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Cljcitatc Journal.
jOIIN SPKIiHAV Eilitor and Proprictarj
Tx&B PBIXTERi TO- THiySTATIs. !
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i:o:$l.SO., Assistant Editor.
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RALEIGH. N. G, -SATTJED AY, OCTOBER 12 1861,
sh;ill before it becomes a .law, be presented to the
I'resiflei ftlie Con federate States ; if lie approve, he
shalll ioVh it? Vint if not. be shall return it, with his ob
jections to that House in which if shall have'origi-
jectvfcs
natcl.
; L of America. ... j jourHfii f nil proceed to reconsider it. If, after' such
, n r k . -0 i J il rccfiiidtration, two-thirds of that House shall agree
,plejf th:0nfederate States eaen ; W u ghall l)e tber with the ob-
sAverf.gn p ui.h iment r baractcr m - tlMJ otkr-House, bv which it shall. likewise
nated, 4ho shall enter the' objections at large on their
: i ,.l i., , :j re oftoi.' i'kIi
t.V''vm Kfipnarfft fetleral government, eotal-til-t
i.iuref'jimMi:: traiiquihty, and fcecure thp
, h,4,'s !,f lit'ei ti lo-ijnriscl ves and our posterity l iik
viH'feWbliii this Constitution for the Cutifedej-
)u mm-
titti.Vf;AmricaJ
AliK'l.E: l.bCCtlO'll 1.
I j'l.i'sj'itive lowfrs herein delegated shall- be
d--' ift ft . Congress of the Confederate State!,
caihi.it of! a Senate and House oi ilept-
f
1
Section 2.
T$.A 1 riusVr:lU'lreseiitati ves shall be composei
V-itil Hjrs.k'-.ti'Wd cvefy second year by the people o
;;.,.r.i Stutes;l:)iid jthe electors m each State si la!
Tr'.ilSOl liiC Vj AfseutfLitc ounci, nun y li"aT
: VcdiusiteMnr electors oi the most numerous
fi ; of ttie 'Srate Legislature; but no person o
, l.;rtii nt ;vtitizieii ot tlie (jouleuerate Sjtate
'V il 'i)''' l l OIU( lOI Mlljf UIUWIS, UIU VI
,:, nV'jvoii'siKiH-.te.a reiresentatiye who shall ii'.y
,ii!il'ti'!-aue or twem-uvc jeais, huh ..ue
Vir-t
1
1 . .
Jl!:mi
eli;' t"
;;;!.(
il
Grfffilerjtfe Suites, and who shall; not
bitaiit of that Sfate in' whicl
c a k i id
'ih'h'.- and direct taxes, sliall lie npitoM
r. vlifralld
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',1 i;,;.t csri'rd one lor ( vi i
'St-aie tha'll'have at lcat 'tie Hi
siich eii,uineratinii shall U
I'aro nia .shall he entitUHl to cijoosi
a.t'a. (lie Marc ol AiauaniiU
'Inriiit .twi. the Slate ofMis-issipjiil
ilf 'Lol'ii.-ria.tia six, and the State, ol
Stati
vaiii.- H's
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.V hKS.- V
othtj
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ml
ijvijc.i';
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of;
lie; ."M-naio
' the i. rril States which may beinciudet
.C-'fifelif'hwy according, to their .respective
bdetern ifned bv adding U th
ranis' it;ciiiling those bouiuf
vcars" :aiM" excluding InlianJ
n all sia :s. v The actual
bvt'niinille ' v itlni! three years aire
,.!' 'i i;..r Con tress -ol tlic 'Conleilc-rate Sli
v si i I'M-
icnu
ao
i cut. term. of ten years, in isiu-ii
law, direct. The muuber.oll
ii f ty
prc-
i;j'te
bvi
r oh
tniciiu
resi
tt;'lte
L'th
iijiiK-n in' tlie reiiresentaT.ion
ciitivt- authorjtv'tiiereiif slialli
rcciitauves snau ino'tse uien
((rs, and shall have the sole
, rxceit that aliV nidi:ial oil
7 - . ' ' , . . , .
leiit alid :i tmir soieiV Within
impeached by a o
of the LeKisiaturel
lav '..)('
.nfedcrate States shall be
Si haters i'rom each State, chosen for!
.nisliature thereof;- at the--regular
t iH'liif'Ua?!'
4' so
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is lit':; vf 1:(
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:i in oi
54
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v nreceains the conimence-
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ic: ana eacn oenator su;tni
i
tl;cv shall oe assonioica, 'inj
i-!e.-liou.tiiev shall btMlivitlcili
.i three chtssi s. The seats' o
cLss hall he vaeatod at. tnd
.-I'l-onji year ; o
fi.e, 1
liiVn
ttit'
ten j
rki'O'NIe ; .1
I th
:wcoiiu -class at
i.irtir
year
ixkl
aiid of 'the'
th
tin', s'xili year; so -that nei
y .A.V011 1 year ; and if va 'an-j
il.;-;es.
- i- ( .,
V i;eiHHtSoii or otherwise- during the re 4
f anv State the -Executive
... , i
lorarv appomtments nntil ilitt
dislature, which" shall then nl
c a Senator who shall not ha vi
.wears, anil una citizen ol xi'.a
i-'who shall not. when eleeti
Stal
be rioi'isiderel. and if approved bv two-thirds of that
House itlshall become a law. ; But in all such casesthe
votes of hoth Houses shall be determinert by yeas and
nayspanU the names of the persons voting for and
against tie bill shall be entered on the journal of each;
House respectively. If any bill sh'all not be returned
by tlui President within ten days ; (Sundays excepted)
after it sliall have- leen presented to him, the saine
shaljl be k law, in. like manner as if he had signed it,
unless thfe Congress, by their adjournment, prevent its
return ; ii which case it shall not be a law. The Presi
dent rhayf approve any appropriation and disapprove
any iotherj appropriation in the same bill. In such case,
he shall, jin signing the bill, designate the appropria
tionl disapproved, and shall return a copy of such ap
propriations, with his objections, to the Bouse in which
the bill shall have, originated ; and the same proceed
ings fehall then be. had as in case of other bills disap
proved by the President. .
j Aqry order, resolution or vote, to which the con
vi;i i . isco d" both Houses may be necessary (except on
.i ip Mtio i of adjournnjent) shall ,be presented to the
iVc.-lideiiti of the Confederate States; and' before the
Wnit liliaf take effect, shall be approved. by him; or
hein'gidis4pproved by him, may lie repassed by two
f thiriUoi' totli Houses according to the rules and limi-
tatiik4 piscrilied in case of a bill.- .
f . j beckon o.
