the discharge of the peculiar duties which await her as the wife of the President-elect. On Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock the President and suite left our borough, in good health and spirits, for Uniontown, at which place they remained over night." [Illustration: GEORGE T. HAMMOND.] The Fulton House was a prominent house of entertainment in Washington for many years. It is located on the corner of Main and Beau streets, nearly opposite the court house. John Purviance kept a tavern on the Fulton House site from 1790 to 1805, and three years thereafter went to Claysville, as stated elsewhere in these pages. Richard Donaldson succeeded Purviance in this old house. John Fleming kept a tavern on this corner in 1820, called "The Philadelphia and Kentucky Inn." In January, 1821, a fire occurred in this house, on occasion of the marriage of a daughter of Mr. Fleming, which partially destroyed the building, and saddest of all, burnt to death one of the old proprietor's daughters. After the present large brick building was erected on this corner, it was called "The American House," and was kept by S. B. and C. Hayes previous to 1840, and after them by John Huey. In 1846 or 1847 it was leased by Henry Fulton, who came from Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, and under his management it took the name of the "Fulton House," which it retained, and under which it became widely and favorably known, until it was given the absurd name of "Hotel Maine." The Fulton House was admirably conducted and extensively patronized. The National House was the headquarters of the Stockton line of stages. It is located on the northwest corner of Main and Maiden streets. The firm name of the Stockton line of stages was "The National Road Stage Company," and it has been seen that this line bestowed its favor upon public houses bearing the name "National." In 1821 Samuel Dennison, who came from Greensburg, Pennsylvania, kept an old tavern that stood on the site of the "National House." It was then known as "The Travelers' Inn and Stage Office." It was subsequently enlarged and improved, and in 1823 passed to the control of James Briceland, under the name of the "National House." Its next occupant was John Irons, who was succeeded by James Searight, in 1836, and he in turn by Daniel Valentine, George T. Hammond, Edward Lane, Adam C. Morrow and Elliot Seaburn. It was an elegant eating house in the days of staging, and at its best under the management of Hammond and Lane, respectively. It is now called the "Auld House," and, as in many other instances, its old prestige departed with its old name. James Searight went from the "National House" to Zanesville, Ohio, and kept a tavern there for a short time, and returning to Washington, leased the "Greene House," which was managed by his son, William. These Searights were of a Cumberland, Maryland, family.