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CONSTITUTION
OF THE
CONFDERATE STATES
OF
AMERICA:
We, the peopls of the Confederate States,
each State acting in its sovereign and inde
pendent character, in order to form a perma
ment Federal Government, establish justice,
insure domestic tranquility, and secure the
blessings of liberty to ourselves and our pos
terity—invoking the favor and guidance of
Almighty God—do ordain and establish this
Constitution for the Confederate States of
America.
A K T 1C 1. E 1.
All Legislative powers herein delegated shall
be vested in a Congress of the Confederate
Stales, which shall consist of a Senate and
House of Kept esentntives.
section it.
1. The House of Representatives shall be
composed of members chosen every second
year by the people of the several States; and
the electors in each State shall be citizens of
tl.e Confederate States, and have the qualifica
tions requisite for electors of the most nume
merous branch of the State Legislature: but
no person of foreign birth, not a citizen of the
Confederate States, shall be allowed to vote
tor any officer, civil or political, State or Fed
eral.
2. No person shall be a Representative who
shall not have attained the age of twenty-five
years, and be a citizen of the Confederate
States, and who shall not, when elected, be an
inhabitant of that State i-t which he shall be
chosen.
3. Representatives and direct taxes shall be
apportioned among the several States, which
•nay be included within this Confederacy, ac
cording to their respective numbers, which
shall be determined, by adding to the whole
number of free persons, including those bound
to service for a term of years, and excluding
Indians not taxed, three-fifths ot all slaves.
The actual enumeration shall bo made within
three years after the first meeting of the Con
gress of the Confederate States, and within
every subsequent term of ten years, in such
manner as they shall, by law. direct. The
number of Representatives shall not exceed
one fur every fifty thousand, but each State
shall 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 Georgia ten —the State
of Alabama nine the State of Florida two—
the state of Missippi seven the State of Lou
isiana six, and the State of Texas six.
4. when vacancies happen in the represen
tation from any State, the Executive authority
thereof shall issue writs of election to fill such
vacancies.
5. The Representative- -hall choose
their Speaker and other officers, and shall
have the sole power of impeachment : except
that any judicial or other Federal officer resi
dent and acting solely within the limits of any
State, may be impeached by a vote of two
thirds of both branches of the Legislature
thereof.
I. Tte Senate of the Confederate Slates
shall bi composed of two Senators from each
State, chosen by the Legislature thereof, at
e regular session next immediately preced
ing the commencement of the term ot service ;
and each Senator shall have one v te.
* 2. Immediately atter they have assembled,
in consequence of the first election, they shall
be divided as equally as may be into three
classes. The seats of the Senators of the first
class shall be vacated at the expiration of the
fourth year, and of the third class at the expi
ration of tLe sixth year : so tiiat one-third may
be chosen every second year ; and if vacancies
happen by resignation, or otherwise, during
the recess of the Legislature of any State, the
Executive thereof may make temporary ap
pointments until the next meeting of the Leg
islature, which shall then fill such vacancies.
3. No person shall be a Senator who shall
not have attained the age of thirty’ years, and
be a citizen ot the Confederate States: and
who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant
of the State for which he shall be chosen.
4. The Vicc-Eresiileut of the Confederate
States shall be President of the Senate, but
shall have no vote unless they be equally di
vided.
5. The Senate shall choose their other offi
cers ; and also a President pro tempore in the
absence of the Vice President, or when he shall
exercise the office of President of the Confed
erate States.
6. The Senate shall have the sole power to
try all impeachments. When sitting for that
purpose, they’ shall be on oath or affirmation.
When the President of the Confederate States
is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside; and
ro person shall be convicted without the con
currence of two-thirds of the members pres
ent.
7. Judgment in cases of impeachment shall
not extend further than to removal from office,
and disqualification to hold and enjoy any of
fice of honor, trust or profit, under the Con
federate State-; but the party convicted shall,
nevertheless, be liable and subject to indict
ment, trial, judgment and punishment accord
ing to law.
SECTION IV.
1. The times, places, and manner of hold
ing elections for Senators and Representatives
shall be prescribed in each State by the Legis
lature thereof, subject to the provisions of this
Constitution; but the Congress may, at any
time, by law, make or alter such regulations,
except as to the times and places of choosing
Senators.
2. The Congress shall assemble at least once
in every year; and such meeting shall be on
the first Monday in December, unless they
shall, by law, appoint a different day.
SECTION V.
1. Each House shall be the judge of the
elections, returns, and qualifications of its own
members, and a majority of each shall consti
tute a quorum to do busine-s; but a smaller
number may’ adjourn from day to day, and
may be authorized to compel the attendance of
absent members, in such manner and under
such penalties as each House may provide.
