The New York Herald Newspaper, November 28, 1861, Page 2

2 esorve the punishment; but what shall weeny to bregaeapteb of ra who refuse the means of KubsiaLenCe at a moment when the continuance Of that subsistence i Jqpocoming a grave question at vost F The Canada at Halifax and Mails of | pe EXPEDITION AGAINST MEXICO. the Bohemian at New York. Promulgation of the Allied Treaty—The United States Imvited to Join the Euro- pean Powers. ‘The French ships forming tho Mexican expodition wore expected to assemble at Havana betweea the 15th and 20th of Docember, ‘The London Gazete publishes tho treaty in regard to the com)ined expedition of England, France and Spain. It is signed by Lord Pohn{ Russell and Siguor Isturitz, and M. Flabault. It has five articles. The fourth article says, that after tho signatures to tho treaty wore made, a copy of it waa communicated to the government of the United States, and that the Miniaters of the contracting Powers at Washington are authorized to conclude it separately or collectively with President Lin- coin. As delay, however, would jeoparadize the success of the expedition, the Commissioners oporations are not to be deferred for obtaining the accession of the United States to the treaty after the forces have assomblod in the neighborhood of Vera Cruz. WHY ENGLAND SUPPORTS SPAIN IN BRR DESIGNS. {From the Manchester Guardian, Nov. 14.) In the celebrated speech in which Mr. Cannon boasted that he ‘called the New World into existence to redress the balance of the Old,” he had drawn a comparison be- tween the Spain of that day and the Spain whose growing dominion was once thought to threaten the indopoudence of Europe. The expedition of the Duke d’Angoulcme was making its victorious march, and some alarmists @ @ fear that Peninswia would pass camp under the influence of France. Tho British Minister argued that such an event no lo afforded the sume cause of approhension that it done of old, ‘Is tho Spain of the present day,” he asked, ‘the Spain whose puissance was expected to shake England from hor sphere? No, sir; it was quite another TWO DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. The Tripartite Treaty Against Mexico Promulgated in England. The Allied Force to Ren- dezvous at Havana. Sir Jas. Fergusson, Mi. P., Hxzplains His Tour in America, He Disclaims the Character of a Spy and Pleads That of a Gentleman, The Cotton Crisis and Failures of British Manufacturers. THE NEW FRENCH BUDGET. Defeat of the Russian Army in Circassia and Military Violence in Poland, : he 8 thin’ whowe domainions the wun ore or nbvabasiae i sa Sonia With to Indies thut exoited the key ke, ke jes and alarmed the imagination of our ancestors.”” ‘And resolving that if France had Spain, it should not be “Spain with the Indies,” he acknowledged the indepen- dence of the revolted colonics in South America, To checkmate any aggressive ateps on the part of France, by making her new acquisition comparatively worthless, was then the policy of the English Cabinet. But since that time the face of Europe ie ane a conan change, and a correapondiag alteration has the vikwe taken of the relative strength OF difforens Powers. ‘ ‘The royal speech then alludes to those regions the libe- ration of which from Spanish rule was regarded with 90 much exultation by Canning, Aftor a briof referonce to the adjustment of some trifing dispute with Venezuela, the Queen turns to that distracted republic which is about to become the scene of a European intervention, and ap- parently alludes, with no very good reason, to the dif- ferences of opinion which at first arose between the Powérs concernéd. Tho sentence seems to have some- what suffered in translation; but we gather from it that the Spanish government had decided on a single-handed interference with Mexico, when France and England an- nouneed their desiro to take part in the proceedings, and dissented in some particulars from the projected course. Subsequent negotiations removed the difficulty, and her Majesty states that the expedition to be carried out will ‘‘yealize the idea the execution of which bas been the constant object of the efforts of her government.” In this account we seem to detect somo of the jealousy which was imputed to O'Donnell in regard to the co-ope- ration of England and France, and which the Minister surely ueed not haye introduced into his Sovereign's ech. “St. Domingo once more belongs to Spain. tn reading ‘The steamship Canada, from Liverpool on the 16th, via Queenstown on the 17th inst., arrived at Halifax yester. day morning at half-past seven o'clock. Her dates are two days later than those already at hand. Tho Canada brings £10,800 in specie and thirty-nine passengers. She sailed for Boston at ten A. M., where she will be due this ovoning. ‘The mails of the Bohemian reached this city from Port land yesterday morning, bringing our European files of the 14th instant. Her Britannic Majesty's steam transport Himalaya, from Plymouth, England, tho 16th, has arrived here. Tho Canada’s news was received in this city direct frou Halifax—the first case of the kind extant—through tho agency of telegraph repeaters, invented by George B. Hicks, Esq., of Cleveland, Ohio. The wires were con- nected through, and at one writing the news was flashed from Halifax to this city. Florence Nightingale, in @ letter which has found it® way into print, appears to entertain little hope of her own recovery. ‘The woather continued stormy around the English coast and numerous disasters were reported. Mr. Baxter, Member of Parliament, in addressing his constituents, has strongly denounced the Galway Steam- ship contract. He said §that the company was losing its Irish clement, and that the restoration of the subsidy would be discreditable to Ireland. The London Observer states that the British army esti- mates will bo sensibly reduced. A despatch from Berne of the 17th instant says there has been a fresh violation of the Swiss territory by the French near Geneva. The steamship City of Baltimore, from New York, arrived at Liverpool on the 18th inst. The Canada reports having passed the steamships Afri- ca and Ruropa, » THE AMERICAN REBELLION. The Rebel Sympathizers tn England— Sir James Ferguson Says He was Not a Spy in America—He Puts on the British Gentleman—Opinions on the Cotton Crisis. The London News has an editorial generally re- ‘buking Southern sympatbists in England, and esprcially denouncing the writer of a strong pro-Southern letter in ‘St. Dom! these words it is impossible to forget that but for the ia- testine discord now wasting a powerful neighbor, the acquisition would probably have been found leas easy, and that even as matters stand it has not been allowed to pass without a protest, opening the door to further pro- ceedings, if ever the opportunity arrives. Nor cau we avoid adding that, if hae desires to hold it with the ap- probation of Europe, she must take care that slavery is not allowed to re-estal itself in the territory thus re- gained. France, ‘The monthly returns of the Bank of France show that the decrease in cash is nineteen and a half millions of francs, and the increase in bills discounted twenty-seven millions, The change in the imperial system of finance, as shadowed forth in tho Emperor’s letter and M, Fould’ programme, received per Bohemian, is not regarded with much importance in England. The London Tithe’ city articlo says:— It is not easy to see how the transfer from the Emporor {0 the people of the