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comm}’ & WAKRO, Proprietors.
Volume XVI,
t'u Cotton Planters!
I\T::K\SE Von; Four WITIRH T IN
CREASING YOUR NI'M BET’ <>r
HANDS.
BEAUCHAMP'S
COTTON SEED PLANTER
AND
GUANO DISTIIIB ; TOJK.
A. Ctoorjjia Invention!
piiw M \CHI\R M ligt.i. 1n >dv. *>iup! t dnrfoV j
1 And 4 heap, and i* romps. i, not Irabk* in pvt out ‘
of order and cau be m Ira ni>> plow boy on ;
Any kind of land where citron rah bo pfoA-ed. H i
will deposit (I .i.iiio with ac ursrv in Any guaotuv.
from 3.* t 1 .W” ft>* per acre, so •* from ihe ctfet u~f t
wind K-ad foe following cmtlrate*:
OrricC (Skint Facyosy. / ‘
Co!uit;bus. Gy .or, Vi. IS- 1. \ ‘
Thu it to cctimV ifiat we have u-.l fteanchnrop'*
• i’lAßlnrand (i-iano Uii , and ts gives u- srrau
pleasure to testify to i • imr.re It deposit? the i
**d ui A narrow, •tratgul at the tu.imiu or a
vmootU packed iurrow, which causes the plant to
mme u > in a straight line* reus enutairg ih | latiter
to plow ctoer I > the cotton, and to chop nut m leant |
one four.h uioro to the hand
We itunk that iu uiiivcm i! atapwou by the plant- |
er of Hu- C non ttt iwm - ttaraa. will verj nmieml
l> enhance • yield. 1 A MIX GIU N I .
JNt). J GRANT.
Wo have ait *>!!*•*: ertitl'av* i> lonuemuo to j
S'Uhlhih, heliMving the above mfl.rier t
Per-ran Wiintnu Planter* or Mate -r County Rictus -
will address me at Pteot-on. hi., or iuv ac. redded
Ant, A if URoWN.dr., C iambus. ire.. veto, is j
fully prepved to manufacture them in iLubestpos- j
•iblem inner and at Abort notice
I; /“Price ol the Machine JMS.itoii on tfoUvci)
fhoAu wisho.* to purchase wi J ptvuh *>-:d it*
• he r oiden itumediatei\
l p np. u;champ,
Al) DROWN, H
Agent ind Manufacturer. At lbn
CARTKH FACKfRV, Cotuinhu* (!.
Wfi re are rna u arln t and kc,* ceiraiaitily on
hand the f<>.lowing arli.lt *. <■; supeiior qua ity and *
<*• rtiriw and’‘hm.k L oilers, Wraai Fun* and \
Tiiraahera, If <>ae Cart*. Wknibin-MV’ lYmtaiiu I
Mills. *r.
(U^-e-d PI tntvr* mtntifie’.ured tor mo, who j
have County U g’lia no re.tsm a lorn-
F* ruary 4.lD6l.—v!hi
Important ta Mill Owners i
O-- L. ROBIKETT,
COLUMBUS, oa
aT*Y*T 1 •’*' ‘ oal Mid. 1t...'0r Maker,
Itrau FurnisLer, au<l satisfactory ‘
erectef of . N tc-iui, \\ attr and (Station* .
ary Mills, (Saw or Grist,) <n the beat known
aa i approve! styles an I warranted to perform
in every r.apeti
Orders fur repairs iu tiro tnctoutricr.l depart
ment of any kind of the above Mills, Juue |
cheaply and carefully, an-1 with dispatch, by ad* ,
dressing tra above.
Reference—Golden A Stanford Columbus Iron |
Works. j?m7—dltw&w j
LANDS FOR SALE.
Iwill veil my plantation where 1 |
9 m r t reside on th Chattahoochee river j
•’A 9 * 12wi acres cleared, good water, good j
iau, L well improved; 4,000 acres in
(mill iiiill on the prenii- j
suit friend* thit may want to hwy near each other. Al- |
s i 930 acre* best tanning land m Early couiry, join- i
i.M the big lord on the line of Early and (laker; also,
TuU acres on Aycock’a crec!;. smsil improvetnenta on ,
c t I) tract, and many scattering lots, i will sell low.
Mv r nidence is iu Clay county Cl a , nine miles he- ■
lo.v Fori Gaines, and Eleven f.om liiakt-ly 1 w ill |
soil all my pn'iperty an the place if 1 can. There i* j
tio- riku of one hundred n- t*roes, and ■ v m j.r.omr
non fall and look; u bargain can h*> hoiu'ht in • ith- i
july 34—w; t H W .STAMPER, j
PLANTATION AND STOCK
FOR SALE,
l have coma to the conduction to return to j
a, a* my relative* all there I
reaideoce II miles udi’th of Columbus. Ra. nml’ i. ‘rtr i
tha Troy Factory Three hundred acres of good I
I.and, well improved; about Mb fn a good stale ot I
cultivation; good dwelling house, negro houses, barn, <
stables, gin house and sr.w; far in mg utwm-ils of all
kinds; cow's, hogs, miilea, wagons, household and j
ki'chen furniture, corn and fodder, and various other ]
arlb lc* too tedious to mention, in a first rate neigh- !
torhoo4,gfod neighbor* and good society. Phrase j
call and look af my land and stock.
H. 11. RRINHFinU). 1
May 7th Wis.
NOTICE.
iW‘ same number of hogs, and 30 head of sheep. -
Terms wiii fe made accommodating n rid strictly m> |
when the cash i* otiered. En<)uirem Albany atJaa. j
if til’s I .ivery Stables, for direciiona to the place.
June 4-wtf TIIOH.n. KENDALL
: ME.
—containing fceven Hundred an I Tirent r 1
Acres, with two hundred Aerea cleared. This i
place ha* a ilwel.ing, good house andgerevr, i
negro booaea an<i kitohon, and all other necessary |
outbuildings. Any peraon wishing to make en- \
.juiry are referred to W. L. Tillman, Columbus, !
•1.*., or myaelfon ttio PUntation.
wtf J. C. BROWN.
SAM OllD’y
LIVER In VIGORATOR
neveii debilitates.
I T I COMPOUNDED ENTIRELY frm < uuM.aud ‘
L naa become an e*tabl w i,j-d lUvl.a staudard merti me ‘
-approved hy all tint . b*v.’ used n .. Ii- r
aorted to wnli court ** d*aejn aJI dneaw* f->r i
w hich it is recommend- •• ed
It h i* . ure.lth . i* uida withinthe laattwoyenr.- ,
who had given np hope r of relief as numerous •
unaolicite-l certificate* P’ in m; po.nemo* *|iuw
1 .ie d-<-must he adap- u-J i the temper;,iu* mi
of the individual taking itaiulti-.-linsiulujU tn
titiee as io act gently <n. S thl kowdi.
Let the dictates of v-nr a* lodgment guide you in
use of the LIFER IX- w FHiOHJI'OR, and it
wi i cure l.,nr <>w- 4 BILIOVb At- j
t* U, b iSIL/’slA, mm Chrome hurrisi.
> VMM E R CO M VLAIXIs.b Jsj ,VJ k.
HY . DROPS y, SO VH STOMACH, /;■.,.*! :
COM TIFEJITESS, Choi ‘0 u , cm'LIRA Ch'le
r t Morbus, CUoLk.RA m I.S'FA Xl f./ FI.A TV- I
t.rxCK.JAr.MjJCi h >..?a/ ‘
C3, and may be used succeaafuUy a* unt/ruim- 1
ry, yut*U{f .Vutinme— M It will cure SICK
HE ADA CII L, (i ™ thousand* can testify m ,
*(lr n|Ml(, if lr< rr three Tea
ptoanfule are taken at coiumeiw>iim ntotlbe
ata<k _
All mhr IM< It r* “ ftnay their teatlmony •
a Its favor. ■■
mix water in the mofth with the in
vigorator, asdhwallow both tooktm
EH PRICE ONE DOLLAR PER BOTTLE
ALSO,
SANFORD’S
FAMILY
Uiatliartic Piiis,
LOMPOrNDRD PROM
Pttrc V|ctabltEitra*u ( ana jmu up
lit Ulßt* i ea. Air llghi, ami will
ketpibany Cllinatc.
Tiie FAMILY A imvhti- Pill >* a g.n
t,o out active t;athsrti< \J.which the proprietor hag
used in hi* pre- e uv-r*- than twenty year*
rpe cuiiftant .v imr’- i.-n .• demand from those who
have long used the PILL A , and the *nii*fn'-tioii wiuih
all’ipre**inregßrdlothei’ rj .ve.hai iudui cd mo to put
them in the reach “fa;.
Tha prot#a*ion well know Jg that different (tinthnrlc*
aeton different portion* of ‘he bowel*
rue FAMILY (A>TIIAHT!( pill
has,with due reference to tin* we 1 es ahlwhed fact
**een euiiipoiitided from n W variety - • < purest v-g
----table extiarts, which an - 1 - • ■ • -y part of the
alimentary canal, and an Fj food and safe m all ea*-
ec where a rhathartie n w needed. mill a I>e
anoawcxT* of ilt ‘JdTOMAtII. Hi.rrrt-
B*. PAINB is tub Q BACK AND I.OIM,
COrtTIVENESg, PAIS add Boaast** ovga
THE WHOLE BODY from auddeu eol,l. who h
fre*juenily, if negjecte-i - n-l in a king’ “in.n-fFe
ver, LOBH tF APPE TI IE, al ULM-iv . wi.v
----• 4TIOM OK t'OLB OVEB rng BoiY. kMTLr.M
ME**, IIS A D At. HE “I “ WI.IDHT I* Tltr llr*D,
ail INFLAMMATORY u l>t*K*r*. WtiUM* 4 u
t'u ti, oar n <r Aot lt* Hitr.i w *ti*w. a t;rea.
