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r - f 11 Vv-. "V fill F7Y1 I JOHN srELMAN, Editor and Proprietor, . ... iwi t vrrr T7T rrr fTTTt" dttp AND PRINTER TO TIIE' STiTE. u v. RORIXSOX, Assistant Editor. ff E R M S : SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION, per annum, WEEKLY EDITION, " " ' ; Invariably in Advance.) 2 The Southern Eepublie. The Pernianeiit Constitution of the Confederate States of America. Wc the people of the Confederate States, each State acting in its sovereign and independent character, in order to form a permanent federal government, estab Msh justice, insure domestic tranquility, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity in oking the favor and guidance of Almighty God do ordain and establish this Constitution for the Confede rate States of America: : Article I. Section 1. All legislative powers herein delegated shall be vee atrd in a Congress ot trie uonieaeraie o tares, which shall consist ot a benatc ana nouse oi xvep resentatives Section 2. 1 The House of Representatives shall be composed of mcmberchosen every second year bythe people of the several tes; and the electors m each State shall be citizens of the Confederate States, and have the qual ifications requisite for electors of the most numerous i -i V ii cni T.nfTWltitnr-- but net nerson of urancn oi ,tu , b:r-, foreign birth not a citizen , oi tneuomeucra 3UpSL fchalf be allowed to vote for any officers, civil or politi cal, State or Federal. - . 2 N person shall be a representative who shall not have attained the age of tweuty-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 Decnosen. 3 ' Representatives and direct taxes shall be appor tioned among the several States which may be included within this Confederacy according to their respective nurnccrs, 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 rrf"tarpd three-fifths of all slaves. The actual enu meration shall be made withm three years alter the first meeting of the Congress of the Confederate States, and within-every subsequent term of ten years, in such manner as they shall, by law, direct. The number of representatives shall not exceed one ior every uuy 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 State of Georgia ten, the State of Alabama nine the State of Florida two, the State of Mississippi seven, the State of Louisiana six, and the State of Texas six. -- . . ... 4 When -vacancies happen in the representation from any State, the Executive authority thereof shall, issue writs of -election to fill such vacancies 5 The House of Representatives shall choose their Sne'iker and other officers, and shall have the sole power of impeachment, except that any judicial or other f. doral officer resident and acting solely withm the limits of any State, may bo impeached by a vote ... u;A. f l,ntli brandies of the Legislature Ul IWU-tllll'Viqi thereof. . Section 3. , 1. The Senate of the Confederate States shall be ..nnnsfd of two Senators Iroin each Bute, crioscn ior i . , . . . .i r f v, regular six vearsnvinu 1 iii.ibLn w.v,.v, -o i session next Hnuiouuuvijr ., V ,?r - incut or me t of the term of service; ana eacn senator snaif have one vnte. " T..ltrlv after thev shall be assembled, in consequence of the first election, they shall be diyided ss equally as may be into three classes. The scats, of the Senators or the first class shall be vacated nt the exj.iration 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 cess of the Legislature of any State, the Executive thereof may make temporary appointments until the next wotir of tW Legislature, which shall then fall such vacancies, .. 3. No person shall le a Senator who shall not have attained the age of thirty years, and" be a citizen of the Gmfcderate States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of the State for which he shall be 'clmsen. " 4 The Vice President of the Confederate States shall - 1 President of the Senate, but shall have no vote, un less they be equally divided. -5. The Senate. shall choose. their other officers, and also' a President pro teinpore in the absence of the Vice President, or when he shall exercise the office of Presi dent of tile 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 President of the Confederate States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside; and no person shall be, convicted with out the concurrence of two-thirds of the members r ,"- present. 7. Judgment in cases of impeachment shall not ex a tend further than to removal from office, and disqual- ilication to hold and en joy any' office of honor, trust or profit, under the Confederate States ; but th 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 foV Senators and Keprcscntatives shall be pre scribed V each State by the Legislature thereof, sub j ect h the provisions of this Constitution ; but the Con fess' 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 year"; and such meeting sliall be on the first Monday in December, unless they shall, by law, appoint a different day. Section 5. ; J. Each Hou r shall be the judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of its own members, and a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do business-; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to lay' and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner and under-such penalties as each House may' provide. 