North Carolina Newspapers

t - i J" 1 .. oft! tate Journal. inUrSPELJlAN,! Editor and Proprietor MUndtbinter to the state. . tfM. BOBIXSOX, Assistant Editor. . r ' , TERMS: , . -,rT-WEEKLY EDITION, per annum,.. VEEKLt EDITION, " .$4 . 2 Invanaoiy m .vm w.... ipbSoutherii Kepublic. " Confederate Slates The reimanw w - i j of America. ? "II P01 the Confclcratc States, each State 'Sirrci-n anl independent character, in aCVtbermnnent falcril. government, estab- orucr t'if-f;: , w.:, tronnn tv. anl secure tne rate 11 iof America. . II . Article I. Section I. " oi t-islativc iWcre herein delegated shall be A&f O.ivn-essof the Confederate States, -of a Senate" and House of Rep- :iin inu.i rcscutaitives Section 2. House of Representatives shall be composed 1. i u ,.vrv wond vear bvthc people of of r ,Uhe electors in each State shall 'the set PKolVic Confederate States, and have the qual- ietiti ificatitjtjs re- for electors VI UK llrai uuiin,nrao bat no pcrswn oi W.? iti?;nf tho Confederate TSeates J officer,.! or pditi- ill l? a representative wno snail not jr;el ; &ed the of twenty-fivc years, and be a lVl-;t i ,!;..,. valerate States, and who shall not, uh?ntfin'l M. habitant of that State in which fl-CMTitatives aim uuwi. "v -r--. : tt.s(':'t-ral States which may be included Kh C..nledcracy according to their respective imini whole i V!lli,ll Slilttl i mn,ni""-.. - j 0 ---- i'liiiiber of free persons, including inosu oouiiu t. fi.r a term of years, and excluding Indians to w-rv i..,t t iM Ihree-liiths ol all slaves, n.v ..n..uu- miTiit in shall t'C mane wuniinmi-e j-'"1. i..;i.r . .f ilic ( x mirress 111 l I W V ' 1 1 1 v v t v i n i . J ant il'irk'very siil-epient term oi ichjimi m uwi fas It hoy shall', by law, direct. The number of f IjMllll n-MU'Sl ttatiives' shall uoi r.wwi ' j "-v hiit. each State shall have at least one, repre- Kent: five: Jn ,1 until such enumeration shall be made Ac'of --South Carolina shall le entitled to choose the S ;.,. Ifc. Slate of Florida two, the State oi Mississippi 1 T'v - ijlicl State, of Louisiana six, and the State of WVt'II Tc-xa: IWheii . vacancies Iiappcn in tne lyyTun-m f ... ,1 J froiin i.-'itc Sjiea State 'de Executive authority thcreol snau tetsi.l't'fcctii-tt. fill such vacancies.' s - . . i .11 ..i fi e I nustMif Representatives snau cnoose unui, tr and U r otlicers, and shallMiave the sole ,f iinprichnieiit, except that any judicial or fr-deral .fiicer. resident and acting solely within lits of any, State, may be impeached -by a vote llifi' r.emslature iiowe .t!ir the I ol tw o-iniras" oi uiu then f. . : - ii , SvHion 3. - , i'he -Senate offthe Confederate States shall be jw-d-oftwW Senators froiii each State, chosen for 1. cmiii six v enrs. I ,l.rw a turn thcreol. at tne reijmar sessidh next lnitnediatcMy preeeuiu- ui.mm.u.u .1 J I . . . r f in - 1'viiik i 1 tkh liiCllt have of the term of ; service; and each heiuuor snau one vuie. . i IinmediaWy-aftor they shall be assembled, in ..,.,f. ..f the first election, they shall be divided ftsecitvilly as m'av hi- into three elates. .The seats of live Senators of the Tirsf class shall be vacated at -the kpifati. ,n of the second year ; of the second class at ttirVmrfitfon of the' fourth year; and .of the third it the expnaiMni .oi uit? m.mu u-.u , i.hk '"7 may be t hoseii every second y-tsir ;nd if vaean- Ktes twvppen by j-esignatioii or otherwise uunng the re- ess i here f the Legislature oi any nu.uv, me r..e. uiiu of may make temporary appointments until ihe meeting of the Legislature, whic'li shall then fill vacancies. ' -t No person shall be a Senator who slni! not have icd the age of thirty years, and be a t iti.en of the derate States,, and who shall not, when elected, aiextj SIKH -. attai k'be-a h inhabitant of the Mate lor which he. snau be J1'! 1. The, Vice Presi lent ol the l onleiierate Mar.es snau W 1 rcsideiitsuf the Senate, but shall have no vote, uu- hey be e'fpiallv diviied. ' . Tim Senate -shall chose their other oflicers. and i I'l i si.leiit vr tt'hntoi-c in the absence of the Vice President!. 'ir when he. shall exercise the oflice of Presi- U-:,t of the Confederate States. The Senate -sliall have the sole power to try. all ' i 1 . . Wl., if iurr 1". r tluit rtnriMis! 1 llOV l tup achitienis v m-u 1 .1 ,. ' rha! be on. oath or allirmation." W hen the- l resu lent j'riii.f.Mlorate -States is tried, the Chief Justice shal i i ' . diall le' convicted with- presme; aiwi no juimi out -pre the concurrence of two-thirds ol the members sHt. liubmient in cases of impeacljment shall not ex-T -:' tern further 'than to removal from office, and disqual- . ir5Jtim to ho d andeuiov any omce .01 nonor, lice, ot honor, trust or . if.- . it under -tne voineufi.io-- uuv.-., v v i shall, nevertheless, be liable and subject to in- uentj trial, judgment and punishment, . according 1 I . ' I . 1 . . f Cf.. I 1 ill f f 1 11 I l'f ' kll vie dicti t 1 4v. Section 4. 1 !-Tvrttiinp places anl . manner of holdin elec- -i "( - I tlol i-for Senators and Representatives snau be pre- Kjl in each State by the 'Legislature thereof, 'sub thVtlie l.rovisi-u.s of this Constitution; but theCoii- sen ici'f uiav, at anv- nine, hmm- 01 .iuo .niui 1... i 1 ,,..1. ?1'( ihitions, except 'as to the tunes and places olchoos Se'inate.rs. . , ;"- ''The 'Congress shall assemble at least o.ice in every vcajr!: and such meeting shall on the tirst b.nday in 1 ' . . 