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Clje State InuimiL JOHN srELHAN, Editor and Proprietor. AXD PRINTER TO THE STATE. WM. ROBINSON, Assistant Editor. TERMS: SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION, per annum,.....- WEEKLY EDITION. " . Invariably in Advance.) ...$4 ... 2 The Southern Republic. fhe Permanent Constitution of ihe Vonfcderhte Slates of America. . -r i Vc the people of the Confederate States, each State f tin"' in" its sovereign and independent character, in ordeto form a permanent federal government, estab 'ish .justice, insure domestic tranquility, and secure the b!efJings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity in okw'7 the favor and guidance of Almighty God do ''cnlaiif and establish this Constitution for the Conftide rate States of America. , - Article I. Section 1. ; legislative powers herein delegated shall be - vested in a Congress of the" Confederate States, 'vliich fcball consist of a Senate and House of Rep resentatives , . Section 2. 1 . The' House of Representatives shall be composed : of numbers chosen every second year by the people of lie Frsvcral States;, and the electors in each State shall lecitlzeiisof the Confederate States, and have the qual - ificatiuns requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of 'the Site Legislature but no person of Y.n tirnot a citizen of the Confederate States shall be allowed to vote lor any owa-rs. civn ur pin eal, State or Federal. -.' ' 9 XV. rrsr.h shall be ft representative who shall not c . , or- ofoi,n,l thn f,f twentv-five years, and be a lilt. C V IXJ 11 Wt v, - ' t ' citizen of the Confederate States, and who shall not, - when elected, be fin inhabitant of that State in which 1 he' shall be chosen. . 3. Representatives and direct taxes shall be appor tiuii'cd among the several States which may be included within this Confederacy according to their respective ' iiumrers, wlikh 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 riot t ixel, three-fifths of all slaves. The actual enu nitnttionSihaU be made within thr.ee years after the first meeting of the Congress of the Confederate States, uithin cvury subsequent term of ten years, in such '"wanner nsthey shall,1 by law, direct. The unmher of representatives shall not exceed one r every fifty .thousand, but each State shall have at least one reprc-. tentative; and uutil such enumeration shall be made the Stato'of South Carolina shall be entitled to choose his the State of Georgia ten, the State of Alabama nine th" State of Florida two, the State of Mississippi wren',-ine St;'e 'of Louisiana six, and the State of Texas sir. . . . . ,. 4 Yhcn vacancies happen in the representation from any State, the Executive authority' thereof shall ie. writs of election to fill such vacancies. ' 5 'lhu House of Representatives shall choose their SiiVakt f and other officers, and shall have the sole - wwer-'f-uiipe-u-liUiciit, except that any judicial or 'her .federal officer resident and acting solely within tlic limits of any State, may be impeach! by a vote -,f 'two-thirds of both" branches of the Legislature thereof. Section 1. The Senate of tlic .Con federate States shall be Mu'i-osed of two Senators from each State, chosen for ""six vearsby tiiy. Legislature thereof, at the regular vision n-xt: immediately preceding the commence N'iic!Vt of the t-rm of service; and each Senator shall have one vote. . j , . ' ". , . . 2. Immediately- after' -they shall be assembled, in consequence of .the first' election, they shall be divided. " nseqitithy as may be intohrcfi classes. The seats of 'the Senators of the first class shall be vacated at the' .expiration of the second year ; of the second class at die expiration of the fourth year; and of th.e third ' jU nf (lift exoiration of the sixth year; so that one-. third may be chosen try second year ; and if vacan--ioii'i'ci"by resigiuttiun or otherwise during the re i'fss of the ' Legislature of any State, the Executive thereof inay make temporary appointments tin til' il m-xt hurting of the Legislature, which shall then i . .. i . ...... ,.,..c- ; , - iiie iill Zj. No person shall be a Senator shall not have ttained the age of thirty jWs, and bo a citizen of th.e at! ton ek r;;ie States, ana wnorsnan nor, wnen eiecica, l,e :m inhabitant of" the '.tit ate for 'which he shall be 4. The Vice President of the Confederate States shall he President of UiC.'Soifalc, jbutj shall have no vote, un-' Wthiy be equally divided, j - ,". Tjie Senate shall choose their other officers, and also a President jt- i miifik the absence of the Vice f'resident, or when he shall exercise the office of rresi dent .of the .Confcdwatc States. 