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II 1 1- mm V T E R JI S FOR A H V E R T 1 8 1 One square, first artion SPEtMAN, Editor ang Propricti r Iff ' ANI I'KIXTER TO THE STATE. ff jj- koBIXSOX, Assistant Editor. TERMS: Hflb'EEKlX EDITION, per annum........ ...14 iifilaV EDITION', ":, i ifc?$ T Invariably in Advance.) m The Southern Republic. kki,',,dQiihl'iliiion of the Confederate States 7e"' ' lM the iopleof the Confederate States, each Stat 3 I -Kijiiti sovereign and independent character, i 1 0'Jsfl:. f..ri a rinmantnt federal government, estab- 4 llrtir. insure domestic tranquility, and secure th s ! of lilerty to.nrselvcsj andour posterity In - jv'Mlan(t t-st.vUli.-h this Constitution for the Confidei- 'Wm&i; America."'. V " . f ' '. ' ' v 1 n i iX M 1 I 1 1 .1. - Uyt 11 ft" .a. .eVisTative powers .herein delegated shall be ! fcliatl COii,siei. 01,0 v. ilpni-esenta'tives hall be composed Tilfi iuu; t , , - , , - A tf iaintKTS CuOSl:U J5ci J kwJW" pv.v.w.- Af iajinu' v , ef cV,oH Wil :vvcr ulL f 1 I ifesoftlMJ Con federate States, and have the quaW . ;i?.5t ' i'wrirrw '11111 111 i- n 1 1 n rm.ii 1 iillld ouaiu " YriV (in -wi? U'olv. , ivb,u I 1 ilA.,tSi i- C.nto' Tmlatiiri' hut no nrrsnn nff "f 'r(WM birth not a Citizen 01 urn- wiuiwihmc otaic jl,! allowed to vote ior any oncers, civil or ponti fe or reuciai: JI'IL.; iT.-. Uir;i1 iStates which mav be included 'witifii'this .Gjnie.leracy;according tottieir respective ' liiiiil whirh iall bekletennincd by adding to the ' t i5,L,i,w nf trvp. nersoris. iricludinz those bound ti'Llri-e fur a term of. years, and excluding Indians fT.-,...fif't1iA of! all slaves. Tlie actual enu- ' i)rii:T sliall ' be!-made.; within three years after the ait oik1" v- l .. 1:.- H .i r :.f il l1....f...l.n)t!..(n.. iiwtwW every-fubMpient term 01 xeu years, in sucn yiastheV shall, by law, direct. The nnmber of ...,iEIitives VbalUnot : exceed one. for every fifty Vti'tiW,' i'tnt faclf State iihall have at least one rejre :sfe; an,t lUitjl such ;enumeration shall be made 1- jyt'.-of. Sutli;v'aroiiiia snail ne euui:ei la cnoose. i II Sifedf .tr.! i,H.vrn-ti. the State of Alabama i'.itat'f Florida two, the State of Mississippi ' M,,h Slide, of Louisiana six, and the State of If'Salx."-' 'i . . -. j'. v. .' " ., , ;ira,Wn .-;iOii:;ijies happen in the representation V.1 'it ei: 'rV,.V., I-'vi.-iif i'vf. iiiit.lifiritv'tlici-fiif sluill ' of kbfrim to fill such '. vacancies..'- ' i ilfip ilfii: vi Itopreeiitati ves shall cho'c their jiMlMndj nUicr offici.'i'a, and shall "have the sole V.4!f (w'jl.iclineirt,' except that any . judicial' or .?r;&!?-)Vt. i'filmf '.rcsidept arid acting solely within ii;'!Ml4)t i"-y State, may be impeached by a vote bu y JlWllLU.U3 :.U1 O" J. . ':fc;BH.L:".' . i- :-4 Section Z. - '1,-lf-. Senate ; of the Omfedcrate States shall be. .iti(W)f two-Snatc-sifrum 'each 'State, chosen for. tji by the legislature therec.f, at the regular Mfx.t;1nimelfateiy i - preceding the. coramence m.;iilfMhc term Htt service; and. each Senator shall h'k-t ig Votcw S 'f 4 '' '"' '.' " lJ:3l)Sneliatelynfter they sliall be assembled, . in -!)iseq ice of the first eJtk--tio, they shall be divided xn m as may be nt three :hsses. The seats of tiie 'iSipors of thej Sfirst -;ass. sal! bo vacated at the jife of the seioiid y'par; of the second class at "4!Svtion'pf tjio f -urtji ycar; and .of tie third d;ilib. expir'af&m of t-.e sixth year; so that pne rhir. i& be chbseh every N'cond year ; and if vacan )..,k if 'by esiiiati n -of otherwise during the rc- in; lt;it jjegislature of .-an v htate. the. Executive !ii''ns4pt- make: tCi'P,riu'y japB'bitments until ihe i-'t laig'rthet'. Legislature which shall then fill V.4rson shall 1k a. Senator who shall'not have f'ittin(iii('ageof thirty years, and Iwa citizen of the lU.uMto- Siitw; land who shall not, when elected, ? . 1. 1 l.' .-; . c ' ...V u.. ..n i. U':'-.rtWS.aitait ot sHic oiiue- ior uicu iiu muju uc . , . r?iv - . J. 1 . - . m.SVS PrPvulrnttf tlie Cohft'tleratc States shall dnd Ir-l&st:'''!' the. Senate, but shall have.no vote,un- i . . i:..: l ..1 ! ' I '''-5, nei.afciiajll - chxse their other officers, and -,f, i Mi&vHt wo jfifivtrre in the absence of the Vice I'rtaiK'iiwor. wuen n? siian j,Auunc ,nt- (uu.c. ui i a-ai-. t.'i'it itjt.X,'rtfclei-atfe .States. " Lfi: iffl-Hchate slnill ; have the sole power t try all liiH&WQtsJ i When sitting for that urpe, they il Hfi:(,aUi of allirnvuiou. w neu me l i esRieui i$llSiWerate States 'is! tried, the Chief Justice aiul in person shall be convictert witli- fpjicHrronce or twp-uiiims oi ine memoers 'lf. Tafgmcrit il cases of imrcachment shall not ex !ii fi&Sr than to fcmovab frf.m office, and .disqttal- . . .. i. J . - .. f - . '-lir . C 1 A. . AhktHirt;,hiUl.iulcUoy any oince oi nour, h um or 1.-.;tit:U&whe UonipueratCjpuiats ; uui me punv-wu-.ri'(H.V4li.ucvVrth' liable and subject to in- i 'tfiit'ni.anai. luanmeiii duu-imuiMmivm, . wiumj,. iaw:MlrM "'I - rtv- ' ' ... -ii'SV- .:.-.:'' 'Section 4. . . ... LTliJIines, i.lac.tfe; antU nmnner of holding elec- I i,s ft!-hat.ors''.am1i dlepresentatives shall be pre- irii,viiiach' State by the legislature thereof, sub i'i tat;liiit6yisionsbftliis,C institution; but the Con- fisii3rtat anv; time, by i law mate or alter sucn ;ukii4S-Wecpt as'to'lie times and places of choos- er 2. tlUongrGss shall ;wsemble at least.rKice in every Sar;4Mich meeting shall !be 'on the first Xtouday in . h-'ail4mless they! sliall, by law, appoint a different tl 1V . - ?: , -11 r Section, 5,: Ii v.iTOTiiU b'al! W the nidge of-the1 elections, :J!;i:'iit i?..i;fi..it.Vons'of Its own members, and a is W'"f ll7 ai)M t I VA ... irity! iita'cK shall; cunstitiite a quorum fado busi- i smaller iimi,ip'-' m"v ...... Sr.