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jOIIf Editor and Proprietor.
AND PRINTER TO THE STATE.
WM. ROBINSON, Assistant Editor.
TERMS: .v
SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION, per annum..
WEEKLY EDITION, " "
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? Tho Southern Republic.
The Permanent Constitidion of the Confederate Slate
j" - of America. "
We, the people of the Confedepate States, each State
actinr in its sovereign and independent character, in
ordcrto form a permanent federal government, estab
lish jttstice, insure domestic tranquility, and secure the
jblessings of liberty to ourselves and out posterity in
voking the, favor and guidance of Almighty God do
ordain and establish this Corustitntiou for the ConftJe
rate States of America. . , i -
Auticj-e I. Section 1.
All legislative powers herein delegated shall be
vested in a Congress of the Confederate States,
which shall consist of a Senate and House of Rep
resentatives Section 2.
1. The House of Representatives gfcaU be composed
of members chosen every second year by the people of
the several States; and the electors in each State shall
be citizens of the Confederate States, and have the qual
ifications requisite for electors of the most numerous
branch of the State Legislature; but no person of
foreign birth not a citizen of the Confederate States
shalfbc allowed to vote for any officers, civil or politi
cal, State or Federal. .
j 2. No person shall be a representative who shall not
have attained the age of twenty-five years, and be a
citizen of the Confederate States,- and who shal not,
when elected, be an inhabitant that State in which
he shall be chosen. ,
3. Representatives and direct taxes shall be appor
tioned among the several States which may be included
withi this Confederacy according to their respective
numlers, which 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-fifthsl of all slaves. The actual enu
meration shall be made within three years after the
first meeting of the Congress of theXonfederate States,
and within'everj subsequent term of ten years, in such
manner as they shall, by law, direct: The number of
representatives shall not exceed one lor 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
six the Slate of Georgia ten, the State of Alabama
iiin'e, the State of Florida two, the State of Mississippi
seven, the Suvte of Louisiana six, and the State of
Texas six. . .
4. When vacancies happen in the representation
from any State, the Executive authority thereof shall
igtfiic writs of election to fill such vacancies.
5. 'i he House of Representatives shall choose their
Sneaker and other ttlicers, and shall have the sole
power of ihipcvhnicnt; except that any judicial or
.other federal uffivA-r resident ami acting solely within
the limits of any State, may he impeached by a vote
of two-thirds cT botli branches of the Legislature
thereof. ! .. .
; . Section 3.
1. The Senate of the Confederate States shall be
composed of tvo Senators from each State, -chosen for
six years by the legislature thereof, at the regular
' "scission nV,xt immediately -preceding the commence-' .
. went f thVterni of' service; and each Senator shall
have one vote. A 'i .
2. Immediately after Jhcy shall be -assembled, m
consequence ot Hie nrt election, tney snau ue uiviucti
j as equally as mav be into trec classes, The scats of
the Senators of the first class shall be vacated at thev
.expiration of-4he second year ; of Uie K-eqnd class at
tH5 expiration of the .fourth year;' and of the third
. class at the expiration of the sixth year; so that one-
"; third mav be choscu every second year ; and if vacan
cies happen by reaignation.r otherwise during the re
cess of the 'Legislature of any State, the Executive
thereof mav rnak temporary appointments until die
- jiext niicting of the Legislature, which shall .then till
isiwh vacat-cis. 4 ' -,''
; G. No person shall be a Senator :ho slutd uot have
attained the age of thirty years, and be a citizen of the
CV-n federate States, and who shall not, when elected,
he an inhabitant of the State fur which he shall -be
"chesen. ' . i ,
4. The Vice President of the Confederate States shall h
bo President of the Senate, but shall have "no vote, un
less thev be equally divided. : .
5. The Senate shall choose their other officers, ami
- also' a President fro tempore iu the absence of the Vice
President, or when he shall exercise the office of Presi
dent of the Confederate States.
G. The Senate shall have the sole power to try all
impeachments. When sitting for that purpose,-they
shall be on oath or affirmation. When the Pre: ida.it
of the Confederate States is-trial, the Chief Justice
shall preside ; and no person shall be convicted with
out, the concurrence of two-thirds of the members.
present. '' ,
7. J udgment in cases of impeachment shall not ex
tend further than to removals rom office, and disqual
ification to hold and enjoy airy office of honor, trust or
profit, under the Confederate States ; but th party cmi
' weted shall, (nevertheless, be liable and subject to in
dictment, trial, judgment auxl punishment, according
to law. .