2. Each House may deterrhinc the rules of its pro Teding. punish its members for. disorderly behavior", And, with the concurrence of two-thirds xf the whole ir-rnber, expel a member. 8. Each House shall1 keep a journal of its pro jceedingSj and from time to time publish the same, ex wntinpsuch mrts as may in their judgment require secresy," and the yeas and nays of the members of either House, on any question, shall, at the desire of twe-fifthsof those present, be entered on the journal. 4. Neither House, during the session of Congress, shall, without tho consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place than that n which "the two Ileuses shall be sitting. . Section C. 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.shalUn all cases, except treason, felony nd breach of the peace be privileged from arrest during their attendance at the session of their rcsective Houses, and in going to-aud returning from the same ; and for any speech or debate in either House they shall not "be questioned in any other place.j" 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 t!on federate States, which shall have been created, or the emolu-r meats whereof shall have been increased during such t'ne; and no person holding any office under the Con federate States shall ho a member of either House du durihg his continuance in office. But Congress may, L7 law, grant to the principal oficer iu each .of the Ex ecutive Departments a seat upon the floor of either House, with the privilege of discussing any measures appertaining to his department. Section T. ' " . 1. All bills for raising revenue shall originate m the Houaeof Representatives; but the Senate may propose he, oncur.with amendments as n other bills. : . loa Every H which have passed both House st2 1, Wore it becomes alaw, be presented to the. Vol. li. . -T' -.- w.(.v... ,,......:,v. : - : . ... , . . : .. ; . So. 75. President of the Confederate States ; if he approve, he fchaHl 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 agve 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 sch cases the votes oFBoth Houses shall be determined ty yeas aDd 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 signed it, unless the Congress, bv their adiournment, prevent ltfi return in which ease it shall not be a law. The Presi- f dent mav anDrove anv appropriation and disapprove any other appropriation in the same bill. In such case, t he shall, in signing the biH, designate the appropna- - 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- f ins shall then be had as in case of other bills disap- j u v pw. currence bl both Houses may be necessary (except on O iilVIJ VAW f ---j a question of adjournment) shall be presented to tne President of the Confederate States; and before the same sliall take effect, shall be approved by him; or being disapproved by him, may be repassed by two thirds of both Houses according to the nlles and limi tations prescribed in case of a bill. Section 8. The Congress shall have power 1. To lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and 'ex cises for revenue necessary to pay . the debts, provide for the common defence, and carry on the government of the "Confederate States;, but . no bounties' shall be granted from the Treasury, nor shall any duties or taxes on importations from foreign nations be laid to pro mote or foster any branch of industry ; and all duties, imposts, 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 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 O ingress to appropriate money for any internal improvement intended to facilitate commerce, except' for the purpose of furnishing lights, beacons and buoys,' and other aids to navigation upon the coasts, and the improvement of harbors and the removing of obstructions in river navigation, in all which cases such duties shall be laid on the navigation facilitated thereby as 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 Congres shall discharge any debt contracted before the passage of the same. K TV -iJn mimov rrcmlfltp. thn v.iliiR tlierftof and of - j- , - - 'u,v'o . , h fiv thfk Bfn'nriarri nt wnichts ana mea 6iires. ....... f ( 6. To provide for the punishment of counterfeit ing the securities and current coin of the Confederate States. . 7. To establish post offices and post routes ; but the expenses of the Post office Department, after the first day of March 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 respective writings ami liniO orio. - - 9. To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court. 10. To define and niish piracies and felonies com mitted on the high se, and offences against the law of nations. 11. To declare war, grant letters of marque and re prisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water. 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. 16. To provide for organizing, arming and discip lining the militia, and for governing such part of theni as may be employed in the service of the Confederate States ;. reserving to the States, respectively, the ap-, pointmentof the officers and the authority of training the militiaagcording to the discipline prescribed by Congress. . 