party, organized on the issue of non-extension of slavery, made its first appearance, with John C. Fremont1 as its candidate. Fremont received less than thirty per cent, of the total vote. In I860, despite the great distractions from which the conservative forces suffered, they still rallied a united vote some 1,300 larger than that cast for Lincoln.2 1 General Fremont resided at one time at Mount Pleasant, in the house built by General James Watson Webb.-- Seharf, L, 599.

2 It is of interest to record the names of the delegates from Westchester County to the State conventions held for the purpose of

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The congressional district to which Westchester County belonged was represented at Washington by William Nelson, of Peekskill, from 1847 to 1851; Jared V. Peck, of Rye, from 1853 to 1855; and John II. Haskin, of Westchester, from 1857 to 1861. In 1817 the first division of Westchester County into assembly districts was made, two districts being created, to which a third was added in 1858. The late Judge William II. Robertson began his public career as a member of the assembly from Westchester County in 1849 and 1850. He also served one term as State senator (1854-55), and in 1850 took his seat on the county bench, where he continued until 1868. He was one of the Lincoln presidential electors in 1800. The total population of Westchester County in 1860 was 99,497 -- all but reaching the hundred thousand mark. So far in our narrative, whilst progressively noticing the principal aspects of local change and development, we have not devoted any formal attention to the minuter facts of conditions in the townships and their numerous localities severally; and as the year 1800 is a convenient one for such a detailed review, we shall now give the needful space to it, avoiding, however, unnecessary repetitions.