ROCHESTER, Oct. 17, 1853.

An adjourned meeting of the colored cit
izens of Rochester was held in the Ford St.
Baptist Church. James Sharpe in the chair.
The minutes of the previous meeting was
read and approved

On motion, it wa[s] agreed to appoint a com
mittee of seven for the county of Monroe,
with power to call meetings, provide a place
for holding polls, and make other arrange
ments for the election, to be held on the 15th
day of November, 1853.

James Sharpe, J. C. Gibbs, Jeremiah
Davis, Wm. Babcock, Wm. Moore, Rochester;
Edward Dabney, Riga; and Chas. Myers,
Greece, were appointed said committee.

On motion, Frederick Douglass and Benj.
F. Cleggett were appointed inspectors of
election.

Wm. J. Watkins and Roswell Jeffrey were
appointed registers of names, and receivers
of poll tax. Lloyd Scott, county treasurer.

On motion, Wm. J. Watkins, William F.
Goodman, and Frederick Douglass, were ap
pointed a committee to draft a constitution
for a County Organization, auxiliary to the
National Council.

On motion, adjourned to meet at the call of

the County Committee.

The meeting was large and enthusiastic,
and the interest general. Remarks were
made by Messrs. Goodman, Sharpe, Moore
Davis and Gibbs.

JAMES SHARP, Cha'n.

Jos. C. Holley, Sec'y.