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Clje lat? Journal. :jOflS SPELMAX Eilitor and Proprietor. AND PRINTER TO THE STATE ' ; WmkOBINSOX, Assistant Editor. TERMS: WEEKLY EDITION, per annum,.. ..$4 EEKLl EDITION. " " a... Invariably in Advance.) 2 .t The Southern Republic. X Tie Permanent Constitution of the Confederate Stales ' of America. a ,Jnftf ilm Pinfpilpraifi Stiiti. each State l f I lit; '! ' lv' ' 1 v...s-.. , - ' acfir''11 its sovereign and independent character, in !Tltr to form a permanent federal government, estab 'i4i wtice, insure donjestic tranquility, and secure the I lieiiia of liberty to ourselves and our posterity in- II ukinjr the. favor and guidance of Almighty Gh.1 do - ,ir,.ii;rand establir h this CoiistitiUiou for the Confede rate State? of America. . AitTiCLF. I. Section l. All !"is!ativf iivtT9 herein delegated shall he vtHi in a iircis nt the ionieaeraie cnaies, w l.'u R fchall consibt-of a Senate and Hou.se of Kep reeritatives 2 - . - Section 2. 1 Hiv House f Representatives tsUall be composed of nVcmWrs chn every second year by the people of tht bt-yeral State; and the electors m each btate hall- lc citizens of tlO-u federate States, and have the qual ifiaitions requisite f. -r electors of the most numerous hrahch ot use ? ate. lgisiauin--; oui uw j. v. j foreign birth not ;t citizen ol met uHiieucrau; oun hhalr be allowed to vote fur any olncers. civil or poiui . .'. . . T 1 1 cai, &tate or i tocTAi ,. 2.No person shall be a representative who shall not i otfuino.-! tl.P nrr f)f twentv-five 'years, and be a ciizeii of the Confederate States, and who shall not,. when elected, be an inhabitant oi mat oiaie m wuicu "he shafUM; chosen. ' i 3' Kenrescntatires and direct taxes snail be appor- tinned among the several states which may ufiuuuum within thia Confederacy according to their respective munter whi.h shall be. determined by adding to the whole number o'f.free persons, including those bound to service for a term of years, and excluding Indians not -taxed three-fifths of all slaves. , The actual fcm li'onuion shall be made within three years after the Tin t meeting of the. Congress of the Confederate States, bsonnent term of ten years, in such una w iliiui . - : 1 . - . - . n ns.i.er as they shall, by law, direct. The nnnAer of rp.eseiitutivcs shall . not,exceed oneT tor ever'filty tdiwuid, but each . State sliull -have at least one repre-ti-ntafive';' anl ui:tif shch enumeration shall be made the. State 'of Soiith'arolina shall lc. entitl-d to choose mx. Iik Sjate of (icorKia ton, the State of Alabama ni''e "th" ate of wo tlie State" ff MiHswsippi- seven, the State of Louisiana six, and the-State of Texas six. ' . . . '. 4 When vacancies' happen m the rcrepi!t.ation frtiin any State, d,e Kxettutive authority thereof shall iHMie writs of elect i.ji to fill such vacancies. , . , 5 1 e House of Representatives shall choosjlieir. Sr.eiiier and oth.er ofiieers, and shall have the sole,, power of inipe-ichment, exerpt (hat any judicial or oihor f leral fiker resident and acting solelyAvithiii the hmits of aiiv State,, may be impeached hy a vote f two-thirds of both brandies of .the 'Iislature thereof. ' -i Soiion 3. r? 't The SMiateof tin- C i-lederate States shall be ( , nn.osed of two Senators fn ni ea. h State, chosT,for t,ix v.ars by the Legislature ihen-.f.: at tlie regular -ti,xi nxt immediately prevetling the coi.nnnce Tof ths,Vnn of service; and cadi Senator shall-havi- ijiie v'U'. .... "',-,-'. InmiKtiatcly after they, shall lie assembie.1. in --fonsM;-uenfU'i iuv m uw",-"vj ........ - i . -mt"" . r.i 1.. tl' Si-nators ,f 11. 4 first" class shall l e vacated -.t the? KCpiration:of the second year ; of tho K-coi,.l jss at tU'e t-xi'iration of the fourth year; aiubof tl,. third. .' . ti .v;ri,m of the sixth year; so tfiatxme- third luav be chosen every second year ; and itan cies happen by resignation or otherwise uunife re-,,-ssul lhe Le-islaturc of any State, the Lciitivc theierir,ay mak temporary appointments until ih? next m.-etn? f the Legislature, which shall then fiij s-iu'h vaeai.ies. - . . 1t . ea11 be a Senator :no shall iku nave aftaiiKHl the age of thirty jvars and be a cit.zen oi the Onfoh rate States, and Ayho shad liot, when elected, be an inhabitant of the State for" which he snail be : 4 :"i:i "e Vice President of the Ceiifederate States shall be iW'.doit of the Senate, but shall huve no vote, un less thev be equally divided. ' . ,.,r L. . ..i,,, u ,.iui,rf tb-sr other ofiieers. and also a President pro tempore in theateei.ee of the ice IWtdent, or when he hall exercise 'the ulttcevt 1 resi . jieut of the d iifvikvate States. . 0. The Senate shall have the sole power to try all i nuH-aehments W hen sUtmg lor inai mi r u, v .r.'n i .... '..nti, ..v nfinmation. iVhen the -Prc-ideit SiliUl . ov : ' " . .A' -tI the JUonicnei..iv .;l..v... - shalhpvcside; and iw person slmll be convicted wtn t ... .-.m. nrveie of tworthirds of the members i-1.1 .-. n....i-.J.fio SrnteH is tricw. the Chief Justice l7SU Jiub-ment in eases of imteachmcnt shall hotex , .i " ii. .. 4. . .....r.-vv-il fmin office, and disoual- teiKMtirtrer vuai: i" - ' v iikation b. hold and enjoy any office ol honor, trust or profit, under the Conlederate States; but ;tir party con victed shall, nevcv.thi less, be liable and .subject to m '" diefmeut, trial," judgment and punishment, according tF law. " ; . .w Section 4. 