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liftttte Journal gpELMAN, Editor and Proprietor ANU PRINTER TO THE STATE. 0 AM. ROBIXSOX, Assistant Edlto TERMS: WEEKLY EDITION, per annum, $4 2 rEE . invariably in Advance.) The Southern Republic. M rnt Constitution of rfe Confederate Slates of America. V tl c people of the Confederate States, each State c 1 . " onfl independent character, in a cermatient federal government, estab- form .., ir,mtir. trAnauilitv. and secure the insflCe. UUic . , " Vr liVrtv to ourselves and our posterity in- C- 7 the favor auil guidance ui Aumguij vxuu uo !f and-estaMibh this Constitution for the Confude- U cuiaance oi Aiimguiy vxua -ao f America. Abticle I. Section 1. illative' powers herein delegated shall be AH hall consist of a Senate and House of Rep- Th House of Representatives shall be composed Ambers chosen every second year by the people of f X States? and the electors in each State shall wvof the Confederate States, and have the qual Vec) - .'requisite for electors of the most numerous "'iTof the' State Legislature; but no person of Tm Virth not a citizen of the Confederate States hi r 'a!fbe aioWed to vote for any omcers, civil or ponti Federal. c person shall be a representative who shall not ;,;.e 'attained the age of twenty-five years, and be a " v f the Confederate States, and who shall; not, vkn elected, be an inhabitant of that State in which i'e shall be chosen.. ' ' Representatives and direct taxes shall be appor ' e 1 amnff the several States which may be included Sin this Confederacy according to their respective Zitr whi.-h shall be determined by adding to the lisle number of tree persons, including those bound n rvice f r a term of-years, and excluding Indians r't taxed 'three-fifths of all slaves. The actual enu r eration 'shall be made within three years after the j Within every subsequent term of ten years, in such ni'awir as they shall, by law, direct. The number of frt meeting oi me vauii ..t-Ativps s Uall not exceeu. one ' . i . . .1. C'i.,. c.Vll Ini-n of- loael miA ronro. it.'aive;au.l Until such' enumeration sh'all be made State'of Siuth Carolina shall W entitled to choose 7 .i,-. rvf fiforeia ten. the State of Alabama V; 11 L J""v " 7 nine, the state ui i '"""" ''"' ri-; K.ven) the yute 'of Louisiana six, nd the State of Texas six.- . t. ... 4. When vacancies happen in the representation from any state, the Executive authority thereof shall 1,-stie writs" of election to 'fill such vacancies. 5. '1 he House of Representatives shall choose their " Speaker and other oflicers, and shall have the sole rower of impeaVhnient, except that any judicial or .:i,er federal officer resident and acting solely within thft limits of anv State, mav be impeached by a vote i r c1'.,,.!, . i urn tha rst..o.ri or ivriKKissimti t two-tmr birds of both branches of the Legislature t-Lereuf. . , . Section 3. I -The Senate rf the Confederate States shall be o mpo;d of two Senators from each State, chosen for s;x yers-1t'y the Legislature thereof, at the regular (-.-ioii next immediately preceding the commence ment of tjjK'term of service; and each Senator shall Live one titc. . : 2. Ijnnicliately after they shall be assembled," in i'nscf(iK-!ice of the first election, they shall be divided as equally as may be into three classes. The seats of t 'S'i::it'irs of .the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of the 'second year ; of the second class at ' the f i j.iration of the -fourth year; and of the third 'class at the expiration of .the sixth "ear; so that oue liiird may be chosen every second year ; and if vacan cy's happen by resignation or otherwise during the re fs of the Legislature of any State, the Executive ; thereof may make temporary appointments until the next meeting of the Legislature, which shall then fill .-ucli vacancies. ' ' 3. Ko person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained the age of thirty years, and bo a citizen of the Confederate States, and who shall not, when elected, , he an inhabitant of the State fur which he shall .be 'chosen. " -" . ' 4. The Vice President of the Confederate States shall be President of the Senate, bu( shall have no vote, un less they bo equally divided, j . " . 5. The Senate shall cht-e their other officers, -and , also a President pro tempore iH the absence of the Vice ' President, or when he' shall exercise the office of Presi ficnt ot the Uoniederate estates.' , y .T-he Senate shall have the sole power tu try all .impeachments When sitting for that purposcthey fhall be on oath or affirmation. "When the President of the Confederate States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside ; and no person shall be convicted with out the concurrence of two-thirds of the members present. " 7. Judgment incases f impeachment shall not ex tend further than to removal from office, and disqual ification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit, under the Confederate States ; but the party con victed shall, nevertheless, be liable and subject to in dictment, trial, judgment and punishment", according to law." . ." ' . Section 4 I 1. The times, places and manner of holding ejec tions for Senators and Representatives "shall be pre scribed irf each State by the legislature thereof, sub ject to the provisions of this Constitution ; but the Con gress may, at any time, by law make or alter such regulations, except as to. the.times and places of choos ing Senators. 