b Tradition reports that the following remarkable accident befell the assassin soon after: he was struct by lightning, which dissolved the metal on his shoe buckles. When asked if this was a fact, the conscience-stricken murderer replied, " If I should say yes, that would be an admission of my guilt." Totten is said to have been a terror not only to himseU, but all who knew him. This miserable man lies in the Friends' bunylng-ground at Pines Bridge.

c The Methodist Episcopal Church was elected in 1S45.

HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.

The general surface of New Castle is uneven, hills and vales interspersed ; soil gravelly, clay and sandy loam. The natural growth of wood is of various kinds -- as oak, chestnut, hickory, ash, maple, walnut, elm and white wood, &c. The Chappequa hills in this town are worthy of particular notice. They begin near the great hill known by the name of the Buttermilk Mountain, and extend north-easterly four miles, terminating northward in the Kisco Mountain. These hills are very stony and rocky in general, but afford vast quantities of excellent timber. At the foot of the Kisco Mountain is situated the Westchester and Harlem railroad depot. New Castle'is exceedingly well watered by rivers, rivulets and springs. The Saw Mill River (Nepera) takes its rise from two springs near the centre of the town, one of them situated on the land of Job Collins, the other on the property of Willett Kipps. The Bronx River (Aquehung) has its source in the Dark Valley of this town. The Mill River (Pocanteco) rises on the lands of Isaac Lownsberry.