The-Cingress shall have power .
l.HTo Ihv and'collect taxes, duties, imposts and ex-
1: . ivjJmr ri venue, necessary to pay t'.e debts, provide
dor thl citnmon defence, and-carry on the govern rnent
of tiHolieilerate States; but no -bounties shall be
granted ii m the Treasury, nor shall any duties or taxes
on ini)orttions from foreign nations .be laid to-pro-
: mot(t)r f-stef any; branch of industry; and 'all duties,
; iin pi ists .aid excises shall be uniform thoroughoiit the
: Confeilerafe Stales.
2. To ll 'i row' money on tlie credit of the Confede-
' rate Statei; : - , :: - '
- To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and
anion' till severa States, and with the Indian tri'nes;
;but i;i thir this, nor any other clause, contained m i
the. Ciistilution, shall ever be construed to' delegate j
; the i(-cr to Congress to appropriate money for any
; internal ii lprovement intended to facilitate, commerce,
except for" the purpose of furnisliing lights, beacons and j
h:!ors:l anil other aids to navigation up n the co;ists, j
f and tW haprovement ol harbors and tire removing ot
i obritctios in river navigation, in an wmcn cases
such! dnticfc Sjiall oe laid on Hie navigation lacuiuiteu
tlierelh; ass may lie necessary to pay the costs and ex
pahses the eof.
4.1 To Wtablish uniform laws of naturalizatii, and
unifilrjivlajws on the subject of bankruptcies, through
out tlfe Coi federate States ; but no law of Congres sliall
discharge Iiuv debt contracted before the passage of
the Nunc. I
5.1 T( cAinMnoneyJ.regulate the value' thereot and ol
- foreign- ctiih, and ux. the standard ot weights ana mea
sured, t" . -
H I To m'ovuls for the punishment of countei leit-
ing tlfe se4i;rities and current coin of the . Confederate
Stat-sV I ,- - ' , .- ' . ' " .'-
t"o es!t;il)lish post offices and post routes but the
lfes'l" the Post office Department, after "the first
f M i ch in the year ol our lord eighteen hundred .
sjtxty-bree, shall be paid out of its own reve-
j .-rsnn sfuill 1
hcygCof thirtj
it.-' -Sratsi ;U'i
-. i i -
. x -.- & i
, i,ve 1 F.iiden
ut ol' 1 1 4 - Sep
he :e-e."naljv oVv
SUm-AtS- iiia'l:
nr -wlfeii he s
'iaut'ur Ipae ""('!ontycT:ite
tii .Thi'liScuate. Miall
"Wi.l-l!
for .whii.-h he sli.-dl b
of the Cruf-derate States..-!:.
fi'te, hut si. aii n.: vt- no vo.i , im-j-
-i ,i . .1 . . fw
K ii-lose Uieir otner oini;er;. ;on
iit j-rVti ";" ia theVtbsenee of the Vie4
11 exercise the of!i e of Presi
Stales. -
have thc-sole prwer to try al
sitting for that purpose, tlicy
1 . ; - . .- - . . . i . - . . . I . - 1
!-j5ri:,n l',eon eailioT athruiation. tten tlie i ivskiimi
t.4..tu.1i-t-:if' Svaite i tried, the duct '.Justiod
anil uvi ivrson shall be i-oiivieted with
J i . . . 1 . 1 . . f .1 ! ..
til iwo-lliirus 'Oi ini- meijiuei &
I'm! t
a:
out
the concurrence-
l"S"lfl .
CXpe
day p
and
nues
'arts,
vent
and
Con
1
Kb; To
omote.il ie progress of science and useful
urine for limited times to authors and in-
exclusive right to their respective writings
.10 i
4vV.se
tii
HSiCoi'nes.
institute trnamals inferior to the Supreme
lefine and punish piracies and felonies com
t lie high seas, and offences against the law
milled on
.. I u '
ol nurio'is
' ll jiTo declare war, grant letters of man pie anil re-
'aialUainl make rules concerning captures on land
and tetter
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.tii Hi
thaii
1:
" 1-
of tlicUam
ni To
cute
surri'ctiontl
lillTo
li th(
,i v be
..v -
liiUhmiewt lin cast's of impeachment shall not cx
hd-ttor . thanf to refnoval from office, and dispialji
."ilaalii.n to'lii.ld iJiidenj.iy any office ot honor, lrusj ott
rate Sta'es; hut .the party coni-
.. hi .. . i i... 1.. ...V .,.1 .:....) ...
Vir.tOll Shnlh .nevt'rrilCit'SS. ue uaoie- mm mu. i u .;.ir.
.l1nii..'Iii :in, lumis hnii'i t. a.eci snnnl'
iilt-1.11
t vlavv.
:ei n trial; jlulghiij-ht aud piuilshme:
bi.Telbnr:
ti
ti'iis Jbt:.SciiUor-'atur
.. -i . ' .:.. .
Kin ( ni .ear ii m-u1-1
V'ttt tot
iuO'ss'ti
. O .;M'a'.
'. pi Sen
..' !'--! -1
e:t-r : aiu
1 cccn
1,1
hi- pR),vistm
.'v, at any-
oi.s. except
.tors. I
re Ceihgress h
es;
o
tui&e.
1 such iiteetmi shall be on the first Monday ih ;jj
sr,iniesf
li j? ll"l!.