task of raising money will calm unea- siness and remove all pretext for hostile measures, when it is certain that the peror can resume his prerogative at any moment he may think Ot. The London News aays:~— Will the Emperor still be answerable for an abundance of employment when he can no longer create boundless expenditure by a stroke of bis pen? In Paris the fivantial change imparted much firmness to the Bonrse, and the rentes advanced five-eighths per conton the 15th inst., cloging at @9f. 6ic. The advasce was fully mainta’yed. There were rumors of impending changes among tho high fanctiqnaries in administration, and that the powers of the sevoral Ministers would be modified and the Minis- try of State reorganized. A Paris letter says that M. Fould’s conditions on taking the office of Minister of Finaace wore as follows:- First. The budget to bo voted for in detail, so as to give the Legislature some contro! aver the expenditures. idly. The renuncjation of the power to decree sup- plementary credits without the consent of the Council of Ministers Tairdly. ‘The conversion of the ‘‘trenteanary” obliga- tions. “pourthly. ‘The conversion of the entire public debt into three per cents. Fifthly. ‘The consolidation of the floating debt. Sixthly. The reduction of the army. Seventhly. The evacuation of Rome. Fighthly. That on taking office he should be the inter. mediary of all communications between ministers and the Emperor. A despatch from Paris of the 16th of November, says:— The Bourse closed heavy to-day at 69f. 45c. for the rentes- Sir James Fergusson, in @ letter to the Ayr Observer, saya that the office he holds constrains him to centradict the assertion that he had acted as a@spy in America. He affirms explicitly that in the whole course of his tour he meddipd in no way in the affairs of the Northern or Soathorn States. He travelled solely to inform himself of the momentous questions at issue, and it was not his fault if a New York journalist was in- capable of understanding that a gentleman ‘could enjoy the confidence of the military commanders on both sides without abusing that ofeither. The ibe) in ques- tion was the only exception to the uniform courtesy he ‘experienced, whether in the United or Confederate|states, ‘The London Fimes attributes the inactivity in the de. mand for cotton in India to lingering hesitation as to th® American supply, but says that other circumstancts have also operated forcibly to such a result. ‘Phe real cause ef the present. stagnation is not scarcity of cotton, dit the absence of a demand for calico, (he markets of the world being glutted with Lancashire goods. Manufacturers in curtailing operations are doing what thoy must have done sooner or later, irrespective of the stoppage of the Ameri, can supply. British Opinion of the Union Cause. {From the London Timea, Nov. 14.] The ‘‘head and front of our offending” was that we formed an estimate which has been verified by facts, ‘That estimate was disagreeable to the Unionists, because it scemed to undervalue the powor of their arms, and Place a legitimate government on the footing with a’band of rebels, But the band of rebels ir actually oma footing with the legitimate government. The only way of con- futing us, and putting us in the wrong, would baye been by upsetting our conclusions. If the battle of Bull run had been a vietory instead of.a defeat; if it had been fol- lowed by tho triumphant advance of the federal army; if ‘General McClellan's headquarters were now at Richmond , and General Fromont’s at New Orleans; if the entire South had been subdued, and every seceding State brought back to its allogiance—then, no doubt, we should stand convicted of error, and the Unionists right fairly reproach us with thinking go poorly of their government and so highly of the rebels. But the yery contrary of ali this is what has happened, and our justi- fication, therefore, is complete. As to the merits of the respective causes, we made no great point of. comparing them. We could not overiook the fact that the Northern- ers were anything but earnest in the reported crusade against slavery, and as little could we deny that the Southerners had many reasons for wishing to live sepa- rately. Tho one groat argument, however, with us has been not the injustice, but the impossibility of the object proposed by the North. We do not wonder at their mak- ing a fight for the Union, or at their mdignation against those who destroyed it, but every mail shows that the Union is net likely co be restored again, and that the viows We formed, not in enmity, but on a'sober estimate of probabilities, have received the veritication which only experience could bring. Italy. A levy of eighty thousand men ia ordered; but it was thought thet not more than fifty thonsand would be ob- tained, and that another fifty thousand would be levied inFebruary. The effective army will then consist of two hundred and oighty thousand men. General,Carbonnelli had gone to Caprora to present Garibaldi with an address from the Neapolitans, pray- ing bim not to leave Italy. General Cialdini had tendered his resignation, A despatch from Naples of tho 17th inst. says:—Chia- vone is being vigoronsly pursued by the Italian troops. He is endeavoring unsuccessfully to regain the Papal States. Bergoe, with"200 brigands, sacked two small towns. There was a rumor that the Papal goverument was pro- paring an expedition against Umbria, Signor Ratazzi will relinquish the Presidency of tho Chamber of Deputies. Chiavone, the Brigand Chief, was again giving trouble. Two depatches are said to have been discovered, show” ing a co}lusion between him and the Pontifical authorities, Portugal. The Council of State had prociaimed the Duke of Oporto King of Portugal, The ministry is unchanged. Tran- quillity prevailed. ‘The Infanta Don Auguste continued dangerously iil, ‘The new King of Portugal hag arrived at Lisbon, and been well received. ‘The Duke of Saldanha was seriously ill at Lisbon on the 16th inst. The Cotton Question, STOPPAGE OF SEVENTEEN HUNDRED LOOMS IN BLACK: BURN. (From the Manchester Guardian, Noy, 14.] ‘The weavers at Mr. R. R. Jackson's mill, Blackburn, turned out yesterday at noon. The reason assigned for the step was bad material. Mr, Jackson's mill is one of the largest jn the town, and employs some 2,000 work- Russia. ponplo, wh Baye been on fall tines, ; Navigation was closed at St. Petersburg. The last sbips It seoms almost incredible that any cotton spinners in | fthe season were leaving Cronstadt, —* Lancashire can be meditating @ strike against the reduc- tion of wages rendered necessary by the state and pros- pects of our cotton supply. It is too true that in the neighborhood of Bary some of the operatives have ac- tually struck St the reduction of 10 per cent pro- posed by the masters; and at Preston there is a threat of turning out against a reduction of 73g per cent. Sucha course, adopted under the circumstances of the time, sooms to show that even yet, after the great advance the Lancashire operatives have made in knowledge and in insight into their own interests, there is still much mis- understanding among them of the source of wages, and the causes of the rise and fail of the payment of labor. ‘The Bury men on strike are reported to have declared that they will consent to a reduction equal to the ad- Vance made in 1859—that is, five per cont; but thoy have struck against more. The Preston men refuse all reduction. Where do they suppose