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11 -NO. 150. CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA—WILMINGTON, N. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1862. ^ WHOLE NUMBER 3,227 FULTON & PRICE, PROPRIETORS. FULTON, Editor. a. 1Lap or, one year, i ova viably in am mmm . . . . .. Ti.e paper will be discontinued at the expiration me paid for unless renewed. _ _ . JI letters on bueir.css connected with tins m-m? - ■Idre-iftei to the pr-.-p; icto a. . of the ADVERTISEMENTS- Will be inserted at FIFTY CENTS per square of ten lines or less, for the first insertion, and TA E T V -FIVF CENTS per square for each repetition—CASH IN AD VANCE.' ^, Advertisements inserted as Special or Bishop Notices are charged one-half more than above yates—eight lines Leaded) or less counted as a square. O”Advertisements inserted every other day are charged 37$ cents per square for each insertion after the first. ^"No publication made without a responsible name. BUSINESS AKB PROFESSIONAL SOM II. L. HOLLIES. ATTORNEY A T LAW, XX^ 3 removed to the centre office of JOURNAL BUILD- f & INGS, next door West of h‘s former location. October 17th. 1861. 36 tf EBIPia & ALLKN, A TTORNEYS AT LAW, ^TAYE removed their office from Front to Princess street, JOURNAL BUILDINGS, formerly occupied by H. L. Holmes. Esq. October 17th. 1:61. 36-tf J. T. PETTEWAY, ROGER MOORE. A ENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS; JT[02, 1861} No. 23 North Water st., Wilmington, N. C. LOUIS B. ERABSBERT, DRUGGIST AND PRACTICAL.PHARMACEUTIST, J^ Wilmington, N. C. Keeps constantly on Land, a select stock of Drugs, Med icines, Domestic and. European Chemicals, Fancy and Toilet Articles, Wines and Liquors for Medical Purposes, yy^ Particular attention paid son*ln, Medicine Chests, so: fUIPTIONS eiy under the “ Carolina lot el.” 262-tf A MERCHANT'S and WHOLESALE WlLMINGTON. JOSEPH R. BLOSSOM. CYRUS S. VANAMRINGE. ^ ENER-AL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Tile Southern Republic; The Permanent Constitution of the Confederate Slates of America. We, the people of the Confederate States, each State act ing in its sovereign and independent character, in order to form a permanent federal government, estab ish justice, in sure domestic tranquility, and secure the blessings of liber ty to ourselves and ou- posterity—invoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God—do ordain and establish this Constitution for the Confederate States of- America. Article 1.—Section 1. All legislative powers herein delegated shall be vested in a Congress of the Confederate States, which shall coi.si.it of a Senate and House of Representatives Section 2- 1. The House of Representatives shall be comnoreu of members chosen every second year by the. people of the several Stares: and the electors in e -ch State shall Le citi zens of the Confederate States, and have the qualifications requisite; for electors of the most numerous branch of the Hate Legislature ; but-no perron of foreign birth not a citi zen of the Confederate States shall be allowed to vote for any officers, civil or political. State or Federal 2. N o person shall be a representative who sha'l not have altHacd the age of twenty-five years, and be a citizen of the Confederate States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant o’ that State in which he shall be chosen. 3. Representattees and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Confederacy according to their respective cumbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole number of free persons, meludiag those bound ’o service for a term of years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three-fi'tbs of ail slaves. The actual enumeration shall.be made within three years after the first meeting of the Congress of the Confed erate 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 for every fifty thou sand, but each State sh ill have at least one representative ; and until such enumeration shall be made the State of South Carolina shall be entitled to choose six, the State of Geor gia ten, the State of Alabama nine, the Hate of Flrnida two, the StDe of Mississippi sev n, the State of Louisiana, six, and the State of Texas six. 4 ^ hen vacancies happen in the representation from any State, the Executive aushority thereof shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies. 5. The Hous" of Representatives shall choose their Speak er and other officers, and shall have, the sole power o' im peachment, except that any ju dicial or other federal officer resident and acting solely witbin the limits of any State, may be impeached by a vote of two thirds of b -th