I
1.
;vi-tii-tsp tvn t inia
iiiajorityot' 'C;)( l
ilii'ss; l a' a .sm:;
jd.i) . ap u.:iy. '
jt'if" absttt u.viu
Jiienajtiel as'ea
roci lings punisiij
i,and, WHi tiie c
.nun
il
a-
!i.!exicl ii men
,Uh rih'ljse
daild llb-Vc:!
pbi)fe,-otl .:uiy
shall.
mole
in- hk i
rlaw. a
-j State's
''IT.
raitil t.i!
1 their
ivednigiOn-id lit m tu
e'epting iui h piilts as
iSecR'SV
ieit.her
c-.i'si:l
4- .X either 1
Without
mole ti;tn i hrc-t
tjiiC t4
hjiffitlM
n:s ait'
cnaft
a rv.inpcj;sthH)
i j'itd tut o.
Ifjiey
rca .i;ol i
af-tdfidanl
.. v.. .vvi. .'-t I. .ni 1 in Mt- .lILi.-r lti:lf'J
) .-.Nil Si'tiatcror iUeiiresentutive- sr.au, uutm
tuf -quil
J41HC lojr w
;- o.leriit.1 States shall ilx; a member ot either lloiise -tut
I unK liilciKitiimance; in .office, liut Congress may, by lederal cji
! v ''.Ji f(.'fi.., urtnf-iii-il officer in eai h of the Ex- tlun aDlli
iv' ' .t.f -riws..,Jt a-WinWrn the rioor of eithiir I Congress
i v.i.mLive iiti.i .. . .
1.
they
JJv.TI.OH O.
'i tlir imhr-p (t .the eleetlollr: 1
!is of its-own members, and ia :',
slia!l et.ntituto a quorum to do lnsi-i
i-r. u
sha
itu-a
. an
icrs. i
C ma
its n-m.
in n r
:hn.ber niav aujourn lioin d:iv '
,.ri.:ed to compel the. atiwidanfe.-
i sueli manner and under siiijlij
mav pvovuie
oiise,
he coi
days
! ii 1
o llo!
Section 4. ' . i
and manner ot hounz eiec
Representatives shall be Hi
!v the' I.cL'islature tlu-rcot. sulii-
this ( ullr-titliilOll ; out tiiel.olS-
bv law make or alter sncti
the tunes ami p'aei s ot choos-
l asse
at least o.ice in ev.crV I
shall, by law, apointaditVcrei
pCO
CIS.
Ihe
dtp
1
Yb lai
if i
f -
two y
j'.To
To
and -support armies ; but no apjwpria
'., '.hat use shad be for a longer term
ar.-.
irovide.and maintain a navy.
1 1 . . . 1 wr-nl f , ,
inaKe riues ior s;ovei imiem. anu us,""""'"
and naval forces.
irovide for calli' g forth the militia to exe-
ftjie. liws of the Confederate States, suppress m-
and repel, invasion.
n-ovide tor organizing, arming-ami discip
i.ilitia, and for governing. such part-of them
emplovfd in the service of the Confederate
serving to the States, respectively, the aj'-
f the officers and the.authonly" ot training
niiHtii -according to the discipline prescribed by
;i-lSs. 1 - T
':.! To. fexereise! exclusive legislation, in all cases
Isoe vet, oyer such district (not exceeding ten miles
rif) as
acccj
111:1V
as n
Stat
p. iintiucnt
the
t'oil
1
wha
t
t:e
.gov
like
o'l' t h''
he,
Viir';
or the
and
IMjfTo
er tin
i ... . -- w'
mav , tv cession oi -ne or muie.oiao.-s am.
ance bf .'Congress, become the seat of the n
cirnmeiit of the O n federate- States ; and to exercise
alithotitv over all places purchased by tlie consent
siature of the 'State in which the same sjialT
erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, doek
ither needful buildings; and
oake all laws whieh shall be necessary and
carrying into execution. the, foregoing pow-
iiid aft other powers' vested bv this Constitution in
government of. the Confederate, States, or in any
irtmeiit or officer thereof . '.
S j Section 9. '
ll-;TheS importation of negroes ot the Atrican race
froiin anyforeign country other than the slaveholdiug
Stages, or tPerritories of the United States of America,
is hereby fforbidden ; and Congress is "required to pass
silela?tiiwsas sliall ;ettectually prevent tlie same.
tiljContress shall also have power to prohibit the
iist.iuiWtiim of slaves Trom any State not a member
of, ot Teititory n-.t belonging, to., this Cunfederacy.
isiThesprivilege of the writ of habeas corpus sliall
determine the rules of its prb-J J 111 (t 'le- sitipended. unless when in cases of rebellion or
nbers for dis..rderiv behavi,4-,flion. the.pubhc.satety may require it
,e of two-thirds of the wh,e;! ' ," flo dl of attainer or to-post Jacio law, or law
id keep a- journal ot its prp-
to time i ul ;ish the same, . ex-i
.1 . 1 .. . . . . 'I. .
may in tliejr- ;u'tgi.neui retpuiei
nd r.avs ot the members
it.
desire
niesiion, siuiii, at i:iu
; pri sk'i 1 1 , -1 ie im'u mc on the jouri ud .
iseut-i't tlu- other, adjoup.i lj.r
nor to anv either place th;n thtit
iseS shall be sitting:
Representatives shall ieceivi
for tli'ir services, to bascertaihed by
: deiik iiiic (fr impairing the rich t of property in negro
i slave slui i be passed. c
i oi JXo Sanitation or other direct tax shall be laid
miie- in proportion to-the ceusus or enumeration here-
I luW'fpre .irectet to le taken.
