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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1849 Excerpt:...of France, 165 1 to the mile, it would be 110,066,556; and of Great Britain, 222.6 to the mile, 148,399,851. Immense periods may be required to produce this, but the result is more than practicable, even with great prosperity. If, however, the advances for the next twenty years are equal to those of the last six or eight, five per cent, we shall have, in 1870, 17,775,272 inhabitants in the great Valley. The productions of these people will follow some fixed relation to their numbers; and if the productiveness of the region be considered, Col. Albert's calculation upon the basis of Professor Tucker, will appear reasonable, viz, as 8 is to 5: i. e.. to every five per cent, increase in population, there will be an eisht per cent, increase in production, reversing Mr. Malthus's rules. Taking the mean of the figures, found by the two estimates of Western commerce we have given for 1849, the amount for 1850 will be at least 8250,000,000. Col Albert estimates $274,000,000, and calculates the increase at eight per cent, viz: Commerce Great West, 1850, 1274,459,816 " 1860, 494,027,668 " 1870, 889,249,802 The figures seem prodigious, but governed by the light of the past, it may be questioned whether we have a right to doubt. The most soberminded and skeptical reader will not, however, venture to fix the population of the Valley, in 1870, at less than 15,000,000, and its commerce at 500,000,000, being little less than the whole Union now. The probable navigation by steam on the western waters tributary to the Mississippi, is estimated by Col. Long, of the Engineers: MILES WESTERN STEAM NAVIGATION. Miuisrippi and Branche: Obion 60 Big Black, 150 Mississippi proper,..2000 Forked Deer, 195 Kayou le Glaze... 90 fit. Croix, 80 Big Hatchee, 75 Bayou Care 140 St P...