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Effects of Various Railways on the Amount or Ikjitrcoursie. By referring to ourtiotes'A and 11, ifrtfrtll be seen that on the Stockton and Darlington Jine, the jussenger traffic, prior to the of the railway, amounted only to persons in the year; it now exceeds 10,- 000. On the Bolton line, the average weekly number of passengers is 2500, whereas the number of coach journeys, out and iti per week, which the railway has superseded amounted only to 28, car rying, on a weekly average, about 280 or 500 perhaps. On the Newcastle and Car lisle road, prior to the railway, the num ber of persons the public coaches were licensed to carry in a week was 343, or both ways, CSC; now the average daily number of passengers by the railway for the whole length (57 1-2 miles) is 288, or 1580 in the week. The number of pass-, engers on the Dundee and Newtylc line exceeds, at this time, 50,000 annually; the 1 estimated number of persons who perform ed the same journey, previous to the open ing of the railway, having been 4000. Previous to the opening of the railway be- 1 tueen Liverpool and Manchester, therej were about 400 passengers per day, or j 140,000 a year, travelling between these j places by coaches; whereas the present number, railroad alone, exceeds 500,000. | In foreign countries the results arising) from the same courses are equally striking, j The number of persons who usually pass! by the road between Brussels and An-1 twerp was 75,000 in the year; but since ; the railroad has been opened from the! former place to Alalines, it was increased to 500,000; and since it was carried all through to Antwerp, the number has ex ceeded a million. The opening a branch from Malines to Termonde appears to have added 200,000 to the latter number; so that the passenger traffic of that rail road, superseding a road traffic of only 75,000 persons, now amounts to 1,200,000. j It is remarkable that on this, as oil most other railroads, the greater number of pas sengers are those who travel short distan ces, being as two to one compared with those who go the whole distance. This appears from a statement,, read by Mr. Loch before tlie Statistical Society of Manchester, showing that between April 30th and August 15th, 1836,122,417 per sons travelled the whole distance, and 244,834 short distances, chiefly to and from Malines. He further states that “nearly one third of the whole revenue of the railway is derived from travelling to and from Malines, and paying a fee of j about 00 centimes, or nearly Od sterling.” j On the same authority we learn another fact, most deserving of attention in cal culating the probable success of a railroad in such a country as Ireland, viz: that nearly three-fifths of the whole revenue of the company are derived from passengers of the lower class, paying a very low fare. [lrish Railway Report. Noble conduct of two Seamen.— The generous character of a sailor is pro verbial, but seldom has it fallen to our happy lot, to record an act more truly no ble, than the following, which took place a few days ago, in this city. A poor wid ow woman, who occupied two rooms in a house in the lower part of Commercial street, since the death of her husband, 1 about six months since, lias been com pelled to earn a living for herself, and a family of young children, by taking in washing, and with all her industry, and j economy, her quarterly rent hill became] due. before she could scrape together suf ficient to discharge it. Unfortunately for her, the landlord was one of ‘Old Crumb’s’ school, cold and calculating, mercenary and unfeeling. His sole business was to collect his rents, and all hi? recreation seems to be. to distress the virtuous. She i begged of him to grant her time, lie' gave her two days—she asked for more,' and lie refused, stating, that unless her j rent was paid before 12 o’clock on the following day, every stick of her furni ture should be put out of doors. The time arrived, when agreeable to promise, his lackeys were sent down, and the threat was begun to be put into execu tion. The poor woman prayed tlie un feeling landlord to desist in his purpose, but her prayers were in vain. At length giving up entirely to despair, and wound ed pride, she seated herself upon her for lorn bed, with her little children crying around her. At this crisis, two jolly American tars happened by, and espying the work going on, the door open, and the wretched woman and her children weeping, immediately stopped their course, and begun to reconnoitre. ‘I say shipmate,’ cried one, ‘there be some foul play going on in these waters— let’s overhawl the craft.’ ‘Aye, aye, Jack,’ replied the other, ‘the young ’oman by the bed, has hoisted sig nals of distress—her pumps are going in right arnest—let’s give her a long hail.’ Tlie tars called the woman to them, aaid from her soon learnt the whole of her story. ‘Well, now shipmate, if that l.nid-pirate had’nt ought to be lathered with hot tar, scraped With a rusty hoop, and then keel-, hauled, for laying his grapling irons on the few loose spars what are scattered about this wreck. Never mind my good ’oman keep your spirits up, and we’ll set you in tlie right course, with plenty of ballast and provisions. I say you land lubbers just belay there upon them things, we’ll be,‘sponsible for the damage. ‘How much doyouowc this land pirate?’ T he woman told him the amount, when Jack took from his wallet the same in h ird currency, and paid the bill, made the woman a present of a handful of silver, while bis shipmate in the meantime, went to a butcher’s shop near by, and brought back a large joint of meat, for the dinner for herself and poor children. They left, after receiving the poor woman’s blessings and wishes for their prosperity, and went whistling through the streets as though nothing had happened. —[Boston Herald. Perjury.—A family quarrel, more dis astrous in its consequences than usually happens, has been raging in this place, for some time past. The following cir cumstances were disclosed during the course of a late trial in the supreme court. The plaintifTsued the husband of his sis ter for an assault and battery, and placed ! upon the stand as a witness, a cousin, a young woman of respectable appearance, about 20 years of age, who testified to !certain facts in favor of the plaintiff, i The defendant introduced a deposition l of the same young woman, given some ‘months ago, in which she expressly neg atives her testimony on the stand. She was then again called by the plaintiff, and testified that the testimony, as now given on the stand, was true, and that her for- mer testimony was false, that the defend ant and his wife induced her to perjure herself on the first occasion, by appealing I to her pity for them, telling her that they would have to go to the state prison if she testified all she knew. The scene was severely distressing to all who wit nessed it; the girl could with difficulty, j amid her tears and sobs confess her crime;' court, bar and spectators were mute as death—the generally passionless jury 1 is- 1 tened with evident emotion to the story of her guilt, and by their verdict bore wit ness to its truth. If her story he true, what punishment is too severe for the inhuman wretch who could thus blast the peace of this young cousin, bring shame upon her old father’s house, and corrupt the fountains of justice.—[Lowell Cou rier. American and English Newspapers. ! —A pamphlet has been published by the society for the diffusion of useful knowl edge, exhibiting a comparative view ofj these publications. There are in the Uni ted States 12C5 distinct newspapers—in 1 a population of 13,008,000 which is about one paper to every 10,000 of population, j It is calculated that tho number of copies; i issued annually from these presses amount !to upwards of 75,000,000 giving six | newspaper copies annually to each of the | population. j In the United Kingdom of Eng., Scot land, and Ireland, there are 356 newspa pers oirly in a population of 34,000,000. The whole number of stamps is 3(5,000,- 1 , 000—giving about one newspaper and a I half to each of the population. | The marked difference between the En- ■ glish and American newspapers is, that ! tlie first are general in their character, J while ours reflect the local feelings and prejudices ofthe district of their origin. I I’lie English presses must lie general, ! for their papers go through the United Kingdom, regardless of tlie spot of pulili ! cation —as they have no regular subscrip ! tions, but depend entirely on the custom ary demand for their sales. There is one j reflection that favours our system: Not a cottage in the land need be without a regular visitant, the news-sheet of pass ing events; and that too with a facility of conveyance which in a country extend ing ns rapidly ns ours, is of inestimable importance. Printing. —A curious legend exists re lating to the discovery of printing. One] evening of the 15th century, Faust was journeying towards a town in Germany.! Just before him rode a traveller oil horse-; ! back. The shoe? of his horse left on the jcven and soft ground distinct anil regular impressions, repeated with exactness each istep. Faust observed this. The next day printing was invented. There is a similar account of tlie dis covery of lithography which took place’ only forty years ago. One night Aloys Senefelder, chorist of the Munich Theatre, entered his small attic with three things in his hands—a new hone for razors, an order to draw his month’s pay, and a prin ter’s ball charged with