11 1 i 1 ir i 1 1C em'ber, unless tliey shall, by law, appoint a uiiiereni iij,- i . '- Section 5. ' ilEach House shall be the judge of the elections, ret 1 ouaht'iL-atious ot its own memU'is. and a jority of each shall constitute a qUjriim to do busi- ma .ief; tbut a smaller number .may aa)oum irom nay to la i and mav be authorized to compel the attendance of a ibsent '-'members, in such manner, and under such Cities as each House may provide. Le r.acli House 'may determine the rules of its pro lines punish its. members k-r disorderly U'havior, the concurrence ot two-thuds ol the whole 'l.ber, exel :v lyember. ' V'Each Housie shall keep a journal of . its pro- cttJiug, and froin time to tune publish the same, ex iting such parts as may. in tneir judgment require su vi.sv, -ant), the veas and nays oi me - members 01 lier" House, on anv question, ?fefll, at the desire of el Uti&iifth of Uiosi? present, be entcmlon the nn nal 4gMeither House, uunng uiu m'smou ui v-ounios, 1 .... . . 1 . . :.. ' si df without the consent of the other, a.pnrn for KO than thrt'e days, nor to any other place than that .viliich tlie two 1 1 -u.e :!all '.bb.sitting. 1 ;ir ( Section G. '' 1;J The Senators and Representatives shall receive in 11 a tdnipensation lor their services, to be ascertained I y 1 ypaid aid out o: the treasury tn ine -uiieii'rate :tes 1 hev shall, in all cases, except treason," felony S ni ul breach of the icace be privileged from arrest during t'ieir attendance at the -jsi..u ot their, respective -44o uses and in "?iug to and returning Horn the same ; iidlfor anv speech or debate In either House they shall llotibe queslioneu m an umvi . , til Ko Senator or Representative - shall, , during the tSme br which he was elected, be appointed to any yd Mlice under, the authority of the Ortifcdcratc. Suites; which shall have Ikxmi createtl, or the emoln- tL-nts whereof shall have been increased during- such imc and no person holding any office under the Con- ederateitates tjhalUK) a member of either House du- niir hU""contiuuance m olhce. Rut Congress may, .by f'-iw wrant to the principal officer in each of the F.x- 1 t,Miv with the privilege 01 uiscussinji Itppeitaimig to Uis uepartmcui. iv, - . . , t -. 'il bills for raisiug revenue shall originate in the loiLse of Representatives; but the Senate may proptjsq, concur with amendments as on other bills 2.. Every bHi which shall have passed both Houses halU iM'iortii it becomes a i w. be pientcd to the JI?ur " ,'r t:i)prtv to ottrse ves and our porteri y in - "Td f vS an tpu-lanceof Almighty Glo , Vtt SK3flil. this Constitution for the Confide- Vol. II. President of the Confederate States : if he approve, he shall sign it ; but if not, he shall return.it with his ob- jections -totthat House in .which it shall have origi-ll nated, who shall enter the objections at large on their journal and proceed to reconsider it. If, after such reconsideration, two-thirds of that House shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together- with tte ob jections, to the other House, by; which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two-thirds of that liouse.it shall become a law. But in "all such cases the votes of l)oth Houses shall be determined by yeas and hays, and the names of the persons voting for and against Ithc bill shall be entered on the journal of each House respectively. If any bill shall not be returned by the President within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the same shall be a law, in like manner as if he had sigwed it, unless the Congress, by their adjournment, prevent its return ; in which case it shall not be a law. The Presi dent may approve any appropriation and disapprove anr other appropriation in the same bill. In such case he shall, in signing the bill, designate the appropria tions disapproved, and shall return a copy of such ap propriations, with his objections, to the House in which the bill shall have originated ; and the. same proceed ings shall then be had as in case ef 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 ou a question of adjournment) shall be presented to 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. V Section 8. , The Congress shall have power 1. To lay and collect taxes.'duties, imposts and ex cises for revenue necessary to pay the debts, provide for the common defence, and carry on the government of the Confederate States ; but no bounties shall be "ranted frum the Treasury, nor shall any duties or taxes ou importations from foreign nations be laid to pro mote or "foster any branch of industry ; and all duties, imposts ahd excises shall be uniform thoroughout the Confederate States. 2. To borrow money on the credit of the Confede rate States. 3. To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the severa States, and with the Indian tribes; but neither, this, nor any other cuutse contained in the Constitution, shall ever be construed to delegate the power to G ingress to appropriate money for any' internal improvement intended to facilitate commerce, except for the purpose of furnishing lights, beacons and buoys, and other aids to navigation uHn the coasts, and the improvement of harbors and th 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 imiform'laws on the subject of bankruptcies, through out the Confederate States ; but no law of Congres shaH 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 office Department, after the first day of Mirch 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 in ventors the exclusive right to their. respective' writings and discoveries. . 