- tjjifcXo lax or duty shall be laid. on articles exported
! loir ianAl State, except by a vote . of two-thirds of
botbdiouJes; ; . : - -.-" -;
1.1 : iSo preferences shall be given by any regulation
of ifi&imei-ce or revenue to the ports of one State over
ji i those of ajiother
fiioncv sh'all b' drawn fnm tlie treasury, but
i iu dnse(:ic-iice of '.appropriations-made by law;' and a
f recWar 'statement and account of the receipts and cx-
T? . l'l. -1 J.4:. . ...m; ,.,,r .-k11 1 .MiKlk.l r,
the treasury of the (.i-ntf icratcf pemmuiej. oi i,i'uuav
. ..ii ..v,..u tr, 1-iv.l. ,nv4 u in e, to nine.. -- - -
I a i . .u.-j, .- i ii(.. ji , - , c il
' A ... t' " I.. .11 .......MKinlik rt-irtIT lr.ir.1 TH..
I (n..n -..-.-..vt iiiirmiH i . - : lIHSlll MlilU it i mh HiiUV IIU iii'mh v uvui uiv
the session of their " respect ivui 1 l,eiuiv v.. .......
Hiiusek hi 1 inoiugito and rcturnmg Jroi.n tnesame: T V 7i I i i i
i . : - . ' i- ! - T v t . . . -i 11 ; 1 . 1 t I
aiul.Tot hiit spihiohcit debate in either nousc ihe shaii
tlid
ucmne was eieeieu, oc aiMioiiiuu . io
'civil ottHUll unler. tin authority ol - the Uiniederatti
Avlf.ch f hall have' been created,, or the fmolu-j
i meiiti vvbdri'Otl shall have lieen increased during sucrj
f . i t v i . r ii - i i: ..j- .... i
M. tune : atviti nio iH-'isoninomm" ai mua- uu.iti iijic wut
v.i.muytfiteparu
j with tiie, privilege oi ui&cuboiu uuj uicnoiuip
iq.liettaiung ti) nisiieparuuenu 11
-it! i. rccnon . it
Ail Mils 'for raising revenue shall originate in the
1 : : I J. i.
lfc-m.-fe of iRenresentatives; but the Senate may propose
jcoji.air 'With amendments as ou other bills. I ,
Kv-erV bill which shall have passed DouiiiJ-a-J -
maitlforfbv son.e one of the heads of department, and
subnutjeif to (Jongress by the President ; or for the
pur.pt we ojr paying its own expenses and contingencies ;
or tor the! payment of claims against the Confederate
States. tlj 'justice of which shall have been iudicial'.y
l declared by a tribunal tbr the investigation' of claims
against trie government, which it is hereby made the
duty of Congress to establish. t
All lnlls appropriating money shall spenty in)
rrencv the exact amount of each appropna-i
the purpt.ises ior wiucn it is maae; ami
sliall grant no extiw JDmpensation to any
public contractor, officer, agent or servant, after such
cobtract ishall have been made or such service ren
dered. j ' '-"'; .;-;''
; , ! 1 1. hp title of nobility shall be granted by the Con
federate States ; and no person holding any office of
profit or jtrast under them, shall, without the consent
foi the Congress, accept of any present exnolumenU
office or title of any kind Hvhatever from any king,
prince or foreign State.
. 12. Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of .religion, or .prohibiting the free
exercise- thereof ; or abridging the freciiom of speech,
or of the" press ; or the right of the people, peaceably to
assemble and petition the government for a redress of
grievances. v 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 shall, in time of peace, be. .ciiar
tereil in any house without the consent of-the owner;
nor in time of. war, but in a manner to be prescribed
by law. " . . .
15. The right of the people to be secure in their
Tersons, houses, papers and effects against unreasona
ble searches and seizures, shall not be violated ; and j
no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause, sup
ported by oath or afiirmation, and particularly de
scribing the place to be searched, and the persons or
things to be seized. 1 - j
16. No person shall be held to answer for a capital
or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment;
or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising
in the land' or naval forces, or in the militia, when
in actual service, iu time of war or public' danger :
nor shall any person be -subject, for the same offence
x be twice put m jeopardy ot lite or limb, nor be
onipelled, m 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 lie 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 aji im--partial
jury of the State and district wherein' the crime
shall have' been committed, which district shall
have- been previously ascertained by law-,' and, to be
informed of the nature and cause of the accusation
to be confronted with the witnesses against him ; kj
have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses i'nhis1
favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his
defence. ' - t r
-18. Iri 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 sortried;
by a jury shall be otherwise re-examined in any court
of the Confederacy than according .to the rules of the!
common law. - . " - -
1!). Excessive bail shall not lie required, nor exces-i
sive fines iniposetl,. nor cruel and unusual punishments;
inliicted. ' - .
20. EveryT law or re'soluti iu having the force of law,
shad" relate to but one subject, and -that shall be ex
pressed in the title - .
Serf ion 10.
1. Xo State shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or
ciiii federation ; 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
iier, or cx post facto, law, or law impairing the obliga
tion of contract ; or grant any title of nobility, I
2. No State sliall, .without the consent of the Con-
gress, lay any imp.wts or duties on imports, and ex- ;
ports, except what may be absolutely necessary for J
executing its inspection laws.; and the nett produce of
'.all duties and-imposts, laid by any State on imports j
i.r exports, shall' be Jor the use ot-l'lie treasury ot the ;
(on federate 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 harbors naviga
ted by the said vessels ; but such duties shall not con
flict with any- treaties of the Confederate States with
foreign nations;' arid any surplus of revenue thus th
rived shall, after making such improvement, be paid
into the common treasury ; nor shall any State keep
troops or ships of war, in. time of peace, enter into any
agreement or -compact with another State, .or with a
" foreign power, .or engage in war, unless actually inva--ded,
or in sueli imminent danger as will not admit of
delay. But when any river divides or fiovVs through -two
or more States, th;.iy may enter into, compacts
witli each other to improve the navigation thereof.
Autici.k II. Section A. .