printing ink. For ]it was lie who made on the theatre checks ! the little marks changed each time to pre -1 vent fraud. Scarcely had he laid on the j mantel the order before it was blown off and fell into a bason of water. Aloys ] snatched up the precious paper, wiped it ! and replaced it on the mantel piece, and jput on it, to prevent its being again blown : away, the new razor bone, which on the way bad rubbed against the ball. The black marks made by this contact were observed next day,.transferred with admir able precision to the damp paper. Tlie chorist, Aloys Senefelder, observed this, and lithography was invented. The following details of the mosaic pavement lately discovered in the forest of Brothone, in Normandy, is given by the Journal de Rouen. “It is 12 feet in ■ length by 9 in width, and is covered with various devices, among which is the fig ure of Diana, with a lion at her feet, of admriable execution. There is also a quantity of gilding about it, a very rare circumstance, which is but slightly tarnish ed. A piece of money lias also been turn ed up, said to be of a very remote period. The work has been suspended till tlie au- i tliorities are consulted, as other valuable discoveries are expected to be made in the same forest if carried on with proper precaution.” BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE. * - V - •<*. - > 1 f X ! Strange. —The New-York Herald, ofj the Ist inst. states that the friends of Gen. i Harrison are to hold a great public meet ing, next Saturday, in the Park, to nomi nate him for the Presidency, and that they are divided between Joiin C. Calhoun (!) j and Daniel Webster, for the Vice Pres- 1 idency. Economy and accountability in, the public money; a circulating medium * of one third specie, and two thirds bank j notes; elections for the same persons sor } President and Vice President, for only i one term; protection of agriculture, com-] merce, and manufactures, consistent with the Constitution, and the rights of the: State, and not in hostility to any branch ; of trade; no defalcations of millions by public officers, on speculations in the pub-j lie lands, no surplus revenue, and no in-' terfcrence with the rights of the Southern States in their colored population —are to be inscribed on their manifesto. New York, Dec. 7. ] The Custom House again—More Defal- i rations. lmmediately after the depar- j ture of the steamer Liverpool yesterday j morning it was rumoured that Win. M. J Price,'Esq. the U. S. District Attorney, 1 for the Southern District of New York, had taken passage in her and that lie was! largely a defaulter to the Government.—! Os his departure there can be no doubt;! and it is equally evident from his letter to the President of the United States, ] that he is a defaulter , but relies upon his fees of office to cover the amount of his j defalcation. In tiiis we have no confi-j donee. Corruption has been the order of; the day; and we verily believe that if the i records at Washington are not destroyed before an investigation can be had by a Whig Committee of Congress, it w ill ap pear that the defalcations under the ad ministration of Andrew Jackson and Mar tin Van Bnren exceed twenty millions of i dollars. Fatal Affray in Columbia, Tennessee. — A fatal street encounter occurred at that place, on the 3d inst. between Richard | 11. Hays, attorney at law, and Wm. Polk, brother to the Hon. J.vs. K. Polk. The j parties met, armed with pistols, and ex j changed shots simultaneously. A buck shot pierced the brain of Hays, and he | died early the next morning. The quarrel j ) grew out of a sportive remark of Hays, I at dinner, at the Columbia Inn, for which |he offered an apology, not accepted, it seems, as Polk went to IPs office, the j same evening, and chastised him with a] | whip. This occurcd on Friday, the fatal ' ] result took place' on Monday. “Thus,”, says the Nashville Whig, “closes tli efifth ! bloody street tragedy, in Tennessee, for | 1838.” In all such cases public justice! should have its ample due. , A New Machine. —We could fill our I paper daily, in these times of fairs and j mechanical exhibitions, with the accounts of new inventions for making wheels, pin ions, cranks, &c. do the work of human hands. It really seems as though the times were coming when no mortal will ! have any tiling to do hut fold his arms j and look on, while steam and iron are ; carrying on the Mechanical business of ; the world. This morning an old friend , has brought us a description and portrait : ure of a machine for making post and rails for fences, with a specimen of its hand j work. It is portable, not costly, and does | tlie work of about ten men per diem. As our neighbor of the Star says —what next. [Raleigh Register. The Memory of Franklin. —We learn ! from the