. f Section 4.
1. The times, .piaccs and manner of .holding elec
tiAns for Senators and Representatives shall be pre
scribed in each State by the Legislature thereof, sub-
v j ect to the provisions of this Constitution ; but the Con
gress may, at any time, by law make or alter such
. regulations, except as to the times and places of chcx
! nig Senators..
2. The Congress shall assemble at least oaee in every
' vear ; and such meeting shall be on the first Monday in
December, unless they shall, by law, appoint a different
day. . ,
Section 5.
1 Vn.-lv TT.-.11 o shall be the iudre of the elections.
returns and qualifications of its own members, aud a j
majtrity of each shall constitute a quorum iouo ousi
nese; but a smaller jiumber may adjourn from day to
Jay and may be' authorized to compel the attendance
of absent memU'i-s, in such manner aud under, such
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penalties as each House may provide.
fv-nel a -rtft'inber.
3. Lath; Hoivse shall keep a journal of its pn
iciings, and fronUime to time publish the same, ex
cepting such parts as may in their judgment require
suery,- and the" yeas and nays of the 'members of
either'tlouse, on ay question, shall, at the- desire of
twe-fifth of those present, be cnteretlon thc ?iirnal.
4. " Neither House, during the session of Congress,
shall, wnhout the consent of the other, adjourn for
niorc'than three days, nor to any other place than that
n which the two Houses shall be sitting. : v
y. . ' ' Section G. ." ..!. j '
1. Hie Senators and Representatives shaU receive
a compensation for their services, to be setrfained by
aw, and paid out of the treasury of-the Confederate
States. They shalV, in all cases, except treas, n, felony
nd breach of the peace be privileged from arrest during
their attendance at the session '.of their respective
Houses, aud fn going io and returning from the same ;
and for any speech or debate in cither House they shall
not be questioned in tiny other place. ; '
2. No Senator or Representative shall, during .the
time for which he was elected,, be appointed to any
civil office under the authority of the .Confederate
States, which shall have beeui.crcated, or the emolu
ments' whereof shall' have becji increased during such
time; and no. person bottling ly office under the Con
federate. States shall be a member of either House du-
during bis continuance in office. But Congress may,
by law, grant to thejrincipal oficer iu each of the Lx
eeutiTe Departments a seat upon the fioor of either
House, with the privilege of discussing any measures
appertaning-A -hi department. "
J ; Section!.
1. All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the
Houae of Representatives; butthe Senate may projoso
he. oncur ath amendments at inn other bills. . -loa
Every bill which have iasi"ed both House st2 1,
Vfore it l)comcs a law, be prrfentcJ to the. , . "
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2. Each House may ueuriiiuiu-iue mm 01 ns juu- j
'eeriings, punish its members for, disorderly behavior, j
ml with the concurrence of tw thirds oL the whole !
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0l. II. '. ' . .. " ',-..- S
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President of the Confederate States ; If he approve, he
shsdl 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 agi-oe'
toass the bill, it shall be sent, together with tho 00
jetions, to the other House, by which it shall likewise ,
be reconsidered and if approved by two-thirds of that
House it shall become" law. But in all Eseh cases the
votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeaa and
nays, and the names of the persons voting for and
against the bill shall be entered on the journal of each
House respectively. If any bill shall not be returned
by the President within ten days (Sundays excepted)
after it shall have (been presented to him, the same
shall be a law, in like manner as if he had sigaed it,
unless the Congress, by their adjournment, prevent its
return ; vuwhicb 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.
3. Every order, resolution or vote, to which the con
currence of both Houses may be necessary (except on
a question of adjournment) shall be presented to the
President of the Confederate States ; and before the
same shall take effect, shall be approved by him; or
being disapproved by him, may be repassed by two
thirds of both Houses, according to the rules and limi
tations prescribed in case of a bill.
Sections.
The Congress shall have power i
1. To lay and collect taxes, duties, imposes 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 and excises shall be uniform thoroughout the.
Confederate States. J '
2. To borrow money on the credit of th- 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 Congress to appropriate money for any
internal improvement intended to facilitate commerce,
except for the purpose of furnishing lights, beacons and
buoys, and other aids to navigation upon the coasts,
and the improvement of harbors. and th removing of
obstructions in river navigation, in all 'which cases
such duties shall be laid on the navigation, facilitated
there! iy as maybe 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 Congreshall
discharge any delt contracted before the passage of
the same. ' v .
