The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-04-24

ME have the satisfaction of Offering 70 the public
w New Map of the United States constru cxexj
from materials ample and with dsta more r,crn,
aed than II vas possible 10 have employed
Z u !. any Y. Nag nft Kind hiihEria pa saisA.A-
uutu vfrnfH = NV Years kno dse coaee rpl up
she Eeaxrspby o. all that porian OF the country en-
breed within The Territories aim 81 a blank
Tbs Operations of the army there and the soyerp-
msnt explorations and surveys IRE dai, 10 ON,
knowIedEs - All such sources Of inf rm alton Cant
y. Maniara most Typographical Gu giaeer
-our drAaghtsnnn has been permitted by the proper
an sh6iirs la Washington 70 unrss rcted
Consequently, the Washington Map 10 brsnght ont
u 10 richly epiersd and bea utay lusteatoa ilcr
map very elk feet square, dss by the most
eopiishsd exprrts, and The oss enr
that the country adords including those employed by
the Coast Survey department and T. = Mint uudr,
di reesion Of Mr. " IL Holmes No ex peuse mas h.sa
spssra ~ setting = ~. u assisn or iia.iraton. n
sides tho whoie Of the United States q one view
Central America, Mexieo, the British Province, of
With the inh2 biIed PORTO ne OF the two
dss IL also eoutan the prin cpa West India Is
as Hayti. the whole OF Jamaics and Gu be- w,sh ,h-
Cha mel.
The margin il decorated with medallion utsnes.,s
oI ~ tne fiesoents, from Warrington TO Lincoln !.
while the blank spaces filled up With smsIsr ns
one of each hemisphere aud four VI the ped stass
illustration o. tse,r physical geography zach one 10
OF hseita specially Besides these there are IA s,rue
sion cuts ith di with tahIss of nd
other use iul I, fotmatinn ~, IA ibe last c.nsus
fne aafs Of srFaAssas"a are marked upon the coun-
ues, ans every organized county upon lne
Is correctly shown. II is believed Tint no mar ~
The country ever befre presented such An a.
fArieo aseiai, and seenrste information has been
eInhoaied IN tnis one The msp is real mHftrm IN
parro- full p everfiowing but clear and luela The
design was tofurnish good topogrs pbical map af hs
unhed stAessbd adjacent eouatries that should he
nsssts aetaiI aud larger ~ scale than au
has hitberto published la short aa Ereeiyi.r ~
Aeee' dink'y the scae adopted for this is 600 os mr.
about "a statute miles TO the inch. Ths il the ons
most used by The govsrnment for lis mans combnIng
with the fewest ob3cclinns the greatest af
ssnisgss. us constructed b, Capt MAhler. on the
plan OF TIE projection the for
muiar which have been so beautifully j in In.
once OF the United states Coast survey Eyurs fa.,
ami useful nnden skins wonId dictate was anaried NV
CnptAin Palmer U =. Top Eng.; and py III ren,ls
manly omeer In charge of the drawing departmept-
~ ths co1r-st the Projection de In the o..
surves once with the aids of its instrumenls the
central meridian j. thst OF ssseston lcns fTo b, We.
OF washington ghe materials asetin the eossuetIon
OF tails map we're derived chtsfy from the fiiowiax
authentic souscSs via fhs 1eass LisS Of tAe rs,tss
htalfs hAa 1srn laid ,As resul lts
Coats ef Jarres, Csai-si Anerssa sss As W,,f r.s
isssas have been obtained chiefly from the sursrys
o. The HydrograPhcn once in London The bos ndsry
betSeen the United States and the xthcant Rri,isf
provinces has been lad down from the mans Of IN.
boundary between the Hsasc States ana Ca.odn E.ss
compilsd nnder @o direction o. Col. J. d. Csasam OF
ihe eorrs OF opospaphics Engineers and enc Of The
Comm misstoeers tor Surveying ssia DO ua.iary = -
The arssf L~sss--sapertor, Haren AichisAn. E,te
Au@ tne flscf Nt Lawrence. have bart
taken FROM Bayards CAsv ana those Of he itnI1a
ststes Topsgrspt kBgneers engaged on m.
HydrogrAphicai Survey of the Northesn Iakes Ina
astronomical stations Gle harbor .Iako san.,i,
and At the bead of Grecp BAY as fuei nv ms
Tor. Engineers, have bpeu Of great tmno rtsnra 10
dsA@ ne ths tyst gees ~phicai posi- OF place. m
HistsHss and tho adjacent Staes The New N, 81. nd
States nave sesnsedses from large and orig nal and
A. ei pAuslty pnpubiirh.d sps from actual surveys
~ competent surveyors New York has been red oe,i
from tie Erestmsp Of State ast Issued New Jer.
sey, from the new geological survey map; Ohio lor
the hrs kline has been properly laid down. having
r-duced from The new and reliable map OF That sta~ by
A. X T. Dawson, Esq The use witch an bse Kind
~ rendered by the paoilshesi Miehiesn aud liu.Is
are, yet, ~ greAt part .Bp4blished n ats,xl,.
bama. FtoriiA, and Mississippi have been 90, aIn,s
from original sovcrunenai curve, sahe other st,,e
frcm The osst existing materials For tho Tsrrusr.e
aud extreme bssisrs States the maps compi la IN,
hurcau Of the 1opogrsp phcsl nneinesrs the india
been extremely useful We present the rvsults a.
/ the sstroasmicsi cssvfxAti0us msda hy Can't J n.
supsoa, Top Eng, his late survey Ia Lt.h Tsyyi
ritsrp. betw5eh F6t Rtagsr and Csrson YaIfry ~.
ds,e rmnatioDs pince The p0nts on the bor .f nj,
route II Easf than vhere they arc local
ed even on the iafsn Maps published By the Feasrw
Governmrm 90 also the obsc aiiops made by CA.t
~ maeomoe, s.A on hts late surveys In Asr
6szieo between Sssa " and the Csisysx Resr thrau
The Whole work mtnHles fsyfAer Eaa than wher re
IT wss placed on former maps This M tet Or N
ions OF geographic position are Acre ter sAS IRA
ssbodted "a Map form. The Colorado Kiver h.s h,.,
laid down from the results or the OF III
Lieutenant JOS, T. tvas, U. s. A. snd tss Msxicsn
aid Texan boundaries from the surveys of the Com.
missioner, Col knsnry. F5t ~s
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