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-v. if. -. . ; .Cljf State Jaurnal. JOHN SPEpM, Editor and Proprietor. AND PRINTER TO THE STATE. ! WJI. uuiuasoi. Assistant Editor. TERMS: SEMI-WJiii.ft.iji jiuiiiua, per annum WEEKLT EDITION, , " .. " .. .....T. Invariably in Advance. The Southern Bepublic. The Permanent Constitution of the- Confederate States of America. . Yc, the people of the Confederate States, each State acting in its sovereign and independent character, in order to form a permanent federal government, estab Msh justice, insure domestic tranquility, and secure the 'blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity in oking the favor and guidance of Almighty God do - ordain and establish this Constitution for the Conside rate States of America. Article 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. i I. The House of Representatives shall be composed of members chosen every second year by the' people of the several States; andthe electors m each State shall be citizens of the Confederate States, and have the qual ifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State Legislature; but no person of foreign birth not a citizen of the Confederate Stales thall be allowed to vote 'for any officers, civil or politi cal, State or Federal. 2. No person shall be a representative who shall not have attaiDed the age of twenty-five years, and be a citizen of the Confederate States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that State in which - he shall be chosen. ' ' , V - . . til- . . . . 3. Representatives ana direct taxes snail be appor tioned among the several States which may be included within this Confederacy according to their respective numbers, whuh shall be determined by adding to the whole number of free persons, including those bound to; service for a term of years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three-fifths of all slaves. The actual enu meration shall be made within three years after the rt meeting of the Congress of the Confederate States, and within every subsequent term often years, jn such manner as they shall, by law, direct. The nnmber of representatives shall not exceed one for every fifty thousand, but each State shall haye at least one repre sentative; and until such enumeration shall be made the State of South Carolina shall be entitled to choose six, the State of Georgia ten, the State of Alabama nine, the State of Florida two, the State of Mississippi seven, the State of Louisiana six, and the State of Texas six. J 4. When vacancies happen in the representation from any State, the Executive authority thereof shall issue writs of election "to fill such vacancies. 5. 'I he House of Kepresentatives shall choose their Speaker and other officers, and shall have the, sole power of impeachment, except that any judicial or oilier jcucrai omcer resiuem ana ucung soieiy witnm ii i: :i. r Ci.t. " v, : i j u '. a. Hie umils J ui iiiiij ug mijvc.ii.iiuw iry H vote of two-thirds of both branches, of - the Legislature thereof. . :1 Section 8. . 1. The Senate of the Confederate 1 States shall be composed Of two Senators from each State, chosen for six years by the Legislature thereof, at the regular session next iiihraediately preceding the commence ment of the term of service;' and each Senator shall have one v.Me. l '.- 2. Immediately after they shall be assembled, in consequence of the first election, they shall be divided as equally as may be into three classes.. The seats of the Senators of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of the second year; of the second class at the expiration of the fourth year; and of the third class at the expiration of thex sixth year; so that one third may be chosen every second year; and if vacan cies happen by resignation or otherwise during the: re cess, of the Legislature of any State, the Executive thereof may mak a temporary appointments until the "T.f woctin of thf. Legislature, which 'JSiall then fill such vacancies. - S No person sl-.all be a Senator who shall not have attained the age of thirty years, and be a citizen the Confederate States, and who shall uf, when elected, be an inhabitant of the State f-r which he shall be liie Vice President of tlie Confederate States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no vote, un less thev be equally divided. . ! 5 The Senate shall choose their other ofheers, and also a President pro tempore in the absence of the A ice President, or when he shall exercise the office of Presi dent of the Confederate States. ; . 