1 The times,places and manner of holding elec tions for Senator and Kepreseufatives shall be pre "scribed in each State by the Legislature thereof, sub ject to the provisions of this Constitution; but the Con gress mav, at any time, by law make or alter such .regulations, except as to th' times and places ol cnoos . ing Senators. ; - " , ' v The Congress shall assemble at least o.ice in every -,wr. o,l iirb meetin's shall be on the first Monday in December, unless they shall, by law, appoint a different iv. ' - v, . - . - : ' . ; Section 5. 1 "Fach Hou e shall be the judge of tlie elections, returns and qualifications of its own embers and. a -majcrity of each slU constitute a q. ,runi todo busi ne4 but a smaller number may adjourn from day to l iv' and may be authorized to compel the attendance of "absent members, in such , manner and under such penalties as each House1 may provide. Each House mav determine the rules of its pro 'eedin'A punish its members for disorderly behavior, nd, with the concurrence of two-thuds ot the who.'e ."-in! her,' expel a .'member. '.. Each House shall keep a journal of its pro cb 'iu"v i"vA from time to time publish the same, ex cepting such pails as may in their judgment require - secresv and the xxas and nays ot the members of either" I louse, on any question, bhall, at the desire of Iwe-fifth of those present, be. entered on the journal. 4 Neither House, during the session ol Congress, .shall Aviihout the consent of the other -adjourn for mcire than three days, nor to any other place than .that n which tHe two Houses shall be sitting. . Ft'-tiOH G. 1 The Senators and Representatives shall receive a eonrpensation for their mhtvW, to be a-scertamod by aw, and paid out o. the neasury of the Gmtederate States. Thev shall, in ail cases, except treason, ielony nd breaefertUe p&ice U privileged irom arrest uuring "iheir attendance -at the session of their respective. Houses, and in going to and returning : trorn the same ; and for. any speech or debute in either House they shall not be questioned in any other place. 2 No Senator or Kepresentative shall, darTflp the time for whiehV wjw elected, be appointed to any ' civil office under the authority of the CoUicJerate Mates which shall have been created, or the emolu ments whereof shall have been increased during such time- and no person holding any office under the Con federate Stajes shall be a member of either House du- during hU continuance iu office. But Congress may, bv law, grant to the priucipaloficer in each of the Ex ecutive D. parfmeuts a seat upou tbe floor of either House, with the privilege of discusiug any measure ippertaiung to his department. 3 'Section!. : 1 All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the Hoiuie of Kepresentati ves; but the Senate may propose be oiicur 'ith amendments as pu other bills, doa Every bill which have passed hoth Uouse stJ 1. Wore it lecomcs a law, be presented to the. 01. II. - ..- . . . - . ' ;....,: ;'.-?... x 7;7'- - -J - ' : -- . . , -.'-"."-"' ' ' . ' - " . . . w An " President of the Confederate States ; if he, approve, he shall sign it ; but if not, he shall return it with his ob jections to that House in which it shall have origi nated, who shall enter the objections at large on their journal and proceed to reconsider it. If, after such reconsideration, two-thirds of that Hous shall age 'to pass the bill, it phall be sent, together with tho oo jections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two-thirds of that Hvuse it shall become a law. But in all s eh cases the votes of both Houses shall be. determineu by yeas and nays, and the names of the persons voting for and airainst the bill sliall le entered on the journal of each y House respectively. If any bill shall not be returnil by the l'l-esiiientwnthin ten days (bunaays excepteti; after it shall have ltn presented to him, the same shall W a hiw. in Jiko. manner as if lie had signed it, unless the Congress, by their adjouniment, prevent its ' . ..t : l ..I.11 v... V. TV, Ti return ; in wmcn asu u mjuai uul uc u. a uc j. acci dent may approve any appropriation and dis!lfprove any other appropriation in the same bill. In such case, , he shall, in signing the bill; desiimate the appropna tions disapproved, and shall return a copy of uch ap propriations,! with his objections, to the House in which the bill shall have originated and the same proceed ings shall then be had as in case of other bills disap proved by the" Presidnt. 3. Every order, resolution or vote, to whic.li 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 le repassed by two thirds of both Houses according to the rules and limi tations prescribed in case of a'bihV .. . Section 8. . The Congress shall have power . 1. To lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and ex cises for revenue necessary to pay t "e 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 dutiesor taxes on importations 'from foreign nations be laid -to pro moter foster any branch of industry; and all duties,, imports and excises shall be uniform thoroughout the Con federate States!" 