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. ss, Wi tmmt?tIilL___??^_]_L?U-L-JU ' Thursday Morning, May 4, 1866. What, of th* Pay. "?i We still ringer for tidings, each ss may be . reliad " span, if only to dissipate the cruel anxieties which a state of suspense always en. genders among a people. Bat we get nothing. Brea Rumor begras to grow ashamed of her profitless . iarentioRfl, and baa transferred her trumpet. from her snoutli to her ear. She, Wh?>did nothing but prattle, before, is now mo g deatly coatent to Har?n.' But we should not wait for nowa with folded, arnie. Whatever - ?ar hsnd%csn find to do, ia our precinct, pro? fessions, labors and domains, to that vre should * address ourselves, regardless of corning events. v?-- It is very, ce/tain that wa can net affect these ?vents in any wayi>y honestly working iu oar ?" ? vocations. Bat it is"equally certain that these ?vents will operate materially to the hurt of ' . '- these who wait for them in idleness. By ^* : oeunselliag occupation to our people, however, W*0 do net counsel airy ona to undertake any . a?W enterprise^ Auch OB may be endangered . by th? ?aprices of the conning hour. Do not . ,- embark in speculation* which contemplate per ? . tassent objecto in the future. It is the day of . . small, ?aiag?", sfnd much of the best occupation of such a period will be found in the simple ? dstj of putting . one's house ia order. One should weed .bia gard??, and not let the season .- eoaapS him ia whicb.be should bar? his turnips "* hod cabbages. *? We take for granted that he' ia already preparing to welcome his green peas to th? tabla. Bat something * may be done with his potatoes and boas? of sundry kinds. Briefly, th? grounds snd garden should demand* hie care, and whatever of feneing and wall b%ild)sg may he effected in ?ar burnt district, ' by the several proprietors, wi.ll. be'a gain to **j ihe property, ?nd a service to the ciry. That tho matrejss and damsels will find their occu? p?t ?ens jrf^*, we soak? no question. It is to r . > . (heir ?reent that they ar? -Sb' rarely to be seen : "j the streets, though our ?vea ar? saddened at tbeir absence. ' It -ia sweet ?nd pleasant to think that thc^ are busily employed at home, Ju loving dornesti? offices, contemplating the oom fort of that more selfish race, who mean? while perambulate the streets with the eternal, question which so muck'vexed Demosthenes with the Athenians-"What is Philip doing!'' - "What tidings-fro ta the enemy*, te-dayf" In other a ords, "When may w? hop? that the f'iovil will look in ?pe? n?f - Important "Communication. . V*e are-indebted to his Excellency tb? Gov .. sor for the following 'despatch, which he has . received from Gen. Johnston The great anxi Mfy whisJ) is felt throughout tho State, induced tb? Governori^rT?give publicity without delay :o th? information >r ?onveys. Ita official an? nouncement will- appear in "our next issue, in proclamation of the Governor, with which will appear the letter of Gm. Lovell and other papers of injtcrcat eoanecteJ with the commu ni? ca >ion: between Gens. Johnston and Sherman: GaxEXABORO, N. C, A jp-il .SO. FfM-warde'l irom Chester-M?y 1, 1S.6?5. Utt Erctlleiicy Gov. A. Q. Magrath: The disaster in Virginia,-th? capture by the o' enemy of all our -work-shops for th? prepara? tion of ammunitiorwand repairing of arma; the impossibility of recruiting our little army, op? posed by ten times its nnmber, of supplying it except by robbing ?ur own eitieens, destroyed all hopes bf.successful wari 1 have, therefore, nade a military, convention with Gen, Sherman te> terminate hostilities in North and South Carolina, Gfergia and florida. I made' this convention to spare the blood of the gallant little army committed Urme; to prevent farther suffering of our people by the devastation and ruin inevitable from the marches of invading armies, and to avoid the crime of waging hope lesa war. . (Signed,) J. E. TOHKST?N, General ? ?^..?'-?^Si . ' Vo^ Populi. "Qui* custodvtt ipso* cuttodett" demands ike satirist; and the queatioavin our ?onatry, may very well be applied, to the people, who are. 1 or should be, their awn fcaards, and in whom the Well-being and safety of th? country pro Sperly abide, How shall w? make them true to us, to on?*another, and to themselves? This ie a question mush more freqm nily asked then j answered. - w? rely too monk, as the mathe maliciys do, upon the virtue of number*. We take for granted, a* Miss Marti??nu does; that ja majority must ba right-forgetting, as we in variably do, that, at the beginning, md.for a Very obvious reason, the mejariiy have been sally wrong. They come right in the end, no doubt; bat the doom, of Jesus Christ, of So .