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' 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.