Purifier of the Mood, m tndmanydi**n*etowhi< h
flcsli i* brlr.ton nnmtraiv* ** to RimUenin tin* adver*
*eruent DOBIS Ito 3. ‘
Price 30 Cents.
THE LIVER INVIGORATOR and FAMILY LA
TH A KTL PILLrt are retailed by Druggist* generally
and sold wholesale and retail by the Trade in all U*e
arg* tow n*
B. T. YV. NANFOKD. M. D.,
M anu fact ore r and Proprietor,
nl7—w3m 136 Broadway, New York
ok Cilifltlis Itlelli Cimes.
* • •
COLFYUirS, TI'ESBAI. \! ARCH I'J, WSI.
lleiif. Sietamrr anl uur
I.o;ut. Adam J. SUnuitei iu cmumaiul f tha
tloveuiiuoiit4tuv>pd a! Kurt I'.ckcn*. las wiiiun
a Ulhif tu bis brv-tber at 1.. North, giving an
no - uni of Irhitigi* at Pcii/ucola. Wo publish it
in uUothur clhuiu us it, will l*e a uiatur ui iv-
U’v ...; So i-ur rvuJcri at this junuiurs of our af
fair-. From apeciiotl ot ibcleini, it will be
that the writer is ev.vLntly much ftaturmi
at btiii p in vouiman l of a Fart. vurruuuUod hy
abij • wnr. aud is di>po<cJ to Liiuaeit
a’ I’u-cxpausc .fur troops, ila alludes with
op; ureal vanity t > what La U:u aveoiui iLflmd,
ami the rapidity with which he ureokni In* guu*.
to tliu fact ‘.hut it was dou< by vue
“wUu knew !.’ t> do ilieeo thing*, 110 siuilo*
compU uiPy in the belief thatoo~ raw uiiliuui
lock r.,> n bim as a very gr. * man, Wfao
pul up guus ) kc n agir, and that tiny esoiaiur
am. njj thein.-clveg with afcUHktahtuuut aul won
>l r, v ’-.itan uncoani ‘n ofßocr • thi* Adam
f7ie;v.r, in c.-mm-uid the H..vrc merit
tri , This r-C’tccr vainly imagines, too, that
our ‘■ldicr* are in a siato of fear ami trepidaticn
ami aro uiraid to wuko up iu tho ui ruing, lest
they may have orders from him to leave iu on
hour’s iHitb n. Deluded man ! Wc have it from
the highest military aulhuriiy that the poor fol
low was .-o badly frightened, when be transfer
red hi* troop* from the Uarancira to Pickens that,
likj Fauta Ai-ua, übo in bis flight left his wo ad
don leg, so did uur brave Government utliocr
leave his privato papers and i thcr things lo tho
mercy of onr si ldu-cji. N > w •; 1 r he talk* o
bravely.
JR&P'Andy Joboson, ofTennessoe luJ-rso*
Lincoln's inaugural without .jualification. In
what respect does he differ from an Abolitionist?
Th® Republic an a „ rerenadt and I.inculn fir-.t und I
• heir friend Andy next. Andy bad better go
over the lino nt once—-it is the piece t- r him.
MO\T6OICRY CORRESPCNDENCB.
No J’aLiic i'mio* ;.1 J.'ec> >s Leper ltd; Jit* j
Army Bill; I’roaieton for Keetgntand
[ieeiynut on / J! ; U M. Jltomv !
MoatuvMUHy, March V, laOi.
*i i*-day there wus no hukiiKf* upt-u the pub
lic calender, and Cougrc* > went at >nee into
secret scs iun. Ath y delegates are now work
ing dilligontly ,u order to gel a recess sometime
th * week. Veaterday they coainunced ut ten ui
the morning and adjourned four, and in tho
evening worked from seven to ter-. lam inform- j
cd that the permanent Constitution will soon be
adopted, after which the sreiions. will bo open, or
the exceptions us Ht protein.
The army bill has passed, and will be publish •
•;> in rro. It Ut ... r, j
neer.*,i na •>!’ ui ’.tilery, six regiments of dufuniry 1
arid one regiment of cavalry. The corps of en- (
gln.-ct* cofiaiet of on© Colonel, four Alaj -rs, five f
Capteiii* Mil l n c nupauy of sappers and miner*,
With the rn ..ira.vary ol'ic.; and laborer-. Tho 1
corps of art:l cry shall consiet of one Celoucd, m.e
Li'iit I.;, ten -V.j us and forty com panics
of arlilU'iat* S'.i l arUli.-fr*. Each eoiopiMy
shall eonsi*t of eno Captain, two first Lien ten
ant?, oca -i Licu'.maut, i ir . cargount*, lour
Corpora! ;, (wo jdu*|ciane uud ceveuty private*.
There shall al* > be one Adjutant to be •elected
from tho Lieu ten an i by tho Colonel, and one
Seargcaat Major to be mdeetod from tho enlisted
men of the c<>rps. The pay es them per month
i* a* follow * ; Colonel $2lO, Lieut. Colonel slBo
Miijot $l6O, Captain SL>O, Jut Lieutenant S9O,
and 2d Lieutenant £>J. This pay varies a little
in tho different corps. All officers are appointed
by the Presidentby and with the consent of
Congress, aud the rank and file are collated for
not lom* than three and not more than fire years,
under such rule* a may be eatabliuhtrif. No
officer will Ik appointed in tho array until he has
pa*-;<.<! an examination satisfactory to the Preei
dent, both s to character and fitness for tho st*r~
vice. The 26:h section provide* that tho rule*
m.’.l aviM-Jes <A war oLablisbed by the United
State* o America, be declared in force, merely
changing the words United States to Confederate
State',. One good feature of this biilis, the pro
\ i’ion mad* foreadet* and officer* resigned from
the late United .State* Army. Civilian* are re
quired to givo place to them, which In some
wise elattao, and dot honor to tho men who pen
ned il. Our resigned officers are generally ineu
of h gh intelligence ami fine education, uud will
rt f! rx redit upon the array of the Coutederucy-
The bill wu! be published in full in a day or two
and will gratify thousnnd* of youug uicn who
hare apidicatiosi* filed in tho offi?o of tho Jrecre
tary of War.
i have been informed that Mr. hJidoll La* de
clined to accept the appointment iu one of the
Cuimm-fciuner* the Kuropcuu Power*. Jli*
rca&one for doclinatfun are not ma-.'o public, al
t Lou L rumor ay* ami ‘ on fur tt higher j.o
*ition prompted i.
You have probabiy hiuid tqa: the (JanetUut.on
newspaper is to bo removed to this city : or, at
!e nt, they, and will, etc., aro to bo settled upon
the Advertiser, whkh wID, it i* anticipated, be
tho government organ Wm. M. Browne will
not bcaoiiDCCted with it s* aa editor, be having,
a* i* well known, received the appoiutinent of
A-si*tant>Secretary of State. Thi* appoiotinent
give* gcucral safciofacii n, i r everyone believe*
Browne d**erv* *oun reward f<w tile manly aland
he took B S uin*t tho Rcpub!i< an j, r y iu Wah
tugt n, and for which be recaived to much abuse
(root their slanderous rheet*. Ho i now in this
ciiy, r* ny to enter up *n the dulie* of bis offi •*.
in the ( ouve&tiou considerable work was got
ten thrvugh w ith, but. not much that would be of
general interest- Tho following erd nance i the J
most irnpurtui.t on*, and can bo studied with
profit by our ttutctnaeu ta/a tufo tee*. The ,:tal
i'i aro my own, and aro dc:gfiad to ceil particu
lar attention to a very repubiinan point:
An ©rdinan-o t-> < ‘- r jurisdiclien over tba
F *rt* und Arsenals in tho Ktato of Alabatn*
upon tfio Confederate State* of A merit a.
Lo it ordained by lira people of Alabama, m
Convention as*tabkd, That,the Provisional Cov
er nn nt ••! ibe Cunfe icratH .; i U* i* hereby au
thor./ 1 t< . o ( - u py m,d hold pMwcssion of j
all I'uit*, >'*ry Y •<-* and Ar*ua.*, an 1 their |
appurtonancf - in thi* ..late, and shall repair and j
rebuild m i } rt* und ArfcoaL at it* discretion,
> l/tie ordinot'cr upeuieU l-y < vhi'ul.oh I
“/thin tit ait.
*
Attest: W. M. BHOCW*. l’rcit.
A. 0. Iloas. gM,.
A rumor wu* m cireniatiou yesterday that Yt.
Fickeat was being reinforced, and that three war
vessel* were outside Charleston harbor. A* noth
ing farther-ha* beeu board of either, I am inclin
ed to doubt tho truth of tho report. Telegram*
from Washington aro anxioorly looked for, and
at the e*rlio*t Intimation of new* the newspaper
‘iffi-e* are besieged.