2. Each House may determine the rules of
its proceedings, punish its m tnbers for disor
erly behavior, and, with the concurrence of
two-thirds of the whole number, expel a mem
ber.
3. Each House shall keep a journal of its
proceedings, and from lime to time publi-h the
same, excepting such parts as may, in judp
meut, require secretly, and the yens aud nays
of the members of either House, on any ques
tion, shall, at the desire of one-fifth of those
present, be entered on the journal.
4. Neither House, during these- don of Con
gress, shall, without the con-ent of the other,
adjourn for more than three days, nor to any
other place than that in which the two Hou c
ehall be sitting.
SECTION VI.
1 The Senators and Representatives shall
receive u < ou>pen~ation for their ervices, to be
ascertained by law, tin 1 paid out of the Trias
ury of the Confederate .States. They -hall, in
all cases, except treason, felony, and breach
of the peace, be privileged from arrest during
their attendance at the se ion of their re pec
five Houses, and in going to and returnin''
from the fame ; ami for any speech or debate
in either House, they -.hall not be question* d in
any other place.
2. No Senator < r KepreM-ntnlhc -hall, du
ring the time for which he utus elected, I
pointed to any dvilofT.ee nMbrihe amh .rhy
nf the Coufvdtrate States which shall h ; vc
have been increased during micli time: and n-•
pc.-on holding any ollb <• « n lcr the U r
ate States frhal. be a n.< int er of either Huii-c
during his continuance in offi .• But
may, by law. grant to the »• in< h 1 < ; n
each of the Ex n utive Departmc
on the floor of «it her Hou «*, with the nrivi
lege of diseasing auv :«•••» ui- . ... ..
to his Department ’
1. Al! biil» fur raiding revenue -LMI origi-
Eenate may propos** or concur with amet* 1
mcntß as on other Lilli
2. L. .
H . ■-. . ’
settled to the President of the Confederate
•State*.: if he a;; * . :.
not, be shall return it with his objection- ",
that House in which it shall Lave urigina- • !
who -hall eater the objecti* n at 1 .rg< ?... '... ,
journal, and proc'-cd to recon-id r it. I. a s.
ter such reconsidi ration, two third • tl at
House shall agree to pis- the bill, it -hall I
sent, together with the objection to th. other
House, by which it shall likewise be r<
ered, and if approved by two thin! of th i
House, it shall become a law. But in all ca
ses, the votes of both Houses shall be deter
mined by yeas and nays, and the name- of the
jiersotis voting for and against the bill .-hall be
entered *>n the journal of each Hou- • respec
tively. If any bill shall not be returned by
the President within ten days (Sundays ex
cepted) after it shall have been presented to
him, the same shall be a law, in like manner
as if he had signed it, unless the Con-'ress, by
! their adjournment, prevents its return; in
which case it shall not be a law. The I’resi
j dent may approve any appropriation and dis
j approve any other agpropriation in the same
i bill. In such case he shall, in signing the bill,
I designate the appropriations disapproved, and
shall return a copy of such appropriations, with .
his objections, to the House in which the bill j
shall have originated, and the same proceed- !
ings shall then be had as in case of other bills |
disapproved by the President.
3. Every order, resolution, or vote, to which j
the concurrence of both Houses may be neces- !
sary (except on a question of adjournment,)
shall be presented to the President of the Con
federate States; and before the same shall take
effect, shall be approved by him, or being dis
approved by him, may be re-passed by two
thirds of both Houses, according to the rules
and limitations prescribed in case of a bill.
SUCTION VIII.
The Congress shall have power—
-- To lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts,
and excises, for revenue necessary to pay the
debts, provide for the common defence, and
carry on the Government of the Confederate
States: but no bounties shall be granted from
the treasury : nor shall any duties or taxes on
importations from foreign nations be laid to
promote or foster any branch of industry ; and
all duties, imposts, aud excises, shall be uni
form throughout the Confederate States.
2. To borrow* money on a credit of the Con
federate States.
3. To regulate commerce with foreign na
, tions. and among the several States, aud with
| the Indian tribes ; but neither this, nor any
other clause contained in the Constitution,
shall ever be construed to delegate the power
to Congress to appropriate money for any in
ternal improvement intended to facilitate com
merce : except for the purpose of furnishing
lights, beacons, aud buoys, and other aids to
navigation upon the coasts, and the improve
ment of harbors and the removing of obstruc
tions in river navigation, in all which cases,
such duties shall be laid on the navigation fa
cilitated thereby, as may be necessary to pay
the costs and expenses thereof.
