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1 .1. 9 T E R MS FJ)RA D VE BT 1 S I R G. ... ...i.'.t y y- -Mingy-: f-r'-r-ffA-- r W&'-'tf .ra.- fc.-:-.su.-., JOHN SPELMM, Editor ami Proprietor -J , . AND PJKINTER TO THE STATE.; . . ,. v-' r.y:.:. : :; ; , . . t ' ".j;r:": -WM. BOBIXSON, Assistant Editor. , ..f TERMS: gEMI-WEEKLYEpITION, per aniram, ,......, WEEKLY EDITION,1! '. i i . I : T w . n levl am A ft trfc una ' .. $4 .2 The Southern Republic. Tht Permailent Constitution of the Confederate States. '4'i- .-":- of America. , ' . j: '-' V'-' ' Wbi Ihe j?otfcff" the Confederate States, each State actinm itsk)verdign and independent character, in rdet, forni'a riefrbanent federal governmeijjt, estab lish justice, tjnsure jjomcstic tranquility, and ff cure the bladings of Kbert yt to oursel ves and our posterity! n vokin tliVfivorahd guidance of Almighty pod lo ordain'and es?tahli4i this' Constitution for the Confide-" irate States o( Aniefica. i Article I. Section 1. fegishitivd-;. powers herem delegated j snail be jn . i Corigresd of the Confederate; Sfcltes, .vested of Ken- resolutives. j n t t oeciion 1 Tlie House of Representatives shall be composed of "th t7pnsoi tne '.fioti-nn reahisito ifor electors of the ,intst numerous '."branch of the State legislature; but no. ierson of TOf-mtK-rs Cliosei every nuwuu year uy iuu 'i several ?ates; una uie electors in eacu outu; uan federate btates, ana nave ue quai- E : chaifbe allowed to,k'ote for any officers, civil br politi C wirm rflTin nOV leuizt'll Ul iuo vumeuemu; tjuw.-o U ' ni. Staff! or Federal i ' A Voperdon $1411 be a representative who shall not citizen of, theCnfiWrate States, and who sljiall not, ....,. rt, be'aii inhabitant of that State iii which T -4-' lWrescfefeitfvts. and direct taxes shall be appor- p tiotl(,il aihonji the several States which may be nclnded Within this )nfederacy acc(rding to their respective rTumlers wh.h 'sh'll lie determined by addirjg ; tcf the whole BinilMr up pen-ns, including those bound : hvscryice - foria ti-nii ot year arid excluding Indians a'vivlL tbtee-(i!'tli ot all slaves.- The actual enu- jmcratioii Miali . jrnade within thYee years after; "the fi pvt. mpehncpt the. '.lUongress of the Conjederatje Stj ites, anU within everv; sut)serp:eui term oi leu years, in ifucn mahners th -vrsiiaft, by law, direct. The n'rtmber of rlprseiitativis .shall not exceed one for evry fifty th&mnd 'lm ; eb State shall have af least oiie r'epre- .; sentutiytif 3nft un.u i siu-n euuiiieidimu.. ?iu iuc. the St:krVf uitht'aroLuia shall t enutteu xp cno)se .tx!'th'$latd oi Georgia tefi, the State of Alabama nine. ir.4 w . -, - - --r . -i i -, Luuisiatja six, and . the State of M-VCII, HliU Texiisik.' ate-,- of J 4 ' Wheli K-afan- iics happen in t!ie representation fn ,in anv State, jl Kxecutjve authority thereot shall jvrtts -of a ectian .to nil sue i j auwa. s - . -1 . .mi i 5. 'pfie Iltaise .fjllejne-eiitatives shall choose tiieir :c;lot-v. nthol officers, and Ishall have! the sole. power' if iiiipenchhiont, except tha any judicial or: otliVr : ItidcraVolhctT resident 'and acting solely within the limits of ahv State, may ue linpeacneu uy a voie ' A,.; .Jt.;n,1 offl.kb branches of the Legislature them. f4 '. Section 3. - 1 .1. TSm Senate the Con federate States shall be. natovs from each State, cliiisen for fc;x vv.;bythe; Legislature thorcftjf, at C'lHini Z A ot'tu o s ,iae coi regular uncace- Fusiiuhiijxtjiniinc f service; at id each ;. Senatir sliall tiateiy precL-uuig l; ii tent (X the term have iie: volfe, r , 2. ;lnunhailt !'ti-r thev shall be assemfoh-d, in wiiiseduenmoi -tUq 1'uVl notion, they shall be divided aseiU3iiv a mav k' tiito three classes. Ihe seat$ ot :.'the Seiuito.K- : exiiiTaitlohi ihe second -p.ir; of. the second clas$ at ' tfif oxttiratyh) of he' fourth year; and. of . the third ion of the 'sixth year; so that t.ne- . ( ,in rn.iv: i: cnos 'U everv soconti year ; anu u vacan- iinationbr otherwise during the re :i i-esn uf the.;' . isiitture ii any ouiw, . uiu.acv-i live, the fiiTfoi iiKiynnaiie temviorarv atnuiintinents liivtil iKiX't .nieetbiii of thi JiCgislatuve, which (shall!tliert till ' " . " - i ' -I:'- siich vacancies. No pierlbn shall be a Senator who shall hot have inod the.hgefj thirty years, and .i a citizen of the att.i 0 ditViler'ate" SUvtcf, arid w!i. shall noi, wneij cu'ckii. thik rif the" State for whijh he iihal! le be an inhab clioseh.. ; A. TheYi :e Preidciltof the Confederate St of th "Senate but shall h:ive ho tes sli'all Ik- TiTi-ideiit yore, un- less thev be fouallv divilel: The St:lte mu bMse their other, -ofjl fcrs.- and also a ries'hl-ut pio tempore m.-the absence oi the i e Pi evident, oil wheiihe shall exercise the office jf'Pvesi- fUit o'f the (fconUHfcratc fetates. i (j The Siiuvte shall have tl:e sole power to try ail jmpeachnienffs . When sitting for that purpose,; they stunt- w uh ,th ,,t affirmation. V hen the II resident f the. ( i-x-u' W'nitei St-ites is tried, the Oniei justice biiiill pn'Shki an1 no lierson shall be convicted with-1 out? the coi tcm ii-ncf ol two-minis oi tnu iiicuiin.-jo in ptuSntv .'I i 1 not ex- 7 .indcnfiiont in cases oi iniiic.iuuun.ni-oiici - : ,T .!. t(jd "furtlier - OT - v. -i ith.