“KVKLY N.”
N-( ti -n If. Judd, of Illinci*. (the oulMprcsctt
Jo Id. : b* been nominated Minister to Berlin.
Col. Lore&xo Thomas ha* been appointed Ad
jutant fb iK-ral, in place of Cooper, resigned.
| Tin: Hi frrmk Jt’DoasHip.—lt If thought to*
] nigh', says a Washington telegram in the
the Charleston Courier of Thursday, that lion,
j J. J. Crittenden will be norainatod for the va
cant seat in the Supreme Bench Instead of Black.
Oiler from liet, 11. SUnim-i to Li, lirollier.
b'tr.at \itv, 20th, HGI.
Dk.vr Bkotiikr ; As a special messenger will
Lave here for Washington to-morrow, I will ask
him toearrv some private letters, with hi public
one*, und let yon know some HUle about Fort
Pickens, uud tho inhabitant* thereof. ] only
wish it waa not so much <■! a >i)t-#*idu arrungo
mer.t, a* wo need letters down here more than you
fortunate people up Xorth can. The pipers coiuc
i through sometimes, but letters ueur. 1; quite
surprises me to ace uiy name figuring ac exten
sively In the newspaper-. 1 have simply dune
my duly ; but l suppose the doing it, uuder such
a pressure of opposition, makes it appear cred
itable. jhe Loops aro leaving the opporaio tdiorc
dbgustcd at playing *dUir, 1 r|<p<**i. They
y thcro uro ouWbu>m UUfl rvuiaimug, and these
*rv rvguUri. for one year. My
mewcii-'or • t*..r*| this morning, said they
WWi- afraid w - would attack them m>w. \Vo
Ci'uid do aw, uu l f n po4oetttou nguiu of eory
thiug iu an hour, vine wore only permitted lo
take such a i:r*e. 1 h*vo now mouuled near
ly a 1 th* pwr ihai is all that are really a roe*
s iry t > i-iiildc tbc Mi.ik io l o defended bv a lore©
of fivo hundred iuvm. We haio workoU like
horse* l-> Hue jin ,ui'!i thi-. but great things can
be done l*y !:nml r. hii* when one knows how.
fh's erniiii • “inm rid ha.- dono more than Chns*
or Lomax could have don* with their two thu
snnd luou, and they know it.
Having neon our guns go up rapidly, they
swear we have had roifureementi*. In fact, tho
papers say nothing else could be expected--that
we hare smuggled men iu from tho vowels It
i- true wo could have dowo so, and they bo moo
tho w:-.r. but mt a man ban been added to this
<• inman.i from them. In fact. *o particular are
we. that not even an officer lias eumo nshore,
wiih ihc ex “ptiouof Capt. Wtgdes, and be only
oio e, when tho vesselvß first eumo.
These Boat hern paper* nrc publishing all sorts,
of false reports about me. Doe is that 1 was
heard to .•ay’hat if they had attacked Iho fort
any time during the first fifteen days, 1 would
have surtOiidcrt and it without filing a gun. Os
course thi* is nut true. My use!) stead ut the
gun* every one of those cay*, and if they had
come they would have learned tho definition of |
one kind of grape.
Tho people >n the op| osdo shove think we arc ]
in ainuo'i wore do ten si Me condition than whin j
they first enure. The moral effect of tho guns on
the top i* groat. When t!i umve was made, 1 i
work* i mo*t w!.i •• ii \ could not mo uu>, uud j
they th ‘light bul l.nb- was doing; but when my
uu n w,roput to work on tho barbette guns, and ;
they saw <hai go up uluiust like magic, as they J
though’, (they oi-uld t<. icoiy uiovo their own
guns.) they bogm to think tronbb>us tiraca were i
coming There are only, a* I said before, about !
teuf hundred men at the barrawks. Fori Bar- i
rauc.lß and old Met Tea—only enough to garii- j
.-on them. They aro very much afruid that souio ‘
fine morning they will find tho ships in the har
bor, with the intelligence to them that they can ,
leave within two hours, nnlc-s ib.y prefer to b
food for powder.
Colonel Chase and Captain Randolph me butli j
in Montgoutury, -leaving Colonel Forney in corn -i
nraml. lie is a West Point graduate, and wu* i
engaged in putting up the batteries before that, j
work was stopped.
Colonel Chufo was putting np n soar !
the Light Hotter,and mounting eight iuoh Colura- 1
biad* on i\ 1 hi* battery would have raked our j
front, so 1 wrote protesting ngninst its continu- j
anoo at present, and also ngainst the erection of
alt batteries touring or the tort. Col Chose told |
ti“- - s vi. lai.v if tliiil i be would not land
the tro< p in the Brooklyn, be, on his part,would
uot attack the f it, and would immediately dtr.
continue all preparatit ns for so doing. >f course
| this battery-building was violating Ihe ugroc
mi:n!. mid Cray have admitted it by nut going
on They think I have no right to mount any
more gun* either, but that i all they know about
it. There wn* no armistice on uiy uido ut all,
exrvpt a* nit th- hinlii g ol tin-troops, ntid that
was the >ecrotaryl am at perfect liberty t”
munt every gun in the furl if i chouse, and to
niakw wilier itefanras us 1 can invent < r
copy A J. SLLMMLIi
Tie L.or.'j (abiurt.
m: UUTAKf of Ttl K TBKAXt'R V.
11. Sa’ loon P. t'l-.-i ii a tiu live N.w-
born in l v ‘ >, andut an curly iigeetri
igraii-d to Dht", but leaving there alter a year'*
residence, graduated at Darimoulh College, N.
il., and -iUdied law in Washington city, untfor
ihe celebrated VYitiiara Wirt. lie kuetaincii
bimieil dui iug the year* fb. * protessioonl stu
dies by iinpnriiug lutdruction to a select school
for boy p. He wan admitted to the bar t Wash
ington in I't'J'.t, and in the following year return
•and to Ciu iunali and entered up >n the prac
tice of In* prut Mi’ ii, iu which be * on ro*o lo
omiiicitec. iL v.. .-. mbtcquiiitly elected atm in
her of the X’nitcd States Senate, and upon tho
expiration of his Senatorial torin hu was put in 1
nomination for tio\ernur of Ohiojami eforti and. He
wu re-eic. tod at the .‘uci.eduig term, ileccnlly
he was a second time elected to tho 1 . if. Senate,
and tr,"k his *?at nt the culled gemdou on Mon*
tirtUKTARV Os W AX.
Sunou .Cauitroa served au approulico
*uip to the prtuting business at HarrUhurg, and
subsequently worked a* a Journeyman in Warb- ;
ingfon oily, iu lail, when ayoang man ho de- I
cliiicd the offi r ot a nuuiiuatioii 1 .r Cotigrc*; iu i
was Adjutant General of Pennsylvania; in
In >1 be was appointed by Gen. Jackson a Visitor
to West Point; and in 1x33 ho aguin declined a
nomination forCougrers. For instiy year* bo
has been prominently identified with tbo works
of internal .improvement in Pennsylvania, and
for twenty-riven year* wa* Cashier of ibe Mid
dletown Bank of that State. }!•• ws also for
merly Prcai icntof the Lebanon Valley Railroad
Company, and Prerident of tho Luininouweulth
liuurancu Cos.
■ROitEiat or Tns.uvr.
Hun. Gid*)"}) G. Welles ia a native of Connecti
cut, aud a well-known contributor to the partisan
pre 110 formerly bold the office of P-.*!master
of Hartford, under Mr. Van lluren's Administra
tion, and loft the office soon after tho olccti nos
Gen. Harrison in 1840. During a part of Mr.
Polk's Administration be occupied an important
position in the Navy hc| nrtim.ni. Like many
“tberpr m Incut Northern Democrats, Mr. Wtlk*
disagreed with bis party on the subject of Ihe
repeal of the Missouri compromise. The territo
rial question being the chief ono at issue, he be
came identified with tbe Republican patty soon
after its organisation, and has since been one
of its leader-', taking n prominent part in It*
Cut,vcnlions, Mate ami national. Ho wa* a
and legate from tho .State a* large to the Chicago
Convention, and eomuituted one of the Commit
tee to proceed to Bpringfiold with < flicial notice
of Mr Lincoln'* nomination. Jfo wns one of the
Pridiaiai Kieeiur*.
► EiuEtAur or Tint ixtKßtM'.
Item. Caleb H. Smith i* well known iu Indiana,
and i* reported tube posserned of a v gorou*
intellect, and considerable adminiktrativo tact
and ability, iio ha* be* n irequentiy a W big
member of Congress und was < ■ luaisrioner on
Mexican claims. Jle is nw u Republican of
moderate view*.
•OeTMItTUR ti K*t KR A 1..
The Hon. Montgomery Blair is a son of Prim
ci* P. B.uir,o;i‘: ot t,. editor* of the (Uoba, the
organ jf Gen. Jackson during his admini*lration.
F.r several years past ho ha* resided with his
father, in Montgomery county, Maryland. He
graduated at YY'eat Point, went to (be Mute ot
Missouri, practiced law in Bt. Louis, was made
judge, and wu* appointed by President Pierce
(solicitor of Claims, from which place he vrsi re
moved by Pro dent Buchanan. Judge Biair is
now in the prime of life, and a warm Republican.
iU is son-in-law of the late Hon. Levi Wood
j bury, of New Hampshire, and brother of Frank
| P- Blair, jr, Congressman clcK from the f*t.
l.oui* dtetrict.