their wages come from? The: @, for the most part, newspaper roaders they must have seen by the Journals of their country that employ: ers are failing in larger numbers than were almost ever known before. The Manchester Eeaminer says that seventy nine firms in the district of the manufacture havofailed since Ist of January, Phere have. been fifleen Lailures at Manchester, and the same number at Burnley and Bury; and no less than thirty at Bolton, Blackburn and Clitheroe, When manufacturers of small’capital and pre: carious atanding fail in numbers in this way the larger and safer capitalists aro under a great strain. ‘They can stand losses for a longer time than weaker firms, but they havo to stand losses. Not only docs their businas yield them no profit, but they have to pay wages out of their capital, Of course this can be only a temporary state of affairs. It is aquestion of time: Unless trade improves the day must come when the concern must Fifteen thousand Russian troops had attacked ten thou- sand mountaineers in Circassia. After fighting six hours the Russians were put to flight, with very heavy losses, including @ general of division killed. Six thousand Rus- sians were reported killed and wounded. A despatch from Warsaw of the 16th instant says :— The military are being continually insulted, and the mar- tial law has been sot at defiance by the people. The Archbishop of Warsaw has been arrested becauso the churches are continualty closed, and for haying writ- ten a disrespectful letter to General Luders. Greece. A conspiracy to assassinate the King and his immediate followers, during a fde, bad faited. Such information was conveyed to the King as to enable bim to avoid the ma- chinations of the assassins. India and China. ‘The correspondence by the overland mail adds little of moment to the news already received. - Tho Calcutta Englishman severely consures the Man- chester manufacturers for doing nothing either to further the intended growth of cotton in India, or to take off the stocks on hand in up country depots, ‘Telegraphic despatches from Calcutta up to October 27 Toport an increased business in cotton goods and yarns, atop, either by the employer's failure or by his rotiring | St Misher Prices. Exchange was rather lower. Freights from business before his property is all owe. itis very | SU¥@ aud unchanged, clear that it depends partly on the operatives how jony Accounts from the gold fields of New Zealand continue this payment of wages may go on at a!) very encour and there sen b of ‘There ia nothing in the etate of affairs, American or z , he Raglish, which can excuse any rashness in anybody eon. | ™ from Aw Bested with the cotton manufacture. Kael sp {p Was commodity will suffer loss, soouer or tu NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, At Bombay, on tho 28th October, cotton gooda and twist wore dull and declining. Exchange, 24. 4d. Lonpon Movsy Maniset.—Funds on the 15th opened Orm, but booame weaker. At the close, however, a bet- ter cone prevailed, In tho discount market thera was an increased demand for bost bills at 2% a 2X. Commercial Intelligence, LivervooL, Nov, 16, 1861. STATE OF TRADE IN MANCHESTER. Advices from Mauchester aregatisfactory. ‘The market has an advanoing tendency, though inacti LIVERPOOL BREADSTUFFS MARKET. ‘Tho market is flat. Mossrs. ltichardson, Spence & Co., Wakefield, Nash & Co., and Bigland, Athaya & Co, report the dour market fiat at 6d. decline; American, 28s. a 318. 6d. inactive: red Western, 11g. 9d. a 12a. 5d.; red Southern, 12s, a 124. Od.; white Western, 128. 9d.; white Southern, 138. a 14s. Corn declined 3d. a 64.; sures Bis, © 828. 6d.; yellow, 328. 6d.@ 32s. 04.; white, |. & STs. LIVRRPOOL PROVISION MARKET. 5 ‘Tho same authorities report beef steady, Pork quiet ‘and unc! i tonding upward, and al! qualities slightly advanced. Lard tending downward, and prices rises en ‘sales at 508. a 529. Tallow firmer: sales at MARKETS. e} LONDON Messrs. Barings’ circuiar reports breadstuffs quiet but steady. Iron active at £5 $8.0 £5 7s. 6d. for rails and bars. Sugar quiet. Toa firm: common Congou 1s. 14.0 Is. 134d. | Coffee buoyant, and all descriptions slightly higher. Rice quiet and unchanged. Spirits turpentine Duoyant at 73s. Tallow steady at 52s. Linseed cake ac: tive at £11 10s, 9 £12, Linseod oil firm at 36s. Sperm Oil dull at £89, Cod oil £34 10s. a £36. LATEST VIA QUEENSTOWN. ’ Lavunroon, Nov. 16, 1961. Tho flour market closed flat on Friday at a decline of 6a. : ‘Wheat inactive. Corn declined 34. a 64. {avenroot, Nov. 11, 1861. Cotton—Sales yesterday 12,000 bales, including 7,000 to speculators and exporters, the closing firm and unchanged, but with an advancing tendency. -Breadstuffs inactive ; no sales of consequence. Provisions dull, ‘ Loxnon, Nov.46, 1961. ‘The market for American securities ig quiet but steady: Consols 93% a 94 for money. Illinois Central ahares 41.40 discount. Eries 21K @ 27M. Havas, Nov. 14, 1861. Cotton—Salos of the week 15,500 bales. Prices have advanced 2f. a 3f. Orleans tres ordinaire 160f.; bas 153°. Stock 145,000 bates. THANKSGIVING DAY. SERVICES IN THE METROPOLITAN CHURCHES. THE CHARITABLE —INSTITUTILNS, What the State Governors Say on the Occasion. Rn Their Proclamations the Real Ser- mons of the Day, &., &., ke. To-day business will be almost. entirely euspended iw all the Northern States except two, and ‘Thanksgiving “holiday will be observed iu response to the proclamations of the various Governors, All the churches will hold forenoon service, and the pastors, it is expected, will treat their congregations with germons a little above the common order. As all those who wish to know what ‘the clergymen say on this occasion will go to church to hear the sermons, it is not our intention to report then. Among the more prominent of the religious services we will mention the following: The sermon of Rev. Wm. P. Corbett, at the York a Trinity Methodist Episcopal church, Jersey City, will be: for the benefit of the soldiore new at the seat of war, and a collection will be taken up for that object. . Rev. J. P. Newman will preach in the Bedford street Methodist Episcopal church, at eleven o'clock. Rev.jNowton Hoaton, pastor of the State street Congre- gational churcb, Brooklyn, will proach at half-past ten o'clock, taking as hie subject ‘ The Ruler Above All Ru- lers.”” In the evening, at the same church, there will bea. children’s gathering, at which Mr. Theodore Tilton and Rev. Mr. Heston will speak. Rev. Dr. Thompson will preach at eleven o’clock in the Broadway Tabernacio, corner of Sixth avenue and Thirty. fourth street, a sermon on the ‘ Causes of Thanksgiving Furnished in Couriéction with the War.” , The Synagogue, in Wooster street, near Prince, will be open for divine service at half-past four o’clock this af. ternoon, when a discourse will be delivered by Rey. S. M. Teaace. The Synagogue of tho Congrogation Bnai Jeshurun, Greene street, between Houston and Bleecker, will be opened for Divine service on Thanksgiving day, at eleven o'clock A. M., when the Rey. Dr. Raphall will delivera discourse suitable to the occasien. Servico will be held, appropriate to the day, inthe Synagogue of the Congregation Baai ‘Israel, corner of Stanton and Forsyth streets, at three o'clock P. M: Rev. Isaac 8, Kalloch will preach at the Laight street church, St. John’s park, at half-past ten o'clock this morn- ing. Subject Politics and the Pulpit.” Rev. William Alvin Bartlett, pastor of the Brooklyn Tabernacle will preach at elevon o’clock a sermon from the following text:—'It is not the voice of thom that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for boing overcome, but the noise of them that sing do I hear.’”’"