9. To c onstitute tribunals inf. nor to.. the Supreme Court, - 10. To define and punish piracies and felonies com mitted on the high seas, and oli'ences tigainst the law of nations'. 11. To declare war, crant letters of marque and re prisal uand make rules concerning captures on land and fater. PJ. To raise and support armies : but no appropria- tion ot. money to that, use shall be lor a longer term than two years. - .--."' IS. To provide and maintain ajnavT. 14.. To make rules for government and regulation of the land and haval forces. 15. To provide for calling forth the militia to exe cute the laws of the Confederate States, suppress in surrections and repel invasion. 10. To; provide for- organizing, arming and discip lining the militia, and for governing such part of l hem as may be epi ployed in the service of the Confederate States; reserving to the States, respectively, the ap pointment of 'ihe .officers and the authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by 'Congress.' '!.'", 17. To exercise exclusive legislation, in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of one orj more States and the acceptance of Congress, leeome the seat of the government of the Confederate States ; and to exercise like authority over all places purchased by the consent of the Legislature of the State in which the same shall lie, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dock yards and 'other needful buildings ; and 18. .To make all laws which shall be necessary and ptoper for carrying into execution the foregoing pow ers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the Confederate S kites, or in any department or officer thereof. ' . Section 9. 1. The importation of negroes of the African race from any foreign country other than the slaveholding States, or Territories of . the United States of America, is hereby forbidden ; and Congress is required to pass such laws as shall effectually prevent the same. 2. Congress 'shall also have power to prohibit the introduction of slaves from any State not a member of,, or Territory not lelonging to, this Confederacy. 3. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it. ; 4. No bill of attainer, or ex post facto Yaw; -or law denying or impairing the right of property in negro slaves shall be passtd. " . '5. Xo capitation or other direct tax shall le laid unless in proportion to the census or enumeration here-. inK-fore i directed lobe taken. C. No tax -or duty shall be laid on articles exported : from any State, except by a vote of two-thirds of both houses. 7. No preferences shall Ix; given 'by any regulation of commerce or revenue to the ports of one State over hose of Another..' ' , 8. No ..money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in Consequence of appropriations made by Jaw ;,and -a regular statement and account of the receipts' and ex penditures of all public money shall be published from time to time. " ' ' 9. Congress shall appropriate no money from the treasury except by a vote of two-thirds of both houses, taken by yeas and nays, unless it-le asked and esti mated for by some one of the heads of departments and submitted to Congress by the President; op for the purpose of paying its own expenses and contingencies ; or for the payment of claims against the Gmfederate States, the justice of which shall have been j-adicialiy 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. .rapensation to any public contractor, officer, asjent or servant, after such contract shall have V-een made or such service rendered. 11. No title of nobility shall be granted by the Con federate States; and no person holding any oflice of proht or trust under them, shall, without the ccpseut fo the Congress, accept of any present emoluments f'lhee or title of any kind whatever from any kin priucc or foreign State. ' I I , ! KAJ.EUxil. JN. U.. SATURUA1. MARCH 1. 1S(2. 12. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibitins the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, I i c ii. : . i :.i f .1 l v,i assemble and petition the government for a redress of 13. A well regulated militia, beinor necessary to the security of a free State, the right I the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. t 14. No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quar tered in any house without the consent of the owner; nor in time of war, but in - a mauncr to be prescribed by law. 15. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects against unreasona ble searches and seizures, shall not be violated ; and 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. 