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-MyV... -i-. llfpate Jaitrttal TERMS FORADVERTISIKG. Ojie square, first insertion,. ............... '. ..........ii.oo Each subsequent insertion,. ;l. , 25 i JOHN SPELMAN, Editor and Proprle ' '.- . jn. PRTVTRU TO TTTK TiTP i or, .... f . ' - J' ' ' ' S' f '"'. .'j-. i-i -? '; f Xy.i'i. -'. ' v; . ; : .r' -.' - - '-,' f i : ! . - .- . ' - fe .-.:: i. - . ; . -.;:''; J :)'t: ':l'")' 9 '):)-: ..v . I " .' ' "f-' : - - '!"':. No. 56. T ' " - - -' ,i. -r :'' .j.- - ' - , ' (Fourteen lines or under make a quare.y i a . ..': i. i.."-' ir' v 1 . J . .j . A-- mmm - ';yj-. ' ' . TERMS: : SEMT-WEEnVLY EDITION, per annum,.. I..JL..U ' WEEKLY EDITION, . . " " , ';;. ', 3 I'wV ' : ii . ' ' - 1 i. J' : i (Invariably in Advance.) .;' ; The Southern RepublicT , The -Permanent Constitution of the Confederate, Stales ' 4 ' of America. ' '1 .: ! if ,'.' : ' - ' J. 1 jjV, tlie people of the Confederate States, caci State r acting in it sovereign and independent charackerl in border tot form p, permanent federal government, !estab- -.; ; ligii justice; insure domestic tranquility, ana secure the iblessfegs ef liberty to ourselves and our posterity-nri- ; voicing the favor and guidance of Almighty GM-4-do "; drdaiji and, e? tafcjisb. this Constitution for the Cdnfede- rate States of . America. : -' 'lJy:tr aeticle 1, Section 1.1 ; ;'A1 legislative vpowers herein delegated sha.M he i'teetld fin a ; Congress of the Confederate States, ' vbiqh fiall . consist of a Senate and House of Rep resentatives. . ;.:. I ' ; ' Section 2. ; . . " ! l.:Th'e House of Representatives shall be conkrxsed I of merri-bors chosen every second year . by the pedple of . 'the ieveral States;! and the' electors in each Stattj shall 1 f i be-ei'tizens of the Confederate States, and have the qual- ; ijfications requisite for electors of tlie most numerous "lttajchrf Hbei. :';S'tate . Tjeslaure'; but -nd' person of v ' foreign birth. not a citizeii of the Confederate iStites . glial r be allowed ioj vote for any officers, civil or poiti-j '$ '.cut,' State or. Federal. - f . !; j i ; :.2; Xo pejsori shall be a representative who shall not ! v . have? attained the age of twenty-five years, and lea: : k - titixen of thel Confedetate States,:, and who shall not, : :. whexi elected, be an inhabitant of that State in jnrhich'' r -h'hall be chosen. ' v , , - :; , ;l3;Iiepresentatiyes and direct taxes shall be appor-j tjpntb among the Several States which may be inclu led j Within tkisj Confederacy according to their repetitive . , v numbers, whkh shall be determinal by adding o the!" . whole number of free persons, including those bound! ' to service? fr a term of years, and ' excluding Indians j ;XVnb('& all slaves. ; The actual eau-j fmcration shall -be made- within thrte years; after thel "firstlirieetmki of -the Congress of the Confederate States, I . and Iwithin 'every subsequent term of, ten years, ii such j ' .manner as they sliall, by law, -direct, lhe nnmbef of .'",i''fepppsentattres shall not exceed one for every -fifty ; . Tiioiisapu, out. eacn oiaie snau nave ai icasi one rejre- ; tentative: and until such' enumeratioh shall be made! f ' thej. Sltaterfouth Carolina-shall be entitled to qhojose i six', jt(he State, of Georgia ten, the State of Alaibakna vTOrii- tho State 'of. Morida two, the State of Mississippi ; stHi'n. the State ' of Louisiana six, and the State! of .Texas six, ;' : -'' '. ; -' .4i Wlien vacancies happen in the representation L.-fcopi any ; htate, the Executive authority thereof ' shall ; ;issiie. writs of electm to fill such vacancies, . '; . ' SjThe House of liepresentatlves shall choose tneir ; t!;Spa-ker and f other officers, and shall have the solej j poAwr of) impcadhmeiif , except that any judicial or j - 'other federal ofiicer fesideniimd acting 'solely wit liri itheilimits of any State, may be .impeached by a vptel - of -two-thirds ot. both ' branches ot . the Liegisiature i'hereof. Section 3. :: ' l J The Senate fof the Confederate States shall be eoifitiosed of two' Senators trom each State, chosfniior '" Byiyesrs;byfhe: .' Jfjegislatute thereof, at the regular sessliin liext'iniinwiaieiy procetuus uie comineuce- Tnent6f 'the term M - service; and each Senator j slialL have one. vote. . , h . . f cohetuence of the first, election, they shall be diivicled Ji.'' .. .11.. 1 il 1, n'l'? asHfjiumy as iu-.iv jie imu iinte uiiissL-e. . ouaujj vi, tlilj "'Senators of, .the firs't class shall be vacated at thej eiuS ration -of the Second year ; of the second, class "'all Aho S.'X):ration'!f the -fourth 3"ear ; and of the tjhrdi V clirai the expiration of the sixth vear: so that oiie4 thiry.inay peu-mwen every secona year ; anu n vacant eies Jiapiien dy resiirnaiion or oioervise uurniii Mie rui . cesS iOt tue'-.Liejasiature oi any : otate. uie ixecumve t."V tJibf'f may maUe temporary appo'intments until the ;' . . L j ...... si;. Je i. - .t :..t, 4.. i...ii-.i;a.. Iit Iie.C tlieeiilir oi. liiu ijuiraLiuc, huiui ouaii uicii ioitli vacancies. . J ; ,' ' I 5rS;Xo-pct'on hjalrbe.aenator who shall notjhave, '.:! 'S?i4.at4.i?',l the ago'of thirty j-ears, and be a citizen tpf Hid". ;C)iUlerate Stated, and who sliall' not.-wheii' elicthl fth iuhabitaiit of the State for which he shall (bej W The Yice President of the' Con federate Statesisliall 're'sidt'iit of the Senate, but shall have no otk, wn- less thev If finally divined.' The Senate' shall .choose their other officers and al a rresideiii fm tempoh. in the absence of thesVHce f':rwiderit,-;'or-jVbe shall exercise the office ,of-rasl4 ueiitrt the Uonteuerate states B. fHie Senate shall have the ole power to tty al imtieathmeias. - -ivm suung. ior u-iai T)iupwe,iinev :killile.oH oath or of t liq OuifedeVa'te athrmation, vv hen tlie i resident States is tried, the Chief Jiistlcej s'h:ill'.iVreside.i-' andiho person shall be convicted frithf concurrence ot t went hints oi tlie meinuprs. Judgment in cases of impeachment shKll not ex further than tlo removal from office, and dishdal-r ihiMion to hold ami eniov any office ot honor; trustl or ri-ofit;- under'the Confederate States ; but the partjf cfn-j- viiRi-a shall, nevertheless, be name .ana subject no int dtJtpieiit, trial, judgment and rmmshmCnt, accotding '.to law;' - v H: .'.