1. The executive powr shall be vested in a Presi
dent of. the Confederate States of America. He and
the Vice President shall hold their ofiiccs 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 suclrnianncr 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 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 b? an inhabitant of
the same State with themselves ; they7 i shall name in
their ballots the person- voted for 'as President, and in
distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice President,
and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted
for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice
President, and of the number' of votes for each, which
'list they shall' sign, and certify, and transmit, sealed,
..to the government of the Confederate States, directed
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 mvndier lie a majority of the whole t
.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
ulisability of the President. '' : -
4. The person having the greatest number of votes
as Vice President shall be the Vice Presdent, if such
numlr 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 purpose
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. 15ut no person constitutionally ineligible to the
office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice Pres
ident of the Confederate States. ; :':-.. ' . " 1
d. 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
Confederate States. ' . . '
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
born' in the United" States prior to the 20th of Decern-'
lcr, 18t50; shall be eligible to the office of President ;
neither shall any person ie .eligible to that office who
shall not have attain c! the ncc of thirty-five years,
and been fourteen years a regmc-ui within the limits of
the Confederate States, a may exist at the time of his
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
Congress may, by law, provide for the case of re
moval, death j resignation, or inability 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 a President
shall be elected.
,9. The President shall, at stated times, receive for
his erriceF a compensation, which shall neither e in
creased nor diminished during the period for which he
shall have been elected : and he shall not receive with
in that period any other emolument from the Confed
erate States, or any of them'.
10. Before he enters on the execution --of his office,
he shall take the following oath or affirmation
" I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faith
fully, execute the office hi President of the Confederate
States, and will, to the best of my ability, preserve,
protect and defend the Constitution 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 opinion, in writing, of tlie 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 mak treaties, pro
vided two-thirds of the Senators present concur; and
he shall nominate, and by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, shall appoint am bassadors,
other public ministers and consuls, judges of the Su
preme Court, and all other officers of the Gn federate
States, whose appointments i 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 courtsof law Or in the heads
of departments. '
3. The principal officer in each of the executive de
partments, andall persons connected with the diplo
matic service, may be removed from office at the plea
sure of the Presideut. All other civil officers of the
Executive Department may b removed at any time
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 tdierefor. ...
4. The President shall have power to fill all vacan
cies that- may happen during the recess of the Senate,
by granting commissions which shall expire fcat the.
eiuPof 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
the Congress information of the state of .the Confederacy)--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 and
other public ministers ; he shall take care that the
laws be faithfully executed, and shall commission all
the officers .of tlie Confederate States. '
Section 4.
1. The President, Vice President, and all civil offi
cers of the Confederate States, shall be removed from
office on impeachment for, and conviction of treason,
bribery ,,or other high crimes and misdeanors. '
article ill. Section !.
, 1. The judicial., power' of the Confederate States
shall be vested in o:ie Superior Court, and in such in
ferior courts as the. Congress may from time to time
ordain and establish. Tlie judges, both of the Su
preme and inferior courts, sliall 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 offii-e.
- . Section 2.
1. The judicial power- shall extend to all eases
'arising under this Constitution, the laws' of the Con
federate States, and treaties made or which shall hi
made under their authority ; to all cases affec ting a m
bassadors. other public ministers and consuls; to all
case of admiralty and inaritime jurisdiction; to con-,
troversies to which the ' Con federate states shall be a
party ; to controversies between two or more Stales ;
between a State and citizens of another 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 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. t
3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases , of im
peachment, shall be.by jury, -and .such trial shall be
held in the State1 where the said crimes shall have
been committed ; but when not committed within .any
State, the trial shall be at such place or places as 'the
Congress may by law have directed. . .
i - Section 3.
1. Treason against the Confederate States shall con
sist only in levying war against them, or in adhering
to their e'nemieS, -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.; '
i 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 iv. Section I.
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 wv'.ch such
ads, records and proceedings shall be pr7ed, and the
effect thereof. --
Section 2.
' 1. The citizens of each State shall oe 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 fbufederacy, with' their
slaves ami other property; and the right of property
in said slaves shall not.be thereby impaired.
2. A person charged in any State with treason, fel
ony, or other crime against the laws of such State,
who shall flee from ' justice, and be found, in another
State, shall, on demand of the executive autority of the
State from which he fled,' be delivered up to be re
moved to the State having jurisdiction of the crime.
k 3. 'No slave or other person held to service or labor
in any State or Territory of the Confederate States,
"under the laws thereof, escaping or lawfully carried
into another, shall in consequence of any law or regu
lation therein, be discharged) from such service or la
bor hut. shall he delivered tn on claim of the party
to whom such slaves belong, or to whom such service
or labor may be due.
1 ! Section 3.
11.-Other States may be admitted into this Confed
eracy by a vote of two-thirds of the whole House of
Pr.rPKMitAtivps and two-thirds of the Senate, the
Senate voting by States : but no new State shall lie
formed or erected witliui the jurisdiction or any oluci
State ; nor any State be formed by the junction of two
or more States, or parts of States, without tlie consent
of the Legislatures of the States concerned, as well as
of the Congress. " r
i 2. The Congress shall have power to dispise of and
make all needful rules and regulations concerning th
property of the Confederate States, including the
lands thereof.
1 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 iu such manner as.it may by
law provide, to form the States to be admitted into
the confederacy.. In all such territory the institution
of nem! slavery as it now exists in the Confederate
States shall be recognized and protected by Congress
No 91
and by the territorial
. - f, vv. .....vm aipt u ic llUUlOliaiUS.
ot the several Confedrat SttOJ .i t.-...-. ..l m
, . . - ..o oini i t- ii.ii ut, small
r u ?,rght to take mch ttorr and slaves law
l e x "V ,n in aD ot tl,e states or Territories
U1 '"'- viiieticrai3 states. j
4. Tlie Con federate Ktatm ...tl rr.,.,M...
punmimi; wj every
Mate that now is or hereafter may become a memleV
ot tins Confederacy a Iiepublican form of govemmeni.