branches of the Legislature thsreof- Section'i. 1. The Senate of the Confederate States shall be compos ed of two Senators from each State, chosen for six years by the Legis'ature thereof, at the regular session next imme diately preceding the commencement of the term of service; and each Senator shall have one vote. 2. Drinediately Liter they shall lie tssembfed. in cmr-o- quence of the first election, they slmii 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 ofthe sec ond year ; of ths second class at th - t-xpir Dion of the fourth the several States, and with the Indian tribes; but neither this, nor any other clause contain'd in the Constitution, shall ever be construed to delegate the power to Congers to appropriate money for any internal improvement intend ed to facilitate commerce, except for the purpose of fur nishing lights, beacons and buoys, and other aids to navi gation upon the coasts, and the improvement of harbo;s and the re-mowing of obstructions in river navigation, in all which cases such dutfes shall be laid on the navigation fa cilitated thereby as may he necessary to pay the costs.and expenses thereof. profit under the Confederate States, shell be appointed an une 28, 1861. WILMINGTON, N. 0. K. IS. 25ILSJRS, TYHOUEihALE -GROCER AND OOMMiSSlO: ly CHANT, axiclDBALBBIN NAZAL STOLE) afer and Market streets, WBmiuvtim, N. U. - April 2d, 1858. . ATER STREET ‘AISSICN MERCHANT' end 2th Water and Mar C. 15. HOBi^SDN & CO., / COMMISSION AND FORWARDING MERCHAI WiJ.MlNGTON Office .over Mr. J. A. Willard’s citere. r-ntranu Princess and Water streets. • March 9, I860.—158&29. J. ROBSSJSOK ^80^ 01 TMPORTER^ MANUFAUTGM X teres in Hardware, Cuiteiy- 1 Sural Implements, &c. WlL&EfNOTdN J. J. COX, W. P. KENDALL, J. 8. KENDA COX, RENDALL, ^ CO. Z^OKMISSION MERCHANTS AND WHOLBaALB GF so that one-third may be chosen every second year; and i vacancies happen by resignation or’otherwise during the recess of the Legislature of any State, the Executive there of may make temporary appointments until the next meet ing of the Legislature, which shall then fill such vacancies. 3. No person shall be a Senator who shall not have at tained the age of thirty years, and be a citizen of the Con federate States, and who chaff not, when elected, be an in habitant of the State for which he shall be chosen. 4. The Vice-President of the Confederate States shall be President of the-Senate, but shall have no vote, unless they be equally divided. 5. The Senate shall choose their other officers, and also a President pro temp.re in the absence of the Vice Presi dent, or when he shall exercise the office of President of the Confederate States. 6. The Senate shall have the sole power to try all .im peachments. When sitting for that purpose, they shall be on oath or affirm:'.*ion. .When the President of 'he Confede rate States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside ; and n person shall be convicted without the concurrence- of two- thirds of the members present 7. Judgment in cases of impeachment, shall not extend further than to removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit, under the Confederate States; but the party convicted shall, never theless, be liable and subject to indictment, trial, judgment and punishment, according to law. Section 4. 1. The times, places and manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof, subject to the provisions of this Constitution; but the Congress may, at any timy by law make or alter such regulations, exceptas to the times and places of choosing Senators. _ . 2. The Congress shall assemble at least once in ev*ry year; and such meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, unless they shall, by law, appoint a different day. Section 5. March 12th, 1361 ^ Co A; % Ch Z^OMMISHION ANu FTP? C LTJj .Marchli, Id ecagor to W&lkor hrearea & Uu^j ^THOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUGGIST, W 45 MA^arTHferi^ & MITCHELL. B. S'. MITCHELL. WHOLESSXE AND RETAIL DEALER IN K> KN. PEAS, OATS, RYB, IV KB AT MUM, DIL ml ta ; I BBBH GROUND HOMINY, HORSE * COW raw CASTELLI A.^D ^OATH 112VER HAY, q fe^rth Wafer Street, pOMMISSIGN GV-UEGS HARRIES, Got. 1st, 1858. IROHA NTS, S. HOWELL. NOTICES. CO-PARTNERSHIP NOTICE. rSTHE UNDERSIGNED have entered into Co-Partnership L in the town of Wilmington, N. C., under the firm of SOUTHERLAND & COLEMAN, for the purpose of buying and selling NEGRO SLAVES, where the highest cash prices will be paid. They also have a house in Mobile, Alabama, where tnej will receive and sell slaves on commission. Liberal advan- CM made upon slaves left with them ^g^^p, August 1st, 1859. JAMES C. COLEMAN. 