6 The Senate shall ' have the sole power U try all impeachments. When sitting for that purple, t hey shall be on oath or affirmation. A hen the 1 1 resldaat v.f 4i, fefpmtft States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside; and no jtersen snau oe t-uuviu out.theT concurrence of -two-thirds of the members present. , . ' . ' . . 7 Ji ulgment in cases of mi pcachment shall not ex tend ftirghcr than to removal from office, and disqual ification to hold andeoy any office of honor, trust or profit under the Confederate States ;Wut the.party-con-ivictedi shall, nevertheless, be liable and subject to in- aictmcnt, tnai, jiuiguiciifc 1,Uii.- , 0 te) law. ' '1 ; p , ' Section 4. - l.The times, places 1 and manner of holding elec- tuons? for Senators ana ucprweuwura mu uv p- pf;M it. Pnrh State bv the Lccislature thereof, sub ject to the provisions of this Constitution ; but the Con gress may, at any time, by law make or Alter such ro,rw;,n ovrPFtt .is'to the times and places of cuoos- ing Senators. . H ' V A . 2 The Congress shall assemble at least o.ice in every year ; and such meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, unless they shall, by law, appoint a different day. . t Section 5. 1. Each Houfe shall be the judge of the elections, returns and qualifications ot its own nemuurs, wu mn-vitv nf orh sball constitute a quorum todo busi- , ness; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to Jay and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members, in svicn uiauuci nuu uimti nah.;s as each House may provide. - 2. Each House may determine the rules of its pro--"o-q Tunisb its members for disorderly behavior, -iuCl. wua IIMS vi v v..- ft - i -.1 A. rt Tiviurhirdc ni thfl whom uumber. exf el a mcmuer. . House shall keep a journal i its.pro- - ctelings, and from time to time publish the same, ex oiintr enrb mrts as may in their judgment vequire secresy, and. the yeas and nays of the members of .uk. tjt,ca nn aiiv nuestiou. shall, at the desire of CUUCl , " J 1 i r . twp-fift.h of those present, be entered on the journal a. Koiflr House, during the session 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 ue sicung. Section 6. i ' ti Snr.tnrs and Representatives shall receive for their services, to be ascertained Dy ' aw and paid out-of the treasury of ihe Confederate RtQt l'hpv shall, in all cases, except treason, felony and breach of the peace be privileged from arrest during : their attendance at the session of their respective 'TTnn.i and in coins to and returning from the same ; and for any speech or-debatcfin either House they shall - not be questioned in any other place. 2.. No Senator or Representative shall, during the limp friT which be was elected, be apiwintctl to any nffir imdftd the authority of the Confederate States which shall have been ;created, or the emolu ments whereof shall have been increased during such tim- And no person" holding anyotlice tinder the lxn: l...a L?ja rvnrrVnr rf itViOr HflllSP iLll itHipraiH n jilt aiidii n iiivuiuwi . during his continuance in' office. But Congress may, by law, grant to the principal oficer iu each of the Ex " eciitive bepartments a seat upon tbe floor cf either House, with the privilege of discussing any measures appertaning to bis department. r - Sfdinn 7. : l All bills for raisins revenue shall originate in the Houae of Representatives; but the Senate may propose he. oncur with amendments as on other bills. loa Every bill which have passed both House st2 1, before it becomes a law, be presented to the. . x. - President of the Confederate States : if he aiDrove. he shall sign it; but if not, he shall return it withfhis ob jections to that House in which it shall have oriei- nated, who shall enter the objections at large on their I journal and proceed to reconsider it. If, after such reconsideration, two-thirds of that House shall agws to pass the bill, it iihall be sent, together with tta 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 alJ 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 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 may approve any appropriation and disapprove any other appropriation in the same bill. In such case, he shall, in signing the bill, designate the appropna- tions disapproved, and shall return a copy of suchap- 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 be approved by him; or being disapproved by him, may be repassed by two- thirds ot oth Houses according to the rules and limi tations prescribed in caso of a billi . Section 8. The Congress shall have power 1. To lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and ex cises for revenue necessary to pay the debts. 