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SjrSttttc journal. JOHN SPKMLVX, Editor ana Proprietor. ANI I'RIXTETl TO THE STATE. ' TCI. Assistant Editor. f TEEMS: jj'jjIirWEEKLT EDITION, per annum, .$4 WFEKLY EDITION. " " " ...... 2 , Invariably in Advance.) The Southern Republic. Je iyriua&hfCcnstHutian of the Confederate Slates of America. tW people o.Csjthc' Confederate States, each State ar tiutr in its sovereign and independent character, in order t 'fo.ua" a 'permanent federal government, cstab ''irV justice, insure domestic tranquility, and secure the things of liberty to ourselves and our posterity in ukiug the favor and guidance of Almighty God -do-orJaiji"aiJd t-stsiblhili this Constitution fur the Confede rate States of America. '! Ann cle I. Section 1. All legislative powers herein delegated shall be vested in a Congress of the' Confederate States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Rep resentatives - - . Section 2. 1 . The House of Ixcprcsentatives shall be composed ( f members chosen every second year by the people of 1 he several States; and the electors in each State shall 1 ,, ;i: 'ns of the Confederate States, and have the qual-if-rations requisite for electors of the most numerous Wandi of-the" State v Legislature; but no person of f, ifi 'in birth not a citizen of the "Confederate States bhalfb'3 allowed to vote for any officers, civil or politi cal, Sute or Federal. 2. No p r.- '5i shall be a representative who shall not . ve attained the age of twenty-five years, and be a ri'izen of the Confederate' States, and -who shall not,, wb'n elected, be an inhabitant of that State in which U .-'.all he-chosen. - 3. representatives and direct taxes shall be appor tioned among the several States which may be included within this Confederacy according to their respective jiumtcrs, which shall be determined by adding to the whole number of free persons, including those bound to service for a term of Jy ears, ano excluding Indians liotUaxed, three-fifths, of all slaves. . The actual enu iiier; tion sliitll. be made within three years after the lirt meeting of the Congress of the Confederate States, ar:'l within every' subsequent term 'of ten years, in such inanner as they .shall, by law, direct. The nnmber of i-fpiesentutives. shall not exceed one for every fifty t'u Ui-and, but each State shall have at least one repre sentative; and until such -'enumeration shall be made t!ie Mate 'of South Carolina shall be entitled to choose t-i, the State of. Georgia , ten," the State of Alabama nine, the State of Florida t wo. the State of Mississippi fi.'-vcn, the State of Louisiana six, and the State of Ti x.xs six. 4. When vacancies happen in the representation ticin any State, the Executive authority thereof shall up wilts, of election to fill such vacancies,, o. 'i helloijse of Representatives shji.ll choose their j t-.tki r and other officers, and shall have the sole jotter o impeachment, ; except that any judicial or f'i-i- federal officer resident and acting solely within ihe limits of any State, may be impeached by a vote .'i two-thirds of b'th branches of , the Legislature t'.eie" f. Sedwn 3. 1. The Senate 'of the Confederate States shall be n in pored of two Senators from, each State, chosen for : ears by 'the Legislature '-thereof, at the regular ssum next immediately preceding the commence ment of the term of service;" and each Senator shall Live ( i:e vute. ... - - - ' . - "J. Immediately- after they shall be assembled, in b.hsdquenee'of the first election", they, shall be divided as equally as' may be into three classes. The scats of tl y Sei..it rs of the first class shall be vacated nt the expjr.iln' n of the-second year ; of the second class at t'.e'txpiratiou of the fourth year; and of the third ( l.i -s at the expiration of the sixth year; so that one ihh'tl may be chosen every second year ; and if vacan- I.ajipen by resign'atiw or otherwise during the re-(i'-s of the Legislature ot any State, the Executive thereof may make temporary appointments until the i! t meeting of the Legislature, which: shall then fill H.'h vacat.cfes. :. iKo person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained the age of thirty years, and be a citizen of the ( nk-dcrate States, and Who shall not, When elected, h1 an inhabitant of the State for which' he shall be t h-. .