2. The Congress shall assemble at least orcein every year ; and such meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, .unless they shall, by law, appoint a 'different wy- . . ' - ' Section 5. . I. Each Hou-e shall be the judge of " the elections, returns and qualifications of its own members, and a majcrity of each shall constitute a q.jrum to do busi but a smaller number mav adiourn from dav to day. and mav be authorizetl to comnel the attendance cf absent members, in such manner and under such penalties as each House may provide. 2. Each Hoirsc may determine the rules of its pro j "ecdings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, ! -id, with the concurrence of two-thirds of the whole -iliber, expel a member. - ji. Each. House shall keep a journa! of its proceedings-, and from time to time publish the same,. ex cepting such parts as may in their judgment requiro secresy, and the veas and nays of the members of either House, on any question,, shall, at the desire of twe-fifth of those present, be entered on the journal. 4. Neither House, during the session of Congress, fchall, without the consent of the other, adjourn, for more than three days, nor to any othef place than that u w men the two Ileuses shall be sitting. , Section C. 1. Tlie Senators and Representatives shall receive a compensation for their services, to be ascertained by aw, and paid out of the treasury of the Confederate States.- They, shall, in all cases, except treason,; f' louy I brca-linf"tJip-rW'nrfl-ioTrivile!rtHl from arrest (liirin"" , . , 0 o theirScttendance at the session of their respective - Houses, aitiLjn going to and returning from the same ; a&d for any speecdi or debate in either House they shall nut be questioned ltKajiy other place. 2. ,NoSenator or ltepresehtiitive shall, during the tirhe for which he was elected, be appointed to anj' civil office under, the authomyof the Confederate States, which shall have been created, or the emolu ments whereof shall have been increased during such time; and no person holding any office under the Con federate States shall be a member of either House du duringbis continuance in office. But Congress may, by law, grant to the principal oficer iu each of the Ex ecutive Departments a seat upon the floor of either House, with the privilege of discussing any measures appertaining to his department. Section 7. ; . 1. All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the Houae of Representatives; but the Senate may propose he. oncur wjh amendments as on other bills.. loa Every bill which have passed both House st2 1, before it become a law, be presented to the. 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 to that House in which it shall have origi nated, who shall enter the objections at large oh their journal and proceed to reconsider it. If, after such reconsideration, tAvo-thirds of that House shall ag to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with tho oo jections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two-thirda of that House it shall become a law. But in alJ Kicb. cases the votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeag and nays, and the names of the persons voting for and against the 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 signed it, unless.the Congress, by their adjournment, prevent its return ; in which case it shall not be a law. The Presi dent may1 approve any appropriation and disapprove any 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 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 to the President of the Confederate States; and before the same shall take effect, shall Ae 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, imposts and ex cises for revenue necessary to pay r the debts, provide for the common defence, and carry on the government of the Confederate States; but no bounties shall be granted from the Treasury, nor shall any duties or taxes on importations from foreign nations be laid to pro mote or foster any branch ot industry ; and all duties, imposts and 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 clause contained in the Constitution, shall ever be construe 1 to delegate the power to Congess 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 upon the coasts, and the improvement "of harbors and th removing of obstructions in river navigation, in . aft 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 