Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1859-11-10
STATE OF VERMONT.
BY HIL-AND HALL, GOVERNOR.
A PROCLAMATION.

BY HILAND HALL, GOVERNOR.
A PROCLAMATION.
1t was the custom of our Pilgrim Fathers, at
the close of the harvest season when the labors
OF the husbandmen were over, to set apart u
day on which to offer Public Prayer and Praise
to the Divine Author Tor the blessings that had
been showered upon them during the year. This
sacred and revered custom has been very proper
ly observed from the earliest history of our
State, and deserves, not only in commemoration
of those who instituted 1t, but also from its
exceeding appropriateness, to be perpetuatcd
throughout all time. If our ancestors amidst
their privatlons and sufferlngs, their fears and
anxieties, could find cause for thanksgiving,
how much more does it become us, who are sur
rounded by comforts and conveniences to which
they were strangers.
In imitation, thsrefore, Of this praiseworthy
example | do hereby appoint THURSDAY,
THE TWENTY-FOURTH DAY OF NOVEM-
Der NEXT, to be observed by the people of
this State as Day of PUBLIC THANKS
GIVING and PRAISE to ALMIGHTY GOD.
Abstaining from all unnecessary labor, and
with devout and prayerful hearts, let us on that
day, as becomes Christian People, assemble in
our respective places of worship and offer un
teigned praise to Him who doeth all things well,
for the great measure of happiness and health
and prosperity that has attended us as State
and as individuals through the past year. Let
us give thanks that our civil and religious insti-
buttons, which are the great bulwark of ma
tons safety remain unimpaired that the
earth has yielded SO abundantly of her fruits -
that while the Old World has been the scene of
bloody and terrible conflicts which have sent
thousands of human beings to that undiscovered
Country, from whose bourne no traveller re-
turns, Peace has reigned among us that
famine and pestilcnce have not been permitted
to invade our borders that the Arts and
Sciences, Commerce and Manufactures have
prospered in such an eminent degree. Let us
invoke the Divine aid upon our Schools and
Colleges, and pray that they may disseminate
useful knowledge, and that those who 90 forth
from them may ever be guided by the strictest
principles of virtue and morality.
| Let us in the observance of this day, while
congratulatng ourselves on our we'll filled garn-
ers, not be unmindful of those around us who
have been SO kindly favored. Let the hand of
charity open itself wide on this occasion, and
added to our pleasures will be the sweet reAec-
of the children of want and suffering. Then
will the day be Thanksgiving Day in reality,
Ia day acceptable in the sight of our Heavenly
Father.
Given under my hand and the seal of the State,
in the Executive Chamber, at Montpelier, this
thirty-frst Day of October, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty
nine, andof the Independence ofMe United
States the eighty-tourth.
HILAND HALL.
| By the Governor,
WILBUR p. DAVIS
Secretary of Civil and Military Affairs.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
DEPARTURE OF THE GREAT EAsTERN INDEFINITE
LY POSTPONED.
SACKvILLE, N. B., Nov. 6.-The Cunard
steamship America, from Liverpool, 10th ult.
arrived at Halifax, yesterday.
THE TREATY OF PEACE.
A Zurich telegram of the 18th says The
principal points of the treaty of peace between
France and Austria have been signed by the
plenipotentiaries, but have not yet been ratified
by the two governments, They are as follows
Austria gives up Lombardy Except Mantua,
Peschiers, and as far as the frontier line fixed by
special commis,ion,) to France, who transfers
it to Piedmont; the pensions acquired in Lom-
hardy are to be paid by the new government
Piedmont to pay Austria 40 ,O00, 900 forms and
be responsible for three-ffths of the debt Of
Monte Lombardo, Venetia, making the debt, in
all, transferred to Sardinia, $50 900, 900 francs
The two contracting powers will unite theil
efforts, in order that reform in administration
should be carried out by the Pope. The right
of the Dukes of Tuscany, Modena, and Parma
are expressly reserved. The two Emperors vii
assist with all their power for the formation o
a confederation of all the States of Italy
Venetia, under Austrian rule, to form a par
of the confederation Notifications will be ex
changed at Zurich within fifteen days.
1t will be seen from the above that the treat,
Is merely an application of the Villafranci
agreement.
GREAT BRITAIN.
The directors of the Great Eastern held
meeting on board, the 10Th, and it is authorize
lively announced that the departure of tn
vessel for America has been postponed sine die
and orders given that all passage money receives
be returned No time will be fixed for tn
transatlantic voyage until good progress ha
been made in fitting Gus the ship in thorough
sea going completeness, and according to som
authorities there is no likelihood of the voyag
being made before next spring. The ship woul
remain at Holyhead about ten days longer, an
then go to Southampton to complete her fiji
tngs after which trip to Lisbon is spoken Of
1t is st.. ted that in her present condition tn
directors will not accept the ship from Scot
Russell.
The funeral of Robert Stephenson took plac
at Westminster Abbey on the 2lst, in tn
presence of a. great concourse of people, an
with every demonstration of respect.
The Traiee Chronicle says that Messrs. Bearc
man and Robinson electricians, visited Valenti
this week, and set on foot series of expert
ments on the Atlantic cable. Encouragement
as to the success of the undertaking, both a
regards the resuscitation of the old and ayin
of the new cable, is in the ascendant. Thes
gentlemen found room in the state of the cabl
to disseminate new courage among its friends.
The Paris correspondent off the London Heral
continues to point out the immense naval arni
ments in progress, particularly Mt Toulon, wheI
he says no fewer than twenty-five large shiI
are being constructed.
The projected China expedition had bee
discussed in the Council of Ministers. 1t WI
proposed to dispatch $4,000 men, but nothin
definite arrived at. The troops would not lea,
before the end of the year.
Marshal Valiant is reported to have write
to Napoleon, suggesting the occupation of tt
Duchics by French troops, to prevent civil wa
from breaking out
The Neapoltan army on the Roman frontit
was increasing and it was rumorcd that Neap'
Titan troops had landed at Ancona.
, | SPAIN.
The Correspondence Autografa announce
that, in consequence of the unsatisfactory declal
ations made by the Emperor of Morocco. tn
Council of Ministers has resolved to have r,