-in ito removal trom omce,.ana disd ual-i ilioatipn t 1 old aid enjoy any office of honor Ithe Cioii federate States ; but the p tru t or prviiit, under irty con- i victed shall dictni.vnt, tr nevorth.e'e.'-s, be liable and subj ct to in ial, '-.Mlgment and immshment, st ccori liuf to law. ' . Section 4. ; ; 1. "The tifovesi: k laces and "jnanner oi iiohj, i ... c i. .1.1: ing elcc-i tions for Sema tors and Kcprestiiitatives shall be 'of. pre-uih'-! I.r.;u;.ii' ;r, -iriahil'bv the Leirislature the tHl.n r.W-KKhllH Ot thlS 1 AlllStltULlon : IH1U the ter L-oii-i Mich' XlliXl fUiM, jut...'; .,wa ivw t-it -a nv- tinie:. ov. law inane oi n ' reulations. excct)t as to the tunes and places f cl (KVS- ui Senator; Th fl')ii'ress shall assemble at least o.ic in q very i I l" ..V...I1 1a tl.ufirf ond v.ear; and sficn nieeimy m.u.i w m ly in; 1 )ecember, Unless' they sliall, by law, appoint a amercnti day 7 . - Section 5. arK 1ir.,nJ shall w thc 'iudgc of the returns amV qtialihcat ions ot its.. own memnep. aaiu ..a . majority u e.uh shall constitute a quorum t busi4 ness; j out i shialflor .number may aiijourn tr Jm dby t day. imd way H autliorized to comiel the apendance V aiipnt tiii-d ors: hi hivch manner and inder isuch ' ivnalties akeavli House may provide :; 2:? Eachlbilile may detevhiine the rules of its pror -cecnlhigs, pjinish its members tor disorderly and.Iwith the c4icurrence of two-thirds of behavioti the whole ijnrn her exneL a uienmer. imler eXneL it inembe ; 'l,.a, H.iiis,' shall JietP 'a journal ot its reehiir. abd frlmi time to time publish the Same ex- cepting suifh pahs as may in their judgment rctauirjj scrpsv jiid'. the veas aud nays oi the mcrnbQrs ( Pif1iPr"lT.nifcfrori anv Question, shall, at the desire of O.ieUllIl -VI LW' JUI-SCM1L, W umnu vw. jv..u. .j.... y ' -4.T,Neitlk-r House, dunng-the session ot Congress, shall; witbjmt the ctnisc nt of the other, adjourji fur morethankhree days, nor to any other place; thai that in which two Houses shall be. sitting. - - i .. i ! . Section 6. " 1 t The-Senators and ltepreseutatives shall rtceiv i'-a- compensation (for - their services, to be ascertaint-d bhr ';,.la'w, land paid oiit of. the , treasury of the Confederate htatvs. rinev Hi (They Hhall, m all cases, except treason,. leionjy arideaClJoAl teacele privileged from arrest their; attendance at the session ot. tnetr ;res Houses, anllintroiiijr to and returning tr-mi tb.e !f -and for any 'speech or debate in either I Iouset the ' not, le'-autsti(.n'Ld iu anV thcr idacC. No'natXr or. Representative shall, duri ; time for which: he was eleeted, be appointed flo aiy . civil officel under the authority of the Confeier;ite . States, wa;xh j?hall' have liven createl, or the ehiolii - nWntswb;rcof; ihalt have been increased during suth, ' 'time ; andl no person holding any office under tht Cofi- ':'; oderate. States shall be a member of either Houpe dli- V viug bis cpntinuance in otlice. lut Umgress may, py o w,r gr nt to the principal officer in each of tie Ei , f ntive Departments a seat upon the floor off either0 ; n - with the nriviiesre OI Uiscussiuj' any unrasurcs oinwrtaning to his department. ' :.l 11 - ' i: Section 7. ' ." AH" bills for raising revenue shall originab? in the 1 House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose jeoneur with amendments as on omt r uiu. i , 2l .Kvirv lHl which shall have passed bothilouic uuriiig H;tiye tLimd; y.shijU isn the ' " 1 ' " " TV i i i - i. . . . '" ' 1 1 i. . . . . , - ' " ' Uhalb before it becomes a law be presented to the , ; if he approve, he 1 President f the Confederate States Shall sign it: but if not, he shall return it with his ob jections to that House in vwhich it shall have origi Dated, who shall enter the objections at large on their tjounial and i proceed to reconsider it. If, after such reconsideration, two-thirds ot that House snail agree 1m mss the bill, it rfiall be tent. Ucetber with the ob- Sectiuns, to" the other House, by which it shall likewise le reconsiaerai, ana u approvea uynm-iuiiuaui I bjuse it shall become a law. But in all such cases the Votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and hays, and the names of the persons voting lor and against, the bill shall be entered on the journal of each House respectively. , If any bill 6hallnotbe returned tyy the President within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have . been presented to him, the same shall be a law, in like manner as if he had signed it, linless the CouCTess. bv their adiotirnment,' prevent its return : in which case it shall not be a law. The' Presi dent mav approve any appropriation and disapprove Sany other appropriation in the same bill. In such case, ;he shall, in signing me dui, uesiguaws iue ppruprii- tions disapproved, and shall return a copy of such ap- j fronriitions.;with. his obiections, to the House in which : the bill shall have originated ; and the same proceed- ! ih"s shall then be had as m case of other bills disap- ; proved by the President. : t I -3 Everv order, resolution or vote, to which the con- 'currence of both Houses may be necessary (except on j si question of adjournment) shall be presented to the 'President of the Confederate States; and before the 1 Iskme shall take effect, shall be approved by him; or ibeing disapproved ly him, may be repassed by two- Itbirds of Vxjth Houses according to the rules and limi- Stations prescribed in case of a bill. ..