uniformiaws of naturalization, and uniform lavs on the subject of bankruptcies, through out the Confederate States ; but no law of Congres shall discharge any debt contracted before the passage of the same. 5. To coin money, regulate the value thereof and of foreign coiu, and fix the standard of weights and mea sures. C. To provide for the punishment of, counterfeit ing the securities and current coiu of the Confederate States. ' ' 7. To establish post offices and post routes ; but they expenses of the Post office Department, after the first day of March in the year of our lord eighteen hundred and sixty-three, shall be paid out 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 .constitute tribunals inferior, to the Supreme Court. ' 10. To define and punish piracies and felonies com mitted on the high seas, and offences against the law of nations. 11. Tit declare war, gra,ht letters of marque and rc-r' prisal, ifad make rules concerning captures on laud and water. 12. To raise arid support armies ; but no appropria tion of money to that use shall be for a longer term thau, two years. ' , 13. To provide and maintain a navy. , ' A 14." To make rules for government ancr regulatipfV of the land and naval forces, 15. To provide for callir forth the militia to exe cute the laws of the Confederate States, suppress in surrections and repel invasion. . 16. To provide for organizing, arming and discip lining the militia, and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service "of the Confederate States ; reserving to the Statesf respectively, the ap pointment of the officers and the authority of training the militia according to,inc' discipline prescribed by Congress. 17. To exerciseexclusive legislation, ' in all cases whatsoever, -over much district (not exceeding ten miles square) as maff by cession of one or more Skates and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of the government of the Confederate Estates ; ana 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 erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dock yards and other needful buildings ; and 18. To make all 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 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 belonging 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 requite it. 4. No bill of attainer, or ex post facto law, or law denying or impairing the right of property in negro slaves shall be passed. 5. No capitation or other direct tax' shall be laid unless in proportion to the census or enumeration here inbefore directed to be taken. 6 j j No fax or duty shall be laid on articles exported j from "any State, except by a vote of 'two-thirds of both houses. ' 7. No preferences shall be 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 law ; 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 be asked and esti mated for by some one of the heads of department, and submitted to "Congress by the President ; or for the pm-pose of paying its own expenses and contingencies '. or for the payment of claims against the Confederate States, the justice t which shall have been judicially 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 graut no extru compensation to any public contractor, officer, agent or servant, after such contract shall have een made or such service rendered 11. No title of nobility shall be ged rantby the Con federate States ; and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, wi tha out the corsent fb the Congress, accept of any neresent emlumeuts pfixce or title of any kind what prv from aoy king, cfbor celign State. RALEIGH N. C, SATURDAY; JUNE 14. 1862. 12. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the'press ; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the government for a redress of grievances. - . . 13. A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right i the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. 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 manner 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 oA 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 servicev 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 ' ste and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which . district shall h'aebeen prev? .sly ascertained by law, and to be informed of the .-ature and cause of the accusation ; to;' be..' 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, Clie right of trial by jury shall be -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 relate to . but erne subject, and that shall be ex pressed hi the title. Section 10. 