North Carolina Newspapers

; ,';;- .v-:l-'Jv;- ' ': - H ::.. ' - ' ' :. "h : - r "'v'' - . - -'. " '..''': ' :" -'.""'' ; '; '! : ' ' -:" v ! . : '! . V ..'''.' , . -' - - ' : : . ' V" inisir&kN, aitor and Proprietor V W J I Iillv i V (fX V U V 1 x-W L I l Ml L f jLyDjPHINTER TO THE STATE- j ' -''' J .il ivM. ROBINSON,' Assistant Editor. , ; ' ' '' - ; ' -!: ' '"" - " " - ' -' " " ' t,:. :' 7 . v .. '-il" ' ' vol. Li - . - ' : fXT ::-."!; v- TlfRMS: ; --.r - . y--..?!- ;yi- 1 f ' . . , '. ; v - : : : . : , ..r-- , , ' - ., . , ' No .93 nil ffEEKtl EBITIOX, per annum,......., : $4 : - j v .. . - ' ... . . J " " S" iUvf- " " t-7- !i i RALEIGH, N. G, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19 1861. TERMS FOR AlTv E R T 1 8 1 Jf (T 0qwe, first Mertion,. -'- ' . Eh roUequent ion,..:.Z;;Zl!ISir''; -(Fourteen lines or under make . .quarM ' Contra will he entered with Tw,Jf byearl. , .v ,clwKt a redttction from b.e rates. No deduction from the regular rate, for adrertiet Inserted in the Weekly Edition. All adrertuemenU receive one insertion in ,i. . ur . .. ' ... UCK ty phe Southern Bepublic. The PerwQytf1 .otiiuon of tJte Confederate States i ojT America. u,-J rterinleirif the Confederate States, earli State ' ? 'it -iWlvtsrefcit aikl indei-endeut character, id i3' f .A ) fori '4 lierrtaricyt federal governrnqjit, cstab if -,-tiee ijurjj (iniicstic tranquility, and socttre the. ; ' s of gbferfy to oursel ves and our posterity m i v'lTn'tho .fvLranil guidance of Almighty Goddo ' V irfkud lf$ibli this. Constitution for the Conftsde- Rr .r'1!,. H' AkTiKe I. Section 1 ' ffkl:tH-c"lf Seri herein delegated shall be .ihlMNisbf.a 1. r' .U lof tile l fate Legislature; but no person of nit a .quizeu oi ine xnueueraie oiaies t(j !jte for any officer, civil or politi- tress -pt me ijnieueraie oiaies, I of a Senate and House of ltep- Sedtion 2. Tie H'i"ie ''-f ilepresentatives shall be composea t .Lkn'iMl AVPrVIAuf (HM1 VKir I I V lllt IMDI III r .nJicrs tuw J r"""" J " J - i i'i . -.I.,! . ..L.-wiJ: t.,. at-t,. utr .1 . tt v;triil oiaijSf ml u.'C vjcivio ui catu uhha;- ciiaii. . -S. :L " a i i , p ,1 . . i ne most numerous Mrth sj'iaS he 4 representative who shall not A th(;'ae of twenty-five years, and be a . V f'-jf'A't States, and who shall not, mi jnhaktant of that State in which 1. i f the Un J- t '1, t 1! 1 f!i( I'i mi (iHi rvr- audi direct taxes shall Ve appor- 1,(1 nn iu' W 1 vci d States which may be mcludeil x tl,n t'ns (1iHfib? icy Recording to their respective u- l,i , slnfl hi leterrnined by adding to the l V nimilvrit tret pinions including those hound H11U VAUIllUUI. milliUM ;vll slaves. . 1 lie actual enu within throe years n ft cr the ss of the Confederalc States, nt term of ten years, in such iv, direct. The' number of exceeil one: lor every nity ' three liilli i 4utl lejmilc iioti;t;ix: ini'ltlfl1)!! S , .i rji thf v 0 ill, b . Jf ..f i i-itL ii : '.! I : I II il, i i, mil, hU c l'! vStitcklull have at least ne n-pre- .Uiv and li itljl Blicll t ot Simii-iiCant,!! tit Nit. r n tl,1 st it ( t p I in 1 1 d... Shitii ill iLoiu 1 W i ui i :i;.fT WiT 'ft .1 1. .l:;iii HTl N iC t I'll in if ii i enumeration shall lie made ;i shall le entitled to choose ten, the State of Alabama two, the rotate l lississippi hiana six, ana the State ol ti r ipen in the represent a tion it i ve authority thereof shall rt fin to h i sucli vacancies. , ' " f ! ' . .. . , i .i l!i.i(M-j..(! p)rU;irtatives shall choose ifu-ir ... I i,l nj Mllpi'i'-ltllf i d ili)(ir t oi inv n:i fin is i.l li th f Iiciprs, aid snail nave tin so.e k'liT' ICXCCIH lliai any ii.i- (ai or . i , ' i i . . . . .: a --UK lit ant i ariini; hoii'iv wuimi aav be impeached, by a vote blanches of the Lr-uislature a: . Si'tturc'iiff ithf. n H 1 flit! u Ii tl i Ur l VI' ( .inf'; Villfi J I 111 1 It 11- ). u -. a i i 'II i mi alivirol In' cxp.rr I in federate States shall be from each State, chosen for .1 i i . ure tncreor, ai ine regular i ii piece linK the conitnence- sii riVe; and each Senator shall i . n i ii i t :if 11 Cl V Mi" IKl loll 1 I I I 1 e fir' -f i'V n I tl- n''l ili;iy lifiikt' t'fiip' l Iti-Mir."!' 0! U.e I XA 1. , T 11 T 1.1 1 " it t n'v s in IX nsscmi) ca. in ll.iti t (lection, they shall be divided J nrt' tnree classes. ine seais oi t Jli'ss shall Ik1 vacated at tic ear; ot the - second class ax th year ; and of the third he sixth year ; so that one ecoud year ; and if vacau or otherwise during the rc anv. State, the Executive I Ml I I II II ! Mil r4 M-i i ttol 1 I 'i V i;i!l.H i.fid. V ii " I tire uy nppointnients iiiitil llie lature, which shall then till shall; before It becomes a law, be presented to the President of the Confederate States : if he aDDrove. he shall sign it;; bjulif not, he shall return it with his ob- jtccions tothaj Ijouse in which it shall have origi nated,) wh6ishdl fnter the objections at large on their journal andj pxx;eed to reconsider it. If, after such reconsideration;, twivthirds of that House shall agree to pass the ill it ptiall be senttogether ,with the ob jection, to Ithef other House, by which it shall likewise be reccnsidereii, aiid if approved by two-thirds of that House t shall become, a law. But in all such cases the votes ojf botji riouses shall be determined by yeas and nays, and the 'parties of the persons voting for and againstj the jiilll shall be entered on the journal of each House Vespeltitelyi If any bill shall not be returned by the iPresiderft within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it sijdlhajve Ibeen presented to him, the same shall be a laW, Jin like manner as if he had signed it, unless Ihe Congess by their adjournment, prevent its return ;in wlicn catse it shall not be a law. The Presi dent may approve fmy appropriation and disapprove any other appropriation in the same bill. In such case, he shall, imfigfiinjji the bill, designate the appropria tions' disapproved, and shall return a copy of such ap propriationswth jiis objections, to the House in which the bill halllhaVe originated ; and the same proceed ings shjall tljenfbe had as in case of other bills disap proved by tire President. 