Mobile Journal that the Typo -1 graphical Society of that city have adopt ed resolutions proposing the erection, by the contributions of printers, of a national monument or cenotaph to tlie memory of Benjamin Franklin. It is designed to as sert and commemorate their claim to him [ as a printer; one who, in the drudgery of 1 a printing office, with the labor of setting types, commenced a course of self-discip line and intellectual training, which car ried him illustriously through a long course of usefulness, and enabled him to stand in the first rank of statesmen, pliil -1 osophers and patriots. Tlie design springs ; from a just and honorable pride in such fel lowship, and will, no doubt, be responded to liberally by printers throughout the country. The subject of using iron of American manufacture in the construction of rail roads is beginning to attract public atten tion in Pennsylvania, and a proposition is made in the Philadelphia U. S. Gazette to employ iron rails manufactured in Penn sylvania on the proposed rail road from Erie to the Susquehanna. The quantity of iron required for a double track of 250 miles in length, is estimated at about 200 tons per mile for both tracks, exclusive of chairs, spikes, &.c. 'The cost of English iron is set down at about 865 per ton in Philadelphia. The expense of transport ing this iron from that city to the place at which it is wanted, would be about 815 per ton, or about 8750,000 for this item alone, which is of course so much in fa vor ofthe American material, and which, it is said, would be sufficient capital for the establishment of immense iron works near the route of the proposed rail-road. As in addition to this cost, the English iron would be also burdened with freight, i insurance and other charges, it is thought ( ,at least worth the experiment to ascertain whether America iron cannot be afforded at a cheaper rate than the imported article. [Balt Am. The following » given by a Correspon dent of the Baltimore Patriot in elucida tion of the circumstances which gave rise to the late order of the Secretary of the Navy—published by us last week—pro-! hibiting the bringing home in public ves-; sels of quadrupeds of any description. “When Commodore Eliot was on the eve of his departure from the Mediterran- 1 ean station, fancying that in consequence j of the utter dislike that was cherished for him by his officers and ship’s company,; that lie would be “solitary and alone” on his passage, he purchased twenty-two : Jack-Asses—do not say they were fit as sociates—to accompany him to America, i These beautiful animals, he placed on the gun deck fore castle, where a stable was erected for their accommodation, and there they remained till the ship, the Constitu tion, arrived at her port of destination.— To make room for the Asses, the men, the hardy tars of the ship were turned from their quarters, and that portion of the vessel was rendered a perfect nuisance. The evil did not end here. The nuisance, which the Asses necessarily engendered, made sad havoc with the deck and as soon as the ship went into dock, it was discov ered that the planks were so badly injured by the nuisance, that it was necessary to take out several streaks at an expense of some two or three hundred dollars. A proper representation of the facts of the case, was made to the Navy Commission ers who reported to the Secretary; and now to obviate further nuisance, Mr Pauld ing issues hisofficial Ukase, forbidding the transportation of any Ultra-marine Asses in the National ships.” Retrospection. Is there one who has attained the age of maturity who can look back without a malancholy pleasure upon the hours and years that have fled ? j When we find the romantic and visionary ! dreams of youth disappointed by the cold I realities of advanced years, there are nio ] ments when our minds, relaxed from the toils of business or the gaiety of pleasure, | sink into meditation like a beautiful calm after a storm of the warring elements.— ! Although we may he surrounded by all ! the luxuries wealtli can bestow, and all ■ the blandishments of life, memory will j still sigh for those youthful hours we can j never realize in manhood’s changing and I perplexing cares. It is the past reminds jus of the present, and compares it with those days spent under our paternal roof, endeared bv the tender caresses and watch ’ ful eyes of doating parents and the disin ] tercstcd love of brothers and sisters; the fond exchange of hearts beating high with youthful anticipations, uncorrupted bv in tercourse with the guilty and heartless world. It is the present that recalls the ; past, as we look round upon the beauti , fill expanse of nature, and ask, where are those who once gazed on these delightful scenes with us? But go to yon church yard—there