New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-08-19
,yb,e Thunder ofthe old Eighth 4:
Correspondence ot tiFe i'S""N-
LEROY. New York. Aug l@h' IN

the call of the Leroy Clay Club, thousands up
or thousands OF the Wing Democracy IRON
those staunch Wing counties, Geneva Wyoming,
Livingston and Monroe, gathered here today
fo- the purpose Of witnessing the erection OF the
t,us,t FLAG STAFF in the State. and to listen to
m, convincing arguments, and stirring eioquence
~ these able champions OF the wing cause
y,I,,sn FILLMORE and Marx II. SiGLEY.
D,I,catiops wire in, ard contlnued TO az
7yo until o'clock from almcs; every LAY
CIrb in the four counties. with every DESCRIPTION
Of banner floating rom their novel and UNIQUE con
vevances-illnstrarve OF the principles tor wnlch
,hev contend IN the present contest. seVeFal
vehicles were here orawn by 10 horses an" one
which particularly attracted attention was TWO,
decke, from Pennsylvania. N when were Sei'eG
100 persons-Tnosty ladies.
r. o'clock from II 10 l5,OuO were on the
g-ofInd and as little delay was occ2sloned IN
The elevation Of the immense pole, constructed
.f ash trees finely united and beautifully pfofof,
,;oned. and which measures out oil the GROUND iui'
900 (.et.) and as anxiety was manifested 10 near
the speakers-they took the stand, out II was
soon asceriained that they could not be heard out
bv 8 small portion OF the dense masses around
them. Another stand was soon p7ovided ana
d, Lee Of Buffalo, and J. H. Marundale, Esq
., R,tsvia. drew off few thousands, ano
,ndgipr from the hearty cheers that ever ano
mon vent I'd as these addresses were mace 'heg
r,nst have dealt some truly effective blows 10
Loco Foco.sm.
listened to Mr.. FILLMoRE's speech, and
like all that have heard from him, 1t was clear,
forcible. convincing. His topic was the laf'H'
and his argument in favor of the protective Po'
licr-as conirastcd with the antl-pro;ectlve views
NJ James X. Polk-was demonstration itself, tie
,rond ba &c the Wing Tariff OF 1912 judged OF by
its fruits, and he proceeded to consider sevefaHy
ne effects upon Agriculture, Manufactures and
Commerce, upon prices, upon labor, and upon
the National Treasury, in bringing back pros
peity to the people, and restoring the cfeoI' o. the
government. This measure he contrasted with
the Revenue Tariff views OF James ia foiN,
whom he snowed by all his recorded votes and
every public speech made by hun upon Inc
Tariff. to be deadly hostile to the protective policy
yrb;Ie Henry CLAW Tor more than 30 years had
been and still was It's ablcSt champion and most
JEALOUS friend. cannot here give an analysis
Of the topics. much less OF the speech OF Mr.
Fillmore lie spoke for about an hour and was
followed by Hon. MARK IL. SlBLEY.
The pole which was being erected directly in
view of the speaker was now elevated 10 It's place
and its splendid flag and streamer were waving
in the treezc-lo which Mr.. S beautifully ALLUDED
IN his o. en.ng. | know that you have no space
for long communications, and | cannot therefore
speak OF this mastery effort OF argument and elo-
ouence as II merits. Mr.. 5 bey spoke for three
hours, chiefly upon the subject oi anne1ng Texas
10 the Union and never may safely say, was
the high.hanoed iniquity of The measure IN lis
concoctlon, It's Gesign, and lis inevitable results
upon the Tree North, and upon the lGlon itself,
more forclbly illustrated. | wish every freeman
Of the land could have heard the speech, and II
anv could have gone away and voted for those
Annexation mcr, Polk and Dallas, they must
have done violence TO their patriotism, II not IN
their conscience. He briefly reviewed the Tariff
ISSUE and n his happlest strain OF wltand humor,
for which he is 50 Distinguished exposed the
pie bald attempt al present made To pain oil
James + Polk as Tariff man upon the North
ern Tariff States. he said II was Il little the
coolest thing lie mad ever known attempted; and
If there was Il SIM man IN the Union who could
be deceived, in the iuil blake OF AL that Polk had
SAID and done. Inc only remedy he could suggest
for him was a Strengthening plaster on his BRAIN,
and that he should be put ut once under the care
OF MS wife, and not permitted togo out.
Hon ALBERT SMITH was speaking when #
the ground. BE assured, that such gathering
as we have had to day-in This harvest season
too-is sure indication that the Lon OF the
West is iairly aroused. You have not promised
for us more than we can perform, and have no
hesitation in saying that we shall come up to your
marking. Yours ever, d.
THz FuGrrlvE SLAVES IN Delaware COUNTY -
The Chester lfa.) Republican, speaking OF the
fugitive slaves who were arrested in that county
last week, in the excitement of which arrest a
Wilmington constable died of disease Of the
heart, says the men were held to answer the
charge Of murder and stealing the carriage aud
horses Of their master.
On Wednesday afternoon, the owner of the
slaves went to Chester TO claim his property, but
they had escaped The Sheriff was absent on hu-
sness, and they had procured the pump -handle
and spear, tied them together, and with their
blankets made into rope, escaped over the wall
of the prison, al about two O'Clock in the afternoon
After chase of two or three hours one was ar
rested and brought back to quarters. No ono APP
pearing to prosecute, the remaining man was dis
charged.
BLACK CoDE-ARsoS.-Afred, slave oil Mr.
Lorc.ine, was put upon his tfial at New Orleans,
9TH inst before 4 jary of lreeholders, six in
number, agreeably to tie provisions OF the black
code, for setting fire to the premises o. his mas
Ter in Royal street He was found guilty, and
sentenced to be imprisoned for life, and placed at
The disposition of the Governor OF the State
The usual compensation will be allowed Mr..
Lorelhe for the loss of the slaves services.
CROPS N CANABs.-The cold and rainy weather
OF the last ten days has been most uncvoreblc FOR
the harvest During the greater part of last week
we had heavy showers every second day. causing
immense damage to the standing crops. In some
places whole fields of grain, ready for harvesting,