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JULY 9, 1862. . , ; ' - 1 . . i : - M i : The Permanent Constitution of tft Confederate States of America. - We, 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 Wessings of liberty to ourselves aud our posterity in ..vinfr'thft favor aud cruidance ofAlrnighty God do ordain and establish this Constitution for the Confede rate States of America. . Abticle 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 'n,- TTmicfl r,f TiPTreaentativoe eha-U he composed of members chosen'every second year by the people of the several States; and the electors in eacn orate snau be citizens of the Confederate States, and have the qual ifi,timia rpmiimte for electors of the most numerous l.mnr.h of the State Legislature; but no person of foreign birth not a citizen of the Confederate States Khall 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 attained the age of twenty-five years, and be a citizen Ot me uomuut-ritu; when elected, be an inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen. S. Representatives and direct taxes shall be appor tioned among thescveral States which may be included within this Confederacy according to their respective nurncers, whit h 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-filths of all slaves,. The actual enu- ' meratiori shall" be made within three years after the first meeting'of the Congress of the Confederate States, and within everv subsequent term of ten years, 1n such manner as they shall, by law, direct. The number of representatives shall not exceed one for every-, fifty thousand, but each -State shall have at least one repre sentative; and until such enumeration shall be made the State of South Carolina shall be entitled to choose MX, the State of Georgia ten, the fctatc ol Alabama nine, the State of Florida two, the State ol Mississippi seven, the State of Louisiana six, ana me ;tate ol T xas six. 4. When vacancies happen in the representation from any State, the Executive authority thereof shall isaic writs of election to fill such vacancies. ' 5. The House of Representatives shall choose their Speaker' and ether officers, and shall have the sole power of impenchment, except that, any judicial or - t.therl- federal officer resident and acting solely within .-fiie limits of any State, may be impeached by a vote of1 two-thirds of both branches of the Legislature thereof. ' ' . Section 3. 1. The -Senate of the Confederate States shall be 'composed of two Senators from each State, chosen for r six venrs by the Legislature thereof, at the regular i:i'Shion next immediately preceding the commence ment of the trruiput" service; and each Senator shall' have one vutc. - 2. Immediately after they shall be assembled, in Jeonsequence of the first election, they shall be divided 'its equally as m:iy be into three classes. The seats of - rlhe Senators of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of! the second year ; "of the second class at the expiration "f the fourth year; and of the third "'class -at' the expiration of the sixth year; so thatoiie- third may be chosen every second year ; and if vacan cies happen by resignation or otherwise during the rc . - ceks of the, legislature of any-State, the Executive f thereof may make temporary appointments until die "jit'xt meeting of the Legislature, which shall then fill - such vacancies. . 3. No person sliall lie a. Sen af or who shall not have attained the age of thirty years, and be, a citizen of the ".Confederate States, and who .shall not, when elected, be an' inhabitant of the State .fur which he shall be hsen. ' ' ' t' ' ' 4. The Vice President ol the Confederate .States shall Xe President of the Senate, but shall have no vote, un less they be equally divided. i 5. The Senate shall chwke their other officers, aud also a President pro tempore in the absence of the Vice (President, or Vhenhe shall exercise the office of Presi-' dent of the Confodc-rate States. 0; The Senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments. When sitting for that piirpose, they .shall be on oath or affirmation. AY hen the. President of the Confederate States is tried, the ChJef Justice shall preside; and nerson.siall be convicted with out the concurrence . of two-thirds of the members present. . 7. Judgment in cases of impeachment shall not ex .." tend further than to removal from office, and disqual ification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or -: profit, under the Confederate States ; but the party con victed" shall, nevertheless, be liable aud subject to in , dictment, trial, judgment and punishment, according to law. - - . - """ - . Section 1. ! 1." The times, plae-t and manner of holding elec tions for Senators find ' Representatives shall, be pre scribed in each Stvjte by the legislature thereof, sub ject to the provisions of this Constitution'; but the Con gress rn ay, at any "time, .by law make or alter such - regulations, excepTas to the times and places of choos- nng Senators. x . - 2., The dngress shall assembleat leastojee in every year ; and such meeting shall be on the first, Monday in "" .December, unless they shall, by law, appoint a different day. . - ' . Section 5. 