where you behold the sculp tured pile and the lowly grave w’ithout a ] stone to mark the sleeper’s rest —there are our early friends. Go and gaze on thy resting-place; for there thou too must soon dwell, with the rich and the proud, i the poor and the humble. As we have looked forward to the morrow with the ar dent assurance of auspicious hope, alas! how often has the morrow brought disap pointment. It is thus that the delusive ! hope of life hurry us down the rapid stream till death stops our career. Let us be mindful of our life, that wl m we ; shall stand on its verge our retrospection may give us courage on entering the un ! known world. william marsh. The Inscriptions on Dighton Rock ; —have lieeu to the multitude a matter of i great curiosity, and to antiquarians a “stumbling block,” for centuries. Some have supposed that they were the work of the Red men, while others are of opin ion that we are indebted to the Northmen for these enigmatical hieroglyphics. The Society of Antiquarians at Copenhagen, who have for a few years past been busi ly engaged in collecting and deciphering mustv Icelandic manuscripts, have, it is | well known, published an elaborate work I containing many of these ancient records, which leave but little doubt that the new ! world was discovered by the hardy navi gators ot the frozen North as early as the eleventh century, that colonies were estab lished by them in what are now the States of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, if not in other parts of the continent, and that Christian missionaries from that coun | try, proclaimed the gospel in these colo j nies. But, to return to the rock. The Antiquarians of Copenhagen have made tip their minds that the inscriptions upon it were carved by tlie Northmen, but Gov [ ernor Everett lias satified his own mind that this is not the case. In his lecture ■at the Warren street Chapel, on Tuesday ■ evening, lie stated that Mr. Catlin, in an swer to a question from him (Gov. Evcr ! ett) whether he had ever seen such inscrip i tions in the Indian country, said that he had seen hundreds of them on white quartz rock and that if he had copied all of them they would have filled a volume of more 1 than a thousand pages. —He had seen a high wall of this beautiful rock, of some \ miles in length, completely covered with inscriptions of precisely the same charac ter as Those on the Dighton rock.—[Bos ton paper. “Does your mother know you’re out, my dear?” inquired an impudent fellow ot a modest little damsel whom lie met in i l * lc street. “To he sure she knows lam j out, was the ready reply, “for she sent 1 me out to buy some pork —are you for sab? \ Involuntary Travellers. A late Marseilles paper states that some suspi cions being entertained that a spiall ves sel which had cleared for America had more than her legal complement of pas sengers, a commissary of public paid her a visit for the purpose of ascertaining the fact. On board he found one hundred and fifty-six passengers—precisely one hundred and nine more than is allowed by law to be carried in a vessel ofthe tonnage of the one in question. As the captnTn was not on board at the time of the visit ation, the commissary left two of his as sisants in charge of the vessel, and wend ed his way back to the tow n. Scarcely j had lie gone when the captain made his] appearance, who finding himself to be! in a rather unpleasant predicament, took the resolution to make the best of his j way towards his destined pbrt, without! waiting for the honor of a second visit; from the commissary of the police; and as it was not altogether convenient to 1 land the deputy officers, they were added to the one hundred and fifty-six passen-i gere already on board. The next morn ing it was discovered by the authorities] that the offending vessel had sailed, and j cutters were immediately despatched in ; pursuit; but, as the fugitive is a quick sai-j ler, and had a number of hours the start, ! it was generally supposed that the two pol-! i ice officers would have a chance of see ing some part of this country without its I costing them much for the passage. [N. Y. Commercial. | A ludicrous scene occurred on Sunday i in the enclosure appropriated to the rnon-! keys in the Jardin des Plantes. By some j chance or other an unfortunate cat had! \ found its way in among the nimble inhabi tants of this vast cage, who immediately made common cause, and assailed the ] intruder. Puss showed fight, and for a | time by the aid of her formidable talons kept her enemies at bay; but at length the big ape came foremost in the fight; and seizing the cat by the neck, forced it down with its nose upon the planks, and very scientifically began with great deliberation !to bite off its claws, and, as he finished eacli claw, he put the disarmed paw to his nose to ascertain that all was smooth.