'r 17. To exercise exclusive legislation, in all cases whatsoever, over euch district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of one or more States and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of the government of the Confederate States; and to exercise like authority over all places purchased by the consent of the Legislature of the State in which the same shall be, fur 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 i any department or officer thereof. Section 9. 1. The importation of negroes of the African race from anv foreign country other than the slaveholding States, or Territories of the United States of America, is hereby forbidden ; and Congress is required to pass such laws as shall enectuatiy prevent tne 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 Ik) suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it.- .4. No bill of ittainer, or ex post facto law; or law denying or impring 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. .- 6. No tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any State, except by a vote of two-thirds of both houses. 7 No preferences shall be given by any regulation of commerce or revenue to the ports of one State over hose of another. i 8. No money shall be drawn from the treasury, but 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. ; . 9. Congress shall appropriate ho money from the treasury except by st vote of two-thirds of both houses, 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 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 itr is ,rjaade ; and. Congress shall -grant no extri. Compensation to any public contractor, officer, agent or servant, after such contract shall have been made or such service rendered 11. No title pf nobility shall be ged rantby the Con federate States ; and no person holding any office of profit or trust tinder them, shall,withaout the coxraent fo the i Congress, accept of any neresent emluments office or title of any kind what pry fronf aoy king, efoor celign State. " . RALEIGH N. C.V WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 6. 1862. 12. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press ; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the government for a redress of grievances, 13. A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right -f the people to keep and bear acms shall not be infringed. - 14. No soldier shall, in time of peace, be cuar tcred in any house without the consent of the ownef; nor in time of war; but in a manner to be prescribed by law. lo. me right oi tne people to oe secure in meir 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 J things to be setzed. 16. No person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise mfamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in case arising in the land or naval 1 farces, 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 j JPJp tw4?ft pnt m leonarOY Pi . iueor iimjo. not-pe I himself; nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, I without due process of law ; nor shall private prop erty be taken for public use without just compensa- tion. ' 17. In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an im partial jury of the 3 ate and district wherein the crime shair have been committed, which district shall have been previ . .sly ascertained by law, and to be informed of the .jature and cause of the accusation ; to be confrontca with the witnesses against him ; to have compulsory7 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 otiierwise 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 cnuel and unusual punishments inflicted. ; j 20. Every law or resolution having the force of law, shall relate to but one subject, and that shall be ex- I pressed in the title. Section 10. ' 1. No State shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation ; grant iettcrs of marque and reprisal ; coin mqney ; 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 gresslay any imposts or duties' on imports and ex ports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing its inspection laws ; and the nett produce of all duties and imposts, laid by any State on imports or exports, shall be for the use of the treasury of the Confederate States ; and all such laws shall be subject to the revision and control of Congress. 3. No State shall, without the consent of Congress, lay any duty of tonnage, except on sea-going vessels, for the improvement of its rivers and harbors naviga ted by the said vessels ; but such duties shall not con flict with any treaties of the Confederate States with foreign nations ; and 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- .lul, nr iii ciiul imminent danger as will not udUlit of delay. But when any river divides or flows through two or mftre States, they may enter into compacts with each other to improve the navigation thereof. Article II. Section 1. ' : 1. The executive power shall be vested in a Presi dent of the Confederate States of America. He and the Vice President shall hold their offices for the term of six years ; but the President shall not be re-eligible. The President and Vice President shall be elected as follows: 2. Each State shall appoint, in such manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors equal to the