6. The Senate shall have .the sole power ti try all Impeachments. Thcn sitting for that purpose, they ylialljjc on oath or aflirination. When the President of the Gmfeilerate States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside; iand no person' shall be convicted with out the concurrence of two-thirds of the members pivseut. ' , , ' -7 Judgment in cases of impeachment shall not cx- tend further than To removal from oflice, andlisqual ' iticafion to hold and enjoy any office -of honor, trust or j.rniit, under the Confederate States; but the party ccm viiied shall, nevertheless, be liable and subject to in dictment, trial, judgment and punishment, according to law-. . Section 4. ' "1. The times, places amV manner. of holding elec tions for Senators 4ind llepresehtatives- shall be pre-, scribed in each State by the Legislature thereof, sub ject to the provisions of this Constitution ; but the Con ' p-m may, at any time, by law make or alter such regulations, except as to the times aud places of choos 4 ing Senators. ' ' f . . 2r The Congress shall assemble at least orce in every year ; and such meeting shall be on the first; Monday in December, unless they shall, by law appoint a different iay. " i . " ; Section 5. -'. 1. llich Hou e shall be the judge of tho elections, returns and qualifications of its own members, and a majuity of each shall constitute a quorum todo busi ness; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to lay, and may be authorized to. compel the atiendance of absent members, in such manner and under such penalties as each House may provide.-. ,2? Eachj -House may dctcrmiiTe the rules of its pro ceedings, punish its members, for disorderly behavior, vuL with the concurrence of two-thirds of the whole -imlier, expel a member. 3. Each House shall keep a journal of its pro otvdings, and from time to time publish the same, ex cepting such parts its may in their judgment require secresy, and the yeas and nays of .the members of either House, on any question, shall, at the desire of twelfth 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 more than three days, nor to any other place Than thsf u which the two Houses shall lie. sitting. -'' j Section . 0. -" i ' 1. The Senators and llejireseutatiyra shall recede a compensation for their services, to be ascertainedAr aw, and paid -out of the treasury of vhe Confederate States. They shallpin all c:ses, except treason, felony Nnil breach of 'the peace le privileged from arrest during their attendance at the .'-session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same ; ; "nd lbr any speech or debate in either House they shall not he questioned in any other place. : 2. No Senator or ltepresentative shall, during the inue for which he was elected, be 'appointed to any rivil office under the authority of the Confederate .States, which shall have been crcateil, or the emolu ments whereof shall have been increased during such time; and no person holding any office uuder the Con- federate Stites shall be a member of cither House du- Juringhis continuance in office. But Congress may, by law, grant to the principal oticer iu each of the Ex ecutive l)eii!rtmrfta a stat uiion the floor of either sen. House, with the privilege of discussing any measures q'pertannig t) his department. . ; '-" - ' Section 7. 1- All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the Houae of Ppresentatives; but the Senate may propose he. oncur wtth amendments as on other bills. -loa Every bill which have passed both House st2 1, before it becomes a jaw, be presented to the. : . v. : " ... RALEIGH N. C, SATURDAY. JULY 19; 1862."""" . . ' ' !f i ' T ' ' : ' " : 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 House shall &gre to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with tho oo jections to the other House, by which it sba.ll likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two-thirds of that House it shall become a law. But in all st;ch cases the votes of both Houses shall be detei-minetl by yeas and nays, and the names of ''the persons voting for and against the bill shall be entered on the journal of each House respectively. If any bill shall not be returned by the President within tcii days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the same shall be a law, in like manner as if lie 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 bill, designate the appropria tions disapproved, and shall return a copy of such ap propriations, with his objections, to the House in which the bill shall have originated ; and the same proceed ings shall then be had as in case of other bills disap proved by the President. ; :T a. Every order, resolution or vote, to which the con currence of both Houses may be necessary (except on a question of adjournment) shall be presented to the President of the Confederate States ; and before the same.shall take effect, shall be approved by hyn; or being disapproved by him, may be repassed by two thirds of lxtfh Houses according to the rules and limi tations prescribed in case of a bill. j 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 ail duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform thorOughput the Confederate States. - . 2. To borrow irjoney on the credit of the Confede rate States. V". .:. 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 Con gross fo appropriate money for any internal improvement intended to facilitate commerce, except for the purpexse 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 therclry as may be necessary to pay the costs and ex penses thereof. r ' 4. To establish uniform Jaws 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 monevj-egulate the value thereof and of foreign coin, and fiXhe standard pf weights and mea sures. . . 