— This process was continued until the screams of poor Puss and the shouts of the spectators attracted the notice of the keepers, who came and put an end to the ; operation. Great Mortality West. —A gentle man of Moutezuama who has just return ed from a tour up the Mississippi, states that the biliops fever has prevailed in the State of Illinois, on the Oplan River, to such an extent that he saw in one grave yard three hundred and fifty graves that had not been wet with rain, it not hav ing rained in about forty days. Os 1500 workmen who commenced on the Illinois and Chicago canal this spring, between 900 and a thousand had died at the time our informant was there.—[Auburn Jour. “You are unquestionably blind to your best interests,” as the President said to the people when they refused to re-elect him. 1 GEORGIA LEGISLATURE. SENATE. Dec. 4th—-Mr. Springer, introduced a bill to create a sinking fund for the redemption of bills of any bank now chartered, or hereafter to be chartered, by the legislature of this j state, when any of said banks may fail, and for other purposes therein named—read first! time. Mr. Gordon, from the joint standing com mittee on internal improvement, made the fol lowing report The standing committee on internal im provement, have had under consideration the ! report of the commissioners for improving the navigation of the Chattahoochee river, and re- j port that the work appears to have been done 1 with judgment, and to have effected tho object for which the appropriation was made, as is shown by the certificate of the commissioners appointed by the corporation of Columbus. In relation to the compensation to be allowed to Mr. Iverson, the commissioner, as it is to be deducted from the amount appropriated, and as by f the agreement between the commission ers and contractor, the designation of the amount was to be made by his excellency the governor, the committee express no opinion, other than that his duties appear to have been faithfully performed, and that lie is therefore entitled to an adequate compensation. sth—A bill to compel persons residing in Wayne county, to make a return of and pay taxes on their property in the said county, was lost (:th Mr. Harralson, from the committee on ! public education and free schools, reported a ; bill to amend an act to establish a general sys-! tem of education by common schools, assented ‘ to Dec. 26th, 18:17, which was read the first time, and 100 copies ordered to be printed. Bth—The Central Railroad bill was taken up this morning, and made the order for Mon day next. The General Banking Bill, as it passed the House, was read the first time, and two hun dred copies ordered to be printed. The hill respecting frauds at elections was taken up, hut the Senate adjourned without going far in its details. 10th—This morning the bill to amend the election laws of this state was passed. 11th—This morning, 'he consideration of the Central Rail Road Bill w r as resumed. The j first section of the bill, which authorizes the company to increase its capital four millions \ of dollars, for banking purposes, having been stricken out, a substitute for this first section was proposed, by which an increase of bank capital to the amount of two millions was au- j thorised. This substitute was rejected, yeas 36, nays 39. Then another substitute was of-1 sered, by which the increase of capital was to be only one million. This substitute was 1 adopted, yeas 43, nays .‘l4. At this stage of; the proceedings the senate adjourned, to meet j again this afternoon, when the other sections of the bill will be taken up. 12th—Tkie morning the bills of the House to pardon' Jarvis Brook and William Porter were taken np and passed. \ csterday afternoon, the consideration of the Central Rail Road bill, was resumed. The 2d section was read and adopted. The 3d and 4th sections was stricken put by a motion of Mr. Gordon. The sth section, which re peals the 27th section of the charter of the company, prohibiting foreigners from holding stock, was adopted, with an amendment pro” viding that foreign stockholders shall not vote for directors, &c. Tlie yeas and nays on the adoption of this fifth section as amended were, yeas 48, nays 24. Several other amendments were proposed and rejected. The bill as amended was read a third time, and on its final passage the vote stood yeas 30, nays 42. So the bill was rejected. 