New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-01-10
MISSOURI.
MISSOURI.
THE COVERNOR's MEssAGE-NIssOURf IS \
FREE STATE.

THE GOVERNORS Mt-rAEfs-Ml>-'i Ni - y
FREE STATE.
ST. LOUIS. Mo-, Jan. 9.-Ihe Democrat pub
fishes to-day an advance copy OF Gov Fechers message
10 the legislature this morning regard TO the financial
condition Of the state. The message that the oer
tons OF tie Treasury for the fiscal year commencing on
the lst Of October $780, show balance ih tno 4.,..
at that date ~ 9C2soH receipts from al sources ~ S
30 1861 G. Os06 total Sl.ol0sif disbursement fO.j
49, balance October /. 1851 SG5JE total debt OF tno
state, $23,BloG annual interest 70 %. pIo,u.Ii i"i
sI4Ol8sO TO which l. 70 Dee annually added oneOurh OF
The whole State The number of teachers oil pup
lie schools the State l. G202 Increase OF a' or
inc number reported 1906 and 5.62 than ~ ISIS
The number Of schoohou Is reported ai 1000 While
The GoveTnar doc not discuss national affairs further
than say he relies in confident security uon faithful
Congress to preserve all that acquired by me
war The Union. The remainder OF the nesage u De
the following comparison Of the condition OF me stat IN
1868 and present prosperity; Inc thid year OF i1o
with it increased prosperity ana assurance OF SUI
greater progress ~ t,e n y, ,s tme 10 con-
template results OF the assertion and maintenhnce
81 tic principles which have controlled the Govern
eps az fhrse states FOR three years hnd may view
them with satisfaction that Will not fan TO inspire ou
the party freedom and progress, came into power ~
Missouri Of civil war were yet spreading ucro
latlou through our burders The churches were diap
dated and dscrtod the schOOAouses destroyed OF silent
and fenautcss Only l,lf schools thth cAislru III ~"
STATE The State University was converted INTO a bar
RACKS. INC mnfs OF trade were without signs Of ie our
great bore commerce The faiIonuh iLlt Mec
nt abandoned or rendered useless carried only soldiers
and their supplies The murdcrOus guerrilla roamed the
farcst agricultural districts and the farmer sought pair
at The military posts The graves OF murdered loyal ana
free men were along the highways One'thrd al
the OF the state were without courts or onccr
many cOuri-houses and public records were pneu eNeIy
avenue OF trade aud was blocked railroad bridges
were IN chaued and blackened ruins, and the
ears aud steamboats, were hfed upon ny, . .
cealed Rebels every branch Of production
was wthcrcd, every department Oi industry 'lAkhh'u
in n dealike torpor dent Oi =" VWs" hung "'sI "
accumuatiug interest al The rate al million cight hud
red and sixty thousand dollars Yer ann1l9 our pos,a
value OF property less than s2l50o9O ana our credit
as a state a. at the lowest ebo. Loyal Missolrians
Jt thc arst blow that was struck ~ treason. aud met
me nrs desperate onses Rebellion. The nrst to
OF our losses and the depth and distress OF our people viii
never be fully measured by the historian such was thc
lOyal people expressed through their delegates III Ton
vention, proclaimed free Missouri. I'll. Ihirty,t d
our urOgperitv dates, and eu Intelligent, encr
getic, liberyloyng Immigration mas como gl,
ejgn countries. and has materially added TO
re-people the places made waste by war We nave IN
ylied and cordially welcomed free labor; te churches
have been repaired and hled with WoIahper& on the
praries in the forests and along the yers spfes haNs
risen marking new temples and new affairs erected ana
dedcated To our God Tho increase Of educational faei
ties one 81 the surest proofs ~ our progresa anu
SnrcS ia croyded by students and Is taking rank
Wh tine first colleges in the nation The caph OF the
State School Fund has been more than douOlcu Nltc-
aud couutes have In many instances more than
trebed their population The exchanges rcs0und with
the voices OF active The steamboats, ana ios trains
- cor q hearing our productions the markets. The
pralries forests hills and valleys are being everywhere
beauflded with HeW-made homes. Capital, ny bhiioIs
ha. come 10 u.s. and manufactures have arlssn ana are
vocal with busy industry The mines sreopenea ana
new and valuable discoveries OF orc nave been nhde Io
miles OF railroad have been built, without thorepy IN
creasuC the state Indebtedness 292 miles ~ process OF
construction and $50 miles more are projected Inc uD
of tie state has been reduced about SllOOOVVO our
nonulaon has Increased 10 at least 100000 ana iitahe
uf0perty has been augmented III Nalnc ny lmpoIatoS
aud by additions consequent on our general prosperity
In - dollars Our credit has not only been restored
but raised standard higher IMAM IL nas ever ~
since The inception Of the internal Improvement uent
With these frutsuf loyal and progressive rune before
ue we may well be strengthened IN our hlthcmeht W
tbe princpes by which these wonders OF uasIoilhun
have been wrought and made firm IN our resolve 10 pa
forwad 10 new Victories. Idught Win new hIu ed''
hessiurs until We have laid and eteadlhst the Iou
datIos pon which may safely rest the future OF oI
state