New-York daily tribune., 1844-10-05
streets and am informed that FIVE or SIX thousand

who were disappointed in getting here yesterday
are coming TO day. determined t. have the ConTen-
rion a, anv rate There viii probably be meeting
ot twenty or thirty Thousand here assembled III
council all dav md | understand that BEERIEs
of Georgia or CLAYTON OF Delaware, Is expected
in the cars to-day. The streets are uronssd ihis
ynarniug AZ If none had ei though every means OF
conveyance was in requsiiion last night to take 'hf
oeop!e home Rochester is proud OF this great
meeting, and 60 il ought 70 se
You may naturally inquire how these hundred
thousand strangers. in ADDITION 10 the regular IN
hsian,s Of Rochester, could find rcom. II IVES
al done through the hospifalit: OF The Rochester
,eople. Never was the lGtch-string so conspicuous
1t the cabin door-snd all Rochester was cabin,
open with generous hospitality 10 the 'is:Is at 'is
stranger. The people Of Rochester, the wing Ia
ais-, the Wing people Of Rochester, and the Com
c,it;ee Of Arrangements, deserve and have recei*ed
,le thanks OF over hundred thousand Wings.
a.horn they have made feel at home aud happy
The enthusiasm Of the people could know no
bounds. Even after the meeting IVES adjourned on
the ground, aud the officers had left the stand, the
osooIe refused 10 leave In answer 10 their calls, ad
dresses were made by Mark Ii. Sibey and others
and some fne songs sung By the Vermont olnStreis'
who were deserv-dly popular. When the people
.,are coaxed from tine ground, they surrounded the
SION. or the Eagle Hotel, and there addresses were
mad. ,;ll st.er the meeting in the Court House
square and the Council Room, Tor as II is tamlarly
called. the .Coon-Pen'' had organized. Here speak
ing was kept up Till late hour, about Two or three
thousand being in the latter place, and about ten
thousand in the Court House Square, where Mr.
Clay addressed the people. Among the audience
in the Council Room was James G. Blrney' The
Abolition candidate for President. Late al night
singing and speaking were still going on. Every
hodv seemed TO be willing TO accommodate. In
several instances gentlemen have taken turns OF two
or three hours sleep each, vacating again tor new
worshjpers at the shrine of Morpheus. had the
forrune TO meet man vino practiced in this way with
mis- bed, and who happened TO hnd me on my arrival
vea,arday morning n little before day break.
The Loco-Focos called rally OF their Empire
Cluh" here last night. Surely they ure pushed 10
extremes when they resort 10 such meanness. he
Whigs don't interfere with their meetings: why T'H
lhev interfere with ours? We are Il forbeaFing
party but good nature should not De imposed pom
There was one remarkable feature observed on
tlis OCCASION that the houses OF the poorer classes
the little shanries and fruit shops, ornamened
with banners in favor of Clay and Frelinghuysen,
h;c n; the larger and better dwellings every win
d., smiles dGr9sd n he S he beauty and
were in the procession and on the ground. ''Ah,"
said beautiful young lady to another, in halt
melancholy voice, :" If was as sure of getting Ed
u,uud as Mr.. Clay is the Presidency | should be
happyl" She did not think that | overheard her,
but may all her wishes be realized.
The procession passed in so many directions and
was so interminabiy long, that could not give You
any thing like accurate idea in the last hurried
note sent you. There were live coons, some sit
t;ng in little chairs, and some dressed i'll hoda,
fnerv. There too was the litc fox, with the Poke
round his neck; there were thrashing and tanning
machines in operation; there was Liberty feeding
the American Eagle; there were long sreamer''
and Il perfect forest Of poles and young ashes,
bending under Whg banners and devices; there
were the girls of l8i0;i there were three-soricd
wagons, there large ship manned by the har-
DIV sailors and there too, i'll word, were the PEo.
rIE of the Empire State, encouraging each other in
l,,,. good cause and in support OF lis noble Cham
pions, FILLMORE and WILKIN, CLAY and FIRE.
LiNGHuYsES.