whole number of Senators and Representa tives to which the State may be entitled in the Con gress ; but no Senator or representative, or person holding an office of trust or profit under the Confeder ate States, shall be appointed an elector. ; 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 persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice President, and of the number of votes for each, which list they shall sign and certify, and transmit, sealed, to the government of the Confederate States, directed to the President of the 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, on the list 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 vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the States, and a majority ot all the btates shall tie 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. in case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President. 4. The person having the greatest number of -votes . as Vice President shall be the Vice Presdent, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed ; and if no person have a majority, then trom . the two highest numbers on the list the Senate shall choose the Vice President ; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds ot the whole number ot ben ators, and a majority of the whole number shall be ne cessary to a choice. 5. But no person constitutionally ineligible to-tlue office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice Pres ident of the Confedflrate States. . . - 6. The Congress may determine the time of choosing the elect jrs, and the day on which they shall give their votes, which day shall be tho 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 thereofJ born in the United btates prior to the 20th ol .Decem ber, 1860, shall be eligible to the omce ol President ; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained the age of thirty-five years, ami been fourteen years a resiaeut within the limits of the Uontederate btates, as may exist at tne tune oi nis election. 8. In case of the removal 6f the President from office, or of his death, rcsignat'io, or inability to dis charge the powers and duties f 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 inabiUty both of tho Pres ident and Vice President, declarim; what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accord inely until the disability be removed or a President shall ho sleeted. : ' ' ' - ,9 The President shall, at stated iimes, receive ior 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 bis nfi! . he shall take the following oath or affirmation do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faith ully execute the office of President of the finnfwWt 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-chifif nf the army and navy of the Confederate States, and of the militia of the several States, when called into the actual service of the Confederate States ; he may re- " quire the opinion, in writing: of the principal officer in each of the Executive Departments, upon any sub- jv-vu iiaoiu- mj tuo uuues oi iueir respective omces, and he shall have power to errant reprieves and dit- dons for offences acainstthe 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 anooint ambassadors other public mmisters and consuls, jud, A A. J iges of the Su- nreme tfrnrt,. anvall hfW nfflrc nf t btates, whose appointments are not hereiri otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law ; 1 but the Congress may, bylaw, vest the appointment of such inferior officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, n the courts of law or in the heads of departments. 3.. The principal officer in each of the executive de partments, and all persons connected with the diplo matic service, may be removed from office at the plea sure ot the President. All other civil officers of the Executive Department may b removed at any time by the President, or other appointing power, when their services are unnecessary, or for dishonesty, inca pacity, inefficiency, misconduct, or neglect of duty ; and when so removed, the removal shall be reported to the Senate, together with the reasons therefor. - 4. The President shall have power to fill all vacan- cies that may happen during the recess of the Senate, by granting commissions which shall expireat 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. 'Sections. 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 necessary and expedient ; tie may, on extraordinary occasions, convene both nouses, or either ol 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 aws be faithfully executed, and shall commission all the officers of the Confederate States. Section 4. 1. Tho 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 be vested in one Superior Court, and in such in ferior courts as the Congress may from time to time rdain and establish. The nidges,, both of the Su preme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices du ring good behavior, and shall, at stated times,' receive "or their services a compensation, which shall not bo diminished during their continuance in office. Section 2. 1. The judicial power shall extend to all cases sing under this-Constitution, the laws of tho Con federate States, and treaties made or which shall be made -luuler tbeir authority j to all n.