Thanksgiving Proclamation

1 he present year has beeu ono ot raanifold blessings. I'eace and plenty have prevailed Withio our borders. The fruits of the earth have been abundant and tlie harvest bouritifnl. We havo enjoyed health in a remarkable degree. Our people have been secure in their homes and the sacredncss of pcrson and property has been preserve!. Wo have been saved trom war with its attendant horrors, and from the disorder wlncli elsewhei o in our land lias recentlv destmyed niany lives aud niucli property. üur rich harvest give.i hope that the clouds of iinancial distress and embarassment which have settled upo us will soou ba litted. We have enjoyed the advantages ot home, of society, of religión, and of good governineut, and have advanccd in all the elementa that constitute a great, fres, ainl jirospcrous people. As a manifcstation of our gratitudo for the rich blessings we liave enjoyed, 1 have deemed it fitting aud proper, in accordanee with custoni deriyed trom our ancestors and worthy to be prautiaed by their descendants, to desígnate Thursday, the '2'Jth day of November instant, a3 a day of Thanksgiving and praise to Aluiighty God, wbose wisdom supervises all immau alfairs, forjllis great goodnesa to us as i poople. % Tll I I í i L jL'LtliL'!' 1 j 1 ' I l - ,1 lll fl,,, TilL1LlLi.L_.' of this State to refiaiu irom their ordiuary oceupatious on that day, and gatharing tliemselves together in solcimi assemblies, to render tlie just tribute aud pruise of grateful hearts to our Heaveuly fathei' lor the favois he lias so f reely bestowed upon us, and to seek their continúanos, and H3 guidanofl, to the end, that we Kiay obey Clod and lovo tlie human race, that wjwrnay walk in the ways of peace, understaLüing and benevolence, assisting the poor and the unfortunate, protecting all citizens in their just rights, kuitting ouiselves together as brethren of one great tamily, witli pure lives to secure to ourselves and our posterity tlie blessings of peace, of learning, of temperance, of nghteousness, and of good government for all time to come. Given under my hand and the great seal of the State, at the city of MBSing, this öth day of November, in the year of our Lord one ;housand eight hundred aud seventv-seven, and of the independence of the United States of America the one hundred aud second. By the LJovernor, CHARLES M. CRÜSWELL. E. G. D. Holdex, Secretary of State. Best fiitlug and best made youth's Overeoatsin liocity at Joi; T. Jacobs', the One Pricc Clotluer. OUK CLUB LIST. We iuvite the attention of subscribers and 11011ubscribers to the Argus to the following rates at vbich the Argus is clubbed with other papers and )eriodicals, boih subseription.s payable in ad vanee : Asees and Haiper's Monlhly , - - $1.75 Argus and Harper's W'eekly, - - 4.7,1 LRGUSaud Harper's Buzar, - - 4.75 4.EOUS and Atlantic MoDthly, - - 4.75 Argus and Seribner'i Monthly, - 4.7Ö ARGUsand Eelectic Magazine, - - 5.50 Alinus and St. Nicholas, - - . 4.00 Argus and Godoy's Lady's Boot, - ;j.7o Argus and The Nnrsory, - - -2.80 Argus and Detroit Weck 1 y Frue Press, - 2.75 Argus and American Agriculturist, - 2.00 Other perioilieal-sand pper will bo added li tbo tti ]est fitting and best made youth'sC'oiits an.l Vests 1 the city at Jcie T. Jacobs'.