1. No State shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or' "coufederati- ur; grant'; letters of marque and reprisal ; coin money ; make ;ns thing luf gold and silver coin a tender in pay me:, t orde'o-s'pss any bill of attain-. ' tier, or ex post facto law, jfaw impairing the obliga tion of contracts ; or gr.iKt a:.y t i tie of nobility. - 2. -No State-shall, Vfth'out the consent of the Con gress, lay any iinpists 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 aniLirnposts, laid by any State on imports or exjiortsshall be for the use of the treasury of the Coiifetle-rate States ; and alLsuch laws shall be subject to the : revision ana control oi vnrgress. a 3 No State shall, -without the consiLt of Gnrres lay any duty of tonnage, except on sea-going vessels, for the improvement of its rivers and harrors naviga ted by the said vessels ; but such duties shalLnot con llict with any treaties of the Confederate jitates with foreigu nations ; and any surplus of re venue 'thus de rived shall, after making such improvement, be paid 'into the common treasury ; nor shaif 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 linger as will not admit of delay. But when any river "divides or flows through two or more Statesihy may enter into compacts with' each other Uyni prove the navigation thereof. Article' IL Section 1. 1. The executive powor shall be vested in a Presi dent of. the ''Con federate States of America, lie and the Vice President shall hold their offices for the term, of sixyyeafs ; but the President shall not be re-eligible. Tlie President and Vice President shall be elected as follows: 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 -r 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 arid Vice President, one of whom, at least, shall not be 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 mr.ke 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, scaled, to' the government of the Confederate States, directed to the . President of the Senate ; the President of th Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and Hous of Representatives, open all the! certificates, and th votes shall then be counted ; the person having th greatest number of votes for President shall be th President, if such number be a majority of the. whole number of electors appointed -, and if no person have such majority,- then, from the persons having the high est numbers, not exceeding Ithree, on the list of those voted for. as President, the House-of Representatives shall choose immediately, ; by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President the votes shall be taken by States, the representation' from each State having one vcte ; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the States, and a majority of all the States' shall be necessary to a choice. And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President, whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the 4th day of March next following, then the Vice President shall act as Presi dent, as in case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President. 4. The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President shall be the Vice Presdent, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed ; and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list the Senate shall . choose the Vice President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of tw-thmls of the whole number of Sen ators, and a rity of the whole number shall be ne cessary to a choice.. 5. But no person c-nstitr.ti'-.nally ineligible to the office of President f ha-1 be eligible to that of Vice Pres- - ident of the Confederite States. C. The Congress may determine the. time of choosing the electors, and the day on which they shall give their votes, which day shall be the same throughout the Confederate States. ' 7. No person except a natural born citizen of the Confederate States, or a citizen thereof at the time of the adoption of this constitution, or a citizen thereof lrrn in the United States prior to the 20th ot Decem ber,. 1860, shall be eligible to the office of President ; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attain-d the ace of thirty-five years, awl been fourteen years a resilient 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 the powers and duties of the said" office, the same shall devolve on the Vice President; and the Congress . may, by law, provide for the case of re moval, death, 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. . f9 The President shall, at stated times, receive tor his services a compensation, which shall neither be in creased nor diminished during the period for which he shall have been elected : and he shall not receive with4 n that period any other emolument from the Confed erate States, or any of them. 10. Before he enters on the execution of bis 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, preserre, protect and defend the Constitution thereof." Section 2. ' I. The President shall be xromandcr4n-chief o1 the army and nary 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, is writing, of the principal officer in each of the Executive Departments, upon any sub ject relating to the duties of their respective offices, and he shall have power to grant reprieves and par dons for offences against the Confederate Slates, ex cept in cases of impeachment. 