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.T" V 1 4 -.-4" A. t 'j-v II I CI) f t ci U J a u r ii a L JOHN SPELMAN, Editor arid Proprietor. AXD PRINTER TO THE STATE. ' ' VT3I. ROBIXSOX, Assistant Editor. ' TERMS: 1 .-.'v. , SEMI-WEEKLY ' EDITION, per iunuin,............. ..$4 WEEKLY EDITION, '' v " v" " 2 Invariably in Advance.) The Southern Kepublic. The Permanent Constitution of tin Confederate Slates of Americai ; . ! Wc the psopleof the Confederate States, each State acting' in its sovereign and indeiwndcnt character, in order to fonn a permanent federal government, cstab Mb iustice, insure domestic tranquility, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity inT 0kinr the! favor arid guidance of Almighty God do ' orjain amlWtablibh this Constitution, for the Confle rate States of America, v . Article I. Section 1. All ' legislative powers rerevri delegated shall be vested in a Congress of the Confederate . States, j which shall consist of a Senateiand House of Eep- reseutatives I .. Section 2. 1 The House of Representatives fhall be composed I of members chosen every secon 1 year by the people of . I the several States; and the electors m each State shall 1 be citizens of the Confederate States and have the qual i ;ua f,w i.1w.trs of the most numerous branch f the State Legislature; but no perwn of "forci'm birth not a citizen of the Confederate States shalfbe allowed to vote for any officers, civil or politi cal, State or Federal. ' . ' 2 No person sliall be a 'representative who shall not have attained the age of twenty-five years, and be a citizen of the Confederate States, and who shall not, : when elected, be an inhabitant of that State m which he shall be chosen. , ' 3 Representatives and direct taxes shall be appor tioned among the several States which may be included within this Confederacy according to' their respective numters, whuh shall be determined by adding to the whole number of free persons, including those bound to service for a terhi of years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three-fifths of all slaves. The actual enu meration shall be made within three years after the tin meeting of the Congress of tlie Confederate States, and within every subsequent term of ten years, in sucH manner as they shall, -by law, direct. The number of nVescutativw shall not exceed one for every fifty thousand, but each State shall- have at least one representative;-and -until such enumeration shall be made the StateUof South Carolina' shall be entitled to choose bix the State of Georgia ten, the State of Alabama .-..'j ,v i nf Florida two. the State of Mississippi seven, the Sfcvte of. Louisiana six, and the State of Texas six. . - 4 When vacancies happen in the representation 'from any State, the Executive authority thereof shall kue writs of election to fill such vacancies. 5 ''le IIou.se of 'Representatives shall choose their Src'iktr '-and other officers, and shall have the sole power of impeachment, except that any judicial or , other federal officer resident ami acting solely within the limits of any State, may be impeach! by a vote of two-thirds of both branches ot the Legislature thereof. . ' - Section U ' 1 The Senate of tho Confederate States shall be conipoml of two Senators from each State, chosen for six years bv the Legislature thereof, at the. regular KfSMou -next immediately' preceding the commence ment of the term of service; . and each Senator shall have one vote. . " Immediately after they shall be assembled, m consequence t.f the first election, they shall be divided ' as equally as may be into three classes. The seats of the Senators of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of the second year; of the second class at the expiration of the fourth year; and of the third class at the expiration of the sixth year; so that one third may be chosen every second year; and if vacan cies happen by resignation or otherwise during the re rcus'of the Legislature of any State, the Executive thereof may inaka temporary appointments until ihc next meet ins of the legislature, which shall then fill such vactu-cics. . 3. Ko person shall be a Senator At ho shall uot have attained the age of thirty years, and be a citizen of the Confederate States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of the State for which he shall - be chrsen. " 4 The Vice President of the Confederate States shall he President of the Senate, "but shall have no vote,un , less thev be equally divided. 