1. Each Hou-e shall be the judge of the elections, .returns and qualifications of its own members, and a ! majority of each shall constitute a quorum todo busi ness; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to .lay, and mtfy 'be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner and under such 1 . -penalties as each House may provide. ' - 2. Each House may uetermuie tne ruics ot its pro ceedings, punish its members '-for disorderly, behavior, od, "with the conciirrenceof tvo-thin.ls of the whole mbcr, .expel a member, , 3. - Each House shall keep a journal of its pro ceedings, and from time to time publish the same, ex cepting such parts as may iu their judgment require, seeresy,' and the yeas and nays of the members of cither House, on any question, shall, at the desire of tve-fifth of those present, be entered on the journal.-'" 4. Neither House, during the session of Congress, shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for mcire than three days, nor to any. other place than th.-.t u which the two Houses shall be sitting. Section 0. 1. The Senators and Representatives shall receive a compensation for their services, to be ascertained by aw, aud paid oilt of the treasury of vhe Gnil'ederate States. They shall, in all cases, except treason, felony nd breach of the peace be privileged from arrest during their attendance ut the session of their respective Ituuses, and in goin to and retjtrning from the same ; "Vsd for any speech or debate in either House they shall not be questioned in anj- other place. 2. No Senator or Representative shall, during the time for w-hich he was elected, be appointed to any civil office under the authority of the Confederate States, which shall have been Jcreated, or the emolu- ' ments whereof shall bave been increased during such time; and no person holding any office under the Con federate States shall be a member of either House di during his continuance in office. But Congress may, by law, grant to the principal oficer in each of the Ex ecutiTe Departments a seat upon the floor of either House, with the privilege of discussing any measures ippertanmg tj his department. '--,.' r Section 7. v - : '""- .'. 1. All bills for raising revenue shall originate to tho Houae of Representatives; but the Senate may propose " Lc. oncur itb amendments as on other bills, loa Every bill which have passed both House Et2 1, Wore it lecomcs a law, be presented. to the. - - ' . - I President of the Confederate States ; tf he approve, be 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 House shall agrs to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with the ob jectionsto the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two-thixds of that House it shall become a law. But in all seh cases the votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and navs. and the names of the Dersons 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 ease 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 Dill,-cleBi-t-ib appropria tions disapproved, and shall return a copy of such ap propriations, with his objections, to the House in which the bill shall have originated ; and the same proceed ings shall then be had as in case of o.ther 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 tfye same shall take effect, shall be appfoyed by himj- or being disapproved by him, may be repassed by. two thirds of both Houses according to the rules and limi tations prescribed in case of a bill. Section 8. The Congress shall have power ' ,1. To lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and ex cises for revenue necessary to pay the debts, provide for the common defence, and carry on the government of the Confederate States; but no bounties shall be granted from the Treasury, nor shall any duties or taxes on importations from foreign nations be laid to pro mote or foster any branch of industry ; and all duties, imposts andj'icises shall be uniform thoroughout the Con federate' S tates. 2. To borrow money on the; credit of the Confede rate States. . 3. To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the severa States,' and with the Indian tribes ; but neither this, nor any other clause contained in the Constitution, shall ever be construed to delegate the power to Gmgress to appropriate money for any internal improvement intended to facilitate commerce, except for the purpose of furnishing lights, beacons and buoys, and other aids to navigation upon the coasts, and the improvement of harbors and the removing of obstructions in river navigation, in all which cases such duties shall be laid on the navigation facilitated thereby as may be necessary to pay the costs and ex penses thereof. ' 4. To establish uniform 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 arid mea sures. ' V -' . ' G. To provide for the punishment of counterfeit ing the securities aud 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 aud sixty-three, -shall, -be paid out of .its own reve nues. - . i S. To promote the progress of science aud useful arts, by securing for iimiteol times to authors aud in ventors the exclusive 'right to their respective writings arid discoveries. ' . 9. To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court. . 10. To define and punish piracies and felonies com mitted on the high seas, and offences against tic law of' nations. ; 1 11. To declare war, grant letter's of marque and re prisal, and make rules concerning captures on land -and water. . 