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hi<:h treason. He was sentenced to death, but 

 the penalty having been commuted to banish- 

 ment for life, he embarked in 1849 for Van 

 Diemen's Land, where he remained until 1856. 

 The revolutionary spirit having by this time 

 subsided in Ireland, he was permitted to return 

 to Europe, the indulgence being at first limited 

 to the Continent. In 1858 he returned to Ire- 

 land, where for a number of years he lived in re- 

 tirement. In 1859 he paid a visit to the United 

 States. Upon the breaking out of the rebellion 

 against the United States Government in 1861, 

 he expressed open sympathy with the seceding 

 States, and published an appeal to his countrymen 

 to abstain from committing themselves in favor 

 of the Union. 



OHIO. The prosperity of this great State 

 has continued, notwithstanding the severe de- 

 mands of the war upon her. The receipts into 

 the State Treasury, with the balance of the 

 previous year, amounted in November to 

 i.966, and the total disbursements were 

 $6,679,006; leaving a balance of $2,000,960. 

 The expenses of the State government proper 

 were $1,450,663, and the disbursements 1,- 

 053,040, leaving a balance on November 15th 

 of $397,622. During the year, $364,058 of the 

 public debt has been redeemed, and a balance 

 ! 9,836 remained to the sinking fund. The 

 debt of the State, including a loan of 1864 for 

 military purposes, consists of the 



Foreign debt $12,815.212 



Domestic debt 685,533 



Total $13,500,750 



The valuation of real estate in Ohio for 1864 

 was $655,498,100 ; of personal property, $1,- 

 006,696,116. In fourteen years the advance in 

 the value of personal property has been 250 

 per cent. 



The report of the Commissioner of Sta- 

 tistics presents some interesting facts rela- 

 tive to the effects of the war on banks, debts, 

 and litigation. The result upon the State banks 

 was shown in their returns from 1860 to 1863, 

 as follows : 



Decrease of capital $500.424 



" of circulation 1.-- 



u of discounts 881,050 



Increase of deposits 6,195,036 



The total diminution of capital, circulation, 

 and specie, was $3,863,628. The deposits have 

 more than doubled, being an actual increase of 

 $6,195,036. 



In November, 1864, the account stood as fol- 

 .ows, the number of banks being forty-seven : 



Capital f 4.41- 



Circulation 5.11 6.471 



Deposits 11.1 r 



Discounts 9.43G.994 



Specie 1,180,803 



In addition to the two great facts exhibited 

 by the bank returns, that deposits increased 

 and debts diminished ; there is another of equal 

 importance, that litigation has diminished, or 

 more properly that suits for the collection of 

 'l.ebts have diminishc 1. 



During the year the Federal Governmen 

 called upon the State for troops to be furnished 

 within that period as follows : 



February 1st, If 64.. 51,465 



March 14th, " 20.598 



July 18th, " 50,791 



Total 122.857 



By a revision of credits this quota was re- 

 duced to 102,653. To fill deficiencies under 

 the two first calls, a draft was ordered in May, 

 which produced 7,711 men ; of whom 6,290 

 paid commutation amounting to $1,887,000, 

 and the remainder, 1,421, went into the service 

 in person, or by substitutes. For the same 

 purpose a draft was ordered under the last call, 

 commencing in September ; the deficiencies of 

 the sub-districts amounted to 9,006. The draft 

 more than filled the quota. On December 1st 

 the excess amounted to 2,984 men. The volun- 

 untary absenteeism from the State of persons 

 liable to military service, on the approach or 

 during the pendency of the draft, was estimated 

 to exceed twenty thousand. Those who were 

 not drawn returned when the quotas of their 

 districts were filled ; and those who were 

 drafted remained away, with a few exceptions 

 where substitutes were procured. A large 

 number left during the ten days allowed 

 by law between draft and notification. To 

 meet all these deficiencies supplementary drafts 

 become necessary, and then the same process 

 went on until, in some cases, there were not 

 men enough left in the townships to fill the 

 quota. Many men drafted in one section of 

 the State went into other sections ; many went 

 into other States and the territories, and not a 

 few fled to Canada. The number of men fur- 

 nished by the State to the Federal service to 

 December 31st, 1863, was 200,4.^2. 



In April the Governor tendered to the Fed- 

 eral Government the service of thirty thousand 

 militia for one hundred days. At the same 

 time the Governors of Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, 

 and "Wisconsin, tendered a proportionate quota. 

 The reasons which induced this offer are thus 

 stated by Governor Brough : 



The policy of this movement did not admit of doubt 

 or hesitancy. The summer campaigns were about to 

 open in Virginia and Tennessee. Both of them must 

 necessarily operate upon continually lengthening 

 lines of communication, requiring large forces to 

 protect them. At the same time it was necessary 

 that the Virginia army should cover and protect the 

 ^National Capital, and'that of Tennessee hold safe the 

 border. In previous campaigns we had suffered 

 from this species of depletion to an eztent that se- 

 riously impaired the value of our successes. At the 

 time of considering this proposition a large body of 

 hardy and veteran troops were engaged in garrison 

 duty! and guarding lines of communication, which 

 could be as well done by less experienced men. To 

 relieve these, and throw them forward, was to give 

 to each of our operating armies a large reserve force. 

 The time before the opening of the campaigns was 

 too short to admit of a call, with its attendant of a 

 draft, even if the legislation of Congress, not then 

 completed, had admitted of such a measure. The 

 policy was. therefore, apparent, of supporting our 



