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road, 20,703 ; over the Pennsylvania Central 

 Railroad, 181,841. 



The State lias a Reform School, or schools, 

 for juvenile offenders, established on a farm of 

 several hundred acres, about six miles south- 

 west of Lancaster, in Fairfield County. The 

 institution is founded on the principle that it 

 is better to prevent than to punish offences. 

 It is under the charge of Commissioners. The 

 farm is partitioned among several families, each 

 family under the immediate charge of an Elder 

 Brother, Mr. Carpenter being Elder Brother 

 of the Muskingum Family ; Mr. Coffey, Elder 

 Brother of the Cuyahoga Family; Mr. Spear, 

 Elder Brother of the Scioto Family, &c., tfcc. ; 

 the whole forming a community "dwelling 

 together in unity." There were 120 boys 

 admitted to the school in 1864. Their ages 

 were : 



Of 8 years r, 



Of 15 years 11 



10 " " 9 



17 " 2 



1 - " 1 



Total... ...1-26 



The offences for which they were committed 

 to the school were as follows : 



Grand larceny 19 



Petit larceny" 31 



Burglary 14 



Incorrigible 30 



Yairrancy 18 



Horse stealing 2 



Shooting with intent to kill 1 



Assault'and battery 2 



Arson 1 



The labor of the boys has been expended 

 mostly on the farm, garden, and nursery ; only 

 a sufficient number have worked in the shops 

 to manufacture the clothes and shoes required 

 for the inmates. The system is so arranged that 

 every boy can receive five hours schooling each 

 secular day of the term. All the boys, except- 

 ing one class, labor during the entire morning. 

 The class excepted has a morning session in 

 school, and works in the afternoon. The other 

 classes, after taking a short recreation on the 

 playgrounds after dinner, wash and prepare 

 for school, which continues until supper. Re- 

 ligious exercises are also connected with the 

 institution, conducted by a chaplain. The in- 

 stitution is so successful in the training of way- 

 ward and refractory boys, that the Board rec- 

 ommend the establishment of a similar one 

 for girls. The Commissioners mention with 

 satisfaction several cases of young men, now 

 occupying responsible positions, for which they 

 have been qualified by the instruction imparted 

 by this school. 



The number of marriages in the State in 

 1864 was 20,881. The war has reduced the 

 average number in three years one thousand. 

 The number of naturalizations was 4,098. The 

 whole number naturalized during the last seven 

 years was 45,475. The number of indictments 

 during 1864 was 2,859 ; convictions, 1,157. 



The suits and judgments were less :han one- 

 half the number in 1860. The numl er of vio- 

 lent deaths was 495, and the proportion of sui- 

 cides 14 per cent. The aggregate number of 

 paupers in the State is 20,000, or one in 128 of 

 the population. 



The various educational and charitable in- 

 stitutions of the State are in a prosperous con- 

 dition. 



The following is a list of the Colleges in the 

 State : 



An order was issued in August by General 

 Heintzelman, in command of the Department, 

 forbidding the railroad companies to transport 

 arms on their roads either in the form cf mer- 

 chandise or otherwise. 



On October 27th great excitement was cre- 

 ated at Cleveland by rumors of a raid by Con- 

 federates from Canada. The civil authorities, 

 military, and the United States authorities, 

 made great preparations to receive the raiders 

 General Hooker, in command of the Depart 

 ment, issued the following order : 



HEADQCABTERS XOETHEEX DEPAETMEXT, ) 

 CixrixxATi, October '27th, 1SW. f 

 CIRCULAR. 



The commander of this Department has received 

 information that it is the intention of a large body 

 of men on the northern frontier, on each side of the 

 line, open on one side, and in disguise on the other, 

 to so organize at the ensuing National Election as tc 

 interfere with the integrity of the election, and when 

 in their power to cast illegal rotes ; in fact, in anj 

 way interfere with the honest expressions of the 

 electors. 



In view of the foregoing facts, it is made the duti 

 of all officers of the Government, both civil and mili- 

 tary, as well as loyal citizens, to guard well the in- 

 tegrity of the ballot-box. 



All military officers, including Provost Marshals 

 and their assistants, will be held to a strict account- 

 ability for the adoption of such measures within then 

 districts or commands, as will not only prevent ille- 

 gal voting, but to arrest and bring to justice all who 

 attempt such voting, or endeavor to prevent the 

 honest exercise of the elective franchise. 



The citizens and civil authorities of the towns and 

 cities on the northern frontier aie particularly re- 



* The German Department of Baldwin University, organ- 

 ized as a distinct College in Jane, lMj4. 

 t Suspended temporarily at the close of the year. 