5. The Senate shall choose their other officers, and also" a President pro tempore in the absence of the Vice President, or when he shall exercise the office of Presi dent of the Confederate States, f 6 The Senate shall have the sole power to try all i mpeachments. When sitting . for that purpose, they shall be orr oath or affirmation. When the . President of the Confederate States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside ; and no person shall be convicted with out the ooncurrenccj of .two-thirds of the members ' present. : f ' ' ' 7. Judgment in cases of impeachment shall not ex tend further than to removal from office, arid disqual ification to hold' andttejoy any office of honor, trust or ; profit, under the Confederate States ; but the party con-': ! victed shall, nevertheless, be liable and subject to in dictment, trial, judgment and punishment, according to law; . ' " ' ' ' ' Section 4. 1. The times, places and manner of- holding elec tions for Senators and Representatives, shall be pic scribed in each State by the, Legislature thereof, sub ject 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 choos ing Senators. ' ' ". 2. The Congress shall assemble at least oace in every vear ; and such meeting shall be on the first Monday in "December, unless they shall, by law, appoint a different day. ' - . . 8rfnn i. i linn n k1i:l11 le the iudee of the elections,- Hfinitions of its own members, and a f el. nil .-nnstitnte a alarum todo busi- lliajtlllj VI tavii o".... - nest-, but a smaller number may adjounv from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the atieudance of absent members, in such manner and. under such penalties as each House may provide. ' 2. Each House may determine the rules of its pro ceedings, punish its members for disorderly liehavior, vi, with the concurrence of twi-thirds of tho whole camber, jexpcl a member. ' S. Each House shall keep a journal of its pro ceeding, and from timetofinie publish the same, ex- ,tV'n mav in tli-ir iudiniieiit reouire secresv and the veas ami nays of the members of either House, un any question, snan, au ujo mwe-w twe-fifth of those present, be entered on the journal. V a v;tUor TTr.ue fdnrinfr the session of Congress,. shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for 'more than three days, nor to any-other place than that n which the- two Houses shall be sitting. ' Section O.y 1. The Senators and Representatives shall receive a compensation for their services, to be ascertained, by aw, and paid out. of the treasury of the Confederate States. They shall, in all cases, except treason, felony nd breach of the peace be privileged-from arrest during their attendance at the session of their restive Houses, and iu going to and returning from the same ; and for any speech or debate in cither House they shall not be questioued in any 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 Mates which shall have been .created, or the emolu ments' whereof shall have been iucreased during such time; and no person holding any office under the Con federate States shall be a member of either House du-. during his continuance hi office. Buf Congress may, by law, grant to the principal oncer iueach of the Lx ecutue Departments- a" seat upon the floor of tiller House, with the privilege of discussing any measures ippertauing tj his department. T ' Section 7: : . . .i " - 1. All bills for raising reveuue shall originate in the nouae oi Kepresentatives ounuc oci-"j i t. he. oncurrwith amendments as on other bills. . , loa Every bill which, have passed both House st 1 1, Vol. II. 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. . r If, aftef such reconsideration, two-thirds of that House shall ags to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with the ob jections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two-thirds of that House it shall become a law. But in all eh cases the votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and nays, and the names of tho persons voting for and against the bill shall be entered on the journal of each House respectively. If any bill shall not be returned by the President within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the same shall be a law, in like manner as if he had signed it,, unless the Congress, by their adjournment prevent its return ; in which 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 acopy 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 casesof a bill, Section 8. ,. The Congress shall have powcrr 1. To lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and cx ises 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! 2. To borrow money on the credit of the Confede rate States. - . ' 3. To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the se vera 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 J;he improvement of harbors and the removing of fiWmciuini in rivnr navigation, in all which cases U-V.VW M - - m - - J such duties shall be laid on the navigation facilitated thereby as maybe necessary to pay the costs and ex penses thereof. , V 4. To establish uniform Jaws of naturalization, and uniform laws onthe ubject of bankruptcies, through out, t he Hon federate States : but no law of Congres shall discharge any debt contracted before the passage of the same. ' . . ! R Tn eiiin monev. reerulatc the value thereof and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and mea- sures. . . fi 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 ficst day of March iu 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 tjieir respective writings and discoveries. ;,- 9. To onstitute tribunals iuf-rior to the Supreme 10. To define and punish piracies and felonies com mitted on the high seas, aud offences agaiuSt the law of nations. . 