6. To provide for the punishnVent of counterfeit ing the securities and current coin of the Confederate States. J .. 7. To establish post offices and post routes ; but the expenses of the. Postffiice Department, after the first day of Mirch in the year of our fprd eighteen hundred and sixty -three, shall be paid out of , its own reve nues. .- '..'r'''''-"' 8. To promote' the progress of science and useful arts, by ticeunng lor imnleu tunes to stumors unci in ventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries. . 9. To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court. - " 10. Tojilefine and punish piracies and felonies com mitted blithe high seas, and offences against the law of nations.' . - 11. To declare war, grant letters of marque and re prisal, and make rules, concerning captures on land and water. J - . -. 12. To rahc and support armies ; but no appropria tion; of money to that use -shall be for a longer term than two years. v , 13. To provide nd 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 the laws of the Confederate States, suppress in surrections and repel invasion. 16. To provide for organizing, arming and disci p lining the militia, and for governing such part of them ' 'as may be employed in the service of the Confederate1 States ; reserving to the States, respectively, the ap pointment of the ofiicfcrs-and the authority of training the militia according to the 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 States and the acceptance of Congress, . become the seat of the government of the Confederate States ; and to exercise like authority over all places purchased 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 j 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. ' ' j i .J Af Section 9. 1. The 'importation of negroes of the African race from any foreign country other than the slaveholding States, Territories of the United States of America, is hereby forbidden ; and Congress is required to pass such laws as shall effec tually prevent the same. 2. Congress shall also have power to proliibit the introduction of. slaves from any State not a member of, or Territory not belonging to, this Confederacy. ' 3. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, miless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the publie safety may require it." 4. No bill of attainer, or ex post facto law, or law denying or impairing the right of property in negro slaves shaH be passed. , i 5. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid unless in proportion to the census or enumeration here inbefore directed to be taken. I - G. No tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any State, except by a vote of two-thirds of "both liouses. : 1 . 7. No preferences shall le given by any regulation Lvf commerce or revenue to the ports of one State over hoc of another. 8.No money shall be-drawn from the treasury, but in consequence of (appropriations made ny law ; ana a nilar statement and account of the receipts and ex regui penditures of all public money shall be published from time to time. J 9. Congress shall appropriate no money from the treasury except by a vote of two-thuds of both houses, taken by yeas and nays, unless it be asked and esti mated for by some one of the heads of department, aud submitted to Congress by the President.; or for the purpose" of. paying its own expenses and contingencies ; or for the 'payment of claims against the Coufetlerate StatesKthe 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. j 10. All bills apiiropriajtiug money shall specify in I federal currency the exact' amount of each appropria tion, and the purposes lor, wmcn it is maae; ana Congress ehall 'grant--no exti- Dmpensation to any public contractor, officer, agent or servant, after such contract shall have leen made or suchsenrice rendered 1 1. No title of nobility shall be ged rantby the Con- federate States ; and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall.witha out the ccrsent fo the Congress, accept of any neresent emluments office or title of any kind what prv irom aoy King, . cfoor cehgn 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 redress of grievances. 13. A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right i the people to keep and bear aroos 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. " , ' 1 . 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 jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service, in time of war or public danger; nor ( shall any person be subject for the same offence to he 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 Tight to a speedy and public trial, by an im partial jury of the 7- ate and district wherein the crime shall have:; been .ommitted, which district shall have been prev1 .sly ascertained by law, and' to be informed of the .