- . . ejection o. ' ,The Congress shall have power 1.. To lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and ex- f; ses.l for revenue necessary to pay the debts, provide for the common defence, and carry on the government ijot the uonieueraie otaies; -uui no : uuuuun granted from the Treasury, nor shall any duties or taxes n ihiiwrtations from foreign nations be laid to pro Imote or. foster auy branch of industry; and all duties, Imposts and "excises shall be uniform thoroughout the iConiederate States. : . j 2. To borrow money on the credit of the Confede- i Jrate States. . ' , , j 3. To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and Mainong the severa Suites, and with the Indian tribes; ' Ibut neither this, nor any other clause contained m : fthe. Constitution; shall ever be constmeil to delegate ; jtlie pwwer to Congress to appropriate money for any . linternal improvement intended to facilitate commerce, Except far the purpose of furnishing lights, beacons and j ihluovs. and .'other aids to navigation upon the coasts, Uihd'the improvement of harbors and the removing of i obstructions in fiver navigation, in all which cases i 'liUch duties shall be laid on the navigation facilitated s; ;theret)y as may be necessary to pay the costs and ex- ; ipenses tliereof. 1 i 4. To establish uniform laws of naturalization, and ; .unifonn l.iws on the subject of bankruptcies, through- j out the Confederate States; but no law oi uongres snail ; -discharge any debt contracted before the passage, ot ' the saine. , - ' ' . o. To coin money, regulate the value thereof ahtl of ftiieigh coin, and fix the. standard of weights and mea- sinres. K ; - i C. T) provide' for the punishment of counterfeit- ting the (securities and ciirrent coin ot the Conieuerare States. - ! " ' " . j; 7. To estalilish post ofiices 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 ,ot its -own reve nues.,'.:.' ' ') :..'. . : j 8.'.TV promote the progress of science and useful arts- by 'securing fordimited times to authors and in ventors, the exclusive right to their respective writings ' and discoveries. . . 9. To onstitute: tribunals inf. rior to the Supreme Court. ' ; '- - . ' ' .;. '" ! f 10. To define and punish piracies and felonies com mitted on the high seas, and offences against the law of nations. ' . . . 1 . ! 11.- To dedare war, grant letters of marque aud re prhsal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water. ' ' j 1 2.. To raise and support armies ; but no appropria tion of. money to that use shall be for a longer term tuau two years. 13. To provide and maintain a navy. -14; To make rule for government and regulation f thy' land and naval forces. . , 15 To provide for calling forth the militia to exe- cute the laws of the Uonteaerate otates, suppress m- : surrections and repel invasion. " . 16," To provide for orsauizing, arming and discip- lininjr the militia, and for soverningisuch part of tliem is may be employeil in the service of the Confederate-; States ;! reserving to the states, respectively, in e ap pointment of the'oflicers and the antltority of training the -militia according to the discipline prescribed by i Congress. - I 17. To exercise exclusive legislation, in all cases ; whatever, over tucli district (not exceeiling ten miles square) as may, by cession of one or more States and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of the government of the Confederate States ; and to exercise like authority over all places purchased by the consent of the Legislature of the. State iu which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dock Yards and other needful buildings ; and . 18. To make all laws, which shall be necessary and u-oper for carrving into execution the foregoing pow- trs. and a.11 other powers vestea oy tnis xinsiuunon in he government of the Confederate States, or in any lepartnient or officer thereof ' ' Section 9. ' ' 1. The importation of negroes of the African race from any foreigu country -other than the slaveholding states, or Territories of the United States of America is hereby forbidden ; and Congress is required to pass such laws as shall effectually prevent the same. 2; Ongress -shall also have power to prohibit the' introduction of slavesfrom any State not a membe rf, or Territory n-.t belonging to, this Confederacy. . 3. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not lie suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it. . ; , 4. No bill of attainer, or ex post facto law, or law denying or impairing the right of property in negr slaves shall be passed. , o. No capitiit.ion or other direct tax shall be lai; unle.4 in proportion to the census or enumeration here inbefore directetl to be taken. .. No tax or duty shall be laid on articles exporte from any State; except by a vote of two-thirds t both houses. . . - 7. No preferences shall be given by any regulatio of cthnmerce or revenue to the ports of one State ovt; those of another. , t 8. No money shall te drawn from the treasury, bi in consequence of appropriations made by law ; and regular statement and account of the receipts and e? penditures of all public money shall be i published frta time to time. .' - ' . 