-"'. -t Section 4 Tlie times,, tiluces aud "manner ot iiokhng;elpc i ti( lis: for -Senators .and .Kcpresentativea shall be Ffe scribed m each State bv the .Legislature thereot,lsitb- 'jecib the provisions of this Cmstitutlon ; but thej 0n . gresS may, at any time,, by law mate or alter such r4iil:itionH.'exeer,t:as to the times ami places ot chops' . - r . 7 . i ,; ' - inff'SenatorW . ? ': . .BiTlhe Congress shall assemble at leastoacein every xi'iir ana sueit meeiin" snau ue ou uiu ursu Jiuuuai m iMcemb?r,;unless they shall, by law, appoint a difljerfenf mm Section 5. ' ' T'rli TTmiiA shall lv thfi ill(l?Te of the clcC iidnsi returns and Qualifications of its own members, aud a t 'maiority 6f aeh shall constitute a quorum todojbUsif : :.tiss but a smixHef numtxT m ay adjourn from tlaj to ::vdy,Jand may bci authorized to compel the attenjlaic );:;bii aWnt'tembbrs, iii suUi manner and. Under suchl ti'?rialties'''a':eacUiIouse may. provide. h : - ' V-f 2v Each Uouseimay determine the rulesvof itsl pro- i.l';pgsr;ptmish'tmv?mter3 ior aisnmeny oenavior, with th -ront;urrcnce: of two-thirds of the whole ' IntmRrixpel almernber. ' ' 1 , T-'-irh ITons shall' keen a lournal. ot its; nro- rln&t. and from time to time publish the sami, kx- !JnHno? Kiirh -parts- as''maV iti their iudgmeut rdqiire -4l-..rRV,'.Wid .-tlie 4veas. and' navS.of the memberd of ' eiher , House,' on any question, shall, at the desirf of ple-iifth of thosQ present, be entered on the journal ; ; 5 ' i'4i;Neitber'. Ilouse, duriug the scssion of Congrbss, . sialt, without" the consent of the other, adjourn fot nford rlian! tliree.days, nor to any other place than tliat ' i which the two; Houses shall be sitting. :i; ' JI ::--' .4"'-"' . ;' . Section 0. . ; , ;- ' . ' lliiThefeenators and ltepresentatiyes shall recdive 5 afcmpensatidn for their services, to be ascertamed by lttvviand paid out !of the- treasury of the Confederate J-.'i States: - They shall, in all cases, except treason and breich of the peace"; fie privileged from arrest during th.ir: ntfeiwiiijice at the session of their respedive ,niU tine a 1 tv sip nr. !'l.'T.vi 'iciil: Ileuses, ami'iu . going to and returning from the snrie ; t;'iM aid for any speech or debate in either House theyj shall ' riot be questioned in any other place. ' ; f . ' ' ii) .I'Ko Senator or : Kepresentative shall, during the tshaelfor, which lSe was elected, be; appointed tos ny iyioffice ';. undef tlie ' authority of the Cohfedci ate States which shall have been - created, or the emdlu nients' -whereof shall have been increased during; sjch 'timaiand ho person holding any office undet the; C inj federate States shall be a piember of either llouae du fetia confirmance in office But Congress maiy, by fi-fa'wl'Wrant to the principal officer m each of the j x- SC !l:M-ieiitive-Departments a seat upon the floor of. either - 1'oise, with the privilege of discussing any measures i appertamng to ins ueparimei. -. , : ; v ' section i. - v j j !' Air "'vinio ixr Miontr revenue shall originate injthe Husebf-Beprcsentatives; but the Senate may propose r concur-with amenameuts as on ouivi w.,. ; VOL. I. ! ! . ' KALEIGH, N. C WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12. 1861. .- ' . . . . -.. : ' ! : i , .... j. ... .. . , -V-r-r . - Wmm ' 2. Every bill which shall have massed both Houses. shall, before -it becomes a law. 'be nresented to the President of the Confederate States : if he approve, he ouau. oigu it; uui ii not, newiaii return it wim ius ou- :. It. . v.... ;e .. . i ! . . -.i -i i jections to that - House in which it shall have origin nated, who shall enter the objections at large on their ; journal and proceed to reconsider it. . If, after such reconsideration, two-thirds of that House shall agree' to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with the ob jections, $o the other House, by which it shall likewise . bo reconsidered, and if approved by two-thirds of that House it shall become a law. But in all such cases the votes of both Houses shall be determined-by yeas and nays, and the names of the persons voting for and against the bill shall be entered on the journal Of each House respectively. . If any bill shall not be returned by the President within ten days IfSundays exceptetl) after it' shall have been presented to him,, the same shall be a law, in like manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress, by their adjournment, prevent its return ; in which case it shall not be a law. The Presi- -dent may approve any appropriation .and disapprove any other appropriation in the same bill. ; In such case, he shall, in signing the bill, designate the appropria tions disapproved, andshajl return a copy of such ap propriations, with his objections, to the ilouse in, which the .bill shall have originated ;' and the same proceed ings; shall then be had as in case of other bills disap proved by the President. .3. . Every order, resolution or vote, to which the con currence of both Houses may be necessary (except on a' question of adjournment) shall be presented to the President 'of the Confederate States; and before the same shall' take effect, shall be approved by him; or being disapproved by him, may be repassed by two- thirds of both Houses according to the rules andlimi- a L i V -l J r . ii- I'll lanons prepenoeu in case oi a uiu. ' l ij . " Section 8. ' j The Cohgress shall have power : . ! 1. To. lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and ex cises for reyenue necessary to pay the debts, provide for the common, defence, and carry on the government of the-Confederate States; but rib bounties shall be granted from the Treasury, nor shall any duties or taxes on; importations from foreign nations i be laid to pro mote or foster any branch of industry ; and all duties, imjposts and excises7 shall be. uniform thoroughout the Uonleuerate btates. : 2. To borrow money on the credit of the Confede rate States'. - ' - ;8. To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among thej several States, and with the Indian tribes;. out neither this, nor any otner clause contamea in the Constitution, shall ever be construed to delegate the power, to Omgress to appropriate money for any internal improvement intended to facilitate commerce, except for ; the purpose of furnishing lights, beacons and buoys, and pther aids to navigation upon the coasts, and 'the improvement- of harbors aud "the removing of obstructions in river navigation, in all which cases such duties shall be laid on the navigation faemtated thereby as may be necessary to pay the costs and ex penses thereof. . ; .4. To establish unitorm laws ot naturalization, ana. uniform law on the subject of bankruptcies, through out the Confederate States ; but no law of Congres shall diicharge any debt , contracted before the passage of the same. ' ; - .