—Ex. 32, 18. Tho subject of Dr. Cheever’s thanksgiving sermon, in the Church of the Puritans, this morning, at' eleven o'clock, will be “The Responsibilities of the Poople for the Righteous Administration of Government.” Rev. Thomas T. Everett will preach at the Tompkins Square Methodist Episcopal church, corner of avenue Band Ninth street, this morning at half-past ten o'clock. Sub- Ject—"Reasons fpr Thankegiving.”” Rev. G. T. Flanders will preach @ thanksgiving sermon this morning at eleven o'clock, in the Second Unversal- ist chorch, Historical Society building, Eleventh street and Second avenue, Rey. H.@. Weston, D. D., will preach in the Oliver street Baptist church, corner of Oliver and Henry streets, rmon appropriate to the occasion, this morning at eleven o'clock. Rey. Asa D. Smith, the pastor, will preach this morn. ing at eleven o'clock, in the Fourteenth street Presbyte- tian church, corner of Second avenue. In the Christian chapel, Seventeenth street, near Sixth avenue, Rey, Urban C. Brewer, the pastor, will deliver a discourse this morning at haif-pastten o'clock. Subject— “The Revellion of Absalom, and its Paralle) in the South- ern Rebellion.” Rev. Dr, Hague will preach a thanksgiving germon in the Madison ayeuve Baptist church this morning at) eleven o'clock. Rev. J. R. W, Stone ‘will proach on the subject of “Emancipation Our Present Duty” this morning at half past ten o'clock, in the Third Reformed Presbyterian church, Twenty-third street, between Soventh and Fighth avenuer, ‘The Rey. Dr. Hague will deliver a Thanksgiving dis- conrse in the Madison avenue Baptist church, corner of ‘hirty-first strect, this morning. Service commencing at eloven o'clock. Rev. B. Peters, of Williamsburg, will give a Thanks. giving sermon to-day in his church, corner of Fourth and South Third streets. Subject—Our Reagons for Thanks- giving.” Services at a quarter to eleven o'clock. ‘OUR CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. FIVE POINTS MISSION AND HOUSE OF INDUSTRY. At these two houses Thanksgiving will bes day of joy and happiness, At the Mission House the festival will consist of interesting exercises by the children, com- mencing at two o'clock P. M.; dinner at four o'clock, and distribution of prosents immediately after, A hearty in- yitation is extended to all to be present, At the Five Points House of Industry the children will bo inchape! from twelve until hait-past one o'clock, when they will have their dinner, after which they wilt again assemble in the chapel HOWARD MISSION. Thanksgiving exer thi at the Tf from (our uon ard Mission and Hi tow! Diner THE HOME OF THE VRIENDLESS. Tabs ice dad parry ve BUG Aedes boi Lag Suieudioss. aro .cordially invitod to visit the jnstitution on Thanks- giving Day. Exercisos by the chron from threo to five, nlso from half-past six to eight P. M. ‘The institation bas ne cudowinont, but relies solely upon charitable contri- butions to meet its current expenses. At the present time its ordinary aupplies are much diminished, while the numbers needing its aid are largely increased.’ Some 850 boys and girls are connected with this Mission, most of whom havo varned, by well deing, thoir (hoped for) Thank; ig ropast. The wants of the coming winter are expected to press heavily, and contributions, large or small, will be most thankfully received. NEWSBOYS’ THANKSGIVING. Tesekesiving with tho newaboys will be observed as usual, boys look forward to plentiful supply of turkey and other luxuries. We hopo they may not be dis- appointed, and that a liberal public will respond as gene- rously ag {n the past. THE REAL SERMONS OF THE DAY. NEW YORK, BY GOVERNOR EDWIN D. MORGAN. Amid the tramp of armios, the sound of fratricidal strife and lamentation for tho fallon, we still behold the merciful arm of the Ruler of the Universe made bare for our protection, Though a suicidal war, stimulated by leaders of faction and waged with all the power of a great and misguided people, weighs like the hand of death upon the national euergios and throws its dark shadow over the Jand ; though this nation, s0 recently prospering under hoaven's brightest smile and advancing with gigantic stops toward greatness and power, has been arrested in its proeress, and is suffering the deep humiliation and blighting influence of a murderous civil war, yet we haye infinite cause for thanksgiving and praise to Almighty God. Disease has been stayed from the fireside and from the camp ; internal order has prevailed: plenty has abounded ; liberty of conscience: remains unabridged ; ordinary pumpuits have been uninterrupted; our national rights are respocted: partisan animosities ‘are fast burn- ing Out, and spirit of fraternal affection bas been beautifully manifest throu; it & wide extent of our common country, Though composed of the representa- tives of many nations, a = ral calamity has revealed our eity, has served to obliterate praju- dices, has moved ali alike by the same patriotic emotion, All alike have responded to tho call to save our imperilled institutions. The marvellous energy which the crisis calls forth proves our national apirit to be unabated, our vigor unwasted, and gives promise, under the blessings of God, of a higher position in all that constitutes true na- tonal greatness. Though ovils follow the train of armies, yot for these we have a great compensation in the fact that the exposures and expenditures incident to war will necessarily counteract-the tendency of the age to effemi- nacy and luxury, Inéthis hour of affliction, though we bat Mom presumo to lift the veil which mercifully hides the future, yet we ‘belie tin wondrous pian of God, if we but hum- baa bofore Him and acknowled; Infinite Wisdom will work out from this great tribulation a marked and permanent good; that the startling evi- dence of the mutability of human affairs taught us in the lesgows of the year will tend to subdue our hearts, and that this noble Union, tho work of men inspired by the lofviest patriotism, the wonder of the world and the glory of this nation, will ho preserved. For the blessings seen by us, and for those which in the providence of God are vouohsafed unto us, but which mortal eye caanot dis- corm, we should make our public acknowledgments: Therefore, 1, Edwin D. Morgan, Alovernor of the State of New York, do appoint Thursday, the twenty-cighth day of November next, as a day of praise, thanksgiving and prayer to almighty God; and I do carnestly recom- mond that the people of this State do, on that day, ab- stain from their usual eocupations, and assembling in their respective places of worship, unite in humble ex- Pressions of gratitude to Him from whom we derive all Dlessings, and to whom We look for @ restoration of peace to our Deloved country. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the privy seal of the State, at the city of Albany, this firat day of October, in the yoar of our Lord ove thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. By the Governor. EDWIN D, MORGAN. Lockwoon L. Dorr, Private Secretary. BY MAYOR FERNANDO WOOD, ‘The Governor of this State having, in accordapce with & time-honored custom, append ‘Thursday, the 28th day of November inst., a3 a day of pubNc thanksgiving, {, Fernando Wood, Mayor of tho city of New York, do here- by recommend all good citlzens w unite on tho day thus set ‘t im axcriptions of praise to the Source of all Good, for His manitokl mercies aud blessings. Amidst the evils which tho folly and wickedness of man have produced, the unchanging goodness of the Creator may wall awake our devout wonder. No language can express extent is love, but tinea tare inatructed by the sublime t acc revelation will best guide your grateful devotion. [ am sure that decorum and rational enjoymont will mark this igtous festival as ever in the city of New York, and I feel it only necessary to remind those blessed with abuu- P dance to remember, at this inclement season and period of general distress, the poor, the fatherless and the widow. Perhaps the Ruler of the Universe, thus entreated by the volce of mercy, may remove from our beloved country the scourge of war. That He may vouchsafe to do 30 is my sincere prayer. Given under my band and seal at the city of New York, this 18th November, 1861. FERNANDO Woon, Mayor, BY ADJUTANT GENERAL THOMAS HILLHOUSE. Guvmrat Heapouantars Stata.or Naw York, Guvkrat's Orc, Avsany, Nov. 18, 1861. GHNMRAL ORDERA—HO. 112. A venerated custom, which annually brings the absent members of the family around the paternal fircsid wheresoover worldly fortune has cast their lot, will, this year, fiod many a vacant chair in the household circle. Eloquent, though voiceless, as are these evidences of the sturdy loyalty of their occupants, they yet setve to remind us of the dangers and the sacrifices incurred by the patriotic men who, oa the first note of alarm, wen! forth 0 battle for the preservation of the goyernment and who are of the gallant young army, now bravely defending our institutions, and on whom a million eyes of love and faith are fixed, whether in camp,on the march, ror on the battle feld. As wo bow before # common altar, in gratitude to Al- ber God for, preserving the health and ‘iving success to the arms and efforts of our brave soldiers, and for other blessings, unmeasured and unmeritod, it is the fer- vent prayer of all at home that those who have gone out from among us, and who are risking health and life to save our blood-parckased rights, shall be invited to unite, with a)) othgr citizens, if the public service will then permit, in appropriately observing (ite day sot apart, for praise, thanksgiving and prayer. It is therefore ordered, that copies of the Governor's Thanksgiving Prociamation be placed in the hands of tho séveral regimental commandant of this State, in the ser- vico of the genera) iment on the Potomac and else- where without this State, and at all military posts and depots within it, to the end that it may be read in 1 ip on the day therein designated, and that such other ser- go be Lenpbeitrats ‘ly Shes by the occasion. order is icy, Edwin D. Morgan, Governor and Commander-in-Chief. ‘ THOMAS HILLHOUSE, Adjutant Genera). CONNECTICUT. BY GOVERNOR WILLIAM A. BUCKINGHAM. There ipnocsrtaly Sorrow 80 great, no cloud of adver- sity so dark, no calamity so overwhelming, but that we may rejoice in the Providence of God and look to the fu- ture with hope, The deep and extanded rebellion now raging against our national Union, and tpe firm purpose of the conspirators to subvert the tawftl authority, have arrayed the ent- inies of free government and the enemies of despotism in armed oj ition, and involved the nation in alj the hor- rors of Civil war. ‘To maintain our rights against the combined powers of rebels, to re-establish this government upon the founda- tions of righteousness, and to open the way for this whole people to engage again in the avocations of peace, will cost us time and treacure and life. it wil! carry sorrow into many a heart and grief into many a famity circle. But we may rejoice in confidence that God, who holds the destinies of nations in His hands, has no attribute which can take side with the oppressor: that He is with us in this struggle for right and justice: that the priva. tions and losses which we now suffer will be abundantly rewarded by the richer, purer and higher blessings of liberty, which shall be’ permanentty enjoyed by future generations. That our confidence in God and our hopes for the future may be manifest, I hereby recommend the citizens of this Commonwealth to observe Thursday, the 28th instant, as a day of public thanksgiving and praise, Jet us praise God for abundant harvest, for generat health, for social, educational and religious privileges. Lot us bo grateful and praise Him, that while treasonplifts ite suicidal band against our national Union, we have an opportunity to record upon the pages of history our ab- horrence of the crime; and while our free institutions are imperilled, multitudes stand firm in their integrity, and give evidence that a noble patriotiem inspires their hearts by offering their property, their sons and their liver, upon the altar of their common country, our national sing, RHODE ISLAND. BY GOVERNOR WILLIAM SPRAGUE. In accordance with the law and long established usage 1, William Sprague, Governor of the State of Rhode Island and ates Plavtations, do appoint Thursday, No- vember the 28th, 1861, to be observed as aday of thanks- giving and praise to Almighty God; and I earnestly re- quest all of the people of this State to abstain from ‘their ordinary occupations on that day, and assemble in thoir respective places of worship, with a solemn sense of their duties and their privileges, to offer up unto Him a hearty tribute of gratitude and praise for the mercies and bless- ings of the past year, and with earnest prayer ask that, he may guide our troops to victory, deliver our country: from all her enemies, and so direct the administration of our national affairs as to promote the best interests and happiness of our whole people. VERMONT. BY GOVERNOK FREDERICK HOLBROOK. Until the coming of that blessed Kingdom when ‘‘the woif shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together, and a little child shall lead them,’ human life—whether individual or collective—must be @ conflict, and its achievements the result of toils, trials, fortitude and faith, The discipline of adversity, rather than the softer influences of prosperity, give character and power toa poople. As the most precious odors ex- hale their choicest fragrance when incensed or crushed, #0 a people, chastened by adversity, develepe their finor and nobler qualities, require fortitide to bear with lofty cheer the trials by which themselves and their institii tions are proved, and energy to surmount difficulties and trinmph over evil. It was through dangers anc diffieut ties that onr fathers first ma of New England, and amid. diseouragements, privations and sorrows, which would. have overwhe and shaken the faith of ot r omen, that Thi ving and Pra and observod a day of Under far more fo mot the year and ay tioned by 1, € H diene thereto, and that We toy e t x tnob EM Md Geeeceailty fe ated ddaay y Le Sa dely NOVEMBER 28, 1861. #. the seas | Supronte eighth day of Novembor, inat., to be observed by the poople of this Stato ax a day of thanksgiving to Almighty God, and 1 inyito them to abstain from usual secular om- ployments on that day, and assemble in their accustomed of worship, to offer to Him the wacritice of prayer, Praise and thanksgiving, for the fruitfulness of tho field: and tho evidences of plonty which everywhere abound; for tho prevalence of health; for the educational, charita: blo and religious institutions of the State; tor the homes of peaco and affection, and of substantial comfort so generally enjoyed by the people: for oqual and Just laws; for the govornmont of our fathors, #0 wise, beneficent ‘ind, and though wickedly assatied, atill standing firmly in the affections and patriotism and power of the People; for ‘the redemption of the world by Josus for the moans of grace and tho hope of glory.’ Especiaity let our thanksgivings be expressed, that at the ataote of sian, the loyal American people of for Professions, pursui ies and opinions, so spon Scously rallied in defonea of our besutiful and. boloved Country as ¢o give assurance that, with the blessing of Providence, they will from the struggic bringing thoir institutions with them, firmly established, an Standing before the world » ‘full demonstration of the Power and stability of free government. Tel fervent prayer arise for wisdom and virtue to guido us in thia momentous period, that we may acquit Ourselves as becomes a people so favored by ancestry and God. And though in our thanksgivings at this time there gear be re nuaenee anf aolaman sound, yot if thinking of father, husband, brother or e0n, How upon the ter fold or in the soldier's grave, let us remember that it is noble to battle or dio for country; and if affection must drop a tear to the memory of the floss scars fet us also give thanks for their unselfish vors and heroic death, ina grand and righteous God. NEW JERSEY. BY GOVERNOR CHARLES 8. OLDEN. While under the rod, and suffering merited chastisement for our many national sins, let us not forget the many un- merited blossings that are yet spared to us, lest they too nga ; hat we may give moet and united expression to our Renae, J recommend that Thursday, the twenty- y of November, instant, he observed by the people of this State as a day’ of Thanksgiving to Almighty God, from whom th every good and perfect gift, and that, ab- staining from all needless secular em; ment, they as- semble in their several places of worship to offer to Him the sacrifice of prayer, praise and thanksgiving. PENNSYLVANIA. BY GOVERNOR ANDREW G. CURTIN. Whereas, every good gift is from above and comes down to us from the Almighty, to whom it ia meet, right and the bounden duty of every poople to render thanks to His mercies: Thereforo, i, Andrew @. Curtin, Gover- nor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, do recom- mond to tho people of this Commonwealth that they sot apart Thursday, 28th day of November, as a day of s0- Jemn jiving to God, for having prepared our corn and blessed the husbandman, and crowned the year with His goodness, in the increase of the ground and the gathering in of the fruits thereof, so that our barns are filled with plenty; and for having looked favorably on this Commonwealth and strengthened the bars of her gates and blessed the child- ren within her, and made men to be of ‘ono mind, and [aoartry ee in her borders. Heseeching Him also on dbalf of those United States, that our beloved country may havo doliverance from these great and apparent rs wherewith she is compassed, and that the loyal men now battling in the fleld for fife may have thoir arms mado strong and their blows heavy, and may be shieliied by His divine power, and that he will mercifully still the ontrage of perverse, violent, unruly and rebellious poo- plo, and make them’clean hearts, and renew a right spirit within them, and give them grace that they may sec the error of thoir ways and bring forth meet for repentance, and hereafter, in all godlinoss and honesty, obediently. walk in His holy commandments, and in submission to the justand manifest authority of the republic, so that we, leading a quiet and peaceable lif, may continually offer unto Him our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving, MARYLAND. BY GOV. THOMAS HICKS. An honored custom calls again for a Day of Thanks- giving and Prayer for tho blessings vouchsafed to us uring the year which is about to pass away. Notwithstanding the evil that hangs over us, wo have abundant reason to be thank(ul for the great good with which @ merciful God has bleased ug. Nature has been steadfast and true. She hus bountifully opened her bosom, and the hnsbandman has reaped plentifully. ‘There is neither famine nor pestilence in the land, aud, notwithstanding our grievous national aliiictions, we have abundant cause for thanksgiving. While the people are learning the art of war, let them not forgot the arts of peace, dnd let them devoutly pray that this great nation may again become a united, loyal, const itution-lovipg and law-abiding people; and that na. tional prosperity, education and Christianity may prevail everywhere in the land; not forgetting the kindness due to the afflicted and the charity we owe to the poor. Now, therefore, I, Thomas Holliday Hicks, Governor of Maryland, do appoint Thursday, the twenty-eighth day of November instant, as a Day of Thanksgiving and Prayer to Almighty God: And I recommend to the good people of the State that they abstain on that day from thor ordinary occupations, and, gathering in the appro- printe places of worship, that they unite in expressions of gratitude to God, and in invoking His aid to restore peace to our distracted country. OHIO. BY GOVERNOR WILLIAM DENSISON. Pursuant to the request of the General Assembly of this State, and in accordance with my own sense of gratitude to Almighty God for the bountiful mercies which He has bestowed upon the people of Ohio, I do hereby designate and get apart Thursday, the 28th day of November inst., as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to Him for the ines- timable privileges of our civil and religious institutions, for protecting our homes from the ravages of war, and for the manifold blessings, iogyduat and vo sag which sur- round and support us; an respectfully urge upon all the peopie that they refrain from their usual employ- ments on that day, and in their places of public worship, and in their homes, with grateful acknowled, its offer fervent prayers to our heavenly Father that He may continue to remember us ia His mercy, remoye the cala tities of civil strife which afflict the nation, restore con- cord between the States, contirming and perpetuating our political Union, and securing to us and to our posterity the privileges and advantages which distinguish a Chris- tian people. agi INDIANA. BY GOVERNOR OLIVER P. MORTON, Thuraday, the 28th day of November, 1861, is horeby appointed a day of Thanksgiving and Prayer, and the peo- le of the State of Indiana are earncatly requested on that tay to lay aside their ordinary pursuits and assemble in their reapective churehes, and at their family altars, and return thanks to Almighty God for the bountiful blessings he has bestowed upon ‘them during the past year. Let them pray that our national troubles may pass away; that the Union may be restored and our government preserved; that our armies may be victorious in tho feld and oar sol- diors preserved from death, and rafely returned to their fainilios and friends; that tho people of the seceding States may be restored to their right minds and awakened toa sense of the awful crime they are committing and the fearful consequences they are seeking to entait upon them. gelves and their posterity. ILLINOIS. BY GOVERNOR RICHARD YATES, An All Wise Providence rules the destinies of men and of nations. To the God of our fathers’ are we indebted for the