The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-11-26

We have rarely. II ever, copied into the U.ioa an,
the iucubraons of The ALBANY Evening Joo,o.l
The columns OF that paper are usuay dis6gursa IN
articles expressive OF unpatrioc and anil national 49,.
msnls but the following one. on Thsnkssiyis. 4,
conceived in fine humor written in good TASTE =,
wihai. having an odor OF nationality about IT, We p,..,
to our readers;
Fsom The Albany Evsalas Jsssna Nov :,
Eighteen States are dine tosalher 10 morrow IT,.
vtaiions have been for month. The dinner Is sy
honor of Connecticut. the oldest invited guest who ~
don the snnvsrsary feast fo the hundred and INV al
time. The table will be three thousand miles lop,
there is bs room New HatupShifs has agfssl,
preside, the upper end 10 huge granite chair a.
clergy of the Union will say grace Two hours beo,b,n
Thirtysix thousand church bells have been arranged
chime the music. The vsnds will bo various, 10 suit i
tasestrom ice nj tho upper end 70 wines add iiu
lower Bot the majority Of tho guests will probably maj
their dinner Of turkey and pumpkin ps Of com
plmenr old Connecticut the founder OF the festival
II must be peasan sight Tor her the whole fsml
gathered around her table, with Uncle SAM about M
way down. In The midst Of them. The old fellow Is ps,y
well in years now (seven,yeighs last July) but s n,
and hearty, thanks 70 excellent constitution Vryni,
bis eldest daughter. "a wemeaniag person. though win
deal OF family pride, and very much given 10 mliI.
about her George" for which, hove YER nobody -
blame her) will have sent II his right hand. Tsx,, ,
Sough-and ready sort Of has place A. H.
oher end Of the table, land will probs bly, conriys ~ .
very close 10 Louisiana, Of the youngest and pre,
of the old genteman's neces New York will be there .
long he spare time but business on 'Chanpe w
probably call him away by the express rain before do
is Maine md South Carolina TOO impsten,
wait. and SO they have been already accommodated !,
eide table. Cslornia IA little fellow of three ys
who his elder sisters VOW is worth his weight in poN
young
OF course, there have been idle stories in circulate
about this family, there abons all families which
this Gathering will do much to dipel Some, for instance
have asserted thar they head in db uot
bankrupt that they could afford sugar in their
tea. Uncle Sam will chuckIe them we'll when he null,
surplus purse OF $20 1000 000. which he propose,
exhibit Others again, have privately bnied that Mn,
sppi has applied for divorce and going to run
away with worthless advenlurer. But her presenc.
the dinner, smiling and conen,ed. will pretty etc,as,
stop that gossip Others again, pretend that thers h
deadly gumrrel between New York. Virginia. Massachu
ses and two three Others. But you N ace ,hs, The,
will be shaking hands the dnner.tabls before sun
down.
The old folks will take great pleasure in talking over h.
days when they were young, and all thirteen Of them
lived together-down the sea-shore. The young ons
will, fcourse be full of thousand visionary scheme, b.
which they think they going TO make great noise IN
The world by and by. But any rate they will ali be TIA
better Tor the old tales that will be TOLD the old Joke, IN,
will be made, and tho old songs that will be sung an
late in the evening" when hope and memory two old ,sr
wants Of this miy who have done 10 keep II together
than amount of compromises cou.c) viii light them
all up to bed, and supply them with the material for The,
thanksgiving dreams.