Litchfield enquirer., 1865-11-09
BY HIS rxcrrLrncy.
5s. BY HE EXCELLENCY,
 WILLIAM A. BUCKINGHAM. .Goyrasos orsrHr STATE OF CosSrcrrcur,

WILLIAM A. BUCKINGHAM. sGovEaxoE or4HE STATE OF CossEcrIcUT, AsPROCLA NATION. E The eoodness of God made signaliys evident idnrina the past year, demands public and l grateful recog1ition. Therefore, THuHsDAx THE TIiIRfIErH DAY or NOVEMBER NEXT, is hereby set apart throughout this State as . day of public Thanksgiving, Prayer and Praise to Almighty God. Fs
 Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord {. They are manifest in .healthful seasons, in [ rich harvesfs, in compensated industry in greater means of usefulness, and in increased 4 national prosperity and greatness
 l The painful lncertainties of civil war have given place to peace, and military power is rapidly yielding to civil rule. God has caused questions which were press ed to the arbitrament of arms, to be deter mined in favor of national unity and author. iity. He has caused our armies to be disban- ded, and our homesto be made joyful by the return of sons from the field of conflict. He has manifested his appreciation Of oblations voluntarily piled upon the alter of liberty, By { giving freedom to the enslaved
 In days of greatest darkness and peril, when the wisdom and power of man failed to relieve an agitated and distressed people, Gods Prov of His guiding hand in the affairs of the na- tion, and inspired new hopes of future good.
 In the exercise of his love, he has also gvi- en his Holy Spirit to impress truth upon the hearts of men, to convince them of sin, to lead them :o repentance, to inspire them with faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, as the only ground of hope for salvation, and to light their path way to eternal life.
 'Who can show forth all his praise.' ss,isi<ta
 In dealing bread to the hungry, in clothing the naked, and in festive and religious cere- monies, let all the people offer unto God Thanksgiving and Praise. S&SyE l. Given under my hand and the seal of
 ~>>J' the State, at the City of Hartford this, the twenty fourth day of October, in
 the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-fve and of the Independence of the United States ofAmer- ica, the ninetieth.-
 r WILLIAM A. BUCKINGHAM By His Excellencys command
 J. .HAMMoNDsTRUMBULL, Secretary +ofState. *tF Es43lEE8 sA4I 5 4 l48g4A "
 John Mitchell has been released from Fortress Monroe
 - The people of Iowa have adopted an amendment to their constitution allowing ne- groes te vote. by majority of 1500O. e,4g ts,- sa F. The following is the text of the communi- cation dated Washington Oct A2s, 1865, and transmitted to His Excellency, James JsJohn. . son, Provisional Governor of Georgia at Mil Eedgeyille: szs , Ss
 I Your several telegrams have been received
 The President of the United States cannot recognize the people of any State as having resumed the relations ofloyalty' to the Union i that admits as legal. obligations contracted or | H Ia ko1 svo &loss
 war of the rebellion. 7 a" <' |- $ ; Il E~1 1s WILLIAM H. SEWARD.
 - The steam-tug Coinjock exploded at Nor folk on Friday week ssIt was aterrifcS affair The boat was blown to atoms, and all on board instantly killed, consisting of the following persons Capt. McCorriek, Vim. Patton, of Baltimore, agent of the Boston line of stean- CTS; the engeneer, freman and one deck hand: The fragments of the boat were scattered over three hundred yards distant from where the explosion took place. The Conjock was new boat, and the cause of the disasteris un-. known. s4 70 S , c %S SS& &sd ls -1iWe learn by the way of San Francisco, 'i,- A. IT n--nlnln Adyertisar nnblishes Ha f or ninety-h whalers composing thezuAretic fleet, nearly alts Amerisans \ Thirty three of these had been rbarnsd Sr bonded by the shssns andoah, and sixty two remained to be heard from. rom. The Federal war Steamer saranac sailed from HonoluluoD the 17thsof. septem- Der, for Marquesas Island owing to a rumor that lot of coal had been landed at Foonntica for the Shenandoah - On the 27th the Georgia State Conven- ton referred to ascommittee an ordinance de- | claring the war debt null and void Two H ar le cles to the new constitution were reported The first article was adopted, the twentieth | section of which !abuIisnes slavery, with pro- | yiso that the acquieseence in emancipaii~-i shall beao oestoppal to fatnrs.nl -'-.ss TOT oomra pensation There io --strong feeling against
 - ThesnswiiyS ySf foffmsd Ann Aimaeriensa n ebristiaH Commission, designedsto take the lplace of 1.-the United States Christian Commission, and ap- pointed by Il the convention of Evangelical Chris tians at Cleveland, in September, held their initial meeting last week at the looms msofit, of te A American and Fofeign Mission Society, lcBiblel 7[o House Is NeWY9r Chief Justice Chase, gish op James, Jay Cooke, and other distinguished gentlemen were present. They adopted 6 plan of work, elected Geo. H. Stuart, Esq r of Philadelphia, Permanent Psesldspt, ,n and Judge Chase and Rev. Dys.-Kirk and ,Durbis, The lecalization of the cen tral office was determined at their n meeting last week, when the Executive Committee was also appointed. -A S-'ao 0/-h DAd@4hN | --- The death of Lord sPafmerstofi eoceurrsd1 on the 18th ult. At last advices from London his successor had not been appointed, owing to the absence of the Queen in Scotland, but it was rupored that the syacancyr caus cd by his death woeldtbe filled by Earl Russell. Vy1