AfTwBMKr tiftXXIIAI..
lion. K (ward Bate* was bora in Goochland
county, Vh., in 17WJ, and in thewur of I Mi J serv
da- a volunteer at Norfolk. About Dfl I ho set
out for Ht. Louis, and crossed the Mississippi f r
the iirt timo ou the 29th of April, litre he
studied very diiiigr.niiy in the office of Uufu*
Latin, a Connecticut min, and so mo tnoo a del
egate ioCongress from Missouri Territory. Mr.
Bates carat to the bur in the winter of 110- 17,
and prateecJ with fair nueces* a* a beginm r. Jn
!S ;. he was elected Judge of the Land Court of
Louis county, and after serving ia the office
abuunt three years he resigned and returned
again to the practice of the law. He a'•ted as
President of the River and Harbor Improvement,
Convention which sat at Chicago, ao l in 18 /2
H'.to<fn President ol the Whig Nattenal C'onvcn*
ti’ a which m* tat Baltim- rc. Jn teJ't he was
appointed by President Fillmore amt tionfirmed
by tho Senate He- retury of War, hut declined
the appointment for persona! and domestic rea
sons. Mr. Bates was complimented with the
honorary degree qf LL.D., in 1858, bjj liavard
College. Some year/- before ho had been honor
ed with the Sftnc degree by ShurtlcfT College,
Illinois.
TUK SOVERKIGN T V II K TUK STAT KX.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, MONDAY, MARCH 18, !Btil.
rttUMBl S. HKUJiISDH, M Utlll lit, IMH.
hoatcomiiy comsNYiiim
.1 C\jimH<tieaiioti /rum Omupw—T nihr of
l u I hr. C“J (te/uiy Reply 0/ Judge
U uht I.v —.1 Cutlet of Admiralty I.itahtiht>d
f'rr-idemt'e Levee—CoHutitutinu, die.
MoNtueMRRV, >tarch 11.
Immediately upon tho t poning of Congress
this moiuiug, ihe Pr.’id'(tt p rosea ted a commu
nication iruiii the Georgia t'onVtntioti npprt*v
ing of the choice of Jefferson Davts a* President,
aud A. 11. Stephen* s Vie* President, of tho
ConfvJo.nto .States. ‘The ceiumuuieatuui \.as
received wi<h pleasure by the delegate* from the
other Flutes. Soon after tfite. Mr fVright, of
Georgia, u.-Ued leave to phne a luodul *d rifled
cannon, invented by a oitiacn >f Suvauuah, up
on the Pie*ideul* ifosk, ir tho inspection of
tho Members of Coll gross.
Mr. Kennar, of Louisiana, desired to cull at
tention to uu oidiirauee pasted by the Convon
tiun cl his State, which was very gratifying Iu
tho delegates, and ought to be-gratifying to the
members of Congress, ni tbo expression of tbo
feelings of the people of Louisiana. This ordi
nance transferred tho sum of sJßs,2fl7, now in
the hands of tlie Adjutant General of tho Stute,
ami known u.-> tho “bullion fund,” to the Confed
erate .States, ami made said monies subject to
the order us the Treasurer. Furthermore, there
was the sum of sl47,.)|'J being tho hulune* re
ceived by tho State depository from the customs,
riuce tin Lt of January, which was also made
subject to tho order of tbo Treasurer of the
Confederate States.
As Mr. Kennar, suid, ii \ii; be recollected that
when Loiii.'iaim receded, n certain aniotmt of
money w* found in tho mint at New Oilcan*;
i! will be recollected also that there was a
large amount us gold bonded in warehouse sub
ject to duty. When Louisiana became one of the
Confederate Slates, nil this mi noy wad reserved
fur the Government, and all suuis since received,
h s Wen set us do and strictly kept for the use
of this Confederacy. Mr. Kennar, (‘ailed atten
tion to this fact, f< r hi* was tho only State that
held the public money for tile benefit of the f\>n
ledgrute State's. It would not have been amirs
perhaps for Louisiana tu have held thi* money,
forth,’ purpose cf military defence. The fort* 1
within hi r borders have boon neglected for years*
■wiii! sum* of money have boon expended
upon lb tie fences of New York and other North
ern Stater. A short time aineo Gen. Beauregard
pai 1 u visit to th fortifications, and found them
in a bad state, with tree* growing on Ihc parapet
and the walls fast ( rumbling into ruins The
Stat( ut once look them in hand and put them hi
a good elate of repair. She did not wit hold this
uu-ney for the purpose, but put her hand in her
pocket, gave half million dollar# to equip her
troops, and u: much uu re to repair her defence*.
Ti o particular objoct of making the*o *tate
uuhU *8( wot to prate* Luateiooa, although
worthy of praise, but to cull attention to the spir
it in which tins a.-! hashcen douc. Mr. Ketiliai
- iid he* hud lost all hope of peace und helievnd
war would come, and since Lincoln’* inaugural,
believed it was necessary. Now. .-n account of
what Louisiana hud dune, ho hoped that it would
bo the *j >‘chil object of the Rresuh-u!, ahonldoc
eiision require, to protect the commercial inter
*.-! of New Orleans, in ou-o Mr l.imndn should
attempt kade.
Jtidg’ \Y . 1 rs, f S. 4.'., ‘.tlmml the following
resolution ;
Resolved, That Cong res* accept with h high
si ukvot the patriotic. Überali<y of the State of
l.uHMitiuu, the fund* *o g nerourly ten den* I t.
tho Treasury f tho Confederate State*.
In remarking upon thi# ho said that tho iu
< ume of hi# own State nt Churlcgfou cu*foJi
hour* i* not large, but what there bar been since
tb( (iweuaion of the .State ha* been expended up
on th* Lighllu'UM's and lfouy*. It able, it i*
certain South Carolina would *k-i follow tbepal
riidle C\atwj le of Louisiana. I'p to the lime of
st*ce*-ion a larg< utn bad been expended upon
the fort.'*, oporiullv fort Sumter, which now
ought 1 .be in tho hands of the Confederate
Stall-.-, and since large draft* from the Federal
Government have been paid. Ou account of in
ability alone, and not uu account of want of spir
it, S. was behind in this mutter. This highly
interesting subject baa been tho topic of eonver
tuition upon our Streets, uud ull admire tin* gal
lutil State tthich ha* so nobly come forward with
inoneo, in tbo hour of need.
The bill to cHlablish a “court of Admirably
aud Maritime jurtedietioa at K*;y West, in the
State of Florida,” ha# passed, This Court Ira*
cognizance of nil civil cause* of Admiralty und
maritime jurisdiction, including seizures under
revenue law# or law# of navigation of the i’on
fodcrata States, and all laws arising under those
law q saving to suitors in all cases the right of a
Colon, a law remedy, where such remedy, i* am
plo and complete. It also turbid* the business
of wrecking unless licenre is oidalned from
the Confederacy.
This evening tho I’n -idont iibi a levco nt the
Exchange l which a large number were present.
The Little- Cun volition culled in a b idy, and
nearly all our prominent gentlemen and ladies
Were pre-crit sometime during the even ng. ft
was ft very ineroeting occu.-iou and will ho long
remora bo rod by those who heard th* nrudcul,
chaste and elegant speech upon the occasion.
Tho Convent < ii will call upon the Vice l‘reri
dont oon ;* cording to the resolution pn-scd in
that body.
The* ftaniraocut Constitution of the Confederate
-int* of America wa# unanimously adopted to
day at ./o’clock. Jtis a bettor document tb*n
the old one, us it has nil its go<,d poiut* without
it* errors, ‘iheprovisions for taxation are ad
mi ruble, und will strike all thinking men. I for
bear further comment and send you a copy of
tke supreme law of our land.
Now that thi* Lu.-inus* is through with, (Jwn-
will teko a recess for a short time I can
not say for how long. They have worked dili
gently, and the f'un titution will sh> w how well.
JiVKLYN.
l'erittaiiciit loiislitutioii
OF THL
COM KDKHATK .Si ATI'S.
We, the people of the Confederate States, each
State acting in its sovercigu and independent
ebaracter, in order to toriu a peruninunt tederal
government, nrsbiteb justice, insure domeateo
tranquility und m-ure the blea ings of liberty to
ourselves and our posterity invokingtb favor
and guidance of Almighty God- -ifo ordain and
a#t.iMteh thl* Cuiratituti.ii forth* Confcderat*
Suite*of America.
AKTICLK I.
HKCTIoV 1.
All tba legislative powers herein delegated shall
b** vc-ted mi a Congros* of the Confederate State*,
which shall consist of a Senate und of
R(tpreceot*tiv*s.
MICTION .
1. The JJoum of Representatives shall te com*
po.-ed oftnuubea* chosen every second year by
the people w f tec several .iiates; and the eleoters
in ouch State shall be citizens of the Confederate
State-', aud have the qualifieetions requisite for
electors of the most numerous branch oi the .State
I. gi -latere, but no persou of foreign birth not a
citizen of th# < .nfo'icrate States, shall be allow
ed to vote for any officer, civil or political, State
or j Federal.
