[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Among the dis-tinguished guests that have been entertained at th's hotel was the late Emperor Napoleon HI., who dined at this place on a number of occasions, while in exile in this country, as lie traveled by stage from Bed-ford to Sing Sing, to take the steamboat for New York City. Simeon M. Tompkins who was then t he proprietor of the Union Hotel, has frequently told me the conversations he had held with his distinguished guest. Napoleon III. was long ago buried with imperial honors; alas! "Sim," the genial host, was planted beneath the sods of our county poor-house grounds, and the old hotel, still standing in shabby grandeur, is now filled with a motley mass of impecu-nious tenants. The American Motel was built about the beginning of this century by Colonel Jeseph Hunt, who was for a time its proprietor. This hotel was also a Stage House for several years. Not long after the erec tion of the American Mod i the St. Cloud was built by Mr. Andrew Graham. It was once called the Ossining House, but I have not been able to learn its original name. Unfortunately, our village is very poorly supplied with hotels. Such as we have are chiefly interesting from an antiquarian point of view. The town needs at least one large, modern, first-class hotel, to corre-spond with its size, location and general attractiveness as a summer resort for city families. River Transportation.— The first vessel which was sailed from Sing Sing was a small two-masted periauger, owned by Captain HagstafF.