Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-03-18
Correspondence of the Courier.
WAsnryGroy, March j..

The Committee on the Judiciary of the
Senate have reported bill directing ;llr ap.
portionmcnt of representatives, under the
seventh census. TO be made mt once. by The
Secretary OF the Interior, and assuming the
popualinn of California to have been H..
900 ut the time when the census WIS taken.
This givcs California but one representative.
and leaves for South Carolina the benefit of
her fraction of 1900. giving her six repre-
scntativcs, as at present : whereas, she would
have been entitled to but live, had California
been allowed two But a minority of the
Committee, dissenting from the report, con-
slider that California WAS cu:ilcd by her po-
pulation to two representatives. They e,ti-
mate her present population ut 100000, and
ut the time whcE The census WAS taken at
near 100000. But us there j. doubt about
the matter, they eonrede Il representative to
South Carolina for her fraction, and allow
two representatives TO California, proposing
to amend the census act so us To fix the
whole number of representatives at 234.
instead of 233.
The Committee also report that, accord
ing 10 tic Constitution and laws, the Prrsi-
denial election must take place under the
new appnrlionmcnt, and that no further lcgiS-
ation is necessary on that subject.
Thus is decided question which. plaia as
il is, seems to have puzzled Congress and the
press for long time. The report of the
Committee fully confirms the views which !
gave you year ago, when the question was
first moOted.
The next Congress must be elected under
the new oppor,ionment, and the States
which gain or lose representative must in
due time be districtcd accordingly. The
number of electoral votes of each State for
President and Vice President must be equal
to the number OF Senators and Representa-
tives to which it is entitled in the Congress
whtse legal existence commences on the
4th March, 1858.
1t will happen, therefore, that willie the
election ofPrcsidcnt is governed by the new
apporlionmcnt the Congress which is to
make the choice of Il President. should the
election fall before the people, is elected
under another apportionment. But the same
thing happened in 1893, in 1918 and 1888.
MEDICAL C0LLEGE.-The Annual Com
menccment of this interesting and valuable
institution was held last evening at st. An
drcw's Hall. The OCCASION attracted an
unusual attendance, SO much so that very
many were unable TO obtain entrance into
the Hall. The exercises were opened by an
eloquent and appropriate prayer by the Rev.
WHITEFooED SMITH. Professor Priolcau
made a very interesting exposition of the
state of the College, from which we are
gratified to learn that it was never before in
so flourisbing condition, the class of this
season being the largest ever received, and
the number OF candidates TO whom was
awarded the degree of NJ. d. amounted TO
one hundred and two. Professor Geddings
followed with an admirable address. The
COMMITTEES on Theses reported that they
had with difficulty been able to decide on the
comparative merits Of the essays Of Mr..
Gaillard Thomas, and Mr.. Julius Porcher,
both of this city, but after much dclibera-
| ton they had awarded the prize-a Silver
Cup-to tho former. The interesting ser.
vices closed with the comforting of the de-
grees, and the Valedictory by the Hon.
Mitchell King, President Of the Board OF
Trustccs.--Charlcston Mercury, 18th inst.