2. To borrow money on the credit of the Confede rate States. : 1 3. To regulate;, commerce with foreign nations, and among the severa. States, and with the Indian tribes ; but neither this,-' nor any other clause contained in the Constitution, shall ever be construed to delegate the power to Congress to appropriate money for any internal imp? .Yfient 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 thtt removing of obstructions in river navigation, in ail winch cases such duties shall be laid on the navigation facilitated thereby as may be necessary to pay the costs anil ex- F.'iisds thereof. i . . . . . ..... , ii5o establish urulorm ;awsol naturalization, ana tipiforrp laws on the subject of bankruptcies, through out tfte Confederate States; but no law of Gmgres'shall iseharge any debt contracted before the passage of the same, -- . ! 5. To coin money, regulate the value thereof and of foreign cfn? 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 r xpenses of the Post office Department, after the first day of March in the year of our lord -eighteen hundred and sixtv-three, shall. ha aul ait nf .itu. mvu- j-p. ve nues.! ' . . I " , ' 8. Tq promote the progress of science and useful arts,4by secudng for limited times to authors and. in ventors the exclusive right lo their respective writings and discoveries. - , . J J 9. To constitute tribunals inf. fior to the Supreme Court. . . 10. To define and punish piracies and ielomes com mitted on the high seas, and offences against the law of na't ions. j j 11. To declare Avar, grant letter of marque And re prisal, and make rales concerning captures on land and water. . . V 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 nrovit; and maintain a:navy. 14. To make rules for government aiwl.rcguiation of the land and naval forces." . - . 15. To provide for Valiiug forth the militia to exe cute" the laws of tlie Con federate States, suppress in surrections and repel invasion. r . 10 To provide f-r organizinsti armmg and cuscip- fur fovernin'ir surn v-art of ihem as mav be 'employed-ui tlie service oi tne i-cnueu-raie States; reserving to the States, respectively, the ap pointment of the officers and the authority of training fhe 'militia according to the discipline, prescribed by Congvessn ',' ; . 17. To' exercise exclusive legislation, in all cases whatsoever, fiver such district (not exceeding ten miles miki - iii iv bv eession of one or more States and the - acceptance of Congress, become the seat of the j government of the Confederate Sjtates'f and to exercise ; fike authority over all places purchased by the consent of the Legislature of the State in which the same shall j 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 nroner 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 anv foreign country other than the slaveholuing 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 sliall also have power to prohibit the introduction -of slaves from any State not a member of, or Territory n-t lelonging to, this Confederacy. 3. The privilege of the writ-of habeas corpus shall hot be suspended unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it. 4. No bill of attaiuer, or ex post facto law, or law denying or impairing the right of property in negro slaves shall be passed. - ' 5. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid unless in proportion to the census or enumeration here inbefore directt-d to be taken. G. No tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any State, except by a vote of two-thirds of both houses. " ' . 7. No "preference shall be given by any regulation of commerce or revenue to the 'ports of one State over hose of another. . 8. No money shall be 'drawn from the treasury, but m consequence oi appropriations , regular statement "an I account, of the receipts and ex penditures of all public money shall be published from time to time. " 9. Congress shall appropriate no money ; from the treasury except by a vote of two-thirds of both house; taken bv yeas and nays, unless it be asked and esti mated for by some one of the heads of department, and submitted to Congress by the President ; or for the nnrnose of navins it own expenses and contingencies ; or for the payment of claims against the Gmfederate J States, the justice ot which shall nave oeeu judiciany declared by a tribunal for the investigation of claims agajst the. government, which it is hereby made the " dut of Congress to establish. ' : ' ! ' ' 10. All bills appropriating money shall specify in federal currency the exact amount of each appropria tion and the purposes for which it I is made; and Congress shall grant no exti- Dispensation to any public contractor, officeTVgent or servant, after such contract shall have been made or such service rendered 11. No title of nobility shall be ged rantby the i 'on federate States ; and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shalLwitha out the corsctit fo the Congress, accept of any neresent emluments ofivce or title of any kind what prv from aoy king, efoor celign State. ' RALEIGH N. G.; SATURDAY, JULY 5, 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 tlie right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the government for a redress of 2rnevances. 13. A, well regulated militia lx:ing necessary to the security of a free State, tlie right f the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. - ' 14. No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quar tered in any house without the consent of the owner; nor in time of war, but in a jnauner k be prescribed by law.