306-t SKIED OATS. A CHOICE ARTICLE, just received. Folate by A. Feb. 7th. PETIEWAY A MOORE. SOAP-bOAF. A LOT of hard Soap, made at home, a choice article. For sale by PETTEWAY & MOORS. Jan. 24. ■ ATOW MAKING nine hundred Uniforms for Confederate Soldiers, at BALDWINS Feb. 11 th ^MAN be had at a? Feb. 10. LeSAIR’S BLUR CASSIBWR&S BALDWIN’S, PLOUGHS OF ALL DESCRIP- tions, embracing No. 6, 8, 10, 10$, 11, 11$, 14, 18. 50, 60, 76, and Eagle A, B, C, D, E and F Ploughs; also, Garden Ploughs, Hoes, Castings, t orn Sheffers a-.d Straw Cutters, in warehouse and for sale at V ^^S WILSON’S Oil Leather, Saddlery, Trunk and Harness Establishment. Jan. 27th, 1862.. MA7ATARY RIDiKa SADW^KiS. WK - AVE now on exhibition the three leading styles THE REGULATION SADDLE, the McClellan saddle Also, Rnauish. English, Attakapass and other Mexican, Hope, bpanisu, , WILSON B popular styles, at Feb. 22. ___. mSB^oodS OF sevens still oo^^ . B X Feb. 22. — / ENT’S HALF HOSE, at •Vr Fete22. * _____ 7^^“^. 2 Singer’s Standard Sewing “g^DWIK’S. BALDWIN’S. QINGEKS Needles for Siagef s Sewing “^“dWIN'S. 0 Feb. 19. form laws on the subject of bankruptcies, throughout the Confederate States; but no Jaw of Congress shall discharge any debt contracted before the pa s-:gs of the same 5. To coin money, repul Ye the rafee t! creof m d c ' ■ - eigu coin, and fix ’he standard of weights and measures. (L To pro ide for the punishment o’ counterfeit, ng ths securities and current coin of the Confederate Flat os 7 To establish post offices and post routes; but the ex penses of tho Post office Department, nfter the- first day of March in the year of our lord eighteen hundred and sixty- Threo. shall be paid out of its own revenues. 8 To promote the progress of science and useful arts 1 securing lor li Bed times to authors and inventors the ex clu-ive l ight of h ir respective writings and discoveri's. 10. To define hiinals Wil he Supreme ( !n : sh piracies and felonies cowmRwd AT-nces against the law of natio’9. . rant letters of marque and re- water. of money to th it use shall b - for a 1m/- r term than two years. 13. To provide and mamtein aim y. 14. To make rules for govern men- ami regnl Hi o’: of th land and naval for ces. 15. To provide for cabin? forth tlie militia to rx-eufe th 1 le ws of the Confed repel invasion. the militia, and for tates, suppress insurre org: Hi: cers and the authority of tra -'g the mi'itia ace r discipline prescribed by Congress.. 17. To exercise exclusive legislation, in all c area of rimmr-m-. become the seat of the government of ’he Confederate States ; and to exercise like authorit-. over all places purchased by the com-cut of the Ergislotme of the State in which the same shall he, for the erection of fork, ings ; and 18. To make all laws per for carrying into a. all other powers vested officer 1 country Section 9. Si effectually prevent the same. 2. Congress shall also have daction of slaves from any Sts 3. The privilege of the wr. suspended, unless when in c be passed. 5. No capitation or ot! ir di in proportion to the census or enumeration herciubefen-. di rected to be taken. 6. No tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from of another. 8. No me and a re; in lar statement azd account of the leuLpis and expend'u.es of all public money shall be published from time to time. 9. Congress; shall appropriate so money Rom the trcas;.- rv except by a vote of two-teirds of both bomes, taken ty yeas President . be asked and estimate d for by son arim mt, and submitfedio Comic purpose of paying its own ex- for the payment of claims against the Confederate Elates, the justice of which shall have i cm judicially dec’^red by a tribunal for the i ivei- garion of cl a ms against the government, which it is hereby 3. The c'ccfors ih-di meet in their respective States and vote by b illot, for President and Vice President, one of whom, at least, shall nor be an inhabitant of the same State name in their ballots the per son voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the per son voted for as Vice President, and they sh ill make dis- tinctlis's of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons v-ted for as Vice President, ivd of the number of v des 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 Presi- (1 Lt of the f A l te shall, in the ’ pi esence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates, and the votes shall then be counted ; the person having the greatest number c i' votes for President shall be the President, if such number be a. majority of the whole number of electors ap pointed, and if no person have such majority, then, from the persons having the highest number, not exceeding three, on the Ji-t. oftLose voted for its President, the Homie o ’■epresematives. shall choose immediately, by ballot, the ?'