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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Third-day, August 13, 1867

—There are now thirty-seven States and eight Territories in the Union, not counting the Russian purchase. We may, therefore, pretty nearly calculate the number of states that are to compose the Republic of the future. If each of the eight territories becomes a state, the number of states will be forty-five. Dakotah and Utah, however, are pretty sure to be divided, which will make forty-seven states. Texas will yet be divided into three states. Another state will be formed from New Mexico and adjacent territories. This will make exactly fifty states in the American Union, and fifty stars on the American flag.

—The Paris correspondent of the New York Times says:

“If Prussia attempts to absorb any more territory France and Austria will attack her, and the Governments of France and Austria will be supported to a man by their people. This much is certain, and I may add that it is tolerably certain that Prussia does not intend to stop where she is.

It is quite possible that Napoleon, however it may be with the Austrian Emperor, would welcome a foreign war as a safety-valve. The success of the United States in crushing rebellion and causing the failure of the Imperial-Mexican scheme, together with the wondrous prosperity of our people, have made the French more than ever restive under Napoleonic tyranny. The opinion to this effect, which we expressed yesterday, is fully confirmed and still more positively asserted by the Times’ correspondent.