4. To establish uniform laws of naturaliza
tion, and uniform laws on the subject of bank
ruptcies, throughout the Confederate States,
but no law of Congress shall discharge any
debt contracted before the passage of the same.
o. To coin money, regulate the value there
of, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of
weights and measures.
6. To provide for the punishment of coun
terfeiting the securities and current coin of.the
Confederate State-.
7. To establish post offices and post routes;
hut the expenses of the Postoffiee Department,
after the first day of March, in the year of our
Lord eighteen hundred and sixty-three, shall
be paid out of its own revenues.
5. To promote the progress of science and
useful arts, by securing for limited times to
authors and inventors the exclusive right to
their respective writings and discoveries.
To constitute tribunals inferior to the S
upt erne Court
10. To define and punish piracies and felo
nies committed on the high seas, and offences
against the law of nations.
11. ’lo declare war, grant letters of marque
and reprisal, and make rules concerning cap
tures on land and water.
12. To raise and support armies ; but no ap
propriation of money to that use shall be for a
longer term than two years.
13. To provide and maintain a navy.
11. To make rules for the government and
regulation of the land and naval forces.
15. To provide for calling forth the Militia
to execute the laws of the Confederate States,
suppress insurrections, and repel invasions.
lt>. To provide for organizing, arming, and
disciplining the Militia, aud for governing such
part of them as may be employed in the service
of the Confederate States ; reserving to the
States, respectively, the appointment of the
officers, aud the authority of training the Mi
litia according to the discipline prescribed by
. Congress.
17. To exercise exclusive legislation, in all
cases whatsoever, over such District (not ex
ceeding ten miles square,) as may, by cession
of one or more States and the acceptance of
I Congress, become the seat of the Government
I of the Confederate States; and to exercise like
I authority over all places purchased by the con
sent of the Legislature of the States in which
the same shall be, for the erection of forts,
, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and other
needful buildings; and
18. To make all laws which may be necessa
ry and proper for carrying into execution the
foregoing powers, and all other powers vested
by this Constitution in the Government of the
Confederate States, or in any Department or
officer thereof.
SECTION ix.
1. The importation of negroes of the Afri
can race, from any foreign country, other than
the slaveholding States or Territories of the
I United States of America, is hereby forbidden;
and Congress is required to pass such laws as
shall effectually prevent the same.
2. Congress shall also have power to prohib
it the introduction of slaves from any State not
a member of, or Territory not belonging to,
’ this Confederacy.
3. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus
shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of
' rebellion or invasion the public safety may re
quire it.
4. No bill of attainder, or ex post facto law,
or law denying or impairing the right of prop
erty in slaves shall be passed.
5. No capitation or other direct tax shall be
laid, ule-s in proportion to the census or enu
meration hereinbefore directed to be taken.
( 6. No tax or duty shall be laid on articles
exported from any State, except by a vote of
two-thirds of both Houses.
, 7. No preference shall be given by any reg-
ulation of commerce or revenue to the ports of
. one State over those of another.
i 8. No money shall be drawn from the treas
. ury, but in consequence of appropriations made
by law ; and a regular statement and account
of the receipts and expenditures of all public
money shall be published from time to time.
• 9. Congress shall appropriate no money from
i the treasury, except by a vote of two-thirds
-of both Houses, taken by yeas and nays, un
r less it be asked and estimated for by some one
1 of the heads of Department, and submitted to
t Congress by the President ; or for the purpose
• of paying its own expenses and contingencies ;
or for the payment of claims against the Con
i' federate States, the justice of which shall have
been judicially declared by a tribunal for the
f investigation of claims against the Govern
. mer.t, which it is hereby made the duty of Con
gress to establish.
< H). All bills appropriating money shall spe-
> cify in federal currency the exact amount of
' i' ll appropriation, and the purposes for which
, it in made; and Congress shall grant no extra
compeii ation to any public contractor, officer,
agent, or servant, after such contract shall
have been made or such service rendered.
11. No title of nobility shall be granted by
the Confederate States ; and no person holding
any office of profit or trust under them, shall,
without the consent of the Congress, accept of
any present, emolument, office, or title of any
kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or for
eign State.
12. Congress shall make no law respecting
an e-tabli hmerit of religion, or prohibiting the
free exercise thereof; or abridging the free
dom of speech, or of the pre-s ; or of the right
of the people peaceably to assemble and peti
tition the Government for a redress of griev-
13. A » -II regulated militia being necessary
I lu the security of a free Slate, the right of the
people to keep and Lear arms shall not be in-
I fringed.
I I. No soldier shall, in time of peace, be
! quartered in any hou.-e without the consent of
the owner; nor in time of war, but in a man-
> m r to be prescribed by l.<w.
