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Show THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION. YX'HKKliAS, It. is our duly to uvkuowt-' uvkuowt-' cUge at alt timesoilr absolute de..n-donce de..n-donce upon Almighty Ood. and to thank ;ind raise Him fnr His manifold blessings ; and Wbihe.ii, Wo should individually, and is a people, show onr gratitudo to flim for Hi? many mercies, and supplicato a continuance of 'Wo same : NOW, THEREFORE. I, V.KRNON H VAUOHAX. Governor ol" the Territory uf I'tali. df. hereby appoint THf'RSDA, the 24th day of this, the month of Nevembor, to bo observed as a day of Public Thanksgiving-, Prayer and Praise; remembering with humble, hum-ble, loving and grateful hearts, that the Great Jehovah has vouchsafed untons abundant abun-dant crops from the pestilenoe of last Summer; Sum-mer; that we hare been permitted to discover dis-cover beds of coal aud iron ore, deposits of eopper and gold, aud silver mines of un-parallel un-parallel d richness ; that our population has increased ; that new churches and seminaries of learning have been built ; and that wo are bless-d witli a Government that protects a true nd faithful citi.ens, and punishes nil disturbers of fence, uniiy and pro-je rity. In testimony whereof. I have hereunto set my liani and caused the Great Seal ol said Territory to bo affixed. Done atSalt Lake City thisl'th day I L.S f of November. A. D. 170, and of the 1 y ' Indcpsndence of the t nited States the ninety-filth. VERNON 11. VAUG1IAN, By the Governor, Governor. Gkorgk A. Black, Sccretlry of Utah Territory. |