-. - - , ),'. . ' 5. To coin money, regulate the value thereof and of foreign .coiu, and fix the' standard of weights and mea sures. -; . . ... , -j6. To provide for-the, punishment of counterfeit ing the securities and current coin of the Confederate .States. : j ' j '. ' '. : ' : , - :' , . . 7. To estiiblish post offices and post routes ; but the expenses of the Post office. Department, after the first day of 'March in the year of our lord eighteen hundred and sixty-three, shall be paid out of its own reve nues;;' ;" ' -!.'. ' ;'.:'. ' "':.'-;' ' 8. To promote the progress of science and useful arts,"by securing for limited times' to authors and in ventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries.' : . - . 3. To. constitute tribunals inferior,-to the Supreme .Court. . i'i- ''V . ..'.'.'10. 1 To define and punish piracies and felonies com ' mitted on "the high seas, and Qflences against the law of natioriSi- ' . : . ' , ' ' ;1 i. To declare war, grant letters of marque and re prisal, and make rules concerning captures on land anil water. " .. ;12J To raise and support armies ; but no appropria tion of money to that use shall be for a longer, term than two years. : 13. 'To provide and maintain a navy, 14. To imake rules for government and regulation of the land and naval forces. j 15. To provide for calling' forth the "militia to exe cute 'the laws of the Confederate States, suppress in surrections and repel invasion.. , ' -i - 16. To provide for organizing, arming and discip lining the militia, and for governing such part of them as may. be -employed in the service of the Confederate: States ; reserving I to the States, respectively, the ap pointment of khe officers and .the authority of training the militia according to the discipline jrescribed by Congress. . . .'' ; .; ': . ' ' ' , 17. To exercise; exclusive legislation, in all cases whatsoever, over such district "(not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of one or more States and the acceptance of Congress, :become the seat of the governrneht of the rConfederate States ; and to exercise like authori ty 'over all-places purchased by the "consent of the Legislature lof tlie State in which the same shall be, for. the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dock yanls and other neetlful buiklings ; and . . 18. To make all laws which shall be necessary and propert for carrying into execution the foregoing pow ers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the Confederate States, or in any (department or officer thereof. " ! " J-): Section 9, ..'.' 1, The -.importation of negroes of the African race from any foreign country other than the slaveholding Statesj or Territories of the United States of America, is hereby forbidden ; ,and uongress is required to pass such laws as shall effectually prevent the same. 2. Congress shall also "have power to prohibit the introduction of slaves from any State not a member iof, or Territory not belonging to, this Cofederay. j i 3." Thepriv51ege of the writ of habeas corpus shall .'not be suspejided, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the publicjafety may require it. , "j 1 4. Xo bill of attainer, or ex post facto law, or .law denying or impairing the right of property in negro blttves shall be passed. S. Jso capitation "t or other direct tax shall be laid Unless in proportion ko the census or enumeration here inbefore directed to be taken. . H 6. No tax' or duty shall be laidjon articles exporteil . from any; Statei except by a vote of two-thinls of both houses-. . ; r ';'-. .' ' 7. No preferences shall be given by any regulation hf commerce or revenue to the ports of one State over those of another. I . ; : - . i : 8. Xo money shall be drawn from the treasury, but; in consequence of appropriation made by law -h and a tegular statement f an'd account of the receipts aud ex penditures of all public money shall be published from" fihie to time. ; : : . r1' 9. Congress shall appropriate no money from the treasury except by a rote of two-thirds of both houses, fakeii by yeas and nays, unless it be asked and esti mated for by t!ie one d' the heads of department, and Submitted to Congress by; the President; or for the pufpose: of paying! its own expenses and contingencies ; r for the payment of claims against the Contederate States,! the justice of which jghall have been judicially declared by a tribunal for the investigation of claims against the governmeut,; which ii is hereby made the duty of Congress to esraousn. 1 10. All bills appropriating money shall specify in federal currency the exact amount of each appropria tion and v. the purposes? for which it is made; and Cc)bgniss "i shall grant no extra compensation to any publideOntractrir, officer, agent or servant, after such contract shall have been made or such service ren- deredJ: ''.'' : - -')' ;- : " ' '--':'' '''-''.-V 11. Xo title of nobility shall be granted by the Con federate States ; and no person holding any office of profit of trust under them, shall, without the consent .....i . . .'K ' i ' ' ' ' ' i" ., 1 . . .1 '''.'' i of the Congress, accept of - any present emoluments, office or title Of any kind whatever from any . king, prince or foreign State. ' ' 12. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the j free exercise thereof ; or abridgipg the freedom of speech, or of the. press ; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition- the government for a redress of . grievances, , . ,. .'" ;.; : , h:,...' ; .. T" 13. A well regulated, militja being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep ' and bear arms shall not be infringed. c 14. "' Xo soldier shall, in. time of peace, be 'quar tered in any house without the consent of the owner; nor in time of war, but in a mauner to be prescribed by law. t . ' , . 