The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-10-27
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- sAs PssssAsns ssths United stssss Of Aassses.
A PROCLAMATION.

~ Ne Yree14snS oSthe United etaese Of A0sgSee.
4 PROCLAMATION.
1t has pleased Almighty God to prolong
our national life another year, defending
Us with his guardian care against un-
dssigss from abroad, aud vouch.
ss6sg to 40 10 his mercy many and Gig.
nsl victories over the enemy, who 10 Of
our own household. Il hes also pleased
our Heavenly Father to favor % we'll our
cisizens in their homes a, eur soldiers IN
their camps, and our sailors on tho rivers
and seas, with unusual health. He has
largely augmented our free population b.
emancipation and By our Immigration,
wbile he hes opened TO Us new sources Of
wealth, and has crowned The labor Of our
working men. in every department Of in.
dustry with abundant reward. Moreover
He has been pleased to animate and 10.
spirs our minds and hearts with fortitude,
courage and resolution sufficient for the
great trial Of civil war iato which "
have been brought BY our sdheseses % .
nation to the cause Of freedom SD hu.
mauity, aud 70 afford to - reasonable
hopes Of 40 ultimate and hsppy deliver.
auce from oil oar dangers and siilictions.
. Now, therefore. I, Abraham Lincoln,
President betAs United States, do here.
BY appoint and cot spast the last Thursdsy
10 November next . day which I desire
- DO observed By oil my fellow .citisens,
wherever they may be, ~ dsy Of thanks.
giving and prayer to Almighty God, the
bsnchcsat creator snd ruler Of the uni.
verse; and l do further recommend TO my
fellow citizeos aforesaid that on that 90.
ession they do roverently humble them.
selves in the dust, aud from thence offer
up peniteot aud fervent prayers and sup
plications 70 the Great Dispossr Of Events
for return Of the ioestimable blessings
Of peace, union. snd harmony throughout
the land, which it has pleased Him 70 .s .
sign Is dwelling plscc for ourselves and
our postsrisy throughout al generations.
IN testimony whereof have hereunto set
my hssd aud caused the seal of the United
States to be sfi1ed. Done At the City of
Washington, this Goth day of Go. obsr, 10
the yesr Of Ous Lord, 1864, snd of che
independence Of he United States the
eighty.ninth. z,a .a .'
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
BY the President,
WIN. Fl. SEWARD, Secretary Of State.
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STATE MIL1rA.-The organisation of
the State militia into regiments is now
demanding the attention Of the State ~.
thorities. Attempts have been made iu
some the counties in the southern part
Of tho State to make such organizations
but they have been set aside. In order
to make the regiments effective they will
Be formed Of companies in the same or
contiguous districts, and not selected
from different counties or districts.
Any other plan might subject the mem
bcrs Of company to great Inconvenience
if they were attached to = regiment in
any other district than their own. Tho
companies organized in tho same district
or locality, If the number does not exceed
ten, will b assigned BY the committees
to The regiment Of their proper district
and not to one at distance. It wss be.
cause this rule was not observed that the
organization made 10 some of the ooua.
ties were set aside. Companies properly
organised, end not yet armed, will for
the reginental purposes be regarded the
same as II fully equipped
In tho present excited and unes!tlsd
condition Of the southern border that por.
ton Of tho State viii be frst organized
Arms snd ammunition are being daily
forwarded to the militia companies As
they arc prepared to receive them. One
Of the brass guns, with csisson and sm,
u,uuision belonging TO thu State, win be
shipped TO day TO Keokuk. Mr.. lmpey
leaves to-day for, the southern part Of the
State. with full authority to complete the
organization Of the militia in the coun.
ties which have recently been tho soene
Of tho depredstions Of the Missouri rob,
bers-Dav. Gag.