17. In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall , enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an im partial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall-have been committed, which district shall have l)een previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of ' the nature and cause of the accusation ; to lie confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defence 18. In suits at common law, -where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall le preserved ; and no fact so tried by a jury shall be otherwise re-examined in any court of the Confederacy than according to the rules of the common law. 19. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor exces sive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. . 20. Every law or resolution having the force of law, shall rela.te to but one subject, and that shall be ex pressed in the title. Section 10. 1. No State shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation ; grant letters of marque and reprisal ; coin money ; make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts; pass any bill of attain der, or ex jost facto law, or law impairing the obliga tion of contracts ; or grant any title of nobility. 2. No State shall, without the consent of the Con gress, lay any imposts or duties on imports and ex ports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing its inspection laws ; and the nett produce of all duties and imposts, laid by any State on imports or export, shall be for the use of the treasury of the Confederate States ; and all such laws shall be subject to the revision and control of Congress. . 3. No State shall, without the consent of Gmgrcss, lay any duty of tonnage, except on sea-going vessels, for the improvement of its rivers and harlors naviga ted by the said vessels ; but such duties shall not con flict with any , 'treaties of the Confederate States with foreign nations ; and any surplus of revenue thus de rived shall, after making such improvement,-lie 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 loreign power, or engage in warunlcss actually inva . ded, or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay, lint when any river divides or flows through two or more States; th.-y may enter into compacts with each other to improve the navigation thereof. Article II. Section 1. 1. The executive power shall be vested in a Presi dent of the Confederate. States of America, lie and the Vice Pii'sident shad hold their offices for the "term of six years ; but the President shall not be re-eligible. The President anil Vice President shall bo elected as' follows:; - r "2. Each State shall appoint-, in such manner as the legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors equal to the whole number of Senators and Representa tives to which the State may be entitled in the 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 win -in, at least, shall not 1)3 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 shall then be counfed ; the person having th greatest number of votes for President shall be th President, if such number lie 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. Rut in choosing the President the votes shall be taken by States, the representation from each State having one veto; 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 .Mar-ch. next 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 person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President shall.be the Vice Presdcnt, if such numler be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed ; and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers ou the list the Senate shall choose, the Vice President -r a quorum fdr the. purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Sen ators, and a ma jority of the whole number shall be ne cessary, to a choice. 5: Rut no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall.be eligible to that of Vice Pres ident of the Confederate States. 0. 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 Suites. 7. No person except a natural born citizen of. the Confederate States, or a citizen thereof at the time of the adoption of this constitution, or a citizen thereof lora in the United States prior to the 20th ol Decern her, 1860, shall be cligiblc4T7the office of President; neither shall any person le eligible to that office who shall not have attained the ae ot thrrtv-five )Tears; and been 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 ot the President from office, or of his death, resignation, or inability to dis charge the 'i lowers and duties of the paid office, the same shall devolve on the Vice President; and the Congress may, by law, provide for the cajse of re moval, death, resignation, or inability both of the Pres ident ana v ice l'resident, declaims: what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accord ingly until the disability be removed or a President shall be elected ,9. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation, which shall neither lie 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 btates,, or any of them. 10. Before he enters on the execution of his office. he shall take the following oath or affirmation M I do solemnlv 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." 4 Section 2. . 