- - 15. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and efl'ects'against unreasona ble searches and seizures, sliall not be violated; and no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause, sup ported by path or affirmation, and particularly de scribing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. Y ' 16. No person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jiify, except in cases arising' in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service, in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject, for the same offence to - be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb, nor be compelled, in any criminal case, to be a witness against himself; nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private prop erty be taken for public use without just compensa tion. r ' . , 17. In all criminal .prosecutions the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an im partial jury of the ' Ate and district wherein the crime shall, have beer .ommittcd, which district shall have been prev .sly ascertained by law, and to be informed of the mature and cause of. the accusation ; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance ot .counsel for his defence 18. In suits at common law? where the value iu controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall bo preserved; aud no fact so fried by a jury shall be otherwise re-examined iu any. court . oi tne uonieueracy . man according to me ruic-s ot me cofnmon law. t .19. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor exces sive fines imposed, nor cif iel anil luiusual punishments iuiiicterl. , ' 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. 1. Xo State shall eater into any treaty, alliance, or confederation ; grant letters of marque and reprisal ; coin money.; make anything but gold aud silver coin a tender in payment of debts; pass any bill of attain der, or cx jtost j'ueto law, or law impairing the obliga tion of contracts ; or grant any title of nobility. 2. No State shall, without the consent of the Gn gress, lay any imposts or duties on imports and ex prts, except what may be; absolutely necessary" for executing its inspection laws ; and th'e nett produce of all duties and imposts, laid by any State on imports or exports, shall he for the use of the treasury of the Confederate States ; and all such laws shall be subject to the revision an . .!.!. .1 .-if" Ci .."I . r.-A.' ' . 3. No State ;!, without the consent of Congress, lay any duty oi t image, except on sea-going vessels, tor the' improvement of its rivers and harbors naviga ted by the said vessels ; but such duties shall not con flict Vith any treaties of the Confederate States with foreign nations; and any surplus "of revenue thus de- uVttfWlaft seep troops or ships, of war, 'in' time of peace, enter into any agreement or compact with another State, or with a foreign power, or engage in vfar, unless actually inva ded, or in such imimnj?nt danger as will not admit of delay. But when. any river divides or flows through two -or more States, th. y may enter into compacts with each other to improve the navigation, thereof. : ' Akticxe II. Section 1. 1. The executive power shall be vested in-a Presi dent tf the Confederate States of America. He and the Vice Pre sident slia.ll 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'Ilepresenta-; tives to which the State may be entitled in the" Con-;' gress ; but no Senator or' representative,- or persor holdi irr ,,n rifll- n of trust or urofit under the Confeder ate States," shall he appointed an elector. 8. The. elccUrs shall meet in their respective" States and vote by' ballot, for President and ViccPresklent, a ui -vmj.. v - one ol f whom, atdeast, shali not ba an inhabitant qt the same State with themselves: they shall name m "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 voted for as Vice President, and of the number of votes for each, which list they shall sign, and certify, and transmit, sealed, to the government of the Confederate States, directed to the President of the Seriate; tlie 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 in 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 i such majority, then, from the persons having the high I est numbers," not exceeding three, on the list of those voted for as President,-the House ot liepresentatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President the votes shall be taken by States, the representation from each State having one vote: a quorum for this purpose .shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the States, and a majority of all the States shall be necessary- to a choice. And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President, Whenever the right -of choice shall I devolve upon them, before the 4th day of March next following, then the Vice resident snail act as r resi dent, as in case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President. ; ' 4. The person having tlie greatest number of votes as Vice President shall be the Vice Prescient, if . such lunnber be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed ; and jf 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. , x V 5. But no person constitutionally jneligible to the office of President sha!b eligible to that of Vice Pres ident of the Confederate States. - C. The Congress may determine the time of choosing the electors, and the day on which they shall give their votes, which . day shall be tlie same throughout the Confederate, States. ' ' . 