-attire and cause of the accusation ; to be confronted' with the witnesses against him ; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel, for his defence - i 18vJn suits at common law, where the. value in" controversy shall exceed tweuty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved; and no fact so tried by a jury shall be otherwise re-examined in any court of the Confederacy than according f to the rules of the common Taw. lOExcessive bail shall not be required, nor exces sive fines imposed, nor cV.iel ami unusual punishments jufficted. ' . .''.'' ' 20. Every law or resolution having the force of law, shallMelate to but' one subject, and that shall be ex pressed in the title. . Li.'. ' i - Section 10. v 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 f ado 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, layany imposts or duties on imports and ex ports, exgept what" may be absolutely necessary for executing, its inspection laws ; and The nett produce of p duties and imposts, laid by any State on imports or exports, shall be for the use of the treasury of the Confederate States ; and all such laws shall be subject to the revision and control of Congress. 3. No State shall, without the consent of Congress, lay any duty of tonnage, except on sea-going vessels,, for the improvement of its rivers and harbors naviga ted by the said vessels ; but such duties shall not con flict with any treaties of the Confederate States with ' foreign nations ; and anj' surplus of revenue thus de rived shall, after making such improvement, be paid into the cotylfmon treasury ; nor shall any State keep troops or ships of war, in time of peace, enter into any agreement oi compact with nuutber Stare, or 'with a foreign powefr, or engage in war, unless actually inva ded, or in Kiitii imminent danger asvill not admit of delay. But wfirn nnyT river divides or flows through two or more States, tluyTna'y enter into compacts with each other to ijn prove the navigation thereof. . - AutK'I.f. II. Secfioh 1. 1. The executive powr shall be vested in a Tresi- : deut of the Confederate States of America, - lie 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: T 2. Each State shall appoint, m such manner as the Iegrslaturc thereof may direct, a number of electors equal to the whole number of Senators and Representa tives to which the State may be entitled in The Con gress ; but no Senator or representative, . or person holding an office of Trust or profit under the Confeder ate States, shall, be appointed an elector. f 3. The electors shall meet in their respective States and vote.by ballotfor 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 thc person voted for as President, and in . distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice President, and they shall mr.kc 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 theyVhall sign and certify, and transmit, sealed, to the government of the Confederate States, directed to the President of the-Senate; the President of th Senate shall, in the preseutc of the Senate aud Hous of "Representatives, open all the certificates, and th votes shall then be counted ; the person having th greatest number of votes for President shall be th President, if such number -be a majority of the whole number'of electors appointed , and if no person have such majority, then, from the persons having the high est numbers, not exceeding three, on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall. --choose immediately, by ballot, the President. . lint in choosing the President the votes shall be taken ' by States, the representation from each State having one vcte; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the States, and a majority of all the States shall be necessary to a choice. And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President, jvhendver the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the 4th day of March next following, then the Vice President shall act as Presi dent, as in case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President. . 4. The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President shall be the Vice Presdeht, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed ; and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list the Senate shall choose the Vice President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Sen ators, and a majority of the whole number shall be ne- - cessary to a choice. - ' - , 5. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice Pres ident of the Confederate. States. 6. The Congress may determine the time of choosing the electors, and the day on ...which they shall give their votcs, which day shall life frtliesaaiie throughout the Confederate States. -?-.rj f '- . 7. -No person except linfuril born citizen of tlfe Confederate States, or a citizen thereof at the time of the adoption of this constitutftm, or a citizen thereof Wuin the "United States prior to the 20th ol Decem ler, 18C0, shall be eligiblcito the office of President ; neither shall any person beeligible to that office who shall net have attaint d4h ace of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the limits of the Confederate States, as macxist at the time of his election. 