1. The President shall be commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the Confederate States, and of the militia of the several States, when called into the actual service of the Confederate States ; he may re quire the opinion, in writing, of the principal officer in each of the Executive Departments, upon any sub-, ject relating to the duties of tjjeir 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. A He shall have the power, by and with the ad vice and consent of the Senate, to make 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 publkvmiuisters and consul,-judges of the So- preme uourt, ana ail other othcers ot the Confederate States, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law ; but the Congress may, by law, vest the appointment of such inferior officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, n the courts of law or in the heads of departments. 3. 1 he principal officer in each of the executive de partments, and all persons connected with the diplo matic service, may be removed from office at the plea sure of the President. All other civil officers of the Executive Department may b removed at any time by the .President, or other appointing power, when their services are unnecessar', or for dishonest 3 inca- lacitv, inefficiency, misconduct, or neglect ot 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 to the Congress information of the state of the Confed erac3r, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient ; le may, on extraordinary occasions, convene both louses, or either of them; and in case of disagree ment between them, with respect to the time of ad- ournment, lie 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 aws Ik? 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. r . akticlk in. Section 1. ! - 1 1. The judicial power of the Confederate States shall be vested .in one Superior Court, and in such in ferior courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The iudjzes, both of the Su preme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices du ring good behavior, and shall, at stated' times, receive for their services a compensation, which shall not be diminished duriuj?h.lieir continuance iu 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 btates shall lie a party; to controversies between two or more States ; between a State and citizens of another State where the State is plaintiff; between citizens claiming lands under grants of different States, and between a btate or the citizens thereof and loreign States, citizens or subjects; but no State shall be sued by a citizen or subject of any foreign State. 2. In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and those in which a State, shall be a party, -the Supreme Court shall have origi narjurisdiction. In ad the -other cases: before men tioned the Supreme Court hall .have appellate juris diction, both as to law and tact, with such exceptions and under such regulations as the Congress bhall make. i 3. The 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 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 States shall con sist only in levying, war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and .comfort. No tierson shall be convicted of treason unless on the tes timony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court. 2. The Congress shall have power to dec lare the punishment of treason, but no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture, except duriug the life of the person attained. ; akticli iv. Section 1. 1. Full faith' and credit shall be given in each State to the public acts, records and judicial proceed ings of every othef State. And the Congress may, by general laws, prescrilw the maimer 111 wr.ch such acts, records and proceedings shall-lie. proved .and the effect thereof. . . 1 : Section 2. 1. The citizens of each State shall oe entitled to all the privileges and immunities of citizens in the sever al States, and shall have the right of transit and so journ in any State of this . ilonfedcracyt, with their slaves and other property: and the right of property in said slaves shall not bo thereby impaired. 2. A person charged in any State with treason, fel ony, or other crime against the laws of such State, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another State, shall, on demand of the executive autority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up to be re moved to the 'State having jurisdiction of the crime. 3. No slave or other person held to service or lalor in any State or Territory of the Confederate States, under the laws thereof, escaping or lawfully carried into another, shall in consequence of any law or regu lation therein, be discharged from such service or la bor, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such slaves belong, or to whom such service or labor may be due. Section 3. 1. Other States may be admitted into this Confed eracy by a vote, of two-thirds of the whole House of Representatives and two-thirds of the' Senate, the Senate' voting "by States; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other State ; nor any State lie formed by the junction of two or more States, or parts "of States, without the consent of the-Legislatures of the States concerned, as well as if the Congress. 2. The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations concerning the property of the Confederate States, including the amis thereof. . . 