XIII. Dec, 1888, Andrew Stevenson, (resigned }
democrat, of Va John Bell, whig of Tenn.
XIV. Dec, 1885, James X. Polk, democrat of
XIV. Deer, 1887, James K Polk, democrat of
Tenn.
XVI Dec, 1889, Robert M. T, Hunter, demo-
crat, of Va.
XVII. May, 1871, John White, whig of KY
XVIII. Dec, 1913, John w. Jones, democrat, of
Va.
xxx. Dec, 1916, John w. Davis democrat, of
Indiana.
Xxx. Deer, 1917, Robert c. Winthrop, wing, of
i Mass.
STATISTICS OF EMpLoYMENT-The business of the
active inhabitants of the United States is thus stated
There engaged in agricultural pursuits 3, Ill.,
1866 in manufacturing and the mechanic arts, 79l,-
545; mercantile pursuits, 1858; theology, law
and medicine, 65 236; navigating the ocean, Sc, 025
navigating rivers, &C., 33,067 mining, Is, 2O3.-
There are also 1874. 159 scholars at academies and
grammar schools, and 845, PA in primary: and com
mon schools.
REMARKABLE ACCIDENTAL Whitehaven, Eng
land, recently, little girl crushed to death by
locomotive, which dashed into her fathers house.
The circumstances thus related in the report O.
the inquest:
r Shortly after leaving St. Bees, the train had t.
descend incline of something like twelve feet into
the town, and there being hoar frost upon the rails
which rendered them very slippery, and caused the
train to go much faster than usual the engne-drive
ATTEMPTED to the engine which is done by fix
ing particular handle, however, slipped back sew
eral times out of its place. until nearing the sta
ton at Whitehaven, seeing that accident was al
most inevitable, the breakers put on and thu
G driver once attempted to the engine
but in doing so the engine got four strokes forward
and passing the station through the outer wal
of the house of Mr. Pennington, and through anOthe
wall into his back parlOr. The little girl Jane Pen
nngton, at the same time sitting singing in tn
4 Kitchen when the engine passed over her much mu
: tilating her. and causing immediate death The en-
CINE dashing into the parlor, knocked the fire
CRATE out of its place. throwing the burning content
over the forehead and brow of the little bow job
n Pennington years old, the occupier's SON wht
however, Is likely to recover, though he will in a.
j. probability, bear the marks for life
> From the Chronicle I'd inst.
Masonic Resolutions.
:. The following were adopted at the meeting of s.
Johns Lodge, after the services on Thursday last
eSoUed That thanks of this Iodpe he rendered To
Chair for the beautiful music on the occasion
to the Trustees of the Methodist E. Church. for h
Resotped That the DUE and are hereby tender
n p'' = - ~ JOHN SIT MUTT, seoy.
DISTRESSING Acc1DENr.-On last Friday week,
young lady, Miss CATHARrNE McDrARMID, ID year
OF age, was thrown from horse and falling with ne
, breast stump, was killed Immediately. She wa
promising and interesting girl. The accident hap
+ pened IN the upper part ofRobeson county, Coz
/. Gilman, sa