5. To coin money, regulate the value thereof and of
foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and mea
sures. .'"....'
G. To provide for the punishment of counterfeit
ing the securities and current coin of the Confederate
States.
7. To establish post offices and post routes ; but the
expenses of the Post office Department, after the first
'day "of M u ch in the year of our lord eighteen hundred
and sixty-three, shall be paid out of its own reve
nues. 8. To promote the progress of science and useful
arts, by securing for limited times to authors and in
ventors the exclusive right to their regjwetive writings
and discoveries.
9. To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme'
Court. .- '
10. To define and-punish. piracies and felonies com
mitted on the high seas, and offences against the law
of nations. ' .
11. To declare war, grant letters of marque and re
prisal, and make rules concer,ning captures on land
and water.
12. To raise and support armies; but no appropria
tion .of money to that, uso shall, bo for a longer term
than two years.
13. To provide and maintain a navy.
1-1., To make rules for; government and regulation
of the land and naval forces.
15.' Tq -provide, for calling forth the militia to exe
cute the laws of the Confederate States, suppress in
surrections and repel invasion: ,
1G. To provide for organizing, arming and discip
lining the militia, and for governing such part of them
as may die employed in the serviceof the Confederate
States; reserving to the States, respectively, the ap
pointment of the oftiesrs 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 Sfeites" and
the acceptance of Congress, become the seift 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
vards 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 vr officer thereof.
Section 9.
1. The importation of negroes of the African race
from any forefgn country other thaD the slaveholding
States, or Territories of the United States of America,
is hereby forbidden ; aud 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. .
?.. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall
not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or
invasion the public safety may require it.
4. No 'bill of aftamer, or ex. post facto law, or law
denying en- impairing the right f property in negro
slaves shall be passtd. -'
5. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid
unless in proportion to the census or enumeration licrc
iu before -directed to be taken. '
' G. No tax or duty shall -le hud on articles exported
fr. an any State, except by a vote of two-thirds of
both houses. . . ; -
7. No preferences shall be given by auy regulation
of commerce or revenue to the ports of one State over
hose of another. '
8. No money shall be drawn from the treasury, btt
in consequence of appropriations made by law ; and a
regular -statement and account of the receipts and ex
penditures of all public money shall be published from
time to time. -
0. Congress shall appropriate no money from toe
treasury except by a vote of two-thirds of both houses,
taken yeas and nays, unless it le stsked and esti
mated for by some one of the' heads of department, and
submitted to Congress by the President; or for the
purpose of paying its own expenses and contingencies ;
or for the payment of claims against the Confederate
Sta tes, 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 ,U made; and
Cougrcs8 shall grant no exti- jorapensation to any
public ooutractor, officer, agent or scrvaut, after such
contract shall have heen made or such service rendered
1 1 . No title of nobility shall be ged rantby" the ton
federate States ; and no person holding any office of
profit or trust tinder them, shalLwitha out the ccicot
fo the Congress, accept of any. neresent emluments
office or' title of jmy kind what prv from aoy kiug,'
ty ' cfoor ctlign State.-; ' . '' -."'.-'.. 'VV'
RALEIGH N. C, SATURDAY, JULY 26. 1862.
12. Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting hc 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
. 13. A well regulated militia being necessary to the
security of a free State, the right l the people to keep
j and bear stfms 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 mauner 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 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 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 ? Ate and district wherein the crime
shall have been committed, which district shalL
have been prev .sly ascertained by law& and to be
informed of the jature aud'eausg 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 tried
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 criel and unusual punishments
inflicted.
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 L
a tender in payment ol debts ; pass any bill ot attain
der, or ex post facto law, or lawfimpairing 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 ; aud the nett produce of
all duties and imposts, laid hy any State on imports
or exports, shall be for the use of, the treasury of the
Confederate States ; anall 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 aud hilrbors naviga
ted by the said vessels ; but such duties shall not coix
llictwith any treaties of the Confederate States with
foreign nations ; and any surplus of revenue thus de
rived shall, after making such improvement, be paid
into the common treasury ; nor shall any State keep
troops or ships of war, in time of peace, enter into any
agreement or compact with another State, or with a
foreign power, Or engage in 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- Slates, tluy may enter into compacts
with each other to improve the navigation thereof.