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 "to the Confederate States lying with out the limits of the several States, and may permit them, at such times and ?n such manner as it m;iy 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 Gmgress and by the territorial government and the inhabit an tl of the several Confederate States and Territories sha 111! II 1 III Xo.32. have the right to take such territory and slaves law fully held by them in any' of the Stales or Territories of the Confederate States. 4. The Confederate States shall guarantee to every State that now is or hereafter may become a memlier of this Confederacy a Republican form of government, and shall protect each of the:n against invasion ; and on application of the Legislature (or of the Executive when the Legislature is not in session) against domes tic violence. article v. Section 1. 1. Upon the demand of any three States'lcgally assembled 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 made, and should any of the proposed amendments to the constitution be agreed on by the said convention voting . by States and the same be ratified bv tho Tris:i:,tiiri of two-thirds of the several States, or by conventions in two-thirds thereof as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the general; conven tion they shall henceforward form a part of this Constitution. But no States shall, without its con sent, be deprived of . ita eqiul.representaJion irjL tho Senate. : - ARTICLE VI, 1. The Government established bv tho fl is the successor of the provisional government of the Gmfederate States of America, and all the laws pass ed by the latter shall continue in force until the same shall le repealed or modified ; and all the oflicers ap pointed by the same shall remain in oflice until their successors are appoiuted and qualified,', .or the offices abolished. 2. All debts contracted and engagement? entered into before the adoption of this constitution- shall be as valid against the Confederate States under this constitution as under the provisional government.' 3. This constitution, and the laws of the Confeder ate States, made in persuance thereof, and all trea ties made, or which shall be made under the authori ty of the Confederate States, shall be the supreme law of the land ; and the judges in every State shall be bound thereby, anything in the constitution or laws of any State to the contrary i.otwithstanding. . 4. The Senators and Representatives" before men tioned, and the memWrs of the several State Legisla tures, and all executive and judicial officers, both of the Co- federate States and of the several States,, shall be bound by oath or affirmation to support" this con stitution, but no religous test shall ever be' required as a qualification to any oflice 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 he 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 State 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, in the manner before specified, the Congress under provisional constitution shall prescribe, the time lot holding the election -of President and Vice Presi dent; and for the meeting of the Electoral Gjllege; and for counting the votes and inaugurating the Presi- lent. They shall also i reserile the time for holding the first election of members of Congress .under this constitution, and the time for assembling the same. Until the assembling of such Congress, the ' CongrcJ under the provisional constitution shall continue fo exercise the legislative powers granted them, not ex tending, beyond the time limited by the constitution of the provisional government. " 1 Adopted unanimoiisby,. March 11, 18G1. , B 11. 31 00 HE, j ATTORNEY AT J, AW, V ' 1 SAUSBUKV, X. C, Will practice in the Courts of Kowan and adjoining, coun ties. Collections promptly niadi. " . ii Jan. 6 lKCL ' 17 Ir, NOTICE. 3Ictboaist Pro!. Female .College,, r Jamestow. Ouii.foro Co., X. C. ' . THE FIFTH SESSION WILL OPEN JULY 4,1SC1, under the charge of G. W. Huge, A. M. 'j. This Institution has the advantage of a healthy location, large and comfortable buildings, and extensive philosophi cal and chemical apparatus, &c. j The President and family, with the other members of the Faculty, live ni the College and eat at the same tables with the' Students. Tuition Sl'i per session, Music on tha Piano or Guitar $20; Grecian 1'ainting i7 50; Embroidery' $7 50; Latin, French, Oriental Painting, Urawing,-IIair lowers, Wax Flowers, Feather. Flowers, Wax Fruit, each $5; V cal Music 51; contingent expenses $1; Hoarding $7 50 per month, including.washing and tires, half in advance. For further information address G. W. HEGE, President, tf. June 2G j . HILLSBOBOUGH MILITARY ACADEMY. THIS INSTITUTION is under the conduct of Col. C. C. Tew, tormerlv Superintendent of the State Military A ademv at Columbia, S. C. It is-designed "to atlordtV education of the same scientific and practical chara; r as that obtained in th-5 State Military Institu tions of Virginia and South-Carolina. CO U USE OF STUDY: Firxt Year, 5th Ulax Arithmetic, Aigeora, rrencn History United States, English Grammar, Gtfograpl Or thographv. Second l ent, iui viasi Algebra, Geometry, Trigononx- etrv French, Latin, Universal History, Composition. Third Year, Zd Coh Descriptive ; Geometry; Sh Shadows and Perspective, Analytical Geometry, Sui Shades, Survey ino-, rrencn. lann, niii-uuu, England, Litera- u A 1 v-uvm , " ' - i! " ' i - " . tuns Drawing, rjocuuou. - Fourth Year, 2nd 6Vas Dif. and Int. Calcul us, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Rhetoric, Logic, Moral Philoso phy, Latin, Drawing, "Elocution. . . .' Fifth Year, lt Cla. Agricultural Chemistry, Astron omy, Geology, Mineralogy, Civil Engineering, Field Forti fica'tron, Ethics, Political Economy, Evidences of Christi anity, Constitution of the United States. ... , Infantry and Artiltery Drill will form a feature of the whole ?