2. No person shall be it Representative, who
ahull not have uttuiued tho age of twenty-five
year#, and be u citizen of tho Confederate States,
and Who shall not, when elected, bean inhabitant
of that State in wbieh he shell be cheaen.
ami Diwct Taxes ah all be
nppurtioni-d iiiuuiigiuu Kt*veral Slates, which may
be included wilhiu thus Confoivnwy, according
t” their respective number.-*, which uiinU ho do
termiued by adding to the wholo number of free
persons, including tho.-o hound to service lor a
term < f years, and excluding Indian - not taxed,
three filths i.f all slaws. The actual enuitiera
li-u shall bo made wilhiu thruo year* alter the
first meeting of the Cong runs of the C nfoderale
State.-, and wilhiu every .'ubscq-iout form oi h*u
year#, in nucli luauner as they shall, by law, di
rect. ’I he number us Repre*vntaUv t’s sholi uol
exceed ini (or every filly thousand, but each
State shall have ut least one itopiercnv.itive; and
until such cuninoraiion shall bo made the btate
ot South Carolina shall be entitled to choosu six
t: -c Statoof Georgia tea Aktbs*
ma nine- -the Statu *l Florida two---the Mute ol
Mississippi seven- the State ■ t 1.. ni ; .on and
the Stale (.*1 I'cxiUf six.
L W lieu vacant ic* happen iu the rcpicvuia
tiou from uuy State, tho i.xccutive authoritv
thereof alrall issue writ* ol election I” fill such
vucancio;.
/. The House of Representative# #hnU i*li.n*se
•heir speaker and other officors ; and shall have
the sole power of impo.u hracnt; except that any
judicial or other federal officer resident and acf
tog solely within the limits of any State, may ho
unpeached by a vote wf two-third# of both branch
os of tho Legislature tncroof.
suction :i.
I The Sur.ate of ijm Confederate Stale* shall
he composed of two Senators Ir* m each Slate,
Chosen for six years by the Legislature thereof,
at the regular session tu \t immediately prece
ding tho couuuencciiictu of tho term of* rvico:
and ouch Senator shall have one vote.
‘J Immediately niter they shall ho ii..'crahlcd,
in consoquenco ol tho fit at election, they shall be
divided as equally aa may bo into three classes.
The scats of tuo Senators of the first class shall
bo vacated at the expiration ot tho . mid year;
ot tho second class at the expiration of th • fourth
year, aud ol tho third class at tho expiration of
tho sixth year; so that one third may ho chosen
ovury seound year; and il vacato itM happen hy
resignation, or otherwise during tho m ess of
the Legislature us iwy State, the executive there
of may miko temporary appointment* until tho
next meeting of tii Legislature, which snail then
till such vacancies.
J. No person shall he a Senator who shall not
have attained tho ago of thirty years, and be a
citi xon of the <'onlo!-rate Mates; and who shall
not, when elected, he an inhabitant o! the State
for which lie shall bo chosen.
f. The V ice-I'rcnidunt *■! riio< oi ledoratc .dtatdß
shall ho President ot the Senate, hut shall have
no vote, unless they bo equally divided.
T ho donate shall choose their other officer#;
and also a President f>io tempore in the absence
ot the \ ice-l’resident, or when ho shall exercise
the office of Pro.ridem of the Cbm Fedora l e State#.
1 ho >euato shall have tho sole power to try
all impeachment,. Wh- n sitting tor that pur
pose. they shall he on .rath or affirmation, V Aon
the President of tho t . ufoderutcraSltes Is tried,
the Chief Justice shall preside: and no person
ahull ho convicted without the tetu ut a no. -l two
third# of the member# present.
T. Judgement in cu#ch ol irai’- aolniictu shall
m l extend further than lo removal Uoni oifiec,
and disqualification to hold and enjoy any oflicu
of honor, trust or profit, under the Coulodc-rato
States; but the party convicted shall, nevertho- j
U-.c, tie liable and subject to indictment, trial,
judgment find punishment according to law.
SEC HON o.
1. ’J ho tirnca, places und raamier of bidding
election* for Senators and iicpresuntattvcH skull
lio prescribed in each State by tho Legislature
thereof, subject to the provision* of thi* C\ nti
'ution; lut the (’"iigte/s# may, at any timo by
law , make or alter such regulation#, except us to
the times and places of choosing Senat-uis.
2. Tho Congu*.s Khali assemble at lowst once in
‘ -Very year; and such mooting sha.ll be < u the
first Mond -yin lh eunlo i, i.nles-tin > .rirall, by
law, a j point a difiertut d.iv.
SRI’TION
I. Kueii House rhnll hr the judge ol l fit- elec
tions, returns und qualificationt of its own mem
ber#, and, a irrajority of each shall consti
tute a quorum to do business,* but ft smaller num
ber may adjourn from day to day, and may he
authorized to compel the attendance of absent
member#, in such manner and ui l r .-urli penal
tie# a a each House may provide.
J. Rach House may determine ti e. rule.-of it*
proceedings, pwiiLh its members for disorderly
behaviour, and, with the concurrence of tvv• •
third# of the whole notn- 1 r,expel a member.
and. Much lloiiioj, shall keep a Journal of ith
proceeding*, and from time to tin e publish the
same, excepting such part# ns may in their
judgment require sec rosy, mid the yeas and nays
of the member# of either House, on any question,
shall, at the desire of one-fifth il •hose pr<.<a(.
be entered on the journal.
I Neither Iloii-e, during the as.-ran of fun
gi. .shall, without the consent ol tin “ther.nd
joiirn for more than three day #, in r to any other
place than that in which the two House# may
he Kitting.
1. The Seuators und Uepieaentetiv> ulmil ir••
reive a coiupi nsution tor tlicir service#, to bo as*
eertutecd by Lw, and paid out of the T reasury
of th<s ConiederuteKlut’ #. They shut!, in hB ca
se#, ex. ept treas. n, and hrcuch of tho peace, l>a
privileged from mi< -t during their uilt nd ioea
ut the se-siou f their re#peotive Jl-iii#* k. and in
going tu and returning from tlie same; and lor
uE.y speech or debate in either House, they .-iratt
not bo (pH- imned in any odhra place.
No Collator or Reprem illative shall, during
the (into lor which he w < elected, t-e appointed
to any civil ..Biro under tbo authority > t tho
fori federate fcilatc-q which shall have been crea
ted, or tho emolument a whvnol shall have- been
increased during hucli time; and no penom hold
ing any office under the Confederate State# shall
boa Stem her oi either House during hi cun tin
ukiiuo in nfliec. But (’uiign-# nmv, by lew.
grant to the principal olm or in each of tbo La
tculive Deparfo'CMt* a seat upon the floor of ei
ther Hem*, with the privilege ol di-euM-uq; any
mcraoie# appertaining to hi# department.
hm rio.x 7.
1. AH hi;D for raising n:vcnuu shall originate
in the House of Representative*: Imt (be . w fttmte
may propose or concur with aincudint nL a# on
other bill#.
IS. Lvery bill which (hull l.v passed I.mb
Houses, khftll, before it 10-coui'-> a l .w, tie | re*
rented to tho ('resident of the routed’ rate State#;
if be approve, t.e eliail sign il; hut if ti"t, he #hnl)
return il with hi# objoetmu. ta that Mouse ill
which it shall have originated, wli > ahull enter
the objeetious at largo on their journal, and pro
ceed t. reconHider if. If, after snub reftomdder
ation, t wo-thirda id that Jluusu Khali agree to
pasw the bill, it *hn!l he sent, together with the
objections, to the ol her Jlou#e, hy wlii--li It shall
likewise be reconsidered, and u approved by
two thirtls ol that House, it shnll become a law.
Rut. in uil such case#, the votes ot both House#
Hiiall he determined by yeas and nay*, and the
uairHiN of the persons voting for and against the
bill shall be enter# ! on ih< jnnrfitii of Bfteh
j llou."'! rc#p<j(*iie.iy. >, hftll not he re
turned by the I'resider.t -. n on days (Hun
days excepted)after it cbnll heve boen present
ed to him, the some shall be a law, in'like man
ner as if be had signed it, unle#* the Congress by
their adjournment, prevent it# icturn; in which
I ‘-acc, it shall not be a law. The ('resident uny
i approve any appropriation und disapprove any
! other appropriation in the same bill, (u such
1 ease be shall, iu signing the MH, designate the
appropriations disapproved, and ,'rail return n
| copy of such appropriations, with his objections
I to the tloiiro in whicb the bill shall have origin
ated; and Ihe unntr proceeding# sbnll then be
hud a* in ease of other hill* disapproved hy tho
President.
2. Every order, i> <olulion or vote, to whhb
the cencurience of both Houses may be noeoMa
ry (except on a question ot adjournment) shall
bo preflew ted to the President of the Confederate
htates; and before the same ahull take effect,shall
t.e approved hy him, or being disapproved by
him, may be repu.-sed by two (bird:’ of bo'h
Houses, according to th- rule# and limitations
prescribed in case of a bill,
hxcuon H.
The Congress hull hnyo power* •
I. To lay und eollret tuxes, duties imponts,
and excises; for revenue nccssary to pay tho
debt#, provide for tho common defence, und
carry on the government of the Confederate
Htates; but no bountici shall be jgrantc-d from
the Treasury; nor shall any duties “r taxes on
importation* fftnn foreign notions be laid to pro
mote or foster any branch of industry; and all
duties, imposts, und excises shall be uniform
throughout tho Confederate States.
‘I. To borrow money on the credit of the Cun
federate Ktatc*.