13th—Yesterday afternoon the sub-treasury resolutions were taken up, and in the course of debate a motion was made to lay all the resolutions on the table for the remainder of the session—lost, yeas 3], nays 47. This morning the sub-treasury resolutions were again taken up, and several resolutions as substitutes to those already before the Sen ate were read. The discussion continued till the Senate adjourned to meet again this after noon. Mr. King, this morning, introduced a bill to authorize and require the governor and trea surer, to endorse in the name of the state, the bonds of certain incorporated companies there in named. Those companies are: the Central Rail Road and Banking Company, for one million ; Georgia Railroad and Banking Com pany, for one million; the Monroe Railroad and Banking Company, for five hundred thou sand ; the Brunswick and Florida Railroad Company, for one million five hundred thous and ; the Chattahoochee Railroad and Bank ing Company, for one million ; and the Bruns wick Canal and Railroad Company, for two hundred thousand. No company to receive tlie endorsement of the State, until it shall have expended one hundred thousand dollars, and then to receive the endorsement of tlie State for fifty thousand dollars. HOUSE. Dec 6th—To-day the bill to incorporate the Doboy Steam Mill and Lumber Company, was passed. Mr. Cone, of Carnden, introduced a bill to establish a company in the county of Camden, under the name and style of the Satilla Steam Saw-mill Company. 7th—Yesterday afternoon, the debate on the General Banking Bill was brought to a close. On the final passage of the bill, the yeas were 84, and the nays 71. This morning, on a motion to reconsider the bill, the vote was yeas 65, nays 95. Mr. Lefils presented the petition of sundry citizens of Mclntosh county, praying to be added to the county of Liberty ; referred to a Select Committee, consisting of Messrs. Lefils, Hopkins, and Bacon. Bth—The bill to charter the Waynesboro Railroad and Banking Company, was taken up yesterday. The motion to strike out the banking powers provided for in the bill to the company, was carried by the decisive vote of 101 against 45. Tlu bill passed the house this morning, but in its present shape, the company has no banking privileges. This vote decides the fate of several other bills for the incorporation of rail-road companies with banking powers. • This morning, the bills to pardon Jarvis Brook, now in the Wilkes County jail, for mur der, and Willinm Porter, in the Pike County jail, also for murder, passed and were sent to the other house. 10th—To-day has been occupied in discuss ing the resolutions respecting a national bank and an independent treasury. 11 tli—This morning the debate on the sub treasury resolutions was renewed and contin ued till the House adjourned, to meet again this afternoon, when a vote will be taken on the motion to lay the original resolutions and substitutes on the table for the remainder of the session. 12th—The vote yesterday afternoon, on the motion to lay the sub-treasury resolutions on the table for tlie remainder of the session, was yeas 69, nays 95. This morning the debate was renewed in the House ; but the proceedings were arrested by the previous question being moved. Tlie motion was not sustained, but it had the effect to postpone the discussion to the next day. 13th—This morning the bill appropriating three millions of dollars for tlie continuation and completion of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, was lost, yeas 74, nays 93. CENSUS OF GEORGIA. [Correspondence of the Augusta Const.] On the Bth inst. a bill was introduced in the House of Representatives by the commit tee appointed for the purpose, for the appor tionment of the representatives to the legisla ture according to the census taken this year. Tlie census of the State of Georgia for this year, discloses the following facts : Total population of Geo., in 1838, 662,173 in 1831, 533,716 Increase in 7 years, 128,457 White population in 1838, 393,190 in 1831, 309,835 Increase in 7 years, 83JJ55 Colored population in 1838, 208,512 in 1831, 223,881 Increase in 7 years, 44,631 Tlie increase on the whole population in seven years, is 24 per cent, on the white po pulation 27 per cent, and on the colored 20 per cent. The apportionment, according to the census, gives'2o7 members to the House of Represen tatives, an increase of 27 members to the pre sent number. According to the representa tive population of the counties, it appears that 5 will be entitled to 4 members, 32 to 3, 36 to 2, and 19 to 1. The counties of Bibb, Cass, Chatham, Cherokee, Cobb, Coweta, Dooly, Early, Floyd, Forsyth, Lowndes, Lump kin, Macon, Marion, Murray, Pike, Harris, Heard, Randolph, Sumter, Talbot, Upson, and Walker, are entitled to one mem ber more than they have at present, 23 in number; and the counties of Meriwether, Mus cogee, Stewart, and Troup, are entitled to two members more than they have at present, Bin number. Increase of members 31; but the counties of Glynn, Gwinnett, Hall, and Rah’ losing one member each, the increase of n.. ibers will be only 27.