11. To declare war, grant letters of marque and re prisal, and make rules concerning captures ou land and waiter. 12. To raise and support armies ; but no appropria tion of money to that use shall.-be for a longer term than two years. " 13. To "provide and maintain a navy. 14. To make "rules for government and regulation of the. land and naval forces. 15. To provide for calling forth the militia to exe cute 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 be employed in the service of the Confederate States ; reserving to the States, respectively, the ap pointment of the officers and the authority of training the militia 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 iu which the, same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals,' dock yards and other needful buildings ; and 18. To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing pow ers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the Confederate States, or in any department or officer thereof. ' - Section 9. ' - ' . 1. The importation of negroes of the African race from any foreign country other than the slaveholding States, or Territories of the United States of America; is hereby forbidden ; an 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. 3. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebelliou or invasion '-the public safety may requirent. 4. No bill of attairier, or ex post facto law, or law denying or impairing the right of property in negro slaves shall be passed. 5. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid unless in proportion to the census or enumeration here inbefore directed to be taken. 0. Xo tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any State, cxcept.by a vote of two-thirds of both houses. 7. No preferences shalFlx; given by any regulation of commerce or revenue to the ports of one State over hose of another. , . ' .-... 1 , 8. No money shall be "drawn from the treasury, bufe in consequence of appropriations made by law ; and a renilar statement and account of the receipts and ex lenditures of all public money shall be published from time to time. " .', ' . . 9. Congress shall appropriate no money from the treasury except by a vote of two-thirds of bothhouses, taken by yeas and nays, unless it be asked and esti mated for by some one of the heads of department, and submitted to .Congress by the President ; ; or for the purpose of paying its own expenses and contingencies ; or for the payment of claims against the Confederate. States, the justice of which shall have been jadiciahy 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 fcdefal currency the exact amount of each appropria tion and the purposes for which it, is made; and Congress ehall grant no extru -Dmpensation to any Vubfic contractor, officer, agent or servant, after such contract shall have been made or such service rendered : 1 1. No title of nobility hall be ged rantby the Con . federate States ; - and no person holding any office of profit or mist -under themi hall,witha out the consent fo the ' Congress, accept of any neresent emluments. rflwe'tfr; title of any kind whatprv from aoy king, efoor celign State -"".".""- RALEIGH N. C. WEDNESDAY. JULY 30. 1862; 12. .Congress shall make no law respecting an "establishment of "religion, 6r proliibiting 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. . . V 13. A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right . ! the people to keep and bear ams shall not be' infringed. 14. No soldier shall, irr-lime of peace, be euar tered in any house without the consent of the owner; uor in time of war, but ina manner to be prescribed by law. ' 15. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects against unreasona ble searches and seizures, shall not be violated; and no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause, sup sported 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. i 17. In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an im plrrtial jury of the &te and district wherein the crime shall have been .emmitted, which district shall have been prevr .sly ascertained by law," and to be ' informed of the .