-en. 4. The Vice "President of the Confederate Sta'tas shall 4. President of the Senate, but shall have no vote, tin ier they be equally divided, i -h. lie Senate sli all choose their other officers, and also a 1 'resident pro tempore in t he absence of the Vice President, or whan lie shall exercise the office of Presi de!. of the Confederate States. ' ;!" The Senate shall have the sole power to try all iurpeachmcnts. . When sitting for that" purpose, they shall boon oath or affirmation. When the .Pretideat 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 in cases of impeachment shall not cx tend. further than to removal 'rom office, and disqual- itieation to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit, under the Confederate States ; bui the party con victed shall, nevertheless, be liable and subject to in dictment, trial, judgment and punishment, according to law. - . Section 4. .-" 1. The times, places and manner of holding 'elec tions for Senators and Representatives shall be pre scribed in each State by the Legislature thereof, sub ject to the provision? 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 assembleat leastoace in every " year ; and such meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, unless they shall, by law, appoint a different uay. . ' Section 5. 1. Each Hou-e shall be the judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of its own members, and a majority of each shall constitute a quorum todo busi- ft nesj.jbut a smaller number may adjourn from day to lay, and may be authorized to compel the attendance -, of absent members, in such manner and under such penalties as each House may provide. 2. Each House may determine the rules of its pro ceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, iid, Avith the concurrence of two-thirds. of the whole L'iuiber, expel a member. . Each House shall keep a journal of its pro- cceiingvund from time to time publish the same, ex cepting such parts as may in -their judgment require seeresy, and the yeas 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. s 4. Neither House, during the sessiou of Congress, shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place than that n which the two Houses shall be sitting. . Section 6. 1 . The Senators and Representatives shall receive a compensation for their services, to be ascertained by aw; and naktout of the treasury of vhe Confederate" States. They shall, in all cases, except treason, telony and breach of the peace be privileged from arrest during their attendance at the session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same ; and for auy speech or debate in eitlier House they 'shall not be questioned in any other place. 2. No Senator or Representative shall, during the time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil office under the authority of the Confederate. States, which shall hate 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 duriug his coutinuan'ce in office. But Congress may, by law, grant to the priucipal oncer iu each of the Ex ecutive Departments a seat upon tbe floor of either House, with the privilege of discussing any measures appertaning to his department. , 4 - Section'!. 1. All bills for raisicgrevenue shall originate in the Hcuaeof Representatives; but the Senate may propose he. oncur with amendments as on other bills. loa Every hill which have passed both House st2 1, before.it becomes a law, be presented to the. M. II. President rf 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, two-thirds of that House shall agrs to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with thn ob jections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two-thirds of that House it shall become a law. , But in all sch cases the votes of both Houses shall be. determined by yeas 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 maimer 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 may 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 bilk disap proved by the President. 3. Every order, resolution or vote, to which the concurrence- of both Houses may be necessary (except on a question of adjournment) shall be presented o the President of the Confederate States ; and before the same shall take effect, shall be approved by him; or' being disapproved by him, may be repassed by two thirds of both Houses according to the rules and limi tations prescribed in' case of a bill. Section 8. The Congress shall have power . 1. To lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and ex cises for revenue necessary to pay the debts, provide for th'e common defence, and carry on the government of the Confederate States ; but no bounties shall be granted from the Treasury, norfdiall any duties or taxes on importations from-foreign nations be laid ito pro mote or foster, any branch of industry ; and all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform thoroughput the Confederate States. ' 2. To borrow- money on the credit of the Confede rate States! 