The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-02-02
pailp Argue,
3he 3ropsed New States To-
RADIO and Lincoln.

IoOO anu A1uCOl0s
Among the important bills before Con
gress in behalf of the Territories are those
for the admission of Colorado and New Mex
leo as States. AS public attention will be
called to the matter some facts about the
growth of these Territories will be of inter
| est.
! COLORADO.
| Colorado was set off in 1860 from Kansas
and Nebraska. 1t has an area OF loo, 900
| so uare miles, and . population, according
TO the census, of S9,6Sl. 1t has 355 miles
of railroad within its borders, of which 22S
miles were built this year. Its mining pro-
ducts for 1860 foots up 50, $50, 900, its crops
81 1851 900, and its manufactures s ,225 900
The settled portion of the Territory is
wholly east of the mountains. A strip of
fifty miles wide along the slope, from the
southern border, will take in about all the
peopled aud producing parts 1t includes
the most of Gilpin, Clear Creek, Boulder,
Summit, Park, Pueblo, Huerfano, Weld and
Arrapahoe counties. All the important
mineral Developments, the best farms and
the principal towns lie within this belt.
Here are Denver, Central City, Georgetown,
Black Hawk, Nevada, Idaho, Cariboo, Boul-
der, Golden, Pueblo, Colorado City, Greedy,
Trinidad and Canon City. The South
Platte, with it's tributaries, the Big Thomp-
son, Cache La Poudre, Cherry Creek, and
| the Arkansas, with it's numerous branches.
are more farmed with this area than over all
the rest of their great extent.
NEW MEXICo.
| New Mexico has an area of 1l5, 900
square miles, about twice as large as the
State of New York, and her population,
according to the census just taken, is ll4,-
600, Of which $4,000 are whites, and the re.
mainder Indians and half breeds. The Ter
rtory is divided into thirteen counties, tie
most thickly settled being Santa Fs, Grant,
Taos, Colfax, San Miguel, Mora and Berna.
hlo. There are three judicial districts.
The Territorial Governor is William A.
Pile, formerly Representative in Congress
from the St. Louis District, Mo. The Mill
tsry Department is under command of Ma or
General George ". Getty. District Com.
nsnder. The Delegate to Congress is Ion.
Jose Francisco Chaves, a native of New
Mexico. The Judiciary is composed of
| Chief justice Judge PAlen, of New York
Judge johnson, of Pennsy lvanis, and Judge
Waters, of Missouri. The Territorial Legis.
| Iature consists of Council and House of
| Representatives,, the former having eight
msm bers and the latter fifteen. The
sessions are biennial.
| Santa Fe, the capital, built mostly of one
| story adobe houses, contains about 5000
inhabitants, mostly Mexicans and Indians.
Here, upon the plains, in the heart of our
worst civilization, is an American city 800
years old. When our Pilgrim Fathers we're
shivering through their first winter, Santa
Fe was forty years old. Here are the de,
scendants of the old CAstilians, whose PROV
ess made illus,rious the reign of Ferdinand
and Isabella, a decayed, decaying town, hos
tile to progress, and so much unlike any thing
in America that one feels q stranger in Il
strange land. Seventy miles Son,h is Albu-
querque, younger, but with all the signs of
| ignorance and sloth. Here is the rich
valley of the Rio Grande. stretching through
the Territory north and south, gathering
within its area nine-tenths of the whole pop
ulaton, its splendid acres untitled, except
TO supply the scant wants of the settlers.
Traders, farmers, mechanics, with nc am BIZ
ton TO build up, occupying a terry tory equal
IN resources 10 Colorado, sit listlessly '.joined
to their idols" never reused to energy
except to keep out Americans and progress.
But even the Mexicsns are beginning to real
ize that "old things are passed away"
Since the beginning of 1868, capital in the
hands of Intelligent labor has taken posses
sion of some of the best mines and farming
lands. Americans and English are swarming
IN. Even the towns are brushing up. Santa
Feis beginning life again. Albuquerque, Los
Vegas, Moro, Elizsbethtown and Cimaron
are looking ahead. while Ralston aud Silver
City owe almost their entire growth to the
past year.
STATISTICS.
A carefal estimate, compiled from the
records and assessment rolls of the two Ter
ritories, gives the following statistics of the
population, products, revenue, etc:
| New
Colorado Mexico
Population 39,6Sl ll4,00'
Mining products, 1870 s37sO,OOO s939, C0t
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