--AI)EMIC YEAR BARRACKS. V The Academic year will commence on the first W ednes dav in February, (Feb. 6, 161,) and continue, without in termision, to the fourth Wednesday in .November. Th Barracks are arranged with special reference to the nee-t-sities of a Military Academy. The mam building is 215 feet lon and three stories high ; another building, 100 feet long.'contains the mess hall, kitchen, store room, surgeon t office and hospital. . . TEUii-s : The charges for the academic year are $315, for wbieb the academy provides board, fuel, lights, washing instruc tion, text books, medical attendance and clothing. For circulars containing full information address COL. C C 1 Tm t f ,. Supt. II. M. A. . April 10, 1861. wAswlr. miBsir seed. TCRNIP SEED. Large Flat Dutch Turnip Seed, lied Top Turnip, Large Norfolk. . . Laro-e Mammoth (from ihis county,) Antfotber kinds of Turnip seed, J For sale at " PESCUD'S Drug Store August 13 76 tf. A FI5E LOT OF Sl'ONGE. 4 .-alad Oil, -Baker's Bitters, Black Tea, EnglUb Mustard, s A larg"! stock of Fancy Soaps, Hcceired at P. F. ST 19. ' PESCUD'S, Drug Store. 76- tf. Our Own Priiiiar (iramuiar. JC8T PCBD'.snEB BT 1 STERLING & CAMPELL, Gbeessbobo' S. C 72 pages, 12 mo., 25 centa per copy. For sale by them and all IxKiksellers. : . - .j. . Teaclieni and School oflicers desiring copies for examina tion STeJeiye them on remitUng 15 ' Lexington, N. C. . 9tf. dcc.ll, 18G - - TERM. FOR ADVERTISING, One sqotre, first jcrtion,. Each aubseqaent insertion,.. 25 m ' tfit (fourteen lines or nnder make a qnaf') ; v Contracts will bo entered into with jeaHy half-yearly and quarterly adrcrtisors, at a reduction from tha abT rates. , . - - ' - No deduction from the retrular rates for adTtrUaement inserted in the Weekly Edition. Alladrertisemenu recede one insertion in the "Week. North Carolina Shoe Factor, THE Sabsfrlhers Adopt this method of Inform ing the public that they hare established, and bt ktwi1 per?,on in Kalih, manufactory of WOODEJf &uut.., uich they can confidently recommend as the cheapest Mioct now manufactured, and aUo as an article which will proye valuable and lasting. Their shoea are m ul F"nd Pllr wood, and are lined, and finished Wi .ieat?er ear. These shoos are lighter than leather brogans of the same nambvr. Theare im pervious to water, and, while they will last a lo'n time, they will also keep the feet perfectly dry. They will be found Terr suitable for railroad and fieia bandsand also for sentinels and soldiers who are mucL exposed. The poplir shoes are very light and can be easily worn by any The subscribers have also in operation at their utablUh ment a machine for making "SHOE LASTS j and they are turning out large quantities of this article so indispensa ble to shoemakers, at fair prices. . .They are selling their shoes at $1,75 per pair wholesale, and I $2 retail. Terms, cash on delivery. e make the following extract from the Patent Offiee Report ol 1859: r Experience has shown that a number of diseases, often resulting in impaired constitutions, and etcn in the low of life, have boon contracted by a portion of the laboring population, in consequence of wearing leather shoes, when engaged in their operations, during cold weather, or in wet situations. To prevent theso evils to some extent, woodfiiwhta,are extensively worn in France and Ger-mB7'-, r niRMT recommended by the Agricul tural Societies and governments of Europe. Impressed w ith their importance, the Board of Commerce and trade of Wirtemberg, called a practical workman from France to give instruction in their manufacture. Not allowing water to penetrate as leather shoes do, they are naturally dryer, capable of keeping the feet warm, prevent diseases by. promoting the requisite and salutary perspira tion, and are regarded, to a great extent, as lifts preservers. There is hardly an operation on the farm and about the farm-house in which they could not be profitably used. They are most economical about stables, where leather show are exposed to the destructive attacks ofdungi ater, in plow ing, mowing, harvesting, in doing earth work in vineyards, chopping wood, and in marketing. Willi theso advantages, in a salutary point or view, they combine such durability as to last almost a life time. ' : Those advantages w ill certainly entitle them to the atten tion of a oortiop of the farming, manufacturing and labour ing population of the counsrv. TIIEIM A FRAPS. Raleigh. V C, Dec. 31, 1,861. ' Jan. 8, 14 tf v . Jter Standard and Register copy. Ti : BETHEL ACADEMY. T. J. HORNER, PatscirxL : TnK PRESENT PRINCIPAL HAS HAD CHARGE of this sch'jol three sessions, and is gratified to be live that he has given entire satisfaction to bis patrons, and that the school is now permanently established. Ho will strive to make thorough scholars, and to train his pupils to steady and