15. " The right of the people to: be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects against unreasona-. ble ; searches and seizures, shall not be violated ; and no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause, sup ported by . oath or affirmation, ancj particularly de scribing the place to be searched, and the persons or -things to be seized. -. . . i t ' i 16. No person" shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presehto terit or indictment of a grand jury Except in caseii arisfng in the land or naval forces, or in-the militia, when . in actual service, in time of war or pubhc danger ; nor shall any person be subject for the ' same offence . to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb, nor be compelled, in any criminal case, to bk a witness against himself; nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without ; due process of law ; nor shall private prop erty be taken for public use without just compensa tion. ;.:: " '.. . - , ... I . '.. -, . -' . .-"';. - 17. In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and publijc trial, by an im- . partial jury of the State and district jwherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation ; , to be confronted, with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of .counsel for . his defence. - a. - - ' 18. In suits at common law, ' where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of . trial by jury shall be preserved ; aud; no fact so -triedf by a jury shall be otherwise re-examined in any court of the Confederacy than according to the rules of -the common law. . ; ' j 19; 'Excessive bail shall not be required, nor exces sive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments -inflicted.. ! . j : i 20. Every law or resolution having the force of law, Khali relate to but one subject, and that shall be ex pressed in the title. ; ; Section 10. ; j ; 1. Xo State shall enter into any; treaty, alliance, or confederation ; grant letters of marque and reprisal; coin money; make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts ; pass any bill of attain- der or ex post facto law, or law impairing the obliga tion of contracts ; or grant any title of nobility. 2. No State shall, without the consent of the Con gress, lay any imposts or- duties on; imports and ex ports, except what -may be absolutely necessary; for executing its inspection laws ; and th nett produce of all duties and imposts, laid by any State on imports or exports, shall be for the use of the treasury of the Confederate States ; and all such laws shall be subject to the revision and control jof Congress. V - 3. Xo State shall, without the consent of Congress, lay any 'duty of tonnage, .except on sea-going vessels, for the .improvement of iti rivers and harbors naviga ted by the said v'essels ; but such duties shall not con-' diet with any treaties (jf the Confederate States with; foreign nations ; and any surplus of revenue thus de rived shall, after making such improvement, le paid into the common treasury-; nor shall any State keep troops or ships of war, in time of peace, enter into any agreement or compact with another State, or with a foreign powery or engage in war, unlessactually iuva 'ded, or in such imminent danger as will not admit of lelay." But when any river divides ov flows through i.wo or more States, thay may eiifjer info compacts vith each other to improve the navigation thereof, -f ';'-. - - - Article II. Section 1. . - I ' 1. Tlie. executive power shall be vested in a Presi dent of the Confederate States. of 'America. lie and the Vice' President shall hold their offices for the term of six years ; but the President sliall not be re-eligible.-The President and Vice President shall be elected as follows:.'- , ' -j '''; 2. Each' State' shall appoint, in such manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a ' number of electors equal to the'whole number of Senators j and Representa tives to which the State may be entitled in the Con gress ; but no Senator or representative, or person holding an office of -trust or profit under the Confeder ate States, shall be appointed an elector." 3. " The electors shall meet in their, respective States and vote by ballot, for President and Vice President, one of whom, at least, shall not be -an inhabitant; of the same State with themselves ; they shall name ;in their ballots'the person voted for as President, and; in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice President, and they shall make distinct lists, of all persons voted, for as President, and of all persons voted for. as Vice President, and of the number of votes for each, which ; list they shall sign , and certify, and transmit, sealed, to the government of the Confederate States, 'directed tp the President of the Senate; the President of the Senate shall, in the presence of- the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates, and the votes shall then be counted ; the person haying the greatest number of votes for President shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed , and if no person have such majority, then, from the persons paving the high est numbers, not exceeding three, on the list of those voted for as President, the House qf Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President the votes shall be taken by States, the representation from each State having one vote; a quorum for this.purpdse shall consist of a ; member or members from two-thirds of the States, and a majority of all the States shall be necessary to a . choice. And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President, whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the 4th day of March next following, then the Vice President shall act as Presi dent, as in case of the death or' other constitutional disability of the Presidents . ; 4. The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President shall be 'the Vice Presdent, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed ; and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers pii the hst the Senate shall choose the Vice President ;' a quorum i for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whol0 number of Sen ators, and a majority of the whole number shall be ne cessary to a choice. , . . v 1 5. But no person constitutionally 'ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice Pres ident of the Confederate States. -. t j. 6. The Congress may determine thej time of choosing the-electors, and the day on which they shall give their votes, which day shall be the same throughout the Confederate States. ; . ; 1 7. Xo persoir except a natural bom citizen of the ;- Confederate States, or a citizen thereof at the time of the adoption of this constitution, or ja citizen-thereof born in the United States' prior to the 20th of Decem ber, I860,, shall be eligible to the office of President ; neither, shall any person be eligible to that office who shall. not have attain: d the ase of thirty-five years, , and been fourteen years a rcsiacut within the limits of the tnfederate States, as may exist at the time of his election. j : . 