- . . . i ' 1 .t. .. .1 lay le Am horizon to CUllipt-i mc niitrnuitijvc Cmiiers' in such manner and -mwler such Mjkj. lb.iisi' niavi provide. M louse mayi determine tUe rules oi us pro- Wnish it- members i tor nisorueriy wnavior, iii4rretice of ! two-thirds of the whole !ftitliir:'et .a 'member..-. -f.t ;' i la: .mc& cl.iill kppn a lournal ot its nro Ss,J-'4,..fU-t'rmi t.-tinie publish the same, ex- X.V'rvrt;nsMiv.iV 'in tlieir iudgnient require OiiiB' the veai arid nays of the meinbers of c.r -lli'iufi4. ou auv ouesiuHi, wmh, .. -n.o kSonv. ui 1fi nter(xiun the iournal. 4. 0s:vitlr .llouse,. during the session ot Congress, l.ii litliH.W- it..n"rw'ms;.'nt. of the other, -adjourn for ifeijlliree davs, rkr 'to any other place than that wliich Stfie two HoustiS shall oe suiiug. H '. '. Section 6. V Snators anttt Representatives shall receive il The 'imwDSftU for tlK-ir services, to be ascertained oy. v,aiid fid out i: of. the treasury ot the nieoerate ' i-'i H i'y fimi'i ; x j H rtiar-ui'lkiTPAcebe nrivileered from arrest dunns : ... ..v,.,n ... nil raa.s pTCpnt. treason. Telonv ir atteimancC at the session of their resjective t.n:.',.!." ii3; ;V.r tA anA :mf.iiFHbi' from the -same ; 1 1.. .1 D 1 1 . . 'in; i .- T foV &m speech or cfebate in either $ louse tl iey shall 9 .p oViiJ5mMi-in anv. omer uaic. h" V- syUfc or . VlenTCSentative shall, during the f.;tifeu Viniw' !lettteii. 1h? . apuuintxl to anv lfieJJKnder 1 tlie j authority of. -t.be C-nifoderatc tos wlfh shall lia becn created, or thy emolu- lfiita wuKHrut Mi --o ie an'dtst) Iersin holding any office under the Con vifeo''ba1Mie-a memlx-r of., either' House du ; his cqrainuauce m jottice. liut umgress maj , iy ti;l tlie principal ofhr -in eacrroftJLx- iViv..viIn:.,4.,1J.,fj : seat urxm the nflwr oi eiiner itise; liwMMlkfi Tkrivileee of disc any measures cylauifig; to his department ;; : -'i'l .---' -oeenvn , . . . 1 . -'AilMlfS for faising revenue shall originate m the ise lolpreseiitative hut the Senate may propose HrtWfieith athoudments as r n otherbilli hyeT$ Wl winch phall have passed both nouses - 1! vi-a person' shall bc-a representative who shall not ilSttained thci a-e of twenty-five .years, and be a i fiof thtf C-iifclerate 'States, and who .shall not, 'iiS'ectel,-1 An inhabitant of that State in which J'4 it fiOJ I ....... t ? ... 4 v.. aud r .fities s itbW 3 1QL. I thall, before it becomes a law, be presented to the 'rcsdena'f the Confederate States ; if he approve, he haHjsigTit; hut if not, he shall return it with his b jjections .6) that' House in which it shall have oiigi tiatedj . wio; shall enter the objections at large on their iurrial aid proceed to reconsider it. If, after such t econsideiation,. two-thirds of that House shall agree fa palss'tlte bill,' it phall be sent together with tie ob jbctiobs, tb the other House, by which it shall hkewise ierebonsflered, and if approved by two-thirds of that House it sliall become a law. Butiii all such casesthe votes1 of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and r ays, and;! the names of the persons voting for and against th bill shall be entered on the journal of each ijlouse respectively. If any bill shall not be returned ty thfs Prelitient within ten days (Sundays excepted) after jt shall, have i been presented to him, the same shall be a law, in like manner as if he had. signed it, ukvlesi the jbongress, by their adjourameut, prevent its rturr ; injivhich -case it shall not be a law. The Presi dent may approve any appropriation and disapprove aiiyotier Appropriation in the same bill. In such case, hp shall, irj signing the bill, designate the appropria tions disapproved, and shall return a copy of such ap p -opriationis; with his objections, to the House in which tl e'bifl shlll have originated ; and the same proceed--ir gs shall jthen be had as in case of other bills disap proved by ;he President. 3. ltverys order, resolution or vote, to which the con ct rren6e of-sboth Houses may be necessary (except on a question ijf adjournment) shall be presented to the President of the Confederate States; and before the same shall tike effect, shall be approved by him; or btiug disap!proved by him, may be repassed by iwo th rds (if boOi Houses according to the rules and limi-. ions prescribed in case of a bill. . .-.j- ... j t -z Section 8. The Congress shall have power , . 1. To layfand collect taxes, duties, imposts and ex-' cis- Ls for revdiitie necessary to pay the debts, provide for the comtiion defence, and carry on. the government f the Gmfeperate States; but no bounties shall be gr; Liitedi froijt the Treasury, nor shall any duties or taxes on importations- from foreign nations be laid to pro mt, te or'jfostier any branch of industry -, and all duties, im posts 'and! xcises shall be uniform Ihoroughbut the 0)nfederateS,tates. -' ratp States. ; i-.:. ": . ' v.v I i.-'Toi-recfflafie commerce with foreign nations, and amfnig )ie'suyeraf States, and with the Indian tribes ; but neitlher tSthis, " nor any other clause contained in thd Ct)nsiturini, shall ever be constnied to delegate thd DOwdr to 'Djuctcss to appropriate money tor any internal jmpVj'vemcut. intended to facilitate, commerce, exctpt f4r the purpose of furnishing lights, beacons anil 'vs. nd fethcr jaid to navigation upon the coasts, .y' k 'f-A l r i . .1 i.1 : m. I , , . Mil,l' IT A( II ! 