2. 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 xif'the Senate, shall appoint amBassador other public ministers and consuls, judges of the Su preme Court, and all other officers of the Confederate States, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law; hut 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. j 3. The principal officer in each of the executive de partments, and all persons connected with the diplo matic service, may W removed from office at the plea sure ot the President. All other civil officers of the Executive Department may bt removed at any time by the President, or other appointing power, when their services are unnecessary, or for dishonesty, inca pacity, inefficiency, misconduct, or neglect of duty: and when so removed, the' removal shall be reported to the Senate, together with the 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 th end of their next session ; but no person rejected by a - i a. - a. av the Senate shall be reappointed to the same office du- ring their ensuing recess. , SectonZ. 1. The President shall from time to ime, give ty the Congress information of the statef , 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 cither of them ; aifd 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 Ghi federate States, shall be removed from office qrf'nnpeachment for, and conviction of treason, briber v, or other high crimes and misdeanors article ni. Section 1. 1. The iudicial power of the Confederate States shall be vested in one Superior Court, and in such in ferior courts :is the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The5 judges, both of the Su preme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices du ring good behavior, and shall, at stated times, receive for their services a compensation, which shall not be diminished during their continuance in office. . Section 2. 1. The judicial powr shall extend to all cases arising under this Constitution, tbe 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 c&os of admicalty and maritime jurisdiction ; to con troversies to which the Confederate States shall be a party ; to controversies between two or more States ; between a State and citizens of another State where the State is plaiutiff ; between citizens claiming landu under grants of different States, and between a State or the citizens thereof and foreign States, citizens or subjects ; but no State shall be sued by a citizen or subject of any foreign State. 2. In all cases aftecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and those in which a. State shall be a party, the Supreme Court shall have origi nal jurisdiction. In ail the other cases before men tioned the Supreme Court shall have appellate juris diction, both as to few and tact, with such exceptions and under such regulations as the Congress shall make. 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of im peachment, shall be by jury, and such trial shall be held in the State where the said crimes shall have been committed ; but when not committed within any "State, the trial. shall be at such place or places as the Congress may by law liave directed. Section 3. 1. Treason against Jthe Confederate States shall con sist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid. and comfort. No person shall be convicted pf treason unless on the tes- . . . . A A. timony of two witnesses to the same overt act or on confession in open court. 2. The Congress shall have power to declare the punishment of treason, but no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture, except during the life of the person attained. , abticle ir. Section I. 1. Full faith and credit shall be given in each State to the public acts, records and judicial proceed ings of every other State. And the Congress may, by general laws, prescribe the manner in which such acts, records and proceedings shall be pnrred and the effect thereof. , Section 2. 1. The citizens of each State shall be entitled to all the privileges and immnnities of citizens in the sever al States, and shall havo the right of transit and so journ in any State of this Confederacy, 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 lalxr 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. "5 Section Z. ' : 1. Other States may be admitted into this Confed eracy by a vote or two-thirds of the 'whole House of Representatives and two-thmls of. tbe 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 be formed by tlie junction of two or more States, or parts of States, without the consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned, as well as nf the Congress. 