The national Republican., 1861-02-26

OF that stamp, seemed actually 10 nave argued
themselves into the belief that they had car
ried Convention, of whose members they had
really elected about oneflth.
It will be time enough to believe that Ar.
kansas is for disunion, when there is sufficient
proof Of the fact.
BALTIMORE. - The Baltimore American,
which is politically opposed to Mr.. Lincoln,
says:
The prevailing feeling excited by Mr.. Lin.
coins quiet passage through Baltimore was
one of relief and Of qualification, though ex-
pressions of disappointed curiosity were fire.
quently heard. The injudicious determination
OF certain political friends Of the President
elect in this city to mark his arrival with q
public demonstration had excited O spirit of
stern opposition, which it was feared would
manifest itself in acts which, though designed
directly to rebuke the ill.advised zeal OF the
parties referred to, might yet have been mis-
contrued into q personal atfront to the Presi-
dent, and 30 have reflected discreditably upon
the good repute Of Baltimore. The action,
therefore, of Mr. Lincoln, in disappointing alike
the purposes of his political friends and public
curiosity, was . simple and practical avoidance
Of what might have been an occasion of dis.
order and modification to all interested in the
preservation of the good name Of our CITY,"
This language is very guarded, but it suf
6cisntly shows the causes, existing in the con.
dition of party feeling in Baltimore, which
might have made Mr.. Lincoln's presence there,
the occasion of tumult, leading to possible con.
sequences of the most deplorable character.
~ A Newt Mexico correspondent of the
St. Louis Democrat, says that DR.. Whitlock
introduced into the Legislature, on the llth Of
January, bill to repeal the slave code Of that
Territory, that an effort was made to reject it
at its first reading, but that it was carried to a
second reading by handsome majority. That
code is known to have been dictated by the
Administration here, through the delegate, Mr..
Otero. 1t is opposedlboth to the interests and
opinions of the people of New Mexico, and will
be wiped out in due time.
This correspondent of the Democrat opposes
the erection of New Mexico into State as
being against its interests.
he gives the following statistics
"By the returns made by the assistant mar.
94,078, including the Pueblo Indians, who
number 1860. The value of the real estate
is given at $6,46s,372, and the personal
property at $ll ,G36,27G-making q total Of
SIS, ,l04 ,648, exclusive of the possessions of
the Pueblo Indians, which amount to the sum
Of 81 ,8O2,5S0.
In the Territory there are 2O,s6O families,
and 2l,9l9 houses.
There are l9 Pueblos in the Territory, whose
population, as above stated, is, in the aggre
gate, 10 6l0, and the property belonging to
them, including real and PERSONAL is valued al
$l,802,5sO.
The above figures, compared with those ex
hibited by the census of 1850, show very large
increase, both in population and wealth. Oul
population in that year was 81 ,525, including
the Pueblo Indians; and the estimated value
Of the property in the Territory was $5,l7l,47l
The INDIAN TERRIronr.-Not little insight
into what is going on and what is meditated in
the Indian Territory back Of Arkansas is given
in the following from the correspondence of the
St. Louis Democrat, dated at Red River Val
ley, February 9, 1861:
"The other day, the selfconstituted juuta o
the Choctaw Nation, consisting of white adven
turers from the land of King Cotton, and few
wealthy half breeds, met in Convention at thei
capital, Doakerville, for the purpose, believe
Of connecting some scheme whereby they cal
sectionize their country, open it to promiscuou
immigration, and annex it to Texas. The,
have been prompted to this mode of action b,
certain fears, that in the event Of a dissolution
of the Union, the Federal Government, backet
by the powerful North, will claim the right t.
retain all the Territories, in spite of the seces
sion and desires of the rebel States. | hav
not yet ascertained the results of their delibera
tons. l feel warranted, however, in SayinI