1' r YT"W UIW1 ir P III IV I II tf 111 obstructipus p rjver navigation, in all which cases such duties sliall be laid on the navigation facilitated thereby $s rriay be heccssary to pay the costs and ex penses thereof. ; ' j 4i To estaMlish unifoiin laws of naturalization, and uniform llaws'lm the subject of bankruptcies, through out -the Cbnferlerate States; but no raw o! Uongres shall discharge anj! debt contracted before the passage of thefeamei ;i ' ! 51 To foin'money, regulate the vame tnereoi ana oi orefgn coin, ua yx tne sianaaru oi weignts auu mea- suriis. - ' ;l T: - ' - i d To provide- for the punishment of counterfeit ? jthe securities and current coin of the Confederate StaUes. . i 'Ui ;. . -''. : " ' ' - . 71 To estal;4ish post offices and post routes ; but the (expenses of the Post office Department, after the first lay of M rrehjfin the i year ot our lord eighteen liundrecl h.ndsixtv-three, shall be paid out ot its own reve 8 To promote : the progress of science and useful hrts by securijpg Torj limited times to authors and in- k-entu rs lac exclusive ri"ui lonieir lesijfuuve whuuljd kndVliscoveries. I' .'" -- ' - I 9.f To (ionsitute tribunals inf-rior to the Supreme Couit. : ; ; . j' . ' " - ' i d. To lefitfe-afid punish piracies and felonies com- jhitted on theliugh seas,' and offences against the law (If nitior 111 To declare war, grant letters of marque a hd re-t brisat ia, aiui nialke rules concerning captures on land Wterl I H J''.- 12, To iaisejfaiid support armies ; but no appropria-i on f nidnevUo that use shall 'be for a longer term uui tw two years! : To provide ai id maintain a navy. 13 14 To make rules for government and regulation ot" th land audjnaval forces; j To provide for callmjg lorth the militia to exe-j the laws Hf the Confederate States, suppressing s u re turns iaiuire)el invasion. ; 1G.. To provirle for organizing, arming and disci p liiitnc the .iMlitl'a, aiid for governing such part of them a, i maybe employed in the service of the Confederate S;atei: reserving: to the States, respectively, the ap- p -intiientdf the officers and the authority of training tl e i. rilitia jacct r'dtrig'.to the discipline prescribed by C 'ligiess. ! I I l ' '.'"'';' 17. To ekerejse Exclusive legislation, in all cases wJiatslKJVcr.ioverieuc.n aistnci inoi exceeomg icu nines 1 1 . ! E?i ! .. - e CJi. 1 sriuare) as maysSDv cession oi one ur inure ouiies auu tlte acceptajneet of Congress, .become the seat of the giyerinientiof 'P'jp Cjmfederate States; and to exercise e authority d;tbr all places purchased by the consent the IiCgis atiiije ofj the State in which the same shall bd, foit the crecti m (jf forts, magazines, arsenals, dock- rds kind 4her heedful buildings ; and 18. To makejKll taws which shall be necessary and pitipeif for cayryiiiig into execution the foregoing pow- add all o therl bowers vested by this Constitution in L' governmenti of the Confederate States, or in any debartpient i i . or o icer thereof. Section 9. 11.: Ihe impor ati(n of negroes of the African race country other than the slaveholding friiin anv foreign StktesJ or Territories bf the" United States of America, ier v furbiddj ieh and Congress is required to pass such hiws asisha I;: effectually prevent the same. . ikll also have power to prohibit the laves from any State not a member p.: Qongrcss S inlh-oiluction iof y ofjor Territory jpU belonging to, this Confederacy. f. i The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended! unless vnen in cases oi reoeiuou or lnfasioti the ipublic salety may require it. No bill bf attairier, or ex post facto law, or law deilying or impairing the righ slales shall he Pii4 d. . . ditvof property in negro (. !Np capita tijn or other direct tax shall be laid in projHtfiibb to the census or enumeration herc lnipfort (lireotedito be takeu. d. Xt tax or duty Sshajl be laid on articles exported fron any State except by a vote of two-thirds of botii lu uses. vu ' . N preflrenes shall 'be given by any regulation of omr lerce .V ryenUe to the ports of one State over th e ol another. II: . . i . K j moniey stall be drawn from the treasury, .but in onscquende'ofppropriations made by law ; and a regilar stateiehtfand account of the receipts and ex per ditu -es of kli public money shall be published from time to time. 1 f - 1 . ' J . O ngrefi shall appropriate no money from the tres surj except b a vote of t wo-thirds'of, both houses, tak ?n lw-ye.'4 ani nays, unless it be asked and esti nun ed fdr bysoiVe pri e of the heads of department, and sub nitled Jo j Cofigress by the President ; or for the pur wsejof Jhayihgfits own expenses and contingencies ; or f r theyr, ivtiiehii of claims against the Confederate Sta cs, We juitic4)f which shall have been judicially dec arby a; triljurial for the investigation of claims aga ii"t the goernrnent, which it is hereby made the ; f bingress f establish. - W- 411 wljls appropriating money shall specify in iedtral currency tpe exact amount oi each appropria tion ana the! purposes for which it is made; and Congress ehallj grant no extra compensation to any puhlic cbntracitor.fofficer, agent or servant, after such con tract! shall' hate been "made or such service ren- No title of iiobiUty shall be granted by the Con- te States ; aid no person holding any office of it or trust 'under them, shall, without the ccweut ItlieCongres, Accept of any present1 emoluments KALEIGH. N. G, WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 4, 1861. office or title of any kind whatever from any king, prince or foreign State, s 12. Congress shall make no law respecting " an establishment of religion, or pmhibiting -the free exercise thereof ; or abridging 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, j ,' 13. A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. - 14. " No soldier ahall, ; in time of peace, be quar tered in any house without the consent of the owner; nor in time of war, but iri a mauner to be prescribed by law. . . t 15 The righ 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 probablecause, sup ported by oath or affirmation, and particularly de scribing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. 