'provide for the common defence, and carry on the government of the Confederate States ; but no bounties shall be granted from the Treasury, nor shall any duties or taxes on importations from foreign nations be laid to pro- mote or loster 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; out neither this, nor any other clause contained m the Constitution, shall ever bo 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 maybe necessary to pay the costs and ex penses thereof. 1- 4. To establish uniform laws 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,, and 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. ' 7 . 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. .1 9. To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme 10 Tn flofino and nunish nirauies uu -i mitted on. the higbl seas, and offences against the law of nations. 11. To declare war, grant letters of marque and re-r pnsal, ana maKe ruiw wiwiuiub ' and water, f " ! . 12. To' raise and support armies ; but no appropria tion of .money to that uso shall be for a longer term than two years. 13. To provide and maintain a navy. 14." To make rules for government and regulation rftlilsmd and naval forces."1 15. To provide for calling, iorth.the militia to exe- cute the laws ot the ijonieueraie ouii,..s.uA1iw surrections and rejel invasion. 16. To provide for organizing, arming ana uitcipT lining the milit;a, 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 officers and the authority of training the militia accoruing io uie uisujjuuc 1"'" vj Congress. . . 1 7 To PVfirrise exclusive legislation, in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles bv ressiori of one or more States and thP accf.ntsmce. ol, uoneress, ueuuinu uic ;ai A ' r 1, i . . r-fif rt 1 lia .mvpmmwit of the Confederate States ; and to exercise . Tike authority over all places purchased by tlje consent of the Legislature ot the State in wnicn me same uw be for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dock- oivic omi nthpv l-iaflrttni Diuiamss : anu l To make all laws which shnll beTiecessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing pow, ers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution m the government of the -Confederate. States, or m any . . v 1.1 r department or. omcer uieicuw . secnon y. . - i Th importation of neCToes of the African race from anv foreign country other than the slaveholding StatP m-Tprritories of the United btates ot America, is hereby forbidden ; and Congress is required to pass such laws as shall effectually prevent the same. " 9 rVmo-rfiss shall also have power to proniDii tne itrnflnpnn of- slaves trom any Otate not a memner "0 - , , . . 7 1 Torrhorv not belonging to, this Confederacy. v, . ., ! -i ,.1,11 3. Tile privilege ol the writ oi naouas uurpus uau not be suspended, unless wnen iu cases ui icuciuuu m mvflsinn the public saietv may require it.- 4. No bill of attamer, or exposi jaciumw, ur ihw A,inT r.r imTin rinor the richt ol property in uesro uvii i iii) v - o . l!ivis hn.ll hfi nassecl. r-inihit.ion or other direct tax shall be laid unless in proportion to the census or enumeration here inlipfi-irp directed "to be taken.. fi Xn tsix or dutv shall be laid on articles exported fr.mi anv State, except bv a vote of two-thirds of htth bouses. 7. Xo preferences shall le given by any regulatbn of commerce or revenue to the ports of one State oyer hose of another. 1 R Nn moncv shall be drawn from the treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law ; and a regular statement and account oi tne receipts aim ex penditures of all public money shall be published from tim tn time. ' i .9. Congress shall appropriate no money from the trpasnrv except bv a vote of two-thirds of both houses, tol-nn liv vpfls and navs. unless it be asked and cstv mated for by some one of the heads of department, and 'siihmittml to Congress by the President; or for the purpose of paying its own expenses and contingencies -r or for the payment ot claims against me viuiuuciic States, the iustice of which shall have been judicially iWlarwl bv a tribunal for the investigation of claims against the government, which it is hereby made the dutv nf (impress to estabUsh. id 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 ehall grant no extii- compensation to any public contractor, officer, agent or servant, after such ennti-act 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 profit or trust under them, shall.witha out the consent fo the Congress, accept of any ncresent emluments office or title of any kind what pry from aby king, efoofcehgn State. RALEIGH N. q SATURDAY, JUNE 21. 