15. The right of the people to be s>-< ure in
; their per-uns, houses, papers and effects agaiu-t
unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not
be violated ; and no warrants shall issue but
ii] n proLabh- can e, supjiorted by oath or af
firmation, and particularly describing the place
to be searched, and the ] ersous or things lobe
!•>. No per on -hall be held to answer for a j
c ipra. or otherwise infamous crime, unless on
a pr. cntiu at or indictment of a grand jury,
I* incases aii-ing in the land or naval I
I or in the militia, when in actual ner
ve in time ot war or public danger; nor I
-hall any person be subject for the same of
.•i. i. ■ > L put in jeopardy of life or limb; l
nor b- compelled, in any criminal case, to be a !
wi .i:"-- against himself; nor be deprived of I
... . i -e,.y, or property, without due process '
of .iw i.or .-Lail private property be taken for '
p ibhc use without just compensation
I < In all criminal prosecutions the accused 1
.. id enjoy the right ton speedy and public
II IJ, I,y an impartial jury in the State and
District wherein the crime shall hare been com
.'" •-1, whii h District shall have been previ- I
' r asc, ' rla ‘ned by law. and to be informed '
o the nature and cause of the accu-ation; to i
t.e co.ifronted witn the witnesses against him ; j
• o ine compulsory process for obtaining wit
nesses in his favor; and to have the assistance !
of counsel for his defence.
1«. In suits «i common law, where the value ’
in controver-y shall exceed twenty dollars, the i
; right of trial by jury shall be preserved ; and
no fact so tried by a jury shall be otherwise
re-examined in any Count of the Confederacy,
than according to the rules of the common law
Lt. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor
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excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual 1
punishment be 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.
section x.
1. No State shall enter into any treaty, alii- I
ance, or confederation ; grant letters or mar
que and reprisal; coin money ; make anything
but gold and silver coin a tender in payment
of debts; pass any bill of attainder, o.i ex post
facto or law impairing the obligation ot ]
contracts; or grant any title of nobility.
2. No State shall, without the consent of Con
gress, lay any imposts or duties on imports or
exports, except what may be absolutely neces
sary for executing its inspection laws; and the
net produce of all duties and imposts laid by
any State on imports or exports, shall be for
the use of the Treasury of the Confederate
States; and all such laws shall be subject to
the revision and control of Congress.
3. No State shall, without the consent of Con
gress, lay any duty of tonnage, except on sea
going vessels, for the improvement ot its rivers
and harbors navigated by the said vessels; but
such duties shall not conflict with any treaties
of the Confederate States with foreign nations;
and any surplus revenue thus derived shall, af
ter making such improvement, be paid into the
common Treasury. Nor shall any State keep
troops or ships of war in time of peace, enter
into any agreement or compact with another
State, or with a foreign power, or engage in
war unless actually invaded, or in such immi
nent danger as will not admit of delay. But
when any river divides or flows through two or
more States, they may enter into compacts
with each other to improve the navigation
thereof.
A RTI CL E 11.
SECTION I.
1. The Executive power shall be vested in a
President of the Confederate States of Ameri
ca. He and the Vice-President shall hold their
offices for the term of six years; but the Pres
ident shall not be re-elegible. The President
and Vice-President shall be elected as follows :
2. Each State shall appoint, in such manner
as the Legislature thereof may direct, a num
ber of Electors equal to the whole number of
Senators and Representatives to which the State
may be entitled in Congress ; but no Senator
or Representative, or person holding an office
of trust or profit under the Confederate States,
shall be appointed an Elector.
3. The Electors shall meet in their respec
five States and vote, by ballot, for President
and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall
not be an inhabitant of the same State with
themselves; they shall mime in their ballots
the person voted for as President, and in dis
tinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-Pres
ident, and they shall make distinct lists of all
persons voted for as President, and of all per
sons voted tor as Vice-President, and of the
number of votes for each, which lists they shall
sign and certify, and transmit, sealed, to the
seat of Government of the Confederate States,
directly to the President of the Senate; the
President of the Senate shall, in the presence
of the Senate and House of Representatives,
open all the certificates, and the votes slial]
then be counted; the person having the great
est number of votes for President shall be the
President, if such number be a majority of lhe
whole number of Electors appointed ; aud if
no person have such majority, then from the
persons having the highest numbers, not ex
ceeding three, on the list, of those voted for as
President, the House of Representatives -hall
choose immediately, by ballot, the President.
But in choosing the President, the votes shall
bo taken by States, the representation from
each State having one vote; a quorum for this
purpose shall consist of a member or members
from two-thirds of the States, and a majority
of all the States shall be necessary to a choice.