3. To regulate commerce with foreign nations, arid among the severa. States, and with the Indian tribes ; but neither this, nor any other clause ' contained in the Constitution, shall ever be construed to delegate the power to Congress 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 the removing of obstructions in river navigation, in all which cases such duties shall be laid on the navigation facilitated thereby, as may be necessary to pay the costs and ex penses thereof. . 4. To establish uniform''Iaws of naturalization, and uniform laws 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 coin, antl fix the standard of weights and mea sures. 6. 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 March in the year of our lord eighteen hundred and sixty-three, shall be paid out of its own reve--nues. 1 8. To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited jimes 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 sep, and offences against the law of nations.. ' j 11. To declare-wargrant letters of marque and re prisal, and. make rules concerning captures on land and water. 12. To raise and support armies ; but no appropria tion of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years. 13. To provide and maintain a navy. 14. To makt rules for government and regulation of the land and naval forces. 15. To provide for calling forth the militia to exe cute thc'Kws of the Confederate States, suppress in surrections and repel invasion. ' -; -," , 1G, 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 States, respectively, the ap pointment of the officej-s and the authority of training' the militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress. 17. To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over stich district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of one or more States and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of. the government of the Confederate States ; and to exercise like authority over all places purchased byvthe 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 cduntry 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 require 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. i i 5. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid unle.-s in proportion to the census or enumeration here inbefore directed to be taken. , ' 6. No tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any State, except by a vote of two-tfcirds of both houses. . .4 ..' ' - ' 7. No preferences shall be given by any regulation of commerce or revenue to the ports of one State over hose of another. i 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 tinjie to time. 4. Congress shall appropriate no money from the treasury except by a vote of two-thirds of both houses, taken by yeas and nays, unless i le asked and esti mated for by some one of the heads of department, and submitted to Congress by the President ; or for the purpose of paying its owrn expenses and contingencies ; or for the payment of claims against the Confederate States ' the justice of 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. AH 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 extru compensation to any public contractor, officer, agent or servant, after such contract shall have been made or such service rendered 1 1. No title of nobility shall be ged rantby the Con federate States ; and no person holding any office of tprofit or trust under them, shall.witha out the consent To the Congress, accept of any neresent emlumcnte (fice or title of any kind . what prv from aoy king, efoor celign State. RALEIGH N. C. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18. iSG2. 12. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ; qr 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 f the people to keep and "bear arms shall 'not be infringed.'- 1 4. No soldier shall, in time of peace, bo 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 110 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 a4 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 shajl 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 J . ate and district wherein the crime shall have been orrirnitted, which district shall have been prev? .sly ascertained by law, and to be informed of the ...attire and cause of the accusation ; to be confronted with the witnesses against him ; to have compulsory prefcess 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 doUaro,. the right of trial by jury .shall be preserved ; and no fact so tried by a jury shall be otherwise re-examined. hi any court of thej Confederacy iuaa according to the rules of the common law. 1 19. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor exces sive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments indicted. 