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OHIO. 



active armies by the militia, until legislation could 

 DC perfected, and an additional call be made. 



The States of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, had an- 

 other manifest interest in this movement. In order 

 to save our southern borders from incursions and 

 raids, it was evidently sound policy to so strengthen 

 our main armies as to furnish full employment for 

 the rebel forces in their own territory. In this par- 

 ticular the result fully justified the wisdom of the 

 movement. But one raid was attempted during the 

 season, and that was checked and overwhelmed in 

 Kentucky before reaching the Ohio River. 



The offer was at once accepted by the Fed- 

 eral Government. The National Guard of the 

 State were called together at their respective 

 rendezvous on May 2d. On that day, amid a 

 storm of snow and rain, more than forty thou- 

 sand met and reported for duty without question 

 or reservation. From these were organized 

 forty-one regiments and one battalion, with an 

 aggregate strength of 35,982 men. Of these, 

 one regiment and the battalion were reserved 

 at Johnson's Island, one regiment at Camp 

 Chase, one at Gallipolis, and two at Camp 

 Dennison. The remaining thirty-six regiments, 

 embracing an aggregate strength of 31,051 men, 

 were sent out of the State into Virginia, Mary- 

 land, and the District of Columbia. Six of 

 these regiments went to the front under Gen- 

 eral Butler ; two of them were in the battle of 

 Monocacy, where they suffered a loss of four 

 killed and seven wounded, and a number of 

 prisoners ; one was stationed at Martinsburg, 

 Virginia, where it suffered a loss of over two 

 hundred prisoners ; one regiment was with 

 General Hunter in his severe march to Lynch- 

 burg and back, reporting the loss of only one 

 man ; other regiments were stationed at Balti- 

 more and Washington, and saw active service 

 in the raid upon the latter city. Of the force 

 retained in the State, the 156th, 168th, and 

 171st, were all thrown into Kentucky to meet 

 the raid of Morgan, where they did good ser- 

 vice. In the fight near Cynthiana the 168th 

 had nineteen wounded, of whom tAvo died. 

 The Colonel and Lieutenant-Colonel were both 

 included in the list of wounded the former 

 very severely. In the surrender by General 

 Hobson a large number of this regiment was 

 included, but they were afterwards paroled, as 

 the retreat of Morgan was necessarily so expe- 

 ditious that he could not retain them. 



The vote of the State at the Presidential 

 election was 470,532, of which the soldiers' 

 vote was 50,713. This vote was divided be- 

 tween the Presidential candidates as follows : 



Lincoln. 



Home vote 224.003 



Soldiers' vote 40,967 



Total 264,975 



McClellan. 



195,811 

 9,740 



205,557 



Majority for Mr. Lincoln on the home vote, 

 28,197; majority on the soldiers' vote, 31,221. 

 Total majority, 59,418. 



A Secretary of State was chosen at the 

 State election in October. The vote was as 

 follows : 



ARMSTBONO, 

 Democrat 



17T.840 

 4,599 



SMITH. 

 Republican, 



Home vote 204,459 



Soldiers' vote 32,751 



Total 37,210 



Majority for Smith on the hoir e vote, 26,619 ; 

 majority on the soldiers' vote, 28,151. Total 

 majority, 54,751 Of the members of Congress 

 elected, 17 were republicans and 2 democrats. 



The agriculture of the State has continued 

 to advance, notwithstanding the reduction of 

 the supply of labor. Less 'grain is raised than 

 in former years, but in its place tobacco, 

 sorghum, wool, &c. The corn crop of 1863 

 was an average one of twenty-seven bushels to 

 the acre. This was a general reduction of 

 seven bushels per acre in consequence of the 

 drouth. The average wheat yield was about 

 the same as in previous years. The number of 

 acres planted was 1,811,278. The oat crop 

 was less than an average one. The potato 

 crop was sixty-four bushels to the acre. The 

 average yield of tobacco was eight hundred 

 pounds per acre, and 47,262 acres were 

 planted. Hogs have decreased in number, but 

 sheep have increased. The pork packing in 

 Ohio, as compared with other States in 1864-'o, 

 was as follows : 



This is equal to 27 per cent. 



The average weight of hogs and the yield of 

 lard show a light average increase, though this 

 was not uniform, for in Illinois and Missouri 

 there is a falling off in these respects ; but an 

 increase in all the other States. The compari- 

 son, by States, is as follows : 



The general average weight of hogs and 

 yield of lard, for the whole "West, are : of 

 hogs, 196 3-16 Ibs., and of lard 24 1-9 Ibs., 

 which compare with the general averages last 

 season as follows : 



1868-'4 183 26-29 



lS64-'o... .. 195 3-16 



22 1-7 

 24 1-3 



The shipments to the eastern market weru, 

 in 1864-'5, over the New York and Erie Rail- 