-ature 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 ' " ' V , 18. In. suits at common law, where the value in controversy ' shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shail be preserved ; and no fact so tried by a jury shall he 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 rdate to but one subject, and. that shall be ex pressed in the title. S Section 10. ' 1. No State shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation ; grant letters of - marque aud reprisal ; coin money ; make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts ; pass any' bill of attain der, or ex post facto law, or law impairing the obliga tion of contracts ; or grant any title of nobility. 2. No State shall, without the consent of the Con gress, lay any imposts or duties on imports and ex ports, except what may be absolutely necessary, for executing its inspection laws ; and the nett, produce of a!l duties and imposts, laid by any State on imports or exports, shall be for the use of the treasury fit' the Confederate States ; and all such laws shall be subject t 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- met with any treaties. oi me ionieuenue oiaics wiui foreign nations; and any stirplus of revenue thus de rivetl shall, after making such improvement, be paid 'into the 'common treasury ; nor shall any State, keep troops or -ships .of Avar, in time of peace, enter into any agreement or compact vvith another State, or -with a foreign power, dr. engage in war, unless, actually inva ded, or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay. . But when any river divides or flows through two or more States thy may enter into romr;irfi with each other to improve the navigation, thereof. Articlis II. Section I. ' I. The executive power shall be .vestal in a Presi dent of the Confederate States of America. He anil the Vice President shall hold 'their offices for the term . of six years; but the President shall not be re-eligible. The President and Vice President shall be elected as follows: - 2. Each State shall appoint, m such manner 'as the 'Legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors equal tothe 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. 3. The electors shall meet in their respective States and vote by; ballot, for President and Vice President, one of whom, at least, shall not bs 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 nuke distinct lists of all poisons voted for as' President, and .of all persons voted for as Vice President, and of the number of votes for each, which list they shall sign and certify, and transmit, sealed, :to the government of the Confederate States, directed to the" President of the Senate ; the President of th "Senate shall, in the presence; of the Senate, and Hous of representatives, open all the certificates, and th ; votes shall then - be counted ; the person having th greatest number of votes for President shall be th President, if such number be a majority of, the whole number of electors appointed , and if no person have such majority, then, from the persons having the high est numbers," not exceeding three, ou the list of those voted for as President, tire 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 vote ; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or -members from two-thirds of the States, and a "majority of all the States shall .be necessary to a ' choice. And if the House of Representatives shall not . choose a President, whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the 4th day of March next following, then the Vice Presidcut shall act as Presi dent, as in case of the death or otheF constitutional disability "of the President. 4. The person having the greatest number of votes as .Vice President shaH he the Vice Prescient, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed ; and if no jersonhave 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-tbirda of thn 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. - " l. , G. The Congress may determine the time of choosing the electors, and the day on which they shall give their votes, which day sliall be the same throughout the . Uonieilerate btates. . 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 lora in the United States prior to the 20th oi Deccm lr, 1860, shall be eligible to the office of President ; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained the ace of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the limits of the Confederate States, as may exist at the time of his election.''''.-- ..' '-:.,7. '-' :..'-' t "" ,;. 8. In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death, resisuai xi. or iuability to dis charge the powers aud dunes ri I the said office, the' same shall devolve on the Vice President ; and the Congress may, '"by law, - provide for -the case of re moval, death, resignation, or inability both of the Prcs-, ident and , Vice President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accord inalv uutil the disability be 'removed or a President1 shall be 3lected. : - i ,9 The President shall,"at stated times, receive lor 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 1 States, and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution thereof." - - Section 2. . 