2. The Congress shall have power to dispose of ami make all needful rules and regulations concerning the property of the Confederate States, including the ands thereof. - 3. The Confederate States may acquire new territo ry, and Congress shall have power to legislate and provide governments for the inhabitants of all terri tory belonging to the Confederate States lying with out the limits of the several States, and may permit them, at such times and n such manner as it may by law provide, to farm the States to be admitted "into the confederacy. In all such territory the institution of negro slavery as it now exists in the Confederate States shall be . recognized and protected by Congress and by the territorial government and the inhibitantl of the several Confederate States and Territories shs IfoiSfflf $ TerrisMw ?W Uorhenaifter become a member of thu Confederacy rtepubUcan form of government, nd shall protect each of them against mvaaSaad when the Legislature is not in session) against domes tic violence. iiPww . abticiji Tw Section 1. iiS .demMldy T three" States legally aMembled in their several conventions, the Coneress shall summon a Convention of all the States, to take into consideration such amendments to the constitu tion as the said States shall concur iu WQesting at the time when the said demand is maaaand should any of the proposed amendmenU to tbsMpsattittttian he greed oa by the said rnnTnntinri er'iii It Statesand the same be ratified by tha U4turi of two-thirds of the several States, or by ctmotiom in two-thirds thereof- the one or the&srtaodot ratification may ha reposed by th general cww tion they shall . henceforward form a part of this Constitutioa. But no States'shall, without it con sent, be deprived of its equal representation- in- the Senate. .- ; ;.' ABTICLE !. 1 . The Government established by the Constitution is the successor of the provisional government of the Confederate States of America, and all the laws pass ed by the latter shall continue n force until the same shall be repealed or modified ; and all the officers ap pointed by the same shall rcraarsi is office until their successors are appointed and qualified, or the offices abolished. -. . 2. All debtcontracted and engagements entered into before UYe 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 ef the Confeder ate,.States, made in persuance thereof, and all trea ties made, or which shall be made under tlie authori ty of the. Confederate States, shall be the supreme law of the land : and the iudw. in .Koii i bound thereby, anything fn the constitution or laws i m - - - oi any fotate to the contrary notwithstanding. 4. The Senators and Representatives before men tioned, and the membeis of the several State Legisla tures, and all executive and judicial officers, both of the Co-federate States and of the several States, sliali be bound by oath or affirmation to support this con stitution, but no rcligous test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the Con federate States. ' ' . 5. The enumeration, in the constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained byhe people of the several States. . 6. The powers not delccated to the Confederate States by. he constitution, nor prohibited by it to theNj 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 for holding the election of President and Vice Presi dent ; and for the, meeting of the Electoral College; and for counting the votes and inaugurating the Presi dent. They shall also prescribe the time for holding the first election of members of Congress Under this constitution, and the time for assembling the same. Until the assembling of such Congress, the Congress under the provisional constitution shall continue to exercise the legislative powers granted them, not ex tending beyond the time limited b tha constitution, of the provisional government. Adopted unanimously , March 11, 1861. MOOMV ATTORNEY AT LAW, IaUIBC&T, x. c, Will practice in the Courts of Rowan and adjoining coun ties. Collections promptly made. . Jan. 6 1S61. 17 lv NOTICE. .Methodist ProL Female College, Jahkstowx, Ocilfokd Co., N. C. THE FIFTH SESSION WILL OPEN JUL! 4f18lf under the charge of G. W. Hess, A. M. . This Institution has the adraatsge of a healthy lcstion, Urge and comfortable buildings, and extensive philosophi cal and chemical apparatus, e. The President and family, with the other members of the Faculty, lire in the College and et at the same tables with the Students. Tuition $15 per srasion; Music on the Piano or Guitar $20;'Grecian Painting $7 50; Embroidery $7 50." Latin, French, Oriental Pain tin jr. Drawing, Hair Flowers, Wax Flowers, Feather Flowers, Wax Fruit, each $5; V cal Music $1; contingent expenses $1; Boarding $7 50 per month, including washing and fires, half in advance. For further information address ' G. W. HEGE, President. June 26 - ' tf. URN IP. SEED. . Large Flat Dutch Turnip Seed, Ked Top Turnip, Large Norfolk," Larre Mammoth (from this county,) And other kinds of Turnip seed, For sale at - PESCUD'S Drug Store. August 19 76 tf. A FIXE LOT OF SPOXflE. Salad OH, " Baker's Bitters, Black Tea, English Mustard, A laree stock of Fancy Soaps, Received at P. F. PESCUD'S, Drug Store. aug 19. 