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 peaceablj to assemble and petition the government for a redress of grievances. 13. tLl?fTeSm Jr?fa free State , the right -f the people to keep ear arms shall not be mfnnjied. secun and bear i4JSo soldier shall, in time of peace, be quar tered in any house without the consent of theowner; 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 HO warrants shall ix,.P hut ,,rv,n r.W- m.iu n. ' - w A . , , - w"' 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 canifol or otherwise infamous crime, unless nn nrftsnntmnnt or indictment of a erand hirv. exeunt in r. arising in the land or naval forces, or m the militia, when in actual service, in time of war or public danger j nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to betwico put iA.jeopa-of-or'-Hnilr,-ttcrt&::' 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 7 ate and district wherein the crime shall have beei? .ommitted, which district shall have been prev jsly ascertained by law, and to be informed of the .-ature and cause of the accusation to be confrontea with the witnesses against him : to , , .... w. ' havfl ruimnnlsorv nrncpss fnr Alifaitiind unfnf. : v: favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his . .v. mijj 11 ikncoova ill ilia defence 18. In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved; and no fact so tried a jury shall be otherwise re-examined in any court oi tne twniederacy than according to the rules of the common law. 19. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor exces sive fines imposed, nor cael and unusual punishments mint-tea. 20. Every law or resolution having the force of law shall relate to but one subject, and that shall be ex pressed in the title. , , Section 10. 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 anv bill of attain der, or ex post facto law, or law impairing the obliya- tion ot contracts ; or grant any title of nobility. 2. xo State shall, without the consent of the Con gress, lay -any imposts or duties - on imports and ex ports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing its inspection laws ; and the nett produce of all duties and imposts, laid by any State on imports or exports, shall be for the use of the treasury of the (xiiifederate States ; and all such laws shall be subiect to the revision and control of Congress. 3. JNo State shall, without.thc consent of Congress. lay any duty of tonnage, except on sea-going vessels, for the improvement of itrivers and harbors naviga ted by the said vessels but such duties shall not con flict with any treaties of the. Confederate States with foreign nations ; and any surplus of revenue thus de- , rived shall, after making such improvement, ' be paid into tne common treasury ; nor shall any State keep troops or ships of war, in time of peace, enter into any agreement or compact with another State, or with a loreign power, or engage m war, unless actually inva ded, or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay. But when any river divides or flows through Ahticle II. Section 1." " The executive power shall be vested in a Tresi dent of the Confederate btates ot America, lie ana 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, m such manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors equal to the whole number of Senators and Representa tives to which the State may be entitled in the Con- "Tess ; out no oenawjr ui icjmcoujm-mc, ui jt''" holdin" an office of trust or profit under the Confeder ate States, shall be, appointed an elector. . 3. The electors shall meet in their respective otates and vote by ballot, for President and ice President, one of whom, at least, shall not ds an lunamtant oi thnsnme 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 nv.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 certily, ana transmit, seaiea, 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 three, on the list of those voted for as President, the House ot 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 haying one vcte; a quorum lor this purpose snau consist oi 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 two-thirds of the whole number of Sen ators, and a majority of the whole number shall be ne cessary to a choice. . 