The Sun.
London, England, 1867-11-18 00:00:00

NATIONAL THANKSGIVING.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AbIERICA,

A PROCLAMATION.

In conformity with a recent custom that may now be
regarded as established on national consent and approval,
I, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, do
hereby recommend to my fellow-citizens that Thursday,
the twenty-eighth day of November next, be set apart and
observed throughout the Republic as a day of national
thanksgiving and praise to the Almighty Ruler of Nation;
with whom aro dominion and fear, who maketh peace in
His high places.

Resting and refraining from secular labours on that day,
let us reverently and devOutly give thanks to our Hea-
venly Father for the mercies and blessings with which He
has crowned the new closing year. Especially let us re-
member that He has covered our land, through all its ex-
tent, with greatly needed and very abundant harvests,

that He has caused industry to prosper, not only in our
fields, but also in our workshops, in our mines, and in our
forests. Ho has permitted us to multiply ship upon our
lakes and rivers and upon the high seas, and at the same
time to extend our iron roads so far into the secluded
places of the continent as to guarantee speedy overland
intercourse between the two oceans. Ho has inclined our
hearts to turn away from domestic contentions and com-
motions, consequent upon a distracting and desolating
civil war, and to walk more and more in the ancient ways
of loyalty, conciliation, and brotherly love. He has
blessed the peaceful efforts with which we have established
new and important commercial treaties with foreign na-
tions, while we have at the same time strengthened our
national defences and greatly enlarged our national
borders.

While thus rendering the unanimous and heartfelt tri-
bute of national praise and thanksgiving which is so justly
due to Almighty God, let us not fail to implore him that
the same divine protection and care which we have hitherto
so undeservedly and yet so constantly enjoyed, may be
continued to our country and our people throughout all
their generations for ever.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and
eaased the seal of the United States to be affixed.

[L.S.] Done at the city of Washington, this 26th day of
October, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight
Hundred and Sixty-seven, and of the Independence of the
United States the Ninety-second.
By the President, ANDREW J 3IMON.
William H. Seward, Secretary of State.

HARE-HUNTING V. FOX-11UNTING.—In these
days of thoroughbred horses, fast hounds, and enormous
fields, the hare would indeed be but a poor substitute for
the fox. The circle running of the former would give the
hounds no opportunity of spread-eagling the field, and of
getting away from the numerous cortege that now-a-days
follow them to the meet. Hare-hunting, however, is use-
ful, if only as a nursery for the grander sport ; and looking
at it as such, fox-hunters should not abuse it and cry it
down as we so often hear them do ; for were it not for the
slow hunting currant jellies, hunters would not be able to
get that schooling„ in company with others, that makes
them so steady and useful when called on to join the
bolder chace. Indeed, I have often remarked that those
riders who occasionally join the thistle-whippers (as hare
hunters are contemptuously called), are to be seen in the
fox-hunting field among the foremost, and possess by far
the beet eye fora country.-02 a Week.