9. Congress shall appropriate no money from tl treasury except by a vote of two-thirds of both house taken ; by yeas and nays, unless it be asked and est mated for by some one of the heads of departmental submitted 1 to Congress by the President ; or for tl purpose of paying its own expenses and contingencies ; or for the payment of claims against the Confedera States, the justke'of which shall have been judicial . declared by a tribunal for the investigation of claii against the government, which it is hereby made t duty Of Congress to establish. - - 10. All j bills appropriating money shall specify ' federal currency the exact amount of each appropr tion and jthe ; purposes for which it is made ; a I. Congress shall grant no extii. L-ompensation to a-' public contractor, officer, agent or- servant, after sr. i contract shall have been emade or such service rt -dered. '-' ' " "' . 11. No title of nobility shall be granted by the & -federate States ; and no person holding any office f profit or trust under them, shall, without the cops . t lb- the Congress, accept of any present emolume.., 11ALEIGH, K C.,; WEDNESDAY, OCIOBEE 9 1861. ' " " office or title of any kind hateveV from any king, prince or foreign State. ; i . lz. UJngress shall -make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ; or abridging the freedom of sperch, or of the press ; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the government for a redress of grievances. 18. 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. J 14. 'No soldier shall, in time of peace, lie quar tered in any house without the consent of the owner; nor in time of war, but in a maaner to be prescribed by law. " . ' .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 uo warrants shall issue but upon probable cause, 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, unl&si on a presentment or indictment -of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in , the militia, when m actual service, in time ot war or public 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 be a witness against himself ; nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process ot law; nor shall private prop-. erty be taken for public use without ; just compensa- tion. . .- -. " . . ' ; ; 17. In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall enpy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an im- partial jury oi me oiawj ami uisuici wuerein tne crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be "informed of the nature and cause, ot the accusation ; to lie confronted with the witnesses against him ; to liaye compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defence. : . ! 18. In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved ; and no fact so cried by a jury shall be otherwise re-examined in any court of the Confederacy than according to the rules of the common law. , ' 19. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor exces sive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. I . '. 20. Every law or resolution having the force of law, shall relate to but one subject, and that shall be ex pressed in the title: . I i j '.."'" Section. 10. : 1. No 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 the nett produce of all duties and imposts, laid by any State on imports or exports, shall be for the use. of the treasury of thee CAiiiltderate States ; and all such laws shall be subject to the revision and control of Congress, 3. No State shall, without the consent of Congress, . ' lay any duty of tonnage, except on sea-going .vessels, ' for the improvement of its rivers and Jiarbors 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 improvjement, be paid into the ciwrimoa treasury ; nor sdiall auy Stato keep troops or ships of war, in time of peace, enter into any agreement or compact with another State, or with a foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually 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, they may enter into compacts ' with each other to improve the navigation thereof. Article II. Section ;1. 1. The 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:- ; M ' 2. Each State shall appoint, in stlttr manner as the legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors" rcqu:d t the whole number of Senators ;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 ba 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 ail persons voted fir as Vice President, and of the number of votes for each, which list they shall sign aiid 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 Hoiis 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 ; Kepf esentatives 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 lol lowing, then the Vice President shall act as Presi dent; as in case of the death or other Constitutional disability of the President. ; 