20. Every law or resolution having the force of law, shall relate to but one subject, and that shall be ex pressed in the title, i. - 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 ex2)ost 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, lav 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, br exports, shall be for the Xise of fhe 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 Congress, lay any duty" of tonnage, except on sea-going vessels,' for the improvement of its rivers and harbors naviga ted by the said vessels j but such duties sbal.lnot con flict with any treaties of the Confederate States with foreign nations; and any surplus of revenue thus de rived shall, after making such improvement, be paid into the common treasury ; nor shall an y State' keep troops or ships of war, in time of peaiie, enter into any agreement or compact with another State, or with a foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually inva ded, or in-such imminent danger as will not-admit of delay. But when any river divides or flows through -two or more. States, they 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. He and the Vice President" shall .hold their offices for the term, of six years ; but the President shall not be re-eligible. The President and Vice President 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 eutitled in the Con gress ; but no Senator or representative, or person holding an office of trust or profit under the Confeder- 4 ate States, shall be appointed an elector. . 3. The electors shall meet in their respective States and vote by ballot, for President and Vice President, one of whom, at least, shall not ba 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 nuke distinct lists, of all persons voted for as President, and. of all persons ivotcd for as Vice President, and of the number of voles for each, which list they shall : sign and certify, and transmit, sealed, fo the govern ihent 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 three, on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately," by ballot, the President. But iu'ehoosing the President the votes shall be taken by States, the representation from each State having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall' consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the States, and a majority of all the States shall be necessary to a choice. And if the House of Representatives shall riot choose a President, whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the 4th day of March nex t following, then the Vice President shall act as Presi dent, as in ease of the death or other constitutional disability of the President. 5 4. The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President shall be the Vice Tresdent, 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 qxiorum for 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. - But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President Khali be eligible to that of Vice Pres ident of the Confederate States. 1 ','' " 6. The Congress may determine the time of choosing the electors, and the day on which they, shall give their votes, which day shall be the same throughout the Confederate States. .. . 7. No person except a natural bcrn citizen of the Confederate States, or a citizen thereof at the time of the adoption f this constitutionor a. citizen thereof bora in the United States prior to the 20th 'of Decem ber, 1860, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be, eligible to that office; who shall not have attained the ace of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resiat-ut 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 ihi ties of the said office, the ..same shall devolve ou the vice President : and the Congress may, by law, provide for the case of re moval, death, resignation, or inability both of the Pres ident and Vice President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accord ingly until the disability be removed or .a President shall be elected. ,9 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 with n that period any other emolument from the Confed erate States, or any of them. 10. Before he Inttrs on the execution of his office, he shall take the following bath or affirmation " I do solemnly swear tor affirm) that I will faith fully execute the office of President of the Confederate States, and will, to the.best of my - ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution thereof." Section 2. l.. 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 ; lie may re quire the opinion, in writing, of the principal officer in each of the Executive Departments, ujon any sub ject relating to -the duties of their respective offices, and he, shall have power to grant reprieves; and par dons for offences against the Confederate States, ex cept in cases of impeachment. '. 