blessings which surround us on every band, for our abundant harvests and: prospered industry, and for tho wide diffusion of religion, education, the aris and sci- ences, which we enjoy in a higher degree than that of any nation. i And though the blessings of peace and national joy have given place to (ho sad realities of civil war, yet with wushaken faith in His wisdom and goodness we will trust with firm confidence that our civil and refigions liberties will be preserved (o us, that treason to constitutional freedom will be crushed out, and that victory, union and liberty will stream from all oyr national banners. That meet expression of gratitude may be given for the manifold blessings enjoyed by the people ef Minois, 1 do designate Thursday, the 26h day of November inst. to be obsorved as a day of Thanksgiving, praise and prayer. On that day let all our people abstain from all their secular ewploymeuts, and assemble in the usual places of pub- lic worship. Deeply settsible that it is of the goodness and mercy of God that we remain a loyal poopie, favored with good government and free institutions, and go many blessings, Jet us with devout gratitude pray that His favor may bo continued to ns and to our whole country, and that peace may bo soon restored throughout the republic, and plenty prevail throughout all its borders. And in our devotions let us remember the absent ones who are bearing arma in defence of our beloved country; renewing our pledges and repeating our solemn vows that their sufferings in camp and field, and of the needy at home, shall receive our paternal care, and that whatever of worldly blessings wo possess shall, if necessary, be devoted to their care, comfort and protection. 10WA. BY GOVERNOR SAMUEL J. KIRKWOOD, Another year has gone and we are brought to that pe- riod when, following the example of our Puritan fathers, we are accustomed to offer our public Thanksgiving to the Author of all Good, for His merciful providence towards us. Wonderful changes have occurred during the past year, and adversities seem to have overtaken us as a country and as a people; yet we have manifold bless. ings for which to be thankful. For the bounteous har- vests of the field; for the general health of the past year, for the peaceful positions we occupy with nations abroad; for the aroused patriotic spirit of the people, which promises in due time to restore peace at home and triumphantly piace our civil and religious institutions of freedom on firmer foundation than ever before—for these ahd many other blessings we have abundant canse for Christi: ratisute. With civil war raging in our midst, the banner of re- betlion waving along all the Southern border, hostile ar- mies marching to the conflict, and wails of etd 9 already swelling from thousands of stricken hearts an households—that we can stili recognise manifold causes Of gratitude, and acknowledge His kindly providence, and confidently place our trust in His hand to control this storm for the nation’s good, may entitle us to the renew- ed favor of Him who doeth all things well. To this end, 1, Samuel J. Kirkwood, Governor of the State g Towa. cto heroby appoint Thursday, the twenty- cighth day of November next, ag a day of Thanksgiving; and | eariestly recommond the people of the State to ab- stain on that day from (heir usual ayocations, and assem. bie at their resi ive places of worship to offer thanks, prayer and praise to Hina m whose mercy, now more than ever, is our great trast BEATER. SHE ‘has not 80 much as touthed our borters, but peace ang Plonty yot surround our Gwollings, The free republicam government, founded by our fathers after Leroic sacrifices and struggles, still beara aloft the national flag, and grows daily stronger in the hearts of the great body of the pes- le. I thorefore earnestly urge all the people of te that, refraining from their usual e: k fitly and devoutly keep that day; and that, in their of public worship and in their homos, thoy remembor the language of Thanksgiving and Praise to Almighty God, besceching Him that Ho may continue His Fs, morces to us as Mdividuals and asa nation; and that He may Five. spoody triumph to the national arms over the ma. lignant horde who now seek the destruction of the repub- lie; and that, chastened by adversity, we may be lod wo [= away every injustice, oppression and wrong, and Pansinit to our posterity a nation undivided, loving lte- berty, obedient to law, and cherishing the institutions of peace and religion. WISCONSIN BY GOVERNOK ALEX. W. RANDALL. Time has spent another of ite years, and an honored custom calls again for its day of devout (om airy a ot passed bas marvellous for its and evil. A wise God, who makes, and rules, and uses, and de- stroys governments and nations, and peoples at his will, is trying the cords, that for more than three-quarters of a century, have boud this people together. In the midat Of the most abundant prosperity; while art and acience, and education, and a true religion wero flourishing, gcattering their bleasings all abroad; right whon our nation grown richest and strongest, and greatest,a wicked treason upraised its head aud sought to destroy all that ad souerable apd sacred, aud wise, and good among the A 5 Witha reliance upon God’s long suffering and for- Dearance, and upon his just judgments the majestic power of the nation is now manifested, and it will crush out that Histern? that it shall be kuown henceforth only ia ignoble The ‘evomios of a true liverty will uot be suffered to pre- vail ‘Therefore, 1, Alexander W. Randall, Governor of the Piake of Wicca ee ', the 28th day of jovember next, as the ‘Thanksgiving and and praise to inighty God; and I - from thelr ordiary ocepation, sad, gute ts spree rom their oceuy priate places of worship, that they unite in ceatislaanad gratitude to God, and in invoking his aid to restore peace ‘snd concord to our distracted country. MINNESOTA. BY GOVERNOR ALKXANDER-RAMSEY, In accordance with mange, Trespectfully recommend that twenty -o} the people of this State, that Thursaay, t day of the present month of November, be set apart and observed aa a day of solemm Thanksgiving to Almighty God, the giver of all good. ‘That though our sins be many He has not ceased Hie merciful dispensations towards us. ‘That He has ‘visited the carth and watered the ridges’ thereof abundantly, and made it soft with showers, and Diessed the springing thereof, and crowned the year with His goodness,” go that ‘the fields drop fatness afd tbe pastures are clothed with flocks, and the valleys also are covered with corn.’ ‘That He has saved us from pestilence and famine, and preserved this State in peace and health, and in due alle- tare! and loyal devotion to the government of these ‘mited States. ‘That, while in other portions of the confederacy, the dreadful visitations of civil war are fulfilling the penalty of an impious rebellion against His ordinances and the fundamental covenants of human society, the of peace atill sits at our gates, and our children sleep secure: in quiet and prosperous homes, far from the din of the vattle which is to decide their destiny. And let us thank Him, too, that lie has not our beloved country in the day of her sore calamity, bud that already His bow of promise, radiant with coleatial omons of victory, spans the tempest which darkens the t to this end He has united the hearts and arrayed the invincible logions of ber people around her to defend the cause of good goverument and free institutions; and by the sacrificial Blood of her heros has consecrated anew the cause of country aud liberty in the affections of her children, and in the sympathies and aspirations of the civilized and Christian world, Aud flually, with the incense of thanks offering, let the prayer go up from every altar that God may throw the shield of His mercy around the brave soldiers who have gouc from our midst to do battle for the right; that He may graut us @ successful issue ont of all our trials, and that this wicked rebellion may terminate in the tri of the just authority of the laws,aud in the re-establi ment Of civil order and peace throughout @ reunited and prosperous country, to the glory and bouur of His name. KANSAS. BY GOVERNOR CHARLES ROBINSON. Festive days in all time past have-been the natural ex- pression of nations Touchod with gratitude for benefits re- ceived, while days of public fasting have evidenced the deep sorrow and humiliation which sometimes comes toa people through calamities suffered and dreaded ills. War, with ita cruel, relontless blight, is abroad in our country. In its grasp fortunes, proxpects and hopes are ruined. Our bravest and best young men throughout the land have offered themselves for a defence against the rushing tide of rebellfon. ‘They suffer noonday and mid- night marches, bearing heroically the discomforts and perils of the soldier's life iu camp and the battle’s fleroe “encounter. AS @ country we-mourn over the times which have fallen upon us, and pray this ter~ rible infliction may result in our nation’s s cation and redemption, In accordance with the proc! tion of the President we havo had our day of public sor- row. Yet, while the nation mourns, the dwellers is Kansas should not forget the mercies which aro our lot. Living upon the border of civilization, we have been ex- poned to more and greater evils than threaten other States. Since early summer rumors of invasion haye flown every gale like autumn leaves, and fears of the natives of the wildern@s have caused anxiots days to many remote settlers, bringivg nigit as well as day visious of the gleaming scalping kuife of so dreaded a foe. Our castern enemy has hovered along our border, aud with roving bands of armed men, given occasion for a feeling of inse- curity to our settlements. Although many ions have been committed, we have cause for gratitude, that. that much dreaded evil has taken no more substantial form than our fears. We have to acknowledge to the Boun- teous Giver of the sanlight and rain an abundant which has followed the labor of the husbandman. ight.’” While destitution, discase and civil discord afict mem of our sister States, abundance, health, civil and religious freedom are still allotted to us. 1, therefore, in accordance with the custom of our aa- cestors, appoint Tharsday, the 28th day of November noxt,es a day of Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the manifold blessings bestowed upon our people, and recom- mend that it bo observed in a becoming manner, by ap~ propriate religious services in the churches, and a’ gener- ous remembrance of the needy ,a well as in the cultiva- tion of peace and good will in the social circle. KENTUCKY. BY GOVERNOR BERIAH MAGONFIN, In accordance with long established nsage, 1 hereby name Thuraday, the 28th day of November instant, as @ day of thanksgiving and prayor. We arc, as # people, suffering the evils of civil war, bus in our grief and sorrow at surrounding ills, wo must’ not be unmindful of the manifold blessings each day enjoyed by us. We must not forget the exhortation which speak- @4b to vi< a3 children—‘‘Despise not thon the chasteni the j.ord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of Him.” erefore earnestly invoke the citizens of this Common- Wealth to bow themselves before the great Creator, and offer prayers, that, ascending to Heaven as the dews of earth, will return in showers of mercy, and span our be- Joved land with the rainvow of God-given peace, WESTERN VIRGINIA. BY GOVERNOR FRANCIS 1, PEWUPOINT. In the midst of war and its afflictions, we are more forcibly reminded of our dependence upon Divine Provi- dence; and, while in all we suiter, we should own His chastening hand, we should be ready to acknowledgo that it is of Hfis mercy that we are not destroyed, and that #0 many of the biessings of life are preserved to us. Seed time and harvest have not failed; the early and the latter rain have falien in their seasons. and the toil of the hus bandman has been abundantly repaid, It is, therefore, becoming that while we earnestly proy that the days of our affijction may beshortened, wo should thankfully ace knowledge the manifold mercies, of which, nationally and individually, we are still the recipients, Now, therefore, I, Francis Hf. Pierpoint, Governor of Virginia, do hereby recommend to the good people of the Commonwealth the observance of ‘Thursday, the 28th inst., as a day of Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the blessing: of the year; and of humble and fervent prayer that He will, in more abundant mercy, bring toa speedy end the heart,burnings and civil strife which aro now desolating our country, and restore to our Union its am- cient foundations of brotherly love and justgappreciation, Aud I do further recommend that all secular business and pursuits be, as far as possible, suspended on that day. WASHINGTON CITY. BY MAYOR RICHARD WALLACH. While tho present year witnesses a phase of our national affairs startling to the world, and a crisis in otr country as deplorable as it is unparatleled, which has already par- alyzed one section and prostrated sister cities, the citizens of Washington should especially be not unmindful of the failure of these causes to produce like effects in the me. tropolis of the Union, or from whence this dispensation g,and, in humble ackuowledgment, render thank at, as this'samo year approaches its close. our city is peculiarly blessed in abundant employment for all its ta- bor, unusual mercantile. prosperity. nnd all that ordina- rily renders a community contented aad happy. 4 For these reasons, and in compliance with a concurrent resolution of the city cquncits, I request my fellow citi- zens to abstain from secular employment , and, assembling in their respective places of worship on Thursday, the 28th instant, to unite in grateful expreesions to Alnighty God, United States District Court. Before Hon, Judge Shipman, Nov, 26.—The District Court was occupied in the trial of the cause of the United States vs. two cases of wovilea, (dgeskins), The goods were consigned by the manufac- turers, Kulser & Co., at Leuof, Germany, to Dambman & Co., of this city; and it was charged py the government that they were invoiced below their market value, 18 was shown by the prosecution that (he manufacturers, only afew days previous to the date of the invoice in question, sold the me goods ata price far above the rate of their Invoice lichedantdéeply | The claimants put in evidence the testimony of the cherished by the jest sM@tlement of | manufacturers, takeu by commission, to the effect that our country, and Incas towards tha | the goods were invoiced at market value. : THis great boun- | Tho jury stood eleven for the gov nf and ona foe etapart | the claimant veing inable toagres, were discharged aitas | Btwn A anit t { Stat Ht Attorney ve elvit | and Wobater ¥, Craig 8 yovertl Guilacl and. aid vvidd ale do was CNG nnea (2c blag claauadis _