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Carolina her forty-five; Virginia forty; North Carolina thirty-five; and 

 Alabama twenty. He felt that this circumstance was one of great 

 national interest. The South also had several furnaces, and had 

 begun the manufacture of iron. 



The South had also entered into the railroad system. These events 

 seemed, he said, of much importance. They secured the advance in 

 wealth and the prosperity of the South. By this new U7non in pur- 

 suit, and the noble object of the employment of domestic industry, 

 there is produced a unity of interest which calls for corresponding 

 legislation. It begat a common interest and promised to abolish the 

 odious distinctions of North and South in our country. Cemented 

 together by the bonds of union, of country, of feeling and of interest, 

 it secured the great result of the preservation of the perpetual Union 

 of that common country, to which we all stand pledged. A union 

 thus consummated and actuated with one heart, may be ready to 

 stand, and to secure its preservation against a hostile world. With 

 the undaunted spirit and the strong arms of such men in the field, and 

 with our future Jacksons, our Scotts, and our Taylors to lead, we 

 need not fear but that success and victory will ever fall to our lot. 

 A living hero has recently given " Buena Vista" as a watchword for 

 us, and as a caution to the future foes of our coimtry. 



Gen. Tallmadge here concluded, amid the loud and continued 

 plaudits of the assemblage, by whom his remarks were listened to, 

 throughout, with great decorum and attention. 



The president stated that he was authorized to say, that the gross 

 receipts for entrances at the present exhibition, have amounted to 

 $18,675. This sum is held to provide for the expenses and the pre 

 miums awarded, which are as follows* 



50 gold medals. 



238 silver medals. 



61 silver cups. 



430 diplomas. 



152 volumes of agricultural works. 

 $108 and 24 certificates, (aprentices' premiums.) 



$110 and 6 bronze medals, (Van Schaick premiums.) 