5. Put no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice Pres ident of the Confederate States 0. The Congress may determine the time of choosing the electors, and the day on which they shall give their votes, which day shall be. the same tlirougnoui tne Confederate States. m ' X. No perstni except a natural born citizen of tne Confalerate States, or a citizeu thereof at the time of' the adoption of this constitution, or a citizen thereof born in the United States prior to the 20th ol Decem ber, 18C0, shall be eligible to the office of President ; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained the ase of thirty-five years and been fourteen years a resvieut 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 os a President shall be elected. - ,9 The President shall, at stated times, receive tor his services a compensation, which shall neither be m- creased nor (liiiunished during the period for which he . ; 1 ..:-:. . ' i -:.- i -- shall have been elected : and he shall not receive with n that period any other emolument from the Confed erate btates, or any of them. 10. Before he enters oh the execution of his office he shall take the following oath or affirmation extelhecTof States, and, will, to the best of my abUityrS? protect and dpfrnH ih rt,r,,J .x"LZ'V TX' ; Section 2. A. The President shall be commander4n-chief of the army and navy of the Confederate' Stales, and of the militia of the several States, when called into the actual service of the Confederate States ; he may re quire the opinion, in writing, of the principal officer in each of th FlTPont-Jcj nTM.mifi 1. i -, V . . 1 , iu .y suo- r-" ivuuug to me uuues 01 their resnective nffiro .and he sh J have power "to grarenW and dons for offences against the Confederate tates. cent 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 of the Senate, shall appoint ambassadors, other public ministers and consnls, judges of the Su ptauie Gxat, od all oer jofficew of th Lnfederate : btates whose appointments are not herein otherwise ' provided for, and which shall be established by law but the Congress may, by law, vest the appointment . of .such inferior officers, as they, think proper, in the President alone, n the courts of law or in the heads of departments. 3. The principal officer in each of the executive de partments, and all persons connected with the diplo matic service, may be removed from office at the pica sure ot the President. All other rivil oflWr. nf ti.- Executive Department may b removed at any time W th PmnMt r " 1 j - wuw aviJuiiHiiuti uuwer. wiipn I xi..; 1 1 . ? ' their services are unnecessary, or for dishonest.v inra. parity, inefficiency, misconduct, xr 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 expin. at. the end of their next session ; but no person rejected by the Senate shall be reappointed to the same office du ring their ensuing recess. Section 3. 1. The President shall from time to time, give U 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. 4 Section 4. 1. The President, Vice President, and all civil offi cers of the Confederate States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of treason, bribery, or other high crimes and rnisdeanors. " - article in. Section 1. 1. The' judicial power of the Confederate States shall be vested in one Superior Court, and in such in ferior courts as the Congress may from time to time pidain and establish. The iudges. both of the Su preme and "inferior courts, shall hold their offices du ring good behavior, and shall, at stated times, receive ot tneir services a compensation, which shall not be diminished during their continuance in. nfficp Section 2. x. Auo juuiuuu power suau extcnu to ail cases arising under this Constitution, the laws of the Con federate States, and treaties made or which shall be j made under their authority ; to all cases affecting am- j bassadors,' other publtCnimisT5rs and consuls; to all ' Keen"a &te anacrlSs? &MfUBfc ! the State is plaintiff; between citizens claiming lands . under grants of different States, and between a State or the citizens thereof and foreign States, citizens or subjects; but no State shall. lx? sued by a citizen or t v n, v-n i t . ., i subject of any loreign estate. 