-rates, Galileo, and a host besides, sufficiently shows what the popular tendencies smut be, ir all cares of a novel character, and oa the sub ject ef truths and' doctrines pier?oaaly un? known er untaught. Nor is the eas?, in ail respects, much better now, than at the periodr referred to. Persecution, if not so deadly, is scarcely lesa active to-day than it was yester? day. .The expounder of the new faith, it is true, is not pat en a gridiron, ti test the merits of his doctrino over a slow fire; but there ar< a thousand ether ways o>f. despatching lrim by [ what is significantly called "public opinion!"-: |as if it was not public opinion that fried ead flayed even in tlte days' of Samt Bartholome wt .This publie opinien is a-thing to be mnde>nd Compounded, and it may be made good or evil. In' no case is it a proper tribunal, tisiee there ii no sufficient reason why the tendencies of a mass should be made to snpereede and take the place of just ?oe, whose-laws should come with equal emphasis at.d efficacy from thc lips of an individual We arc unwilling to leave uay t Jiiijg to public opinion, which thc resort to alcas flexible ?onrt will decide: and we are disposed, to think that it. is in co?ac quenco ol so much being lett to a tribunal which ia ns unstable as water, and - as varmblu es the wyids, that we make se little headway in oar progress to. the certain and the trite. We ara daily ^ngratulatiog our.-elvts with our coaquests and discover 'ea, ?a well' in morals as in philosophy; and yet, Truth and Error still keep up their -ancient c- nitovervy; and we do i>et see that the foi mer {.raina much from her old enemy. If Truth docs sonu-iin*?* go ahead, r'rror e<>me?? dosi: at h.r liee's.,,lt .-.he gains in one sp??t, it ia wonderful hew much she h>9es in a- other; anti lui her but ?rive. h. r ?elf a moment's lululg?nce-Irl her Vent ?ne to rest, herself by the* way aide for a whiU-:niul what a hard chane her more reetlens and al? ways ready rival will gire her f<>r the goa ! Gounoil Proceeding*.. . -Couwcn. CBAMBSR, May 2, 18?*. ? Present: Hie Honor the Mayoa*and Asaiatant Mayor. Aldermen Batea, Blakely-,' Glaic Harrie, Hope, Lsaphart, Stork, Waring and Wella. The minntea of the 18th and lOtb ulomo, were read and confirme**!. Alderman Harria offered the following reso" lut ?on, which waa laid orar until the next ^ marting: Revolved, Thajfe owing to, the ambarraaeed condition of the finances of th? State and country, together with the*difficulty of the State in meeting-her-oWn obligation?, it would ?be ??"wiae for the" city **o.ineur further liability -witt? a view to reimbursement- ?brough tba Legislature. It would involve thc interest of the property holder by excessive* taxatlon^aad thereby force emigration; and to this end, Abat free rations be abolished at the eud of two weeks from this date. The matter of collecting taxes waa d?ferra? The Committee on Streets submitted the fol? lowing report, which.waa adopted:.' * The Committee on Streets respect fell y re? port that the streets, and especially the side? walks, have, for some weeks past^in many places. b??n in an impassable condition, with lallen brick walls sud other rubbish. There lore, we recommend that she City Council take, some n easures to require all persons who have fallen brick walls ou the pavement and streets o re ra ore the same, or*put them in some, re? spectable shape, so as to give some life to the .ity; free public thoroughfares; and interest to iht-msclvMB. We farther recommend that all persona who have wells and iprifY sinks on tb?-ir lots be required to ?over safely the-, for? mer with plank and the latter with earth, so a* lo preserve the health of the city. ORLANDO Z. BATES, fihainuan. . The following gentlemen were appointed os tb? Board of Health: WARD NO. 1.-H. P. Green, John LcCont? and Jacob Lev tn. - ?w WABUL NO. 2-E. J. Scott, Jacob Huseeuag und H. C. Franck. WARD NO. S.-Dr. John Lyhcfa, O J. Bolli? and Dr. W. P. Geiger. WARD NO. 4.-Dr! A.. W. Kenuadv, Dani?l Crawfetd ancT Wm. McCain nia.. Tho resignation of Alderman McKenzie wes accepted, and an election ordered to be held at " * Dr. Geiger's office, on Monday, the 16th inst., to supply his place. The following gentlemen ate thc managers' appointed to conduct said election: A. D. Hitt, Edwin J. Scott and Dr. "VI . P. Geiger. Tb? resignations of Strickland, Rolliso ., .Brazil, Po Haid and Drennan, (policemen,) wc >' j al6? accepted, and the Mayor appointed to fl'1 VMcancies until the. next meeting pf Connell. On mot ion,* the marshals wore directed i ? viait and search sll places within the corporals ? limits of the city where liquor is solo,.and de? stiny all they may find in such places. The repon of th? Executive Gomia ittes ??4 received aa information. The petition of Hugh Winter, (keeper c I Sydney Park,) praying increase of salary, waa . lui.i over until the next meeting. * The following accounts were ordered.to h* paid: " " Wm. Glaze A Co., for axes, iron wedges, ?te., ... ? ? $670 ot? Wm Glase, fer expenses to Charlotte, if'ung after city record.?, - JS*. 4*,? 0^ John A.-Moore, negro hire, . 80 01 ICalph Nowell, "boeing loose, . 4,. Q% Council adjourns.I. A. G. BASKIN. City Clerk.