2. He shall have the power, .by and Vith 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 public ministers and consuls, judges of the Su preme Court, and all other officers of the Confederate., Stateswhose " 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 properdin the President alonek n the courts of law or in the heads of departments. 3. Tlje principal officer in each of the executive de partments, and all persons connected with the diplo- ' matic service, may be removed from ofiice at the plea sure ot 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 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 var.an- , 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 da- ring their ensuing recess. . Section 3. 1. The President shall from time to turn?, give to the Congress information of the state of the Confed eracy, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient ; he may, on. extraordinary occasions, convene both houses, or either of them ; and in case of disagree ment between them, with respect to the time of ad journment, he may adjourn them to such time as he shall think proper ; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public ministers ;. he shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed, and shall commission all the officers of the Confederate States. Section 4. 1. The President, Vice President and all civil offi cers of the Confederate States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of treason, bribery, or otheij.high crimes and misdeauors . article nr. Section 1. 1. The judicial power of the Confederate States -Till ."! f 1 1 snan De vested in one superior .uourt, ana in sucn in ferior courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establflh. The 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 minished during their continuance in office. , Section 2. 1 1. The judicial power shall extend to' all cases ising under this Constitution, the laws of the Con federate States, and treaties made or which Khali be made under their authority ; to all cases afiectmg am bassadors, other public ministers and consuls ; to all ca?s of admiralty 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-plaintiff; between citizens claiming; landi. 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, t 2. In all cases atiecting ambassadoi, 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 theothcr -cases before men tioned the Supreme Court shall have appellate juris diction, both as to law and tact, with such exceptions and under such regulations as the Congress-shat I make. : . 3. The trial of all crimes, except in eases of im peachment, shall be by jury, and such trial shall be held m the State where the said crimes shad 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 6. t 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 person shall bS convicted of treason unless oti the tes 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. -article it. Section 1. 1. Full faith and credit shall be given in each! State fo the .public acts, records and judicial proceed ings of every other State. And the Congres1; may, by general laws, prescribe the manner in wch such acts, records and proceedings shall be pr7ed and the effect thereof. - Section 2. 1. The citizens of each State shali oe entitled to all the privileges and immunities 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"fehall not be thereby impaired. ' , 2. A person charged in any State with treason, fel ony, or other crime againpt the laws of euoh 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 "labor' in any State 4r 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 hall 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 be 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 wf the Congress. . . , . ' 2. The Congress shall have power to dispase of and make all needful ruies 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 aud provide governments for the inhabitants of all terri tory belonging to the. Confederate "States lying with out the hmits of the several States, and may permit them, at such times and in such manner as it may By law provide, to form the States to be admitted "into the confederacy. In all such territory the institution of negro slavery as it now exists in the Confederate States shall be recognized and protected by Congress and by the territorial government and the inhabitant! of the several Confederate States and Territories aba So. 62. have the right to take such territory and slaveer It imry neia by them m any of the States or Terrisasw oi uie UMilederate States. 