16. No person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime, unless on ?. presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases1 arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service, in time of . war or public danger ; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice; put an jeopardy of life or limb, nor be compelled, in any criminal case, to be 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. ' - ' 17. In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an im-. partial jury ot the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and1 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. .1 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 sq tried by a jury shall be otherwise re-examined in any court of the Confederacy than according to the rules of the conimou law; 19. Excessive bail sliall not be required, nor exces sive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual puuishmeuts inllietcd. . T 20. Every law or resolution having the force of law, shall relate to but oue subject, and that shall be ex pressed in the title Section 10.- 1. No State shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or. confederation ; j grant letters of marque and reprisal ; coin money ; make anything but gold arid silver coin a tender in, payment of debts ; pass any bill of attain der, or cx 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. the nett produce tf 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 of Congress. 3. ' No State shall, without the consent of Cmgress, lay any duty 'of tonnage, except on, sea-going ; vessels, for the improvement of its rivers and'harbors naviga ted by the said vessels ; but such duties shall not con flict with any treaties of the Confederate States with foreign nations; and any surplus of revenue thus de rived shall, after making such improvement, he 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 ianother Statej or with a foreign power, or engage in war, unless actnalh' inva ded, or in" such imminent danger as will not admit of delay. But when any river divides or flows through two or more States, thoy .'may enter into compacts with each other to improve the navigation thereof. Article U. Section 1. . 1. Tlie executive power- shall be vested in a Presi dent of the Confederate States of America. He and the Vice President shall hold their offices for the term of six years ; but the President shall not be re-eligible. The President and Vice President shall be elected as follows: . ! 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 and Representa tives to .which the State may be entitled in the Cjii 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 bs 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 sjgn and certify, and transmit, sealed, to the government of the Confederate States, directed to the President of the Senate ; the President of. th Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and Hous of Representatives, open all the certificates, and th votes shall then be counted ; the person having th greatest number of votes for President shall be th 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 having the high-, est numbers, not exceeding three, on the list of those voted for as President, the House of 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 purpose 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 President. i 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 on the list the Senate shall choose the Vice President; a quorum for the purpise shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Sen ators, and a majority of the whole number shall be ne- , cessary to a choice. .5. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice Pres ident of the Confederate States. - . 6. The Congress may determine the time of choosing the electors, and the day on which they shall give their votes, which day shall be the same throughout the Gwi federate States. 7. No person except a natural born citizen of the Confederate States, or a citizen thereof at the time of I the adoption of this constitution, or a citizen thereof born, in the United States prior to the 20th of Decem- I her, 1860, shall be eligible to the office of President ; ; neither sliall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attain d'the age of thirty-five years, I and been fourteen years a resiaeut within the limits of j . the Confederate States, as may exist at the time of his election. ' f 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, provide for the, case of re moval, death, resignation, or inabUity both 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 aPresideht . sliall be elected. .. - ; , , - : , ,9. The President shall, at stated tinjes, receiyeor his services a compensation, which shall neither be in creased nor diminished during the period for which he shall nave been elected : and heshall not receive with in that period any other emolument