2. In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and those in which a State shall be a party, the Supreme Court shall have origi nal jurisdiction. In aU the other 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 shall- 3. The 'trial of all crimes, except in cases of im peachment, shall be by jury, and such' trial shall bo held in the State where the said crimes shall have been committed ; but when not committed within any State, the trial shall be at such place or places as the Congress may by law have directed. . Section 3. 1. Treason against the Confederate States shall con sist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the tes timony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court. 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 iy. Section 1. 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 proved and the effect thereof. : . Section 2. 1. The citizens of each State shall be entitled to all the privileges and immunitieaof citizens in the sever al States, and shall havo theright 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 be thereby impairca. 2. A person charged in any State with treason, fel- ony, or other crime against tne iaw8 ui 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 or Territory of the Confederate States, under the laws thereof, escaping or lawfully earned 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. Seciion 3. 1. Other States may be; admitted into this Confed eracy by a vote of two-thirds of the whole House ol Representatives and two-thirds of the Senate, the Senate voting by lStates; 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 f the Congress. 2. The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations concerning the property of the Confederate States, including the ands thereof. 3. The Confederate States may acquire new territo ry, and Congress shall have power to legislate and nrnviAa rnvrTiTnpnts 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 in such manner as it may by law provide, to form the States to be admitted into tne comeaeracy. in au sucn territory me msuw of neirro slavery as it notfr exists in the Confederate States shall be recognized and protected by Congress J of the several Confederate States and Territories sha ana by tne tern tonal government and tne mnauiim folly SddSV U SUCh and SiWlStSS theS-Terrisa.W State d? nIeratev Stotes Ml gntee to every btate that now is or hereafter may become a member andl BT1" form of SJtSSS, and shall protect each of tliern against invasion- and whff?h?Tt,0n- f ? of thexeutire 2 vloSc i 8C,,Si0n, Ksabs d0m 1 TT. AJKLZ 7- Jetton 1. 1. Upon the dimiiui nf i o. . ' . - 'J wrvv oiaic legally assembled in their several conventions, the Cfcnerew Shall Rlimmnn - 4.: - ., ' Vv,16 shall smnmT. into consideration such arendmen to TheonsSu! fcoLLEof WVSES!' on asthesaid States shaU concur hi aSS'S KSW!. ucSSSi: nv r v , viciuuuu is made, and should S7.12S Pr0p "dment. to the constitution be agreed on bv th .-: , f " j , J 1 wuTenuon voting by otates ana the sm h 1 n. . t , . J ml ; W 1,11 Itti I 1 mm W f U I 1 CT nV bSK2? S theraitab; m two-Unrds thereof, the one or the Other mode ot tton WnV conven Uonthey shall henceforward form a part of this Constitation. But no States shall, without ite con AJTPt in the I ARTICLE VI. 1. The Government established by the Constitution i n c i . A jiunoiuiuu government or the ed by the latter shal cnntimi. in G. . . shall be repealed or modified: and all th nffir. pointed by the same sliall rcmaia u office until their successors are amrnintel . abolished. a. All debta crmtrncttHl anA i. .i 1 into before the adoption of this constitution shall ba l as valid against the Confederate " States under this C:TtlSiton as under the provi.ional government; j 3. This constitution, and the laws of the Confeder , ate States, made in persuance thereof, and aU trea i ties made, or whir.b shall li n,i. j l ...n. . I JL Confederate States, shall be the supreme law I Ot the lariri . tl, ;..J r,. .... - juuges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the constitution or laws or any btate to the contrary hot withstanding 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 U':federate States and of the several States, shall be bound by oath or affirmation to support this con titution, but no rcligous test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the Confederate States. M 5. The enumeration, in the constitution, of certain ngbts, shall not be construed to deny or disparage 7 tl 3 popic oi tne several States. 