4. Tlie Confeilerate States s otate that now is or.herca.ftp of this Confederacy a Republican form of government anii snail protect each of them against invasion ; and j on application of the legislature (t .f the Executive w.ien the legislature is not in session) against domes- 1 tic violence, - r article y. Section 1. I. Lpon tl assembled 1 snan summon into conskl tion as the me time wb.en.tlie sid demand .is- made, ind-should, j any of the propped amend meats to the' emistitutioa I oe agreed on hv fne- said convention v hv States-and the same be ratified W thr l.jZtn errt, De. deprived ot tt "eq;w":, representation in the .Senate.: -... . ; ,; ; i ; ,.. ,:- . -. v':;.; ,, ARTICLE Vfi." ' --' 1. The Government esfaKudied by -the Constitution is the successor of the -provi.fion.d government of the G-wi federate States of America, and all the laws.pass cd'hy th latter shall continue in force until the same shall be repealed or fiiodlfi.cd ; and all the officers ap pointed by the same shall remaia it office until their successors are appointeil and qualified, or the oflicet; aboibhod. ... 2. All debts contracted and engagements entered into before the adoption of this constitution shall bs as valid against the Confederate States 1 under this constitution as under the provisional government.': 3. This constitution, and-the laws of the Confeder ate States, made iu persuance Ihereof, 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 notwithstanding. 4. The Senators and Representatives before men tioned, and the members 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 office or public trust under the Cm federate States. - . 5. The enumeration; in the constitution, of certain rights, shall not bs construed to deny ' or disparage others retained by the people of the several States". G. The powers not delegated sto the Confederate States by he constitution, nor prohibited, by it to the States are. reserved to the States, respectively, or -'to the people thereof. . - ' .1 AnvicnE nr. ' i 1. The ratification of the Conventions of five State ' shall be sufficient for tlie 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 Gollege; and for counting the votes and inaugurating the Presi dent. They shall also prescribe the time for holding the first elcctioh of members of Congress under this constitution, and the time for assembling, the same. Until the assembling of such CongVess, the Congress under the provisional constitution shall continue to exercise the legislative powers granted them, not ex tending beyond the t'raie limited by the constitution of the provisional government. Adopted unanimously, Mirch' 11, 1861. ; BR. MOORE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, SALISBURY, Jf. C, Will practice an the Courts of Rowan asfd adjoining coun ties. Collections promptly mad?. Jan. 6 1861. " ' " 1 7 1 r 4 "notIceT-". ; Methodist Trot. :-Fcni&le College, Jamestown, Otfilforii Co., N. Q. . THE FIFTH SESSIOX WILL OPEX JULY 4.1S61, under the charge ot (. . ilr.M, A. . j This Institution has the advantage of a Wealthy lCJ8tion, larjiu and comfortable buildings, arid extensive philosophi cal and chemical apparatus, tc. ', ',J i The President and family, with the other members tf the Vacuity, live in tho College and eat at the s:unc talk's with the Student?. .Tuition $15 ppr sivj-iorr, Music on tre Piano o.r (Juitar $29; Grecian Iaintf;jr SToO; Kmbrt.idey $7 50. Latin. French, Oriental Paiiitin'. DrawinjrrUairfl' Lowers, Wax Flowers, Feather' Fi.:w?r,',.Wx Frtut,' eich $5; V cal Mnyic $1; ' contingwt expens'pg $1: Boarding $7 50 )v'.r month, including washing atkd n$e, half in ad ranee. For further iatornution ? kire-s i Jane 25 ff. rpURSIP- SEED. . X. TURNIP SEED. ' Large-Flafc Duteh Turnip iSced, i Rod Top Turnip, ' " f . Iiarge Norfolk. ! Large Mammoth "(from this county,) And other kinds of Turnip treed, : For sale at ' . PF.SCUD'3 Drug Store. August -19 i 7C tf. A FINE LOT OF SF0XGE. alad Oil, Baker's Bitters, , Black Tea, s 'I English Mustard, j ' A larse stock of Fancy Soaps, Received at P. F. PF.SCUD'S, Drug Store. . augl9. - " ' " " ' 76-tf. Onr Own Primary Grammar. JUST PUBDISHED BY STEELING & CAMPELL, , Grkbssbobo' X. C. . . ' 72 pages, 12 mo., 25 cents per copy. . For sale by them and all booksellers. I " Teachers and School officers desiring copies for ex ami n a tiom will receive them on remitting 15 cents to the author. - C. W. SMYTHK, Lexington, X. C. dec. 11, 861 ; tf- Cracker Bakery. rnirii! aiihsrrthpis haxlnz bollt a larse II1RD 1 BREAD and CRACKER BAKERY, and , fitted it up with the most improved machinery, are row prepared to furnish the citizen of Raleigh, and the State, with freeh Crackers, and of ihe best quality, sucn as Soda Crackers, t, ' Butter Crackers, Water Crackers, , Sugar Crackers, etc., etc, "We are also prepared to furnish the Army and T.Tt with t, , JSavy Bread, . Pilet Bread, Wine Biscuit, etc.. etc.. etc.. at tie lowest market rates. Ca3h orders securely packed andpromptly by JAS. SIMPSOjN i SC.N. , Wasted. Eaiptr Flour Barrels in good condition, fo which we will pay 25 cents each. -,TBO! T ".. e- JAS. owrok.i a. ovi.. nor. 30, 181. 