And if the House of Representatives shall not
choose a President, whenever theright of choice
shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day
of March next following, then the A’ice I’re-i I
dent shall aet as President, ns in case of the
death, or other constitutional disability of the
President. j
4. The person having the greatest number oifl
votes as Vice-President shall he the Viee-Pres-|
ident, if such number be a majority of the
whole number of Elector- appointed ; and if
no person have a majority, then from the two
highest numbers on the list tiie Semite shall
choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the
purpose shall consist of two thirds of the whole
number ot Senators, mid a majority of the whole
number shall be necessary to a choice.
2. But no person constitutionally ineligible
to the office of President shall be eligible to
that of Vice-President of the Confederate
States.
7. The Congress may determine the time of
choosing the Electors, and the day o:i which
they shall give their votes, which day shall be
the same throughout the Confederate States.
No person except a natural born citizen of
the Confederate States, or a citizen thereof, at
the time of the adoption of this Constitution, or
a citizen thereof burn in the United States pri
or to the 20 of December, 1800, shall be eligi
ble to the office of President ; neither shall
any person be eligible to that office who shall
not have attained the age of thirty-five years,
aud been fourteen years a resident within the
limits of the Confederate States, as they may
exist at the time of his election.
8. In case of the removal of the PresiihuM
from office, or of his death, resignation^®j
ability to discharge the ja-wi-r- and <
the said office, the same shall devolve
Vice-President; and the Congress may,
law, provide for the case of removal, death,
resignation, or inability both of the President
and Vice-President, declaring what officer shall
then act as President, and such officer shall act
accordingly until the disability lie removed or
a President be elected.
9. The President shall, at stated times, re
ceive for his services a compensation, which
shall neither be increased nor diminished dur
ing the period for which he shall have been
elected ; and he .-hall not receive within that
period any other emolument from the Confed
erate States, or any of them.
10. Before he enters on the execution of his
office, he shall take the following oath or affir
mation :
“I do solemnly swear (or affirm,) that I
will faithfully execute the office of President of
the Confederate States, and will, to the best of
my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the
Constitution thereof.”
1. The President shall be Commander-in-
Chief of the army and navy of t he Confederate
States, and of the Militia of the several States,
when called into the actual service of the Con
federate States ; he may require tl.e opinion,
in writing, of the principal officer in each of
the Executive Departments, upon any subject
relating to the duties of their respective offi
ces; and he shall have power to grant re
prieves and pardons for offences against the
Confedratc States, except in cases of impeach
ment.
2. He shall have power, by and with the ad
vice aud consent of the Semite, to make treat
ies, provided two-thirds of the Senators ]ire
sent concur ; and he shall nominate, and by
and with the advice and consent of the Senate,
-hull appoint Ambassadors, other public. Min
isters and Consuls, Judges i f the Supri-inc
Court, and all other officers of thr Confederate
Stales, whose appointments arc nut herein oth
erwi e provided for, and which -hull be cslul,-
li-hed by law : but the Congress may, by law.
vest the appointment of such inferior .officers,
as think proper, in tin- President alone, in the
courts of law or in the heads of Departments
SECTION It.
3. Ihe principle officer iii each of the Ex
exutive Departments, and all ]«i-on.s connec
ted with the dipL.nmtie service, may be re
moved from office at the pleasure of the Presi
dent. All other civil officers of the Executive
Department may be removed at any time by
the President, or other appointing power,
when their services are unnecessaey, or for
dishone-ty, incapacity, inefficiency, iitiscon- I
duct, or neglect of duty; and when so re- ;
moved, the removal shall Le reported to the ■
Senate, together with the reasons therefor
4. The President shall have power to till al! ,
vacancies that may happen during the recer-s ■
of the Senate, by granting commix ion.-: which ■
shall expire at the end of their next n- inn : ‘
but no person rejected by the Senate shall In
re-appointed to the same oflid" during the en
suing recess.
SECTION 111.
1. The President shall, from time to time,
give to the Congress information of the Stale
of the Confederacy, an I recommend to their
consideration such measures as he -h ill judge
necessary and expedient ; he i.my, on • >.tr.or
dinary occa ion-, convene both Hou > , or r
either of them ; and in ea-e of di-.'tgr*-<-mehl 1
between them, with respect to the time >4 ad
journment, he may adjourn them to -iich time
as he shall think proper; be shall receive Am 1
bassadoi.s and other public Minister- ; he shall 1
take care that the laws be faithfully executed ;
and shall cummis ion al! the ofli> r- of the
Confederate States. I
SECTION IV.
1. The President, Vice-President, aud all <
civil officers of the Confederate States, .- hail be i
removed from office on impeachment for, and t
conviction of treason, bribery, <>r other liirh I
crimes and misdemeanors t
1
ARTICLE 111.