7. No person except a natural born citizen of the Confederate' States, or a citizen thereof at the lime of the adoption of this constitution, or a citizen thereof lorn in the United States prior to the 20th ol Decem ber. 1860. shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have atiain d the ace of thirty-five years, atid been fourteen years a resident within the limits of -the. Confederate States, as may exist at the time of lm election. - r 8. In case of the removal of the President from office, or of his riath, resignation, or iuability to dis charge the powers and duties of the said office, the same shall devolve "on the Vice President ; and the Cngress 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 i"itil the disability Jbe removed or a President : shall u. ilected. ,9 The President shall, at stated times, Teceive tor his sTvi's a compensation, which shall neither be in creased nor diminished during'the period for which ho 't shall have been elected : and be shall not receive'witl -n that period any other emolument from the Confex i crate States, or any of them. 10. Before he enttrs on the execution of his offic i he shall take the following oath or affirmatioa " " f do solemnly swear or affirmi fW T r"fffi . . v - - , ...... m. .. ,14 l.VHI (j 1 fully execute the office of President of the Confederal i States ari will v, . ,.r . .c:i;i -. ." lw lw urc mav ui my auiniy, preservi'' protect and defend the Constitution thereof." Section 2. 1. The President shall be commander-in-chief the army and navy of the Confederate States, and i the mihtia of the several States, when called into t. actual service of .the Confederate States ; he may rt quire the opinion, in writing, of the principal offict p in each of the Executive Departmeuts, upon any subr ject relating to the ihrties of their respective office, and he shall have power to grant reprieves and pai t dons for offences against the Confederate States, ex J cept in cases of impeachment. ' . 2. He shall have the power, by and with the ad vice and consent of the Senate, to make treaties,, pro vided two-thirds of the Senators present concur ; and he shall nominate, and by arxr-with the advice ami consent of the Senate, shall appoint ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, judges of the Su preme Court, and all other officers of the Confederato States, whose appointments are' not herein otherwise provided forand which shall be established by law; but the Congress may, bylaw, vest the appointment -of such inferior officers, as they think properdin the President alone, n the courts of law or in the heads of departments. 3. The priucipal officer in each "of the executive de partments, aud all persons connected with the diplo matic service, may be removed from office at the pica sure of the President. All other civil officers of the Executive Department may b removed at any time by tlie. 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. , The President shall liavc power to fill all vacan eies.that may happen during the reeess of the Senate, by granting commissions which shall exoire 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. L 1. The President shall from time to time; eive ti the Congress information of the state of the Confed eracy, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall iudsre nnccssarv. and PYnPiliont he may, on extraordinary. ' occasfdiis, convene both houses, or cither 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. andshali commission all the ollicers of the- Confederato States. . . . ; ' Section 4. " 1. Tin; President, Vice President, and all civil ofii eers of the Confederate States, shall be removed from office on impt-achment for, and conviction of treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdeanors. article iu.-Scction 1. 1. The judicial power of the Confederate States shall be vested in one Superior Court, and in such in ferior courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. Tho judges, both of the Su preme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices du ring good behavior, and shall, at stated times, receive I for their.services a compensation, which shall not be i 1. The judicial power shall extend to all cases arising .under this Constitution, the laws of the Con federate States, and treaties made or which shall be made under their authority; to all cases affecting am bassadors, other public - ministers and consuls; to all c&.-s of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction ; to con troversies to wliieh the Confederate States shall be a partv; to controversies between two or more States ; .between a State and citizens of another State where tlte Stale 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 be sued -by a citizen or subject of any. foreign State.. . . - 2. In all GUses" affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and those in which a State shall be a party, the Supreme Court shall have ongi nal jurisdiction. In ad the other capes before men tioned the Supreme Court shall have appellate juris diction: both as to law and tact, with such exceptions "- - - - ITT and under" such regulations as the congress snail make.x '."'' . 