3. Eyeryierder, Resolution or vote, to which the con- ciirrehce of wtl Houses may be necessary (except on .3' -A ft- ' j ... ii i L i. i . a questipn ot J aujoirnmeni ; snau w prvsvuiu mi ws President'-, off the Confederate States; arid before the same -shall take fefl'ect, shall be approved by him; or rl bv him. may be repassed by iwo- thirifsofj botli liiuscs according to the rules and limi tations liescnbejd ii case of a bill.i ;-fi 1- ." Been . The 'Congressl shall have pinvcr 1. To . lay Sand collect taxes, duties, imposts and ex cises for revenue! necessary to pay the debts, provide fr the common Idefcnce, and carry on the government of the'Cinfederifte States ; but n bounties shall be granted fronijth'l Ti;asury, nor shall any duties or taxes oni iniportatijjaisjfroin foreign nations- be laid to pro mote or foster! aiy branch of industry ; and all duties, imposts mil exejses jshall be uniform thoroughout the ( in federate Statk-s. 2. TolborifQwf miiey on the credit of the, Confede rate Static, jfj I ! . 8. Tolregijlatl; ciinmerce with foreign nations, and among the sceii slates, and with the Indian tribes ; but uei titer tbid; ir any other clause contained m the Cijnstitutl the powiir; internal .imrfiivetneat in A ..'-- .i - - ... i . 1 T except f r thptrpi fce ol turnishiug lights, Deacons and buoys and it Ah r aids to navigation upon the coasts, and the imprvtneit of harbors and thv removing of obstructions t :rver; navigation, in all which cases such duties shhllj be )aid on the navigation facilitated thereby ks niy e itjpeessary to pay the costs and ex pehses thei-etif' ' ' ' . 4. To estahiis uniform Jaws of naturalization, and uniform jaws inthe subject of bankritptcies, through out the Cpn&xteiite States; but no law of angns shall discharge; anyldiLu contracted before tlie passage of the sanieL I ' I 5. To Loin; iivK'y regulate the value thereof and of foreign ejiiu, aiiiif fix? the standard of -Weights and mea sures.' .;' 1 ' ' 6. To provjilq foil the punishment of counterfeit in i the securitUl and current coin of the Confederate ter jn iH'i" any otner clause couiaineu hi itut)ai shill ever be construed to delegate r-toji)grtfes to apprupriate money for any inpPyveVneOt intended'to facilitate commerce, States. 7. To esta.b expenses of t 'day of M u cli Vl I 1 A 1 .1 I 1 L. 1 If shall .He :il senator wno Mian nor nave vears, and be a citizen of the r t s ir ol muitv T il j itl Ol I i ho shall not, when -elected,'. nt I if if he State for which he shall be. t i ii'isiiii; I I'i un Vri hi1ci t of the Confederate States shall 1 It i t it f tin St n itij, but shall have no vote, un 1 ih 1 i jji ill ihiUd. . ) lln,smvti sbn thixtse their other of ric(i-s. and l PuMilt ut pi o fenqrore in the absence of the Vice i(l(Mt ir y iinhus all. exercise tiic ollicc ol l rcsi- m nt 1 1 tin (oafid nrti Static I hi Si n -I dl h ijve the sole power to try all imp uhmnits; VSUn Mjtting for that purpose, hey iil hi n mtji, ot .inmation. When the Prefjjdent tlc (hk litatc' V vtH is t'ried, the Chief Justice M ili-j rtMih , person shall lie .convicted with- ' ';:.tl!ie '!('oiic.Hn-eicfi of . two-thirds of the membevs pro.H;lit :-.T-.!!-;hM ' nd furt ifivatiiiii : l".iii!.UU v.:-t"' hii'iij m ci lev than to ) h"1d ailli ler thejConj! all.' lieivertlji uses "(of impeachment shall not ex- emqval from olin e, and (lisqual- uioy! any.oiuce oi nonor, trust or . i . . . .1 . . i i .etlerate stales'; out tne party con- U;-si. be lbble and subject to in- trial juilgment .uiiof t : 1 .;-ach House i . rrtivrhs; and ipiali such part; ak ii and tne j y puse, on ;in Hi o.te-riftW of those M. A. Xdlthcivilou, 'vh:ilf,vwit'liout. thii V if"re lhaii thrir dav in vjiic the -tvojlleu J. Tlikt Sena'tois al and punishment, according j-lSi'-IIlHMit ? law. -- - l : !.- SMtioii 4. 1. The times; vhuvs ad manner of holding elec- .ti-i is ior Senators 'and Kicnresentatives sliall l e pre- mtiUm! ii vArh Sfkhitbv the Letrislature thereof, sub- lis Constitution ; but the Con- such )vt to the irovisi(jn ,t;rcss may. at anv tame, by law make or alter ;'i v id )tii, except ills to tlie tunes and places ol ci-ioos- mi; senators, i is i '' '1. The "Concress sjiall assembh- at least o.ice in every y arVaiid sucli nioi-tnijr shall lie on the firsf 'Monday iu iVrenilier.-iuik'Ssihiiy sUall,by law, aiuioiut a diflervut ,..vrfio.i), W the iudge of .the ehvtions, hcJltiou ot its own -mcmiHM-s. and a n.:ioritv of eafb-sluill V4nstitutc a ouoruni todo l.usi- i' oss- bnt a snialllr iiuniK'r,niay adjourn f from day to uay. :antt niay l.jaisthoriml to compel the attendance of;deiijt memlHts, in sjneh "niminer and under such p-:iUie'sj-aiieaeh lloiise Inay 'provide. .K Ka.clt HmrniKy ilf'termine the rules of its pro-r.li-j puuish its Aicmiers for disorderly behavior," :v!id, wniii tire con umiivae oi two-thirds ol the whole ..HmuiH-rivxiiel a mcinlHa'. ;E;jch--. llousji- -ihii1; keep 'a journal- of its pro ci'Orlihgsj, ' and from tni(jtotime publish 'he same, ex cepting such parts ak titiv. m tl s.