SECTION I.
I. The judicial power of the Confederate
States shall be vested in one Supreme Court,
and in such Inferior Courts as the Congress
may, from time to time, ordain and establish.
1 he Judges, both of the Supreme and Inferior
Courts, shall hold their offices during good be
haviour, and shall, at stated times, receive for
their services a compensation, which shall not
be diminished during their continuance in of
fice.
1. The judicial power shall extend to all ca
ses arising under this Constitution, the laws or
the Confederate States, and treaties made, of
which shall bo made, under their authority ;
to all cases affecting Ambassadors, public Min
isters, and consuls : to all cases of admiralty
and maritime jurisdiction ; to controversies to
which the Confederate States shall be a par
ty ; to controversies between two or more
States; between a State and citizens of an
other State where the State is plaintiff; be
tween citizens claiming lands under grants of
different States, and between a State or the
citizens thereof and foreign States, citizens or
subjects: but no State shall be sued by a citi
zen or subject of any foreign State.
2. In all cases affecting Ambassadors, other
public Ministers, and Consuls, and those in
which a State shall be a party, the Supreme
Court shall have original jurisdiction. In all
the other eases before mentioned, the Supreme
Court shall have appellate jurisdiction, both as
to law and fact, with such exceptions, and un
der such regulations, as the Congress shall
make.
3. The trial of all crimes, except ia cases of
impeachment, shall be by jury, and such trial
shall be held in the State where the said crimes
shall hava been committed ; but when not com
mitted within any State, the trial shall be at
such place or places as the Congress may by
law have directed.
SECTION tn.
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 convict
ed of treason unless on the testimony of two
witnesses to the same overact, or on confession
in open court.
2. The Congress shall have power to declare
the punishment of treason ; but no attainder
of treason shall work corruption of blood, or
forfeiture, except during the life of tfi<<m’ison
attainted
A RTIC L E IV.
SECTION I.
1. Full faithand 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, aud pro
ceedings shall be proved, and the effect thereof.
suction n.
1. The citizens of each State shall be enti
tled to all the priviliges and immunities ol cit
izens in the several Slates, aud shall have the
right of transit and sojourn in any State of
this Confederacy, with their slaves and other
property, and the right of property is said
slaves shall not be thereby impaired.
2. A person charged in any State with trea
son, felony, or other orime against the laws ot
such State, who shall lice from justice, and be
found in aimtl.vr State, shall on demand of the
Execulive authority of the State from which
he tied, be delivered up, to be removed to the
Slate having jurisdiction of the crime.
3. No slave or other person held to service
or labor in any State or Territory of the Con
federate States, under the laws therof, escap
ing or lawfully carried into another, shall, in
consequence of any law or regulaiion therein,
lie discharged from such service or labor ; but
-I: ill be delivered up on claim of the party to
whom such slave belongs, or to whom such ser-
■ vice or labor may be due.
_ SECTION 111.
1. may be admitted into this
tln-Scu.,l e V.i: in^'l, ■
m> slid be formed or
other
State be formed by the
more States, or parts of
consent of the Legislatures orffiS
cerned, as well as of
2. The Congress shall have
of and make all needful rules
concerning the property
States including the lands
3. The Confederate States
territory ; and Congress
inii
i t
yt'h
law H
the
institution of 1
the '
Govern
eral
have Cm
■ - y.
and shall pro
tect each against invasion; and on
application offlie Legislature (or of the Ex
ecutive when the Legislaturctis not in session)
against domestic violence.
A K T I C L E V .
SECTION I,
1. Upon the demand of any three States, le
gally assembled in their several Conventions,
the Congress shall summon a Convention of all
the States, to take into consideration such
amendments to the Constitution as the said
States shall concur in suggesting at the time
when the said demand is made ; and should
any of the proposed amendments to the Con
stitution boagreed on by the said Convention
—voling by States—and the same be ratified
by the Legislatures of two-thirds of the seve
ral States, or by Conventions in two-thirds
thereof—as the one or the other mode of rati
fication may be proposed by the general Con
vention—they shall thenceforward form apart
of this Constitution. But no State shall, with
out its consent, be deprived of its equal repre
sentution in the Senate.
A 11 Tl C LE VI.
1. The Government established by this Con
stitution is the successor of the Provisional
Government of the Confederate States of Amer
ica, and all the laws passed by the latter shall
continue in force until their successors are ap
pointed and qualified, or the offices abolished.
2. All debts contracted and engagements
entered into before the adoption of this Con
stitution, shall be as valid against the Confed
erate States under Ibis Constitution as under
the provisional Government.