,‘I. To regulate coinmerco withs -rcign nations,
and among the several State#, and with the In
dian tribes; but neither this, nor any other clause
contained in the Constitution, shall ever he con
strued to delegate tbo power to <’ .ngress to ftp
’ propriate looney for tray Internal improvrimßt
intoi.dwd to faci-lihite commerce; except for the
purpose td furmriiing ligbte, bcacoiia, nudbuoye
and other aid# to navigation upon tho coasts,
und the improvement ol harbor* and the reran-’
v ingot obstruction# in river navigation, iu all
which vhvk, #ueh duties shall belaid ou thuuav
c flitiited thereby, ft# uray bo noee*#ary
tu pay tho costs and expenses thereof.
t To cKtahlteb uniform luw# of naturullxation,
ant uniform Im nr mom tho subject of bankruptcies,
tliroughout tho Confederate Mutes, hut in- luw
of Congress shall Uiscbargo uny debt contracted
In-fore the passage of the satne.
To coin money, regulate the value thereof
and of foreign coin, uud l\ the standard of
weigh)* uud measures.
*> To provide for the puui#btt.unt us counter
feiting the securities and current coin of tho Con
federate State*.
To establish post oUieti* and p*t routo*;
but the c\pcu#i* ut llie l'o*teflu- itepurtnumi,
idler Iho lirut day of March in the year vd’ uur
Lord eighteen hundred and slxty-thin , shall be
pa. 1 out ofits own revoniu#.
Tu promote the progress of science and u
ful art#, bv i cluing tor limited time to author*
and inventor* lit* exclusive right (■> their re.-pc
lii*’ w riting* aud diseorerics.
It. To constitute tribuuufo interior to the .Su
preme Court.
Hi* 1” define und puutsh piracies and felonies
committed on tho high seas, and offence* a -ainsi
the law of nation#.
11. To declare war, grant letters of marque
and reprisal, und make rule* vonrerniiig cap
tun - ou land and water.
1-• To raise uud support armies; but no up
propriation ol money to that use ilrall ho fora
longer term lira a two years.
lb. I o provide and maintain a navy.
I R To make rule# for govurniucntand iemula
tion of the land and naval force#.
to. ’Jo provide for oalltng forth tho militia to
execute the laws of tho t.'oufoderate State#, sup
press insurrection?, mid repel invasions.
Id. To provide lor organizing,arming nmi di--
ci)dining the militia, and for governing such part
ol them ns may be employed in tho service of
tho,Confederate Ktate#; roserviug to the t-tfttf#.
rcsp.-ctively, tho appointment of i lie officer#, aud
tho Authority of training tho militia according
to tho discipline prescribed by Uongrcs#.
17. To exorcise exclusive leg i.si at ion, in nil
w tini soever, oversuoli district (not exceed
ing G-n miles square) us may, by cession us one
! r tuoro Stn e* Mid the acceptance of Congress,
become the sent <>f the Government of ihe Con
federate Mutes; and to cxerciso like authority
over all place# purchased by iho consent of the
legislature oj tho State in which Iho same shall
be, for tho erection of forts, magazines, arsenals,
dockyard# and other needful buildings; and
IS. To nuke all luw# whioh shall ha ncoes.rar)
an I proper for carrying into execution tho fore
going powers, and all other power# vested by
ibi# Cunstituthm In the government of the Con
feiterate Jfttatc#, r in aov dcpartni.— t or rffiecr
thereof.
Hi.erioN u.
1; The importation ut ncgrie# of tho African
raco, from any foreign country, other than the
t-lavibolding StttU-N or Territories of tho Unite’
S'ati ‘ < t Americii, is hereby forbidden and
Congress is required to pirac Mich law - shall
i (h-ratually prevent tho same.
2. Congress shall also have power to prohibit
tho introd ction of slaves from any State not a
imrinfo r of, or Territory n-t hedongirg to, this
Confederacy.
The privilege us the w rit of habeas corpus
shall not bu suspended, unless when in cura# .1
robelion or invasion the public safety may re
quire it.
f. No bill ! nite in.for, or e.e poutj\u*t . law. or
luw denying or impairing the right <-f property
in negro slaves shall Ira piuracd.
No capitation or other direct tax sluiH be
laid unless in proportion to tho census or (nu
meral ion hereinbefore directed to Ira taken.
b. No tax or duty shall ho laid on article - .
ported from any .Stutc-s, except hy a vote of tw
thirds of both House*.
7- No preference shall be givun by any regu
lation of oomuu roo r revenue to To- port# of “ira
•Ntatc over those of nnotber.
No uioney shall be drawn from tho Treasu
ry, bul in consequence of appropriation# tirade hy
law; uu l a regular statement and nccouut of the
ro cipts ami cxpcnditurca of all public money
.'liii’l bo publishod from tine to time.
Congrc.- # shall appropriate no uu ncy from
the tre -ury except by a vote cf two-third* of
hush Hour-u*. taken by yea* and nays, unlc## it
I”- ;.#ke*d and estimated lor by some ora of the
lo ad# of Department, and submitted to Cuugrcts
Iv the I’rcsidiiut; or for the ptinuso of paying!
its own expenses itud contingwueic*; for or lira
payment ol claim# again#! tho Confederate .State#
tlm justice us which shall have been judicially
declared by a tribunal for tho investigation of
claim* ag-iiust the government, which it ri here
by made tho duly ut Congress to establish.
10. All bill* appropriating in aiey Khali specify
in ft-vicral currency, the exact amount td each
appropriation und the purpose for which ii i#
lirad* ; and Congfos* siratl grant no extra cnin
pvii#wtiuM to any public cow tract or, officer, ugent
or servant, niter such contract shall have l.cun
made ur such ?rvic rendered.
If. No title of neb lity shall he granted by the
f uufe.lcrut.- >♦•* ; and no person holding titty
“(li-ra ol pi.©fit “f trust uiMh i ibim, sha I. wiitjuui
tiu i"n-i it of the • ('Hgr< :**. acitpt cl ~ny pre*-
ciii. ciii’ liiiik iii#. office or title of any Kind what
ever from any kieg, priii’ or foreign State.
12. b'ougr*#* shell make m* law- re*pe-i : ,u>; to
eslablt; hliolit ot rrl'gloti, ur prob it.lt ihg thft III!”
0X( !• |. e ik< j •'!; ><r abridging lira freeiout of’
*\ ‘ ’ l *” “ r Hc right oft he peopje
p. ..■'••ably to ii* ‘i.d p tiibm to I:,,- gorcru
! nun for ti Mf’ ■ f grit-van ee#.
J 4 \ well r - : mil ilia ‘•.. • - . # u py
to >ln • • >*•.! •• Slti’e. tin in- ‘*• of the
people to a-> j u. . nr arm* shall not be iitlring
-11. No •■•'dior shuli. hi I irn- . I |*>■ <. he .piar
t* rod in any house without: the consent • Mite
wii':i; ii ;i ai timo of war, but to uiaoner to l e
prt m ii- .J 1 y law.
I i•• right of the people to sc cm re. in tlicir
I” ho mu*?, paper-. . -ul efloet* agftii -t u".
. n- sckicJick liini cuizurus, sha'l nut be
v i'll* <;; urnl no wurratJ'# shall issue but upon
probable entire, supfiorfod by oath or liffirmation
and pariieubn ly de.-i ribing I lie place to 1h: search
c*l. huu Liu* pcrkoriH or l lung* to te**i/a and.
INo }•(. sliall Ira hold to ans wer for u
capital <>r otherwise Infamous crime, unh-## cn a
pi. eritment or iiidictmciit of u grand jury, t v
i c. pt mi en ■> • arising in the land or naval tore.'-,
i or in ‘he militia, when in actual h. rvicc, in time
of wur or public danger; Dor shall nl>v person bo
subject for the name offence to lm twice put in
j. opardy us Irfo or limb; nor bv compel led, in
any criminal case, to lo a witness again ‘ him
seif : nor bo deprived of life, liberty, or property,
with due- process of law; n-.r shall private prop
erty, too taken for public ue, without just coin
pi nslion.
17. in alt criminal prosecutions the accused
-hall *i joy the right to a speedy and public trial,
IHy an impartial jury of the Hiatt* mid district
wherein the crime shall have been committed,
which district shall have been previously ascer
tained hy law, and to be informed of the nature
ui and Mum of tbo accusation; to he confronted
with the witnesses agniti-t him; to have curnpnl
i #o ry proof.?? for obtaining witnesses in hi# favor:
and to hnvethe ns-istn<-o of counsel for hi# dr
i fence.
I •>. In run# at common luw, where the value
: in controversy shall exceed twenty dollar#, Ilia
| right of trial by jury shall bo preserved; und
no foot so tried by n jury rlrall he otherwisO
re examined i& any court of tie Confederacy,
| than according to tho rules of the common law.
I'd. Fxeessive hull shall not he required, d-t
i cxws-ivo linen imposed, nor cruel end unmoral
: puni.-hmoDi# inflicted.
20. Every law <>r resolution having the force
! of law, sluill relate t” but one rui.j.-ct, and that
; shuli be expressed in the title
Me Tto.M 10.
1. No State xhail outer into any treaty, alii
! iinoc, ur contederution; gruut letters of marque
1 and reprisal; train money; make anything but
’ gold aud silver coin a tender in payment of debt?;
pa-- uny bill of attainder, or e.r /.out facto law,
! or law impairing tho obligation of contract*! or
grant any iitleof nobility.