from the Confed erate States, or any of them. 10. Before he eiiftrs on the execution of his office, he shall take the' following oath or affirmation; " I do solemnly swear (or affirin) that I will 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." Section 2. ' j 1. The President shall be commander-in-chief of ; the army and navy of the Confederate States, arid of the militia of the several States, when called into the actual service of the Confederate States ; he may re quire tlie opinio?, - in writing, of the j principal officer in each of the Executive Departments, upon any sub ject relating to the duties of their respective offices, -and he shall have power to grant reprieves and par dons for offences 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, pn. ; vided two-thirds of the Senators present concur ; and -he shall nominate,-- and by and with I the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint ambassadors, other public ministers and cousuls, judges of the Su preme Court, and all other officers of the O in federate 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 the courts of law or in the heads of departments. J 3. The principal officer in each of the-executive de partments, aud all persons' connected with the diplo matic service, may be removed from office at the plea- , sure of the President. All other civil officers of the Executive Department may be removed at any lime by the President, or other appointing power, When their services are unnecessary, or for dishonesty, inca pacity, inefficiency, misconduct, or neglect of duty ; and when so removed, the removal shall be 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 feeess of the Senate, by granting commissions ..which '..shall expire at the end of their next session ; but no person rejected by the Senate shall be-reappointed to the same office du ring their ensuing' recess. . . ; . Section 3. 1. The President shall from time to time, , give t j the Congress information Of the state of the Confed eracy, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and, expedient ; he may, on extraordinary occasions, i convene both houses, or either of them ; and in case of disagree ment between tliem, with respect to the time of ad journment, he may adjourn theni to such time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors aud other public ministers; he shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed, and shall commission all the officers of the Confederate SUitcs. Section 4. 1. The President, Vice President, and all civil offi cers of the Confederate States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, aud conviction of treason, bribery, or other high crimes and inisdeanors. article in. Section 1. 1. The judicial power of the , Confederate States shall be vested in one Superior Court, and in such in ferior courts as the Congress may 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 for their services a compensation, which shall not be diminished during their continuance in office. . . Section.2. ' ; 1 The judicial powpr shall extend ; to all cases arising , under this Constitution, the laws of the Con federate States, and treaties made;! or which shall be made under their authority ; to all icWsi affecting anw bassadors, other public ministers and consuls; to all cases of adiniralty and maritime jurisdiction; to con troversies to which the Confederate States shall be a party; to controversies between two. or more States ; between a State and citizens of .ahother State where the State is plaintiff ; between citizens claiming lands under grants of different States and between a State or the citizens thereof and foreign States, citizens or subjects; but no State shall be sued by a citizen or subject of any foreign State. , ; 2. In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers arid .consuls, and those in which a State shall be a party, the-Supreme Court shall have origi nal jurisdiction. In ad the other cases j before men tioned the Supreme Court tdiall have appellate juris- 1 diction, both as to IaW. and tac with such exceptions and under such regulations as the Congress shall make. ' ! 3. The trial of all crimes, .except in cases of im peachment, shall be by jury, and such trial shall be held in the State where the said Crimes shall have been committed ; but when not committed within any State, he trial shall be at such place or places as the Congress may by law have directed. ; j : Section 3. ; 1. Treason against the Confederate Stales shall con sist only in levying war against them, or in- adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the tes- timony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court. . . j 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. f ' , - article iv. Section 1.. 1. Full faith and credit" shall be given in each State to the public acts, records and judicial proceed ings of every other State. And the Congresi may, by general laws, prescribe the, manner in w!ch such acts, records and proceedings shall be. prayed, and the . effeet thereof, ! . . .': ;' ; ' . Section 2. ' " j - , 1. Tlie citizens of each -State shall be entitled to all the privileges and immunities of citizens in the sever al States, and shall hav the right of transit and so journ in any State of this Confederacy, with their slaves and other property ; and the right of property in said slaves shall not be thereby impaired. 