The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-11-25
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lKut La NATION.

Governor Pollock has issued the following
Proclamation, appointing Thursday, the 26th
of November, as a day of general Thanks
giving and Praise, in this State:
PENssyLvAEiA, ee:
IN tAs name and By the authority If tie Com.
nontceaifh Of Pennsylvania, JAMES POLLOCK,
Governor Of The said Commonwealth
%nEAa A PROCLAMATION.
Fello,r. CaiSms,-To tender TO Almighty
tod, who controls the destinies Of nations
and men, the homage of devout gratitude
and praise for his goodness and mercy, is
the appropriate and solemn duty of free
and highly favored people. As the giver of
every good and perfect gift we should ever
recognize His hand in our mercies, and ac-
knowledge our dependence upon His Prov
idence and although adversely may throw
its dark shadows across our pathway, yet
we should he assured of this, 'that the Judge
of all Earth will do right"
During the past year the bounties Of a
kind Providence have not been withheld
from our Commonwealth. Our free institu-
tions have been preserved, and our rights
and privileges, civil and religious, enjoyed
and maintained The arts and sciences,
and the great interests Of education, morali.
~ and religion, have claimed attention and
received the encouragement of an intelli-
gent and liberal people. Honorable industry
in its varied departments has been reward.
ed and although recent and severe tinan.
cial revulsion has filled with gloom, sorrow
and distress, the hearts and homes of many
of our citizens, yet no fear of famine, no
dread Of ofimpending public or social calami-
ty, mingles with our emotions of gratitude
for past blessings, or weakens our trust for
the future, in the Providences of Him who
wounds but to heal, and "whose mercy en-.
Iure,h forever" A plenteous harvest has
crowned the labor of the husbandman-
peace, with IFS gentle and refining intuen-
tes, and unwonted health with its benefits
and mercies, have been vouchsafed 10 us.
In acknowledgment of these manifold
blessings we should offer unto God thanks
giving and pay our VOWS unto the most High;
and call upon Him ''in the day of trouble;
lie will deliver thee and thou shalt glorify
Him."
Under lhe solemn convection of the propri'
cty OF this duty, and in conformity with es-
tablished custom and the wishes of many
good citizens, |, James Pollock, Governor of
the Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania, do
hereby recommend Thursday, the twenty
sixth day of November next, as day OF gem
eyal thanksgiving and praise throughout this
State, and earnestly request the people that,
abstaniug from their usual avocations and
all worldly pursuits, they assemble on that
day according 10 their religious customs and
mite in offering thanks 10 Almighty God for
his past goodness and mercies; and while
humhly acknowledging our trangression,
and imploring His forgiveness, beseech
Him, with sincere and earnest desire, 10 re-
turn and visit us again with His loving kind
ness. make us worthy of His bounties, and
continue to us the rich blessings of His prov
idencc and grace.
Given under my hand and the Great Seal ol
the State NJ Harrisburg, this nineteenth
,lay of October, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight huudred and iittyseveu,
and Of the Commonwealth the eishty-sec-
ond.
BY the Governor.
JOHN NJ. SULLIVAN,
nepuip SEC, eiarg Of the Communicable.