The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-04-17
AppOrtionment Bill.

AN AL iO ulFlue inc Olat0 lntO congress
sional Districts for the election of repre-.
senlatives in the Congress of the United
States.
SEC. /. Be il enacted BY the Senate and
House Of Repressn fatires of the Commonwealth
Of Psnnsy iuonia in General assembly met and
IL is hereby enacted hy The authority Of the same,
That for The purpose OF electing repr esenla
,lves of the people of Pennsylvania to serve
in the House of Representatives OF the Uni
ted States, this State shall be divid into
iweniy-three districts, as follows:
lsl. Second third fourth, fifth, sixth and
eleventh wards in the city OF Philadelphia.
I'd. FIRST seventh, eighth and tenth wards
in the city of Philadelphia
Sd. Twelfth, thir.eeEth, sixteenth, seven
teeth and nineteenth wards in the city of
Philadelphia.
4th. Fourteenth, fifteenth, twentieth,
twenty-first and twenty fourth wards in the
city OF Philadelphia.
5lh. Twenty second, twenty-third and
twenty fifth wards in the city of Phiadel-
phia, Bucks county and that part of Mont
gomery county embracing Moreland, Alb
ington, Chetehsm, Horsham, Upper Dub
lin, White Marsh, Springfield Montgomery,
GwYnned, Aaifield, Towamassing, Franco
MIA, and Lower Stafford.
9th. Delaware county, Chester county,
Upper and Lower Marion. borough of
Bridgeport, in the county of Montgomery
7ih Berks county and the balance OF
Montgomery county
9th. Lancaster county.
9th. Schuykill and Lebanon counties.
10Th Lehigh, Pike, Monroe, Carbon and
Northampton counties.
Ilth. Susquehanna, Wayne and Luzerne
counties.
18th Bradford, Montour, Columbia, Sui
livan and Wyoming counties, and the bal
ance oil Nor rthumberland county not inclu-
ded in the thirteenth district.
18Th. Dauphiu and York counties and
Lower Mahonoy township, in Norhumber-
land county, not included in the 18th dis
trict.
14th. Union, Snyder, Juniata. Perry and
Cumberland counties.
18th. Somerset Bedford, franklin, Full
ton and Adams counties.
10th. Cambria, Blair, Huntingdon and
Mifflin counties
l7ih. Tioga, Potter, Lycoming Clinton
and Centre counties.
18th. jefferson, Erie, Warren, M'Kean,
Elk, Cameron, forest and Clearfeld coun-
! ties.
18th. Crawford, Mercer, venango and
Clarion counties.
20lh Inciana, Westmorland and Fayete
counties.
2lst. Allegheny county south of the Ohio
and Allegheny rivers.
22d Alleghsny county north of the Ohio
and Allegheny rivers, any Butler and Arm
strong counties.
23d. Lawrence, Beaver, Washington and
Green county.
The arrangement OF the districts bears
evidence of the most studied and unscrupu-
lous partizanship, and in many cases the
counties, with The sole view to Republican
ascendency. The case of Montgomery
county is peculiar, portions being divided
among three different districts, in order TO
destroy the influence of her Democratic
majority. The 18th district, as you will
discover, is made into clumsy one Ii
has been so arranged as to make it Repub
Iican. AS it was it answered every pur.
pose. Both parties labored hard to accom-
plish their ends, and the result was against
as nearly as often as in our favor.
A German blew his brsins out at ST. Louis
on Saturday, and lefi recorded as reason,
the result of the Presidential election he
was sure sha CITY would secade. 40 he did