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 hst the Senate shall choose the Vice President ; a quorum for the purpose shall consist ol two-thirds of the whole number of Seu ators, and a rnajority 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, vvdiich day shall be' the same throughout the Cbutederate States. I 7. No person except a natural born citizen of the Confederate States, or a citizen thereof at" the time of the adoption of this constitution, or a citizen thereof liorn in the United States prior to the 20th of Decern- .ber, 1860, shall be eligible to the office of President. neither shall any person lie eligible; to that office who shall not have attain d the age of thirty-five yeara and been fourteen years a resiuent withiii the limits of the Confederate States, as may exist at the time of bis election. : 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 Congrets may, by law, provide for' the case of re moval, death, resignation, or inability both of the Pres ident and Vice President, declaring "what omcer shall theu'act as President, and such officer shall act accord ingly until the disability be removed or a President shall be elected. ; J " . - ,9. The President shall, at stated times, Teccive for his services a compensation, which shall neither be in creased nor diminished during the periodrfor 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 hem. 10. Before he enters on the execution of his office, he shall take the following oath or affirmation- " 1 do solemnly swear (or affirm) 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 O institution thereof." ;' "'", :': Section 2. ; 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 opinl .n, in writing, of the 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 Suites, ex cept in cases of impeachment. 2. He shall have the power, by and with the ad- j vice and consent of the Senate, to make treaties, pr- viaea iwo-tniras ot the senators present concur ; and he shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, judges of the Su preme Court, 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 the courts of law or in the heads of departments. . , 3. The principal officer in each of the executive de partments, and 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 b removed at any time by the President, ort 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 recess of theJ-Jenate, by granting.,commissions which shall expire at the eud of their next session j but no person- rejected by the Senate shall be reappointed to the same office du ring their ensuing recess. - Section 3. " ' l.; The President shall from time to time, give to 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, convene both houses, or either of them; and in case of disagree 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 Ambassadors aud other public ministers ; he shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed, and shall commission all the officers of the Confederate States. ' - Section 4. 1. The President, Vice President, arid all civil offi cers of the Confederate States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of treason, bribery, Or other high crimes and misdeanors. , article in. Section I. 1. The judicial power of the Confederate States shall be vested in one Superior Court, and in such in terior courts as the Congress mav irorn 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 bo diminished during their continuance in office. f ' Saction 2. l. The judicial power 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 cases affecting am bassadors, other public : ministers and consuls; to all' cases of admiralty aud maritime jurisdiction ; to con troversies to which the Confederate States shall be a party; to controversies between two or more States j; between a State and citizens of another State where the State is plaintiff ; between citizens claiming lands urider 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 ahecting ambassadors, other public ministers and .consuls, and those in which a State shall be a party, the Supreme Court shall have origi nal jurisdiction. In ad the other cases before men tioned the Supreme Court shall have appellate juris diction, both as to law and tact, 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, the trial shall be .'af such place or-places as the Congress may by law have directed. Section 3. 1.' 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. 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.: 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. article ir. Section l. 1. Full faith and credit shall be given in each State to the public acts, records and judicial proceed- ingsbf every other State.; And the Congresi may, by general laws, prescribe the manner in wch such . acts, records and proceedings shall he proved, and the effect thereof. . .. - - Section 2. 1. The citizens of each State shall be entitled to all the privileges and immunities of citizens in the sever al States, and shall have the right of transit and so journ in any State of this -)onfederacy, with their slaves and othef property ; and the right of property in said slaves shall not be thereby impaired. 