Article II. Section .V.
1. The executive powpr shall be vested iu a Presi
dent of the Confederate States of America. lie and
'the Vice President shall hold their offices for the terijn
of six years ; but the President shall not be re-eligible.
'The President jnd 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-Representatives
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 Conleder
ate States, shall be appointed an elector.
3. The .electors shall meet in their respective States
1H
- and vote by baHot, for President and Vice President,
one of whom, at least, shall not bo an 'inhabitant of
the -same State with themselves ; they ' shall name in
their ballots the person voted for as President, and in
distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice President,
and they shall mr.ke distinct lists of all persons voted
for.as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice
President, and of the number of votes for each, which
list they sdiall 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 presence of the Senate and Hous
of Representatives, open all the certificates, and th
votes shall then be counted; the person having th
greatest number of votes for President shall be th
President, if such number be 5 'majority of the whole
number of electors appointed , and if no person have
; such majority, then, from the persona having the high
est numbers, not exceeding three, on the !ikt of those
voted for as President, the House of Representatives
shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President.
But in choosing the President the votes shall be taken
by States, the representation from each-State having one
vcic; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a
member or members from two-thirds of the States, and
a majority of all the States shall be necessary to a
choice. And if the House of Representatives shall" not
choose a President, whenever the right of choice " shall
devolve upon them, before the 4th day of March next
following, then the Vice President shall act as Presi
dent, as iu case of the death or other constitutional
disability of the President.
4. The person having the greatest number of votes
as Vice President shall he the Vice Presdent, if such
'number be a majority of the'-whole number of electors
appointed ; and if no person have a majority, then from
the two highest numbers on the list the Senate shall
chixise the Vice President; a quorum for the purpose
shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Sen-
, a tors, and a majority of the whole number shall be ne-
' cessarjT to a choice.
5. But no - person constitutionally' ineligible to the
office of President fchall le eligible to that of Vice Pres- j
uleut of the Confederate States.
G The Congress may determine the time of choosing
the electors and the day on which they shall give their
votes, which day shall be-'the same throughout the
Confederate States. ' "
7. No person except a natural born citizen of the
Confederate States, or a citizen thereof' at the time of
the adoption of this constitution, or a citizen thereof
lioru in the United States prior tn the 20th ol Decem
ber, 1860, shall be, eligible to the office of President;
neither shall auy person ha eligible to that office who
shall not have attain d the aire of thirty-five years,
and been fourteen years a resident within the limits of
the Cnfedcrate States, as may exist at the time of his
election.
8. In 'case of the removal of the President from
office, or of his death, rcsigna: m, or inability to dis
charge the powers and duties .1 the aaid office, the
same shall devolve on the Vice President ; and trie
Congress may, , by law, provide for the case of re
moval, death, resignation, pr inability both of the Pre-
ident and Vice President, declaring, what officer shall
? then act as President, and, such officer shall act accord
ingly nutil the disability be Removed or a Presideut
' shall bu elected. v- , .
, ,9 .The President shall, at stated times, receive tor
his services a compensation, which shall neither be in
creased nor "diminished during the period for which he
shall have been elected : and he shall not receive with
n that period any other emolument from the Confed
erate States, or any of them.
10. Before he enters on the execution of his office,
he shall take the following oath or affirmation
"Id 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 comrnander-in-chief of
the army and navy of the Confederate States, and of
the militia of the several States, wheu 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, pro
vided two-thirds of the Senators present concur ; and
he shall nominate, and by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, shall appoint ambassadors
other public ministers and consuls, judges of the Su- "
preme Court, and all other officers of the" Confederate
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, h 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 which shall expire at the
end of their next session ; hut 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 to
the Congress information of the state of the Confed
eracy, and recommend to their consideration such
measures as he shall judge necccsary and expedient ;
he may, on extraordinary occasions, convene both'
houses, or either of them ; and in case of disagree-,
ment between them, with respect to the time of ad
journment, he may adjourn them to such time as he
shall think proper ; he shall receive Ambassadors and
other public ..ministers; he shall take care that the
laws he fajthfully executed, and shall commission all
the officers of the Confederate .States. .
. Section 4.
lr 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 misdeanors
article in. Section 1.
1. The judicial power of the Confederate States
shall he 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, aud shall, at stated times, receive
for their services a compensation, which sha!Lf not be
diminished during 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 he
made under their -authority ; to all cases affecting am
bassadors, other public ministers and consuls ; to all
cafs 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
tho citizens thereof and foreign States, citizens or
subjects; but no State shajl be sued by a citizen or
subject of any foreign State.