1. The President shall be commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the Confederate States, and of the militia of the several States, when called into the actual service of the Confederate States ; he may re-i quire the opinion, in writing, of the principal officer in each of the Executive Departments, upon any sub- r 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 i provided for, and which shall be established by law; but the Congress may, by law, vest the appointment ' of such inferior officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, n the courts of law or in the heads of departments. 3. The principal officer in each of the executive de partments, and all persons connected with the diplo matic service, may be removed from office at the plea sure ot the President. All jother 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 ; but no person rejected by the Senate shall be reappointed to the same office du ring their ensuing recess. Section 3. L 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 necessary and expedient ; he may, on extraordinary occasions, convene both houses, or cither of them ; and in case of disagree ment between them, with respect to the time of ad journment, he may adjourn them to such time as he shall think proper ; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public ministers; he shall . take care that the laws be faithfully executed,' aud sliall commission all the officers of the Confederate States. r Section A. 1. The President, Vice President, and all civil offi cers of the Confederate St;les, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of treason, . bribery, or other high crimes and misdeanors article jii. 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 ordaiu and establish. The judges, both of the Su prcme 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 during their continuance iu office. Section 2. 1., The judicial power shall extend to all cases anVlng under this Constitution, the laws of the Con federate States, and treaties made or which shall be made under their authority ; to all cases affecting am bassadors, other public ministers' and consuls; i all -"-r:jj.Ej.f JalrniraltV and nuritinip jm-wliffrmu .- trovcrsies 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 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 ail the other cases before 1 men- tioned the Supreme Court shall have appellate juris diction, both as to law aud tact, with such exceptions and under such regulations as the Congress shall make. , 3. The trial of all crimes, except iu cases of im peachment, shall be by jury, and such trial shall he 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 ma v by law have directed. - - ' . " Section 3. 1. Treason against tho Confederate States shall con sist only in levying war against them, -of in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the tes timony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court. 2. The Congress shall have power to declare' the punishment ' of treason, but no attainder of treason sliall work corruption of blood, , or forfeiture, except during the life of the person attained. article jr. Section 1. 1. Full faith aud credit shall be given breach State to the public acts, records and judicial proceed- -ingsof every other State. And the Congress may, by general laws, prescribe the manner in w.lch such acts, records and proceedings shall le proved and the effect thereof. '.-'.,'. , Section 2. ; 1. The citizens of each State shall oe entitled to all the privileges and immunities of citizens in the sever al States, and shall havo the right of transit and so journ in any , State of this r!oufederacy, with their slaves and other property; and the right of property in said slaves shall uot bo thereby impaired. 2. A person charged in any State with treason, fel ony, or other crime against the' laws of such State, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another State, shall, on demand of the executive autority of the State from which ho 'fled, be delivered up. -to-be. re moved to the State having jurisdiction of the crime. 3. No slave or otlier ptrsou held to service or labor in any State or Territory ' of the Confederate . SUtes, under the laws thereof, escaping or lawfully' carried into another, shall in consequence of any law or regu lation therein, be discharged from such service or la bor, but shall be delivered upou claim of the party to whom such slaves belong, or to whom such service or labor may be due. , . j ' ' 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-thinls of the Senate, the Senate voting by States ; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other State ; nor any State be formed by the junction of two or more States, or parts of States, without the consent of the Legislatures of tho States concerned, as well as of the