2. No Stute shall, without Lira consent ol* tho
Congress lay any imposts or duties on import? or
exports, except what uray be absolutely nt-ee*?a
ry for executing it# inspection laws; and tho net
produce of all duties and iinnontf, laid by ary
State on import# nr exports, shall be for tho use of
tho treasury of tho Confederate States; arid nil such
law* shall be subject Mi the revision and control
of Congress.
J. No State shall * Ithontthe consent of Con
gress, lay any duty of tonnage, except on m-u go
| iug vessel*, for the improvement of its river# and
burbots navigated hy tho said vessel?; but such
duties sbnlt not conflict with any treaties of the
('on fed*rats ctates with loreign nations; and any
surplus us revenue, thus derived, frail, utter mnk
| fog such improvement, ho paid into the c< umion
treasury; nor •hall any State keep troops or whips
of war it. tiuio of pence, enter into any agreement
Ot compact with another State, or with n foreign
power, or en ngo in wnr, uiilphs actually inv.-i
----d.-d, or iu such imminent danger a# will not nd*
mit . t deluy. But when any river divide* or
H >w# through two or in uro States, they uray enter
int i compact* with each other to Improve the
navigation thereof.
ARTICLE 11.
SIWTtOH 1.
R riic executive power shall bo vested in a
President of the Confederate States of Aiuericn.
iio and Vice President shall hold their ofiiues for
Urn trim cf six year# but tho President, shall
not bo ro eligible. The PrcHidont and Vice
President -hall be elected as follows :
2. Faoh Mt-ate shall appoint, in such manner
*# the l gislaturo thereof may direct, a number
of elector# equal to the whole number of Sena
tor# ami Representatives to which the State may
bo entitled in the Congress; but no Senator or
re prevent at i vo, or person holding un uffioo of trust
or profit under the Con fed urate State?, shall be
Appointed an elector.
M. The elector# hIihII meet in their respective
,C aud vote by ballot for President and Vice
President, one of whom, at least, ahull not bo uu
inhabitant of tho .same State with themselves;
they shall name in their ballot? the person voted
for as President, und iu distinct ballots the per
on voted for ms Vico President, and they shall
make distinct list* of all person? voted for as
President, and of all persons voted lor a* Vice
President, and of the number of votes for each,
which list they shall sign and certify, and trans
mit, scale 1 to the government of the Confederate
Mates, directed to tho President of the Senate;
the President of the Senate shall, in Ihe pres
ence ot the cennteand House of Representatives,
open all certificates, und tho votes shall then he
counted (lie person having the greatest number
of votes for President shall bo President, if such
number be a majority of tbo whole number of
elector? appointed; und if m. person have pneh
majority, Gran, from tho person? having the
hi ; ;liest numbers, not exceeding three, ou the
list of tho*” voted for a* President, tho House of
Representative# shall choose immediately, by
ballot, the President. Butin choosing tho Pres
ident, tho votes shall he taken hy (States, the
representation from each (State having one vote ;
a quorum for this purpose shnil consist of a
member or member# from two thirds of the
(States, and a majority of ull the ,State# shall be
nt<-( s.sary i” a choice. And if the House of
Representatives shall not choose a President,
whenever the rigid, of choice shall devolve upon
them, before tho 4th Uuy of March next follow
ing, then tho Vice President Khali act a# Presi
dent, as in cirae of death, or conatitutionftl disa
bility of tho President.
t. Ihe person having the greatest number of
votes a? Yu-e Presidem shall 1.0 Vice President,
if such number In- a majority of lira whole num
ber of i l- ctor# appointed ; and if no person have
a majority, then, from the two highest number?
“ii tho list the Senate shall choose the Vice Prcs
icent. a quorum for the purpose shall consist of
two third • of lira whole number id'(Senators, uud
a majority of the whole number shall he neces
i arv to a choice.
Rut no person constitutionally ineligible to
the i .: o .1 President alftill be eligible to that of
‘Nice President of tho Confederate States.
ii. Thu Congress may determine tho time of
choosing tlic ( lector*, und the day on which
th \ shall givo their votes; which day shall Ira
Hi* •him; throughout the Confederate States.
7. No person except a natural born citiv.cn of
th Confederate State# or a citizen thereof, at
the time of the adoption of this Constitution, or
: i iti/cn thereof born in tho United Slate# prior
. ti e Jt'ih of Pei ember, 1800, shall be eligible
lo th” office of Pr.-si lent; neither shall any per
he eligible tra that office who shall not have
m:..vm <1 the age of thirty-five years, and been
fourt. ‘i year# u resident within the limits us the
Confederate States, a# they may exist nt the
time of hi* dectipi .
lo ( a-e of the removal of the President
from office, .T us hi - death, resignation or tna
I'-iity : - discharge the powers and duties of the
said oilier, the fatno shall devolve ou Iho Vice
President; nnd the Congress may, by law, pro
vide fur tho Ouse of removal, .loath, resignation
< r inability both of the President and Vico Pres
ident. declaring what officer shall then act as
President, and such officer shall act accordingly
until the ((inability bo removed or a President
shall b<- elected.
Tho President shall, at stated tunes, receive
t--r his serv'et# a compensation, which shall ui
tiu r t-e incnra -. and or diminished duriug the po
ll i for which lo- shall have been elected ; and
he hall not receive within that period uuy other
* ra hjineut hum the Confederate State?, or uy
of them.
in. I.h-hiro he enlur? on the execution of his
offi. h. ‘hall take the following oath or ulßr
nratlori.
I do solemnly swear <-r affirm) that I will
1 liihfally cxccuto the office of Prcsidml of tho
(‘in-cl. rate States, and will tu tbo best us my
ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Con
st Rut ton thereof.”
HKOTIu.V 2.
; Th- Prc.idoMt -Irall Ira cuminauder in-ch es
the army and navy of the Confederate .Stater,
hi i <d tin militia of tho rcveral .States, wben
• .R.-d info the iich'il s- rvic of the Confederate
m i-, he tnav re | nifra the opinion, In writing,
“t tin- pi icipwl ofiiccr in each of the Rxoentivo
1 piirtmeni’ upon any subject reiaring to the
dutte? of their respective office?; and be shall
i ive power t- gram reprieve* and pardon? for
u‘o n •- against the Cun federate State#, except
in ••*? “i ira peach merit
110 .-duilt hitvo p..wnr, by and with the ud
\i • ii'id (*on*.'nt of the Senate, to make truntic.*,
j” - i'i.d two ihlr<l*of the Senator? present eon
-1■” - c-.d iu rhall in iitinu!.- und by and vith
t'-u- advice and con-cid of flu- Senate b •(!
I'Ant ambiDsnUor?, ..t er ; . ~ ... .r# und
- • I-. Judge- ftli.-“ opieirra Court, and all
‘ • lb-cr ot flu <'"nli derate States, whoso
- - ■ 1 in ii * an* n it. herein hithorwise provided
.. 11 i which shall be cstshlisbcd by law: hut
‘ ‘ ‘ snihv bv law, ve.-t the appointment
o -ueli interior officer?, a? they may think pro
pcr. in the President alone, in the court# of law
or in the heads of Dr par? inenis.
I -.’ principal ofli". r in ea h of the lixc-n
----tii Dcpii'tunrnt#. and allpwreoii?connected*with
i.Gplmnatic service, ra-iy he rfinovcd from
ofira- i*t the pfonsnre of the Pr °idrill. All oth
cr civil officer# <f the Fx< •->.!’ I-p .i-rattif may
i cutoved at any tin*. 1 i;,. Prestdei ‘, ( roth
ir upf.oiutiug power, wb. n rn. ir services arc un
i iy, or for disboiu ~ ■ ca; a ira, ii.vfli
i - i-ney, ioisconduct. or it ; . f .tu'ty : and
wra n to rt moved, thi* removal -hull bo reported
lu iio- S-.'nute, together with thernis.oii# ihcro
l'r.
1. The Pre?idem hIihII have power tfi fill uil
vacauch.* that tuny happen during the rece## of
lira Senate, by grunting cornmi-M i which shall
expire ut tli end of their next siwsiori; but no
l fron rejected hy the Serrate shall be rt'-uppoiu
ted to the -.(lira office .luring their ensuing |-
M.’ Ties il.
1 ihe Pre ra hut shall, from Ume to time, give
C. the Cungrcsfl in for in at ion of the stst* ol the
('on fed’ racy, und recommend to tfo ir consttierw*
i -ir !i mo;isurer us he shall judge necessary
uuu expedi.-nt; he may, on extraordinary mm
* >- - , curi ven <- liot.ii fl use#, or either ol them ;
!,!M * in cuu of tho disagreement between them,
v-i'ii r.-spcct so the time of adjoflrnurarit, he uray
adjoitm them so *ueh time u* lie shall think pro
j” i : ha shall receive umbsssodur* and utber pub
ic minister*; be slinli take care that the laws
be fiiillnully executed, and ahull oouiiuission all
he “ffifci, >f lira Confederate Flute*
?K( TIO.V i.
I • ‘lhc Pn m lent, Vice-President, aud all civil
nOfo'-r- ui the. i ‘onlcdcrate States, Khali he rw
oio\ rd Iroiu efiee on impeachuraut for, ud eon
victim of, treason, bribery, ur oilier high crime*
and mi •demeanors.
