1614. New-York first settled by the Dutch. 1620. Massachusetts settled by the Puritans. 1623. New-Hampshire settled by the Puritans. 1624. New-Jersey settled by the Dutch. 1635. Connecticut settled by the Puritans. 1636. Rhode Island settled by Roger Williams. 1682. Pennsylvania settled by William Penn. 1791. Vermont admitted into the Union. 1802. Ohio admitted into the Union. 1816. Indiana admitted into the Union. 1818. Illinois admitted into the Union. 1820. Maine admitted into the Union. 1836. Michigan admitted into the Union. 1846. Iowa admitted into the Union. 1848. Wisconsin admitted into the Union. 1850. California admitted into the Union. SLAVE STATES. 1607. Virginia first settled by the English. 1627. Delaware settled by the Swedes and Fins. 1635. Maryland settled by Irish Catholics. 1650. North Carolina settled by the English. 1670. South Carolina settled by the Huguenots. 1733. Georgia settled by Gen. Oglethorpe. 1782. Kentucky admitted into the Union. 1796. Tennessee admitted into the Union. 1811. Louisiana admitted into the Union. 1817. Mississippi admitted into the Union. 1819. Alabama admitted into the Union. 1821. Missouri admitted into the Union. 1836. Arkansas admitted into the Union. 1845. Florida admitted into the Union. 1846. Texas admitted into the Union. In the course of an exceedingly interesting article on the early settlements in America, R. K. Browne, formerly editor and proprietor of the San Francisco _Evening Journal_, says:-- "Many people seem to think that the Pilgrim Fathers were the first who settled upon our shores, and therefore that they ought to be entitled, in a particular manner, to our remembrance and esteem. "This is not the case, and we herewith present to our readers a list of settlements made in the present United States, prior to that of Plymouth: 1564. A Colony of French Protestants under Ribault settled in Florida. 1565. St. Augustine[8] founded by Pedro Melendez. 1584. Sir Walter Raleigh obtains a patent and sends two vessels to the American coast, which receives the name of Virginia. 1607. The first effectual settlement made at Jamestown, Va., by the London Company. 1614. A fort erected by the Dutch upon the site of New-York. 1615. Fort Orange built near the site of Albany, N. Y. 1619. The first General Assembly called in Virginia. 1620. The Pilgrims land on Plymouth Rock." FREEDOM AND SLAVERY AT THE FAIR. WHAT FREEDOM DID. At an Agricultural Fair held at Watertown, in the State of New-York, on the 2d day of October, 1856, two hundred and twenty premiums, ranging from three to fifty dollars each, were awarded to successful competitors--the aggregate amount of said premiums being $2,396, or an average of $10.89 each. From the proceedings of the Awarding Committee we make the following extracts:--