-vresy;. v flier rior to the Supreme exlfcile exclusive legislation, in all cases , overmuch OKstnct (not exceeding ten miles V cession of one or more States and i a i-oiuie hiw, aiid laid rout fS!ates. and I r i f ir - a ; liuiises, and for j-ii'rt. .be -i 1 2. N " t .m fori I civil 6lli:c under States. icir judgment require a? end nays ot the' members ol ducstion, shalL at the desire of nlseiii. be entereil on the iournal. Htiring the session of Congress, insult - of the other, adjourn for iiijr.toanv other place than that s shall be sitting. S):$fivti 0. Hli illopresentatives shall receive isaiion lot their services, to be ascertained by of tlnl treasury of the Confederate ThrvialUSm alV.cases, except treason, felony ch of thepeaieb privileged from arrest during; temlafiee i a tpe session of their respective Hid yd goijuJl ti land returning from the same ; liiy 'S ik'ecti o" 4hate iu either llousi' they shall uestiohed Maify other placed ; Seuater orpteresentativc shall, during the which he! wiis ; electetl .be appointed to any the i authority of the Confederate kvhichfshalUhave been ' created, or the emolu- i ineiits whereof shiillfMye lieen inercased during such i time : ; aAil nftcr4':hoidihg any office under the Con- States shall;!! ft member ol ertner.tiouse.au- continuaiice in bffice. But Congress may, by nt to the pliuoipal officer in each of the Ex- e leratd ,iu his gr viiiitivdDeDartmeiAs k seat upon j!UHi.V i'ith tlte pHVilegtj of discussing any measures royiruiipiig to insidcpartmeni t ;..-; S&HonJ. " . , , . ', ' 1 l)ilU for raisin revenue shall originate in the use or lieprescntitives; but the Senate may propose , jconctir with ambiidnients as on other bills. '2. Eierv bill iVoll liova nuiacA bntb Ho 1 ib.i Txjst offices and post routes ; but the iel'oA;ollice DepartmeVit, after the fn-st nlhclvear of our lord eighteen hundred atidsixty-thre,r-ihall be paid out of its own reve nues. ; -;-' I -1 ." .' 8. To jproirtiti thi progress of science and useful arts, by sieuljfnj for limited times to authors and in ventors tlRVekHifsiv right to their respective w ritings and discoveiiLf . if . . ' 9. To icoutittite tribunals iuf- Court. . if I-! W. To defilie fiii( punish jiiracies and fehniies com roitted on th1iih -seas, and offences against the Jaw of nations'. : ji .'.- . --. 11. Ti dcaljirf wdr, grant letters of manjue and re prisal, and iii;k rules concerning, captures on land and water. I J . I' I . . '.,'' -12. To raisif and upport armies ; but no appropria .tion of moncji t tluit use shall be for a 'longer term tlitm twojyea-s. , ' . "' . . ) ' " - " lo. To proyiift add maintain, a navy. 14. To makejrules for government and regulation of the land and naval forces. '. ; 15. To; proyhlh ffr calling forth the militia to exe cute: the ttawstofj the Confederate States,' suppress in-sun-ectious and rVpcl invasion. : . " ' 1 1(3. Ti pixlfide f ?r organizing, arming and discip-j lining thij miijin and for governing such part of them as-may hie enjjjlijycdiin the service, of the Confederate States : reservinl t.j the States, respectively, the ap-". 4i)intnicnt of tthef officers and the authority of training theLniilifia ivc;oillini to"the discipline prescribed by Congress whatsoever, 'siinare) as mav.-b . L- ' IV il , .1 ! .1 thei atceptani:fc-.(t Congress, become the seat oi ine. government ojthb Ojnfederatc States ; and to exercise likef authority bvr afl places purchaiied by the consent of tlie!Igisla&r ofthe State in which the same shall be,-for the eteetiin)( forts, magazines, arsenals, dock yanrs and other needful buiklings ; and 18'. To) niaWe ifll laws Avhich shall be necessary and 'proper fof catiyifig into execution the foregoing pow ers, and all other!poyers vested by this Constitution in ; i . if . f ft . ci a. .. the goveHnmeQt M the comeaeraie states, or m any department orf officer thereof J '. I f I 'i Section 9. .. . 1." ThQ,Mnrporati)n of negroes of the African race from m foreigrl country other than the slaveholding States, ori Terrltiliesjof the United States of America, is lreb-j, forblddi-n -j and Congress is required to pass siiclfrlaws as shall effectually prevent the same. 2. Congress sjiallfalso have power to prohibit the intmhK'tUiti of slayp from any State not a member of, li'ii Territiirv ii.t helonging to, this Confederacy. " o.Thi prilele of the writ of habeas corpus shall nt le! suspend ed unless when in cases of rebellion or inv.iMon the pulfic jvfety may require it. 4. No bill of altaitier, or ex ost facto law, or law ilenyifag oim paing the right of property in negro slayes'shfiH.,-be;-p!ltd; , . ; 5. " Ko capitation or other direct tax shall lie laid uiiieis in proportion o the census or enumeration here-, inbefore diiwtiL-tllto lH'Maken. ' ti. No jtax tfr jsutyl shall I laid on articles exported from anv StAtel except by a vote of two-thirds of both houses: ! 7. Ko prefcettcesj shall be' given by any regulation of commerce or tfcvehue to the ports of one State over those of anothtr.jp I" 8. N monev &all 1 drawn from the treasury, but ia consequence: of. appropriations made by law ; and. a regular statement; and account of the receipts and ex pcinditures of illlbublic money shall be published from time to time.. 1 1 il:r - 9. ' Ojngress-shall appropriate no money from the treasury i:xcept by si vote of two-thirds of both houses, taken by yeai ajhd nays! unless it 1 asked and esti mated for by soufe oe of the heads of department, and subiniftea feCongtess by the President ; or for the purKwe of paying its own expenses and contingencies ; or for the paypiijnt pf claims against the Confederate -States, tike justice o which shall have been judicially declarixl by i a tribunal for the investigation of claims against the government, which it is hereby made tlie duty bf (ix)ngiesj . to jestablish. ' . 10; AU bills fappropriatmg money shall specify in federal cjurrfckJcy thei exact amount of each appropria tion and the purposes for which it is made; and Congress shall jigrant . no exti. compensation' to any, publio contraltoi-, officer,, agent or servant, after such contract shall havesbecn made or such service- ren dered, ! j ''''' ''' '" : -r 11, jNo title of nobility shall be granted by the Con federate States ; an4 no person holding any office of profit or trust undeif them, shall, without the cevnseut fo the Congress, accept of any present emoluments office or, title of any 'kind whatever from any king, prince or foreign State. 12. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ; or. abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press ; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the government for a redress of grievances. j 13. A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the-jbple to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. 14. jno soldier shall, in" time ot peace, be oi tered in any house without the consent of the Owner; nor in time of war, but in a maaner to be prescribed bylaw. . ' 15. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects against unreasona ble searches and seizures, shall not be violated ; and no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause, sup ported by oath or affirmation, and . particularly de scribing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. 16. No person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime, unless on 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, in time of 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 of law nor shall private prop erty be .taken for public use without just compensa tion. " j& ; i 17. In all criminal prosecutions theTp&nsed shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an im partial jury of the State and district wherein the crime sliall have been ; committed, which district shall have been, previously ascertained by laiw, and to be informed of . the nature and cause of, the accusation ; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to. have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses iu 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 lio fact so tried by a jury shall li otherwise re-examined in any court of the Confederacy than according to the rifles of . the common law. j 19. Excessive bail shall not be required, lior exces sive lines imposed, nor cruel, and unusual punishments inflicted. '..-.; ' 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 - -, . Section 10. 1. No State shall enter into any treaty, affiance, or confederation; grant letters of marque and" reprisal ; coin money ; make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in pay meet of debts ; pass any bill of attain der, or export factq 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 tiett produce of all duties and imposts, laid by any' State on imports or exports, shall be for the use of the treasury of the Confederate States ; and all such laws shall be subject to the revision and control of C ingress. 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 jy the said vessels ; but such duties shall not con flict with any treaties of the Confederate States with foreign nations; and any surplus of revenue thus de rived shall, after making such improvement,'; 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 eiage.in war, uuless actually inva ded, or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay. Lut when any river divides or flowsthrough two or more "States, th.-.y may enter into compacts with each other to improve the navigation thereof. ' Aktici,k II. Section 1. 1. The executive powr shall be vested in a Presi dent of the Confederate' State's of America. lie 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 sliall be elected as follows: - 2. Each State shall appoint, m such manner as the legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors equal to the whole number of Senators and Representa tives to which the State may be entitled in the 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, sliall iiot Jxs an inhabitant of the same State with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice President, and of the number of votes for each, which list they shall sign and certify, and transmit, sealed, to the government of the Confederate States, directed 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 sliall then be counted ; the person having th greatest number of votes for President shall be th President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed , and if no person have such majority, then, from the persons having the high est numbers, not exceeding three, on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. .But in choosing the President the votes shall be taken by States, the representation from each State having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the States, and a majority of all the States shall be necessary to a choice. And if the House of Representatives shall not choose 4 President, whenever the right of choice shad .devolve upon them, before the 4th day of March next . following, then the Vice President sliall 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 ho 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. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice Pres - ident of the Confederate States. 6. The Congress .may determine the time of choosing ' the electors, and the day on which they shall give their . votes, which day shall be the same throughout the Confeilcrate States, i 7. No person except a natural lorn citizen of the 1 Confederate States, or, a citizen thereof at the time of , the adoption of this constitution, or a citizen thereof ' 1k)ii in the United States prior to the 20th of Decem ber, 1860, shall be eligible to the office of President; ti 11 i n it shall not have attain, d tlie, ace of thirtv-five years and been fourteen years a resiaent within the limits of , the Confederate Statesas may exist at the time of his election. . 8. In case of the' removal of thePresident from office, or of his death, resignationor inability to dis charge the powers and dutieof the said office, the same shall devolve on theVice President ; and the ' Congress may, by law provide for the case of re- moval, death, resignation, or inability both of the Pres J 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. , ' J ,9. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his Berrices a compensation, which shall neither be 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 of President of the Confederate States, and will, to the best of my ability, prescrveJ protect and defend the Constitution thereof." scl I Section 2. fTJie President shall be commander-in-chief of the armyaridnavy of the Confederate States, and of the militia ofEhe-seyeral States, when called into the actual service of theGtJnfederate States ; he may re quire the opinion, in WTitingv-ofthe principal officer in each of the Executive DepartmeiitSjUpon any sub ject relating to the duties of their respective offices, and he shall have power to grant reprievosandnar- dons for offences against the Confederate States, e2 cept in cases of impeachment. 2. He jshall have- the power, by and with the ad vice and bonsent of the Senate, to maks 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 ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, judges of the Su preme Court, and all other officers of the Confederate States, W-hose 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. I 3. The; principal officer in each of the executive lie-, 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 bt 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 reasn.s therefor. 4. The President shall have power to fill all vacan cies that may happen during the recess of the Senate, by granting commissions Which shall expire: at the end of their next session ; but no person rejficted by the Senate; shall be reappointed to the same office du ring their ensuing recess. j Sec(io7i 3. , 1. The-President shall from time to time, give to the Congress information of the state of the Confed eracy, aitd recommend to their consideration such measures as he ' shall -judge necessary and expedient ; he may, Ion extraordinary occasions, convene both houses, or either of them ;' and in case 'of disagree ment -between them, with respect to the time of ad journmentj he may adjourn them to such time -.as he shall thinkj proper ; he sliall receive Ambassadors and 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, and all civil offi cers of thq Con federate States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of treason, briberyor jother high crimes and misdeanurs. j article in. Section 1. 1. The judicial power of the Confederate States shall lie -.vested in one Superior Court, and in such in ferior courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The judges, 'both of the Su- , preme and inferior courts, shall hold, their offices du ring good behavior, ami shall, at stated times, receive for their services a compensation, which shall not be diminished during their continuance in office. ' '; : v Section 2. -1. The judicial power shall extend to all ..cases arising tinder this'Constitution, the laws of the Con federate' States, and treaties made or which' shall be hiade under their authority ; to all cases affecting am bassadors, other public ministers and consuls ; to all cases of atTriiiraUy and maritime jurisdiction -u to con troversies to which the Confederate States shall be a party; to controversies between two or more States; between 'a tate and' citizens of another' State where the State isjplaintiif; between citizens claiming lands uhder grants of different States, and between a State or the citizens thereof and foreign States, citizens or subjects ; but no State shall le sued by a citizen or subject of any foreign State. 2. In all leases 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 ail the other cases before men tioned the Supreme Court shall hafe appellate juris diction! both as to law and tact, with such exceptions and under ! such regulations as the Congress shall make. ; . - ; " j 3. Tlie trial of all crimes, except in cases of im peachment, -shall be by jury, and such trial shall le held in the; State where the said crimes sliall 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." Section 3. J 1. .Treason against the Confederate States shall con sist only in levying war against them, or iu 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. i - 2, The, Congress shall have power to declare the punishment I of treason, but no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture except during the life of the person attained. t article ir. Sectioii X. ' 1. Full faith and credit shall be given in each State to the public actsrecords and judicial proceed ings of every other State. And the Congress may, by general laws, prescribe the manlier in wKch such acts, records and proceedings shall be, proved, 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-v nl States, and shall haw the right of transit and so-' journ in any State' of this ilonfedcracy, with their -slaves and other property ; and the right of property in said slaves, sjhall 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, ort demand of the executi ve autority of the State from which he fled, be delivered' up to be re-, moved to the State having jurisdietion 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 law$ thereof, escaping or lawfully carried into another, shall in consequence of any law or regu lation therein, be discharged from such service or la bor, but shall be delivered up on claim of the. party to whom such slaves belong, or to whom such service or labor may Lo due. .I Section Z. ' 1. Other States maybe admitted into this Confed eracy by a vote oftwo-thirds of the whole House of Rcpresentativesand two-thirds of the Senate, the Senate yoting' by States ; but no new State shall be formed oTerected within the jurisdiction of any other Statef nor any State be formed by the junction of two or-more states, or puu oi ouiwjsj, the Ijegislatures of the States concerned, as well as .if the Congress. . 2. The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful nnes and regulations concerning the property of ! the Confederate States, including he lands thereof, j . - 3 The Confederate States may acquire new territo ry and Congress Shall have power to legislate ami provide governments for, the inhabitants of all terri tory belonging 1 to the Confederate States lymg with out the limits of the several States, and may penmt t them "at such times and in 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 negro, slavery as it now exists in the Confederate States shall be recognized and protected by Congress and by the territorial government and the inhabitants Ci the several r5rnf-mfn RfofM', m l . i r lTC J "? rht take stlch territory and slaves law luily held by them in any of the-States or Territories of .the Confederate States. 4. The Confederate States shall guarantee to every State that now is or hereafter may become a member of this Confederacy a Republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion ; and on application of the Legislature (or of the Executive when the Legislature is not in session) against domes tic violence. abticle v. Section 1. ; 1. Upon the demand of any three States, legally assembled in their several conventions, the Conn-ess shall summon a Convention of all the States, to lake into consideration such amendments to the constitu tion as the said States shall concur in suggesting at the time when the said demand is made, and should any of the proposed amendments to the constitution be agreed on bv the said rnn vpn firm wAfir. Vi states and the same be ratified by the Legislatures unwouua ui iue several ocares or by conventions in two-thirdshereof as the one or the other mode of ratification mayljeropbsed by the general conven tion they shall henceforward form a part of this Constitution. But no States shall, without its con sent, be deprived of its equaT-representation in the Senate. - . " - article vi. ? 1. The. Government established hy tie Constitution is the successor of the provisional government of the Confederate States of America, and all the laws pass ed by the latter shall continue in force until the same shall be repealed or modified ; and all the officers ap pointed by the same shall remain in office until their successors are appointed and qualified, or the offices abolished. ' 2. All debts contracted and engagements entereil into before the adoption of this constitution shall be as valid against the Confederate Suites '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 tlje contrary notwithstanding. 4. The Senators and Representatives liefore men tioned, and the merrjrs of the several State Legisla tures, and all executive 4tnd" judicial officers, both of the Co -federate States and. of the several States, shall I bound by oath or affirmation to support this con stitution, but no religous test shall ever be required as a qualification to auy 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. 6. The powers not delegated to the Confederate States by the constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States are reserved to the States, respectively, or to the people thereof. ; ' article vii. 1. The ratification'of the Conventions of five States' shall be sufficient for the establishment of this consti tution between the States so ratifying the same. 2. When five States shall have ratified this consti tution, iu the manner .