studious habits; and his long experience in teaching and governing a school justifies the expectation that he will be successful in his eflorts. ,1 - The school is located in a h-althy sMion of rson county, among the moral and refined. pe4ltf, t the students will meet w ith few temptations to vice. im morality. '"., The course of studies is designed to prepare young men for college, and also to fit those who uiav not expect or de sire to -obtain the benefits of a full collegiate course, for respectable stations in life, by instruction in the ordinary branches of a sound.English education. To attain thoso ends with the greatest tfliciency, the classes will be few, and ample time devoted to examination and lecture uponj the subject of every lesson ; and whilst the systems recom- mended by experience will be strictlr adhered to, the text books and modes'" of instruction will be adapted to tho latest advancement of knowledge in each ot the several branches. A student will not be retained who habitually neglects his studies, -or is addicted to profane swearing or any other species of immorality. . I'arents and guardians will be advised of the deportment and progress of their sons or wards regularly at the middle and close of each term oftencr; if circumstances seem to require it. . ' , . . Two ternu of twenty-oho weeks each, compose tho schol astic year, The Spring ..term opens tho 2d 'Monday In January, and tli ' Fall term th 21 Monday in Julv. fiif The ii )e-e of board and tuition is sixty dollars per 'term. . , Elder J. E. MONTAGUE I ' J. F.iNEAL, ' U. D'BUM1'ASS, Trustees. - D. A. HA KK1S, ' . W. H. LAAVSO.V, J Jan. IS, 18fi2. , : . - 18-4iv WAITED.- FlTc-IItCHlrcd Free Negroes TO. WORK ON FORTIFICATIONS. , I Want 500 free Xesroes to work on thcortlfl ' cations on N'eusj and Pamlico Rivers, j . '.; They will lv furnished transportation, quarters, subsist ence, and will b paid ten dollars per month. 1 They are absolutely necessary to the public defence, and I appeal to county and city authorities, and to patriotic private citizens to aid m e in procuring them. If you in tend to aid in tho defence of the State, now is tho time. The sold'hTS are how at; woVk, an 4- have been, for weekf. I wish to take the. spade from th -m and give thm their muskets. Citi.ens now at home mitst furuich laborers to take the spade. ' r The government. will pay for labor; but laborers wo must have. ' " " They should report without an hours' delay to Major W. It. Thoiiipson, Chief Engineer, Newborn ; or to Capt. W. S. O. --Andrews, 10th N. C. Troops, at Washington. -'" Each party of 20 should, if possible, be accmanied'by an energetic white man, to attend to the supplyof their wants, and to overseer them at work. . Axes, Spades and I'ieks.;Or Grubbing Hoes, arc not to be bought, and should be brought : they will be paid for, L"tters on this subject must l addressed a.1 above. L. OWi. I5UANCH, Rrig.-Gen'l C. S. C. Head Quarters, Dist. of I'arnlieo, Ncwbern, Feb. 12, ls2 3t. IIEVDQLrRTl?KlTN(lRTii JAliOL!NA tltmH'H, 1 AdJI'taST GENEKAls'OrKICK. V - - Ualeigh, FcbZuary 13th, 18C2. ) GENERAL -ORDER ( J , N; 1. - , '- The nrtdersigned announces for the information and guid ance of the North Carolina Forces, th-i following oliicera as his Staff": . Lieutenant-Colonel A. Gordon Asst. Adjutant General. ;" 'Major John Devereut,' 'Quarter blaster. JUajor John C. Winder, Aid.de-camp. - Major Thomas I). Hoffjf, Commissary. ," Surgeon Richard D. Hayivood. J. G. MARTIN, General in chief of North Carolina Forces. Feb. 15. 3t. , : ; Cracker Uakcry. mnE sobscribfrs havln? built a Iarsrc HARD- 1 -BREAD andCRACKEK BAKERV, and fitted it up with the most improved machinery, are now prepared in furnish the citizens of Raleigh, and the State, with fresh Crackers, and of ihe best quality, such as ;- Sul:i Crackers, , L Jiutt'r Crackers. ' Wutcr Crackt'TK, . - . Sugar Cracker, etc., He. We are also prepared to furnbh the Army and' Nary with - Navy Dread, Ti!it lire!, J : ' Wine I'iscuit, etc.. etc.. vU, at the lowest market rates. Cash orders securely packed and promptly by ; JAS. SIMI'SQN k hCN. WaKtei). Empty Flour Rarrcls in good condition, for which wc will pay 23 cents each. .... JAS..SIMI'SON SON. nev. 30, 1861. 6 snr6re. Soracrvlilc Female Scminarj, LEASUI UG, 5. C. rilHE Extrcistn of this Institution will bo resumed the X the second Wednesday in Ftb. 18C2. . . Boanl, including washing, fuel;. Ac,, per session of twenty one weeks,. V4?e Tuition in tbe English Branches from ...... f 10 to lb Music on the Piano, with Singing, 20 French, Latin and Greek, each, Lights $1, Contingent expenses 50 cets, . ; n rnnirwl in advance, but considered flo at the clost of cich session, and when not paid, interest will be charged.' i'upils Will DC cuargeu irom iuo nuic v entrance. SOLOMON LEA, Primcipnl. II wtd Jan. 4h, 1865l Administrator's Notice, HAVING-Qualified at August Trera, 1801, of Rowan County C'onrt, as Administrator of tbe estate of John W. EllU, deceased, notice is horeby given to all per ou indebted to said estate, to make immediate pay ment; and to those having claims against said deceased, to prent them duly authenticated, within tbe time pre. i b law. or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. Ncwbcn, N. JOIIN IIUGIIES, Adm'r. C.Jan. 10th, 1C2. 17 2m (''. 1. v; -'.