Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1852-07-30
Speaker. of the House of Representative.


From the first session of Congress to tho present
time, there have been twenty-one Speakers of the
House of Representatives. besides Speakers pro tens
chosen for one to four days, during the temporary
H. mess OF the incumbent in Office Henry Clay
chosen successfully by each Congress- from The 18th
to the 10th inclusive, and also by the 18th at the
commencement of the first session. But on his sec.
ond election he resigned in the second session, on
accepting his appointment Commissioner for
negotiating with Great Britain. and the 5th he
resigned before the commencement of the secondor-
short session that his actual term of service vas
little over ten years. Andrew Stevenson of Virgil
nla was chosen four times successvely at the COM
mencement of the Goth and each succeeding Con-
gress to the 23d. Nathaniel Macon, of North Caro-
llna was chosen three times by successive Congress-
es; Joseph b. Farnum of Massachusetts Frederic
A. Muhlenherg, Jonathan Dayton. John w. Taylor
and James K Polk. twice each and Theodore
Sedgwick and Robt c. Winthrop of Massa chusetts,
Jonathan Trumbull of Connecticut Ian gdon Cheeves
of South Carolina, Philip B. Barbour. Robert M T.
Hunter and John w Jones of Virginia, John Bell of
Tennessee, John White of Kentucky, John w Davis
of Indiana, and Howell Cobb of Georgia. one each
Linn Boyd, of Kentucky, is the present Speaker in
his first term of service.
CONNECTICUT BANKING LAw.-1he General Bank
ing Law passed at the recent session of the Connec-
hcut Legislature, is published in the New Haven
papers of this morning 1t provides that associations
for banking purposes shall consist of not less than
twenty-five residents of the State with capital of
not less IMAM S0UOUU or more than 81 UUU UOU half
to be paid in before commencing operations and the
remainder within one year. The circulating notes
are to be countersgned in the Office of the Treasurer
OF the State and issued to the associations upon the
deposit of the stock of the United States either of
the New England States, the States of New York,
Ohio, Pennsy ylyana, Virginia and Kentucky; the
cities OF New York and Boston, of any incorpora-
ted city in the State of Connecticut all such secu-
rites to be taken not above par, and to be made
equal to a 6 per cent. stock Upon payment of
the notes on presentation, they may be protested
and if not paid within ten days thereafter, with
COSTS the Treasurer must sell out the stock and call
in the circulation the holders of the notes being
entitled to IL per cent. interest until they IRE paid
The Treasurer and School Commissioner of the State
may require additional security to be deposited or
part of the circulation to he withdrawa,-by siviuEs
due notice to the parties. The stockholders are
made individually liable for all debts of the assoca
tion, TO the extent of their stock.
port of the arrival of emgrants from foreign and do
mesc ports, and the tonnage of vessels, together
with the amount of exports and imports of bullion,
was taken from the Custom House books at San
Francisco. The report includes three months
March, April and May.
Amount of tonnage arrived during the months of
March, April and May-American sc, ,272; foreign
DO, 1856. Total tonnage 76.6O8.
Arrival of emgrans, for same period, from foreign
and domestic ports-Maes 1890; females 1898
children 535 Total 20923.
Import of bullion during the same period-S1O1,-
2oS 2s ''' ~'''' p''''N
Exports of bullion during the same periodic
Panama SO 230500 to Nicaragua SlO8 OF 4; to VAL
paraiso S2O,549; to Mexico $1,000; to Honolulu
$4,000; to Peru $4,000 to Calcutta S2,50O to
China Sl55350. Total So 533 97O