3. Tlie t'rialof all crimes, except in cases of im peachment, shall be by jury, and such -trial shall te held in the State where the said crimes shall have been committed ; bTit when not committed withm any State, the trial shall be at such place or places as the Congress may by law have directed. - Section 6. 1 Treason airainst the Confederate States shalljcon- sist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and' comfort. No nersoii shall be convicted of treason unless; on the tes timony of two witnesses to the same oijert act, or on confession in open court. 2. The Congress hall have power to ueciare me punishment of trSasoo. but no attainder of treason shall work corruption of bhx)d, or forfeiture; except during the life of the person attained. article ir. Sfction 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 Congresi may, by general laws, prescribe the manner in wch such aetjj records and proceedings shall he. prved and the effect thereof." Section 2. f; The citizens of each State shall be entitled to all the privileges and immunities of citizens in the sever al States, and shall have, the right of transit and so journ in any State of this Confederacy, with their slaves and other property; and the right of property in said slaves shall not be thereby impaired. 2. A person charged in any State with treason, fel onyor other, crime against the laws of such Statf, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another. State, shall, on demand of the executive autority of the State Yrom 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 carried into another, shall in consequence of any law or regu lation therein, be discharged from such service or la bor, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party -to whom such slaves belong, or to whom such service or lalor 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-thuds 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 a if the Congress. - . 2. The Congress shall have power to' dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations concerning the property , of the Confederate States, including the -ands thereof. . ' 1 ' J , ; J j 3. The Confederate States may acquire new territo ry, and Congress shall have power to legislate and provide governments for the inhabitants of all terri tory belonging to the Confederate States lying with out the limits of the several States, and may permit ' thrm. at such times and si 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 end protected by Congress and by .the territorial government and the inhabitant of the several Confederal States and Territories sua . f,,-li ?rbt0,ake territory ,J sUvecrl, i mf!tleracy Republics form of Government and sha 1 protect each of them again in v3STS?f whSttltn'61 SfSdScT8 6 18 notWsessi-) inst dooies- i j- abticle v. Section 1. - as.ibffin1 LrCmand,f aDy States assembled m their several conventions, the Con-ress f T? V of the States, Vo S nto consideratjon such amendments to the con-titu-t on as the said State, shali concur iu L at ,luy oi inn nmnnsBil amarA. i .. .. i am.ir l .uuiuvuu iu me constitution ,be agreed on by the said convention voting by Mates anrl m 1 .. , , .. J e f ,i- , T T ra"nea oy the Legislatures hi twf ?I Statea. or by ermyentions m -?;thirds thereofas the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the general conven tion they shall henceforward form a part of this Constitution. But no States shall, without its con-' sent, be deprived of its equal representation in the Senate. - .ARTICLE VI. . Government established by the Gmstitution is the successor of the provisional government of fhe Confederal States of America, and all the laws pass ed by the,lter shall continue in force until the same shah be repealed or modified ; and all the officer ai pomted by pie same shall rcmaia :i office until their successors are appointed and qualified, or the offices abolished, f 2"j Ail tlett3 contnictetl aJ engagements entered lntoiiefyre the adoption of this constitution shall be as valid against the Confederate States under ' this constitution as under the provisional Government. 3. Ihis constitution, aud the laws of the Confeder ate States, made in persuaure thereof, and all trea ties made, or which shall le 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 hound thereby, anything in the constitution or laws or any State to the contrary notwithstanding. 4; Tiie Senators and Representatives before men tioned, and the members of the several State Ln'sla tures, and all executive and judicial officers, both of the Co federate States and of the several States shall ue oounci Dy oath or affirmation to support this con stitution, but no religous test shall ever be required as a quaStion to any office or, public trust under the Confederate 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 npt delegated to the Confederate States by be constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States arc reserved to the States, respectively, or to the people thereof. ARTICLE VII. 1. The ratification of ihe Conventions of five State shall be sufficient for the' establfshment of this consti tution between the States so ratifying the same. 2. When five States shall have ratified this consti tution, in the manner before specified, the Congress under provisional