2. In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public
ministers and consuls and those in which a State
shall be a party, the Supreme Court. shall have origi
nal jurisdiction. In ad the other cases before men-,
tioned the Supreme Court ehall hve appellate jnris
dictiofl, both as to law and tact, with such exceptions
-aaid 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 bo
held in the State wheru the said crimes shall have
been committed ; but when not committed within any
State, the trial shall be at such place or places as the
Congress may by law have .directed.
Section 3.
1. Treason against the Confederate States shall con-,
sist only in lcvung war against them, or in adhering
to tLTeir 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 aft, 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 shall be given in- each
State to the public acts, records and judicial proceed
ings of every other State. And the Congress may,
by general laws, prescribe the manner in wlchsuch.
acts, records and proceedings sliall be pi "ved and the
effect thereof. , . r .
Section 2. -' ....
1. The citizens of each State shall be entitled to all
the privileges and immunities of citizeusijn the sever
al States, and shall havo the right of transit and so
journ in any State of this J"Jonfederacy, with their
slaves and other property: and the right of property
in said slaves shall uot b-J 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'bc found iu 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 person 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, be discharged from such service or la
bor, but shall.be delivered up on claim of the party
to whom such slaves belong, or to whom such service
or labor may be due.
. . Section 3. ' ' :
1. Other State may be admitted into this Confed
eracy by a vote.of two-thirds of, the whole-House of
Reprcscntatives and two-thirds of the Senate, the
Senate votiug by States ; but no new State shall be
formed or erected within the jurisdiction of auy other
State ; nor any State le 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
,uf the Congress. - .
: 2. The Congress shall have power to dipuse of and
make all needful rules ami regulations concerning the
property of the .Confederate States, including the
' anda thereof. r ; , . . .. . r , v
3: The Confederate States may acquire new territo
ryand Congress shall have power to legislate and
provido governments for the inhabitants of all terri
tory belonging to the Confederate States lying with
out the bruits of ., the several States, . and may.- permit
them, at such times and in such manner as it may by
law provide ,' to form the States to be admitted into
the confederacy. In all such territory tne .institution
of negro slavery as it now exists in the Confederate
States shall be recognized and protected by Congress
and by the territorial government and the inhabitant!
of the several Confedera? ' Sfates'and Territories sha
ST ?1 ,T?htuto ta-ke Snch tnit0T d slavsew i
S L nd fetbem olD of ihe Sta, or TerrsarU
of the Confederate States.
y00 States shall guarantee' to every
of t?u p r'T 15 r tereiter may become a mejnber
11 RelMfc fonn of government,
and shall protect each of them against invasion ;-and
wheS-f6 of the Executive
ttc volen 18 DOt 'm 8eion):.aSnst domes-
. article v. Section L
.1. Upon the demand of any three States lecallv
BHed in their several conditions, thTcorfgrS
shall summon a Convention of all the States, to take
into consideration such amendments to tho constitu
tion as the said States shall concur in suggesting at
the tune when the said demand is made, and should
any or the proposed amendments to tho constitution
be agreed on by the said convention voting by
5tate8--and the same be ratified by the Legislatures
of two-thirds of the several States, or by conventions
m two-thirds thereof as the one or the other mode of
ratification may bo proposed by th general conven
tion they shall henceforward form a part of this
.Constitution. But no States shall, without iu con
sent, be deprived of its equaf representation in the
Senate.
. ARTICLE VI.
1. The Government 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 ftmaia 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 he
as valid -against the Confederate States under this
c institution as under the provisional government.
3. This constitution, and the laws of the Confeder
ate States, made in persuance thereof, and all trea
ties made, or which shall lie made under the authori
ty of the Confederate States, shall le 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 tho contrary i.otwithstanding.
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
Con federate States.
5. The enumeration, in the constitution,' of certain
rights, sliall not be construed to deny-or disparage
others retained by the people of the several States.
6. ' The powers not delegated to the-Confederate
States by he constitution, nor prohibited hv it to the
States are reserved to the States, respective! v, or to
the people thereof. " j
ARTIClX vn. I
, 1. Tlfe .-ratification of the Conventions of live 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 Gmgress
under provisional constitution' shall. prescribe the time
for holding the election of President and Vice Presi
dent: and fur the meeting of the Electoral College;
and for counting the votes and inaugurating the Presi
dent. They shall also prescribe the lime for holding
the first election of members of C ogress 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, hot ex
tending beyond the time limited by the constitution
of the provisional gn ernment.