8." In case of the removal of the; President from office, or of. his death, resignation or inability to dis charge the powers and duties of the said office, the same shall devolve, on the Vice President; and the Congress may, by law, providefor the case of , re ..moval, death,' resignation, or inabiiityjboth of the Pres ident "and Vice President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accord ingly until the disability be removed or a President shall be elected. ; - -. ' 9. The Preiident shall, i at stated times, receive for hiai services a compensation, which shall neither be in creased nor diminished duriug the period for which he shall have been elected : and he shall not receive with in that period any, other emolument from the Confed erate States,; or any of them. '; 10. Before he enters on the execution . of his office, he shall take the following oath or affirmation j -1' I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I wjll faith fully; execute the office of President of the Confederate States, and will, to the best of my ability, preserve protect and defend the Constitution thereof." - I j -.r . K;M;:- Section 2. ' - '.;' - -''I- ' 1. ;The. President shall be commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the Confederate States and of the militia of the several States, when called into the actual service ;of the. Confederate States ; he may re- quire! the opinion, in writing, of the principal officer in each of the; Executive Departments, upon any sub--ject relating to the duties of their respective officesj and he shall; have,power to grant reprieves arid part doris jfbr offences j against the Confederate States, ex cept in cases of impeachment. - , , 2. ! He shall have the power, by and with the ad- ' vice and consent of the Senate, to make treaties, pro- vuieu two-imnii pi me oenators presgnt concur and h'sriall nommateand hy brid withheadvice and : consent of the Senate, shall appoint, ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, judges of . the -. Su preme Courts and all other officers -of the Confederate States, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for and which shall be established by law ; but the Congress may, by' law, vest the appointment of such inferior officers', as they think proper; in the President alone, in: jthe courts of law or in the heads of departments.' vj . " ' S. iThe principal officer in each of the executive de partments and all persons connected with the dipkn matHfservlice, may pe removed from office at the plea sure of the PrCsiderit. All other civil officers of the Executive! Department may be removed at any time by : the President, or other appointing power, when their services ire liunece'ssary, or for dishonesty, inca pacity, inefficiency, miscoriduct, or neglect of duty ; and whensO removed, the removal shalPbe reported to the Senate,) together with the-reasons therefor. . 4; The President shall have power to fill all vacan cies that may! happen during the recess of the Senate, by: granting commissions which shall expire at the end of their kiext session ; but no person rejected by thej Senate shall be reappointed to the same office du- nng their ensuing i recess. ; ; j . ; -j, . : Section 3. .' - - The President: shall trom time to time, give to the Congress, infontiation of the state of the Confed-' eraey, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary aud expedient; he may, on: extraordinary occasions, convene both hotises, or either of them ; and in case of diagi ee ment between them, with respect to the time of ad journment, he may adjourn them to such time as he shall think proper ; he shall receive Ambassad()rs and r other public ministers; he shall take care I that the laws be faithfully executed, and shall commission all the- officers of the Confederate States. . Section . .. .. ' ''. : . ' 1. The President, Vice President, and all civil offi cers of the Confederate States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction 'of freason, bribery, or other. high crimes and misdeanors, ; ; j j , . article nr. Section 1. - 1. Tlie judicial power of the Confederate States shall be vested in one Superior Court, and in such in-, ferior courts as the Congress fnay from time to time ordain and establish. The judges, both of the Su preme and inferior Courts, shall hold their offices du ring good behavior and shall at stated times, receive f(tr.: their services a; diminished during t compensation, which shall not be their continuance in office. 1. The judicial ' power shall extend to all cases arising under this ConstitutiQn, the laws of the Gn f'lerate States, .and treaties made or which shall be madunder their authority ; to all cases affecting am bassadors, other public ministers and consuls ; to all cases bf admiralty and maritime' jurisdiction; to con troversies to iyhichijthe Confederate States shall be a party ; to controversies between two or more States ; between, a State and citizens of another State where tlie State is plaintiff.; between citizens claiming lauds . under grants of different States, and between a State or the citizens thereof arid foreign States, citizens or subjects; but no .State sliall be sued by a citizen or subject of any foreign' State. . ' , 2.1 In all cases affecting ambassadors, .other public ministers and consuls, and those in which a State shall be a party, tJie'Supreme Court shall have origi nal jurisdiction. In ad the other cases before men tioned .the Supreme Court shall " have appellate juris diction,, both iis to law and tact, with such exceptions and under such - regulations as the Congress shall make. . i 'U-: j i i' 4 '' i" -''" . o. The. trial of; all crimes,; except in "cases of im- peachment, shall be by jury, and such trial shall le held iin the State where the said crimes shall have been committed ; but when! riot committed within any State, the trial shall be at. f?uch;place or places as the Congress may by law have directed. ,' . j . - 1 Section s. ". I. Treason against the Confederate States shall con sist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. Xo person shall be convicted of treason unless on the 'tes-i timoriy of two witnesses to the same .overt act, or on corifession in open Court. 