Congress. . . .. . ' -. ' , 2. The Congress shall have power to dispose of ami make all needful rules and regulations concerning the property of the Confederate States,including the ' amis thereof! ' .:'" . v ,- .V, '-' y' 3. The Confederate States may acquire ne w territo ry, and Congress shall have power, to legislate and provide governments for the inhabitants of all terri tory belonging to the Confederate States lying with out the limits of the several States, and may . permit them, at such times. and in such manner as it may by . law provide, to form the States to be admitted into the confederacy." In all such territory , the institution of - negro slavery as it now exists in the Confederate States shajl be recognized and protected by Congress and by the territorial government and the inhabitant! of the several .Confederal States and Territories sba So. 73. Jaue ih?rhk.t tal50 territory and slavsew fully held by them m any of the Stales orTerrsarLi of the Confederate States. Qf4 -fe-krate States shall guarantee to every oflw, r ?J7 W 5r ay become a member of this Confedcracy-a Republican form of government, and shall protect each of then against invasion ; and tb?LlCaTt,0a i Ute Sut" of the Executive fcolcncT U Ul eKioi, aSainst dome8- article Y. Section 1. 1. Upon the demand of any three Slates legally assembled m their several conventions, the Congress shall summon a Convention of all the States, to take into consideration such amendments to the constitu tion as the said States shall concur in suggesting at the time when the said demand is made, and should any of the proposed amendments to the constitution be agreed on by the said convention voting by Statesand the. same be ratified by the Legidarures of two-thirds of the several States, or by conventions m twcHthirds thereof aa the one or the other mode ot itification may be proposed by tU general conven tion they shall henceforward f rm a part of this Constitution. But no States shall, without its con sent, be deprived of its equal representation in the Senate. '' .. ... -ARTICLE VI.- 1. The Government established by the Constitution -is the successor of the provisional government of the Omfederate States of America, and all the laws pass ed by the latter shall coutinue in force until the same shall be repealed or modified ; and all the officers a-p-poinfed by the.same shall rcmaia it office until thoir successors are appointed,and qualified, or the offices abolished. ; , 2. All debts contracted and engagements entered into before , the adoption of" this constitution sliall be 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 pursuance thereof, and all trea ties made, or which shall be made under the authori ty of the Confederate States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every State "shalfbe bound thereby, anything in the constitution or laws of any State to tho contrary notwithstanding. 4. The Senators and ltepresentativcs before men tioned, and the members of the several State Legisla tures, and all executive and judicial officers, both of the Co federate States.and of the several State, shall be hpund by oath or affirmation to support this con stitution, but no rcligous 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, 6hall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people of the several States. 6. The powers not delegated to the Confederate Spates by he constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States are reserved to the Stales,, 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 prescribe the time, for holding the election of President and Vice Presi dent'; and for the meeting of the Electoral Gjllego; and for'counting the votes and inaugurating the Presi dent. They shall also prescribe the time for holding the first election of nierabers of Cr ogress under this constitution, and the time for assembling the same. Until the assembling of such Congress, the Congress tinder the provisional . constitution shall continue to exercise the legislative powers granted them, not ex Jending beyond the time limited by the constitution of the provisional g )vernmcnt. . . Adopted unanimously, March 11, 1861. ; B-.-B. MOORE, LTTiiiXEY ATJxAW. SAI.ISBUltr, N. c, . Will practice in the Courts of Rowan and adjoining coun ties. Collections promptly made. Jan. 6 186X. " 17 ly T URXIP SEED. TURMP SEED. Large Flat Dutch Turnip Seed) Ked lop turnip, Large Norfolk, Large Mammoth (from this county,) Andother kinds of Turnip seed, For sale at PiSCCD'S Drug Storef: Ausujst 19 ' 76 tf. A FIXE LOT OF SPOXGE. Salad Oil,. ' Baker's Bitters, -, Black Tea, . KnglLsh Mustard, A large stock of Fancy Soaps, Received at P. F. PESCUD'S, Drug Store. 