The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-04-28

AE have the satisfaction OF offering 10 the pub,,e
~ New Map u lbe United States eonstructed
,iom n.seriAs more ample. and Win data recent
ana authente than II wAs possible 10 have employee
IN auy Map ofthe kind hitherto published.
untii within few years. our tpos ledge coneernns
she geography Of al that portion OF tAs country en-
v raced within the Territories was aim a bl.nt
The Operations OF the army there and the govern.
msnt explorations and dsurveys daily ng 20 our
knowiedge T. all such sources Of Information CApt
hAhier-s most phic al en- sinser
-our drauxhtsmas has been permitted by the proper
Con.eqafrtty, tbs Washington Map Is bypush, ont
even iuAhe minntest details, completely up 10 date
u Isa nehly eolored and be suiIiuiy uus.rsse
nIp vef, near six feet 80 afs fa ~ by tLe ,,, &C.
conpishsd experts, snd exeeutsd BY the best
nat the country affords including those employed b,
the Coast Survey department. and q Mint unn.r
dtrettsou uf Mr. " n uoines Aoernen.e H.. 80
sIared IN Getting 1t up ia design Illustration II
extends IN aiiiaie lIom 70 10 500 N embracing, be
sides tho whole of the Uniied States Al one v,E~
Central America. Mexico the Brttish Proyinra. az
New Brunswick and the larger porton of Nova se.tia
wih me M o'ied portions OF the two Cans
das also contains The prncipal West India islaads
as Hnyti. the Whole of JsmaieE aud Cuba wiki tG.
irssi aad iitIls bahamas hey West, aGd the fiords
CbaHnei.
The margin Is decorated with medallion iisens.se.
of all TIE Presidents, from Hn.hinxian 10 Llncon .
shlie the blank spaces are ned up with smaller maps;
one OF eaeh hrsphere, and four of the United sats
lllsTataa Of their physical geography Each ONE In
p Hselfa specially Besides these there are nslrue-
Ilso suts ith DIAGRAMS with tabes OF and
other usei1l tftHfm t0n n ii the Last erpsas
The aaiss qf ereass:ss marx I'd anon the conn.
les, anu eNeig oksb.zea coonty upon the Continent
- eorreetA sapsA. II Is believed that no mai OF
The country ever before presented such an smoul ~
varied useful and sccurste information as has Nern
emh odled In this ono. The map ls real pakf,,s ~
parre- fuli 70 overrowfnx but clear aud lacld The
desgn was 10 furnish good pLcsl mar N the
uEited States and adjacent countries that she,t bs
more wtasfs ~ defsu aud larger scale than an, i
has hith pub-hed, in short, Exeet.ior Mar -
cofdlnsly Ine scale adopted for this IL 900 o. "a or
.eoat ~ statute miles TO the inch. Thls Is The ope
most Used by the 'vsrnueat for ix MAPS combiptug
with the few ett objections the greatest humber an
vsntsses. Ills constructed by Capt Mahler on the
.o psa =, e .ns ploeson, the tor
once Of the United States Coast Survey Ereyy faci
lily that an enghienea interest In such az i'm
and usefui Undertaking would dictate was nnoy,,d Nv
captain Palmer. " u. Top Kng aud by th xehti.-
manly officer in charge OF the drawing depaumeht -
~ .his eoss the protection was made in the Coas,
Survey once with The ads OF hs instruuents The
central meridian Is that OF ssyestop Isuy III s,
OF WashIngtan rbe materials used In the oou
of this ulAp ~ere derived chiefly ffom Lie E,llsw,
sush-ntic sources, viz The Coass L,ss ortks Y,,,s
States has been accurately atd down from ina
OF o. lhe iahsss rs oithe = D Coat Survey 9aee. TIE
Ceasis " fxiec ceHiral 4mfrara aAd iAs West I.a,a
isiaads have beea obtained chefy from the sutyrvs
q the Bydrogtaph'esl once in London The
between the United States aud the adjacent Btil
provinces has been laid down from the man. AZ ih
boundary betxeen The La.isd States asd Ca.aaa r.,
compiled under Tho direction of Cci J b (iranan. az
the corps OF iopogrsphcai Engneese aud one N the
Commissioners foT Surveying sat1 boundary.
The t'rsG Latss-sGperior, Huron Michigan. Erie
ana ohtafio-snI ne river 81. Lawrence have been
taken from haEhftds lAart, and those of The Uuped
States Tor sraphieal kngueers engaged on b- 80 !,
! HSdrog apA.sa Survey otthe Northern lakes Tbs
astronomical stations at Eagle Earbor Like
and tha head Of fGften hay as deteru,Ined ~ n
>, Io2, EnSsneers, hase Lsel Of great mpo In
de iEiny he frSs geogra thicai position OF pspas in
l,sse and the States The New knsI.na
States have been reduced from la rye Rnd original and
yes pstiaby nupubf shed naps act us surveys
1 by competent survayurs Nov York has been reduced
from tie great map or that Stale Issued Ncw Jer
scy, from the new gsoiogieAi survey map: Ohio IA >
the rs, time has been properly LAID down. hay ak bee
reduced from the new and reliable map that STATE ~
A. X, T. Dawson, ESQ.,, the OF which ha. bee lind
ly rendered by the publishers Michixan and illInol.
bama Florida ana Aississippi have been OBJ mad
from original governmental surveys-the other S,,fc
frsm TIM best skisttng materials For the Tsry,tr,,
and extreme Waters States, The map. compi I. M tns
hurcAu OF the Typographical Englneers the Ina,a n
bureau, aud the Interior ana War Departm ent.
bsen extremely useful. We present The res.I,. af
the astronomical observations made by Cant i n :
simpson Top. Eng, his late survey In taI T.r,i
rtorp, between Fort Rtdgsr and Carson YaIIey ~.
determinations place the points the whole Of his
route IL HiAhtsJsrfar Easl han here they are local
ed tbs iattst Maps published by the Ped.r.,
Government. 90 also th. ons made by (ant
J. haeoube T. d. A., OIL his late surveys In Mr.
AeIaeo between Santa Es and the Colorado Rrs throw
The whole work niuntes JsrtAer East thar, where
II WAS placed Oh former naps This NEE determine.
tions Of geographic position here for fAe t,m<
enbstssd Nap forH. The Colorado River hs. bscu
Lieutenant Jos. O. Ives, U. 3. A. ana the Ne.Icsm
and Texan boundaries from the surveys Of the CON,
miss ioner, Col. Emory.