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nounce that they will call witnesses to prove
the Times letters 10 he forgeries.

On November list the President Issued
the following Thanksgiving Proclamation,
which In the hurry of political excitment
has been overlooked by most people;
Constant thanksgiving and gratitude are
due from the American people 10 Almighty
God for His goodness and mercy. which
have followed them since the day he made
them a Nation and vouchsafed 70 them
free government With loving kindness
He has constantly led US In the way of pros
perity and greatness. He has not visited us
with swift punishment for our shortcomings
tut with gracious care He has warned US
of our dependence upon his forbearance,
and has taught us that obedience 70 His
holy law Is the continuance Of His precious
gifts,
In acknowledgment Of all that God has
done for us as Nation, and 10 the end that
on an appointed day the united prayers and
praise Of grateful country may reach the
Throne OF Grace, |, Grover Cleveland,
President of the United States, do hereby
designate and set apart Thursday the 18th
day of November, instant, AS a day of
thanksgiving and prayer, 20 be kept and
observed throughout the land.
On that day let all our people suspend
their ordinary work and occupations, and
In their accustomed place worship, with
prayer and songs Of praise and rendert thanks
to God for all His mercies, for the alum
dant harvests which have rewarded the
toll Of the husbandman during the year
that has passed, and for the rich rewards
that have followed the labors Of our people
In their shops and their marts Of trade and
tr.t I az IL tffua tlav,lye ia nd
for social order and cOntentment within
our borders and FOR our advancement in all
thst adds 70 National greatness.
And, mindful Of the affective dispeusa-
ton with which portion Of our land has
been visited, let us while we humble our
selves before the power Of God acknoWl-
edge His mercy In setting bounds 10 the
deadly march Of pestilence, and LEI our
hearts be chastened by sympathy with our
fellow country men who have suffered and
who mourn.
And as we return thanks for all the bless
ings which we have received from the
hands OF our Heavenly Fatberlet usnot for
get thar He has eujolned upon us charity;
and this day Of thanksgiving let US gener
ously remember the poor and needy, so.
that our tribute of praise and gratitude may
be acceptable In the sight of the Lord.
It is announced that Geo. H. Vanderbilt
has purchased 1000 acres Of land .at Ashe.
Vile, n g., In the most romantic part of
that State the Sanitarium of the South,
as II Is sometimes called, where he pro-
poses TO build large industrial institute,
TO be thrown open TO all white children
who wish TO be taught how 10 make liv
ing No greater work can be undertaken
to benefit the young, In these days, when
more than ever, II would seem, the youth
of the country are Ignorant of mechanics
and the ways of making a living by the
sweat of their brow or by the SIX ill OF their
hands.
Rt. Rev. John g. Foley, Bishop of De-
trOit, was cOnsecrated at the Baltimore
Cathedral on Sunday last, the ceremonies
being participated In by the Cardinal, 10
bishops and about 100 priests, rs of whom
were from the Detroit diocese.
Justice Stanley Mathews, Of the Supreme
Court, who has been i'll for several weeks,
Is convalescing, and Is thought to be out of
danger.
Arrangements are being made In New
York City TO have grand celebration of
the centennial of the Inauguration of
Washington as the first president of the L.
g., the celebration to take the form of a
military and naval display, with
services, &c. In imitation Of those
of April 20 and 30, 1889.
A railway accident near Atlanta, Ga,
killed several persons and injured great
many others, on Thursday last.