6 swSm. Carralge for Sale A rnrn ftU-ATFIl Hosi and tiffht Carriage, to ade bv Brewster ot croaoway ew i on, u mx le useil. Also, Xgood cow giving milk will be aold J plvto II. k.UtHUW .A. I but little low. apph March 29, iQ 2t TAT LISTS. Tinrc nnderslsned harlnsr been appointed As seLr and TaSr of ihe TA LIST for.lgh Dia tricts Nos. 1 and 2, will attentat the Court JIou&, oa the 9th, 10th and lltb daya of April next, for that purpose. -. .,'.: :rmmtA mnut be orooiot in their attendance, cording to law. . - K. V . HhA w LLV, J. r Baleijh, March 9, 16-'. . - r -milV Wnnw i mmlw . - f!,"'' n,1T person!! Within K . Li.1t k :c demand of anv thrff RaA4 Vmllv H lit '.I i JP ko'thii 1 ... .. n their several. conventions, the Cwsrck i .t a Convention of all t.h Mti t., t .l-, 1 . '-ti-My -':1 (.ussicl fn.iitnfn h.. tA.. eratton' fetich Jimcid?ner.t t-i' V,A A,,ct;f, t-i.-. '" ".:: " : "Lt-'-, With thc hoiKLf?f tahli.hinr & said .States shall concur L rt CfVT hhl? -cceptaVe to the Peo?1, 01 tWO-t.lllWlS nf tluV coiwit.., U.. ..jt...- in two-thirds thereof a tbeoue or the, other mode oi j f.Vf. fhMorihtbieiuonlt ratification may -be . propad bv the general conven- j 'V'-; ' Vl" ' 1 n v,'tf can 'appreciate- them, and'all tion they shall hence forward ! farm a part of this tww-? " -Tra"4 after U,!s u flr! tKnp. Constitution. But no- Sta-s. .hall, with m iu rl 1 VX'". 'n, children or . "j v" ".7 wii yimvuo , . . 1 1 .. juive roni lemon i'mM ! TEBS FOR ADVERTISIffy. .ju..-k-f;, ii"t v u.,'-v& P -. :-vf -! OrVr-i-ujo, f.:-,t ration I...:...,,..'.....'.... 3L06 t-iCL j f.mvr.t insertion, . .... 2S f (1 'Ui toi n :n s or under make a qnarr. , ? i i- 1. ; CWrjuvt ttUI l.j entered into with yearly, haif-jcsflj-j snd nuartcriristiitrtueri, ;t a reduction from the bT MtOS. '-" ;" .o deduction from the rcRulir rate for' aarerti ' lertcd in the Weeklj Edition. . A - AI! "tkeroeau receive one insertloii in tie TTeekj. Oxford "Schools: Jerins hum 10 to l5) p?r manth. Fcbruar 5lh. 1S62. R. I. HART. 33 ti" URISBIKG FEMALE COLLEGE. u'- c TH;i?;r. wiii 1 TlifCr:r of-. variv !ivpli lUiontS and vast expat iruce, i: ," " " " ' ' " ! i. cunected with aome of Ap a-uT: . . Virginia. Hrbon!, cf V MNT'3 V- - AU r"- Jtttioiu ana ' Ihe jiaru;ng Dt-nattracnt th hav aU' the eomrwta mid attract! ot Ardlardotl. lowe, and the Boarderi as temfcr Ir and afi-ciionately watched over and cared for, - - iiii.ius parrot coma aesire, ererr at- fctinjr riven to the health, manners and Hteiarr asaentp v. eacf, FupU. . J)iplomas rii be ffiren to advance: ",s :'-7&,itt examioatirtos 00 fire School. i ver J. 'Jals will be a arded for perfect depo 1 onnar Pi-'iie wishing t. ixtwiu k.m.,i... 1 teachti-s w iil fia 1 unu.su.il inducements here, at the tor nutheiii aau ba iaad? suitabU to circumstances. to convey ps'oi.- to and from t lia rilla're expenses ,Vr t.n ilonthj will be from $155 to $250. F. rt,v-.'-r'ilrtK;Kla,:s,,a!,?,,T to ieD- J- bittlejohn, Wr 1 . A ultima, Darnel S. Hill., Richard F. YarWcVh. or 1 he entire or rboronch. or ti IH. T I 1 . - , , , . . , f ' LoijiSHUKO, N. C. . 40 2Hmi. March 20, ?G2. Notice. rirvtKX IT rncl COMMITTED to JAIL IN ROCK JL oiautu coniitv. on the 27th dar M" Januarv last, negro iw ha cat, .4 hi name Frank antl oavs he'bcloojrs w jumt i .;..! co ii tii a thaw county; to said Pf it-r'. ai .1 :i-t the ao -of twent says he was bound itv-one vears he will 00 ire. Air! : m ai-oat twciity veara old at this time, mulatto coh.r. bushv bead of hair, stout nt live anr a hkC feet hih, and had on ;';-ow n homi'spun sacic coat, pantaloons Of Mi:. coUirXa. good heavy pair of shoe a drab tVIt hat. Tho nwnir i rvmn-vtori Said bo-v k ; built, f.iil !;:. when t -.1; -.r kcrsj :i . ; and no vf.-L to COl!!!' t.irv.T.j. rrnv-f' hi rtrOnorl v .nv .l.a.-... .... h o v; i il !. . Xy.'.'i ,, , . t.j in . -c iHi- .iicoraing to law. JA.MLlj 11. HALL, Jailor. :':;"- : . ; - 41 fim.-- t, nt for tlie Confcilcralc States Service.- , y f?nrd, hating been nrUhorized io . iri.ti-'nt tor the Confedeva-ta Statoa armrr i -ft ' informins: pei.xoji who arc now en i'T o)ii!panies, that this is the firt opportunt-'";'-'-'2 a Rcaiu'ienl to co directtv into tli v r r- 'jL' ra t.V o.l'-'i i Con !'