1 12. To raise and support armies ; but no appropria-' tion of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years. 13. To provide and maintain a navy. 14. To make rules for government and regulation of the land and naval forces. 15. To provide for calling forth the militia to exe cute tlie law:s of the Confederate States, suppress in surrections and repel invasion. ' 16. To provide for organizing, arming and discip lining the militia, and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the'service of the Confederate States ; reserving to the j States, respectively, the ap pointment of the officers and the authority of training the militia according toj-ho discipline prescribed by Congress. ." . - 17. To exercise exclusive legislation, in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of one or more Spates and the acceptance of Congress, become .the seat of the' government of the Confederate. States ; and to exercise like authority over all places purchased by the consent of the Legislature of the State in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dock yards' and other needful buildings ; and 18. To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing pow ers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the Confederate States, or. in any department or officer thereof. . ! ' Section 9. 1. Tli e -importation of negroes of the African race . from any 'foreign country other than the slaveholding States, or Territories of the United States of America, is hereby forbidden ; and Congress is required to pass such laws as shall effectually prevent the same. 2. Congress shall also have power to prohibit the introduction ' of slaves from any State not a member of, or Territory not belonging to, this Confederacy. S. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it. l.rXo bill of attainer, or ex post facto law, or law denying or impairing the right of property in negro. slaves shall be passtd. T.. No capitation -or other direct tax shall be laid unle.-s in proportion to the census or enumeration herc- mbetore directed 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 houcs. 7. No preferences shall le given by airy 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 iu consequence of appropriations made by law ; and a regular statement and account of the receipt", and ex penditures of all public money shall le published from time to time. y. Congress shall appropriate no money from the treasury txcCpt by a vote of two-thuds of "both houses, taken by yeas and nays, unless it be asked-and esti mated tor by some one of the heads of departmeut, and submitted to Congress' by the President; or for the purpose of paying its own expenses and contingenc ies ; or for the payment of claims against the Confederate. States, the justice of which shall have been judicially declared by a tribunal for the investigation of claims against the government, which it is hereby made the duty of Congress to establish. ; 10. All bills appropriating money shall specify in federal currency the exact amount of each appropria tion and the purposes for which it is made; and Congress shall gTant no extiu compensation to any. public contractor, officer, agent or servant, after such contract shall have been made or such service rendered 1 1. No title of nobility shall be ged rantby the Con--I federate States ; and no person holding any tfhee of profit or trust under them, shall.witba out the consent to the Congress, accept of any neresent emluments fifice or title of any kind what prv from aoy king, cfoor celign State. ' 12. Congress' shall make no law respecting" an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the: free ' exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press ; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the government for a redressof grievances. ' ' ' . " .. " , 13. A well regulated militia being necessary 0 the security cf a free State, the 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 manner to be prescribed by law. ' - ; : '' ' ' ' " 15. The right of the people to be secure in their , persons, houses, papers and effects against unreasona ble searches and seizures, shall not be violated ; and no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause, sup- ' ported by oath or affirmation, and particularly de scribing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. - 16. No person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand fury, 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 lor the same otlence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb, nor be compelled, in any criminal case, to be a witness against himself; nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law ; nor shall private prop erty be taken for public use without just compensa tion. 17. In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an im partial jury of the 3 Ate and district wherein the crime shall have beeD Committed, which district shall have been previ .sly ascertained by law, and to be informed of the .."ature anP cause of - the accusation ; to be confronted with the witnesses against him ; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of -counsel-for his defence 18. In suits at common law, where the value in controversy, shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved; and no fact so cried by a jury shall be otherwise re-examined in any court of the Confederacy than according to the rules of the common law. 19 Excessive bail shall not be required, nor exces sive fines imposed, nor ciel and unusual punishments iuflicted. , ' 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. No State shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation ; grant letters of marque and reprisal ; coin money ; make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts ; pass any bill of attain der, or ex post facto law, or law impairing the obliga tion of contracts ; or grant any title of nobility. 