2. A person charged in any Stat' with treason, fel ony; or otfoer crime against the laws j of such State, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another State, shall, on1 demand of the executive autority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up to be re moved to the State having jurisdiction of the crime. 3. No sl ive or other person held to service or labor in any State or Territory of the Confederate States, under the la ws thereof, escaping or -lawfully carried into another, shall in consequence of any law or regu lation therein, be discharged from such service or la bor, but shall be delivered up on claini of the party to whom such slaves belong, or to whom sueh service or labor may be due. ! i . Section 3. . V 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 tlie Senate, thet Senate voting by States ; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other State ; tor 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. . l : ' 2. ,The Congress shall have power to dispose oi ana make all needful rules and regulations concerning the property of the Confederate States,' including the lands thereof. . ' ; ! . 3. The Confederate States may acquire new territo ry, and Congress shall have power to legislate and provide governments fr the inhabitants of all terri tory belonging to the Confederate States lying with out the limits of; the several States, and may permit them, at such times and such manner as it may by law provide, to form the States to he admitted, into the confederacy. ' In all such territory the institution of negro slavery as it now exists in the. troofederate States shall be recognized and protected by Congress " No. 80 and by the territorial government, and the inhabitants nlv1feV-rtlC0Ufe?eratc Stad Territories shal r n Jii ,ght take Puch territory and slaves law fully held by them in any of the Sutes or Tcrritorie of the Confederate States. ; 'heLGou(e States shall guarantee to every State that n.,w is or hereafter may become a member of this anfederacy a Republican form of government and shall protect each of the n agaiust invasion ; and on appl.cation of the Legislature (or. of the Executive when the Legislature is not in session) against domes tic violence. V ' i h - ' AnircLE . -Section 1. K demand of any three Sts legally assembled m their iseveral con venti. ns, the O ingress shall summon a Convention of . all the States, to take into consideration such amendments to the constitu tion as the said States shall concur in suestinc at the time when the said demand is made, and should any of the proposed amendments to the constitution be agreed on by the said convention votinn- by States and the same be ratified by the Legisktufes of two-thirds of the several States, or by conventions in two-thirds thereof as the one or the other mode of ratification may be' proposed by the general conven tionthey shall henceforward form a part of this Constitution, But no States shall, without its con sent, be deprived of its equal representation in the Senate, j ARTICLE VI; ' 1. The Government established by the Constitution is the successor of the provisional government of the Confederate States of America, and all the laws pass ed by the latter shall continue in force until the same shall be repealed or modified ; and all the officers ap pointed by the same shall remain' in office until their successors are appointed and. qualified, or the offices abohshed. 2. All debts contracted aiid engagements entered into before the adoption of this constitution shall be as valid against the Confederate States" under this constitution as under the provisional government. 3. This constitution, and the laws of the Confeder ate States, made m persuauice thereof,, and all trea ties made, or which shall be rhatde under the authori ty of the Confederate States, shall be the supreme law ot 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 Senators and Representatives 'before men tioned, and the members of the several State Legisla tures, and all executive ?iud. judicial officers, both, of the Co federate States and of the Several States, shall lie bound by oath' or affirmation to support thrs con stitution, but no religous test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or -public trust under the Gmfederate Slates.. . 5. The enumeration, in tne constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed : to deny or disparage others retained by the people; of the several States. 6. The powers not delegated to the Confederate States by the constitution,- nor prohibited by.it to the States are reserved to the States, respectively, or to the people thereof. '' ' r . AKTJCXE VII. 1. The ratification of the Conventions of five States shall be sufficient for the; establishment of this consti tution between the States! so ratifying the same. 2. When five States shall have ratified this constitution,-in the mariner before: specified, the Congress under provisional constitution shall for holding the election of President and Vice Presi-1 nerrt;tiiju iorxne meeting or the iilectoral College; and for counting the votes and inaugurating the Presi dent, - They shall also prescribe the time for holding the first election of members 'p Congress under this constitution, arid the timd for assembling the same. Until the assembling. of. such jCongress, the. Congress under the provisional constitution shall continue to exercise the legislative- powers granted them, not ex-, tending beyond the time limited by the constitution of the provisional g vernment Adopted unanimously, March 11, 1861 J. Q. DE CAKTERET. JOHN ARMSTRONG. N OKTH-CAROtlNA BOOK BINDERY, (OVER TUB X. C. BOOK