2. A person charged in anv State with treason, lel- 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 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 slave or other person held to service or labor in any State or Territory of the Confederate States, under the laws thereot, escaping or lawfully carried into auother, shall in consequence of any law or regu lation therein, be discharged from such service or la bor, but shall be delivered up ou claim of the party to whom such slaves belong, or to whom such service or labor may be due. - 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, the Senate voting by States ; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction ot any other I State ; nor any State te formed by the junction of two er more States, or parts of States, without the consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned, as well as of the Congress. ..'.'.. 2. The Congress shall have power to dispose of an 1; make all needful ru'es and regulations concerning ths 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 for 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 n such manner as it may by law provide, to form the States- to be admitted into the confederacy; In all sucn territory tne institution of -negro slavery as it now exists in the Confederate States&hall be recognized and protected by Congress 1T0 90 and by the territorial government and the inhabitants, of the several Confederate States and Territories shal have the right to take such territory and slaves law tully held by them in any of the States or Territories of the Confederate States. J : 4 The Confederate States shall guarantee to every rl, - o ?T is or nereafte" may become a member ot this Confederacy a Republican form of government and shall protect each of them against invasion ; and on apphcation of the Legislature (or of -the Executive when the Legislature is not in session) against domes tic violence. . article v. Section 1. ! . 1. Upon the demand of any three States legally assembled in their several conventions, the Congress shall summon a Couveution of i all the Ute, to take into consideration such amendments to the constitu tion as.the said States shall concur in Ku-rn-estih-T at the time when the said demand is made, and should auy of the proposed amendments to the constitution be agreed on by . the said convention voting bv States and the same be ratified by the Legislatures of two-thirds of the several States, or by Oonveotious in two-thirds tliereof as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the general conven tion they shall henceforward form "a part of this Gmstitution. But no States shall, without its con sent, Ik; deprived of its equal representation in the Senate. . , ARTICLE VI. " ; 1. The Government established by the Gmstitution 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 abolished. . " 2. All debts contracted and engagements entered into before the adoption of this constitution shall le 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 in persuance thereof, and all trea ties made, or which shall be made under the authori ty of the. Confederate States, shall be the supreme law of 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 and judicial officers, both of the Co- federate States and of the several States, shall be bound by oath or affirmation to support this con stitution, but no rcligous test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under 'the Confederate States. 5. The enumeration, in the constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny, or disparage others retained by the people of the several States. 6i 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. article yii. 1. The ratification of the Conventions of five States shall be sufficient for the establishment of this consti tution 1x4 ween the States so ratifying the same. 2. When five States shall have ratified this consti, tution, in the manner before specified, the Congress uuder provisional constitution shall prescrilje the 'time for holding the election of President and Vice Presi dent; and for the meeting of the Electoral Cjllcge; and for counting the votes and inaugurating the Presi dent. They shajl also prescribe the time for holding the first election of members of Cougress under (this constitution, and the. time for assembling the same. Until the assembling of such Congress, 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 iveinment. j Adopted unanimously, March 11. 1861. '.'.' J, Q. DK" CARTERET. V JOHN ARMSTRONG. NOKTU-CAROLm BOOK BLDERT, ; (OVER T-HK N. C. BOOK STOltE.) PcCarteret & Armstrong i BOOK Ii LVD EES A ND IiLA NK BO 0 K MA NUFA Q- TUBE JtS, RALEIGH, N. C. Jan. '23, 18C1. ED. GRAHAM HAYWOOD, COUNSELLOR AND ATTORNEY AT LAW. RALEIGH, N. 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 Raltigh. Ollice, the one lormerlr occupied bv the late Hon. Wil liam H. Ilavwood, jr. Jan. 26, 1861. - . 17 ly BR. M00RE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, 1 SALISBURY, K. C, ( . ! Will practice in the Courts of Rowan and adjoining coun ties. Collections piomptlv made. Jan. 2(5, 1861. 