2. No State shall, without the consent of the Con gress, lay any imposts or duties on imports and ex ports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing its inspection laws ; and the nett produce of all duties and imposts, laid by any State on imports or exports, shall be for the use of the treasury of the - 1 . 1 VI ttlt 1 Gmtederate States ; and all sucn Jaws, snau oe suDjecc to the revision and control of Congress. 3. No State shall, without the consent of Congress, lay any duty of tonnage, except on sea-going vessels, for the improvement of its rivers and harbors naviga ted by the said vessels ; but such duties shall not con fiict 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 p to the common treasury ; nor sljall auy State keepjU troops or ships of war, in time of peace, enter into any i agreement or compact with another State, or with a' foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually inva-: ded, or in such imminent danger as will not admit of. delay. But when any river divides or flows through, two or more States, they may cuter into compacts-, with each other to improve the navigation thereof. 5 Article II. Section 1. 1. The executive power shall be vested in a Presi dent of the Confederate States of America. He and the Vice President shall hold their offices for the term of six years ; but the President shall not be re-eligible. The President and Vice President shall be elected as follows: - 2. Each State shall appoint, m such manner as the 'Legislature thereof may 'direct, a number of electors equal to the whole number of Senators and Reprcsenta- fives to which the State may be entitled in the Con gress ; but no Senator or representative, or person holding an office of trust or profit under the Confeder ate States, shall be appointed an elector. 3. The electors shall meet in their respective States and vote by ballot, for President and Vice President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of, the same State with themselves ; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, aud in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice President, and, they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice President, and of the number of votes for each, which list they shall sign and certify, , and transmit, sealed, to the government of the Confederate States, directed to" the President ol4he Senate; the President of th Senate shall, in .the prese.i&e 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 votefor President shall- be th President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed , and if no person have such majority, then, from the persons having the high est numbers, not exceeding three, on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately by ballot, the President. Put in choosing the President the votes shall be taken by States, the representation from each State having one vcte; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or rrienibers from two-thirds of the States, aud 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 t!he 4th day of March next following, then the Vice president shall act as 'Presi dent, as in case of the cteath or other constitutional - disability of the Presideuf. . . . ' 4. The person having the greatest nuwbcr of vote3 as Vice President shall he the Vice Presdeul, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed ; and it no person have a majority, thenjrom the two highest numbers oil the list the Seuate 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 uumber-shall be ne cessary to a choice. 5. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of. President shall be eligible to that of Vice Pres fdeut of the Confederate States. 0. The Gfligress may determine the time of choosing the .'elector!, and the day on which they shall give their votes, which day shall bu the same throughout the Cn federate States. 7. No person except a natural born citizen' of th" Confederate States, or a citizen thereof at the time of the adoption of this. constitution, or a citizen thereof lorn in the United States prior to the 20th of Decem ber, 1860, shall be eligible to tlie office of President ; neither shall any person lc eligible to that office who shall not have attained the acce of thirty-five years, ami been fourteen years a resiueut 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 pfBce, 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 6uch officer shall act accord ingly uutil the disability be removed or a President shall be Sleeted. ; . ,9 The President shall, at stated times, receive tor . his services a compensation,' which shall neither be in : creased nor diminished during the period for which he shall Lave been elected : and he shall not receive with n that period any other emolument from the Confed erate States, or any of them. 10. Before he enters on Hie execution of his office, he shall take the following oath or affirmation . "I do solemnly swear (or'affirm) that I will faith fully execute the office of President of the Confederate States, and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution thereof." Section 2. 