The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-11-21
FROM OUR oWN CORRESPONDENT.


Thanksgiving Day observed yesterday both In this
city and Brooklyn BY almost complete suspension Of
business by very general attendance at the places OF
public worship OF every religious persuasion by chea
Bile provision for the destitute by peace and goodwill
among all classes of citizens. The day was fine, but
very cold and passed over without any disturbance.
never saw fewer drunken dsordery persons Ia the
streets After the turkeys and other good things had
been devoured large portion Of the Inhabitants turned
visit the theatres and other places of public amuse
ment Long before the doors opened large crowds were
assembled the theatres eager 10 purchase tickets and
good seats and long before the performances com
menced there not single place to be found In any
of the Broadway theatres the essees Of which must have
wished that they could often reap such golden hayests
MS they had last night.
most dsreputable and heartless hoax practised
the poor Of this city yesterday by some unprincpied
individual whose name, sorry TO say, has not yet
been discovered He inserted notice in the Herald and
Sum- announcing that bread and meat would be dsibu-
ted to the poor Union Square between the hours OF 10
and IL a. m. The notice signed by several of our
most prominent and respectable butchers and bakers,
and worded to decsve not only the poor but
the entire community. AT the appointed hour crowd
of thousand persons congrcgated round the
statue of Washington anxious to get share OF the good
things which the muncence of the wealthy had as they
thought, provided for them After shivering IN the
cold for several hours they returned to their homes with
the sorrowful conviction that they had been hoaxed :
that their misery had been made the sport Of black
hearted liar hope that the perpetator of this cruel
outrage may be discovered and that he may receive the
moral cha6tscment his inamy deserves.
The published this morning from the New Or
leans papers of the appearance of Spanish fleet in the
Mexican waters, threatening invasion OF Mexico by
SPAIN has caused considerable excitement here II the
news be confirmed, and any act OF open aggression
mitted by the Spanards safely look for such
expression of popular opinion here and elsewhere in this
country will show the Dons that it is not safe for
European power to try to bully American republic
however weak and unsettled it may be. convinced
that the Spaniards will conne their operations to loud
talk and swagger and will venture to land troops
and try to capture Vera Cruz Tampico. They know
and dare not meet the inevitable result They may
however, avert for time the destruction of the Zuoa
gasts, and postpone the triumph of the liberals which
latest accounts from Mexico described at hand and
tain The utmost confidence is felt and expressed that
Mr. Buchanan will act becomes the head Of the family
of American nations and not permit Queen Isabella to
gain such foothold in Mexico will enable her to
establish Spanish ascendency in that republic. Poor
Mexico if her statesmen patriotic, and less
vcrsed in the fabrication Of pronunciamentos plans
and paper constitutions less anxious for themselves and
more for their country were there patriots
and fewer deagogues she would not be in the ptiabe
position she occupies out of the pale OF CIV
zed nations
Now that Judge Metcalf of Richmond county has de-
cidcd that the burning of the quarantine buildings
Staten Island praiseworthy and ustiabe act and
that the popular belief that it heinous crime Is
popular error all sorts of civil suits for damages have
been commenced against the supervisors of Richmond
county The commissioners of emigration have sued the
supervisors individually for 100000, and they have
been held to bail in that amount and the health officer
Thompson has sued them for So 900 damages for the
destruction of his furniture and injuries to his wife II
will be somewhat difficult TO find jury of Staten Island
ers to find verdict in favor Of the plaintiffs and If the
venue be changed and verdict found to collect the
amount awarded will be task of no ordinary difficulty
1t is reported that Mayor Wemann is seriously ILL.,
The money market is unchanged Plenty of capital at
very rates and great scarcity OF borrowers are the
prevailing characteristics of the market and leading capt.
tass believe that there will be material change for
some time to come HH
The marketfor foreign exchange for the Kangaroo to-
very heavy and thus far the business has been
very light Bankers sterling is quoted at l0Sa l09
commercial do los lOsa francs $40 5.l6& Ham
burg, 35b a 3Gs; Amsterdam, Al Az and Bremen,
7sa a 794,
The -four market was dull at decline of 10 cents
per Dbl Wheat was heavy and less firm. Corn was
also heavy and lower Provisions buoyant Cotton
was quiet at the following quotations: