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TERMS F03 ADVBBIIBIHQi r JOHN SPEL31AN, Editor and Proprietor T I AND PRINTER TO THE STATE, i I W31. KOBIXSOX, Assistant Editor. TERMS: J'.r VrPEKfA' EDITION, per annuuv,;..................$4 WEEKLYilHTION, " . 2 Invariably in Ad ranee.) The Southern Republic. The remanent Constitution tf the ConfvL.ra.lc Stales . J. of America. Wc the pooi1cof tlie GinftHlcratc.Statcs, each State ;,' i its siovm-ign and indeiicnelent character, in 'deHo form a permanent federal government, estab j; ;lKstkf, "insure domestic tranquility, and secure, tlie Vr. 'iin-s of lihertv to ourselves undotir posterity in- ' tie favor a:d pni-lance of Almighty Cd do ,,nliiiirand et;d.lLli this Constitution for the Confiide rati Statviof America. . , ; Ainici.E I. Section 1. ' (it lc'ii.sl.ativc" powers herein delegated shall Ixj v(-td fil v Cofiress of the Confederate States, wiiii h 'hall. consist of a Senate and House of Itcp- rcienUfives -..- : . .; . . - Section 2. j The House of iHeprcscntatives shall c composed of ,"minlKTS chosen every second ycuir 'bythc people of th 'several States; and the electors in each State shall j ! jtizeusof the Confederate States, and have the qual iiicati ns requisite for electors of the most numerous hnhch of the State legislature; but no person of f,nii"i) birth not a citizen of, the Confederate -States sliJfhe allowed to vote for any officers, civil or poljti c'ili State-or Federal. ; r ' i person shall lc a representative who shall not b ik uta"n."l the age of tweiity-fivc years, and "be a " zt,,j ..t'tlih Cuiifwicriitc States, and who shalli not, wll 'n '! " tf ,,e an inhabitant of that State in which j.f:;l 1-chosen.' Kr-.ieiitatives and direct taxes shall Ik; appor ti.ifd &tnvk the several States which may he-included Avitfiin this Confederacy according to their respective ; nnmlers w hi, h s&all be determined' by adding to the "while -nifnilier f free persons, including those bound t . si rvice for a term of years, and excluding Indians irntXixed, tliree-lil'ths -of alt slave?.. The actual euu- , Mt'ifiti'oii shall be made within three years after the ir4 jnocting of the Congress of the Confederate States, aiidl within every subsequent term of. ten years, insueh inaiirter.as they shall, by law, direct.. Tlie number of r' njrseiitativcs shall not' exceed one for every fifty tiiUisand,!b:!feach State shall" Jiavc iit least one repre ' sejilative; and until such'enunieWition shall be made '."tlie.ltate of South Carolina shall lie e'ntitjed to choose six ftlic State of Georgia ten, the State of Alabama iiinl. th': State Uf Florida two, the State-of Mississippi Kevfi,-tlic State of Louisiana six, and the State of Tf.Nfisslx. 4i When, vacancies happen in the representation fi-oifrdiiy" .'State, ihe Incentive ; authority, thereof shall ; writs of election to till such vacancies. ' ' ' ri ) ) 1 1,, use of ll-jnre.-entatives shall choose. their Si .liker vaud other ofiicers, and shall have the sJe j oer -ot- impeachment, except that any judicial or othlr federal ollicer resident and acting solely within th.-ihii.its of anv State, may be impeached by a vote nf'tWthirds uf both . branches ol the Iicyis!alure Uiefcof. . . " 4 Section 3. .- k The S'nateof the C .nfederate. States -shall be eolif'tosed t wo Senators from each State, choseif for sixhearA by the Legislature thereof, at the regular session next in. mediately 'pireccling the commence lncift of 'th'e term of service; and each Senator shall ha?e one vote. ' 'i Inyncliatelv after they shall - be assembled, m consequence of the fust election,, they shall be divided asoliirV.lv as may be into three liaises. The seats of .i L .. .I' .. . r C-Lt- rt-i sbntl b v:V-ated .it the ine;Teii.iiois i un. v. i . ; ex r,i ration of the seeon.l year; of the stcrud class at 'tiaf expiration of the f.urth year; and of the third c l.it at the exi. ? ration of the sixth year; so that one- third mav he chosen every second year; ami n aean- cii'Jhai.'i.en.hv resignation or otherwise during the re- tes.i iif t he Legislature' of any Sfa the Kxeeutive tlie -e'of may make temporary jippiyniments unrn me fnexft liieet of tlie Li'gislaturemch shall then till su' ji ' vacai c:es. :. "Xo person shall be a Senator who shall not have att-fined .the age of thirty years, and lie a citizen of the Confederate States, and who shall not. when elected, be 'm inhabitant of the State ll-r whichj.e shall be flu H'1(. ' . r ' ' i The V-ieelVeHdeutof the Conf -derate Stafes shall lK. I Vesi.lent of the Senate, hut shall h;..Te no vote, un lesitliev he equally divi.Uil. v ri The Senate shall choose their oilier officers, and ;.f a r.resident firo- fc)ji'c i'v t,he ahsence of the 'Vice I VIi.lcnt, or wheithe shall exercise t:e ollice.ot resi- dM of the Coiikderate States. ; The Setiate shall' have the sole port er to try ail ' . . . -1 ' ".:.... e. ;, i, ... l inliv.c4iments nen suiiug ioi ui.u j.u. (m., nUj rliiijl t-e on oath or ;iftMniation. hen the 1 'resident .',f ti.( Confederate States is tried, the Chief .Justice sha out 1 lireside ; -and no person sha! I U' eonvictel with- the concurrence ot two-tlanls oi uie memi.ers preeiit. , v 7 . .lu.l-ment in cases of im- eachment shad not ex- tei iH further than to removal from office, and disipial- itic: tion t.. hold and enjoy any omce l Honor, i rust or If imderthe Confederate Sta'es; but the party eon. p. viil,J sili:ilC nevertheless, be liable mid suhject to in dict incut, trial, judgment and punishment, according t i law. Scfiion 4. ; . L The times, places and manner of holding elec ta, nk for Senators and Leiircsentativcs shall he pre- sen ject -i . . .... -i .1 T I . . .... . 1 1 led m eacti Mateaiy rue i,eg.au.rre inereoi,, t i tlie pr.U isi'ic.s'vf this Cnstitetioii; fut thcCon- '.-4 m:iv at :.uv time: lv law maKe or alter such telatiouSj except as to the times und. places of choos inglSenators. . ; - ' -;'4 ' 'I'hc'-Ci u egress -shall assembleat least o.icem every .ycril- ; and such meeting shall be wn the first Monday in )eJember, unless tla-y shall, bv law, appoint a ifiilerent . f : j" ' 'f ' Section 5. ' ' . 1 V.a.ch llojtsiTsliaU he the judge of the elections, ' returns anil qualitiialions of its own memhers, and a .majority f.f each shall constitute a q.rum to do busi lie:; hut a smaller lnunbcV may ailjoum from day. to lav -and may Ve authorized to compel the atiendance of.lu'Ma.;t members, in such manner and under such peifa1ieh as each House may provide. '. Lach House may determine the rules of its pro "cciings, punish its nicmbcrs f r disonlerly behavior, i, with the 'concurrence of two-thirds of the. whole . riiber, expel a mcmU-r. - '' . "i lv . li lbmsc shall keen a i.nirnal of its nro- llin.rc nt.il from time to time liublisli tlie same, ex- ceiitin" such parts' -as-may in their judgment require '1. ' i .i .. ... . ........ ..' ... .. SClcsA, ail'l trie ta aiiu ii;i.'i uir iiininn-is cu eiifkerlloiise. on any quest ioy, shall, at the desire of twti-Jifth of those present, be enterclon the journal. -f. Neither House, during the session ot Congress, shall, without the consent of -the other, .adjoiirirbr mofe than three days, nor to anv other place than that h which, the' t;W j ll as's s'i id hi sitting. . . I Srelion (i. '" ijT The Senators and llepresen'ta lives shall receive a ce limpensation for their si-rvicj-sto be asv-ei tained by i" ii.l n-.i ill hut of the treasury of ihe Confederate lavi States. They shall, in all case's, except treason, felony and breach ol thd peuce U- privileged iroin arrest during their attendance at the session of their respective t l.iiwi .inl in r.in to and returning from the same! ....... . ... ...... . , --. . .- - and for any speech or debate in either House they shall not be quetioned in any other place. - i. No Senator or Uepresentative shall, during the Jinjo for : which he was elected, be -appointed to any civil office under the authority of the Cm federate States, which shall have been created, or the emolu mJnts whereof shall have btvn increase! during such lime ; and no person holding itnyoflice under tlie Con . ederatc States shall be a member of either House dtt m his continuance in oftice, lut Congress may, by rai-, grant to the principal officer in each ef rise Kx 1 rcjitive Departments a seat upon the Coer of eitlur H aiise, with the privilege of discussing ;my measures ap-rtaniug to his department. . ' Section 7.. l. All bills for raising revenue shall originate in tlie Uiaia of Representatives; but the Seriate may propose tofcohcur. with amendments as on oticr bill. $..- Lvery bill vhich shall have.pa.ssed both Houses hlj. before, it. U'comes a law, be presented to the Vol. II. President of the Con fetlerate States ; if he approve, he shall nign it; but if not, he shall return it with his ob jections to that House in which it shall have origi nated, who shall enter the objections atdarge'on their journal and proceed to reconsider it. If, after such reconsideration, two-thirds of hat House shall agree to pass the bill, it f hall be sent, together with the ob jections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise bo reconsidered, arid if approved by two-thirds of that House it shall become a law. But in all such casesthe votes of lth Houses shall be determined by yea and naj's, ami the names of the pcrkins voting for and against the bill shall be entered oh the journal of each House reflectively. If any bill shall not be returned by the President within tei: days (Sundays excepted) after it sJmII have been presented to him, the same shall be a law, in like manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress, by their adjournment, prevent its return ; in wjiich case it shalL not be a law. The Presi dent may apprqvc any appropriation and disapprove any other appropriation in the same bill. In such case, he shall, in signjng ,lhe bill, designate the appropria tions disapproved, and shall return a copy of such ap propriations, with his objections, to the House in which tlie bill shall have originated ; and the same proceed ings shall then be had as in case of other bills disap proved by the President. - 3. Every order, resolution or vote, to which the con currence of both Houses may be necessary (except on a question of adjournment) shall be presented tu the. President of the Confederate States; and before the same shall take effect, shall be approved by him; or being disapproved by him, may be repassed by two thirds of both Houses according to the rules and limi tations prescribed in case of a bill. ; Section -8. The Congress shall have power- 1. To lay and collect taxes, duties, impost; and ex cises for revenue necessary to payr tne debts, provide for the common defence, and carry on the government of the 0 m federate States ; but no bounties shall be granted from the Treasury, nor shall any duties or taxes . on importations from foreign nations belaid to pro mote or foster any branch of industry ; and all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform thoroughout the Confederate States. ' ; 2. To borrow money on the credit of the -Con fede rate Statesl . ! 3. To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the severa States, and with the Indian tribes; but neither this, nor any other clause contained in the Constitution,- shall ever c construed to delegate the power to Congress to appropriate money for aiy internal improvement intended to facilitate commerce, except for the purpose of furnishing lights, beacons and buoys, and other aidtrto navigation upon the coasts, and the improvement of harbors and the removing of obstructions in river navigation, in all which cases such duties shall be laid on the navigation facilitated thereby as may be necessary to pay the costs and ex penses thereof. . 4. To establish uniform laws of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies, through out the Confederate States; but no law of Coiigres shall discharge any debt- contracted before the passage of the same. ? 5. To coin money, regulate the value thereof and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and mea sures. - G. To -provide for the punishment of counterfeit ing the securities and current coin of the Confederate States. - 7. To establish post offices and post routes ; but the expenses of the Post oftice Department, after the first day of M nrch in the year of our lord eighteen hundred and sixty-three, shall be paid out of its own reve nues. 8. To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and fn venfors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries. ). - To t onstitute tribunals inf rior. to the Supreme J Court. : t- 10.1 To define and puni.-h piracies and felonies com mitted on the high seas, and offences against the law of nations, - 11. To declare war, grant letters of marque and re prisal, ami make rules concerning captures-on laud and water. ' - 12. To-raise and support armies; but no" appropria tion of money to that use .-diall be for a longer term than two years. '- bh To provide and maintain a navy. 14 To make rules for government and regulation of 'the land and naval forces. ', . . - 15. To provide for-callieg forth the militia to exe cute the laws of the Confederate States, suppress in surrections and repel invasion. ; Li. To provide' for organizing, arming and discip lining the militia, and for governing such part of then as may be employed in the service of the Confederate States ; reserving to the States, resjK'etivcl v, the ap pointment of theoflicers and the authority of training the militia according- to the 'discipline ' prescribed by Congress. 17. To exercise exclusivv legislation, in all cases, whatsoever, -over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of one or more States and the. acceptance of Congress, become the scat of the governmentof the Confederate States; and to exercise like' authority over all places purchased by the consent of the Legislature of the State in which the same shall be, for the ejection of forts, magazines,, arsem.ls, dock yards and other needful buildings ; and 18. To'rnakeall laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing pow ers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the-government of the Confederate .States, or in any department :or-ofiiccr. thereof. . . Section 0. 1. The importation ,-of negroes of the African race from any foreign country other than the slaveholding J States, or lerritoricsot the United States of America, is hereby forbidden ; and Congress is required to juss such laws as shall effectually prevent the same. 2. Congress shalhalso have power to prohibit the introduction of slaves from any State not a memlier of. or Territory not belonging to, this Confederacy. 3. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall i not be suspended, unlessivhen in cases of rebellion or j invasion the public safety may require it. i 4. No bill of attaincr, or ex osl facto law, or law j denying or impairing the right of property in negro ; slaves shall be passed. : o. No. capitation- or other direct tax shall lie laid unie-s in proportion to the census or enumeration here- ' in be fore directed to K taken. 0. No tax or duy sliall I e laid on articles exported : from any tate, except by a vote of two-thirds ol ; both houses; . ' 7. No pVeferences 'shall le given bv any regulation of commerce of revenue to the ports of one State over hose of another. " 8. No money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in consequence of apjiropriations made by law; and a regular statement and account of the receipts and ex- ' penditures of all public money shall be published from I time to time. . 0.. Congress shall appropriate no money from the j treasury except by a vote ol two-thuds of both houses, taken by yeas and nays, unless it le asked and esti mated for by sotne one of the heads of department, and submit ted to Congress by the President; or. for the purpose ef paying its own expenses ami contingencies ; or for the .payment -of 'claims against tlie Confederate States, the justice of which shall have been j.idieiaby declared by a tribunal for the investigation of claims against the government, which it is hereby" made the duty of Congress to establish. 10. All bills appropriating money shall 'specify in federal currency the exact amount of each appropria tion and the purposes for which it is made; and Congress shall grant no exti.. -Wipensation to any public contractor, officer, agent tr servant, after such contract shall have eeu- made or such service rendered. 11. No title of nobility shall be granted by the Con federate 'Slates ; and no. person holding any office, of profit or trust under them, shall, without the copent fo the Congress, accept of any present emoluments office or title of any kind whatever from any king, prince or foreign State. ' RALEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1862. 12. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the frre 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. 13. A well regulated militia lieing necessary to the security of a free State, the right 1 the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. 14. No: soldier shall, in time of peace, be ctiar tered in any house without the consent of the owner; nor in time of war, but ia a raauner to be prescribed by law. t . 15. The, right of the people to ,bc 'secure in their personsliouses, papers and effects against uurcasona ble searches and seizures, shall not be violatal ; and no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause, sup- ported by tsith or affirmation, and particularly de scribing the place, to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. lt5. 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 iservice, in 'time of .war or public danger ; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be ti:c put in jeopardy of life or limb, nor lie 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. s . , 17. In all criminal prosecutions ihe accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by . an im partial jury of tlie State and district wherein the crime shall have lieen committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained, by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation ; to lie. con fronted with the witnesses against him ; to have compulsory process for obtaining witecsses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defence "18. In suits at' common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars', the right of trial by jury shall be preserved; and no fact so tried by a jury shall lc otherwise re-examind in any court of the Confederacy than according to the rules of the common law. , . ' 19. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor exces sive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. 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. j 1. No State shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation ; grant letters of marque and reprisal ; coin money ; make anything hut gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts ; pass any bill of attain der, or ex post facto law, or law impairing the obliga tion of contracts ; or grant any title of nobility. 2. No State shall, without the consent of the C in gress, lay any imposts or duties on imports and ex ports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing its inspection laws ; and the nctt produce of all duties and imposts, laid by any. State on imports or ex ports,, shall be for the use of the treasury of, the Xx.nfetlerate States ; and al,l such laws shall be subject to the revision and control 'of Congress.- j 3. No State shall, without the consent of Congress., lay any duty .of tonnage, except on sea-going vessels, f r the improvement of its rivers and harbors naviga ted bv the said vessels ; but such duties shall not con I'i. t with any treaties of the Confederate States with foreign nations ; and any surplus of revenue thus de rived shall, after making such improvement, he paid into the common treasury ; nor shall any State keep' troops or ships of war, in time of peace, enter into any agreement or compact with another State, or with a foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually inva ded, or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay. Put when. any river divides or flows through two or more States, th ;y may enter into compacts with ejach other to improve the navigation thereof. "Autic'lk II. Section 1. i , ; I. The executive power shall be vested in a Presi dent of the Coi'i federate States of America. He and the Vice President shall hold their offices for the term of six years ; but the President shall not be rc-eligihle. The President - and A "ice President shall be elected as follows:- . 2f Each Slate shall -appoint, m such manner as the Legislature thereof fnay direct, a number of electors" equal to the whole 'n timber of Senators and Representa tives to which the Slate may he entitled in the Con gress ; but no Senator or representative, or person holding an ollicyof trust .or profit under the Confeder ate States, shall be appointed an elector. 3. The eice-ors shali meet in their respective States and vote by ballot, for President and Vice President, one of whom, at least, shall not b.i aif inhabitant of the same State with themselves; they shall name in tla ir 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, anal of the number of votes for each, which list they ."--hall 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 IIous 0 of Representatives, open all the certificates, and th votes shall then be counted ; the person having th greatest numlier of votes for President shall be th President, if such number W 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 chise immediately, by ballot, the President. Put in cho.jsing the President the vote's shall be taken by States, the representation from each State havingonc 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 nest' following, then 'the Vice 'President shall act as Presi dent, as in case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President. . " 4. The,pcrson having the greatest number of votes as Vice President shall he the Vice Presdent, if - such number: be a" majority of the whole number of elect, irs appointed ; aud it" 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 tw.vthirds of the whole number of Sen ators, and a majority of the whole number shall be ne cessary to a choice, ' . : o. Put no 'person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall le eligible to that of Vice Pres ident of the Gmfederatc States. G. 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 lorn citizen of the Con federate States, or a citizen thereof at the time of the adoption of this constitution, or a citizen thereof liorn in the Unite ! Stales prior to the 20th of Deecm leiy 18U0, shall b& eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who - shall not have attained the :ic:e of thirty-five years, and een fourteen years a resident within the limits of the Confederate States, as 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 tjie -powers -and duties of the said office, the' -same shall devolve on the Vice President ; and the Congress may, by law, provide for the case of re moval, death, resignation, or 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. Tlie President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation, whichshall neither be in cr?ased 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. . j ' ' 10. Before he cuttrs 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, 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, whcii called into the actual service of the Confederate States ; he may re quire the opinion, in writing, of the principal officer in each of the Executive Departments, upon any sul 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 arid with the ad vice aEd consent of the Senate,, to make treaties, pro vided two-thirds of the Senators nrpsnnfc mnrnr mwl he shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent oi the benatc, shall appoint ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, judges of the Su preme Court,-and all other officers of the Confederate States, whose appointments arc 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, n the courts of law or in the heads of departments. 3. The principal officer in each of the executive de partments, and all persons connected 'with the diplo matic service, may be removed from office at the plea sure of the President. All other civil officers of the Executive Department may bv ' 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 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 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 Confed eracy, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient ;' he may, on extraordinary occasions, convene both houses, or either of them ; and in case of disagree ment between them, with respect to the time of ad journment, he may adjourn them to such time as he shall think proper ; he shall receive Ambassadors 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 the Confederate States, shall be; removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdeanors ARTICLE III. Section 1. ' 1. The judicial power of the Con federate States shall be vested in one Superior Court, and -in such in ferior courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The judges, lioth of the Su preme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices du ring goixl Ixihavior, and shall, at stated times, receive for their services a compensation, which shall-not be diminished during .their continuance in office. Section 2. 1. The judicial power shall extend to all cases arising under this Constitution, the laws of the Con federate States, and treaties made or which shall be made under their authority ; to all cases affecting am bassadors, other public, ministers and consuls; to all cases of admiralty and maritime -jurisdiction ; to con troversies to which the Confederate States shall lie a party ; to controversies- between two or more States; lietween 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 loreign States, citizens or subjecis but no State shall be sued by a citizen or subject of any foreign State. ' 2. In all cases affecting ambassadors, either public 'ministers and consuls, and those in -which, a State shall be a party,, tlie Supreme Court shall have ' origi nal juristlietiem. In ad the otlft-r eases before men tioned the Supreme Court shall have apiiellate juris-' diction, both as to law and tact, with such 'exceptions and under such regulations as , the G.nigress shall make. ' ' 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of im peachment, shall be by jury, and such trial shall 1m; held in' the State 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. Section 3. - 1. Treason against the Confederate Stales shall con sist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and .comfort. No K-rson shall lie convictee1 of treason unless on the testimony-of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court. 2. The Congrevss shall have power toeleelare the punishment of treason, but mi attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture, except during the life ef the person attained. '.article iv. Section 1. 1. Full faith ami 'credit shali be' given in each State to the public acts, records and judicial proceed ings of every other State. And the Congres-; mayj by general laws, presenile the manner in w .ch such acts, records and proceedings shall be pr7eel .and the effect thereof. Sxlion 2. 1. Tlie citizens of each State shall oe entitled to ali the privileges and immunities of citizens in the sever al States, and shall haw the right ef transit and so journ in any State of this -fJonfederacy, with their slaves and either property: and, the right ef 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, -j.-ho shall flee from justice, and be found in another State, shall, on demand of the executive autority of the State from which he Heel, be delivered up to be re moved to the State having jurisdiction of the crime. 3. No slave or other person held to service or lalxr in any State or Territory of the Confederate States, uneler the laws thereof, 'escaping or lawfully carried into another, shall in consequence of any law or regu lation therein, be dischargee I from such service or la bor, but shall be delivered upon claim of the party, to whom such slaves belong, or to whom such service er labor ihay.be due. . " , Section 3. . 1. Other States may be admitted into ibis Confctb eracy by a vote of two-thirds of the whole House 'if Representatives and two-thirds of the Senate, the Senate voting by States ; but no new State shall Ixj formed or erecteel within the jurisdiction of any othe r State ; nor any State lie formeel by the junction of two or more States, or parts of States, without the consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned, as well as of the Congress. 2. The Congress shall have power to dispse of and make all needful rules and regulations concerning the property of the Cemfeelerate States,; includiug the anels 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 thein. at such times and n such manner as it may by law proviele, 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 ami by the territorial government and the inhabitant! of the several Confederate States and Territories sha No. 30; have the right to take snch territory and slaves law fully held by them in any of the States or Territories of the Confederate States. ;s 4. The Confederate States shall1 guarantee to every State that nw is or hereafter may liecome a member of this Confederacy a Republican form of government, and shall protect each of thesn against invasion ; and on application of the Legislature (or of the Executive wheu the Legislature is not in session) against domes tic violence. article v. Section 1. 1. Upon the demand of any three States legally assembleel in their several conventions, the Congress shall summon a Convention of all the States, to take into consideration such amendments to the constitu tion as the said States shall concur in suggesting at the time when the said demand is matlc,, and should' any of the proposed amendments to the constitution be agreed on by the . said conventieVn voting by States and the same be ratified by the Legislatures' of two-thirds of the several States, Or by conventions in two-tmnis thereot as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the general conveu- j tion they shall henceforward form -a part of this Censtitutien.- But no States shall, without its con t sent, be deprived of its equal representation in tho j Senate. ' . ARTICLE VI. ' 1 1. The Government establisheel by' the Constitution " is the successor of the provisional' government of the ? Confederate States of America, aud all the laws pass- eel by the latter shall continue in force until the same shall be repealed or meidified ; aud all the officers aj- . pointed by the same shall remain in office until their successors are appointcel anel qualified j or the offices abolisheel. 2. All elebts contracted and engagements entered into lieforc the adoption of this constitution shall be as valid against the Confederate States under this constitution as under the provisional government. 3. This constitution, and the laws of the Confeder ate tatcs, made in persuance thereof, and all trea ties made, or which shall le made under the authori ty of the Omfeelerate States, shall be the supreme law if the land ; and the judges in every State shall Ikj I Hiund thereby, anything in the constitution eir laws . if any State to the contrary notwithstanding.-. 4. The Senators anil Representatives before men tioned, and the inemlicis ef the several State Legisla tures, anel all executive and judicial 'officers, both-of the Co federate States and of the several States, shall be Wind by oath or affirmatiem to support tins con stitution, but no religous test shall ever lie required as i qualification to any office or public-trust under .the Confederate States. , ' 5. The enumeration, in the constitution, of certain rights, shall not le construct! to deny eir disparage ithers retained'by the people of the several States. C. The powers not delegated t-o the CJonfetl'erate States by he cem'stitution, nor prohibited -by it to the States are reserveel to the States, respectively, er to the people thereof. ARTICLE VII. 1. The ratification eif the Conventions of fi ve State di all be sufficient for the establishment of 'this consti tution lietween the States so ratifying the same. 2. When five States shall have ratified this cemsti- nition, in the .manner before specified, the Congress uider provisional constitution shall prescrilie the timo Tor holding the . elect iem of President and Vice Presj leilt ; and for the meeting of the Electoral 'College; ind for counting the votes and inaugurating the Presi lemt. They shall also prescrilie 'the time for holeling the first election of memliers eif Congress uneler this constitution, and the time for assembling the same. , Until the assembling of such Congress, the Congress under the provisional .-constitution shall continue to exercise the legislative powers granted them, not ex- ' tending beyond the time limited by the constitution of the provisional g ivernmcnt. Adopted unanimously, March 11, 1861. J. Q. TK CARTEI1ET. JCIIIX ARUSTRO.VQ. "N OKTII-CAUOLIXA HOOK BINDERY, (OVER THE X. C. BOOK STOIIE.) DcCartetet & Armstrong BOOK It IN D LliS Jl 'lt nr. A A A!" BOOK MANUFAC i TUIIEaIS, RALEIGH, X. C. ; Jan. 23, '1 SGI. " 16 ly ED. till AH AM HAYWOOD, COUNSELLOR AND ATTORNEY AT LAW, KAI.EIC.H, N. C, Will attend the County and Superior Courts of Wake, Johntn and Chatham ; "the Superior Courts of New Han over and .Sampson, and the Terms, of the Federal Courta and Supreme CouriNif North-Carolina, at Raleigh. Ollice, tho w.e-fonnerly occupied by the late Hon. Wil liam II. Havwood, jr." v Jan. 20, iSCl. , ' 17 ly BR. MOORE, ' ATTORNEY AT LAW, SAt.ISBCUY', X. C., Will practice in tho Courts of Rowan and adjoining coun ties. Collections promptly made. " Jan. '. lsil. 17 Ir NOTICE. HAYING lost or mislaid ray certificate, No. 333, for lour sliares of stock in tlu Raleigh aud Oaton Railroad Company, I shall make apptication to the Board eif said Company for a re-issue of same. . . JOHN WATShX, di-c. 4. 18G1. 71 in. ; NOTICE: Methodist Prot. Female College, , ' Jamestown, Glwlkokii Co., X. C. ! npilE FIFTH SESSION WILL OPEN JULY 4,1S01, t X. under tlie charge eif G. W. Hkoe, A. M. i This Institution has the ad vantage tif a healthy 1 cation, large and comfottabls buildings, and extensive phiiosophi i cal and chemical apparatus, c. ; t The President and family, with the other uicmbora of the Faculty, live in the College and eat at the same tables with the Students. Tuition $15 per session, Music n thel'iano t Guitar $20; Grecian Painting S7 50; Embroidery $7 50. Latin, French, Oriental Painting. Drawing, Hair flowers, Vax Flowers, Feather Flowers, Wax Fruit, eaeh $5; V. ' cal Music $1; contingent expenses $1; Beiarding $7 50 per month, including wahinr and fires, half in advance. For . further mlormation aaaress m . , G. W, HEGE, rrendtnt. June 26 ---''..''.' " "tf- HOANftKE FK.MALE SE3IINARY. 1 nnilE next session of this Institution, at the I I . -I'll.; I T ?t Umnnlra I II , j residence ui ur, i. i. - y Martin Co., X. C, will begin on the fourth Monday in JuJv Miss Sue Williams, eit'X. C, teacher. ' ; .J TERMS: Spelling, reading and writing per session. Higher English Branches. , $10.00 12.5tf French - -Q Music on Piane W.WJ Use of Instrument.. ..........7t.. . iu. 7.5J JJV.aiK, y,t - , if ; Ar. in 9 coif n-ith aInnr at uomcZ...... 1 lt.A rnf innnlh .................. ...Z..... lO.W xoriu' J. T. WATSOXt T..I.. in iKftl 7 ' 64: ( Kegister copy 4 times weekly 7 Proclamation. TX pursuance, and by vinueor, a resoiuiionm X the General Anscmblv (tf .North Carolina, I. Hefiry I. Clark, Governor ex-oflicio eif our State,d hereby not iff and require all male citizens of this State now j in the enemy's country of the United State, to return Ui .North Carolina where" their allegiance is juHly due, trithtk iktrty day from th date hereof : and I do hereby declare as an alien enemv, subject to all the pains, tenalties and forfei tures which are or may be incurred by an alien enemy, everv person failing to obey the requirement of this pro clamation, except he be a soldier in the army of the Con riM .it,- nr uunn one ot them. r in prison or dc j tainedby force. (iRVRY T. CLARK. Governor Ex-OSicio. Executive Pepartmext, 7 . lUlci"-h Oct. 1st, 1K61. X WiliiiTnton Journal and Charlotte Democrat copy. oct3,1861. 8 rnHE Xorih Carolina Staie Azrle ultural Socletr I are requested to meet at the Court House m this city at 7 o'clock, P. M., on Tuesday, 13th day . of Aovembcr lDBuJine 'of rery great importance requires a fuU and punctual attendance. ' J y By order of the President p - Raleigh, N. C, nov. 6, 18CI. 96-td. I One square, first wertloii; Ech subsequent insertioa, (Fourteen Usee or nader nuke quart.) Contract will be entered into with yearlj, balAjearlf tnd quarterly adrertixert, at a redaction frem the abera rates. - : '' No deduction from the regular rates for adrertiaeatt inserted in the Weekly Edition. All advertisements receive one insertion ia the Week. niLLSBOEOUGH MILITARY ACADEMY. THIS IXSTimiox Is under the.condiet of vol. t. L. Tew, forroerlr Superintendent of the State IS7 Ar"dem,v t Columbia, S. C. It i designed to affordi education of the same scientific and practical cnaw e-r as that obtained in the Sute Military Institu tions of irginia and South-Carolina. , COURSE OF STUDY i -n-Fir" rar' k -Arithmetict Alrebra, Frrach thopaphy'4 Sute' Ene,u,h Oramaar, Georraphy, Or Sea.md Ytr, ith Algebra, Geometry, Trigones- etrZ rjnch, Latin, Unirersal History, Composition. ; ou j Tr' Z,t t'"Ie8criptiTe Geometry, Shades, hhadows and Perspective, Analvtieal Geometry, Surtey ing, I rench, Latin, Rhetoric, History England, Litera ture, Drawing, Elocution. nfo-rtk 1 ar, Ud Co-sDif. and Int. Calculus, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry. Rhetoric, Logic, Moral rhileaH Phv. Latin, Drawing, Elocution. rijth ltr, in (7a. Agricultural Chemistry, Astron omy, Geology, Mineralogy, Civil Engineering, FWd Forti fication, Ethic. Political' Economy, Evidences of Christi anity, Constitution of the United States. ' Infantry and Artillery Drill will form a feature of taa whole course. ACADEMIC YEAR BARRACKS. The Academic year will commence on the first Wednes day ia February, (Frb, , 1861,) and eoatiaae, without in termission, to the fourth Wednesday ia November. The Barracks are arranged with special reference to the nees vitics of a Military Acadcmr. The main building Is 21k feet long and three stories high ; another building, 190 feet long, contains the mess hall, kitchen, store room, surgeon's otliceand hoopital. ? V.'-. TEKkd t .. i ' . . . The charges for the academie year are $315, for which the academy provides board, fuel', light, washitig inntrue tion,. text-lMniks, mciieal attendance and clothing. For circulars containing full information addreM COL. C C'TKW, - Supt. II. M. A. April 10, 1861. ' rwAswly. TENTS FOR THE VOUNTEEUS. THE subscriber keeps eonstintly on hand and manufactures to order WALL, S1ULEY, llELL AN1 A TEXTS. , Any number, from 1 to 1,000, of the best and must in proyed styles can be supplied as fast as needed. N. 11. ' Officer's tents made to order and warranted te suit. . . 8. A. MYERS, Corner Main and Pear street. ? Richmond, Va. oct.3, 1861.' , 8 Sm. rpiK.YIP SEED. L TURXIP.SEED. p Large Flat Dutch Turnip Seed, Ked. Top Turnip, Large Norfolk. - v . ' . Large Mammoth (from this County,) Ami other kinds of Turnip sftd, F6r sale at PESCUD'S Drugstore. Augniit 19 , 76 tf. A FIXE LOT OF SrO.YfiE. . .'" . ' . .-alad Oil. Baker's Bitters, Black Tea, KnglUh Mustard, A larg- stock of Fancy Kuan. Received at P. P. PESCUD'S, Drag Store. 76- tf. ang 19. THE SI BSCKIBEK BE(.S LEAVE TO ANX01XCE to the citizens of Raleigh that he has made arrange ments to keep .in hand a cons taa t supply ot Coal from Egvpt, in Chatham county. Persems wUhing to hare Coal delivered at their residence can have it by making early application. .P. FKRRELI, - Wilmington street. T August 2. 1861. . 7S tf. Quartermaster's Department. PROPOSAL will be rerehed at tills oiare for furnishing the North Carolina troop with Hats. Pro posals must b" accompanied by a sample . the hat. and must stntr p-ice and number which can bo k,l'Tcrd p?r week, and also at what time the dcliverv will evmmence. J. DEYFJREDX, A. Q. M. sept. ,9. ' 90-tf. . Map or North Carolina and Virginia. A FEW COPIES OF PEARCE'S XEW MAP OF X or tli Carolina and Virginia, embracing Virginia as an far Ki. Iiin.md, Yorktown, B.'the-I, Fortress Monroe, Ae..v The Coast Defences of North Carolina. Fort Macon, llat teras, Ac. . Send soon if vou want a copy. Worth $10. 'Sold for $C. - SAMUEL PEARCE, HilUUiro' H. C. September U. 82 6m. NOHTH CAROLINA INSTITUTE ! For the Dear and Dumb and the Blind, v THEncxt session of this Institute will com mi' nee on Monday, the 2nd of September, and con tinuo ten months. Pupils should be sent in punctually at the commencement of the session. Havinga full corps ot teachers in the ditl'ure'nt departments it is to bo hoped that the pareMits and friendi of the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind will send them here to receive the benefits of an education. - Anv information as to the method of admitting pupils,. Ac. will bo given upon application to me by letter or otherwise: WlLlK J. PALMER. Principal. J Au2l7. 7. ' waswJm, NOTICE. r 4 Vn. AFTER THE FIRST DAY OF OCTOBER. J ltitil, 1 shall sell no grxnU, except lor cash ox dklivkuy; . I am compelled to do this because I can buy no good now except at from two to two hundred and fifty per ce-nt. higher than I bought theinl months ag--and lean get no time on them, but must plauk elown the cash or go witlmnt thegoids. I therefore advise all my cu.tomersand the public generally, who will favor me with their calls, that thev must bring the change hereafter, as 1 shall -certainly , refuse "my be-st Iriendi. ' ' . . . . I also earnestly reejuest all parties owing me accounts due 1st July or previous thereto, to come forward and set tle the same, cither by cash or note parties failing to com- -ply with this notice bv 2Hh October next, will be rhsrg-d , 10 per cent, on the whole amount due, from 1st July last, so (ong as their accounU remain unsettled. JSCHEIB. - Raleigh, sept 28. . J" Sequestration IVotiec VjAVIXG BEEX APPOINTED BI TnEHOX.ASl J"! uiZgs Judcof the District Court of the Confederate States of America, for the DUtrict of .Vorth Carolina, the Receiver for the Counties of .Northampton, Chowan, Gates, and Hertford in said State, I hereby notify every attorney, ircnt, former partner, trustee or other persoo holding or controlling, within said counties, any lands, tenements or hcreditamenU, gwds or chattels, rights or credits, or any interest therein, of or for any aliencnciny of the Confed eratc StaUs of America, speedily t infoi m me of the same, and to render to me an accemnt thereof, an so far as prac ticable to pav over the same to me, or to place the same in mybanefe. Anysuchperwnwmf-Hrfaifingtodowsh.il -bJ iruiliV of a high misdeineane, and poH indictment and conviction, shall be fined in asum notVxeeediog live thons nd dollars, and imprisoned not more tbanaix months, and ibaH urt heV be liable to be sued by said Confederate States, .nd subject to pay double tb4 v.fue of thestate, property , oreffocuf theilien encmj held by hinf r subject to bis IaUo notify each and crry cltiten of the Confederate StatcTspeedily to gire infrmalMm to me (l he U required by lawE) l( r and all lands, f t.rments, g.KMls an.l chattels, r ghU .and ereiUU, wi hin the said cemnties, and of evry right and Interest therein held, -owcd and possessed oren.yed by or for any such alien ffice U at Jackon, thXw?PtBLr L . - . . n ..... r iJ Receiver for tnc tunues aiorr"". OCt. l'Jf . ism 9i . PBUtLtA31AAlU.l By his Excellency, Henry T, Clark, Got- ' ernor of the State of North Carolina, . r Executive DEMTMr, Raleigh, Oct 3rd, W6l. j ' ,.r i.n nnrcttr riven me bv the 19th section "Xtn anHy ad with the advice of the of theCemsUtution and a ,LibU th exmuUtion be ConDe.1 of $ta Us I d hertD y p J?n'.!,hJe woolen gS3s, jens, lindaey and blanketa men ,.nrhthe orders of the proper otfieers of e Confed ha hKUteGeJt0BJrht: AA ThfoSer of the 13th ult. is hereby revoked. The AA iutant Oencral is directed to employ allnccfmry means ! SeuhUSrdda A. D- I86L HEXBTT, CLARK. Gorernbr Ez-officio. ?vte'rn Democrat, Faye teTillc Obsemr and Wl.ming ton Journal copy four times andsend bills to cx-o e r. ,.m lKrlT - - f -i "I- - -.; ''-- ...... - : , ' Z '
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