The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-04-25

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BY THE SUPERINTENDENT on THE
Natisnsi Observatory, Warrington.
NE have the sa Is faction of Offering to tho nuhlie
w ses Map Il the United States coustrue,es
from msierials more ample ard With more recpn,
aud aahen'ie than Il vas possible TO have employee
In any Asp the kind hitherto published.
Until within few YxAra AMOS iaa
.he KeoRraphy % all that portion of tbs county, nm
y r." Sit"in the Territories was aim al bisnk
The operations OF thu army there and th. 90 Yyp.
mont explorations dsarscys. datl ing 10 otr
tnows'lxe s'al snch sources o, In normation ait
y Mahier--a nost experience Typographical on gine-r
-our draus -an hAs been permitted by the pr. per
Aaioriies ia asngtan 10 have nm rest ses ed ar cxss
conseausMi Milf, lie Washington Map Ia rreasht Us,
esenth tha mtnntsst des ais, eornplet-ty up eat
u Is richI c'orrd aao bs gliny illustrated q Iier
map. vefy near six feet sqnare dsasB by The most a
eeoI lshea es prts, and uted bs The be.t
ihn The ropntry sdcrds, ineadiBg those employed b.
the Coast havNey department aud L Mint. "A, de-
dirett.en Of AT " II Holmes koesbense has been
spArrd IN Getting X Up in design or iIu,ttstiu m
exie,,as in insauir from g, to nDo n ; cniwscnr be
ftdss thS while sf the uniied States al one view
central America Mexifa. the british Prusln OF
New bruns~ tex and the larger portion OF Nova ss IA
togs her with h. iaha tied porto OF he two nA
d~, u siso certain thr principal west India isla.i,
u" Hatii. lhe whole OF Jamaica and Cuba w1tt tbr
Grsat aaa ittle Bahsmas key West, and The Florida
cha B-I.
ihr margin h decorated xiih medallion Hkepss.e.
OF all tie Presidents, from Washington 10 Linc.Iu
while the biank spaces sd up with smaller ma
ohe "f ~ h hemisphere aud four u The stais
tias'r s"a OF their physical ge ergphy Zach one 10
oi usla specially Bes.acs these there are Ia s,ruc
ton suts WIN d.fg'ams "t'h tasss Of ,taiis,eal AID
othe ussiu l. fosmstsa,. ~ nf the irsi c.ntus
The aat1s n orsaSatieA are marked upon The couu.
tea and"veiy orcsnized county ugon tue continent
is correctly showa 1t is believed that mn map OF
she cousHy ever bvt're such AZ smoaut u
varied. uSsfu aud accurate information ms hss been
ernhoai ea In this one The 10 q res! rsHasa "a
sarr0- iul n overflow Ing bot clear aud ,u1a fl.
dessgs furnish good Typographical man 81 4,
uastei stAios aud adjacent eouptr4e. that senlg l
More ms#hh IN astt AID larger scale than ali, thai
1 IL .kt IA ri ts.lfl.i .aaE T..
Acco DINGHY, The srse adopted for th,s Nv GOO DJs
,bout Al stature mites 10 the inch. 1hi i The oss
most nsed Dy the Rs srnme NJ Tor maps
With the ews,t oolcctan. the greatest nun Der of Ad
vantage III constructed by Capt. MahI.r. on lha
plan OF le rectangular poscenc pfojcs ton he Tor
mniar which have beel 80 beautifully desehed IN The
Once Of the United States tosss survey Every fact
ty that an enlighene Interest tn such n i'm .or
and useui uade ertaking would aieiAte vs. e ,,,I NV
Capta,u Pamer U y. TYP. z +, Aad ny the yrbtle-
manly olieef ln charge dtaxing ,lepar men,-
ny tins court - the project mace in he Ioa.,
| >arse omee "iih the sas OF Its iDsirumrnt- The
ceItiai meridian Is that Of ,.syeson Icng IT. b ives
OF Washington. The materials u The ou.,rueou
OF tnis map we're derived cbisnr from the f.llo~i. z
snthentc sources viz. he Coast Lfns Of tAx Ia,tsa
ststss las been accurately laid da~a 4, m HE re,uas
OF .hr tahers 0 the Y. ) Los.L nurye4 lller LIZ
r6srs ~ tx16l cesIreT Haer,ea aad fAe Ussf Iaa,a
issaads, hasu h-rn obtained riit Ey IL, III he surveys
o tn nyt-og gtRphcs In i.opd m The bonndsrv
bt~eeu thr bniled stat aud the atJacent Brit sh
prsyinces has been laid d,wh fsor ihr mans Of th-
bouudsry beiweea The Gaied States aaa Casada Essf
eiiapted nnd.r tho direcsio. Cob d Granaui OF
| Iile al
Commissioners for su y ying ssia boundary.
The Great Lae -sapenef, Huron. Michigan erle
and oniAro-a"d ne fis.r n. i.awfeao-. have ts@.
aken tram EsShea's Ghgr! and hose oil Tho nj =.
st.tes Iopsgrarles tngihsers engaged on the Rr-s,
Hydtogfapeiea' snrvey o. the Sauhesn lakes. III;
astronomical stations at Eagle Harbor LAKE sun.to
and NJ ibe mead OF Ureen lay, dclermfued by the
s. toF, Fn3ihsena, have beon of Arsat imps IL
de tasias tse trsf Reogrepac position OF pisce. Ii
H,eoa4ta aud the adjacent states. The New II ,yisn.