"Adopted unanimously, March' II, 1861. .. .'
BU. 3I00SE,
ATTORNEY AT LA TV,
' SALISBCKT, N. C,
Will practice in the Courts of Rowan and adjoining coun
ties. Collections promptly made.
.Ian. G 1SCI. s 17 It
rpiRXIP SEED.
J TURXIP SEED.
Large Flat Dutch Turnip Seed,
Red Top Turnip,
Large X 01 folk.
Large Mammoth"(from this county,)-' .
And other kinds of Turnip srfd,
For sale at PESCUD'S Drug Store.
August 19 ... . 76 tf..
A FIXE LOT OF SrOXfiE.
:
1. alad Oil.
Baker's 'Bitten, ' - ';
Black Tea, '
i English Mustard, ".
A large stock of Fancv Soap,
Received at " P. F. PESCL'D'S,
Drug Store.-
aug 1!). - ' ( 76- tf.'
Oar Own Primary Grammar.
JUST PUBDISHED JT
STERLING & CAMPELL,
- Gheensbouo' N. C. 4
72 pages, 12 mo., .25 cents per copy.
For sale by them and. all booksellers.
Teachers and School officer desiring copies for ex it ruina
tion will receive them on remitting 15 cents to the author.
C. W. SMYTIIE,
Lexington, N. C.
dec. 11, 861 5 tf.
Cracker Bakery.
THE snbscribcrs having built a large HARD
BREAD and CRACKER BAKERY, and fitted it up
with the most improved machinery, arc now prepared to
fnrnish the citizens of Raleigh, and the State, with fresh
Crackers, andof die best quality, Mich as
Soda Crackers, .
llitltcr Crac&ers,
Water Crackers.
'- , Sugar Crackers, etc., etc."
We are alio prepared to furnish the Army and Nary
with - '
Navy Bread, ,
Pilot Bn a1,
Wine Biscuit, .
etc., etc., etc.,
at the lowest market raU;s. Ca"h ordr spcurclr packed
and promptly by JAS. SIMl'riON &. SCX.
Wanted.-Empty FUair Barrels in good condition, for
which we will pay 23 cents each.
JAS. SIMPSON 4 SON.
nov. 30, 1861.
NOTICE.
TAKEX IT and COMMITTED to JAIL 1X K0CK
ingham county, on the .27th day of January laC,
negro roan who calts his name Frank and says be belongs
to James Pearce of Chatham county; says a was bound
to said Pearce, and at the age of twenty -one years he will
bo free, and says he is abont twenty yrars old at this time.
Said bov is a dark mulatto color, bu-hy head of hair, stout
built, full face, about five 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 socks, and a drab felt hat. The owner ia requested
to come forwird, prove his property apd pay charges; or
he will be dealt with according to law.
JAMES II. HALL, Jailor.
April 2, 1RC2. 41-fim.
Wanted to Hire.
17IFTEEX IXTELLrCEXT MRSES FOR THE
J North-Carolina General Military Hospital at Raleigh.
.Middle aged men preferred. M two washer-women.
Apply to
, , ' E. BURKE HAYWOOD, Surgeon.
' 'April 9, 16C2- 3 tf
i '.. Qonra -.'haskek's OrricR, .
' GoIdbo:o', June Mill, 152. J
Farmers and others having WOOL for eale, are hereby
.'Ms a . a x. - i ... - In. rtin.nt fiditl'rniii
DOUneu mat io nyrrurKroi ..,- .f
of purchasing Wool io-v quantities, and requested to
notify me at this place at. what prices and in what quanti
ties they can deliver the article. . On the receipt of such
notification, the place of delivery trill be indicated.
Those having the article fo sale arc earnestly solicited to
give this adverttomeBt their attention, as the placf
delivery will be mafe convenient and a liberal nrice will
be paid. This advertwement is intended t apply only to
those residing, within the limits of the Stat of ottn
Carolina. JOHN' W. CAMERQX. .- r
r June wiw -' Mnr'and l U . A.