8. In case of the removal of the President from officeor of his death, resignaf ! xi,' or inability to dis charge the powers and duties .1 the paid office, the same shall devolve on. the Vice President; and the Congress may, bylaw, provide for the case of re-r 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 : intil the disability be removed or a President shall fcc 3lecteth - " The President shall, at stated times, receive tor his services a compensation, which shall neither be in creased nor diminished during the period for which- he shall have been elected : and he shall not receive with n that period any other emolument from the. Confed erate States, or any of them. 10. Before he enters on the 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. s 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 vith the ad vice and consent of the Senate, to make treaties, pro vided two-thirds of the Senators present concur ; and he shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, judges of the Su preme Ourt, 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. - 1 . 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 ol the President. . All other civil officers of the Executive Department may ba 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, jthe removal shall be reported to the Senate, together with the reasons therefor. 4. The President shall have power "to fill all vacan cies that may happen during the recess of the Senate, by granting commissions which shall- expire at the end of their next session : but no nerson rpirvtfrvl lv - j j 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 t) the Congress information of the state of the Confed eracy, and ' recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and-expedient; he may, on extraordinary occasions, convene both houses, or either of them ; and in case of disagree ment between them, with respect to the time of ad journment, lie may adjourn them to such time as he shall think proper ; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public ministers ; he shall tike care that the laws lie faithfully executed, and shall commission f51 the officers of the Confederate Stales. . - Section 4. 1. The President, Vice President, and all civil offi cers of the 'Confederate States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdeahors article in. Section 1. 1. The judicial power of the Confederate States shall be vested in one Superior Court, and in such in ferior courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The judges, both of the Su preme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices du ring good behavior, and shall, at stated times, receive for their services a compensation, which shall not be diminished duriug their continuance in office. - . Section 2. ; 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- Tjassadors, other public ministers and consuls j 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 lands under grants of different States, and between a State or the citizens thereof and foreign States, citizens or subjects; but no State shall lie sued by a citizen or subject of any foreign State. ' ' 2. In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls,'.' arid those in which a State shall be a party, tlic Supreme Court shall have origi nal jurisdiction. In ad the other cases before men tioned the Supreme Court phall have appellate juris diction, both as to law, and tact, with such exceptions and under such regulations as the Congress shall make. 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of im peachment, shall be by jury, and such trial shall lie held in the State where the said crimes shall have . been committed ; but 'when not committed within, any State, the trial shall be at such place or places as the Congress may by law have directed. . Section 3. ' , 1. Treason against the Confederate Stades. shall con sist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort.. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the tes timony of two'witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court. 2. The Congress shall have power to declare The punishment of treason, but no attainder. if treason shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture, except during the life of the person attained. article iv. Section 1. 1. Full faith and credit shall be given in faeh 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 wIch such arts, records and proceedings shall lie pr7cd and the effect thereof. ." - Section 2. 1. The citizens of each State shall bo entitled to all the privileges and immunities of citizens in the sever al States, and shall havj the right of . transit and so journ in any State of this infcderacy, with their slaves and other property; and the right of property in said slaves shall not be thereby impaired. 2. A persou'eharged in any State with 'treason, fel ony, or other crime against the law? of such State, who shall flee from justice, and be fouud in another State, shall, on demand of the executive -autority of the State from which he lied, be delivered up to be re moved to the State having jurisdiction of the crime. 