78-tf. Oaf Own Primary Grammar. JC1I rCBDISHBD BY STEBIiHTO & CAMPEIJ, GaiBKSBOBO' X. C. 73 pages, U mo., Scents per copy. For sale by them and all booksellers. Teachers and School officers desiring copies for examina tion will receive them on remitting 15 -h jbor Lexinsrton. N. C. dec 11, 861 l-tf. Cracker Bakery. THE subscribers hating bnllt a large IliSD BREAD andCRACKER BAKERY, snd fitted iVwp with the most improved machinery, are now prepared to furnibhthe citizen, of Raleigh, and the State, w.th fresh Crackers, and of ibe best quality, such se Soda Crackers, -Butter Crackers, Water Crackers. J Sugar Crackers, etc., ete. We are also prepared to furnish the Army aaa avy with Navy Bread, Vflet Bread, , Wine Biscuit, etc., etc., etc., . , . , at the lowest market rates. Ch "ppJkd and promptly by , JAS. SIMPSOr SCI. Waxtxb. Empty Flour Barrels in good coaditioa, for which w. wiU pay i cents eacb &mpsQ A g03f nev. 20, 1861. Carraige for Sale, A FOUR SEATED doej and Jg; SSL by Brewster of Roadway but Uttle useo. ais, " K V'niTRhww BUBGWYN. low. tWj t March .9, to 40 ?t TAX LISTS. At-Mo Wnd 3, wiU attend- at the Court Howe, eathe nth days eTAprtt next, for that ptrrposa. 9tb, 10th ,'JJst he prompt la their stte-daaee, Ai?trrUte? SL 5r sU their taxable, so-i-Uw ILW. SEA WELL, 'P ' cording to I- itM..-- 49 1 Raleigh, Itarefc ; tebiis roa-ADTcoTioino. Oat square, flr saertle-,. ZrJttO FaeH Wt b..JJLn.:Ll-1 (Foarteea liaes er maaer stake saarO ., Contra, will euUrW iaf with yaariy, kaStfrnif ejatrterly t-veistraM rWaetiea free tW sWtv rate. , - - 2f e dedaetiea frea the rtgalar ratsefer 4 iasertediatfce Weekly Wlttetw ''.'.JixZ AJ advertisement! receive eae lasertSeiWiae Waj. tag the pabUe that ty h Srfnru1!!! Iuwtr maaulaetery at WOC &BOES, waka they eaa eM&ieatry ii minis I s - cAnnaes, eaeet mew a-iaeBtfV ea ah narCtst whiea will prow valuable ea4.b-iaM neieear fwiirf CV4 PPlToa UeeuVaa4 tbdti i Mather tops and tsw Tkae slew are tilUf leather brofa-i af the same neW. Th-feria ajretoem U water, awd, while they wia.tsMaUsjr.-BML, eywl aiae-keep these.. riS4rp, TarO. feaad VOTsaitabU for ir uUMM ftaswlv aai eM Car eemtiaeU a-d aMaerwkw r ibL aVnaTuL Tas poplu We are rerj Hghls4 mUjmhf The subeerjbers have else la eMratiea at their aMisk ment a .chine for a-akiag SUOB LASTS t and th tr Irw turnlnr eat large queaUUee of taie rUeU eTud-Msaa- ad $1 reUlL- Temev ea delrrerr. W"!V fclLewlng extract fra-a tl pair whelesale. thelattat OOm uperience has ahowa that a mt' reeultuiK la laisairud tw-tttntinm. t irr v i - I. . . . 1 m . ww population, in eonsequenee of weariag leather , wheal engaged ia their operation,-daring caid weather. r ia wet ntastieaa. To prevent these evUe ta eass. extent, wooden aheet are extensively worn ia lrsie and Ger taanv. Ther art highly reco-mended yttVAgfieali tarsi - Seeieties and goverameat ef Zurepe. Impreeeed . V.lhelrlmiortt? Br- Cea-eerta sad trade of Wirtembergr called a practical werkmsa fress Fraaee tc give instruction ia their mannfaetare.- Xo allowing water to penetrate as leather shoes do, thet ere naturairy dryer, eapable of keeping the feet wars, pre rest diseases by promotur the requisite sad taUrtary perpir Uon, and are regarded, to a greet tateat, se life preatrveru v . .r There U hardly aa operation on te. Carat end y'ir fr"'o' i wWch tkey eoujd not aroflUblr used. They are most eoonomical about sublet, where Usthee . shoes are exposed to tbe destructive attacks ofeaaf. water, in plowing, mowing, harvesting, U deinr earth wvrk la vineyards, chopping weod, and ui marketieg. With theer advantages, in a saluUry point of view, they eemhlM such durability as to last almost a life time. - Thesa advantages will certainlr entitle these to thettet Uon of a portion of the farming, aanafaeturwg and labetr log population of the eonssry. t . Raleigh. N. C, Dec. 81, 1141. . Jan. t, 14 tf Standard and Register copy. -at ' Oxrord Scbools. THE Babicrlber ti prepared to fojrnlilt Wit. board and comfortable accommodations 8tudaw at -tending the Masonic High School and the F. saale Seheols the town ; also any persons wishing to beard, ia a health section, and eniojr good society. Terms from $12.'0 to $15, per menth. . R. D. HART. February 5th, 1862. - U tf LOUISBUBG FElUIiE COLLEGE. : Mil. JAMES S0UTHGATI, of the riUreritt cf Va., (but for several years past. President of th.e Norfolk Military and Classical Institute,) has taken charra ot this elegant COLLEGE, with the hone of establishing School in erery respect, highly acceptable to the people of (he South. MR. SOUTHAGE will be assisted by his LADY, Teacher of varied accomplishments and vast experience, who for fifteen years has been connected with some of the largest and best Seminaries in Virginia. Bcbeela ef ANCIENT and MODERN LANGUAGES, If CSIC aad PAINTING, will hare gentlemen Professors