T EES18 FOR A D V B RT 1 S III U,
One square, first Bwrtloa......r;,....;i..l...1.00
Eub nbacqacnt insertion,. v.i....... 25
.V (,onr,te-n lines or ader wkf square. )
Contracts will be entered into with jctrij, half-yearly
I and quarterly adrertisers, t a reduction from lh ilwtt
rates."" - ' - - ; ' '. - - . " .
Xo deduction from the reirular rates for adrerUintt
inserted la the Weeklj Edition. - . - , '
All adrertisements receive one Insertion in thelfeety.
. Oxford Schools , 1
THJ slbsibfr Is prepared to fontiih with
Doard and comforuble accommodations Students at
tending the Mmsonic High School and the Female School ef '
the town ; also any persons wishing to board, in a health v I
section, and enjov good society.
Terms from $12.50 to $15, per month.
. - R. D. nlRT.
Febrnary Sth. 1662. .. .. ... ?5 tf
NOTICED 1
Methodist Prot. Female College,
Jamkstowx, Gnou Co., N, C.
TUE FIFTH SESSION WILL OPEN JI LT 4 .1S0f.
.1,ntd".th ge of O. W. Hiss. A. M.
This Institution has the advantage of. a healthy I ctiou,
"d ctHnforUble buildings, and extensive phiiosophi
cal and chemical apparatus, Ac -. ' : ..... ',
. The rrwident and family, with the other members of tba
acuity h ve m the College and eat at the same tables with
the Student. Tuition $fs per session; Music on the Piano ,
or Guitar $20; Grecian Painting $7 50; Embroidery $7 W.
w 'Jt nnch' T(,)ncnUl I'aintiBg, Drawing, Hair Flowers,
ax I lowers, Feather ITowers, Wax Fruit, each $5; V
cal Music 51; contingent expenses $1; Boarding $7 60 per
month, including washing and fires, hair In advance. For
further miormation address
. B G. W. IIEOF, Prtiidtnt.
June 28 .. .
chaSlWeTem.u.e institute-
IiHE exercises br this Institute will be re
sumed oa the 1st day of Sentember, under the dU
rection of Mr. and Mrs. BurwcllV aided by competent
teachers in all the branches. Tho scholastic year will be
divided into two sessions, one of sixteen and the other of
twenty-four weeko', with a vacation of three weeks at
Christmas. For circulars, containing full rarticuUrs as to
terras, address HeV. K. BUKWELL,
July 13-63-3t Chailotte, N. C.
EdgeworthTeraalc Seminarr,
GREENSBORO', N. C.
I WILL resume the exercises of ray School on
Monday, August 4tli
In consequence of theincreased expense of living, Board
will be one hundred dollar per session. Other charccs the
same as heretofore.
T ' RICHARD STERLING, Principal.
June 2. - 6R-6wpd .
Bethel Academy.
f pilE FIFTll Session of this School, niider the
X care ot lijv. 1". J. Horner, will be opened the second .
Monday in July. Th Principal will strive to make tho
rough scholars, and to train his pupils to steady and indus
trious habits ; and an experience of sixteeo years In teach
ing and governing a scho4, iuntiflcs tho expectation tha
he will be successful in his effort. '
t'e cou,se f tudies is designed to prepare young men
for TJolIege, and also to fit'tboso who mar not expect or
desire to obtain the benefits of a full collegiate course, for
respectable stations in life, by instruction in the orlinarv
branches of a sound English education.
The price of board in the tamily ol' the Trincipal and
tuition is eighty dollars per session. , . .
Applications for adinUsion should be made In advance.
For particulars, address. the Principal at Bethel II ill,
Person county. X. C. . - . ,
4
Elder -J. E. i.ONTAGUE,
J. P. SEAL,
i). a.-harkis; ' .
' W. II. LAWSON,
It. I). BL'MPASS,
June 2Rth, 1SC2.
Trustees. '.
. 4t.
Warrcnton Fcnralc Collcg. Institute
WILL BEGIN ITS TWENTY-SECOND YEAR THE
10th, of . July, at the came rates as usual, and as well pre- r
pared to give instruction to young Lndhn This place il '
very healthy, and 'none is more secure, from invasion. ; .
Please send for Circulars for further information.
June 18-Ot JEHUS -WILCOX, Principal.
MASONIC HIGH SCHOOL.
MATHEMATICAL AND CLASSICAL.
OXFORD, N. C.
THE FALL SESSION WILL OPEN OX TnE 1ST
MONDAY in July.