76- tf. aua: 10. Oar Qysn Primary Grammar. JC8T PCBDISUKD tf . STEELING & CAMPELL, G-aEEXSBOko' S. C. -. , 72 paes, 12 mo., 25 cents per copy. ' . For sale by them and all booksellers. Teachers and School officers desiring copies for examina tion will receive them on remitting 15 cents to the author. C. W. SMYTIIE, Lexington, N. C. dec. 11, 861 x 9 tf. Cracker Bakery. rniiF subscribers bavins bnllt a larse nA JL BREAD and CKACK.EU BAKlt X, and tittea it Jup with the most improved machinerrl are now prepared to furnish the citizens of Raleigh, and the State, with fresh Crackers, and of the best quality, such as Soda Crackers, Butter Crackers, - Water Crackers, . - Sugar Crackers) etc., etc. We arc also prepared to furnish the Army and Xaty with v !Navy Bread, Pilot Bread, ; Wino Biscuit, etc., etc., etc., at the lowest market rates. Cash orders securely packed and promptly by JAS..SI1IPS0X A SC.V. Want. Empty Flour Barrels in good condition, for which wcrwill pay 25 cents each. y JA8. SIMPSON A SOX. nov. 30, 1S61. 6 sw6m. NOTICE. TAKEX TP and COMMITTED to JAIL II BOCK inffhim countr. on the 27th day of January last. neTO man who call's 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 fi- anH aa.rn he is about twenty years old at this time. Said boy ia a dark mulatto color, buxby head of hair, stout i.n;n full faop. about five and a half feet hieh, and had on when taken up a brown homespun sack coat, pantaloons of kersey nearly the same color, a gooa neavy pair oi enw and no socks, and a drab felt hat. Tbe owner is requested to come forward, prove his property and pay charges, or ne win De acait wnu icwiums JAMES H. IIALL, JaOor. April 2, 1862. - 41 6m. Wanted to Hire. , nmirTKEV ITRLLIGE!fT JflRSES F0K THE Jj North-Carolina General Military Hospital at UaJeigb Middle aged m&a preferred. Also two waher-women, Apply to e 'BURKE HAYWOOD, Surgeon. Anrtl 4 Ifcft . 43 tf " ----- , - I -. QiTAan iMAsrua's Ornw, Y-l ;; - -: -J"'; Goldsboro, Juno Hth, 1862. '-N Farmers nr others having WOOL for sale, are hereby notified that the Quartermaster's Department b desirous of purchasing Wool .-in - any quantities, and requested to notify me at this place at what prices and iu what quanti ties they caO deliver the article.. On the receipt of such notification; th place of delivery will be Indicated.--Those having the article for sale are earnestly solicited to eive this advertisement their, attention, a tba place T deliyery will be made convenient and liberal price wiU n . : r be paid. This advertisemeni is mienucu w i".T,""v . .. . , North those rCTiainz Wlium w 7 Carolina.- ; June 18-w4w JOIIV W. CAMEROX, MsorandQ. M., C. S. A. T E R MJS FOR A D YEB Tl H One iire, first 'abmtJJJjJjJttW ' Ech ubfcuurnt inswlion. ;"--, : t ' (F oortcen lines or ander mmktf a square. ) - ' j. -r-'" .' --"'". " Contracts will be entered; into vKh yesrlj, half-yearly and qnarterly adTertuers, at a redaction from tbeVbevt rates. - . ' -.- - i v - - - - . .5 No deduction from the regular rates for adrertixmeat inserted in the Weekly Edition. . ; : " -All advertisements receive one insertion in the Tf eeij. Oxford Schools. TflE Subscriber Is prepared to furnish wUk board and comfortable accommodations Students at tending the Masonic High School and the Female Schools f tbe town ; also any persons wishing to board, ia a healthy section, and enjoy pood society. Terms from $12.50 to $15, per moulhl 4 " ' - V K D. HART. February 5th, 1862. . 2i if notice: 1 ' Methodist Prot. Female College, r V J4M8T0WX, Gcitrean Co., 5. C 7 '-'' THE FIFTH SESSION TTILL OPES JtHLT 4,1861, under the charge of O. W. Uko. A: if. This Ins titution has the adranUre of a healthy 1 scation, large and comfortable buildings, and xtonsiy philosophi cal and chemical apparatus, Ac. The Presidtnt and family, with the other membersof th Faculty, hye in the College and eat at the same tables with the btudenU. TuiUon $15 per session; Music on the Piano or GuiUr $20; OrecUn Painting $7 50; Embroidery $759 Ijatin, French, Oriental Painting, Drawing, Hair Flowers, ax Flowers, Feather Flowtrs, War Fruh each 5; T. $; conUngent expuscs $1; Boarding $7 60 per month, including washing and fires, half in advance. For further intormaUon address June 26 .0. W. HEGS, Pmident. tf. CHARLOTTE FEMALE INSTITUTE THE exercises orthls Institute will be re sumedon the 1st day ol September, under the di rection of Mr. and Mrs. Harwell, aided by competent teachers m all the branches. Thy scholastic year will be divided into two sessions, one of sixteen and the other of twenty-frnr weeks, with a vacation of three weeks at Christmas. For circulars, containing full particul ws as to term, addressr UeT. & MrwELL, - July 12-68-3t v Charlotte, X. R : Edgeworth Female Seminary, 'GREENSBORO', N. a ' , . - I WILL resnmcthe exercises of my Sehooion MosDir, Aucust 4th. . . . . . In consequence of the incresiiMl will be onenundred dollars ocr session. Othr rhariroa th- same as heretofore. ' . RlCflARD STEULINO, Principal. June 2. , .