2. The Congress shall have power to declare the punishment, of treason, but no attainder of treason shall '.work corruption of blood, or forfeiture, . except during the life of the person attained. ' 4;S"- i article iv. Section 1. ; l.f Full faithj-aud credit shall be given in each State to the public jacts, records and judicial proceed ings of every other State. And ' the Congress may, byigeneral laws,' prescribe the manner in which such acts,! records and proceedings shall be proved, and the , L effect thereof. -I- ) I ! ; ' - 4 ,:;,! Section 2. . '"" .' , ' ; : .l.jThe citizens ojf each State shall be entitled to all. this privileges' and; immunities of citizens in the sever al States, and shall have the right of transit and so journ in airy State of this Confederacy, with their slaves and other property ; and the right of property in said slaves shall bot be thereby impaired. . 2. j A . person charged in any State with treason, fel ony, ;or other ' crime against the laws of such State, who shall flee from justice, and "be found in another State, shall, on demand of the executi ve autority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up to be re moved to the Stateha vingv jurisdiction of the crime. 8. -Xo slave or other persondield to service or labor in any State or Territory of the Confederate States, under I the laws' thereof, escaping or lawfully carried into another, shall in consequence of any law or regu- . lation therein, be discharged from such service or la borbut shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such slaves belong, or to whom such service or labor may be due. : ! v , I i. '! Section 3. 1. Other States may be admitted into this Confed eracy by a vote of two-thirds of the whole House of Representatives and two-thirds of the Senate;rthe Senate voting by States ; but no new State shall be formed or erected Within the jurisdiction of any other State ; nor any State be formed by the junction of two or more States, or parts of States, without the consent of the Legislatures of, the States concerned, as well as of the Congress, j i -. .,':' .... 2. :1 The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations concerning the property of the: Confederate States, including the, lands thereof. . .' 'l - 1 3. j Tlie Confederate States may acquire new territo ry j and Congress shall have power to legislate and ; provide governments for the inhabitants of all terri tory belonging to the Confederate States lying with out the limits of the several States, aud may permit them, at such times and iri such "manner as it may by , law provide, to form the States "to be admitted into th confederacy. J. tn all such territory the institution of j negro slavery as it now exists in the Confederate Stites shall be recognized and ppjtected' by Congress anil by the territorial government, and the inhabitants ,- - i ' r . - . of the several Confederate States and Territories' s ha haye the right to take such territory and .slaves law lully held by them in any of the States or Territorie of the Confederate States. .:,--., . ,. . ..- e,4; The Confederate States shall guarantee to every hf-11 n9,w Or. hereafter may become a'member ot this Confederacy a Republican form of government and shall protect each of them against ivasiou; and on app hcationf the Legislature (or of the Executive when.tle Legislature is not in session) against domes- : abtjcle v.-rSeciion 1. 1. Upon the demand of any three States legally assembled in their several conventions, the Congre&s shall sirinmOh a Convention of all the States, to take into consideration; jsuch . amendments to the constitu tion as the said States shall concur iu suggesting at the time when the said demand is made, 'and should any of the proposed amendments to the constitution be agreed oq. by, the said convention voting by tates-fnd the same be ratified by the Legislatures of two-thirds of the several States, or bv conventions hi two-thirds thereof as thb one or tlie other mode of . ratification may be proposed by the general conven- - tionthey shalll henceforward form a part of this Constitution.. -But no States shall, without its con sent, be deprived !of its equal -representation in the Senate. ! '":''"..'!: i ' ' ' - ' .- ARTICLE VI. 1. The Government established by the Constitution is the successor of the provisional government of the Confederate, States .of America, aud all the laws pass ed by the latter shall continue in force until the same shall "be repealed - modified ; and all the officers ap pointed by the sariid shall remain in office until their successors are ap)0inted and qualified, or the offices abolished. sf ' .-: -: .(.-."' . ; -, .. - . 2. All debts coijtracted and engagements entered into before the adoption of this constitution . shall be as -valiji ; against the Confederate States under this constitution as under the provisional government. ;3.Tiis constitritpn, and jthe laws 6f the Confeder ate States, made tul persuatice thereof, and all trea ties made, or whic shall bej made under the authori ty of the Confetlerate Statesj shall be the supreme law oL the land; and the judges in every State shall be bound thereby,, anything in the -constitution' or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding. 4 The Senators1 and Representatives before men tioned,, and the members of the several State Legisla tures, ajnd all executive and: judicial officers, both of the Co.j federate States and of the several States, shall be bound by oath or affirmation to sapport this con stitutioji, but no religous test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the Confederate States 1 . 5. The enumeration in the constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny pr disparage others retained by the people of the several States. 