6 The powers, not delegated to the Confederate btates by he constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states are reserved to the States, respectively, or to v.i juj.io UH..CUti j 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, m 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 by . the constitution of the provisional government. Adopted unanimously, March 11, 1861. . -,. T R. MOORE, l Jan. 6 lT"nv Methodist Prot. Female College. Jam K8TOWM, Gpilkord Co., N. C. THE FIFTH SESSION WILL 0PEXJULT 4,1861, u,ndcr the charge of O. W. Hege, A. M. This Institution has the advantage of a healthy lscation, large and comfortable buildings, and extensive philosophi cal and chemical apparatus, &c. nl and chemical apparatus, ac. The President and family, with the other members of the 'acultv. live in the College and eat at the same tables with The President and familvt with the other members of the Facultr. live in the College and eat at the same tables witn the Students. Tuition $15 per session; Music on the r lano or Liuitar iU; urecian x-ainung a, buiuiuiucm Latin, French, Oriental Painting, Drawing, rlair r lowers, Wax Flowers. Feather Flowers, Wax Fruit, each $5; V- cal Musiq $1; contingent expenses $1; Boarding $7 50 per month, including washing and nres, nan in advance.-, xor further intormation address June 26 ' tf- T URXIP SEED. Large Flat Dutch Turnip Seed, Red Top Turnip,- Large Norfolk. . " . Large Mammoth (from this county,) And other Jtinas ot rwrnip seea, For sale at August 19 PESCUD'S Drug Store. e tu A FIXE LOT OF SP0XGE. JZX. Jaiaa uu, Baker's Bitters, Black Tea, English Mustard, A large stock of Fancy Soaps, Received at P. F. ! ' aug 19. . PESCUD'S, Drug Store. 76-tf. Our Own Primary Grammar. JUST PCBDI8HKD BT STERLING & CAMPELL, Gekbssboko' N. C. , ' " 72 pages, 12 mo., 25 cents per copy. For sale by them and all booksellers. . j o -l i itaiirinff rnnie. for examina- 'leacners anu pcuwi umvi r - tion will receive them on remitting 15 wnts to the author. Lexington, N. C. dec. 11, 861 ' 9tf' Cracker Bakery. mmxv . If OH with thelnost improved machinery, are now prepared to rurnisMhrcike?. of Raleigh, and the State, with fresh Crackers, ana oi inc wb h" J ' Soda Crackers, Butter Crackers, Water Crackers, ;t j Sugar Crackers, etc., etc., We are also prepared to furnish the Army and Navy with ' ! Navy Bread,1 . Pilet Breads . - Wine Biscuit, i . etc., etc., etc., . ';-rl, . . . .i. i ,rkii rates. Cash order, curely packed alfpVompty" " JAS. SIMPSON A SON. Wahteb. Empty Hour BarreU in good condition, for which we will pay 25 .cents each.g gIMpsoy k gox. n.v. 30, 1861. H t6Cm. Carraige tor Sale A! FOUR SEATED close BdwjW i?ai2fSS: ' J oVinfr milk, will be sold but little usea. iso, - dtt uh WTN. lo apply to ' - ' ItLitt March 29, I ' TAT -LISTS. m 1 fSS attend thTco-rt B on Ttb. tncU Not. 1 .aad t for that onrpoM. rZedmLiUpmvlin their attendance, T. M thn written list, if all their taxable, ac Md?ringwth them written i SEA WELL, J. P cording to law. ' 40 -td Raleigh, March , 1M3.. ; i. . : V T1 ? 9m Ct A re . - Hi ai a run a u v ii u n ib I u u; - :. f J - - 'r - '-- -ifT i '--':. Qne quare, flrtt teHlou,.J..J.X;j.J.JJ. .$1.M Each rebwqnent Iiuertloa, ..v...-. - U (Foarteen Ubm or adder make a tqaarc J ; ContraeU will U entered iato with yearly, half-yearly aad quarterly adjertuen, a redacUon from the above rates. So deduction from the'repilir rates for a4?erUj ut woo neeuj diuea. - - J " All adrertiiemeBU receive oae iaiertiim la the TTeety. Oxford RrhnnlsT ' nd comforUWe aecommodatioi StadenU St- ,,- t , ovoooi aou ue eaaie Dcnoou ei Terms from $160 to J15, per month. " " - ' ' Febmary 5th, 1862. D' Slif iivi;wiiuu rfjJIALL VVLLHilu, WjWr7C ' S auuTHAGE will be eotatt h. ki. nnv . "ried .plSmid KStHSLf who for fifteen rear. h.. kl. .1 1"? ?rience, I mf - h mmm mMWTwrmm m IBM Wr n BlJtinMaK MLW & . v,t r. -" .""ric in firm ov?hem 'We h.IS- STTm Pldg toTiSSS wW w tffer ttt be8t "catloaal adVaU; we hom we kno7 ctn appreciate then, aaAll ward., free of ch.e? lhCir eW,dr U even th.o Z.?? V "UTaneeraent of each PnniL riijA.7-tnT ' Gold and Silver Medl?iii . " . "Jzl nt coU. 1 6 6 wi ucaiia, mannen a.Bd MUrirr A5? wuhinjr to edaeate th.EV., . " ter. n,- ck"3 aaf "'"Wet eirenintttBCes. nwt where hack art alwart in readiotaa. to conrer passenger, to andfrop, th. Tillajrl TkT tltwi expeasea for ten u,.nth. will bTfroni $ "St, tlS. Fe? P. Wullam., DanielS. Hill, Kich.ri I F. Y.Twrt JAMES 80UTJIOATB, March 29 lURf . t-ocuaoatf, . C Marco Z3, 1862. 