For particulars iu regard to board and tuition addre
THOMAS C. TULEY, Principal. .
June 18. - (Jl wlOt.
Hillsboro' Military Academy.
Ilillsboro, N. i
THE SECOND SESSION of the Fourth Academic
jenrra thin Jn.-t itulin .iU iffiuiucmt! DM lot A II-
gust, 1862. .
. For circulars or information hpplv it '"
Maj. WM. it. GORDON, Sup'f. ,
June 13. ' " - f.l 2'.
SADDLE TREKS.
SADDLE TREES.
. SADDLE TREES
Or all d'-scriptiousand styles can be made on reasonable
terms, at shortest notice. '
Twenty hand wanted white or colored. Conscripts
notapplv. TilEIM A FRAP.S' FacUirv,
" Raleigh, V. C.
Jul.v 2. . CA tf.
"LOST ! LOST ! LOST ! U V
WHILE ON MY WAY FfeOM (iOLDSBOUO TO
Raleigh, on the Zlat of May Uht past, one turpt.ittark
Eunmehd Rug, madcl J. L. Ruows .S". C. It was not
put out at Ual'eigh. jt should hare been, but carried up
to the Coinpanv Hhops or Charl"tte,'or some other placv
on the road, the finder will send it to tbe Yarborough
House, in Raleigh, and leave it in charge of the Clerk,
and write uic at this pfice, and also at-Tarlwo, N. C,
and I will cct mic or the other of the letter; if;to Tar
boro, mart to the care of IL M. Selby, of that place.
The tinder will be liberally rewarded for his trouble.
1 JNO S. BUOWN.
Mav 11. ' '. '
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD
RAN A WAY FK0M THE OMEE SIGNED, ON
the 8th infant, his NEURO BOY Ibears of age.
yellow cotuplexioned." about 5 feet C inches high. His left
"thumb is larger than the other, and has a very small nail
on it. His; teeth are slightly affected with the scurvy.
The above reward will be given for hw confinement in
prison so that I can recover him. n IBP! b n
Haleiirb or the vicinitr. , r. o inio.',.
Jnue IS - it
Raleigh. N. C.
Partlzan Rangers. "
HAVING RKCEJYED AlTHOUITf FB0M THE
Secretary of Var to raise a moan ted company of
PARTIZAX RANGfttS, I invite to my standard all who
wish to enter activelV into the servic of their conn try.
The coinpanv will operate in North Carolina. The men
receive the 'same bountv, pay, clothing, rations and quar
ters as other soldiers.' They will 1uibu.Ii their own arms
and equipments and horses i but the Government pars them
for the use of these, aud their value if destroyed, m the
service
The Lieutenants will be elected. (V.nscript can j'in
this company before they are enrolled, but not afterward.
- AddrmeatP;tubu,o',X.C.ios. jL
Jun-25. , -wW
' OFFICE X. C- IL U. iX).
Com pan r Shops, July 2J, I8Q2.' )
DIVIDEND,
A DIVIDEND OF EIGHT FEB CMT. OS T nh
A Capital .Stock of this Ompany ha. been this. i. v-.
declaretf payable, on and after the first day of Aagn-fc
!S t' rml v on the pr.Hleelion i,l "tho prom-r ceniBc.' es
The trsn Jer b.k w, ,11 be .W T
67 lm
July
M tA wciRTKK 7tm Km. N. . 1 100'
Camp,1 nMr Kkhmotnl, Juoo 4tn,
Sj-h i .1 ( )n!cr, , " ' . , . ' -.
More than two hundred enlUted n-r. belonging to this
camo will be published as deserter,, and. themselves do
treated assucb. of Co cxPUE;U ?
- ,: Lieut, nant and Adjutant Tib
. t a ti r om Wilmin"ton Journal and Charlotte
master of this Regiment. ... 7 ' . ,$t.
'.wune 13. -.- . - t .- ; i .
rpflE UNDERSIGNED HA ING AT TIIE PRE-
i. seat term of Wake Cunty Court, qualified as Eser
tors of the estate of John B. Johns, deceased, hereby gitc
notice tu all the debtors tf the esUh? sf the deceawd
pay np ; and to all the creditors, to preuent their Haiiiis
within the time rirescribcd bv latr. 1 ' , -
- , ... : .;t';"- v .' IV F. JOHNS,
" - ' ' - t - .- v- ; .Y.xvruoirtir
' My Utb, 156. . - .. 'J'