1. The President shall be commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the Confederate States, and of the militia of the several States when called into the actual service of the Confederate States ; he may re quire the opinion, in writing, of the principal officer in each of the Executive Departments, upon any sub ject relating to the duties of their respective offices, and he shall have power to grant reprieves and par-, dons for offences against the Confederate States, ex cept in cases of impeachment. 2. He shall have the power, by and with the ad vice and consent of the Senate, to make treaties, nrc- rvidocV two-thirds of the Senators present concur : and siMU'iiuuiuiau;, auu uy auu wiui me auvlCC ajiCi consent "of the Senate, shall appoint ambassadors,, other public ministers and consuls, judges of the Su preme Court, and all other officers of the Confederate States, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law ; but the Congress may, by law, vest the appointment of such inferior officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, n the courts of law or in the heads of departments. 3. 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 plea sure ot the President. All other civil officers of the Executive Department may b removed at any time by the President, or other appointing power, when their services are unnecessary, or for dishonesty, inca pacity, inefficiency, misconduct, or neglect of duty ; and when so removed, the removal . shall be reported to the Senate, together with the reasons therefor. 4. The President shall have power to fill all vacan cies that may happen during the recess of the Senate, by granting commissions whieh shall expire at the end of their next session ; but no person rejected by the Senate shall be reappointed to the same office du ring their ensuing recess. - . Section 3. 1. The President shall from time to time, give tyi, the Congress information of . the state of the Confed eracy, and recommetid 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 letween them, with respect tthe time of ad journment, he may adjourn them to such time as he shall think proper ; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public ministers ; he shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed, and shall commission all the officers of the Confederate States. . Section 4. 1, The President, Vice President, and all civil offi cers4 of the Confederate States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdeanors. article in. Section 1. ' 1. The judicial power of the Confederate States shall be vested in one Superior Gourt,,and in such in ferior courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. Thji. judges, both of the Su preme and inferior courts,' shall bold their offices du- , ring good behavior, aujl shall, at stated times, receive for their services a compensation, which shall not be diminished during their continuance in office. 1. The iudicial power shall, extend to all cases . arising under this Constitution, the laws of the Con federate States, and treaties made or which- shall be made under their authority ; to all cases affecting am bassadors, other public ministers and consuls ; to all cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction ; to con troversies to which the Confederate States shall be a party ; to controversies between two or more States ; between a State and citizens of another State where the State is plaintiff ; between citizens claiming lauds tuider grants of. different States, and between a State or the citizens thereof and foreign States, citizens or subjects; but no State shall be sued by a citizen or subject of any foreign State. 2. In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and those m which a State shall be a party, tlie Supreme Court shall have origi nal jurisdiction. In ail the other cases 'before men tioned the Supreme . Court shall have appellate juris diction, both as to Law and tact, with such exceptions ancT" under such regulations as the Congress shall make. , r 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of im peachment, shall be by jury, and such trial shall be held in the State where the said crimes shall have been committed ; but when not committed within any State, the trial shall be at such place or places as the Congress may by law have directed. i Section 3. - r 1. Treason against the Confederate States shall con sist only in levying war against thcin, 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 ir. Section 1. 1. Full faith and credit shali 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 weh such acts, records and proceedings shall le pr'7cd and the effect thereof. . Section 2. 