ARTICLE 111.
KKCTfOX I
Tin: judicial power of the Confederate .Slate*
shall 1.0 vested in ouo Supreme Court, and in
such Inferior Courts as tbo Congress uiay from
time to tiiiia ordain and establish. Tho judges,
both of the Supreme and inferior court?, shall
hold their offices during good behavior, and shall,
ut stilted times, receive l>r their service? a worn
p.-nsatioti, which shall riot he diminished during
their conHnuitico in office.
iictfoN 2.
I. The jud dial power shall extend to all case*
arising under thi? Constitution, the law* of the
Confederate .States, and treaties made or whioh
shall be made under their authority : to all case?
affecting tun hi raiders, other public minister? and
consuls ; to all cane* of admiralty und maritime
jurisdiction; to controversies so which the Cow
led, rate State# shall be a party ; to controver
sies between two or more State*; between h State
and citizen? of another State whore the State i*
plaintiff ; between citizen? claiming land* under
grant# of different State*, nnd between ti State
or Hie citizen* thereof, an 1 foreign States, citi- ,
*en# or subjects ; but no State shall bo sued by
a cit izen or subject of ny foreign State.
PEYTONII. COLQUITT, > „
JAMES W. WARREN, t Edlt o
Number 11
2. In all eases ailooting ambassador*, other
public minister?, and i-'-nsul#, and there in
which a State shall boa party, tho Supremo
Court shall have original jurisdiction. In all
other Oftsee before mentioned, the Supreme Court
ulrall have appellate jurtediotiou, both as to law
and fact, with such exceptions, und under such
regulation?, a* the Congres* shall make.
.1. Tho trial of all crime?, except in cases of
impeachment, shall be hy jury, and such trial
shall he held iu Iho State where said crimes
shall have boon committed ; but w. on not com
mitted in any State, tho trial shall bo nt fucli
place or place? *? the Congres# may by law have
directed.
Section 3.
1. Treason ugaiust the Confederate States shall
consist only in luVyiug war-ugoiost them, or in
adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and
comfort. No person shall he convicted of treu
son unit*#? on the testimony of two witnesses to
the Hume overt act, or on confession ip open
oourt.
2. The Congress shall have power to declare
the punishment of treason, but no attainder of
treason shall work corruption of blood, nr for
feiture, except during tho life of the person at
tainted.
ARTICLE! IV.
SROTIOSr 1.
1. Full faith und credit shall be given in each
State to tbo public act**, record# un.l judicial
proceedings of every other Slate. And the
Oongree* may, by general laws, prescribe the
manner in whioh such act?, records, aud pro
ceeditig* shall bo proved, and the (fleet thereof.
skctiox 2.
1. The citizens of each Slate shall be entitled
to all tho privilege# and immunities of citizen#
in the several State?, and shall have tho right of
trausituna sojourn in any State us this Confed
eracy, with their slave# and other property ; and
the right of property in # rid slave- shall not be
thereby Impaired.
2. A person charged in any S ate with trea
son, felony, or other crime against tho laws of
such State, whe shalldice from justice, and ho
found in another Stale, Khali, on demand of the
Kxecutivo authority of the State from which ho
fled, bo delivered up to bo removed to lira State
having jurisdiction of the crime.
3. No slave or other person held t” ?r\ ice or
labor in any Htiie or Territory us the Confede
rate State?, under the law? thereof, escaping or
lawfully carried into another, shall, in conse
quence of any law >r regulation therein, be dis
charged from such service ur labor ; -but #b 11 bo
delivered up un claim of the party to whom
sooh slave belong?, or to wbm such Service or
labor may be due.
SUCTION
1. Other State? iniy ho admitted ii . ibi Con
federacy by a vote of two third# of the whole
House of KefsvMentntive?, and two third? of the
Senate, the Semite voting by states ; but t.o
iicw State fchii’l be formed ur erected within the
jurisdiction of uny other State ; m.r any State
befottned hy the junction of two or more State?,
or part* us State?, without the Consent of tho
legislature? of tho State? concerned a? well a? of
tho Congresa.
2. The Congress shall h-.tvc power tu dispute
of aud make all needful rule# ar.d regulations
concerning the property us llo* Cuntederntc
State*, including tho land? thereof.
•h The Confederate State* inuy acquire new
territory sand C'ongr* *? Khali have power to
legislate und provide governments for the inhab
itautK of ull territory belonging to the Confede
rate States ly iug without lira limits of the sev
eral States ; and may permit thorn, at such times,
and in such manner a# It may by law provide,
to form .States to be admitted into the t’onfode
raej. iu all suck te rifcory, the institution ol
negro slavery as it now exit;* in the Confederate
States, shall be recognized nnd protected by
Congress, nnd by the territorial government ;
and the inhabitants of the sover-il Corifedrrato
States and Territorks, shall have the right to
take to such territory uny slaves, lawfully held
by them in any of lira Slates or territories of the
Confederate States.
J. The Confederate State? shall guarantee tu
•very State that now in or he rentier may ixcouu
a member of thi# Confederacy, si republican
form of government, and shuli protect each us
them agaiust invasion ; and on application of
tho legislature (or of tho Executive when the
legi?laturo is not in session) ag.iiust domestic
Violence.
ARTICLE V.
SECTION I.
1. Upon the demand of uny three States, le
gally assembled in their several conventions,
tho Congresa shall summon a convention of all
the Slates, to take into consideration such
ttinendmunts to the Constitution us the said
States shall concur in suggesting at the time
when the said demnnd shall be made: ar.d
should uny of the proposed amendments to
the Constitution be agreed on by the iraid con
vention— voting by (Slates uud the smile lie
ratified by the legislatures of two thirds of the
several Slates, nr by convention in two-thirds
thereof—as the one or the other mode of ratifi
cation may be proposed by the general conven
tion- they shall thenceforward form a part of
this Constitution. But no State shall, without
its consent, be deprived of its equal represen
tation iu the Serrate.
ARTICLE VI.
1. Thu <• .vernrnent established by this Con
stitution i* the .successor of the Provisional
Government of the Confederate (States of
America, and oil the laws passed by the latter
shuli continue in force until the same shuli be
repealed or modified : aud all the officers ap
P” - cl l.y the same shall remain in office un
-iieir- are appointed and quali
fied, or tht: offices abolished.
2. Ail debts contracted aud engagements
entered into before the adoption of this Consti
tution shall be as valid against the Confederate
States trader this Constitution ;i# under the
Provisional Government.
3. This Constitution and tho laws of the
Confederate .States, made in pursuance there
of, and all treaties made, or which shall be
made under th.! authority of tho Confederate
•State?, shall he the supreme law of the laud ;
and the judges in every State shall be hound
thereby, anything iu the constitution or the
law*# of any Stale to the contrary notwith
standing.
4. The Sou at or? and Hepresentives before
mentioned and the members of the several
State legislatures, uyd uil executive and judi
cial officers, both of the Confederate Stale*
and of the several States, shall he bound by
oath <-r ulfirmation, to support thri constitu
tion; but ml religious lest shall ever bo re
quired a# a quirlmcation to any office or public
lru?t of the Confederate States.
6. The enumeration, In the Constitution, of
cermiu right*, shall not be construed to deity
or disparage other* retained by the people of
the several States.
0. The power# not delegated to the Confetl
era to (States by the Constitution, nor prohibited
by it to the State* nre reserved to the State#,
respectively, or to the people thereof
ARTICLE VII.
Sec 1. The ratification of the Conventions
of live State* shall be suMicie t for the estab
lishment of this Constitution.
2 When live States shall have ratified thi*
Constitution, in the manner before specified,
the Congress under the Provisional (-'(institu
tion, shall prescribe the tune for holding the
election of President und Vice President; and
for the meeting of the Electoral College; uud
for counting the votes, nnd inaugurating the
(’resident. They shall also prescribe the time
for holding the first election of Members of
Congress under tlii* Constitution, and the time
for assembling the same. Until tho assem
bling ot such Congress, the Congress under
the Provisional Constitution shall continue to
exercise the legislative powers granted them,
not extending beyond the lime limited by the
Constitution of the Provisional Government.
Adopted unanimously, March 11, IS6I.
A Ur mint xt or Krutoi kian?.—Should Mr.
Ah* Liucoln, IJresilient,1 J resilient, attempt to enforce hi?
policy a? foreshadowed in his inaugural, his
myrmidon* may prepare so light the entire Soath.
The excitement hero since Id? inaugural was de
livered ha? been Intense. In fact, Imndrd* bold
ly avow their intention to enter the army of the
Confederate States nnd ai>f tfirir brethren it a
conflict shuli ensue. We arc told that il wealthy
gentleman of I hi? city said if a regiment of Ken
tuckian* should desire to enter that service, a? is
possible, he would contribute $5,000 toward*
equipping it. toaieoUU Courier.
Bkooklvn Navv Yaiu.—The Brooklyn Navy
Yard i* now u military looking place. Nearly u
thousand naval sailor*, aud ovn* a}.hundred uffi
cors, all “on duty commission,” uray he rcen dul
ly perambulating it* various ar< nue?. There
are inure than eleven hundred laborer? on tho
pay-roll, who are getting Uncle Sam into debt nt
tho rate of about $101),(HM) monthly.