STORE.) DeCarteret & Armstrong, B 0 OK BINDERS A ND BLA NK BOOK MAN UFA C- TblcERS, . RALEIGH, X. C. Jan. ?3, 1861. I ; 16 ly T7D. GRAHAM HAYWOOD. XLi COUNSELLOR AiND ATTORNEY AT LAW, t ' RALEIOIT, sr. c.. Will attend the County and Superior Courts of Wake, Johnston and Chatham : the Superior Courts of New Han over and Sampson, and the Terms of the Federal Courts and .Supreme Court of North-Carolina, at Raleigh. ; Otiice, the one formerly occupied by the late Hon. Wil liam II. Havwood, jr. j ) Jan. 26, 1861. I f 17 ly BR. MOORE, J ! " ATTORNEY AT (AW, ' ' SALISBURY, N. C. ' Will practice in the Courts of Rowan and adjoining coun ties, vuueunuus pi uuipu maue. - Jan. 26, 1861. , ' j j 17 ly R. H. DICKINSOX. N.B. HILL. C.B.HILL, ! DICKINSON, HILL & CO., ! AUCTIONEERS, NORTH CORNER OF FRANKLIN AND WALL STS., RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Attend particularly to the gelling of slaves at public and private sale. Aug. 28, 1860, -ly REEXSB0R0, Mutual Life Insurance and JT Trust Company : .This Coqapany offers inducements to the public which few possess, It is economical in its management, and prompt in the parment of its losses, The insured for life are its members, and they participate in its profits ; not oply on the premiums paid in, but also on a large 'and increasing desposit capital kept in active operation. 1 ; . I A dividend of 67 per cent., at the last Anual Meeting ot the Company, was declared, and carried to the credit ot the life members of the Compami . Those desiring an insurance updn their own lives, or the lives ot their slaves, will please address D. P. WEIR, Treasurer. .-..11 lv. Greensboro', Feb. 11, 1859. NL F. RIYES & ( 0., wholesale and retail Druz 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 cpnducs tne business on a large and liberal scale, having ample experience, force and facilities for doing so, and hope by their promptness, enerjrv and untiring efforts to please, to secure the liberal patronage of meir inenua anu iue puuiiv geueiny. The Prescription Department will be under the immedi ate supervision of one of the hrm, both day and night. Orders will be attended to with neatness aud disspatch. - S. F. KIVES, M. I). WALTER ii. JORDAN. 5 tf. JGS. CNRR. Mansion house; Within Two Hundred Yards or the Depot. Now open for the reception of TRANSIENT CUSTOM and BOARDERS. Table supplied with the best the mar ket affords. L. MONTAGUE, Proprietor. -Jan. 7, 1861. . j - 12 tf SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT, t .',, ' Ralkioh, Mav, 25th, 1861. SeaTed proposals will be received at this Department for the delivery-of good merchantable flour, at any railroad thin the State, in Quantities not U than twenty- five barrel, un til 15th f July, 1861. FroposaJa snouia De enaorseo rriifwnmo wur uuur, auu addressed to the ' - CommUtary (JentTod, May 29. 186L r v" . ' S:: tf COMMITTED to Jail. In the5 town of Sallsbnrj Rowan count r, by Cornelia Kestler, a negro slave who says he U a runaway, and belongs to James Fuller and says hi name i Frank. This Uy is aboat twenty-ooe or two years old, about six feet high, of rather a light-dark color, had on brown woolen clothes, badly torn, appears to be a boy of good quality, and a number one negro. The owner will come for him. pay cnarges, ana um aim way, otherwise he ' le wiU be dealt wittt accoraina: oiw. w W. A. WALT03T, ShwitT of Rowan county. - May l 1861. .uuuentintion,.....;.. V. (F,Urteen !," r 4r make, squared) Cpntracta Will be entered int., M ...-.l v .' . ' jnd.cuarter.y .drtWr,, -t a rHucti,.., froin htJ rateji. ..... - . ... the Nense Manunictnrinn :ri,. HAVE on hand a e neral a8,nwm 7 1 3 and Bookpaper-Ktinent Of NeiTR and Cartridge Wrappers, Primrqalit'.?r?Ill,W nd tity of common wrapping paper ' T' an1 Ur qun- Address June 12. . . HUSTED, Treasurer. niueizn nesristw. iirwn . ou BGEWOMU FKMAIK SEMINARf! " Jthe Fjcoily con,i,l of St. Oralltm and Four La. Greensborough is eminently healthy, and in the crew-nt JSl pply to RICIlARlj STERLfxO Princip.l', ' June 26. . Oreensborough, N. C. y AKEN up and committed to tlie Jail of Merle X lenburgcounty on the 8th dav of Sopte.nbor lift negro ,boy, who says his name is " J"i, " an 1 thi ' t?r name is-John Worthy livlnnGon N. C. Said boy is of medium heighth. rerv black TX'. verv ordmary intolligence-no mil ks or V, by which to identify hnn. The owner is hereby notified to come for r&, prove Property, pay charges' and 1aL hh ,w,r othprwise on the 9th day of September W h. .m k -' pos,d to public sale, to pay t?Kft iu ci W. W. (JIUKK, : 4 C May ?iC185l?f Mk,'nbttr . I860. ' SPRING TRADE. 7 1861. N. F. RIVES & CO. WHOLESALE unL-ianfKTk., .tensive rt.nrk of examine their - Drugs, . " ' " Perfumery, Cheimcahv i Fancy Articles, gsU :. : ;, S;f'',ki"d? ': VV mdnw Glass. Cigars f Patent Medicines, Siruff ' Seeds, , Pure Medical Wines. HPlSCtf' r -v.- Brandies, Gins, Ac. til f 8 fa,c,lllt?eK n"T'aed by any house in the trade, thej'feel'authorucd m eaying th -y can, and will sell all goods m their l ne of business, at si ch low prices is cannot tail to gire entire satisfaction. Orders will be "oiptiy attended to. All gorn h sent from their establi,hn,ent, 5 ranted asj-epresvuted by them. T , ' " ' N. F. RIVES A CO . n v v o ' Wholesale I)ru-gi-l, Dm N. F. Rives. - Petersburg, Va, ' . V altr B.. Jordan, " Joseph Carr. FURNITURE ! 