-eo o.ffoi- bassadors, other public ministers and consuls ; to all esLiAS of admiralty and raatitinro jurisdiction; to con troversies to which the Confederate btates shall bo a party ; to controversies between two or more States ; between a State and citizens of another btate where the State is plaintiff ; between citizens claiming lands . vmder 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 btate. 2. In all cases anecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and thase m which a State shall be a party, the Supreme Court shall have origi nal jurisdiction. In all the other cases bctore men tioned the Supreme Court shall have appellate juris diction, both as to law and tact, with such exceptions and under such regulations as the Congress shall make.. 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of im peachment, shall be by jury, and such trial shall be held in the State where the said crimes shall have been committed ; but when not committed within any State, the trial shall be at such place or places as the Congress may by law have directed. Section 3. I. Treason against the Confederate States shall con sist only in levying war against them, or in adhering .. : i ;j J r XT to tneir enemies, giving mem niu uihi wunun. person shall be convicted ofHreason unless on the tes timony of two witnesses to he same overt act, or on confession in open court. 2. The Congress shall have power to declare the punishment of treason, but no attainder of treason shall work" corruption of blood, or forfeiture, except, during the life of the person attained. article it. Section 1. 1. Full faith and credit shall-; be given in each State to the public acts, records anid judicial proceed ings of every other State. And the Congress may, by general laws, prescribe the manner in wUch such aets, records and proceedings shall be pr7ed and the effect thereof. Section 2. 1. The citizens of each State shall be entitled to all the pri ileges and immunities of citizens in the sever al States, and shall have the right of transit and so journ in any ' State of this vionfederacy, with their slaves and other property; and the right of property in said slaves shall not be thereby impaired. 2. A person charged in any State with treason, fel ony, or other crime against the laws of such State, who shall flee from justice, and be found in" another State, shall, on demand of the executive autority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up to be re moved to the State having jurisdiction of the. crime. 3. No slave or other person held to service or labor in any State or Territory of the Confederate States, under the laws thereof, escaping or lawfully carried, into another, shall in consequence pf 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 States may be admitted into this Confed eracy by a vote of two-thirds of the whole House of Representatives and two-thirds of the Senate, the Senate voting by States ; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other State ; nor any State be formed by the junction of two or more States, or parts of States, without the consent of the Legislatures; of the States concerned, as well as f the Congress. 2. The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and 'regulations concerning the property of the Cohfederate States, including the ands thereof. . 3. The Confederate States may acquire new territo ry, and Congress shall have power to legislate and provide governments for the inhabitants of all tcrri-- tory belonging- to the Uonledcrate btates 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 shall be recognized and protected by Congress and by the territorial government and the iuhabitantl of the several Confederals States and Territories sha M . I fully SSfSrt0 8Uch fcnW d Ww oftibn&Sy0f SUtcorTerr-M Sfci;Vnfe?erat1 States sn&n guantee to every . btate that now is or hereafter mri JTZ ofthis Confederacy Mtenublicn f, ,rm ol vernn7enl and shall protect each of them against invasionand on application of the T when fK. Ti-T" TT. . Ui iae Mecuti ve tic ; fau 18 not m 8esaon) ag dom ,es- - 'vivuvv . - abticlx v. Section 1. N 1. Upon the demand of apembled in their several con ons", t TconSS ?r?M?V Dtion of 411 the States, to taK 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 shfuld any of the proposed amendments to the constitution be agreed on by the said convention voting by Statesand 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 ot ratification may be proposed by the general conven tionthey shall henceforward form a part of this Constitution. But no States shall, without its con sent, be deprived of its equal representation in the Senate. U 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 rcmaia il office until their successors are appointed and qualified, or the offices abolished. fi - 2. All debts contracted and; engagements entered into before the adoption of this constitution shall b as valid against the Confederate States under this constitution as under.the provisional government. 3. This constitution, and the laws of the Confeder ate States, made in persuance thereof, and all trea ties made, or which shall be made under the authori ty of the Confederate States, shall be the supreme law of the land ; and the judges in every State shall be bound thereby, anything in the constitution or laws of any State to the contrary fcotwithstandihg. 