MISSOURI. 



MORAVIANS. 



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ing betterments and additions to stock, $103,- 

 035,759 ; orchard-products, $2,617,463 ; prod- 

 uce of market-gardens, $406,655; forest-prod- 

 ucts, $793,343 ; value of home manufactures, 

 $1,737,606; of animals slaughtered or sold for 

 slaughter, $23,626,784; of all live-stock, $84.- 

 285,273. There were 493,969 horses, 111,502 

 mules and asses, 398,515 milch-cows, 65,825 

 working-oxen, 689,355 other cattle, 1,352,001 

 sheep, and 2,308,430 swine. The chief pro- 

 ductions were 1,093,905 bushels of spring, and 

 13,222,021 of winter, wheat, 559,532 of rye, 

 66,034,075 of Indian-corn, 16,578,313 of oats, 

 269,240 of barley, 36,252 of buckwheat, 12,329,- 

 483 pounds of tobacco, 3,649,390 pounds of 

 wool, 1,246 bales of cotton, 43,936 bushels of 

 peas and beans, 4,238,361 of Irish, and 241,253 

 of sweet, potatoes, 326,173 gallons of wine, 

 14,455,825 pounds of butter, 204,090 of cheese, 

 615,611 tons of hay, 2,494 bushels of clover- 

 seed, 12,246 of grass-seed, 19,297 pounds of 

 hops, 2,816 of hemp, 16,613 of flax and 10,391 

 bushels of flax-seed, 116,980 pounds of maple- 

 sugar, 1,730,171 gallons of sorghum, and 116,317 

 of maple, molasses, 1,156,444 pounds of honey, 

 and 35,248 of wax. 



The total number of manufacturing estab- 

 lishments was 11,871, using 1,638 steam-en- 

 gines of 48,418 horse-power, and 388 water- 

 wheels of 7,644 horse-power, and employing 

 65,354 hands, of whom 55,904 were males above 

 sixteen, 3,884 females above fifteen, and 5,566 

 youth. The total amount of capital invested 

 was $80,257,244 ; wages paid during the year, 

 $31,055,445; value of materials consumed, 

 $115,533,269 ; of products, $206,213 429. 



The total number of newspapers and peri- 

 odicals was 279, having an aggregate circula- 

 tion of 522,866, and issuing annually 47,980,- 

 422 copies. There were 21 daily, with a cir- 

 culation of 86,655; 5 tri-weekly, circulation 

 13,800; 225 weekly, circulation 342,361; 3 

 semi-monthly, circulation 22,000 ; 23 monthly, 

 circulation, 53,650 ; 1 annual, circulation 1,500. 



There were 5,645 libraries, having 1,065,638 

 volumes. Of these, 3,903, with 566,642 vol- 

 umes, were private, and 1,742, with 498,996 

 volumes, were other than private, including 28 

 circulating libraries, with 112,450 volumes. 



The total number of religious organizations 

 was 3,230, having 2,073 edifices, with 691,520 

 sittings, and property valued at $9,709,358. 

 The leading denominations were : 



Cost of annual support $191,171 



Total number receiving support, June 1, 1870. . . 1,854 



Native 1 ,41 5 



White 1,090 



Colored 325 



Foreign 489 



Number of persons convicted during the year. . 1,503 

 Total number of persons in prison, June 1, 1870. 



Native 

 White... 

 Colored. 

 Foreign. 



The condition of pauperism and crime is 

 shown by the following statistics : 



Total population 1,721,295 



Number of persons receiving support during 

 the year ending June 1, 1870 2,424 



1,623 

 1,217 

 898 



'6-2-1 

 400 



MOOEE, NATHANIEL F., LL. D., an eminent 

 scholar, and former President of Columbia 

 College, born at Newtown, L. I., December, 

 1782; died in the highlands on the Hudson, 

 April 27, 1872. He was a nephew of Bishop 

 Benjamin Moore, and graduated from Colum- 

 bia College in 1802. Having completed a 

 course of law-study, he was admitted to the 

 bar in 1805, and, after following his profession 

 for a few years, was appointed, in 1817, Ad- 

 junct Professor of the Greek and Latin Lan- 

 guages in his alma mater. In 1820 he was 

 chosen professor, and was president from 1842 

 to 1849. In 1839'he visited Egypt and the Holy 

 Land. Dr. Moore was a man of rare scholarly 

 attainments, and was greatly beloved for his 

 gentle nature and purity of character. Be- 

 sides many pamphlets and occasional essays, 

 he. published "Kemarks on the Pronunciation 

 of the Greek Language," New York, 1819 ; 

 "Ancient Mineralogy," New York, 1834; 

 " Lectures on the Greek Language and Litera- 

 ture," 1835; and "An Historical Sketch of 

 Columbia College," 1846. 



MOKAVIANS. The latest statistical reports 

 of the Moravian Church give the number of 

 communicants in the American and European 

 provinces as 16,631, and the total number of 

 communicants, non-communicants over thir- 

 teen years of age, and children, as 27,201. It 

 is estimated that about 100,000 persons are in 

 spiritual connection with the Church in the 

 "diaspora," or missions on the Continent of 

 Europe. To these numbers should also be 

 added the number of members and adherents 

 reported from the mission-fields. 



The statistics of the American provinces, 

 reported December 31, 1872, give, in the 

 Northern District, churches, 57; communicants, 

 6,856; total of communicants, non-communi- 

 cants, over thirteen years of age, and children, 

 12,387 ; officers and teachers in Sunday-schools, 

 651 ; Sunday-school scholars, 5,431 ; in the 

 Southern District, churches, 11 ; communicants, 

 1,194; total of communicants, non-communi- 

 cants over thirteen years of age, and children, 

 1,877 ; officers and teachers in Sunday-schools, 

 79; Sunday-school scholars, 653. Total for 

 the United States : Communicants, 8,050 ; com- 

 municants, non - communicants over thirteen 

 years of age, and children, 14,263 ; officers and 

 teachers in Sunday-schools, 730; Sunday- 

 school scholars, 6,106. The increase in the 

 number of communicants for the year was 168, 

 and in the entire number of persons enrolled 

 in the churches, 360. The rate of increase 

 (two and one-half per cent.) was much smaller 