17 ly " ' " C. B. BILL. R. H. DICKI.VSON. N; B. HILL. DICKINSON, HILL & CO., i AUCTIONEERS, NORTH CORNER OF FRANKLIN AND WALL STS., RICHMOND, VIBGINIA. ,! Attend particularly to the selling of slaves at public and private sale. Aug. 28, 1860. -i-ly GREENSBORO1 Mutual Life Insurance and Trust Company : This Company 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 only on the premiums paid in, but also on a large and increasing desposit capital kept in active operation. A dividend of 67 per cent., at tne last Anual Meeting ot the Company, was declared, and carried to the cr&dit ot the life members of the Company. Those desiring an insurance upon their own lives, or the lives of their slaves, will please address D. P. WEIR, , Treasurer. Greensboro, Feb. 11, 1859. 11 lv. NF. RIVES k ( 0., 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 facilitias for doing so, and hope by their promptness, energy and untiring efforts to please, 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 ti pin, both day and night. Orders will be attended to with neatness and despatch. . N. F. RIVES, M. D. WALTER B. JORDAN. 5 tf. JGS. CNRR." MANSION HOUSE, . WlTHIS TWO HlJKDRED YARDS OF THE DEPOT. Now open for the reception of TRANSIENT CUSTOM and BOARDERS. Table supplied ith the best the mar ket affords. L. MONTAGUE, Proprietor. Jan. 7, 1861. 12 tf SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT, ' i . Kalbi&h, May, 25th, 1861. 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 U than tweiy five barrels, until 15th of July, 1S6L j Proposals should be endorsed "Proposals for flour," and addressed to the Commissary General." , , WM. JOHNSTON, . Comwitary General. May 29. 1861. , . tf COMMITTED to Jail. In the town of Salisbury Rowan county, by Cornelius Kestler, a negro ftlares who 3avs he is a runaw ay, and belong to James Fuller and says his name is Frank. This boy is about twenty -one or two years old, about six feet high, of rather a light-dark color, had on brown woolen clothe, badly torn, appears to b hoy of good quality, and a number one negro. ; Th ner ill come for him, pay charges, and take him away, Otber arise be will be dealt with according to law. - j. v ' W. A. WALTON, . '. ... . ? Sheriff of Rowan county. May,186L' On9 square, first Mertion. i ..$L00 Each subsequent insertion, N (Fourteen line, or under make a fquare. ) ContracU wiU be entcrjto with yearly, half yearly quarterly advertisers, at a reduction from b. abov. rates. . , No deduction from the regular rates for advertUement inserted in the Wet kly Edition. 7 . Ail advertisements receive one insertion in the Week .y ' The Nease Mannf-wniti, H f TAYE on hand m "r- and Cat -KH-rB, prime e tity of common wrapping tnr ;artnage Wrappers. nri nuZu'"!:' mna it common wrmnin J ' i and a )arge quan- Address "'ii';; June 12. ... Treasurer. Raleigh Register, Oreenabnrn rtL ' rt-' MT8t' eoat, G, Demo- XDGEWORTn FEMALE SEMINART. er:fcenLTe.f TlDt8ttrti0? U to South- a nt,iatlon in whsph be secured eyerr thJcourvaff0rded bj,the TCTy Ferole -taariJTS The Vacuity consists of five Gentlemen and Four La- twilteRstT0 iS'nd- hM bevtt THOROUGHLY ri y11111 its organization.- . Greensborough U eminenUy healthv, and in the prescat c,ted state of the country. Its geographical po-ition ren ders it a quiet and safe retreat. . . The next Ssion will ommence August 1st. 1SC1. . For Catalogues confining full particulars of terms, 'ic.' Pplj-to RICHARD STERLING, Principal, June 26. : Greensborough, N. C. ' .1 3m. NOTICE. , y AKEN up and committed to the Jail of Meek- X lenburg county, on the 8th day of September last, a negro boy, who says his name is Jim, nd that his maJ- L J.a,1 boy is of medium heighth, very black and bat very ordinary fntelligcnce-no marks or scir. by which " ward rT; reb-r notifi tocome for! waid, prove property, pay charges and take him away, otherwise on the 9th day of September next, he will bTSi posed to public sale, to pay fees, as the law direct,. ' ot- , W- W- GHIER, a' i 'nr hnen" of Mecklenburg county, arlotte, N. C. May 29, 1851. 8 td- . I860! SPRING TRADE. i8Cr N. F. HIVES & CO. WHOLESALE OB I'ooisrs, EAP?wt ,nTitc,ihe merchants or Virginia North-Carohna and Tennessee, to examine their ex teiiriive stock of J),ru' , Perfumery, - theimcals, . - Fancy Article. ' r ' Brushes of all kinds, I've Stufls, Tobacco, indow Glass, Cigars,. , Patunt Medicines, . Snuff, ' Seeds, Pure Medical Wines. Spices, Brandies, Gins, 4c. Having facilities unsurpassed by any house in the trade. . they feel authomed in saying they can, and will sell all goods in their line of business, at such low prices as cannot tail to give entire satisfaction. Orders will bo promptly attended to. All goods sent from their establishment, war ranted as rep feseu ted by them. , ' N. F, RIVES Jt CO., t XT t.'t. ' " Wholesale Druggists, Dr. N. F. Rives,, Pctersburg,Ta. W ALTER B. JOBUAN, Joseph Carr. ... 12 tr. FURNITURE ! ' FURNITURE 1!