3. This Constitution, and the laws of the
Confederate States, made in pursuance thereof;
and all treaties made, or which shall be made
under the authority of the Confederate States,
shall be the supreme law of the land , and the
Judges in every State shall be bound thereby,
anything in the Constitution or laws of any
Stale to the contrary notwithstanding.
4. The Senators and Representatives before I
meuiioned and the members of the several
State Legislatures, and all Executive and Ju- I
I dicial officers, both of the Confederate Stales
| and of the several Slates, shall be bound by j
oath or affirmation, to support this Constitu- j
tion ; but no religious test shall ever be requi
red as a qualification to any office or public I
trust under the Confederate States.
5. The enumeration, in the Constitution, of
certain rights, shall not be • on.-irued to deny !■
or di-j>arage others retained I»y the people of I
5. The powers not delegated to ilie Confed- I
erate Stales by the .nstituiion, nor prohibited
by it Io the Slates, are reserve*! to the Stales, j
ri-speclively, or to the people thereof.
ARTICLE VII.
1. The ratification of the Convent ions of live >
Stairs shall be siifli« i>'nl for the eMaliii-.bnient j
of this Constitution belw* en the States m rat- i
Hying the same.
2. When five States shall have ratified this ■
Constitution in the manner before tqiecified, '
the Congress under the Provisional Constitu- !
lion shall prescribe the lime for holding the
election of President and Vice President, and
for the meeting of the Electoral College, and i
for counting the voles, and inaugurating the
President. They shall also prescribe the lime j
for holding the first election of members of i
< ongre 1 tinder this Constitution, and the time .
fir as mLling the same. Until the assembling '
of such Congress, the Congress under the Pro- ! ,
visional Constitution shall continue tocxercise i
the Legislative powers granted them, not ex- I 1
lending beyond the time limited by the Consti- | '
tution of the Provisional Government. i
COURT CAEHNDAIt FOR 1801.
I
| IIEVISKII UY THE SOUTHERN RECORDER. I
SUPERIOR COURTS.
JANUARY. JULY.
2d Miiiiilay, Chatham. i„t Monday, Floyd*
4th Monday, Richmond Rh Munday, Lumpkin*
«ln AUGUST
FEBRUARY. 2,1 '''"'''".b £'“'j>’ b " 11
Ist Monday, Clark Dawson | -
Campbell 3J Monday, Forsyth ! ■
tfol’k
3d Moiid ÜbiHcock
Merriwither
H Walton
Ith Mi.iiday, Baldwin I
Jackson
4th Monday, n Monroe
Ju* k-«in Pauldinir
Monroe Taliaferro
Paulding Walker
I'aliahriti Th’dayafter Pierce
"“ lk,r SEPTEMBER.
MARCH. . . ... ,
PiiTi-i. (■tmtt'X'.,
Ist Munday, Applmg Clmrokeu
Columbia
4"' r ‘;k™ Coweta
. C’rawfonl
‘"•'"■■bia Madison
‘/Tlbrd Mll ,. iol| j
Morgan
Madison 2 ,| |t|lttH
? ’ Cass
Morgiu, Coflee
2d Monday, Butts Flbert
S’" Ku'
ilwinnett
Pickens
Washington
' , Wi-listi r
Waslnng'oii 3(l Monday, Cobb
m i n Callionn
Mon<lay« Cobb Hall
‘•alhono H;irt
1,1 Heard
, Macon
Newton
Putnam
Newton Talbot
Putnam Ware
, Uiill.H-b
‘ a, - ,,a ' Ith Monday, Clinch
.. . , ~ ' IlCliattal du o ’
Friday after,Bullocli Emanm-I
4ih Monday ( linch | C( ,
ChaHahoouhee Twiggs
Emanml \ vlljt „
Wilkes
1 Wiggs Monday as-)
"'Uli' ter tile 41 h > Edlols
Wilkes Munday 1
4HI Th'sday Montgumery ncTiini.’n
Munday I , IIUIOBI'.R.