States have been reduced rr0ni large aud an.
a>Acs pa t.i,s nnpaoshsd maps surveys
:, comi's.eni sary'ysrs Ae. iork has hs~n iuse,
.ey, fsom the new keoioaieai survey map : ohio 10
The 4 st lime has been property ID asn haYas HI el
redue dtrca The new and srf,be map OF that state -
A. k. q. Davsou Esq.. The heh has bee kiod
| " tvnhsred by the pubiishvr Michigan aud llIuvit
are, as yet, In great p.th ,rubisshtd mA,sria,; Ala
hama ivrtda and Mississippi have beea OH car a,
from original governments surve s-the Other stale
fr tho bSst rxist'nE msterlss For the Torrstors
and ex rene BsstfrS States the maps compii in ta
harean'of the Iopssraphieii Engineers. The iGdla
Bareau, aud the I"tsior aad War Delssrtments hav
4 bsea extremely useial We preseal ibe re.sit .
the sstro,IamtcAi observations made by Capt. D. n
mp-pa Tap. kng, or ria tate surye, in EtaA Tsrri
a rters betwren fort Ridser aud Carsoa galiey ri
deierhiinatiens pace lbs isouis ~nvls oil hi
IL masteafsrfhxr Easf IA aa hsts The, NJ. Local
I'd tns tatSst Maps pubishrd by The Fedora
tioyernnent 80 also the ooscrystons made b, Cspt
Marom'e U. :. A. on his late surveys In Ket
2ifo Dctween Slaaa r. aud the Colorado Rtrer ,hrov
shs Whole work niiia.rs js'tAer East wiicf,
it Was plaeed oil iormef maps. Inis nrw duter
tons o. saox,anhio posisn arc hfreJsr tAs Ert tina
eN2bod,ed ~ Mp torA. fhs Colorado Ktysr has q,
!aid down tram ths re'ni': Of The explorations VI l..
Lieutenant Jos. q. Ives, U. 3. A., and the Maxicai
ssd Texan bonn',ari.s from the surveys tne co,u
| missioner, Col. kniory.
: THE CENSUS.
Fhr uis Of wAieH have hsrrtufurv besn IL ueS
by spseiai rranssm.ut.r the nrs, time Is now pup
lisned this Including thu pu alton OF ali t
,ountcs and prneipsi places Ia tho two hrnIs spher
earih. and by other lines and " mbois position
III recrbtis discovsrrd sargaSs0s weed, seas tn
gener set OF thr CURRENT, aud ths prevailing dree
\ a. af Ihs Ind ..ls.u.sF
United sses Is the woik OF ihe Distinguished geoi
I g'st r. ofessof Hitehcock, Amhsrst conegv- lex
Uibits by staaies aud ,ots eoa beds aud u he
\ t,rmBtiop ms far as hey are kaoSn,
The u tsuicai Map ofths United States is the worl
ofunr c'ishrned frau arcen ,resident OF LAfsyeie
College, Pa. II shows by coiors and ~ glance III
lspie production VI any part VI In co ,,.try. Tn
limits otcett ~ aud suxsr ana The resioa
are shown gance, hiir the oaalts ss OF the grea
s,ap,e ftuii, are d,.linc,iy Indicated IN The up ,
pants trees be has gissn tas most Imp ,lant
he interesting species ofoar American Flora. In
LooioRicai Mao Will be frequently resvrtea to by al
.tnde..is OF physieal x.oglapny. The farmer " n
especially isht in IL. II shows the geograp ph ics
range OF All American animals aud pirds giving
boMes and aant.. Tho III Geographic and ihenna
70 Map or the United sts,os Ii the Ioiut Of h
" Bio gel, eonpef ths Army Met~oroiosicai negise
3a and Psoes.oT UJfn La IA, ettc college, Pa
true syD optical map Ut tho climates and
th Who'll. conntr,, AMI sbows by shadings, and a.
glance in Inches, the mean annual iail orran all
the United stAtcs. u also shyxs tbs aserAgr niAa
temrer4t are throughout the eoaniry, summer an
wbtsr, the direction OF The inIs, aud Dr.
AID along thd c5ants bhr uAuat set OF tue feuti
Amonx the cuts .tAolos and diagrams Ia tn~ edge Q
the map, - yuehropous dial winch at the nioniel
when Tie rssuiator the Maternal Capital strake
twelve shows tls I'll each Of ths pal
the Uuitcd nj lies between the Atlantic and Psra
uaraps The Rivers and MouuiAns Of tne Unite
States Ia their relative length All. highhs eeys st
by sscai0as pRo de--of the coalaeut abov .
snl The der OF tho tlttuu OF the Ocean bvos
The 10 sel- Thsse orographic visNs are derive
from the detp ses sunaisixs iaaugurAtod In the
hy M,ury, ani fron oiher Au.,ss,tic sources.
shor u, Wsshiagton Man Ahsp ads with nsssaciio
4 OF whieh IL mere casveys no idea, II IL All Il
ds,vusStls append Axe ~ Tie sch NJ, In the viH .
psaisssionAi aAn. In the tbssry Of tho san u
e8 tsss, shs hatls The seh, and The alls OF
fsrmer's dive hug, II will be ~ oeaamsatsl xssts
IN tbs ,uat eopdi OF tue cntry, the nScossi
u rest,rng tv this map ID urssut that beiiey
family OF sdaeas ed psopas would choosc wiz