3. No slave or other persou held to service or labor in any State or Territory of the Confederate States, under the laws thereof, escapiug or lawfully carried into another, shall in consequence of any law or regu lation therein, bedischarged from such service or la bor, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such slaves belong, or to whom such service' or labor may be due. - .. Section 3. 1. Other States may be admitted into this Confed eracy by a-vote of two-thirds of the whole' House of Representatives and two-thirds of the Senate, the Senate voting by States ; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other Stite ; nor any State be formed by the junction of two or more States, or parts .of States, without the consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned, as well as - nf the Congress. 2. The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations concerning, the property of the Confederate Slates, including the ands thereof. ..'. '. 3. The Confederate States may acquire new territo ry, and Congress shall have power to legislate and provide governments for tbe.inhabitants of all terri tory belonging to the Confederate States lying with out the limits of the several' States, aud may permit them at such times and in such manner as it may by law provide, to form, the States to be admitted into the confederacy, j In all such territory the institution of negro slavery as it now exists in the Confederate States shall be recognized and protected by Congress and by the territorial government and the inhabitantl of the several Cortfcdera; - St-itcs and Territories sha r. , .fi?0:7 13 or hft?r V ome a member ,;r," Vracy a liepubucan form of government j and shall protect enoh r.r s . """j . lutui :.uuifc inv asion a.n1 tic vblen 18 DOt m msAxi) aSinst domes- abticlE V. Section 1 1." Upon ,tho demand of anv thre Rfafnc assembled in their several conventions ambled in their wvpm! t,-; J buan summon a t into consideration shall summon a Convention of all the States, to tS T 7v ,cn amendments to the constitu- v-uip,w states shall concur in suggesting at the time when the said Hemand is made, wd should any of the proposed amendments to the constitution be agreed on by the said convention voting by States-Hand the same be ratified by the Legislatures of two-thirds of the several States? or by conventions m 1 thereof a the one or the other mode ot ratification may be proposed bjMbe general Convex 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. i ARTICLE VI." 1. .The Government established by the Constitution is the successor of the provisional government of the Confederate States of America, aud'all the laws pass ed by the latter shall continue in force until the same shall be repealed or modified ; aud all the officers ap pointed by the same shall rcmaia il 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 buys of the Confeder ate States, made in persuance thereof, and all hear ties made, or which shall lie made under the authori ty of the Confederate States, shall be the supreme law of the land; aud the indsres in everv State sli.il I bound thereby, anything in the constitution or laws ot any btate to the contrary withstanding 4. The Senators aurl Tiepresentatives before men tioned, and the members of the several State Legisla tures, and all executive and judicial officers, both of the Coe federate States and of the several States, shall be bound by oath or affirmation to support this con stitution, but no religous test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the Confederate States. 5. The enumeration, in the constitution, of certain rights, shall riot be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people of the several States. 6. The powers not delegated to the Confederate Stites 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 this consti tution, in the manner before specified, the Congress under provisional constitution shall prescrilie the time for holding the electiou of President and Vice Presi dent; and for the meeting of the Electoral Cillege; and for counting the votes and inaugurating the Presi dent. They shall also prescribe the timfe for holding the first election of members of Congress under this constitution, and the time for assembling the same. Until the assembling of such Congress, the Congress under the provisional constitution shall continue to exercise the legislative powers granted them, not ex tending beyond the time limited by tho constitution of the provisional g ivernment. - Adopted unanimously, March 11, 1861. BR. 31 00 HE, ATTORNEY AT LAW; ALISBrKV, N. C., Will practice in the Courts of Rowan and adjoining coun ties. Collections promptly made. 1 Jan. 6 1861. - 17 ly TURNIP SEED. -TURNIP SEED. Large Flat Dutch Turnip Seed, Red Top Turnip, Large Norfolk, . Large Mammoth (from 1 his county,) And other kinds of Turnip seed, -For sale at PESCUD'S Drug Store. August 19 76 tf. FINE LOT OF SPONGE. . Salad Oil, . Baker's Bitters, Black Tea, English Mustard,. A large stock of Fancy Soaps, Received at P. F. PESCUD'SY Drug Store. 