Daily national Democrat., 1860-04-04
1aiIv Wational 9emutrat.

Curiosity We have before us copy OF
.be Ulster County Gazette, once published at
kingston, New York, by Samuel Freer and
son 1t is of date January 4th, 1900, and is
consequently upwards of sixty years old
The size of the paper is about one-third of
.hot of the NATIONAL DEMOCRAT, and its ap
roorance, as compared with the more stylish
nopers of modern days is odd. 1t has the
peculiarity of editorial paragraphs in the
body of the paper of different dates from the
date at the head of the paper. 1t is in deep
,nourning for the death of Washington, and,
rrder date of George Town, Dec 90" we
f,d That event announced with the following
preface;
"On Wednesday last, the mortal part of
WASHINGTON the Great-the Father of
bis country and the Friend of man, was con-
s;,npd to the tomb, with solemn honors and
funeral pomp,
multitude of persons assembled, from
many miles round, at Mount Vernon, the
aLo;co abode and last residence of the illus
trous chief. There were the groves-the
snocious avenues, the noble manson-but,
aIasi the august inhabitant ,Oas non no more.
That great soul was gone. In the
lono and lofty Portico, where oft the Hero
walked in all his glory, non lay the shrouded
cornse The couutenance still composed and
serene" &c, DC
In the same paper are contained the pro-
ceedings of the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives. in honor Of the great departed.
The replv of John Adams, then President, to
the address of coincidence presented him by
the House of Representatives is brief and we
give it as we find it in the columns before us
Gentlemen of the House of Representatives
| receive with great respect and affection
the coincidence of the House of Representa-
tives on the melancholy and affecting event
in the death of the most illustrious and be-
loved parsonage which this country ever pro
duced. sympathize with you; with the nation
and with good men thro' the world, in this
irreparable loss sustained by us ALL
JOHN ADAMS"
There are other portions of the paper
which are devoted to less mighty themes
A dry goods firm announces in poetic strain
that
Luther Andres & Co. have this day.
Been opening Goods both fresh and gay"
DC, and winds up with piece of blank prose
TO the effect that wheat, rye, buckwheat,
oats, corn, butter, flax, ashes and raw-hides
will be received in payment.
In another place is the following advertise
ment:
"NoTroE.
Taken out of the store of Abraham |. Has =
brouck, about year since an excellent Gun
marked S. B. Any person giving informa
tion so that the subscriber may get it again
shall receive Two DOLLARS REWARD, and
reasonable charges paid by JonN WEST"
Observe the simplicity of the honest Dutch.
man. lie has no idea that that gun has been
stolen, it has only been taken out"
There used to he saw mills and slaves in
New York in those days, as witness the fol-
lowing second advertisement:
"FoR SALE,
The one half of Saw Mill. with conye-
nient place for building lying in the town of
Rochester By the mill is an inexhaustible
quantity of pinewood. And also a stout,
healthy, active Negro Wench, DC, &c"
Th!s paper has been handed us by Judge
Dame who obtained it from an Antiquarian
and relic-hunter with whom he met in his
late trip to the Atlantic States.