--- ALFRED OVEUTIRE, having removed to the large, new and extensive building on Sycamore street, i nearly opposite Donnans & Johnson, has purchased th most superior and extensive stock of Furniture ever exhib ited in the city, to. which ho invites the attention of lwme kecners and others in want of superior articles in his line, pledging entire satisfaction in quality and price. Hi stock is composed of Solas, Divans. Parlor chairs, Mahogany wa.tdrobes, and Book cases, Marble top Bureaus. Centra " Tables, Spring and other Bedstead. Sociables, &o. He will also make to order any article in his line, as he hnn some of the best workmen in the citv in his employ. II solicits a call from his friends-and this public. He will pay particular attention to the Undertaking De partment, for which purpose he will keep a good assort ment of Burial CaRes of every description. He Will have in attendance" on funeral occasions a careful driver and good hearse. ' . jJL'cU-ThUurg, Ya., April ItWov: ? ly. WEEKLY ARlTlTAi OF ciluiUGES, Bofka". WAl S and BUGGIES, made expressly for Virginia . and North-Carolina. Thev are of the latest style and suprv , rior workmanship. Also. SADDLES and HARNESS of the best materials, and of my own manufacture. Call and my stock before purchasing elsewhere. ' A. C. HARRISON, No. 123 SycHinore street, Petersburg. Va. April, 1860. " ' ly. , '. REMOVAL. '. ; GEORGE L. BIDGOOD, ' BOOKSKLLKR,' Agent Methodist Depository, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. WOULD respectfully inform his friends and ? the public, that he has removed to the store ' NO. 161 MAIN STREET, Recently occupied by Mr. Chas. A. Gwatkin, and one door' below Messrs. Kent, Pain & Co. His stock of , ' BOOKS, STATIONERY, AND FANCY ARTICLES, will compare favorably with anv housc"$outh. He Has se- , letted with great care a splendid assortment of stationery, to .suit, the most fastidious. A collection of choice MI&-" CELLANEOUS, STANDARD AND THEOLOGICAL WOUKS, of the newest editions, and indeed the latest popu lar, moral pablications as soon as published- The trade can be supplied with our own own Books upon the same terms as at the Nashville house. For terms, se Catalogue, which will h furnished gratis. , Merchants, Ministers, Colporteurs and Consumers, wib find it to their d vantage to patronize the Depository. The store has-been elegantly and comfortably fitted up with a view to the easy conduct of the business, as well as the comfort aud ease of the customer. km polite and accom modating clerks are employed. Orders will be faithfully 'and promptly attended to. Don't forget the placel No. 161 Main street, one door below Kent, Pain k Co's. 6. COLLEGE HOTEL 1 " THE Undersigned havins taken charge of the houses formerly occupied as a Female College in the city of Raleigh, on nillsboro' street, 200 yards west of- the Capitol, towards the N. C. Depot, and having opened the same as a PUBLIC HOTEL and BOARUInV HOUSE, respectfully solicits the patronage of the TRAVELING PUBLIC. , . . ,., . Hillsboro' street is noted for good water and beautiful shade during the summer months; The Proprietor desigDS keeping a House for BOARDEKS, during the summer and fall months for FAMILIES, who can have the benefit the Mineral Water from the KLrkhain Spring, which equal to anv in the State in medicinal properties, which is well known to all who have tried the water. - -r. The public are respectfully solicited to can ana juage 101 themselves, as promises might be made and not complied Wjth. SAMUEL E. PHILLIPS, AgX Jan. 26, 1861. u-u CK( SEWING MACHINES. Tne Quaker CjtJ fhtJX) Sewing Machine works with two threads making afSouble lock stitch, which will not rip or ravel, even it . yery fourth stitch be cut. It sews equally as well thr oarscst Linsey or the h'nest Muidin, and is 'uhdeniaWy the a,t machine in market. Merchant Tailors, Mantua Maker nd Housekeepers, are invited to call and examine for them ?1 res Mr! P. A. Wilson, Merchant Tailor, Winston, 5. "C. having tried other machines, buys one of the Quaker ityr 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 Forsythe, taken by P. A. Wilson, of V inston, should apply soon to the undersigned agent for the State. We will pay a reasonable percent, to all persons taking agencies, a reao pv J. A F. GARRETT, Agents. GreenatKiro , v;., reo. jhu, AND FOR SALE. The subscriber wlshlnff to i ti the Southwest, offers for sale the trart of Una onwhicnhenowmidevlying and one mile noria oi anu u vu"m"rXZJT Creek, and in a healthy and Intelligent nelghborhooo. Said tract contains about 640 acres. ; there is enough land cleared, and in a high state of culUvttioa, for fow horw farm, cultivating one-half alternately. There is on SeTrS a 'good two sfory dw. thng ffgf rfH.ms, and a basement, newly fitted up. '"nre'.1" the necessary outhou. of a well-rcgulat -d farm, Uh , a weUof excellent water in the yard. The farm is well daoted to the growth of Corn, Cotton W heat and O.ta, ForfurtherparticuIar.dreMiNMiTcnExE "; ' - i ' Auburn, Wake Co., N. C. October 13. I860. ; -' ': . . ' : tf' 0KTU-CAR0LINA MILITAKF BI'TTONSj The " Goldsboro IMitM," having procured a omj.k-te of Dies of the State Anns, are prepared tofarnUh for all the North-Carolina Military Company at , cent less than tbey can be purchased elsewhere All anulicationj mast be made to tht Captain, au application- CRAT0N Goldsboro, X a j.B. r v.':; . . ..... '. .. -irt'.. ' 9 it i -1 . - 4 4 - i - r - - i-
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