The New York herald., 1868-01-10
MISSOURI.

Message OF Governor Fletcher to the Leg.
isioture-Prospcrous Condition Of the
State.
ST. LOUIS. No., Jan. Q, 1868.
Governor Fiotcher's message TO tho Legislature SAYS
that the operations Of the treasury for the fiscal year
commencing on the LIST Of October, 1885, show bal.
IN tho treasury At that date OF $3.06.. sos. Re
ceipts from ali September 3 1857 OO6
Total. $l1,0l0SI4. Disbursements, $40 333 4S2. Bal
October 1, 1867, $877 3s2 Total debt OF the
State $23 GAL ooo Annual interest to bo provided for
4s0 10 which Is 10 be annually added fourth
Of tho whole State The number Of teachers OF
publs schools In the State 262-an increase OF 353s
the number reported for 1866 and 5302
in 1885, The number Of school houses is reported a.
4o0e while there only $500 In 1860. The Cover
does not discuss national Affairs further than say
he gelies In confident security upon faithful Congress
TO preserve to us all thai acquired by tue for the
Union Tho remainder OF the message is directed TO the
discus Of domestic matters and contains the follow
ing comparison Of the condition OF the State IN 1868 aud
present prosperity The third year Of free Missouri,
now so nearly completed, has brought with IL IN
prosperity OF still greater progress
In tho distant future II inappropriate AZ
this time contemplate the results Of assistanco
and maintenancc OF tho principles whc have now con-
troed the of these STATES Tor three years.
aud we may view them with satisfaction that will not
fail to INSPIRE you with confidence and energy for tho
work before you When the party OF freedom aud pro-
into power In Missouri the fires OF q civil war
yet spreading dssoIaon through borders Tho
houses destroyed or silent ard tcnAntloss; only 26s
schools then existed IN the State; thc State
~. mart. sa. css''rea wer. %iisous ssps
life; great rivers boro commerce.; the
railroads. that abandoned rendered useless car
ried only soldiers and their suppes; the murderous
guerilla roamed tho farsst az icural districts aod the
farmer sought safely at the military posts the graves
Of murdered loyal and strewn along the
highways one-tura OF tho counties Of tho State
without courts or ofcers many court houses and pubic
Wa road brd md
backened RUM and the cars and steam boats were red
upon BY concealed rebeis evey brsnch Of production
wthered, every department OF indusry stagnated
" desthlike torpor debt Of $37 900 600 hung over
us, accommodating Interest tho rate OF 600 per
annum; our population had been reduced 10 about
eight hundred thousand, and the assessed value Of
property 10 less than hundred aud fifteen million
Loyal Mssoursns dealt the rst blow that vas struck at
treason, and met the 1nt desperate onsea Of the
rsbeIion-the nrs to know war and tue last 20 wel-
come peace Tho magnitude Of losses and the depth
and distress ef our peopc will never be fully msAured
BY the historian. Such tho condition of tue state
wnsn In obedience to the will Of loyal peop,e expressed
through their delegates In convention, proeiam-a .
free Missouri Thirty six months have not yet passed
since the epoch from which our prosperity dstes aud
IRON the oder free States and from foreign coru
tries aud has materially aided TO rcpsops tho paces
made waste by W. have invited ard cordially well
coined free labor The churches have be-r repaired and
died with worshippors on ns praihes, n the forests
aud along the rivers spires have risen, inTkirg new
temples and new Altars erected and dsdc9ted 70 our
Cod The increase OF educational facilities Il Que OF tao
turest Dfocls OF our progress. bOUF iheusahu
hundred and forty schoos Hiod WITH over tso
hundred thousand children The university, Hesly en-
aowed IL being crowded by students and IL taxing rank
th the rst colleges Ia the nation. Tne cap tai o the
State school fund las been more than douOed ciles
towns and counties have, In mspy instances more than
trsbed their population. The exchanges resound WITH
tho voices OF active men. The stsamb1ats aud long
trains bearing productions 20 the msrss1s
the pfsrea orssta, bills aDd valleys are bong ovey.
wbsre banutlsd with nsw-tnado houses; capital, by
micna ts como 70 us, and manufacturers have arisen
ara soc with busy adusry the m mes are rcops ned
ana aud va,ua discoveries Of sro havo been made
80 rea " ,Alfosd have bseu but witboui thereby
incrrasDy Ne STATE indebtedness; 232 miles are In
procev o canstruciiJh, ard go mss more are pro-
jsciet. Tho afst 6 se state has been reduced about
sii 0oO Ous or pOpusioa has Increased 10 ~ least
l5O0UUJ snd laxaDe property has been augmented W
value by Bpsustions and By additions conso1ueni
general prosperity. Our croeit % stsie
has not ouly hcca restored, but rsssd TO standard
higher than q bar reached Sims tbs inoepson ol
tho nternal Improvement debt With these ffits OF
loyal aud progressive rule before mar vol bo
streng gthened In eur attachment 10 the principles by
which these wonders OF transformation bavs been
wrought and made rm 10 resolve 70 pross forward
10 victoges, frauRht with and greater bless
irgs until We have laid aud sea las tho founda-
tions upon which We may safely tae t4iurs OF our