1. Tlie citizens of each State shall ie eutitled to all the privileges and immunities of citizens in the sever al States, and shall havo the right of transit and so journ in any State of this Confederacy, with their slaves and other property; and the right of property in said slaves shall not be thereby impaired. ; 2. A- person charged in any State with treason, fel ony, or other crime against the laws of such State, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another State, shall, on demand of the executive autority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up fo lc 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 oil claim of the party to whom such slaves belong; or to whom such service or labor may be due. Section 3. 1. Other States may.be admitted into this Confed eracy by a vote of two-thirds of the w hole House o( Rrv.resentatives and two-thirds of the Senate, the Senate voting by States; but no new State shall .be formed or. erected within the jurisdiction of any other State ; nor any State be formed by the junction of two or more States, or parts of States, without the consent of the Legislatures of tho States concerned, as well as. ui the Congress. 2. The Gongress sliall have power to dispose of aud make all needful rules and regulations concerning the property of the Confederate States, including the ands thereof. ' . 3. The Confederate States may acquire new territo ry and Congress shall have power to legislate and provide governments for the inhabitants of all terri tory belonging to the Confederate States lying with out the limits of the several States, and may permit them, at such times and in such manner as it txy by law provide, to form the States to be dnutted t into the confederacy. In all such territory tho institution of negro slavery as it now exists m the Uonfederate States shall be recognized and Vh?f5 and by the territorial government and th inhabitant! of theBeveral Confederal States and Territories sha haye the right to take roch territory and slaveerli fully held by them in any of the States or Terrisasw of the Confederate States. 4. The Confederate States skill guarantee to every U0,w b or hereaftci: y become a member a i federacy Republican form of government, and bhall protect each of them against invasion; and on application of the Legislature (or of the Executive when the Legislature is not in session) against domes tic violence. . article .Section 1. 1. Upon the demand of any three States legally assembled in their several conventions, the Congress shall summon a Convention of all the States, to take into consideration such amendments to the constitu tion as the said States shall concur in suggesting at the time when the said demand is made, and should any of the proposed amendments to the constitution be agreed on by the said convention voting 'by States and the same be ratified by the Legislatures of two-thirds of the several States, or by conventions in two-tiiirds thereof as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the general conven tionthey shall henceforward form a part of this Constitution. But no States 'shall, without its con sent, be deprived of its equal representation in th Senate. . - ; ARTICLE VI. 1. The Gpvernment established by the Constitution is the "successor of the provisional government of the Confederate States of America, and all the laws pass ed by the latter shall continue in force until the same shall be repealed or modified ; and all the officers ap pointed by the same shall remaia it office until their successors are appointed and qualified, or the offices abolished. 2. All debts contracted and engagements entered into before the adoption of this constitution shall "'be as valid against the Confederate States under this constitution as under the provisional government. 3. This constitution, and the laws of the Confeder ate States, made in persuauce thereof, and all trea ties made, or which shall be made under the authori ty of the Confederate States, shall be the supreme law of the land ; and the judges in every State shall be bound thereby, anything in the constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding. 4. The Senators and representatives before men tioned; and the members of the several State Legisla tures, and all executive, and judicial officers, both of the Confederate States and of the several States, shall be bound by oath or affirmation to support this con stitution, but no religous test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the Confederate States. r' . 5. The enumeration, in the constitution. ofCcertain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people of the several States. fa. Ihe powers not delegated to the Confederate States by he constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States are reserved to the States, respectively, or to the people, thereof. ARTICLE VII. 1. The ratification of the Conventions of five State shall be sufficient for the establishment of this consti tution between the States so ratifying the same. 2. When five States shall have ratified thus 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 CJlege; 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 thft provisional constitution ehall 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. MOORE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, SALISBURY, If. C, Will practice in the Courts of Rowan and adjoining coun-t ties. Collections promptly made. Jan. 6 .1861. 