6. The ; powers ! hot delegated to the Confederate States by the constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States re reservedlto the States, respectively, or to the people thereof.) f .; j . j . . : ARTICLE VII. '-- 1. The ratificatioh of the Conventions of five States shall be sufficient . for the establishment of this consti tution between the) States so ratifying the same. 21 When five States shall have ratified this consti tution, in the mariiier before specified, the, Congress under provisional constitution shall prescribe the time for holding the election of President and Vice Presi dent; jmd for the (meeting of the, 'Electoral College; and fori counting the votes and inaugurating the Presi dent. :; They shall1 also prescribe the time for holding the first election of limembers of Congress under this constitution, and ;the time .for assembling the same. Until tihe assembling of such Congress, the "'Congress under jtHe provisional constitution shall continue to exercise the legislative powers granted them, not' ex tending beyond thd time limited by the constitution of the provisional government. . Adopted unariiiriijusly, March 11, 1861. J. Q.;DE CARTERET. - JOHN ARMSTRONG. N niiTir mnnrtvi nnnr hivtitjuit . . UltlU'VAUVlilil A DWUK UlJUlim, (JVJSK THE N. C. BOOK STORE.) i DeCarleret & Armstrong:, BOOK BINDERS i AX BLA NK BO OK 31 A NUFA ! TUBERS, . v , RALEIGH, IS. C ' " Jan23, 1861. ' ! , . 16 ly TT'D. GRAHAM HATWOOD, Li j COUJSSELOIi AND ATTORNEY AT: LAW, ''t'. : 1 StALEion,' n. c, ; " ' ' - Will attend the County and Superior Courts of Wake, Johnston and Chatham ; , the Superior Courts of New Han over and Sampson, arid the Terms of the Federal Courts and Supreme Court of North-Carolina, at Raleigh. ' Office, the one formerly occupied by the late Hon. Wil liam ii. iiaywooa, jr. Jan. 'Oi, ibtii. v i, ' 17 ly "O R. MOORE, i U j ATTORNEY AT LAW, ;!j t SALISBURY. N. .c, " Will practice in the Courts of Rowan and adjoining coun ties. Collections promptlr made. ' ; Jan.;26, 1861. -Ml 17 ly. i i ; 1 i : it :- i .,'H - :.- U E.H. DICKINSON, i N. B. HILL. C.B.HILL. -l DICKINSON, HILL & CO., AtCTIOXEERS, NORTH CORNER OP FRANKLIN AND WALL STS.,' j ' RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. Attend particularly jto the selling of slaves at public and private sale. i ! ' ) - . Aug. 28, 1860.t ' . j .' . ' ly GREENSBORO' SMatuai life Insurance and Trust Company i This Company oners inducement ,to the public which few possess. It is economical in its management, and proinpt in the parment of its losses. , The insured for life ire its members, arid they participate in its profits ; not pnly; on the premiums paid" in, but also on & large and increasing desposit capital kept in active operation. ;- j: . . ; :- . " -, A diyidend of 67 per cent., at the. last Anaal Meeting ot the : Company was ' desclared, and carried to , the credit ot the life: members of "the Company. - ' , . Those desiring an insurance upon their own lives, or the lives of their slaves, will please address i t D. P. WEIR, - J ' .; . ! ... - Treasurer...... Greensboro', Feb.. 11, 1359.. 11 ly . , , w : r N F. RIVES & C0.? wholesale and retail Drug- gists, have and will keep on hand a full supply - of all such articles as are; usually found in a First Class Drug' House. They will conducs the business on a large and liberal scale, having ample experience, force and facilities for doine so. and hope by their promptness, energy and untiring efforts to pleasfe, to secure the liberal patronage of their friends and the public generally ' The Prescription Department will be under the immedi ate supervision of one of the firm, both day and night. Orders will be attended to with neatness and discpatch. H ; N. F. RIVES, 11. D. f WALTER B. JORDAN. ' 5 tf. - '- JGS. CNIiR. - - " . ',' MANSION HOUSE, r Within Two Hundred Yards of thk Depot. Now open for the reception of TRANSIENT CUSTOM -and BOARDERS, j Table supplied with the beet the mar ket affords. : t L. MONTAGUE, Proprietor. Jan. 7, 1861. ' -12 tf SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT, . f ;i Raleioh, May, 25th, 1861. j Sealed proposals will be received at this Department for the delivery of good" merchantable flour, at any railroad depot within the State, in quantities not le than tieentt five barrels, until 15thlof July, 1861. , Proposals should beiehdorsed " Proposals for flour," and addressed to the Commissary General." , 1 WM. JOHNSTON, 1 '!;' ' -I ; CommUsarif General. May 29. 1861. :' - tf C0M3IITTED to irall. In the town or Salisbury Rhwan county, by Cornelius Kestler, a negro slaves who sa-s he is a, runaVay, and belongs to James Fuller ind sas his name is Frank. This boy is about twenty-one or two years old, about six feet high, of rather a light-dark color, hal oa. brown woolen clothes, badly torn, appears to be a boy of i good quality, and a number one negro. Tb owner will come for Mm, pay charges, and take hint away, otherwise he will be 4ealt with according to law. . . . . -. . j -: - W. A. WALTON, - . A Sheriff of Rowan county. ' f .v.i rsfii. I - 46 u Contracts will be entered into with yearly, half-rearlr and quarterly advertisers, at a-reduction from the above rates.; . - ' -. i. No deduction from the regular rates for advertisement inserted in the Weekly Edition. - All adyertisenents receive one insertion In tbe Weekly, v oxfo5dT female college. ". "' - - : "''j i r - ".-" :' -I : s . i - - ' . - , IbySiSHSSir our enemies to degrade us wKuiyfe - ; 'OXFORD, L li?d rlflded ?UUg:e' comP-tive.y free from" the turmoil and excitement now agitating the country. , These considerations haye induced H9 to ,ttpply aU departments of our school with . PP 1 TEACHEKS OF THE niOIIEST QUALIFIC VTIOVS Ye make NO CHARGE for TCITIO.V fj!2 Zfryf TUOSE VPLUXTE The TWENTY-FIRST SESSION will open on th. FIRST MONDAY IN J ULY. . The Annual Announcement and Catalogue wUl be sent on application, v MILLS 4 CO,, . w4sw4w; V Pxford,N.C. Z 1 TUE JtlLSON SCHOOLS. 1 if WILSON, N: V. 1 FOR BOYS AND' GIRLS IN SEPARATE BUILDINGS, TtTf ?RS TD ms RICIIARDSOy, aided bj a JuU and able corps of assistent teach rs,in aU Depart- nSerr!l!met9 fouPrepat story, Academic, Collegiate andtlnivemty or with a Regular Course of .tufyta .The ensuing Session vill b re-opened f'r the Ilnii':.n of pupils on THURSDAY, loth Ly of ffir Promptness solicited! . ' lbbl ' or a Catalogue, addrws the l'nunpal. leb, 16, 1860. . . . '"' ; .-- ! v. SSiiW H tf. 18C0. SPRING TRADE. - N. F. RIVES & CO. 18G1. WHOLESALE DBUOQISTS, " V . TT ARNESTLY nrlte the merchantsor TlrMnla )rnS , ' ' Perfumery, Chemicals,. . ; Fancy Articles, ' c ' - Brn& of all kinds, - Dye Stuffs, Tpbacco, indow Glass,. . ' Cigars . ! Patent Medicines, - " Snuff1,' ' t ' Seeds, t . ; ' . Pure Medical Wines. I ! 