• Ado-1 But io choosing the President the votes '••hail be taken by States, the representation from each State having one vo this purpo il consist of a mem- jorit/ of ail the states shall bo necessary to. a choice. ’And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a Presi dent, whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, m fore ihe 4-li day of March next following, then the Vice President sh ill r et as President, as in case of the death or L Per constitutional disability of the Pr f ifeat. 4. the person having the greatest number of votes as Vice Presides shall be the Vice Pr- sident, if such number Im a majority of the woffie number of electors appointed ; Lumbert! on the list the Senate shall choose the Vice Presi dent ; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds hole ncmbeiNshail b jonstituiionally inelligi’le President of electors, which 6a icAng-the the same throughout the Confed erate except a natural born citizen of-the Con or a buiz m thereof at the time of the adop- -zitutimi, or a citizen thereof born in the 1 mid Sl.de- prior to 1 t- 20 h cf December, I860. S eligible to the ‘him of President; neither shall any be eligi de t - that cliim who shail not ha e a Lai ••'’hi i the limits f ibe t i.nleder.ite States, as may ’ he time of his eWciion. ■ J up on claim of the party to X ”s’uXSvM A?'"*' to whom such service or labor may be due ¥ 8 ’ 01 ; Sections. I. Otoc-r steles may be admitted into this Confederaev by a vote of ttro-ttads of the whole House of Kepresenta fives and two-thirds of the Senate, the Senate voting A Mates ; but no new State shall bo formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other State : nor any State be form ed by the junction of two or more States, or parts of States without the consent of the Legislatures of the States con’ cerncil. as well as of the Congress. 2. The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations concerning the property of the Confederate States, including the lands thereof/ J 3. The Confederate .States may acquire new territory, and Congress ( hall have power to legislate and provide govern ments for the inhabitants of all territory belonging to the Confederate States lying without the limits of the several Flutes, 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 in stitution of negro slavery as it. now exists in the Confede rate States shall be recognized and protected by Congress ami by the territorial government and the inhabitants of the reveral Confederate States and Territories shall have the right to take such territory and slaves lawfully held by them in any of the States or Territories of the Confederate Slates. . 4. The Coufedeyate .States shall guarantee to every State that now is or hereafter may become a member of this Con federacy. a Republican form of government, and shall pro tect each of them against invasion; and on application of tim Legislature (or of the Executive when the Legislature is not in session) against domestic violence. article v—Section 1. I. Upon the demand of any three States legally assem bled in their several conventions, the Congress shall sum in 11 a Convention of all the States, to take into considera- iion : uch a me ml; noites to the constitution as the said States sbuB concur in suggesting at the time when the said demand L. made, ami should any of the proposed amendments to the constitution be agreed on by the said convention—vot ing by States-and the same be ratified by the Legislatures of two-thirds of the several States, or by conventions in two-thirds thereof—as the one or the other mode of ratifi- cation may be proposed by the general convention—they shrtl hencefor rard form a part of this Constitution. But no States shall, without its consent, be deprived of its equal rentes- ntaiien the Seriate. Test h the sam esignath and such officer except in th. tan d til the p riod for -which he ate States, or any f his effiee, he shall (or affirm) that I will faithfully ex- lent of the Confederate States, and Section 2. ; y-mfemt ste 11 bo conmmudcr io cite oi the Confederate btet a, and of the mi’itia of 1 Stales, when called into the actual service of .fence t-Cifi -: he may require the opinion, in writ- pri urn pal officer in each of the Executive Depart- ■ n any rubjecL refermg to the duties of their re- fficery end be shall pave power to grant reprieves Jit arnbassi provided foi public ministers and con- t, and ail oilier officers of -pointments are not herein vest the appointment L Tiie Coeerrment established by this Constitution is the o " -•• 0 of ihe provisional government of the Confederate •■I te--of America and all the laws passed by the latter 1 • n Loe same shall be repealed or : off fed; ami all the effiters appointed by the same shall remain in chi e until their successors are appointed and qualifier:, or the offices abolished. 