!' . n ... - - . ... iiaw; of o.a -i-3 and pay to officers utid aoldieN will beffi witit fhu- i-iU'ianicnt. ; -. r , . A Louuty (,f" FiFTY DOLLARS and the bounty from the Statoiwill be paid at the time of organization. Arms and full : equipments of tha best class will be fur thu to ths companies. . ' Ti.rui of teci vico three years or the war. For further particulars, addrcea th eulscriber inimediatelf. M. D. CRAT0.V, ' , Lt. Col. 35th Rcgt., .. C. Tronpn. .Newbeip, C. Feb. 18, 18C2, 31 ti pd BViTAf !0; OF LIGHT HORSE. T1IE tinder rdrr.a 'having hern commlsslonf rt hy the l'r.' ident to iui.se a Battalion of Light Horse, for 1 ho V ar,-. Cilia upon the younj men of 'orth Caroliq 1 . to china to;-Warrf mid Volunteer fur tin nnmnu Let tho.- v-,i)n !ia vl' irood horses come and hrin- fhini tnaM ,... dcf-.-sif of the. Ctiiiiiti v. Let those who bars Wa h 4 who t'Kiir.'ii cf.mt' tin'inselres, ni? wlih can c.init!,,rid thus eontribut thfitisfhfg, circ or lend thorn to tlnm. e material aid to thoso , ,nni.u m.ui jii in -rnnii infill 111 4IHir- ilOitir'f. OSE IlUN'DRKi) AND FORTV-I'OL'R- DOL'-AR.S r. r annuri:. will .b" j.aid for t ach hovtv in the Battalion, in livo . month: 'mstal-noVit.-!. The? will be fl and carwl for- at the OX pen.- oi" tliA yernment, arid if killed in action, the value o!" '; will bo paid. ' Ivj-ii.; i;:-?st. fur men and horses will ba furnl.fced, but each mnii uvv-t inipg his rrtbi, gim, pLilol and knifo, oi-.ueh arms st !. ' ha which will answer, until a uiiiforri wranon Vtli-i lt'ol.1-! ,lr.i.A 4;,,i-n t 1. i t il. ' 1 carl I).; fur .and 'tin- in to CiUKi (V. Never t I Cii;i;.1 Tii .. Voiiiu;. f! !".' I'V- J:;Vffh.M;.-llt; : . : ion .AtNni:i what tho country need now., f th j country ilmst 1iot by -their rradincn ;d t't's d-UTiiiiidafion which aetuiitetthera- ;)' 'i' d. The Battaliou will,-consi.t of nix ' r-'i-U- mencach. " ' ' ' J- , ' :. ' .-.- - ..;!; f.i:- th:- pr tent. address mc at Halifax." C. i:t.-4--ab:..' r.fruiUnT station, can IMS eatablishc-U ! , r. M. LDilO.VSTO.V. Li. Col. Cav., I'vov. A., '('. s: a. BAJ)DLE TKEES SADDLE 1'RERS. . ;' NADRLK Titles Y' v.. . Or ail description and styles can be made on reasonable terms, at shortest noticed at ,-. . :, THEIM & FRAPS' racto.-r, P.aleigh, N'. C. ifarch 8. ' ' ' 34-tf. V U anted to Hire. FIFTEIX I5TELIIGEXT M'RSES FOR TIIK North-Carolina Gencrsi Military Hospital at Kaleigb. Middle aged mea preferred. Also two washer-women. Apply to : r E: BURKE nAYWOOD, Surgeon. April 0. 1S62. - 43 tf " "DIRTIES WfSIIIXG TO PlKtlllSE SORTtt JL Carolina eight pjer cent, bonds can do so by applying to John A. Lancaster k Son, AgeoU for th State, Kich- mond, Ya. Presotit price 102. ... .. March 25, 1J . Laws of the ( on federate States. (BY. AUTHOR IT V.) ' i '' !.N"o. 40.) . ' . .- i JOINT I; K; 0!J"I"iO,VS UF THANKS FOU XIlEVKTrOUV. AT BUV.JJU, TNN. ' lle&oivj'. t-y the Con-rc-s ot. i!jo Confederate. 'States oi" A:.eniu. T'hat ('oiircKS Has learned with L'rutituclo t the btrftie Jluler Nations- the iatelii;n .':cc of' the r ant complete and bril- liiUit vie which ban been oained by the'Arciy yi ' Of t C-Alcdorutu States under the command of Otrii A Jou.&toii, over the rederal lorcea iu Tclc,4c-. hi the Uttle field of Shiloh. ; . That the. that k a of (JoneTCss are hereby -it iJe'r'j to Oen G. T. lieaurecrard and the''t;!:r mvlvifpc officers and privates of that artiiy ii r thy &;gaal exhibition of skill and gal lantrv 'dknl uyt iy.them on that memorable oc casiou ra'ad ..all who atlributcd to that signal triuiut h. in the judgment of Conpces, are enti tled to the frraiitude of their country. Kesolved," Tiiat tbo intelligence of the deafh of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, Gomiuander-i4-Chief, '"wbeo leading the Confederate fotcca to viccory oo the sixth of April, in Tcnnes.cef while it affects Congress with profound . sorrow, n at tH'? sauie time obscurca our joy with a idiade of sadness the hs of an officer, bo able, akill ful atid piilatit. . : : : Kesoivcd, That the foregoing resolutions Iq made known by approprite gencaal orjlera by thj Generals in command. tot th officers arid troops to whom they are addressed, and that-they alio be communicated to the family of Geu. Johnston. Approved April 15, 18C2. '. i fpilE Sahscrihei' f n.... 1.1. . I Lvr,i r,i . . 1 iu iu iuuiiu num , "' t 4 J?ftL u cw,.8!?,r.t ecomBMdariw Stadent at- had cuarantee to cverv t ie -lawnclliirh Schoni nri k. a.kt. r I aectirtn. and ,M -""J . , "v ft - 1 Bf,t "t"". though the purest moraliU TV?3 vS -i v a .rcPu:'-1 d erj u.euiber of the Institutioii. lbe hm, h; la: ", t,vvv and mKniHcent, ell adapted to .school purpo... Th location it unsurpaswd. bciur one of the Jot clu-f t. h althlest and moyt refined .ecth.m oi Uti. ,") mil-. .Vorth of. Raleigh, and 10 mile iron JTanrruiiou Dcvot, where liack r i. .
Daily State Journal (Raleigh, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
June 18, 1862, edition 1
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