In 1805 the total number of people living in the portion of the county which now constitutes the Borough of the Bronx was about 20,000. The Village of White Plains was incorporated by an act passed April 3, 1800. The first officers of the village were: president, John Swinburne; clerk, John M. Rowell; trustees, Gilbert S. Lyon, Edward Sleath, II. P. Kowell, J. P. Jenkins, J. W. Mills, and Harvey Groot. In 180)8 (May 14) Port Chester received a village charter. This place was originally called Saw Pit. kk That very inelegant name,'" says Baird, tk had its origin in the fact that a spot on Lyon's Point, now part of the Village of Port Chester, was occupied in ancient' times for the building of boats." The present name was adopted in 1837. Port Chester's growth has been rapid, owing to the development of its manufacturing industries, and, with the exception of New Rochelle, it is now the largest community of Westchester County on the Sound. During the decade 1800-70 two men who, with the late Judge Robertson, are probably to be regarded as the most representative public characters of Westchester County birth and antecedents in our generation -- Chauncey M. Depew and James W. Husted, -- entered political life. Mr. Depew, born in Peekskill in 1834, began the practice of law in his native village in 1859, and in 1801 was elected member of the assembly on the Union Republican ticket from the 3d assembly district. He was re-elected in 1802, and in 1803 was elected secretary of state. In 1807 he was appointed county clerk of Westchester County to fill a vacancy, but declined the office. His career since then has been one of great prominence and usefulness in varied connections; and probably no other American of our times has become more widely known or enjoys a higher or more distinguished popularity.