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 Lionieaerate states. S.fThe enumeration, in the constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disnarace others retained by the people of the several States. b. lhe powers not delegated to the Confederate States by he constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States are reserved to the States, respectively, or to the people thereof. I - 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 thi "election of President and Vice Presi dent; and for the meeting of the Electoral College; and for counting the votes and inaugurating the Presi dent. They shall also prescribe the time for nnMintr the first election of members of Congress under this constitution, arid theitime for assembling tho same. Until the assembling of such Congress, the Congress under the provisional constitution shall continue tn exercise the legislative powers granted them, not ex tending beyond the time' limited by the constitution of the provisional government. Adopted unanimously. March 11, 1801. B. R. M00RE. ATTORNEY AT LAW, SALISBURY, K. C., Will practice in the Courts of Rowan and adjoininsr coun ties. Collections promptly made. Jan. 6 ! 1861. 17 It aH'RXIP SEED. TURNIP SEED. Large Flat Dutch Turnip Seed, Red Top Turnip, Large Norfolk, Large Mammoth (from this county,) , And other kinds of Turnip seed, e at PESCUD'S Drue Store. For sa August 19 76-tf. A FINE LOT OF SPONGE. Salad Oil, Baker's Bitters, Black Tea, English Mustard, A large stock of Fancy Soaps, Received at I F. PERCUD'S, I ! Drug Store, aug 19. 76- tf. Our Own Primary Grammar. JU8T PCBDISHED BT STEELING & CAMPELL, Greexsboao' N. C. 72 pages, 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. SMYTH E, Lexington, N. C. dec. 11, 861 9 tf. j Cracker Bakery. THE subscribers bavins built a largo IURD BREAD and CRACKER BAKERY, and fitted it op with the most improved machinery, 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 are also prepared to furnish the Army and Navy ' with ' ' Javy Bread, . , Pilet Bread, Wine Biscuit, etc.. etc.. etc.. ; at the lowest market rates. Cash orders securely racked and promptly by . - JAS. SIMPSOX A SC5. Wanteb. Empty Flour Barrels in good condition,' for , which we will pAy 25 cents each. J AS. SIMPSON A SON. nor. 30, 1861. 6 w6m.. NOTICE. 1 TAKK5 UP and COMMITTED to JAIL IX ROCK imrham countr. on the 27th dar of January last, nporrn mfin who calls his name Frank and sars he belongs tji Jam pa Pearce of Chatham, county ; says he was bound to said Pearce, and at the age of twenty-one years he will he fppp. and savs he is about twenty years old at this time. Safd boy is a dark mulatto color, bushy head of hair, stout hnilt. fnll face, about fiye and a half feet high, and had on when taken up a brown homespun sack coat, pantaloons of kersey nearly tne same color, a gooa neayy pair oi aooes and no socks, and a drab felt hat. "The owner is requested to come forward, prove his property andf pay charges, or he will be dealt with according to law. JAMES 11. HALL, Jailor. April 2, 1862. 41-6m. i Wanted to Hire. INTELLIGENT XUKSES FOR THE JL1 North-Carolina General MiUtary IiospiUl at Raleigh. Middle aged men preferred. Abo two wasber-women. Apply to E. BURKE IIATWOOD, Surgwn. Aprils, 1862. t" QnAaTUBMAsrea's OrncK, fialAhnra'. Jane 14th. 1862. farmers and others fearing WOOL for sale, are hereby notified that the Quartermaster's Department is desirous of purchasing Wool in any 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 will be indicated.--m. i ,Ko mriiiAt for are earnestly soliciteo to this advertisement their attention, as the place of delivery will be made convenient and a liberal price will be Daid. This advertisement is intended to apply only to Jane 18--w4w Major and Q. M., C. S. A. TERMS FOB ADYERTISIHG, One tquare, first aarHow,.. u L; j j ;? fl no Each rabfequeot insertion, .....z.L ; 2 (Fourteen fine or wider make a aqukre.) I. Contracts will be entered into with year ly, half-yearly and quarterly advertiser, at a reduction from the abeve rates. - '. '- ' No deduction from the regular rates forVdvertUemeat inserted la the Weekly Edition, i AU advertisement receive one Insertion In the Weeftj. Oxford Schools. Tnh5.S,irlberr .Pwpared to rnrnls witl .P0 JJd comfortable accommodations Rudento at lenainc tne Masonic Hierh Atwwi v. p i. a.vui. s .fWn ; Pn wishing to beard, in a healthy section, and enjoy rood societT. , lenns from (12.50 to 115. nr fn.tv February 5th, 1862. R. D. HART. . - IS If NOTICE. Methodist Prot. Female College i Jahmtoww, Gffiwoan Co.. TT. fl . : ' ThA t Cb?f G,' W H"2 A. If. Ur . UUV? hJ? J1lu.tare of a healthy lotion, LJhf1? TUbU buildin ! "tensive phUoeophU Vaitt tnV 'mmay with the otbf member of tha SfSSli1 lah?.ColLeft thetameubles with I p I v' '. mng i m; Embroidery 17M ItuivJrench Oriental Painting. Drawing H.Ip rt.r. max ealld month. farther intormsUon address Jane 2 G. W. HEOE, Pr-idtnt. XL CHARLOTTE FEMALE INSTITUTE rnm exercise, of this Instltate will be re- AQni?n th(!,IU r01 uneerth di- recuon of Mr. and Mrs. qnrweli, aided by competent d1"deTin?a l.th,branchcS-! otiV.Wwillb. S two S68"0?". one of sUteen and the other of Christmas. rv""' ;. un a vacation of three weeks at tor circulars, containing full particulars as to terms, address July 1268-3. Rev. K. BUR WELL, Charlotte, N. C. Edgeworth Female Seminary, GREENSBORO', N. C. I WILL resume the exercises of mj School 01 Monday, August 4th. u v" minlTT -"creased expense of lifin, Board" .A ;npdrcddol,ar,Pcr8e8lon- Other chaVgei tha same as heretofore. . t ' V RlcnRI STERLING, Princlpa!. Jane 2. 