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F!fty years hence!-The increase of popu- lation m the United States within ten years. appears by the last census to have been un- wards or three millions, which is something more than the entire population of the Colo nies at the commencement of the Revoluton- ary war hls shews with what rapid strides our country is advancing in phy scai strength and political importance. These are new born who will in all probability, live to see this Republic the most powerful among the nations ot the earth, as well as the most free and happy. In half century more, Oar popu- latlon may reach from forty to fifty millions. and be equal to that of France and Great Britain united. If improvement in the use tul arts for the next fifty years keep pace Wlth the progress they have made in the last nitY' there Will be scarcely any part of the country so remote as not to be penetrated by canals and railroads; that will not be brought n'dr 70 market by the newly discovered pow er of steam, CT rather by the new application m that power to propelling boats and car rnges. The present generation has witness ed wonderful discoveries, and political re,o- lutions ot incalcuable importance to the free d1m and happiness of the human family.- ne succeeding ones-our children and chjl- dren's children-are destined perhaps to wit ness occurrences not less extraordinary Judging by the past, who can pretend to say what will be the extent of future discoveries l ne man who had ventured to predict few years ago that carriages could be mpeled by steam, With safety to passengers and cargo, at the rate of thirty or forty miles an hour. would have been viewed as visionary. Bat tns has been realized, and from its frequencs, SD extraordinary a performance has ceased, n particular places, to be novelty.

 Southern Recorder.