2 ■ il dfe-rs omtiwcted end engagements entered into b-dory the adoptm: of this constitu ted shall be as valid rps nsf the Fonfr derate -"tates under tip’s constitution as u- dcr the . re-visional government. 3 This con uitution, and the laws of the Con ederate Stales, m fee in-pursuance thereof, and ail treaties made, or wnich safe! he made under the authority of the Confederate . opreme law of the land: and the judg es in ev i te 'em -shall ba bound thereby, anythin^ in the to the contrary notwith- eiariding. mentioned, " and all o.. i i veaml judicial officers, both of the Confederate ? tepici and of the several States, shall be bound by oath or affirmation to support this constitution, but no relfeons’test shall ever be required as a qualificaibm to anv"office or public trust under the Confederate States 6- The pov, era net delegated to the Confe lorate States by the cuLstHut on, nor prohibited by it to the States are re served to the States, respectively, or to the people thereof. ARTICLE VII. 1. The raffle tioa ofthe Conventions of five Slates shall be suffi beat for -ho estaklithment of this constitution be- twee 9 ‘Ite Sfetes so rwiF ing the same. 2 A Ima five States shall have ratified ibis constitution te >’n0 am-f-r bog re specified, the Congress under provi- an --.■k-lorf am snail prescribe the tone for holding the i resid eut and Vice President; and for meeting et i e .Jeetoral College: and for counting the votes and n. jmratmg .l’e Picsident They shall also prescribe the g : j first election of members of Congress undei-1; is c o , - op i m, and the time for assembling the same LJw.11 the assembling of such Congress, the Congress under - • u >u shall continue to exercise the luted them, not extending beyond the lime limited by the constitution of the provisional govern- Adopted unanimously, March 11, 1861. 1. Each House 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 smal ler number may adjourn from day to day, and may be au thorized to compel the attendance of absent members, in such mauEer and under such penalties as each House may provide. 2. Each House may determine the rules of its proceed ings. punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence o'two-thirds of the whole number, expel a member. 3. Each House shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such parts as may in their judgment require secresy, and the yeas and nays of the members of either House, on any ques tion, shall, at the desire of two-fifths of those present, be entered ou the journal. _ , 4. Neither House, during the session of Congress, snail, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place than that in which the two Houses shall be sitting. Section 6. 1. The Senators and Representatives shall receive a com pensation for their services, to be ascertained by law, and paid out of the treasury of the Confederate Stated. They shall, in all cases, except treason, felony and breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during iheir attendance at the session of their respective Houses, and in going to ano returning from the same ; and for any speech or debate in eiiher House they shall not be questioned in any other place. ...... 2. Ko Senator or Representative shall during the time lor which he was elected, be appointed to any civil office under the authority of the Confederate States, which shall have been created, or the emoluments whereof shall have been increased during such time ; and no person holding any office under the Confederate States shall be a member oi either House during his continuance in office. But Congress may, by law, grant to the principal officer in each oi the Executive Departments a seat upon the floor of either house, with the privilege of discussing any measures appertain ing to his department. Section 7. 1 All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose to concur with amendments as on other bills 2. Every bill which shall have passed both Houses shall, belote it becomes a law, be presented to the President oi the Confederate States; if he approve, he shall sign n ; but if not, he shall return it with his objections to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the objec tions at large on their journal and proceed to reconsider it. If. after such reconsideration, two-thirds of that House shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together witn the ob jections, to the other House, by which it shall nkewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two-thirds ot tha- House it shall become a law. But in all such cases the votes oi both Houses shall ba determined by yeas and rays, and the names of the persons voting for and against tee bill shall be entered on the journal of each Reuse respectively. H any bill shall not be returned by the President within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have be f^*/ 6 ?