Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-11-23
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
THANKSGIVING PR0CLAMATION
state of Nevada, Executive Dept, !


CARSON CRY, November II, 1864. j
MYTH BECOMING DEPENDENCE UPON
w that Superior Power who rules, guides and
directs all things, the President of the United
States has issued a Proclamation recommending
that Thursday, the 9th inst, be set apart and OBJ
served as day Of Thanksgiving and Prayer
throughout the whole extent of the country.
In cheerful compliance with that request. /,
James w. Nye, Governor Of the State of Nevada,
do hereby appoint and fix THURSDAY, the 9th
day of November Instant as day Of Public
Thanksgiving and Prayer, and most earnestly re-
qvest the people of the State to refrain from all
secular employments on that day, and devote it
to the purposes for which it IL set apart
Prominent among the causes Of Thankfulness
is that we still have national existence, coun
try that We can callOur own, notwithstanding tho
unprecedented efforts from within and without to
overthrow it; that we have country with such
institutions and principles that it cannot be over
thrown, even by combined effort of traitors at
home and enemies of Republican institutions
abroad;
Thankful that our Armies and Navy have been
victorious in their efforts to save the country;
that the times Of terror almost ended; that the
arbitrament of arms to which rebellion appealed
is about to give place to the reign Of peace;
Thankful that as nation our hearts have been
moved in that direction and with that power
which has overthrown both treason and traitors
the fruits Of which, nation, we shall soon De-
hold IN the re-UstdOllsuHltllt pchCe, 6VONS.
and the Constitution and laws Of our common
| country; t
Thankful that the great majority of the Ameri'
| can people have recently exercised the prerosu.
| tive of freemen in such manner MS 70 insu i'
present good and future permanency TO our cum
| Try and her Institutions; fo-
Especially ought we as people be thankful ior
our unbounded local prosperity, notwlths'uL'',e
| the past wear has not been, in all Respects 90
| prosperous as the former one, yet we have steau'
| ily progressed beyond the most sanguine eSPee'"
! tions of our ardent people. III,
| Constantly have new and rich discoveries ~
| mineral wealth been made in all sections oil our
State Industry, In all the varied pursuitsS0i Ia
| Dor. has been well rewarded. The earth nus
welded its fullness I; want and hunger have been
banishcd from before the smiling face OF plenty.
| Schools have been multiplied; churches erected ;
| a most healthy prosperity witnessed I'LL around
| us, and we have enjoyed the countless blessings
| of health throughout our entire State. " 80
| Thankful that in the march of our temporal
! progress we have emerged from Territorial 10 a
| State Government, with q Constitution adapted
| TO our every want, and replete with sagncions
wisdom laying the foundation Of permanent
| and prosperous State, and by 80 doing we have
placed the Star of our Destiny in the Ark of the
old Union where it and its kindred stars Will SHINE
| forever in undimmed lustre.
~, In testimony whereof, have hereunto
| H. 5 ; set my hand, and caused the Great Seal
~ of the State to be affixed, this l4th lay OF
November, 1864.
JAMES w. SYE,
Governor the state of Nevada.
! Attest: ORION. CLEMENS,
| Secretary of State s nolS I'd