40-fiaos. ' NOTICE' -:'.' . r w.tT, Dame i4ia aay or Jannarv lait negro man who call. hi. nama Frank and .ar. hTw"n toame. Pearce of Chatham county; .ay. he wa. lS stil!;!" ue u ,tbout twentT Ter W tbi. time. hlu .Ti r da,Lk muitto color- ih of hair, .toot thin P? fW' alrut 6rt hl,f hiffh, and had on kerteJ Slffi brWn hT MPun Mck P"tloon. of ker.ey nearly the .aroe color, a good heavy pair of ahoea and no ock., and a drab felt hat.8 The ew.erIsMeite4 Ct p.y.ha?ge.,o? APnl2,18C2. JaMES II. HALL, JaUor. A Kegiment for the Confederiate States Service. X raise a Regiment for the Confederate 8tatea aray.. Ukea thu method of informing person, who ara now e gaged in raising companiea, that thi.U the first opportnni. fenatei"';? ReSiment 10 g? diitothr Rank of Officer, and n in nltiurm LAf.ix: .-mi With their enrolment. - A bountr of FIFTY nnf t ira .la it. t.-'iV7 " hthe State will be paid at the Ume of organiiatioo. 7. ""u- Huipmeni m tae Oet claw will be far nirnea to toecompaniea. ' j . 1 Term of aervici. three year, or the ?rar. For farthar particulars, address the .ubscriber Immediately. -L . L. Col. 35th Beet.. N. C. Troont ijewoern, S. C. Feb. 18, 1862. ' v 3l-tf-rd BATTALION OF LIGHT HORSE. THK enderalffiied haying been commissioned , . V he FreHdent to raise alJattalion of Light Horle, for the War, Calls unon the rnunr mn r V.K n..u-1 wno can ctrmc, am. ..-. -.r-oz "". ' '"v' wu who would defend them in the enjoyment or their horap. ONE HUNDRED -AND FORTY-FOUR DOLLARS per annum, will be paid for tach horae in tb Battalion, in two . ii : i.i , Tl r..A H. r- it. ujiinius, iusiiuicu lo. i ucj " w iv7u uu vi i ' i m 1 III expense of the OerernmenV and if killed in action, th ralue of the animal will be paid. Equipments for men and horse, wilt b furnished, but each man must bring hi. rifle, gun, piatol and knife, or such arms as he has, which will answer, until a uniforn. weapoo t C 1 1 1 il I i . ' can De iurnisneu oj inc tutci uiuciiu . ( Energy of Action Action is what the country need now, Energy ot Action ACiion is wnai me country neea. now, nd the men of the country must .how by their reariine.a ,nd the men of the country must .how by their reclines. Never to be conquered. The Battalion will con.i.t of six Companies, of Sixty meneach. Volunteers will, lor the prasent addre. me at Halifax N. C.L until suitable recruiting station, can be ctabli.hed ' 1'. M. EDMOXSTON, Lt. Col. Car., Prov. A., C. 8. A. Feb. 2Cth, 1862. ' j - ; 31 tf - SADDLE TREES- ' SADDLE TREES. SADDLE TREES Or all descriptions and .tyle. can be made on reasonable Urm, at shortest notice, at " . ' TllEIM A FRAPS' Factory, Raleigh, N. C. March 8. ' stf- Wanted to Hire. ' -r-.T.ipnvv ivTviilCPVT vrRSVfl FAR . TUC , 32 North-Carolina General MUitary Hospital at Raleigh. Middle aged men preferred. Also two washer-woma. 'Apply to E. BURKE HAYWOOD, Sargeo. April 9, 1862. 4tf PARTIES WlSniJifi TO PUKCHASE K0BTH Carolina eight per cent. bond, can do by applrlac t JohH. Lancaster 4 Son, AgeaU forth. SUte, 6ich- mond, Va. Present price 102 March 25, St tf Laws of the Confederate States. , (BY,. AUTHORITY.) (No. 40.) . . JOINT RESOLUTIONS'OF THANKS FOR THE VICTORY AT SIIILOH, TZNN. Resolved by the Congress of the Confederate States of America, That Congress has learned with gratitude to the Divine Ruler of Nations, the intelligence of the n cmt complete and jml liant victory which hasbeeii gained by the Army of the Confederate States under the command of Gen. A. S. Johnston, over the Federal forces in Tennessee, on the battle field of Shiloh. Resolved, That the. thaUs of Confess are t i. Aot..,a in Con. (i. T. IJeaureeard and the other surviving officers and privates of that army for the signal exhibition of skill and gal lantry displayed by them on that memorable oc casion: aod all who attributed to that signal triumph, innhe judgment of Copgiess, are enti tled to the gratitude of their country. rm.. ii. :t0w,iTCTu-n of tne deal o XteSOIVeu, XUab 1U i'6 . j of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, Commander-in-Chief, when leading the Confederate forces U viecorV on the sixth of Apnl, fj" while it affects Congres with profoulia sorrow, at th same time obscures our joy with a shade of sadness at the loss of an officer, so able; skill ful and gallant. , ' . 1 V Resolved, That the foregoing resolutions bo; made known by appropritc geneaal orders by the Generals in command, to the officers and troops to whom they are addressed, and that they als N be communicated to the family of Gen, Johnst.. , ApproYed April 15, 1862. Vt ' , '
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