Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-02-23
The Congressional Districts.

duced last Saturday report apporioning thu
State into thirteen districts We have, from
time TO time, had accounts of unwonled uou
bles among The managers- Of fierce contests
and indecent interfercnees among rival aopi
rants, and by the friends of ireumbents-ane
we appreciated the double difficulty uadel
which the committee labored. of first. 81 gor
rymandcring the State as efcctually 10 depriv,
the wings Of representation. and, secondly, 81
arranging the counties as TO accommodate thu
congressional longing of numerous expeelants
Well the labor of the mountaln is over and
with a more creditable issue than the fablo re-
lates, twin nice are brought 10 lifo-onc the
Committee report--thc other substitute by
Mr.. Tomin. We give the public the sight ol
both:
Mr.. BARnouR. fom The Committee to re ar.
range the Congressional Districts Of Virginia,
presented bill ontbe subject, which. on bis
motion, was read a first and ordered 10 he
read a second time,
TIE following are the provisions Of the bill:
The number OF members 10 which this State
is eatitled in the House of Representatives Of
the United States shall be appotoacd among
the several counties and corporations of the
State, arranged into 3 Districts numbered
follows, that is Ia say
FIRST Dlsrmcr-Noifok city. Norfolk
county Princess Ann, Accomac, Northamp-
ton Elizabeth Cry. Warwick, Nausemond,
Isle ofNVig6t, Southampton and Nhfry.
SECOND DIsrRIeT-Cny Of Petersburg.
Counties of Prince George, Dowidd'e. Sns-
sex, GreensyIlle, Brunswick, Chesterfield MOI
toway Amelia, Innenburg, Pow haton aud
Cumberland.
TnIRD Blsrmer- Mecklenbnrg Halifax,
Charlotte, Prince Edward, Appomattox,
Campbell and Buckingham.
FoURTn Dr5rmer- Bedford, piusyIvania,
Franklin Henry, Patrick, Floyd, Montgomery
and Roanoke
Firm DIsTmcr-PolaskiW W. the, Carroll,
Grayson Smyth, Tazewell, IIosseIl, Scott
Washington aud Ice
SIXTH DrsrRror-Cny Of Richmond, and
counties of Henrlco. Charles Cuy, New Kent,
James City and Williamsburg, York, Chou.
cester, Matthew's, Hanover, Goochard, and
King Willinrn.
SEVENTH DlsrRicr-N northumberland, Ian
caster. Richmond, Wcsmorcland. Middlrsex
King and Queen Essex, King Georsr, Stat
ford, Caroline Spottss lyauia, Orange aud Cal
pepper.
EIanru DIsrRicr-Albemarle Fluvnnna,
Louisa, Amherst, Madison, Nelson, Green and
Augusta.
NINTH Drsrnrcr-Cny of Alcxaudra aud
counties OF Fairfax, Prince William, Fauquicr,
Loudoun, Jc4ers N, BrrAiey and Roppahau-
mock
TENTH DlsIRtcr Frederick, Morgan.
Hampshire, Shenandoah. Hardy, Rockingham,
Page, Warren, Clark and Pcndleton
ELEVENTH Rockbrdgc Bote
,ourt, Craig, Bath, Allegheny. Monroe. Green
brier, Pochahonta,, Ralci2h Nicholas, High
land, Braxton, Wyoming, Randolrh Fa5eltc,
Giles, and Mercer
TWELFTH DsrRtcT- kanaWhaL Logan, Boone
Wayne, Cabell, Putnam, Mason jackson
Writ, Gimer. Wood, Richie, Tyler. Lewis
Pleasants and Upsbnr.
THIRTEENTH DIsTRIer- Ohio, Brooke. Ian
cock, Marshal, Wetzel, Mouongalia, Preston
Marion, Tyler Harrison and Barbour
The following are the provisions Of Mr. TOM
Inns substitute
Norfolk City, Princess Anne, Norfolk Coun-
~, Nansemond Isle cf Wight Southampton,
Greensvllle, Sussex, Surry, Prince Geora e
and Brunswick, shall be the first district
Petersburg, Dinwiddie, Nouoway, Amelia,
Lunenburg, Charlotte, Meckenhurg, Chester
ter6eld, Powhatan and Prince Edward, shall
be the second district
Campbell, Halifax, Pitsyvouo, Franklin,
Patrick. Henry and Appomattox, shall be the
third district
Albemarle, Bedford. Amherst. Nelson
Green. Fluvanna, Buckingham, Cumberland
and Goochland. shall be the fourth district.
Fauquier, Orange, Madison, Culpepper
Rsppahannock Alexandra, Fairfax, Prince
William. Stafford, King George and West
moreand. slall he the fifth district.
q, Essex. Louisa, Spoitsylvana, Caroline, Han
over, King William, King and Queen, Mid
dlesex, Richmond county. Lancaster and Nor
'humberland, shall be the sixth district.
', Williamsburg, Accomac, Northampton
DIRK. Warwick, Gloucester, Matthews, Eliza
9 penn City James City, Charles City, New Kent,
Ilenrleo' and The city Of Richmond, shall be the
seventh district
Hampshire, Page, Warren, Cnik, Berkeley,
jefferson Morgan and Lou1oun, shul be the
eighth district Wv
Rockbridge, Augusta, Rockingham u;ob