'FUKNITITRK ! ! A LFRED OVERTURE, having removed to the XX. large, new jnd extensive building on Sycamore street nearly opposite Donnans. A Johnson, has purchased the most superior and extensive stock of Furniture ever exhib ited n, the city, te which he invites th3 attention of house keepers and others in want of superior articles in his line, pledging . entire satisfaction in quality and price. Hi atock is composed of Sofas, Divau. Paflor chairs, Mahojrany wardrobes, and Book cases, , Marble top Bureaus, Centre laoies opring ana oukt Bedsteads, Sociables, Ac. Ha Will, also malii' tii iii ili.r nnv flr-tw.!,. :n u: . 1: i , swTie or the best workmen m the city in his employ. He solicit a call from his friends and the public. He will pay particular attention to the Undertaking De partment, for which purpose he will keep a good assort ment of Burial Cases of every description, fie will have in attendance on funeral . occasions a careful driver and good hearse. ' t retei sDurg, Va., April S, 1SC0. j Jj, 117EEKLY ARRIVALS ftF riRKiinr& .i,; ,r ' & and hb GGIES, made expressly for Virginia and AOrth-Carolina. Thev are of the latest style and supe rior tvorkmanship. Also, rfADOLES and HARNESS of tho best materials, and of inv own manufacture. Call and see my 'stock before purchasing elsewhere. A. C. HARRISON, . T- 123 Sycamore street, Petersburg, Va. April, mw. 1 v. REMOVAL. (iEORGE L. BIDGOOD, BOOKBE L I.E It , ' Agent Methodist Depository, I RICHMOND, VIRGINIA,- WOULD resprftfuUj Inform his friends and the public, that he. has removed to the store . , v NO. 1I MAIN STREET. Recently occupied by Mr. Chas. A. (iwatkin, and one door below Messrs. Kent, Pain A Co. His stock of BOOKS, STATIONERY, AND FANCY ARTICLES, . will compare favorably with any house South. He has se lected with great care a splendid assortment of statioucry, to suit the most fastidious. A collection of choice MIS CELLANEOUS, STANDARD AND THEOLOGICAL WORKS, of the newest editions, and indeed the latest popu lar, moral publications as soon as published. The trade cau be supplied with our own own Books upon the Same-terms as at the Nashville house. For terms, sea ' Catalogue, which will'be furnished gratis. ', Merchants, Ministers,,, Colporteurs and Consumers, wil find it to, their advantage to patronize .the Depository. The store has been elegantly and comfortably fitted up with a view to the easy Conduct'of the business, aa well as the comfort and ease of the customer. Also polite and accom modating clerks are employed. Orders will be faithfully and promptly attended to. Don't forget the pj ace. No. 161 Main street, one door below Kent, Pain A Co's. , ft COLLEGE HOTEL THE Undersigned having taken charge of the - houses formerly occupied as a Female College in ths city of Raleigh; on Hillshoro' street, 200 yards west of the Capitol, towards the N. C. Depot, and having opened the same as a PUBLIC HOTEL and BOARDING HOUSE, respectfully solicits the patronage of the TRA VELISO PUBLIC. Hillsboro street is noted for good water and beautiful shade during the summer months. The Proprietor designs keeping a House for BOARDERS, during the summer and fall months for FAMILIES, who can have the benefit the Mineral Water from, the Kirkham Spring, which equal to any in the" State in medicinal properties, " which i well known to all who have tried the water. The public are respectfully solicited to call and judgs (at . themselves, as promises might be made and not complied with. SAMUEL E.4 PHILLIPS, Ag'U Jan. 26, 1861. 17 tf KA SEWI5G MACHINES The Quaker CltJ tjhtjyj Sewing Machine works with two threads making adoublv lockstitch, which will not rip or rarel, even ir very fourth stitch be cut. It sews equally as well the oftrsest Linsey or the finest Muslin, and is undeniably the ast machine in market. Merchant Tailors, Mantua Makers n d Housekeepers, are invited to call and examine for them elvcs. I ; ' ' Mr. P. A. Wilson, Merchant Tailor, Winston, Jf. 'C having tried other machines, buys one of the Quaker Cityr and pronounces it far better than any before in use. All persons wishing to secure the agency for the sale . he Quaker City machine, in any of the towns in North Carolina, except in the county of Wake, which is secured to Messrs. Tucker A Co., of Raleigh, and the county of Forey the, taken by P. A. Wjlson, of Winston, should apply soon to the undersigned agents for the State. We will pay a reasonable percent, to all persons taking ajrendes. I J. A F. GARRETT, Agent. Greensboro'. N. C, Feb.. 2nd, 1858. , j : . : 1 LAXD FOR SALE. The subscriber wishing to jiote to the Southwest, offers for sale the tract ofland on whicn he now resides, lying eight miles sonth of Raleigh, and one mile north of Rand's mill on the waters of Swift Creek, and in a healthy nd intelligent neighborhood. Said tract contains about 640 acres. ; there is enough land cleared and. in a high state of cultivation, for four horse farm, cultivating one-half alternately. There is on the tract a good two story dwelling house containing eight rooms, and basement, newly fitted up. There are also all the necessary oathoiues of a well-regulated farm, with a woll of ncellent -water In the yard. . The farm b well dap ted to the growth of Corn, Cotton Wheat and Oats. For fortner parucniars auureo . j-orior v t JOHN MITCHE.VER, ! , Auburn, Wake Co., X C. October 13j 1860. . - tf. N0UTH-CAR0LIN A MILITABI BlTT0.b. -The , " Goldsboro Rifles,'.' having procured a complete ' of Dies of the State Arms, are prepared tor nrnish " .' for all tLe North-Carolina Mill Urj Couspanie, at ' eent. less than they can be purchased elsewhere. . ' , - All appueauona mast ne uaae to tne t sptanv . 1 . I . n. v. usAiu.'i . uoiasDoro, .v.. Jan. , ''. 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