-before specified, the Congress" under provisional constitution shall prescribe the time for holding the election of President and Vice Presi dent; and for the meeting of the Electoral College; and for counting the votes and inaugurating the Presi dent. They shall also prescribe the time for holding Ihe first election of members of Congress 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 temling beyond the time limited by the constitution of the provisional g jvernmcnt. ' Adopted unanimously, March 11, 1861. The Neuse Man if:iftn TTAYE on hand a vnA..i . JO. and Boo k - tI Of W. muyiuii ivcgisir, ureensboro' Times Wt. n .at, Ooldsboro Tribnn .nA v.. w'v, Vetrn. Dno- ich. -c. ur i rogresi 4 week. i. Q. 1K CARTERET, JOHX ARMSTItO.NO. NOKTH-CAKOL-IXA BOOK RJXDERY, (OVER THE' X, C. HOOK STORE.) DeCarteret & Armsfronsr, BOOK BINDERS AND BLANK BOOK MANUFAC TURERS, RALEIGH, X. C. v ' Jan. 23, 1861. 16 ly ED. GRAHAM IIAYWOOD, COUNSELLOR AND ATTORNEY AT LAW, v.. . - 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-Carolins, at Raleigh. Office, the one formerly occupied by the late Hon. Wil liam H. Havwood, jr. . Jan. 26, i61. ' 17 ly BR. MOORE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, SALISBURY, N. C., - Wyi prac tice in the Courts of Rowan and adjoining coun ties. Collections promptly made. Jan. 26, 1861. 4 17 ly R. H. DICKINSON. " N. B. HILL. C. B. HILL. DICKINSON, HILL & CO., AUCTIONEERS, NORTH CORNER OF FRANKLIN AND WALL STS., RICHMOND,' VIRGINIA. Attend particularly to the selling of slaves at public and private sale. . - Aug. 28, 1860. - ' ly GREENSBORO' 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 C7 per cent., at the last Anual Meeting ot the Company, was declared, and carried to-the credit ot the life members of the Company.. Those desiring an insurance. upon their own lives, or the lives of their slaves, will please address - D. P. WEIR, Treasurer. Greensboro', Feb. 11, 1859. 11 lr. NF. RIVES St CO., wholesale and retail Drug- gists, have and will keep on hand a full supply of all such articles as are usually found in a First Class Drug House. They will conducs "the business on a large and liberal scale, "having ample experience, force and facilities for doing t;o, 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 firm,' both day and night. Orders will be attended to with neatness and'disspatch. N. F. RIVES, M. D. WALTER Ii. JORDAN. 5 tf. JGS. CNRR. AJfSIOJT HOUSE, Withim Two Hundred Yarns of the Depot. A ow open for the reception of TRANSIENT CUSTOM and BOARDERS. Table supplied with the best the mar ket affords. L. MONTAGUE, Proprietor. Jan. 7, 1861. 12 tf SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT ir - Raluioh, Mar, 2oth, 1S61. Sealed proposals will be receded at this Department for the delivery .of good merchantable flour, at any railroad depot within the State, in quantities not It than twenty fice barrels, until 15th of July, 1861. Proposals should be endorsed " Proposals for flour, and addressed to the .Commissary Gcne, , CotnmiuKirg .General. 1 May 20. 1861. tf COMMITTED to Jail, in the town of Sallsbarj Bowau county, by Cornelius Kestler, a negro dares who says be is a runaway, and belongs to James Fuller and says his name ia 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 clothes, badly torn,' appears to be a boy of good quality, and a number one negro. Tnt owner will come for him. pay charges, and take him away, otherwise he will be dealt with according toaw. . Sheriff of Rowan county. May 4, 186L l6-6m eoa rach. EDGEW0RTH FEMALE SEMINARY, Thi.,W u .. GKEENSBORirUGH if . C. Ihu institution has bee in successful operation for txent, erl tensSSVa ttteryded MS' The Faculty consists of fire Gentlemen and Four 1 ItoT;?, THOROUGULY Greensborough is eminently healthr. and In the nrese.t The next Session will commence August 1st, 1861. For Catalogues containing full particulars of terms. Ac apply to RICHARD STERLING, Principal June 26. Ureensborough, N. C. ' 1 . : 3m. miv NOTICE. rpAKEN np and committed to the Jail of Meek- X lenburg couuty, on the 8th day of September ut negro boy, who says his name is "Jim," and thaT hi. m.Z ter's name is "John Worthy," living i Owt cuntr N, C. Said boy is of medium heighth, very black and hli yery ordinary fntelligence-no marks or scar, by Vh4 " identify him. The owner is hereby notified towin! ward, prove property, pay charges and take him .war otherwise on the 9th day it September nexT he wUl bTM' posed to public sale, to pay fees, as the "aw directs , -W. W. GRIER, Charlotte, X. C. May mi.' Mecklenbu T;.. 1860. 1861. SPRING TRADE. N. F. RIVES & CO. WHOLESALK DRUGGISTS. EAS5STLT. ,nUe1c whantii of Virginia North-Carolina and Tennessee, to examine Ihelr ex- teiisiye stock of Drugs,; Chemicals, OiU, Dve Stuffs. Window Glass,' Patent Medicines, Seeds. Spices, I'crfumcrjr, .. Fancy Articles, Rruches of all kimls, Tobacco, Cigars, SnutT. Pure Medical Wines Brandies, Gins. Ac. Wholesale Druggists, Petersburg, Vs. 11 a vine' facilitiPii nnxni'tm.aoa v... i. .i . . they feel authoi ir.ed in paying they can, and will sell 1 g(Kds in their hue of business, at such low prices as cannot tail to give entire -satisfaction.. Orders will be promptly attended to. , All goods sent from their establishment, w ar ranted as represented by them. J " N. F. RIVES &. CO.. Dr. N. F. Rives, . -Walter Ii. Jordan, . Joseph (Jarr. , 12 tf A hFRED OVERTURE, harlnjc removed to the -ii lai'e, new and extensive building on Sycamore street nearly opposite Doniiiin.s A Johnson, ha 'pui chased the Diojt superior and