constitution shall prescribe the Time for holding the election of President and Vice Presi dent; and for the meeting, of the Electoral .'College;' and for counting, the votes and inaugurating the Presi dent. They shall also prescribe the time for holding the first election of members of Congress under this constitution, and the time for assembling the same. (VfercUe tending beyond the time limited by the. constitution of the provisional g rvernrnent. ! Adopted unanimously, March 11, 1861. BR. M00F.K, ' ATTORNEY AT, LAW, SAf.lSBCBT, S. C, Will practice in the Courts of Rowan and adjoining coun ties. Collectians promptly made. Jan. 6 18GI. ' ' 17 ly iSTOTIGE. Methodist Prot. Female College, Tivnrnwir. fiirtiFflBD f!n.. THE FIFTH SESSION WILL OPEN JULY 4,1S61, under the charge of G. W. Heqe, A. M. This Institution has the advantage of a healthy 1 cation, l3ge and comfortable buildings, and extensive philosophi cal and chemical apparatus, &c. ' The President and family, with the other members of the Faculty, live in the College and eat at the same tables with the Student. Tuition $15 per session, Music on the Piano or Guitar $20; Grecian Painting $7 50; Embroidery $7fc0. Latin. French, Oriental Painting, Drawing, Hair I lowers, Wax Flowers, Feather Flowers, Wax Fmit, each $5; "S -cal Music $1; contingent expenses $1; Boarding $7 50 per mnntVi inflnHinrr washing and fires, half in advance. For . r ' . further miormation aauress G. W. IIEG E, Pretident. ' tf. June '2G TUBS IP SEED. rn onr. TURNIP SEED. Large Flat Dutch Turnip Seed, Red Top Turnip, Large Mammoth (from this county,) And other kinds of Turnip seed, For sale at PESCUD'S D rug Store. August 19 76 tt. A FIXE ItOT OF SPOXGE. Salad Oil, Baker's Bitters, Black Tea, English Mustard, Received at P. F. PESCUD'S, Drug Store. aug 19. " 76-- tf- Our Own Primary Grammar! , JUST PUBDISHED BT STEELING & CAMPELL, s ' Gbeensboro'.'N. C. ' 72 pages, 12 ma,' 25 cents per copy. ; . For sale by tbera aud all booksellers. Teachers and School officers desiring copies for exam ma ion wUl receive them on remitting 15 gyxHEl ; -. Lexington, N; C. dec. 11, 861., . 9tf' , Cracker Bakery. rpHE subscribers hartng bnllt a large n ABD- 1 BREAD and CRACKER BAKERY, and fitted it np with the most improved machinery, are now PTrJ furnish the citizen, of Raleigh, and the State, with tresh Crackers, and of ihe best quality, such as i Soda Crackers, Butter Crackers, Water Crackenv -- . Sugar Crackers, etc., etc. We ara aL prepared to furnuh the Army and Navy with ' Kavy lireaJ, ; Pilot Bread, ' " Wine Biicv.it, .. -c etc., etc., etc at the lowest market rates, and promptly by V Cash orders securely packed JAS.SUll 'SU. cv.'. WASTED.-Empty Flour Barrels in good condition, for which we wUl pay 25 cenU eacb 4 g() V; nor. 30, 1561. , . 6 sw6m. Carraige for Sale m a V T TPTO ttal andwi? J8& th. Court floue, on the A rom SEATED elosevSS A made bT BrewaUr of Broadway AewYork. Hu been hitUe nsL . Abo, , good cow gvmg -1 be .old low, apply to ir . 40 March 23, .,"--')--.--- " -; : -: :""- --" ' ' . . Each ubwquenl in.eiiion................... 2i (Fourteen lines or under make a aquare. ) r Contracts will bo catered into na: vearlr. half-arlv Jud quarterly advrtiieiVat reducuL frp the abore rates. Xo faction from the regular rate lor adverts inserted in the Wccklj Edition. Ail adrertuemgnta recci ooe insertion in the Wee. ' ir Oxford Schools. TiJS!1 to mrnUh with" -Li DJr pe,,OD, to hoard, in a healer eotion, and enjoy good soeirtr. T - T.erm-9 froa 12-w to $15, per aaontlT. 4fefer7 5thisc:.j . 'f .;,2j-if.. : L011SBURG FEMALE COLLEGE. ortolkiil t.rt VLaS" 'W".P. Preaident orthe t 5 1 CLL-tOE, with the hope of etalHhinf a onh?Sonnlh.er, re,PCt' bthpeof Ti!iSfDTWEw,B be a8sisttd r bl. LADY.' Teacher of varied accomplishmenU andVut exwrience S5!itr I Jie' -ca connected wSh "Ttn; ANCIENT SchooU f PAINTINO in ?DLK'N LA,GAbES, MUSIC a.d ovrth.n, 'vFh,fri Centleaen- Profeaaora preaidinc over tb-m. WeshaJlofftt the beat educational adrantare to e .people whom we know c. .ppalMhaH JI.!.. frlrt- "d after this la fairfr doae w". Can chiien"' ' Hht Boar.dinS Department abill hare ail the comforta and attractions of a well-ordered home, and the Boardere as tenderly and alfecUonately watched over and cared for. Us even the most anxious parent conld desire, erery at tention bemg gnren to the health, manner, and lilerarr advancement of each Pnpil. Diplomaa will b rifcii ti I?annVl4n P.V'"" ""taiUoa. ob fire 5iSoU Uold and Silver Jledala will awarded for rrfect depor. .4.1 nDffr 4d,e w1hin? t0 educate tbomselve. for tcjchei-a will find ungual inW'enU here, as the term. t.r them sha 1 be made aaitablto cii-cmntancc.. i, 7anrM 'f tian. &S purest moralitr is taught and reqnircd of every uicntber ef the Institution The buildinfe is lare, neiv and iMgnlflcent; ve adapted ?urW', T.jocitioa'u nnsurpawed, bei.r Fr.Sfn'f "'th ? LIeiSh and 10 mile, from Fiankbnton Depot, where hack, are always in readinesa, to convey passengers to and from (be village. The entire expenses f..r ten .nonths will be from $150 to $2.r0. For further ; particulars applv tc .(Jen. J. B. Littlejohn, Wm. I . V nllanis, Daniel H. If ill, Richard F. Yai borouph, or to JAMES SOU TITO AT K, March 23, 1S62. 