68-ewpd ' Bethel Academy. TL'rfu11 STSsrl0,? of th,s to1 n"der the Monday in July. Tho Principal wilUtriTe'to make tho rough scho ars, and to train his pupils to steady and indas trious habits ; and an experience of sixteen years in teach-. LnR n .KOTerninK a school, justifies the expectation tha -be will be successful in his efforts. r Thconr8eof studies is designed to prepare young men for College, and also to fit those who may not expect or desire to obtain the benefits of a full collegiate coarse, for respectable stations in life, by instruction in the ordinary branches of a sound English education. The price of board in the family of the Principal and tuition is eighty dollars per session. Applications for admission should be made In adrance. or particulars address the Principal at Bethel Hill. Person county, N. C. fclder J. E. MONTAGUE, 1 J. F. NEAL, D. A. HAUUIS, i Trustees. W. II. LAWSOV. R. D. BUMPASS. June 28th, 1SC2.- 6541. Warrenton Female Collcgr. Institute WILLtBEGIX ITS TWENTT-SECOXD YEAR THE 10th of July, at the same rates as usual, and as well pre pared to give instruction to young Ladies. This place is very .healthy, and none is more secure from invasion. Please send for Circulars for further information. June 18 Ot j JULIUS WILCOX, Principal. . MASONIC HIGH SCHOOL- MATHEMATICAL AND CLASSICAL. OXFORD. N. C. npiIE FALL SESSION WILL 0PEX OX THE 1ST JL ' MvXMLAl in July. ,1: For particulars in regard to board and tuition address! THOMAS C. TULEY, Principal. June 18. 61 wlOt. Hillcboro' MiIiai7Amcmy. Hillsboro, N. C.' Tnu SECOND SESSION of the Fourth Acsdemlc year of this Institution witl commence on 1st An gust, 1862. ' . t or circulars or information apply to Maj. WM. M. GORDON. Sup't. June 13. - . ' 61 3m. SADDLETREES. SADDLE TREES. .. SADDLE TREES Or all descriptions and styles can be mado on reasonable terms, at shortest notice. Twenty hands wanted white or colored. Conscripts not apply. TllEIM A FRAPS' Factory, . jiaicign, n. v. v July 2. 66 tf. LOST! LOST!! LOST!!! WHILE ON MY WAY FROM G0LDSB0R0 TO Raleigh, on the 21st of May last past. One Inrgt Black Enameled Bag, marked J. L. Brows ,N. C. It waa not put out at Raleigh, as it should have been, but carried ap to the Company Shops or Charlotte, or some other place' on the road. The finder will send it to the Yarborough House, in Raleigh, and leave it in charge of tthe Clerk, and write me at this place, and also at Tarboro, N. C, and I will get one or the other of the letters; if to Tar. boro, mark to the care of B. M. Selby, of that place. . The finder will be liberally rewarded for his trouble. JNO. . BROWIf. May 11. , v ' ; FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD RANAWAT FR0M THE UNDERSIGNED. 05 the"th instant, his NEGRO BOY 18 years of age yellow complexioncd, about 5 feet 6 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 riven for bi confinement In that I can recover him. He is supposed to be la halmVh or the vicinity. F. B. IIARRISOX, June 18- 4t Raleigh, N. C. Partlzan Rangers. H i -wrwvn ntffinvvn ai TiiiiKi ri inun inn Rop.reta.rr of War to raise a r"""" PARTIZAN RANGERS, 1 invite w my sianuaru uiwou wish to enter actively into, the emce oi weir 7 The company will operate m North Carolina. The men receive the 'same bounty, pay, clothing, rations and quar ters as other soldiers. They will furnish, their osrn arme, and equipments and horses ; but the Government pavs them for the use of these, and their value if destroyed in the TheLientenanU will be -."P1 f" this company before they are enrolled, but not afterward. -Address me at Pittsboro', N. C. " . ,nrta June 25. 9X wSwpd OFFICE N. C. R, R. CO. Compast Snors, July 2d, 1862. DIVIDEND, ) .' No. 3. J mrinrvn nv KlfinTPER CENT. ON THE JX CaViul Stock f thU Company ha. been this day ArA. nay.ble: on and alter tne nrs aay w -r- neat, onlv on the produc ion oi we yy y TrT , -j - - . luic vru roau L stock. The transfer book j will be c u-eo ron, - the day of payment. JOHN II. BUT AN. Jk., 8ecy. 7-lm July 5. U.nnrTlRTKR7TH KEG. N. C b. I OOPS, Camp, near Richmond, Juno 4th, 1862. Sped il Order, V Morehan two hundred enlisted men, Mf.' Rent-at Uiiatimj rith uTwt - names will be published as deserters, treated a. such. fj order of CoL CAMPBELL, ; ..LiLimi-iiL North Carolina Troops. Commanding th clfflcD V IXSTOCKTOX, LieotewntAdJ-tantlttKj?; master of this Regiment. awgt. ' June 13. ' tors ofthe esute of John B. Johiia, debased, hereby jrive noVice to all the debtor, of the estate of the deceased to pay up ; and to all the creditors, to preaent their elaime within the time preacribed by law. a JonNS C. F. JOHNS, ' .'- . -.- Kxecutora. May ltfth, OCX . w0w5 r.,Wr e!-her Flow. Wax PraTt, each $5: V, losie si: eontintrfint nmm.. i. t. i .A , tacladinflr uh ii v.i i j z J. " -v. c, un iu Hiiint' m or 4 i.. i i
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