76-tf. aug 19. , Our Own Primary Grammar. JUST PUBDISHED BY STERLING & CAMPELL, Greessboro' K. C. . 72 pages, 12 mo., 25 cents per copy. For sale by them aud all booksellers. , Teachers and School officers desiring copies for examina tionwill receive them on remitting 15 cents to the author. C. W. SMYTH K, Lexington, r . V. , dec. 11, 861 D tf. Cracker Bakery. THE subscribers having bnilt a large HARD BREAD and.CRACKER BAKERY,, and fitted it up with the most improved machinery, are now prepared to furnish, the citizens of Raleigh, and the State, with fresh Crackers, and of ihe best quality, such as oda Crackers, Butter CracWcrs, Water Crackers, ; Sugar Crackers, etc., etc. We are also prepared to furnish the Army and Navy with - ' Navy Bread, ?ilt Bread; Wine Biscuit, etc., etc.. etc., at the lowest market rates. Cash orders securely packed and promptly by JAS. SIMPSON A SON. Wasted. Empty Flour Barrels in good condition, for whiah-we will pay 25 cents each. '..,. V . . JAS. SIMPSON A SON. nov. 30, 1861. ..-V 6 swdn. , NOTICE. TAKEN UP and COMMITTED to JAIL IN E0( K ino-ham countv. on the 27th dar of January lat, negro man who calls his name Frank and says he belongs to James Pearce of Chatham county; says he was bound to said Pearce, and at the age of twenty-one years he will h free, and sars he is about twentv vears old at this time. Said boy is a dark mulatto color, bu-hy head of hair, stout hnilt. full face, about five and a half feet high, and bad on when taken up a brown homespun sack coat, pantaloons of kersey nearly the same color, a goou neavy pair oi suoes and no socks, and a drab Lit hat. The owner is requested to come forward, prove his property and ay charges, or he will be dealt with according to law. JAMES II. HALL, Jailor. Apr il 2, 1 862. . 41r-m. Wanted to Hire. FIFTEEN INTELLIGENT NiRSES FOR THE North Carolina General "Military Hospital at Raleigh. Middle aged men preferred. Also two washer-women. Apply to BURKE HAYWOOD, Surgeon. 43 tf j. April9.1S62 QeABTEBMASFEB'S OfTfCE, Goldeboro'. June 14 tb, 1862. J Farmers and others having WOOL for sale, are hereby notified that the Quartermaster's Department i desirous of purchasing Wool in any quantities and requested to notify me at this place at what prices and m what quanti ties thev can deliver the article. On the receipt of such notification, the place of delivery will be indicated.--Those having the article for sale are earnestly solicited to give this advertisement their attention, as the Place of delivervwill be made convenient and a liberal price will be paid. Thia advertisement is intended to apply only to Jane 18 w4w - Major and Q. M., C S. A. . TERMS FOR ADVERTISIfftfi One square first laertion,; $1.00 Ech MUeqiwntiniecUon, 25 (Fourteen lines or nader make qoare.) Contracts will be entered into n-ith yearly, hklf-ytarlj and quarterly advertisers, at a reduction from the abeve rates. - ' No deduction from the regular rates for advertisement inserted in the Weekly Edition. AU advertisements receive one insertion in the TTee j. Oxford Schools. TnJ sBb!SrlbeJr ! prepared to furnlsli wltk i- a comfortabre accommodations Students at tending the Masonic Uigh School and the Female Schools ef tUS town ; abO anr DCrSOnS wiahinir tn hnarrf in A hoalthv section, and enjoy jrood society. . aciius irum i4.ou to per month. - . r . , , . R. D. HART. February 5th, 1862. 15 tf NOTICE; ( Methodist Prot Female College Jamk8towk, GeitroRD Co.. N. C. TUKaFI?hTH ESSI9TOLl 0PK!f JULT4.1SC1, under the charge of O. W. Hxaa, AM This Institution has the advantage of a jiealthv lscation, large and (comfortable buildings, aud extensive phiiosophi- - - Ti . , I us, AC , Ihe rresident and famiU -ok v.i..!l.v. -r k- iff?.7! I6 "h? Collcfre aad eak ftt the me tables with the. btudents. Tuition $15 per session; Music on the Piano ? -J ?v $ k; recuin. Vintinfi: 7 M5 Embroidery $7 W. v. K ' ncul Ptinf. Drawing, Hair flowers, NV ax Flowers, Feather, Flowers, Wax FrufC each $o; Y. cal Music $1 contingent expenses $1; Boarding $7 50 per month, including washing and fires, half in advance. For further lnlormation address , .; June 26 3.-W. riEOE, Pr trident. . i - tf. CHARLOTTE FEMALE INSTITUTE- - TUB exercises of this Institute will be re sumed on the 1st day ol September, finder the di rection of Mr. and Mrs. Burwcll, aided by competent teafchers in all the branches. Tho scholastic year will bo divided into two scions, one of sixteen and the other or twenty-feur weeks, with a vacation of threo weeks a. Christmas. For circulars, containing full partieuUrs as to terms, address Rev. H. BlltWELL, w '. July 12-C8-3t Cbatlotte; X. C. ; Edgeworth Female Seminary, GREENSBORO, N.C. I AVUL resume the exereisM of my School on Mondat, August 4th. In consequence of the increased expense of living, Board will be one hundred dollacs per session. Other charges the same as heretofore. . . ' RICHARD STERLING, Principal.' 