.. snau protect each of them against invasion ; and
on app ication of the legislature (or of the 'Exwutrv
when the .legislature is not in session) agaiit dome-i-
lir i..l,.iw. ' V T;
AKTICI K V SU'i-Hn.t 1
1. UponLthe demand of any three Suites legally
assembled iii their srypmI
shah summon a Convention of all the-States, to lakju
into consideration such amendments to the coiistitul
tion as the said States shall concur in suguestino" alt
the time when the said demand is made, aiid should
any of the proposed amendments to the 'constitution
be agreed on- by the said convention voting by
States and the same be ratified by the Legislature
of two-thirds of the several States, or by conventions
in "two-thirds thereof as the one or the other mode Mf
ratification may be proposed by-the general conveul
tion they shall henct forwanl form a part of thik
Constitution. But no States shall, without its con
sent, be deprived of its equal representation in thu
Senate. ' . '
, ARTICLE VI.
1. The Government established by the Constitutioi
is the successor of the provisional giivcrnment of thfe
Confederate States of America, and all the laws passj
ed by the latter shall continue in force until the saint
shall be repealed or modified i and all the officers ai.1-
.OU1.1.-U uv me same snail remain iTHoftiee until theit
successors are appointed and qualiried, or the -office
All debts contracted and engagements entered
into before the adoption of this constitution shall bi
as i valid .against the Confederate States under this
constitution as under the provisional government. ' "
3. This constitution, and the laws of the Confeder-
- i. - LI A. A 1
ate oiates, maic m persuance thereof, and all trea
ties made, or 'Which shall lie
. - - "- 'v,i vtiv aut:jifi ir
ty of the- Confederate States, shall bo th.
of the land; and the judges in every State sliall be
oouuu tnereoy, anything in tne constitution or laws
of any State to. the contrary notwithstanding.
4. Tlie Senators and . I representatives ln'tore men
tioned, and the mem bets of the several State T,enKh. -
tures, and all executive and judicial officers, both of
rue u icderate iates and ot the several States, shall
1m-bound by oath or affirmation to sm.rw.i-i- il,; .,,1
stitiitioii,jbut. no religotis test shall ever be refjiu'red ak
' , , any ornce or public trust under the
iuueocraie rotates. . t
5. The eiiumcration. ia the constitution, of certain
rights, sliall riot be construed to denv or disnara'M
oioeis iei:iiieu oy rue people ot the several States.
G. The powers not .k-Icgated to" the Cunfederat
.States by tiie constitution, nor prohibited by it to th
States arc reserved to t-hb States, respectively, or. t
the people thereof. .
ART1CLK VII.
1. The ratification of the Conventions of five State
shall be sufficient for the establishment of Ihis consti
tution lietween the States. so ratifying the same. .
2. When five States shall have ratified this coWi
tution, in the manner before-snnei fieri tha r.crr-.
unilcr provisional constitution shall iirescrilie the liml
f.. 1. IV.... .1 . 1 . . , 1 . t
ior uoiomg uie election ot i 'resident and ice Presi
dent: and for the meeting of the Electoral C-lIegt
and for counting the votes and inanyuraiire' thr. Vv'i
dent. They shall also prescribe the time for holding
the first election of members of Congress 'under ih'A
COllstl I ii! i' an.l tUto t"w -ilic- oiii
Until the assembling ot such Congress, the 'oii'-r; sk
under the provisional constitution shall continue ,t
exercise the legislative powers granted them, not ex
ten ling beyond the time limited by the coustitutio.
of the provisional g-ive'rnm'ent.
Adopted unanimously, March 11, 1801. -'
J. Q. UK C.AKIKKKT. . . JOHN AKMSTRONti.
NOHTli-CAKOLIVA BOOK B1XDEUY,
(OVKK THE .. C. JiOUK STOIti:.
DcCarleret- & Armstrong
ook r. is i) n;s a nd b la .va' b o b k- ma xcfa c
KALEIGII, .". C.
Jan. 23, 18G1. 16 Iv
TTD. GRAII.VM IIAYIVOOD,
Vi COUNSELLUU AND ATTORNEY AT.-LAm
KAI.E1GH, N. C,
Will attend the 'Couiitv and Supcri.'.- Courts of WakoL
Johnston nnd Chatham ; the Superior Courts of NewlJanf
over and Sampson, and th-.' Term? of the Federal Courts
and Supreme Court of North-Carolina, at Kaleijrh
Oilice, the one formerly occupied .by the late Hon. Wil
liam tl. Haywood, jr.
Jan. 2. 1861.
17 lv
BR. 5100UE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SALISftCHT. i. 0., I!
Will practice in the Courts of Rowan and adjoining coiiri
ties. Collections promptlv maae.
Jan. 26. lsfil.; 17 lv
R. H. WCKl.VSOX. 'X. B. HILL. C. B. H F L L.
DICKINSON, HILL & CO.,
AIXTIOXEERS,
NORTH CORNER OF FRANKLIN AND WALL STS
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.
Attend particularly to the selling of slaves at.publie and
private sale.
Aug. 28, 1SC0., . lyj
GREENSBORO' Mutual Life Insurance and
Truit Company : This Company otters 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
iu its profits ; not only on the premiums paid in, but alsb
on a large and increasing desposit capital kept in active
operation.
A dividend of 67 per cent., at the last Anual Meetin? ot
the : Company, was declared, and carried to the credit Of
the life members of the Company. t
Those desiring an insurance upon their own lives, or thje
lives of their slaves, will please address ;
D. r. WEIR. 1
Treasurer. .
Greensboro'. Feb. 11. 1859. 111x4
NF. RIYES & CO., wholesale and retail I)rus
gists, havfr and will keep on hand a full supply if.
all such articles as are usually found in a First Clas j')rug
House. They will eonuues tne Dusiness on a large aiwi
libe. al scale. "ha vim ample Experience, force and facilities
for doing wo, and hope by their promptness, energy anki
untiring enorts to please, lo secure me liDerai patronage oi
tli.-.ir fi-ionds and the nublie cenerallv.
The Prescription Department will be under the immedi
ate supervision ot oneoi tne nrui, Dom a ay ana nigux.