10-l?Jmo.. v , NOTICE. ' ..L'vr' rV AK5X ll 2nd COMMITTED to JAIL L R0CR A ingham countv, on the 27th day of. JannarT last, negrr, man who call his name Frank and aara faft'bclonn to Jaines Peace of Chatham county j save 1m iru bound to said I earce, and at the age of twenty-one years he will e sl' safs ll U abont wetjr years oM" this time, wifl k ma,tl color, buihy bead of hair, .tout built, full face, about five and a half feet high,' and had on when taken np.a brown houieapnn sack oat, pantaloons of keraey nearly the tame color, a frooi heavy pair of shoer. aud no socks, and a drab f It hat. The owner is requested to come forward, prove his property ind par charrrt, of he will be dealt with according to law. r An.il 2 icf2 JAMES II. HALT, Jailo,( A Eeslfficnt-fop. Hie Cciifedcrate Stales" Service. rI 'HE undersigned, havin? been authorized to J. raise a Regiment tor the Confederate , ,Slate army, takes this method of informing persons who are now en gaged in raiding companies, that this is the first opportuni ty ofl-ed for j lining a Regiment to go directly into the Confederate service. . Rank of oiheers and pay to officers und soldiers will begin with their enrolment. A bounty of FIFTY DOLLAR 3 and the bounty fram the State will bo paid at the time of organization. Arms and full equipments of the beat class will be fur- . nirhed to the companies. Term of service three years or the war ' For- furtlin- LparJicjilara. alri.a:w--i 1. - iewoern, -. .. rco. 10, ieu. , . u pa BATTALION OF LIGHT HORSE. THE under signed having been commlssfoned by the President tb rawe a Battalion of Light Horse, . for the' War, calls nnon the young men of North Carolina to come forward and Volunteer for the purposes eLet.those who have good horses come and bring them," to aid in the .defense of the Country. Let tho?e whi have horses bat who cannot come theinaelvea, give or fend theia to the who can come, and thus contribute material aid to thoca who would defend them in the enjoyment, of their home. ONE 'HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR DOLLARS per annum, will be paid for.tach horse in the Battalion, in two .H'ttlta. njtolmi.ntu Thnir n-tll 1-A nnt rari4 fni .1 ihm A expense of the Gevernment, and if killed in action, the value of the animal will bcpaid. Efjuipments for meij and horses will be furnul.ed, but each man must bring his rifle, gun, piatol and kmifc, or such arms as he has, which will answer, until a uniform weapon can be, furnished by the Government. s ,:ja ? : - - Energy of Action Action is what the country need. now, and the men of the country must khow by their readiness to come forward tho dstertniniation which ItetnaUs tiiera -Never to be conquered. The Battalion will rYiiit of six Companies, of Sixty mencach. '. :yV'H.fr'i Volunteers will, lor ih-j present addresame .atj.ljalifax N. C. uniil suitable recruiting stations can be established ' ' , M. EDMONSTO.V ' Li. Ckil. Car., Pror."Ai'C. rt. A. Feb. 2Clh, 1862. . - . . , '-tf . Wanted lo nirc.v ..if 5j' I IT'IFTEEX LXTELLIGEXf SOSES FOR. THE 1 North-Caroliua General Military Hospital at Raleigh. Middle ag?d men preferred. Also two war-women. Apply to - E t,URKE haYWOODV Sor'geon. April 9, W2. . " 43 tf. , -TkinipfFci" wictiivn' Tft Pl PfHlKt! VORTU J; Carolina eight per ct-nt bonds can do s by applyin j n A. Lancaster A Son, Ageois wrne oiau?, i.u u- mond, Va. Present price 10 March 25, 39-If , Qt'iKTEBMAsrca's Ojtjck,' ) , Ooldboro', June Utli. IZ62, f Farmers and others having WOOL for sale, are hereby notilled that the Quartermaster'! Department U desirous ofi.urchasing Wool in any quantities, and reqnCeted lo notifv mo at this place at wha price and in whatqoanti ties they can deliver the article. On the recciat of auch notification, the place of deli very will bo Wicatei---Those having the article for sale are earnestly solicited to give this advertisement their attention, as the place of r . j anil n liltral nrlp -ll delivery will oe maae cohtchicu f " , . be paid7 This ndrlTS. those residiue within resiame wiuim wi ... :: - . t'arolina. June 18 w4w JlllIA V. lAWBUl'l Slaior and 0. M., C. S. A. j - Laws or the Confederate States. - , - (ilV' AUTHOItlTV.) -? Jf-'J- rVA :1ft l JOINT RESOLUTIONS 01 TFI AKfT FOH th v. vinTOTtY AT SUILOH. hlr. i : lleolvea, by the Congrees ot the Confederate States of America, That ingress La learned with gratitude to the l)itine Kulcr,pCatior3 the intelligence of the rccut complete and bril liant victory which ha been gained by" the Arffiy of the Confederate States uudcr the cjauuandot Gen. A S. Johiioi;, over tho Ie-lcra! ces iu Tennosaee. oa the battle field ot fchilo'i . f Kecked, That the thaLks of Coorcss arc hereby tenderid to Gen. G.'T. Ifeauregard and th other bunivin- officers , aud privates of that j army for 'the signal exhibition fjkUUnd gal- lantry UiSpiayea oy mem vu m.. rr ? T" i CaSion: .Sd allvwho attribnlcJ-to that triumph, in the judgment of Conctaro.cnti- ; tied to ihe gratitude of.tbeir , -I vicccry on bile H affects CoogreM with polo ami aorrov : th fame time obscure our joy with r aha at tti of sadness at the loss ot an oiaocr, w ful and gallant., : - , p .A x, M -. i- j rri i.A f.niii reeolntious h made known by appropntc geneaai urwera u.c Generals "iri command, to the officer? and , troops to whom thej arc addrefcd,.and that they also be communicated to the family of .Geu JphnstoiK St
Daily State Journal (Raleigh, N.C.)
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