® a *|%^ h>m the same shall be a law, in like mannei as it he had signed it, unless the Congress, by their adjournment, pre vent its return; in which case it sum; nut be.a la.,. Ihe President may approve any approbation ^ ^^ anv other appropriation in the same bill. In such casv, ne stall, in sigh ng the bill, designate lie appropriatiuns d» applied,kMhall return a eot y of such appropHsLons, with his objections, to the House in which o-d shaU have originated; and the same proeoetap be had as in case of other bills disapproved by the 1 resident. 3. Ever'/ order, resolution or vote, to wmch the concur rence of both Houses may be necessary (except on a ques tion of adjournment) shall be presented to the Preswimt or the Confederate States ; and before the same shall taae ei- fect, shall be approved by him; or being disapproved oy him, may be repassed by two-thirds of both Housesacc.ru- ing to the rules and limitations prescribed in case of a bill. „ Sections. Congress shall have power— for’rAva^ ay and collect taxes, duties, imnosts and excises common ‘° Pay tte debtS ’ P^'icB for ho federate States ?’hA°T 3 ’ 0111110 government ot the Con- Treasury, nor shall sh “ !1 be granted from the foreign nations be lata " r *«» on importation from industry ; and all duties im?/ 10 ^ 6 01 foster au J branch oi form throughout the ConfedA/tl 0 ^* 1 excises shall be uni- 2. To borrow money on the States. credit of the Confederate 10. All I ills appropriating money . hall specify in frd. r il currency the exact amount of each appropriation and the purposes for which it is made; and Congress shall giant xm extra compensation to any public contractor, officer, agent or servant, a'tor such contract shall have been made or such service rendered. 11. No title of nobility kk.il k ■ onfede- rate States ; and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Con gress, accept of any present emoluments, office or title of any kind whatever from any king, prince or foreign State. 12. Congress shall make no law respecting an establish ment 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 ci' grievances. 13. A well regulated militia being necessary to the se curity of a free State, the light of the people to keep and bear aims shall not be infringed- 14. No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house without the consent of the owner ; nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed- by law. 15. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated; and no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirm ation, end particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons or tilings to be seized. 16. No person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or in dictment 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 sub ject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life of limb, nor be compelled, in any criminal case, to be a witness against himself; nor be deprived or life, liberty, or property, without due process of law ; nor shall private property 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 impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shell have been previously ascer tained by law, and to be info med of the nature a d cause of tire accusation!; to be con touted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining wiiil sses in bis favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defence. 18. In suits at' common law, where the value in contro versy shall exceed twenty .dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved; and no fact so tried by a jury shall be ot herwise 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 excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted 20. Every law or resolution having the force of law, shall relate to but one subject, and that shall be expressed in the title. 3. To regulate commerce with forei gn nations, and among Section 10- 1. No State shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or con federation; gran-- letters of marque and reprisal; coin ‘money ; make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts; pass any bill of attainder, or ex post facto law, or law impair fug the obligation of contracts ; or grant any t itle of nobility. 