-- 6wpd ; Bethel Academy. THE FIFTH Session of this School, unSer the care of Her. T. J. Horner, will h nnnod th aonon.l Monday in July. The Pl incinal will ati-ir In milt ihn. rough, aeholars", and to train his pupils to steady and indus trious habits r'and an experience or sixteen vears in teach. ing and governing a school, justifies the expecUtion th" ne win do successful in his enorts. . - The course of studies is designed to prepare young men for College and also to fit those who mar not exoect or desire to obtain the benefits of a full collegiate course, for respectable stations in life, by instruction in the ordinary V. V ..r j r i i. i vi Miiiui-B in h Bouiui cngusu cuueauon. --. . The n ice of board in thn fomiltr tf ttin Prinptnal ifiH tuition is eighty dollars pur session. : Applications tor adminston should be made in advance. For particulars address the Principal at Bethel Hill. Person countv, X. C. Elder J.K.I. OXTAGUE, i J. r. MiAL, I). A. HAiiurs, W. II. LAWSOV, Trustees. B. D. BUMPASif, J June aHtn, ihiia. Ci 4t. .Warrenton Female Colleg. Institute WILL BEGIN ITS TWEStYtSECOXD TEAR THE 10th of July, at the same rate as usual, and as well pre. - pared to give instruction to young I,adis This place is very heaitny, ana none is more securo from invasion.' riease send for Circulars for further information. June 18 9t JUL1UH VILCOX, Pringipal. MASONIC HIGH SCHOOL. MATHEMATICAL-AND CLASSICAL. . . OXFORD, N. a rpm FALL SESSION WILL 0PEX OX niE 1ST JL MONDAY in July. For particulars in regard to board and tuition address THOMAS C. TCLEV, Principal. ) June 18. 61 wlOt. llillsboro' Military Academy. llillsboro, N. C. Tius fiBC'AYILRKSSIiiV nf Jhe Fnnrlh leartemt. j-ear ot tins lutituuou will commence on 1st An gut, 18(52. . . For circulars or information applv Vt f ' Maj. WM. M; (20R00X, Knp't. , June 1". ' . fil 2m. SM)DLI TREES- : SADDLE TREES. SADDLE TREES Or all descriptions and styles csn be nisde on reasonable terms, at shortest notice. t. Twenty hands wanted white or colored. Conscripts not apply. ' TiiEIM 4 FRAPS Factory, ' . Raleigh, V. C. July 2. . ;-..'' fifl-7-tf. LOST ! LOST ! ! LOST ! I ! , v ', WHILE 0 MY WAT FROM GOLDSBOEO' TO Oaleigh, on the '-21st of May' last past, one tanjt Jllnck Enameled Bag, marked J. L Uhows ,N. C. It was not put out at Raleigh, as it should have been, but carried up, to the Company Shops or Charlotte, r some other planr on the road. Tho finder will send it to tbe YarborouaV House, in Raleigh, and leave it in charge of the Clerk, and write me at this place, and also at Tarboro, N. C... "and I will get one or tbe other of the letters? if to Tar boro, mark to the care of B. M. gelby, of that place. The finder will be liberally rewarded for his trouble. j JSO. RROWX. . May 11.. ;"'' '' ' :"' V'- (FIFTY DOLLARS REW ARD RAXAWAY FK0M THK UXDKESIGXKD. OX the 8th iurtant, his XKORO liO Y 18 years of age yellow complexioned, abmt 5 feet 6 inches high.. His left thumb i larger than tbe other, and .has a very small nail on it. His teeth are slightiy sffcctcnTwith the scurry. The above reward will be given for bis confinement in nriKou so that I can recover bim. He U supposed to ta ; kal.i.rh or the Vicinity. F. B. JIAUKI&UA. June IS - 4t Raleigh, X. C Partlzan Rangers. HAVING RECKIYED AHHOBITT FB0M THE Secretary of War to raise a mounted company of PARTIZAN HANGERS, 1 invito to mv standardall wh . wish to enter actively ) into the rice of f their ?try. The company will operate in North Carolina. The men receive the same bounty, pay, clothing, rations and quar ters as other soldiers, f Tbv will funuli their own arm. and equipments and horses jW theGtpm t hem for the use of these, and their yalue if destroyed in tbe 8PTbrLicutenanU will be elected. Conscripts, can Join this company before they are enrolled, but not .ftcrwards. Address mc at PitUboro', S, C. , June 25. . Mwnd ofpicb x: c. r. n. oo. Comfast Snora, July2il, lSJJ. DIVIDEND. No. S. A DIVIDEND 0F EIUI1T th "t 'i1 the & ,?rthe .Pca Of ; c The trans er book will be cUM from this date I eiocit. tbe da ; J uly a. 1 ; m " Rixi. N.C. S: Troops, Camp, ne.ir Riclimond, J uue 4tli, 1 8C2. Snot-i .1 Onler. ) ' . t.....Ar.A onlttwl men. helooeing wish. XZSZTZttLU published deters, d then.v o. ; treated as such. n -t a. oAMPBELU ' Commanding 7 th Regiment, ,. orin uarnnn irwwi, 'F. D. STOCKTO.X, ..... .m Pmasfer of this Regiment. . . - : .- r-'swct.-; rfune 13. ' . ." .- ,-' - - tpm UXDEBSIGXED UAI156 - AT JIUTLWr I lent term of Wake County Court, qualified as fcxecu- tori of the estate oNohn R. Johns, deceased, hereby gly notice to all the debtors of the estate mt the deceased a , . pay up ; and to aU the creditors to present their claims within tne time rrescru j " - 7 j . , Dm Juii3r,,- . t . t 3 ' ' " . . C.F. JDIIVS, i J ' ' - - ' -; Kxemtore. . I Mar 13th, 186.;- -- ' ' " h " ' , ' ?fore it becomes a law, be presented to the. : i ' ' ' ' :i " ' ' ' '' r. V..
Daily State Journal (Raleigh, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
July 30, 1862, edition 1
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