17 ly NOTICE. Slethodist Prot. Female College, Jamestown, Guilford Co., N. C. THE FIFTH SESSION WILL OPEN JULY 4,1$61, under the charge of G. W. IIese, A. M. This Institution has the advantage of a healthy 1 cation, large and comfortable buildings, and extensive philosophi cal and chemical apparatus, &c. - The President and family, with the other members of the Vacuity, live in the College and eat at the same tables with the Students. " Tuition $15 per session; Music on the Piano or Guitar $20; Grecian Painting $7 50; Embroiderv $7 50. Latin, French, Oriental Painting, Drawing, Hair flowers, Wax Flowers, Feather. Flowers, Wax Fruit, each $5; V cal Music $1; contingent expenses $1; Boarding $7 50 per month, including washing and fires, half in advance. For further intormation address G. W. IIEGE, Preiidcut. June 2G - tf. T U RN IP SEED. . ' tubs ir sr-tw. Large Flat Dutch Turnip Seed, . Keel Top lurnip, Large Norfolk, j Large Mammoth (from I his county,) And other kindd of Turnip seed, For sale at PESCUD'S Drug Store. August 19 76 tf. FINE LOT OF SPONGE. J. Salad Oil, Baker's Bitters, Black Tea, Enerlish Mustard, A large stock of Fancy Soaps Received at P. F. PESCUD'S, Drug Store. 76 tf. aug 19. Oar Own Primary Grammar. JUST FCBD18HED BY STERLING & CAMPELL, Gbeexsboro' X. C. 72 pages, 12 mo., 25 cents per copy. For sale by them and all booksellers. rri,... ,r,i Sfhfnl officers desirincr copies for exannna tion will receive them on remitting lo cnts t the author. Lelinirton, C. dec. 11, 861 9 tf, Cracker Bakery. THE subscriber hailns built a laie IIARD BREAD and CRACKER BAKERY, and fatted it up with the most improved machinery, arc now prepared to furnish the citizens of Raleigh, and the State, with fresh Crackers, and of ihe best quality, such as . Soda Crackers, Butter Crackcis, Water Cracker. Sugar Crackers, etc., etc. We are also prepared to furnish the Army and Navy w'th Navy Prcal, ' Pilot Bread, Wine lirtcv.it, etc., etc., eUv. at the lowtt market rates. Ch ordj-r curely packed and promptly by JAS. blMI hO 00. Wamed. Empty Flour Barrels in good condition, for which wcwiU par 25 cents eacju g() V n.ov. 30, 1861. . 6-w6tn. (arraige. for Sale 4 FOUR SEATED close andJl?ht Carriage, A We b v Brewster of Broad w.y.New ork. lias been fettleu Al.g-lcowgivgmk -nsold low. apply to , 40 2t TAX LISTS. THE nndersLsned harlnr been appointed As 1leicT andTaterof the TaX LIST for Raleigh D IrictTNoI 1 and 2, wUI attend at the Conrt House, on tbe 9?h 10th and lltb day. of April next, for that purpose. ADar?ntire.ted Just be jns.pt in their .tU.dance, .ni hrinir with them written lurta cording to Irw. , .'.-j!, - Kaleigb, March 9, 1862. R. W. SEAWAM. , a. r 40 td , Oxford Schools. . THE Snbieriber Is prepared to farnhli wit board and comfortable accommodations Students at tending the Masonic High School and the Female Schools f tbe town : also anr oersons wishing in hnird. in a health r section, and enjoy good society. Terms from $12.50 to $15, per month. L . R. D. IIART. February 5th, 1862. - ... 25 tf L011SBURG FEMALE COLLEGE. MR. JAMES S0lTHfiATE,f tbe VnUtnltj ot . ..Va:!..(.butfor.,?.TerJ yrs past. President of the H. . Wassieal Institute,) has taken charge of this e egant COLLEGE, with the hope of establishing a of the'SouuT1'7 respCt' hlghly acceptable to the people MR. SOUTHAQE will be assisted by hie LADY, a ilrrTaried 'cconiplishments and vast experience. fiffe? yfa hV been connected with some of ths C??ivSd b?twln,irie lB Virginia. Schools of pffvSfvn nd.,M(DERS LANGUAGES, MUSIC and i"AlTIG, will have gentlemen Professors presiding over them. We shall Qer the best educations advantages to a people whom we know can appreciate them, andali we ask, is, yt a irW and after this is fairly done, those who are not satisfied can remove their children or The Boarding Department shall have all the comforts and attractions of a well-ordered Mme, and the Boarders as tenderly and affectionately watched over and cared for, tas even the most anxious psrent conld desire, every at tention being giTen to the health, manners and literarv adrancement of each Pupil. Diplomas will be riven t'. thow who can pass rigid examinations on fire Schools. Gold and Silver Medals will be awarded for perfect deport ment. Young ladies wishing to educate themselves for teachers will find unusual inducements here, as the terms for them shall be made suitable to circumstances. The School is not sectarian, though the purest morality is taught and . required of erery member of the Institution. The building is lar4e, new and magnificent, well adapted to School purposes. The location is unsurpassed, beiag one of the loveliest, healthiest and most refined sections of the South, 30 miles North of Raleigh, and 10 miles from Frankhnton Depot, where hacks are always in readiness, to convey passengers to and from the village.' The entire expenses for ten months will be from $150 to $250. For rrPartinlri'. 'PPlr to Gen. J. B. LitUejohn, Wm. P. Wullams, Daniel S. tfill, Richard F. Yarborough, or to JAMES SOUTIIGATE, , Locisscas, N. C. March 29, 18G2. 