Orders will be attended to witn neatness anu uisspatcu.
. S. F. RIVES, M. D.
WALTER B. JORDAN.
5 tf. JGS. CNRR.
TERMS FOE A II VE It T I S I ti.
One qttre, first Mertion,... ,M
Each suUequent inaerUon,....
(Fourteen line or under make utr. )
Comets will be en,0 w:tll
rates. ., .
Jfo deduction fr.m the re-Ur r., r. ..i..:. ....
1 inserted in the Weekly Edition.' -
All advertisements recetvq ,.ua in thp y
5YPh' ?anr"Hn? Company7
and Cartridge J
tity of comm6n wrapping paper J' nd Ur qun
Address H W ItiNTPn t
June 12. ! ill STLD, Treasurer.
Raleigh Register, Greensborr,' Times W-J!
eoat, Goldsb,,nf Tribune and NewbeTp",
DGEWORiFioi
sM. . UKENSliOU()UGi i 4 V
Th1S institution ha been in luWri lrlio. fr t-i. '
ssrMfi,r the ,ast je?&5s2;
tlM b-V.the Fen.alS.ri
fj,l!fttj.!?n?ii't''1,f fiTe nllcmen and Four I a-
S0r-rtlFPVD1Ut-UftK,n iS' a,Ml- has bctu THOROUGHLY :
OlIIfc.U in its organization. . m
Greensborough fs eminently heahhv, and iu tilP rrMCnt
excted state ot the eouptry. Its geographical L"'ition rlo
deis it a quiet and safefretreat. p Brf":
The next Session will commence Aujrust 1st, 161
ror Lataloirues fontiiiir..r r..u I r. " .
June 26.
CreeuslxiroHch, N.C.
3 in.
m AOTICE. r
TKEX OP and rommltted to the Jail of Meek-
X lenburg ouuty, on the 8th dav of September IS
ncrro boy, who says his name is "Jim," and that his7l,
VriDShfM livin.'in'GasUm
baid boy is of medium h.-ighth, very black and l.il
v-ordinary .ntelligonce-no mark, or seLs bv wS't '
i.lenufy hun. Tl owner is hereby notified t como for
ward, prove property pay charges and lake h'hn wr
otherwise on the ijth day of September next, ho will- bo cV
losed to public sale, to pay fees, as the law direct-
, - f , -W. W. GIUKK.'
' n , i t x- i h'M'i" "f Mecklenburg ci.untv.
Charlotte, N. C. May 2, 1851. K td-
1S0,
1861.
Sl'RlNG TRADE.
N. F. HIVES A' CO.
W.IIOLKK.W.K ICU6r.STi, '
tiv stock oT 3 ,Mt lVn H exanunelhelrexV.
'rj..-' ' ' Perfumerv. ; "'
themwals, .KaueV Articles.
'' n 'sj, Rru.es ofall kinds, ' .
indow (ilas, Cigars, ' ; '
: Patent Medicines. Siiutl' '
' 'V ' , - Pure ".Medical Wines,,
,c.os f . Jiraadic.-, Gia,. Ac.
HiMnng facilities niiiurpa.r.l bv ai,v house in the t.ad k
they teel authorized inlaying tllev.cnn. and will sell a'fl
goods iu their liue-ofbusin-s. at such low prices as cannot
liMlti. give ei.uresa.iMa,.t ion. ; Orders will be promptly
attended to. All 7nod.; sent tn.m their establishment, w ar
ranted as repii-.M-uti.d bv tlu in.
N. F. RIVES t CO.; ' :
iv x-"t. '..'' ' Wli.des'ale I riiijit,
Du. N. I K.vls, Petersburg, Va.
, ALTEH 1J. J0KAX,
Jtl-SKI'H C.VKR. f'TI" -
.'"T.FL:KmTKErra
A LFRED OVERT! RE, havln-, removed to the
- A. large, new ami extensive Imilding'on Svcamore street,
nearly opposite Donnans &. Jolni.-on, j has purchased the
most superior and extensive stock of Furniture eer cxliil
it d in the city, to which he invites the. altenti.ui of houie-k-epers
and "others iu want of sup.-i i,,,-arttcl-s in hisJine,
pledging entire satisfaction in o.ua!u y and price. Hi stock
is coiiipo.-ed of Solas. Divans, Parlor chairs, Malioganv
wa.i.ucbos, and Uouk casos. Marble top Bureaus, Cvutre
Tables, Spring and oth -r liedst.-ads, Sociables, Ae 11
will also make to order any nrtieh in his lin', as he haa '
som-of the be-t woi kffieii in tliecitv in his eini.lor. Ho
solicits a call from his friends and the public. i "
He will pay particular attention to the rjidertaking De
partment, for which purpose li will kcp a good assoi t-
..4' I 1 i ........ ' r ... . .... fl ....
.... ...... wui .a. vnscs oi evei v .ieCi iptl'.ii. lo will liaVi
,i . r
ood hearse.
JYtersbui
vaiuul uil.il ...in
lv.
WEEKLY ARRIVALS OK CARRIAGES, Roika
t ii .1 i n.i in t . . .s
Va., April !). l.SCII.
tll:lf 1. I'VTtl-.'ti.lc fV.r 'irrrit,.
H,im .Mrrii-caroiin,i. 1 liev are ot tliclatest hfvle and sup"
l ior niiikmimship. Also, SADDLES and HARNESS of the
lie.-t. .materia Is. and of mv o n manufaclure. Call aud see
:n" tock-before puj-chasing t-Jscw Lcre.
" , A: C. HARRISON,
No. 12;; Svcamore street, Petersburg,- Va.
Aj.ril. 1MH). ly.