2. No State shall, without the consent of the Congress, lay any imposts or duties on imports and exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing its inspec tion laws; and the nett produce of all duties and impost^ laid by any Hate on imports or exports, shall be for the use of the treasury of the Confederate States; and all such lays shall be subject to the revision and control of Con gress. 3. No I tale.ball, without the consent of Congress, lay asm duty of tonnage, except on sea-going vessels, for the imurovement of its rivers and harbors navigated by the eaid vessels; but such duties shall not conflict wife any trea’ies of the Confederate States wrh foreign nations ; and any surplus of revenue thus derived ahull, niter making such improvement, be paid into the common tieasuiy-; nor sha’l any State keep troops or ships oi war, in time ot D«ace, enter into any agreement or compact with another state or with a foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay. But« hen any river divides or flows through two or more States, they may enter into compacts with each other to improve the navigation thereof. ARTICLE Ai.—Section 1. ■ 1 The executive power shall be vested in president of the Confederate states of America. Be and the Vicel resi- she'll hold their offices for toe term of six yeais; but Uta Pr^ be re-eligible The Preeideut and Vice President shall be elected as jollows: R ich State shall appoint, in such manner as the Legis- JaturX^ number of electors equal to tee whofe number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress ; but no Senator or Representative, or person holding an office or trust or 3. The : iwcipal officer in each of the executive depart ments. and ail persons connected with the diplomatic ser vice, may be removed fiom office at the pleasure of the President. All other civil officers of the Executive Depart- mem. may be removed at ary time by the President, or other appoinUug power, when their services are unneces- . ■ .pacity, im hi demy, miscon duct, or neglect of duty ; and when so removed, the remov al shall be reported to the Senate, together with the reasons therefor. 4. The President shall have power to fill a-1 vacancies that may happen du: irg the recess of the Senate, by grant ing commissions which shall expire at the end of their next se-rion ; but no person rejected by the Senate shall be re- appointed to the same office during their ensuing recess. 'Section 3. 1. The President shall from time to time, give to the Con gress information of the state of the .Confederacy, and rc- commend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary occasions, convene both houses, or either of them ; and in case of disagreement between them, with respect to the time of adjournment, 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 execut d, and shall commission all the officers of the Confederate States. Section 4. 1. The President, Vice President, and all civil officers of the Confederate States, shall be removed from office on im peachment for, and conviction of treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors. article iir.- Section 1. 1. The judicial power of the Confederate States shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in inch inferior courts as the Congress may from time to time'ordain and establish.— The judges, both of the Supreme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices during good behavior, and shall, at stated times, receive for their services a compensation, which shall no, be diminished during their continuance in office. Section 2. 1. The judicial power shall extend to all cases arising under this Constitution, the laws of the Confederate States, a ..cl treaties made or which shall be made under their au thority ; to :.11 cases affecting ambassadors, oilier public ministers ami consuls; to all cases of ad mi aity and mari time jurisde-ion ; to controversies to which the Confede rate States shall be a party ; ro controversies between two or more states;, between a State and citizens of another State where the taifee is plaintiff; between citizens claim ing lends under grants of different states, and between a State or the ctez s thereof and foreign States, citizens or subjects ; but no ^iate shall be sued by a citizen or subject of an foreign State. 2. In all Cases affecting ambassadors, other public minis ters and consuls, and those in which a State shall be a pa ty, the Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction;— In all the other cases before mentioned the Supreme Court shall have appellate jurisdiction, both as to law and tact, v. ilh such exceptions and under such regulations as the Congress shall make. . . 