66 Cwpd June 2. Bethel Academy. ,yrmK fifth session of this School, under the care of Rev. T. J. Horner, will ho nnonorf thn mmnH Monlay in July. The Principal will strive to make tho rough scholars, and to train bis pupils to steady and indus trious habits ; and an experience of sixteen years in teach ing and governing a school, justifies the expectation tha he will be successful in his efforts. ; Tho course of studies is designed to prepare young men for College, and ahso to fit those who mar not expect or desire to obtain the benefits of a full eollecriatu cnaru. for respectable stations in life, by instruction in tho ordinary branches 'of -.a sound English education. 1 he price of board in tho family of the Principal and tuition is.eighty dollars per session. Applications for admission should be made iu advance, l or particulars address the Principal at Bethel Hill, -Persou count v, N. C. , Elder J. E. kOXTAGUE, 1 J. F. XEAL, ' D. A. HARRIS. Trustees. W. II. LAWSOV. R. D. BUMPASS, J June 2Htli, 1SC2. ; : , Gji-4t. WaiTciiton Female Collcg. Institute WILL BEGLV ITS TWESTY-SECOXfi TEAR THE 10th of July, at 'the. same' rates as uual, and as well pre- ' pared to gtve instruction to young Ladies. This place is very uc-auny, ana none is more secure from invtcion. ' Please send for Circulars for further information. June IB :t JULIUS WILCOX, Principal. MASONIC HIGH SCHOOL MATHEMATICAL AND CLASSICAL. OXFORD, N. C. THE FALL SESSION WILL OPEN OX THE 1ST MONDAY in July. Foiparticulars in regard to board and tuition address IHOMAB C. TULEY, rrliicipal. June 18. - . 61 wlOt. Hillsboro Military Academy, Ilillsboro, N. C. PHE SECOND SESSION of the Fourth Academic JL vear ot tins Institution will commence on 1st A gn.t, 1862. . For circulars or information applv to ! Maj. WM. M. GORDON, Sup. June 13. 01 'Jin.- SADDLE TREES- I ;? SADDLE TREES - " SADDLE TKEES Or all descriptions and styles can be made on reasonable terms, at eliortest notice. f- Twenty hands wanted white or colored. Conscript not apply. T.IEIM A FRAPS' Factory, Raleigh, N. C. July 2. C6 tf. LOST! LOST!! LOST!!! WHILE ON MY WAY FROM. G0LDSR0R0 TO Raleigh, on the -21st of Mav last past, one lory Hack Enameled Bar, marked J. L. Brown ,N. C. It was not put out at Raleigh, as it should have been, but carried up to the Company Shops or Charlotte, or some other place on the road. The finder will send it to the Yarborough ! House, in Raleigh, and leave it in charge of the Clerk, - . and write me at this place, and also at Tai boro, N. C, J and I will getone or the other of tho letters; if to Tar boro, mark to the care of B. M. Selby, of that place. The finder will be liberally rewarded for -his trouble. x f . JNO. X. BROWN. May IL ' ' .. ' FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD RANAWAY FROM THE ODEE SIGNED, OX the 8th instant, his NEGRO BO 18 years of age, yellow complexioned. about 5 feet 6 inches high. His left thumb is larger than the other, and has a very small nsil on it. His teeth are slightly affected with the acurrr. The above reward will be given for his confinement In orison so that I can recover him. Ho is supposed to be in Raleigh or the vicinity. i June 18 - it. " - HARRISON, Raleteh, JT. C. Partizan Rangers. HAVING RECEIVED AUTHORITY FROM THE Secretary of War to raise a mounted company of PARTIZAN RANGERS, I invite to my standard all who wi.h to enter actively into the- service of their country. The company will operate rn North Carolina, The men receive the same bountv, pay, clothing, ration and quar ters as other soldiers. U Thy will lurnuh their own arms : and equipments aDd horses ; but the Government par them for the use of these, and their value if destroyed in tbo V i The Lieutenants will bclected. Conscripts can join this company bef.tre thev are emo'ded, but not afterwards. Address me at PitUboro', N. June 25. . -wWl v OFF1CK N. C. R. H. CO. Company Shops, July '41, DIVIDEND. No:; PER CENT. OX TnE J cipiul Stock of this Company rs been this df ri Tl'-Li. .fti.r the first dav of August rJ,::.::oTth. proper certifica esof olv on the produftioii of the proper ceruuca es vi The transfer book will be chwed from thi date to r of pavmeil JOHN II. BRYAN, Ja, Sec y. htock. the dav i July 5. TliriiwiiTARTKIts 7X11 llrXJ.. C. S. I R0O1U, ...- , ' (Jjimp, near Ilicliiiioiid, J u:ie 4tli, 18C2. S.-iti.l Order, ) " ' More than two hundred enlL-ted men, belonging to tbi at this time absent without PJ' difl'erent portions of North Carolma. AU such i repot t tbemselveVat these Head.arter. m thlT A names will be published as deserters, and themselves be treated assucb. jjr order of Col. CAMPBELL, Commanding 7th W"JhHiS Lie ut. nant and AdjuUnt 7th Kepujcn-. Iredell Ex,res, Wilmington Democrat copy four times and forward accounts to Quarter master f thi Regiment. . , w6t. june 13. - , . - '. ' THE UNDERSIGNED DA 1 1X0 XT THE PRE lent term of Wake County Court, qualified M Execu tors of the estate of Johu B. Johns, deceased, hereby give notice to all the debtor of the estate f the deceased to pav up ; and to all the creditors, to present their claims within the time preset ibed by law. . - Kj. d. joiias, - C.T. JOHN'S, . ; . : ' -fcxrrutors. Mav 19th, 186. T, ' ww-5' J4'--' V '
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