, 1869-01-05

will not be practicable 10 keep il wholly
remoVtd tom politics. Tacre will be,
nevertheless, an opportunity to secure q
tolcrab1y Independent Glection Of die
gate. by clo- sing Tine when the usual
political issues ART not rife, and when The
usual candidates for public Office arc 1ot
s!irrl2g themselves.
TIE GOVERNORS MESSAGE,
Tie ncsssee Of Governor Og'esby was
:t--l 10 III. Legislature of Illinois yessrr-
4sy. In it the GoTerncr conerAtulatcs
t!l' tcp!e upon the special blessings of
an ireu'gcn1 Providence, and upon the
uIbseEen chain Of geEural prosperity
which has marksd the history Of tae
Sta'e. The fertility of the soil, the i'm
ro7'ant geographical location, the health
full climate, the inex!,austible mineral de-
posite, the large and increasing popula-
tiCp, the demand tor labor and its hand
some remuneration, all mark the pscu-
liar advantages OF Illinois. Or the sc, ,O00,-
600 acres OF laId in the Ssa'e, 2l,000,000
arc improved, and 100000 are under
actual cultivation. He refers to Chicago,
and says that the great commercial city
'tof tie Northwest, situated upon the
"lakc in cur oEn State, holding III. key
"toa vast portion of this trace, steadily
"gro"ing in population and wealth,
astonishing the world in its rapid but
carefully gusrded strides to prosperity
and power, Fl " represents the
"gIowth OF these S:ates." lie
Represents that Chicago, uttering
the voice of the millions who traLe
at her msrts, demsuGs new channels for
her commerce, and repeats an expression
OF the hope that Congress will look "a
vcrafly upUn the enlargement OF the
canal, ard the improvement. of the Hi
Lois River. lie refers to The general
increase In manufactures, and in q
Special manner 10 those OF 1r0a and wool
There are at prcscn. in The S:ate eighty
seven wcol-ca1ding mills and one hun
drtd ard thiriy-.hree manutac!ories OF
woo!sens, with q capital Of $a,GU0,000,
invested in buildings a1d m4cticery,
md employing 1850 operators one,f ur.h
OF whom arc women, AID consuming Al
nually 100000 peu1ds of the 7,00O,0U0
pounds of wool clipped IRON over
2,500,00O sheep. The investment OF
capital in manufactures is s.cadlly in
creasing. Additional coal shafts are
s1Lking sEd mines opening, AMI The
rreeens product Is not less III IN 2,0uO, 900
tcrs Ct coal anrually.
lie reitrs 10 The peaceful political con-
dltio2 OF The country, and takes oceas'oa
10 rebuke alltlcse who tavpr an absolute
II nr
dcht.
During the two years ending Decen1-
h.r1, 1SG5, there was paid of Sc 2.3j0, $3.50
principal uf the State debt, and $as,12
interest thereon. Ia addition 10 this
there WIS paid on the canal debt $3)7 400,
making total payment OF principal
and Of iinttrest thereon Of sa,Gs7.3S5. o.
this sum, Ss92. 600 Was derived IRON The
Illinois Ctntral Railroad fund.
TIE Governor states in detail the out.
standing indcbt.dncss Of the S ate, NJ
published in THE TRluuSE last week
The aggregate OF all kinds Is $5.05S, ,453
On December !, 1864, The $ ute deb was
$l1,24G.2l0. During the lwo years fol
loving it was reluccd by the nay nent o
$a,GU1 ,95S; $50,O00 was added by sprc.a
act in 1867, and the psY ments since then
hsve reduced the whole TO the sum $ .atcd
f5,asS,4j3. In aGcition to the paym.n
on principal the State has, during th
four Years, paid for interes', exchange
premium on gold, ETC., $o,3l4,514, which
added to the payments on principal
makes an aggregate expenditure Z
$7,G5l ,1aG. Tue l,4lancc in the Treasury
lsnuaIy |, 1869, wss Si,liG,1Ss. or th.
Sts;e dsbt th,1c will mature, in 1861
SGto,shO. which, if psld. VIII iaavc i,a'
anct ol fu1js now m hstd OF :5i1 oGl
During 1860 there will be received, 11ou
Illinois Central r ll]ro4d, Siaj, ,000 which
addld to the balance remaining ate
paying the mstured deb, will leave i
the Treasury January !, l51y. the sum c
$780, ,6.G. In 1871, S3.25s.000 Of tn
Stale o.bt will fall ouc, ahd BY the first I
January of that year there VIII have as
cumulated an amount Of revenue largst
in EXCESS Ct Whist will he required. u
therefore expresses the hope that by tas
t!ue The TWO mill tux will be repe4ttd b.
c Institutional provision.
The receipts from the Illinois Cenlr,
I,as1ro-d and trcm the Illinois and MICA
gan Canal, will, after 1870, he sufficient |
11ay the State debt by the time il m atuft
il 1879, wi.hou: any Other tux. The L.
penses Of the SA.e tther than fJr Il
debt and interest, curing the two ye i
were s2,laG,60s, OF which 81, ,o5n $50 "
tor SPECIAL purposes, and $1.U75.726 f
yto mic tSoh 1csSs Ssr1S
public printing, kalsrits And other GO
e,rMentat cxpels The rate OF tax
iion Ter this purpose, in 1867, was douo
:sat cf the preceding year, which VI
made necessary by tie appropriations e
the rev State House ard Penitensiar
The tots! State ts1 for 1868, Including Il
iwo-mill tsx, is sixty-tiye cents oa Il
$lC0-a reduction Of IL cents from Il
rate OF 1867. He commends The gencr
success The Law for the equalization
taxes ty S.ste Board.
The Governor pays meri'cd tribute
the fidelity and ability OF the retiri,
Treasurer, General Smith, and the 4
ditor, Mr.. Miner. He commends Il
rcccmn endation for S ate Bureau
Statistics.
In September, 1868, there were in I;
State 1o,705 schools; 8,24o male 8,
1O,197 itmale teschers; and 826,620 ch
: dren enrolled. The receipts nj the Schc
Fund ttr the year we're t6,S9G,879. E
pcuditucs, e6.4o0 ISL. The Normal Ui
veysi:y continues to perform its tuncsIo
sstisfact1 rily. The Industrial Universi
b.s cemncrcld work with promise
great success. The 100000 acres OF SCI
have thus been disposed Of: 25,44O acl
hare been treated in MINNESOTA and n
b1ssks on 25,313 acres Of land; $500
ae1es Of scrip have been told +
925o,122 II :; leaving in the han
of tie Trustees 74.5Go acrss Of scri
TIE university has ITO SCHOLARS in I
1cadarce. The State institutions for I!
Insate, for tie education Of the De,f Al
Dumb, the Blind, The experimental scho
tor l,lo.s snd Predetermined at Jacks
vile, ar The Eye and Ear fffituary
Chicago, s1e commended to The care q
l15.raI,,; of'he Legislature, The approp
alton fer the lasttwo yesrsior these oljet
WIS 1884,, 900, 3. The Governor states th
100000 Will be rcqnir.d ior them for i
next two years. AL the institutions 4
full, SID be suggests that the time h
come when the State must make mn
ample provision TOR the ur tortunate- I