Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-05-03
SUPPRESSED RESOLUTIONS.

The Washington .Unon'' of the 18th an
ounces that ''tnonster meeting of all parties
held in Cincinnati. To give expression OF
sympathy and Joy at the free movement IN
France. &c. And the Executive organ then cop
les the resolutions adopted By the meeting, sap
pressing TIE folt0rrine:
Resoired That regard the decree Of the
Provisional Government oil the French hcpu bc,
declaring the immediate and unco ndtiona euan-
cipation of the slaves Of lis colonies, as noble
proof Of the sincerity Of the French people,
especially desc r,ng the admiration and gratitude
of all lovers of liberty.
Resolred That friends Of L nive rsa liberty.
va hail with satisfaction the destruction Of The
unequal classes of society in France. and the
emancipation of all slaves under her dominion:
and that hope that the time i not far distant.
when our own country viii initiate her glorious
example.
The editor of this same official organ, in the
same paper exnrs at The disnppeu rance Of hosti-
I.tv slave xte nsion- reoices that the ''iemo-
cratic masses and leading Statesmen ret the
question frankly. and jeers ii the BarHbuTncr> OF
New York, rcprcse uting them 10 be IN Il state OF
"ngrrIng vitality' upon the subject of slavery:
and then has the uufairness and mcanncss, to
cowardly suppress the above resolutions, lauding
the French Republic. for cinancipating their
colonial slaves Gin Gaz.
~ Speaking of the Court of Inquiry.
respondent Of the Picaynne institutes the follow
ing comparisons:
The proceedings in this Court of Inquiry are
singular indeed. to who watches it closely.
On the Jeff Of the court sits Cen Scott. with
one about him bat his staff. asking conHS! from
one, an! seeming to regret that It i his duty
to prosecute Gen. Pillow, and that in that pros"
cution ii is incumbent upon him TO interrogate
the witnesses on his part; and when some home
truth is told IN support OF specification, instead
of smile of triumph that characterises others.
he seems to thank God it Is On the
other side of the table, the picture is different
The accused General sits between two counsel
ors-one of them learned one from Kentucky
Witnesses cross-cxamined every point.
and things conducted more on the principle o T
our county and district courts. This y law, aud
that is not iaw-and through professional fact.
the prosecutor often occupies position in the
proceedings, to which the testimony never car
Tes him
VENERABLE EGc.-The Boston papers mention
aPengun'< ~ take n from the Island of Ichaboe
fifty-eicht feet below the urface of cnauo. A
calculation. based upon the accumulation of qua
no, proves the egg TO be 6i0o years old.
DEAD WEIGHTs.--Accordiug TO the most re-
cent authorities, the armies of the European
powers stand follows:
Russia, SOS 600
Austria, 4l4.001
France. 10000
Prussia, Bavaria and other.
German states, 26s.l1s
Britain, 1859
Here then are .725 n23 men supported in
ideness by the toll of others, for earthly pur-
pose but guard against their violence. a
very profitable thing for the whole people isn't it
.'In November. 1916. while walking with a
frie nd in Boston. Mr.. Adams felt ,aratsic shock.
In his journal. lie made The ~ntry-'From this
day, date my decease. ] censiGer myself, for
every useful purpose II myself and fellow ciii-
re ne, dead His journal. which he had kept
for more than fifty Years, stopped on that day
Four months afterwards he resumed il. under the
head of sPosthunous Memoirs and he contin-
ued to serve his country another year The
previous TO the final shock he receives
the Hall Of Represe natives, he had lad TO him
Bishop WIiberforce's Sermon on Time. That
W as the last night he passed under his roof"
DEAD SEA ExPEDITioN.-The Wash
ing,on Union learns By letter from Con-
9th Feb. tina, Lieut.. Lynch
and some Of his officers have arrived there
on their way to the Dead Sea. They
were to leave Consta ntinople in 4 few DAYS
and hope TO be a, the end Of their Journey
by the latter par: of March. OF early in
April. Our minister had an audience of
the Sultan for Lieu,enan, Lynch-an hon.
or which has been rarely granted to any
officer lower than ala admiral or commo-
dore.
A fefor: from tho land Office shows that
the State of New York still own more
than four hundred thousand acres Of un-
cultivated land.