Thanksgiving

Wasiiinoton, November :!. Tlie fol lowing plochiniatiüii was issued by th President to-day : At n recnrrcuce of the season which a de vout habit of retigious peopie bn made tb occasion lor giving ttaanks to Alimulity Om an.4 bumbly invokiug His eontinaed favor luw the material prospeiity enjojed by on wtaole country been more conspieumie, mort inani'old or more universal. During the pas year, also, unbrokf-u peace with ail íoreign ua tions, the general prevalence of domeatic trai - quility, the supremaoy and secnrity of the great intitution of civil and religious rights. have gladdened the hearts of our eople uud confirnied their attachment to tuo ;"Teru" inent, which the wisdom and courage of our ancestors bo fitly iramed, and the wrdom and courage of their descendents have so tirnily maintaincd to be a baliitatiun tor liberty and justice to succeffive enorations. Now, tberefore. I, Rutherfoid B. Hayes, President of the United States, do appoint ThurHday. the 27th day ut November instaat, M a day of natiooal tbsnksgivins; and prayer, and 1 earnestly recommend that, withdrawirg themselyea from secular cares and laburs, the people of the United Statf a do meet together on that day, in their respective places of worhip. there to give thanks and praise to Almighty Uod for his mercies and to' devoutly beseech their runtinuance. In witnesR whcreof 1 have herennto set my band and caused the aeal of the United States to be affixed. Do ie at the city of Washington thi 3d day of November, in the year of our Lord 1879, and of the independence of the United States the one hundríd and fourth. üy the President, Wm. M. Kvabts. Hecretary of Beate.