3. The tri il of ail climes, except in cases of impeachment, sh .ll be by jury, and cuch 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 di rected. Section 3. 1. Treason against the Confederate States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort No person shall be convicted of treason unie s on the testimony of two witnes ses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court. .. .2. The Congress shall have power to declare the punish-, meat of treason, but no attainder of treason ehall work cor ruption of blood, or forfeiture except during the life of the Census of North Carolina—1860. AS REPORTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE STATE CONVENTION. COUNTIES. " WHITS. ’ COUNTIES^ Alamance, Alexander, Arson,■ Alleghany, Ashe, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Camden, Carteret, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cherokee, Chowan, Cleveland, Columbus, Cumberland, Currituck, Davidson, Davie, Duplin, Edgecombe, Forsythe, Franklin, Gaston, Gates, Granville, Greene, Guilford, Halifax, Harnett, Haywood, Henderson, Hertford, Hyde, Iredell. Jackson, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Lincoln, Macon, Madison, Martin, McDowell, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Grange, Pasquotank, Perquimans, . Person, 7,937 3,357 5,846 6,235 4,515 10,623 6,647 7,402* 6,297 2,940 6,061 6 581 9,038 12,555 8,609 10,108 8,795 9,561 4,671 13,378 6,001 8,286 6,880 10,716 6,490 7,009 4,180 11,189 2,826 15.738 6.642 5,351 5.48S 8,981 3,948 4,682 11,141 5,241 10,548 2 210 4.903 6,000 6,370 5,435 5,542 10,543 6,781 8,725 6,319 10,617 person attained. article iv. Section 1. 1. Full faith and credit shall be given in each State to the public acts, records and judicial proceedings of every other State. And the Congress may, by general laws, prescribe the manner in. which such acts, records and proceedings shall be proved, and the effect thereof. Section‘2i.. 1. The citizens of each State shall be entitled to ail the privileges and immimiiies of citizens in the several States, and snail have the s ight of transit and sojourn in any Mate of this Confederacy, with their slaves and other property ; and the right of property in said slaves shall not be there by impaired. 2. A person charged in any State with treason, felony, 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 authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up to be removed to the State Laving jurisdiction of the crime. 3. No slave or other person held to service or labor in any State or Territory oi the Confederate States, under the laws thereof, escaping or lawfully carried into another, Polk, Richmond, Randolph, Robeson, Rockingham, Rowan, Rutherford, Sampson, Stanly, Stokes, Tyrrell, Union, Wales, Warren, Washington, Watauga, , Wayne, Wilkes, Wilson, Yadkin, Yancey, 5,198 11,318 4,473 3,287 5,708 7,480 3.317 5,211 14,168 8,684 10,621 10,622 9.060 9,106 6 690 7,847 8,949 3,203 8,903 16,470 3,696 4.771 8,721 13 280 5.944 9,110 8,229 1-31,489 PRUE COL'P. SLAVES. 421 3.445 27 142 729 435 260 100 219 104 114 276 152 28 38 109 355 1,288 978 221 147 101 388 211 641 102 362 152 693 2,450 104 85 1,111 193 107 80 115 451 273 2^0 184 6^8 766 656 522 1,484 392 318 127 106 345 . 380 407 135 122 489 86 143 1,424 402 296 82 734 261 280 168 64 30,097 611 6,951 206 391 5 878 8.186 5,'327 3,621 3.040 1,088 2,127 1,969 9,355 1,664 6^246 519 3,713 2,131 2,463 . 6.190 2,524 3,076 2,392 7,126 10,108 1,764 7,079 2,199 3,902 11,086 3,947 3,625 10,349 2,584 313 4,445 , 2,793 281 4,916 3,413 5,131 2,115 519 213 4,303 1,305 6,541 1,823 2,518 4,681 10,332 6,808 3,499 5,109 2,983 3,569 5,195 620 5,453 1,645 5,456 6,318 3,929 2,391 7,028 1,169 2,469 1,246 1,597 2,246 10,733 10,401 2,465 104 5,451 1,2-18 3,496 1,433 362 331,081 TOTAL. 11,853 6,022 13,664 3,590 7,956 14,779 14,311 11,995 8,406 12,654 9,237 10,546 7,499 5,343 8,185 16,215 10,730 19,105 9,166 6,842 12,348 8,597 16,273 16,369 7,416 16,601 8,494 15,786 17,376 12,691 14,110 9,310 8,444 23,396 7,925 20.056 19,441 8,039 5,801 10,448 9,504 ' 7,734 15,347 5,528 15,657 5,730 10,-21,1 8,195 6,004 5,908 10,189 7,120 17,374 7,649 11,427 11,688 21,715 13,376 8,856 16,949 8,940 7,248 11,221 16,793 4,040 11,000 16,798 15,490 16,740 14,5$ 0 11,573 16,623 . 7,801 10,402 10,379 4,943 11,202 28,627 15,72k 6,357 4,957 14,906 14,749 9,720 10,711 8,651 992,66' L ADIES’ BLACK. 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The Daily Journal (Wilmington, N.C.)
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