extensive block of Furniture ever exhib ited ui the city, to which he invites the attention of house keepers and others in want of superior articles iu his line, pledging entire satisfaction in quality and price. His stock is composed of Solas, Dhan. Parlor chairs, Mahogany wa idrobes, and Rook cases, .Marble top Bureaus, Centre Tables, Spring and other Bedsteads, Sociables, Ac. He will also make to order any article in his line, as he has some of the best workmen in the city in his employ. He solicits a call from his friends and the public. He will pay particular attention to the Undertaking De partment, tor which purpose lie will keep a good assort ment of Burial Cases of every description. He will hare in attendance on funeral occasions a careful driver and good hearse. Petersburg, Va., April 9, 160. iT. WEJKLY ARRIVALS OF CARRIAGES, Rorka W Al h and BL GG1 KS, made expressly for Virginia and North-Carolina. They a re of thelatest stvleand supe rior workmanship. Also, SADDLES and HARX ESS of the best materials, and of my own manufacture. Call and sc my stock before purchasing tlscw here. A. C. HARRISON, No. 12:5 Sycamore street, 'Petersburg, V. . .April, 1860. --".." ly. REMOVAL. KEOKUK L. BIDU00I), BOuKStl.LKU, I Agent Methodist Depository, t RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, T1T01 LD respectfully inform his friends and Tl the public, that he has removed to the store, . . NO. 161 MAjlX STREET, ' . . ' Recently occupied by Mr. CHas. A. Gwatkin, and one door below Messrs. Kent, Pain & Co. His stock of BOOKS, STATIONERY, AND FANCY ARTICLES, wilt compare favorably with anv house South. He has se lected with great care a splendid assortment of stationery, to jsuit the most fastidious. A collection of choice Mlfi Pffi.i. a v rm: wtavhaimi ivm Tiii'iiiiininn WORKS, of thePnewest editions, and indeed the latest popu lar, moral publications as soon as published. - ' The trade can be supplied with our own own Books ujon -the same terms as at the Nashville' house. For terms, soe Catalogue, which will be furnished gratis. .. Merchants Ministers, Colporteurs and Consumers, wil find it to their advantage to patronize the Depository. The store has been elegantly and comfortably fitted up with a view to the easy conduct "of the business, as well as the comfort and ease of the customer. Also polite and accom modating clerks are employed. " Orders will be faithfully and promptly attended to. Don't forget the place. No. 161 Main street, one door Deiow Kent, i'ain & im. o - COLLEGE HOTEL" THK Undersigned having taken charge of the houses formerly occupied as a Female Collegs in the city of Raleigh, on HiHsboro' street, 200 yards west of .the Capitol, towards the N. C. Depot, and having opened the same as a PUBLIC HOTEL and BOARDING HOUSE, respectfully solicits the patronage of the TRAVELING PUBLIC. Hillsboro' street Is noted for good water and beautiful shade during the summer months. The Proprietor designs keeping a House for BOARDERS, during the summer and fall months for FAMILIES, who can hare the benefit the Mineral Water from the Kirkham Spring, which equal to any in the State in medicinal properties, U wall krw.u-n t all u lirt tinvo triifftlip wilr. The public are respectfully solicited to call and judge foi themselves, as promises might be made and not complied with. SAMUEL E. PHILLIPS, Ag'U Jan. 26, 1861. - - if tf SEWING MACHINES The Quaker Cltj ijfr)J Sewing Machine works with two threads making aUouble lick stitch, which will not rip or ravel, even if very fourth "stitch be cut. ' It sews eaually as well the oarsest Linsev or the finest Muslin, and is undeniably the at machine in market. Merchant Tailors, Mantua Makers nd Housekeepers, are invited to call and examine for them- Mr. P. A. Wilson, Merchant Tailor, Winston, X. "C. having tried other machine, buys one of the Quaker ityr" and pronounces it far better than any before in use. All persons wishing to .secure the agency for Uie 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 k Co., of Raleigh, and the county of Forsythe, taken by P. A. , Wilson, of Winston, should apply soon to the undersigned agents for the tftate. We will paj a reasonable per cent, to ail persons taking agencies. ., J. A F. GARRETT, Agents. , Greensboro', .V. C, Feb. 2nd, 185X. T AXD FOR SAIE-The nubscriber wishlnff to I j niore to the Southwest, offers for sale the tract ut land on which he now resides, lying eight mUes south of Raleigh, and one mile north of Rand's mill on the waters of Swift Creek, and in a healthy and intelligent neighborhood. Said tract contains abirtit 640 acres. ; there u enough land cleared, and in a high state of cultivation, for a fouf horse farm, cultirating one-half alternately. There is oa the tract a good two story dwelling house containing eight rooms, and a basement, newly fitted up. There are also all the necessary outhouses of a well-reguLited farm, with a well of excellent water in the yard. The farm is well dapted to th growth of Corn, Cotton Wheat and Data. For further particulars address- V JOHS MITCTIE.VEIt, .. Auburn, Waka Cow, X. C. October 13, 1860. . tf. OETH-CAR0LINA MILITARI BUTTONSTbo " Goldsboro Rifles," having procured a complete set of Dies of the State Arms, are prepared to furnish Buttons for all the North-Carolina Military Companieo, at 84 per cent, leas than they can be purchased elsewhere. All applications must be made to the Captain, U. D. CRATON Goldiboro, $ C , Jam. 13, 1861. W-tf,