1 . ,c ' ' ' -I: Brandies, Gius, Ac. . Having facilities unsjirpasscd by any house in the trade, they feal authorized in saying they .can, and will soil all goods in their line of business, at such low prices as cannot tail to give entire satislaetumv Orders will be proiuptlv attended to. All goods sent from their establishment, war ranted as represented by them. . -. ' - N. F. RIVES CO., ' "tw v-'v -t ; '" ' -Wholesale Druggists, Dr. N:;F. RiVKS, Petersburg, Va. vV altkh B. Jordan, ' . Joseph Cark. . -;.' " 12 tf FURNITURE ! FURNITURE ! i A LTRED OVERTURE, having removed to the XX. large, new and extensive building on Sycamore street, ' nearly : opposite Donnahs & Johnson T has purchaseil -the ! i ditriiiMve muuK. oi r uriHiure ever exhib ited in the city,; to which he invites the attention of house keeners and otlmra in want f unr..,..;,,- i.- . . " " " ""I'Clllil m uuil-B HI ill lino pledging entire sati.sthction in quality and price. His stock 'wa.idrobes, and Book cases. Marble top Bureaus, CVntro Tables;; SpriDg and-other BtHlstoads, Sociables, Ac. Ho will also make- to ordor any article in his line, as he has some of the best, workmen in. the city in his employ. Ho solicits a call from his friend and the public. " V . He will pay particular attimtUm t ihi Undertaking De-1 partment, tr. which purpose he will kcq a good a"ort- ment of Burial Cases -of every description. He will have in attendance on funeral, occasions a careful driver and jyood hearse. . L - . -,; i , Petersburg, Va., April i),.'l8C0 '! v. WEEK LT A RR I VA LS 0F(M RIM A ii ES, RookiT V Alb and B L ( U I ES, mad-i expressly for Virginia and North-Carolina. They are of tbe latest irtvle and supe rior woi kumn.ship. Also, SADDLES andjHARNESS of the best materials, and of my orn inRul'actnre. , Call and see my stock before purchasing elseM here. i A. t HARRISON, y : , No. 1'23 Svcaniore street Petensbarc. Va.' i April. 18(io; ;-.-. . b RKMOVAL. : - (iEOUCiE L. BIOliOOD ( :':ft.UKVKU,KI!, :1 Agent Methodist Depository, UU'li.MONl), VIRGINIA, - - WOULD respectf ally Inform his friends and the public, that he has removed to the store i - : NO. 1C1 MAI STREET, f RpoEtlv occujiii-d byuMr, Ch.n. A. Gwntkin, and one door- bakiw Messrs. Kent, l ain it Co; His stock of ' V I BOOKS, STATION flltV, AND FA NC YJ A RTJ CLES, will comjare favorably, with any house South. He has se lected with great care a Splendid axo'rtmeut of tdatioufryi; to, suit the inoft fastidious. A collection of choice MIS- ii CELLANEOUS, STANDARD AND' THEOLOGICAL WORKS, of the newest editions, and indeed the latest popu- 1 1 lar, moral publications as soon as published. i . ! The trade can be supplied with nur own own Books upon the same terms as at the Nashville boose. . For terms, see Catalogue, which will bo furnjshed gratis. .1 Merchants, Ministers, Colporteurs and Consumers, will find it to their advantage to patronize the"Depoitory. The store has been elegantly and- comfortably fitted up with a view to the easv .oouduchof the business, as well as the comfort and. ease of the customer. Also polite and accom-' modatins" clerks are cranio ved. I : ' ; Orders will be faithfully and promptly attended to. . i ' Don't forget the place. No. 1 til Main street; one door i below Kent, Pain A Co's. , VI- - . 6 I : C'OLLKtiE HOTEL ! TIIE Undersigned haitns taken cliarsc' of the ! houses formerly occupied as a Female College in the i city of Raleigh, on Ilillsboro' street, 200 yards west of the ; Capitol, towards the N. C. Depot, aid hafin opened th i same as a PUBLIC HOTEL, and BDARUINW HOUSE, j, respectfully solicits the patronage of the TRAVELING n PUBLIC. ' ..'"'- .--'l' v ' : .! " Hillsboro' street is noted for good water aud beautifnl j ; shade during the summer months.- The Proprietor designs keeping a House for BOARDERS, during the summer and i fall months for FAMILIES, who can have the benefit of j th Minoral Water from the Kirkham Sprinar, "which is i equal to any in the State in medicinal propeities and which is well known to all who have tried the water. , - The public are respectfully .solicited to call and judge for themselves, as promises mi arht be made and not complied' with. '-i. SAMUEL E. PHILLIPS, Ag't. : Jan. 26, 1861. V ' - ', : ' ;' - -.-I - 17 tf SEWIXG MAClII5ES..-.Tbe Quaker Citjr UanKina irArkl With tlTA iiiPPAlj mJUCinsT Vtmihlp Kick stitctnrwhich will not rip or ravel, even if a very fourth stitch be cut It sews equally as well the aoarsest Linser or the finest Muslin, and is undeniably the s st machine in market- Merchant Tailors, Mantua Makers nd Hoi3ekeepers, are invitefl to call and examine for them- til vts ! 1 '" Mr. P. A. Wilson, Merchant Tailor, Winstfm, N", C. having tried other machines, buys one of the Quaker ily, and pronounces it far better than any before in use. All persons wishing to secure the agency for tbe sale of h e Quaker City machine, in any of the towns in North Carolina, except in the county of Wake, which is secured to Messrs. Tucker 4 Co., of Raleigh, and the county of Forsy the, taken by P. A. Wilson, of Winston, should apply eoon to the undersigned agenU for the State. We will pay a reasonable percent to all persons taking agencies. j- i J. A F. GARRETT, Agents. Greensbo, If. C, Feb.' 2nd, 1858. J ; v, LAND FOR SALE-The snbscrijber wlshins to move to tlMLSoutnwest, nflers for sale the tract of land on which he now resides, lying eight mdesmth of Kalegh and one mile north of Rand's m. on thewatew of hwilt Creek, andtn a healthy and intelligent neighborhood. slid tract contains aWt 640 acres,;, there is nough land cleared, and in a bigh tUte of cutti ration, for a four horse farmcultivating one-half alternately. Th-re is on thefractVgood two story dwelling bousS c-mtaim tgh; rooms, and a basement, newly fitted up. - The are aUi r 11 the necessary outhouses of a well-regujat jd tarin, v. -nh weU of excellent water in the rarL The farm u uell darted to th growth of Corn, Cotton heat anrf Oat, i or further particular. -ddr hzSUi. . y ' Auburn, V ak-j Co., N. C. October 13, 1SC0.-- ;' " ; . ' f- TVT0KTn.CAH0LIXA'MUITABY Bl TTOXS.Tlie , Ji "Uoldsboro Rifles," having. procured a complete set of Dies of the State Arms, are prepared to furbish Ration . for U the North-Carolina-JIilitary Companii.-, at 3J pe; cent, lets than they can be purchased elsewhere. ' All applications must be made to the Captain, M. D. CRAT0N, Goldsboro, N C. Jan. 1!!, - l-tf &() M u . i 11 Ii i i ..-ill -.It I '! i i i ' I 1 -V 4 :l t. ! pi i ' ! : i ' ' 1 I h v:- ..:'. -, i . : -, ; -.- '"." f r