REMOVAL. : '- ' . .
fiEOUUE L. KlixOOD, -
boo K si: 1. 1, k it , '
Agent Methodist Depository,
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, "'
WOULD mprcirully Inform Ms friends and
the public, .that he has removed to-the store
NO? li;l MAIN STREET, . ' '
Recently occupied by Mr. t'has. A. (rwatkin. and one door
bi-low Messrs. Kent. Pain Ai (,'o. His stocklif
HOOKS, STATIONERY, AND FANCY ARTICLES,
will compare favorably with anv house South. lie has se
lected with great care a splendid assortment of stationery,
to suit the most fastidious'. A collection of choice MIS
CELLANEors, STANDARD AND THEOLOGICAL
WORKS, of the newest editions, and indeed the latest popu
lar, moral publics! ions as soon as publis'h"d.
The trade can be supplied with our own own Hooks upon
the same terms as at the Na-hvilli house. For terms, seo
Catalogue, which will be furnished gratis. ' ' ' ' ,
Merchants, Ministers, X'olporteurs and Consumers, wil
rind it to their advantage to patronize the Depository.
The store has been elegantly and comfortably fitted up
with a view to the easv conduct of the hunim, as well as the
.Comfort and ease of tnv casloiuer. ' Also poTif and accom
modating clerks arc employed, k
r Orders will l faithfully ami promptly attended to.
Don't forget the place. No. 161 Main street, one door
below Kent, Pain & Co's. ' . 6
' (OLLEGE HOTEL.
THE I iidersljrned havlnj? taken charge or the
houses formerl v occupied as a Female College' In the
city of Raleigh, on Hillslwo' street, 200 yards west of th
Capitol, towards the N. C. Dejnit, and having- opened the
eame asaPUHLIC HOTEL and HOARDING HOI,SE,
respectfullv solicits the patronage of the TRAVELING
Pt'HLIC. ' L
Hillcbonr street is-noted for good water and beautiful
shade during the summer month. The Proprietor designs
keeping a House for HOARDERS, during th summer and
fait months fr FAMILIES, who can have the benefit
the Mineral Water from the Kii kham Spring, which
equal to any in the .State in medicinal propcrtic,
which is well known to all who have tried the waUr.
Tlw public are respectfully solicited to call and judge fin
themselves, as promises might be made and not complied
with SAMUEL E. PHILLIPS Agt.
Jan. 26, 1SC1. .' '''... Vii
If A'SI0X nousE.
I YJL' Within'Two Hckdsep Yaros or the Dkpoit.
Vow nnen for the recention of TRANSIENT CUSTOM
and HOARDER. Table supplied with the best the mar
ket affords..'.'' L. MONTAGUE, Proprietor.!
Jan. 7. 1861. 13 tl
Q I BSISTE.NCE DEPARTMENT; .
Sealed proposals will be received at this 'Department fyr
the delivery of good merchantable flour, at anv railroad
depot within the State, in quantities not Ut tKa tvetkty
fice barrels, until loth of July, lb6l. j
Proposals should be eimorsea " i-roposais ior uour, an
addressed to ttie vomnussaxy u 0 .
UotnutUtarif O'eieral.
Mr?9.'lSl. tf
COMMITTED to Jail, In the town of Salisbury
Kovran county, by Cornelius Kestler, a negro slaves
who says he is a runaway, and belongs to James Fuller
and says his name ia Frank. This boy is about twenty-ode
or two years old, about six feet high, of rather a light-darfk
color, had on brorro woolen clothes, badly torn, appears (o
b" a boy of good quality, ana a numoer one negro. u
owner wiU come ior mm, pay cnarges, anu tase nun
ouierwise lie wiU oe aeaii wua accoraing w law.
W. A. WALTON,
Sheriff of bVotran county.
Ujl, 18CL id-6m
CZ( SliHIXG MACHINES. Toe-Quaker-CItJ
i' u)tJJ Sewing Machine works with two threads making
! aSoubl'j lockstitch, which will not rip or ravel, even if '
; very fourth siitch be cut. It sews euually as well -the
I ..ars-st Liusev or the finest Muslin, and is undeniably, the
at machine in mark-t. Merchant Tailors, Mantua Makers
nd H'ju.k keepers, are invited to call and examine for them
elves. Mr. P. A. Wilson, Merchant Tailor, Winston, X. 'C,
having tried other machines, buys one of the Quaker ityr
and pronounces it far better than any before in use.
All persons wl-hing to secure the agency for the salo
he Quaker City machine, in any of the towns iu North-"
Carolina, except in thecounty of Wake,, which is secured
to Messrs. Tucker A Co., of Raleigh, and the county .r
Forsythe, taken by P. A. Wilson, of Winston, should apply
soon'to the undersigned agents for the State. We will paj
a rea-mable per cent, to all persons taking agencies.
. J. ic, Ys GARRETT, Agents.
Greensboro', S. C, Feb. 2nd, 1H5K
L(D FOK SALE. The subscriber wishing to
uove to th3 Southwest, otl'-rs for sal; the tract oi land
, on wh ice he now resides, lying eight miles south of Klcigh,
and one mile north of Rand's mill ou the waters of Swilt
Creek, and in a healthy and intelligent neighborhood.
Said tract contains about 6t0 acres, i there w enough
land cleared, and in a high state of cultivation, for a four
horse farm, cultivating uat-un .... ---
I the tract a good two story owemng h..u.'. ..u.-..u...B .
f room, and a basement, newly titt-d tip. 1 heK- are also all
i tbenecessarv outhouses of a well-regnlat v! farm, with a
well of excJllent water in the yar-L - The fa. ;ui is well
' daptd to thj growth of Corn, Cottou W heat and Oats.
For turtner particular aun -rj -
' JOHN MITCHKVER.
. Auburn, Wake Cm., V. C.
-October 13. I860. tf.
KTII-fABOLiyA SIILITAItr BinONS-The
"Goldsboro Killes,' harin'g procured a wmp.ete set
of Dies of the State Arras, are prepared to famish Rut tons
for all the North-Carolina Military Comoanie., at 33 per
cent, less than they can be purchased elseu here.
All applications mast be made U the Captain,
U. Ii. C RATON Goldsboro, .V C.
Jan. 12, 1861. I W-tf ..
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