presiding OTer them. We shall offer the bestedacatioaal adrantagee to a people whom we know can appreciate them, andall we ask, is, giv u a trial, and after this ie fairly done, those who are not satisfied can rem ore their children or wards, free of charge. . The Boarding Department shall hare all tbe comfort and attractions of a well-ordered home, and th Bosnder . as tenderly and affectionately watched over and cared for. Us eren the most anxious parent could desire, every at tention being given to the health, maaaers and literary advancement of each Pupil. Diplomas will be givesr ta those who can pass rigid examinations on five 8aoels Gold and Silrer Medals will be awarded for perfect depart ment. Young ladies wishing to educate themselves fsr - teachers will find unusual tnfaceartati hera at the Urate fr thrm rtsH t mitts snitshli ta riirsenif str ff . .... The School is not sectarian, though th purest ameraauy is taught and required of every member of the Iastitetto. -The building is lare, new and magnifieeat, well adapted to School purposes. Th location ie uaeurpessed, beieg one of the loveliest, hvslthiest aad sanst rfled eettoaaef th South, 30 miles North of Raleigh, aad 10 mike freak Franktintoo Depot, where hacks are always ia reSdisleaw -to convey passengers to and from the village. The catif expensee fr ten months will be from $1(4 to $2iO. For further particulars, epplr to Gea. J. B. LitUejohn, Wav P. Wiillame, Daniel S. Hill, Richard F Yarborotrrh, er ta JAMES .SOUTIIGATK, LocisBta, N. C Mareh 29, 1862. 4ft Vmo$. - .i NOTICE. TAKEN Fr and COMMITTED to AIL 15 B0OC ingbam couotr, on the 27th day of January last, negro man who calls bis name Frank and says be belong -to James Pearce of Chatham county ; -ssrs be was bound to said Pearce, and at the age of tweatr-oei years be fll be free, and says he is about twentj rears old at this time. ' Said bor is a dark mulatto color. bubj head of hair, stout built, full face, about fire and a half feet high, and had en when taken up a brown homespun sack eoat, pantaloons of kersey nearly tbe same color, a good heary pair of shoe and no socks, and a drab felt hat. The owner is requested to come forwird, prore his property and pay charges, or he will be dealt with according to law. JAMES IL HALL, Jailer. April 2, 1862. 4lm. A Regiment for tbe Confederate States Service. THE undersigned, hiring been asthoriiel f raise a Regiment for the ConiederaU States arssy, takes this method of informing, persons who ere now en gaged in raising companies, that this is th first opportuni ty offered for joining s Regiment to go directly into th Confederate service. . , Rank of omcers and pay to officers and soldiers will begin with their enrolment. . A bounty of FIFTY DOLLARS aad the bounty frem the State will be paid at the time ot organisation. Arms and full equipment f th best class will be far nished to tbe companies. . Term of service three years or th wr. For farther particulars, address th subscriber 'jg Lt Col S5th Regl, X. C. Troop.' Newbern, X. C. Feb. 18, 1842. . L-t-pd BATTALION OF LIGHT HOUSE. TDE nnder signed n.Ttn hee ttexUtitit by tbe President to raieeVBattalxesj of Light Horse, for the War, calls upon th young mea of North CareUaa teme forward and Volunteer for the perpoe. Lrt tboje who have good horses come and bring them, to aid In the defense of the Country. Let thos who home be 0 who cannot com themselves, giv or lead them to thoe who can com, and thus contribute material aid to the who would defenchthem in the enjof meat of tnew bB. . ONE TUNDREDAND FO BTYFO UB DOLLARS pr annum, will be paid for ach l' months; instalments. They will be fed tfj, S "Si expense of tbe Geremment, and f kUted ta aetioa, the ralue of th animal wUl be paid. v . Equipments for men and horses wiU b furnuteoVbat eachmaa must bring bis rifle, gun, pistol and kne,.orac arms ashe has, whfch will usw.r, untU a unifom wsspo. can b furnished by the Government " m ... . EnVrgyof Action-Action is what th eoun eds ftww, snd the men of tbe country must show by tUir rwaear to com forward th determination which artuatettese New to bo conquered. The Battahon will consist of sit Companies, of Sixty meneach. tr.r Volunteers will, fbr th present address, m 4 VMS y. &, untU euiUbl "gffij&TOX It OA: Ct., Prov. A., C. 8. A. Feb. 28th, 1862. -, . - Mtf SAWO-rrREES. SADDLE TREES. tunntr TRFKS Or all description, and style, can be -ad. on resaoasbl. , terms, at .bortest Jfg, M A rR A Factory, Raleigh, Sf. C. ' 54 tt. March 8. VTanted to Hire. Fifteet nmcurciyr irntsra a ;tei INi5altaaGir.t Military Hospital et Saleigb. Middicdluca prefwwd. Alw twe washer-weaiem. Apply u BURKE HAYWOOD, Sarree. ". April. , EAwTIES TflSXXIKO I0,tt!IXnAS3 KCwia Caroliisa eight per cent, bonds can do so by applying to Jha A. Lancaster Son, Ageatl fof tbe SUU, Rick taowd, Va. Prtseat priet 1W.: ; March 23. - ,- - ; 7 ' . '-- ,r J 7
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