40 2mos. NOTICE. TAKKX I P nnd COMMITTED to J AH IJTBOCK mgham county, on the 27th day of January last, negro man who calls his name Frank and sars be'belongs to James Pearce of Chatham county; says be was bound to said Pearce, and at the age of twenty-one years he will be free, and says he is about twenty years old at this time. Said boy is a , dark mulatto color, bushy head of hair, stost built, full face, about fire and a half feet high, and had on when taken up a brown homespun sack coat, pantaloons of kersey nearly the same color, a good heavy pair of shoes and no socke, and a drab felt hat. The owner is requested to come forwvd, prove his propertv and pay charges, or he will be dealt with according to law. JAMES II. HALL, Jailor. April 2, 1862. 416m. A Regiment for thcConrcdcrate States Service i " nKE undersigned, hating' been authorized to JL raise a Regiment for the Confederate States army,' takes this method of informing persons whor are now en gaged in raising companies, that this is the first opportuni ty offered for joining a Regiment to go directly into the Confederate service. ,. "7 " Rank of officers and pay to officers and soldiers will begin with their enrolment. A bounty of FIFTY DOLLARS and the bounty from. me oiaie win oe pam at tne time ol organization. Arms ana ma equipments ot tbe best class will oe fur nished to the companies. lermot service three years or the war. For further particulars, address the subscriber immediately. M.-D. CRATOJT, Newbcrn, N. C. Feb. 18, 1862. 91 U I) -pd. BATTALION OF LIGHT II0KSF. THE under signed having been commissioned by the President to raise a Battalion of Light Morse, for the War, calls upon the young men of North Carolina to come forward anrt Vohinteer for tbe purpose. Let tbo who have good horses cjome and bring them, to aid in tho defense of the Country. 4 Let those who hare horses bet who cannot come themselves, give or lend them to thoe who can come, and thus contribute material aid to those who would defend them in the enjorment of their homes. ONE HUNDRED AND FOKTY-FOUb DOLLARS per annum, will be paid for tach horso in the Battalion, in two months; instalments. They Will be fed and cared for at the expense of the Government, and if killed in action, the ' value of the animal will bo paid. ..1 Equipments for men and horses will be fumlsfced, bet each man mn.t bring bis rifle, gun, phftol and knife, or such arms as he has, which will answer, until a uniform weapon can be furnished by the Government u , ' Energy of Action Action is what the country need now, and the men of the country must show by their readinecs to come forward the deterniiniation which' actaates them Never to be conquered. The Battalion will consUt of six , Companies, of Sixty meneach. , Volunteers n ill, fwr the present address mo at Halifax N. C, until suitable recruiting stations can be e(abllkhcd "P. M. EDMONSTOX, Lt. Col. Car., Prov. A., C. S. A. Feb. 26th, 1R62. . 31 tf Wanted to Hire. FIFTEEN INTELLIGENT NURSES. FOR TUB North-Carolina General Military Hospital at Kaleigb. Middle aged men preferred. Also two washer-women. Apply to - ' - y fc. BURKE HAYWOOD, Surgeon. April D,' 1662. . 43 tf Ti ARTIES WISHING TO PURCHASE NORTH JL Carolina eight per cent, bonds can do so br applying to Joh hn- A. Lancaster 4 on, Agents lor tne mate, men inond, Va. Present price 102. March 25, 39 tf QUARTSBMAlFKa'S OfFICf, ' r Goldkboro', June 14th, 1862. Farmers and others having WOOL for sale, are hereby notified that the Quartermaster's Department is desirous of purchasing Wool in any quantitu-s, and requested to notifv me at this place at hat prices and in what quanti ties they can deliver the article. On the receipt t( stfch notification, the place of delivery will be indicated. Those having the article for sale are earnestly solicited to irive this advertisement their attention, as the place of delivery will be made convenient and a liberal rice will be paid. This advertisement is intended to apply only to .gS """" '-Von'" SBKs . jBntf is w4w Major and Q. M.t C. H. A. Laws of the Confederate States. , (F1Y Al'TH'JlMT V,) - 1X0. 40.) JOINT KKSOIXTIOXS OK THANKS FOR THE VICTORY AT SHILOH. TNN. Resolved, ty the Congrcsyof the Coufederatc Stale of America, That Congrws" bw learned with gratitude to the Ltie Ruler of Nations the intelligence of the r c ut complete and bril liant victory which has been gained bj the Army of the Confedcrate'.Slatcs under tlie ommaudot Gen. A S. Johnston, over, tfie Federal forces in Tennessee, on the battle 6cldof Shtloh. Resolved, That the thai U of Coutcm arc hereby tcndcrul 0, Gen. G. T. Beauregard and tbe other HurviViug officers and F''es f that army for thc oigual cxhibitiou 'of -skill aud gal-, luntry displayed by them on that ueuoraUe oc casion j aad all 4o atlribuLd ( that WRuaI triumph, in the judgment of CougT, arc enti tled, to the gratitude of thtir country . . . Resolved. That the iuteIl.gen- of the dculh of Gen. Albert .Sidney John-tor., torn nun der-m-Chief, when leading the CouMi-nt forces to viccorV on the sixth of April, m Jcnnee, while it affeet CongrcM-with rroloumr sorrow, at'th? fame time obscure our joy with ahadc of sadoesi at the loss of a n officer, go uble, skill ful and gallant. '1 : :-'' Resolved, That the foregoing resolutions be made known by approprite geneaal orders by the Generals in command, to tb officers and troop to whom they arc addressed; and thit tbey also be commtinicated to the family of Gen. JohmtOi'. Approved April I5; 18G2. -; y'- N r 5 . - . ..... . .