after 4th ' , 1»‘ A 2.1 Monday, Carudl
AI,|UI - Fuhon
Lt & 2d .Monday, Can4 l Hilmer
Isl Mon.lay, Dmdy Cordon
Early Taylor
Fulton Warren
Gordon Wilkinson
Pike Pike
Kabun Wednesday after, Rabun
Taylor 2d Monday. Fannin
Warren Habersham
Wilkinson Hancock
2d Monday, Habersham Harris
Hancock Laurens i
Harris Miller i
Laurens Scriven
Miller Sumter
Striven 3d Monday, Franklin
Sumter ’ Glynn
T’sday alter Mclntosh Haralson
3d Monday, Franklin Henry
Glynn JeflerHon
Haralson Jones
Henry Murray
JefterHon <3glethorpe
•h»ms Pulaski
Liberty Stewart
M rrav Union
glethorpe Worth
Pulaski Thursday |
Stvwari after j Montgomery
' 'Sorth )
4Hi ii -J 4lh Monday, Banks
"" ■ • ■*. \Vj yne Wayne
Banks Decatur
Decatur DeKalb
DeKalb Houston
Houston Jasper
Jasper Lincoln
Lincoln Schley
S. 11lev Tattnall
Whilli* I*l Towns
Wilcox Whitfield
Friday ah. r, T. I fair Wilcox
Camden Fri.l.iy after. Telfair
Thursday alter. Hu in Camden
Monday altei. B.nien Thursday after. Irwin
t’.irlton Monday after, Carlton
MAY NOV EM BUB.
Isl Ylondav. Clayton Ist Monday, Berrien
Gilmei Clayton
Kami<.!|.h F.Hingham
L'psun ' Milton
2.1 M .n.l o . Burk.- Kandolph
Catoosa Ups°n
Chatham Y’d Monday, Burke
Fan nin Catoosa
Mitchell Mitchell
MUriCon. MllSCOgee
lay. Bibb C ■ i Monday Bibb
Quitman Quittman
S|»auldii!_f Spaulding
Troup
Union Baker
Baker 4th Monday, Dade
Dado Terrell
Terrell [Thursday after, Mclntosh
Towns Monday after, Colquitt
ay, Colquitt “ “ Liberty
WBm (• \ j? I Monday after Liberty. Bryan
Lt,v. nth‘H. 1> KCEMB ER.
Highet ty Ist Monday, Dougherty
Lowndes
2d Monday', Johnson
■Johnson Broeks
WUav JClav
3.| .Thomas
|| h<
:-e--
’ l\* I *■ t'- t--
MARKET.
St. I,o’ IS, April r.', IML
: tl". w<* have
11 •' Ih it th" opt-iiiii zof tl.*- war ha
first .illy <: pi es.-ud, but
It i' ;tdv.t;;. ( d nearly ] > pvr !'■. c rar .>!■■<•• are
nt lie; this advance is caused by the policy’ at
of Lincoln and his followers to seize Provisions,
Bsc., consigned to points in the Confederate States. ou r
South, rn friends should not forget that St. Louis alone can
furnish the wants of the South fora long while, taking in
to consideration tho large amount that has already gone
forward, and wo feel confident that Southern men and
Southern cities will have the preference.
I, a rd in Bbls.
Corn firm, unchanged. 3G®42c per Bush.
Flour dull. $4.25@54.50 per Bbl for Superfine, Extra
Family $4.75@55.50 per Bbl.
XV>iisky 13c per Gal.
Pork heavy. Clear mess $17@517.50 per Bbl.
Transportation on rivers fine. Railroads getting nearly
i up with freights.
Exchange N. Y. Sight has advanced very rapidly and may
now be quoted at G@7c per ct. premium. Gold 3a-l per ct.
premium.
SEAGO & GAWLEY,
Commission Merchants.
A T LANTA
PRICES CURRENT.
Corrected Weekly by Robert L. Crawley,
BAGGING— Gunny $ yard 1G @
BALIC ROPE- machine...ft so 9 ® 10
BACON— hams ft tt> 1* ® 19
Should’rs ft li> 15 1G
Si.les ft 1SV 2 ' 19
Hog round ft tt» 14
CAN DUES-Sperm ft lb 4U (& 45
Adamantine ft 20 22
Star ft lb (2> 25
COFFEK— Java ....ft lb 20 (<4 25
Rio ft 1b 30
€IIEESK- Northern ft lb 25
English Dairy ft lb IK 25
Fi.OLß—superfine ft bbl 650 tgk 700
Extra ft bbl 725 (0 750
Family ft bbl K CO 9 00
GRAlN—corn skd ft bush' 97 C1 00
Oats ft bush GO G 5
Peas ft bust? ]25
LzAKD—in barrels ft It-
In Kegs and Cans, ft lb 14 15
HAY—Eastern cwt 18*) @2 (0
LEAD- Bar ft 10 12X
Sheet ft tb 9 (fa 9%
LrlMlC—Stone ft hhd 450 (<d 500
I!VI)RAUL.ICCEM’T...ft bbl 3 25 4 00
MOLASSES- Cuba ft gall 40 (&
Musca*d’u and PRft gall . 35 37
New Orleans ft gall 42 45
NAILS-Assortc.l ft Leg 4 50 475
PORK ft lb 8 9
POWDER- keg nlk ft lb 1 i;u
Blasting ft keg 10 © 15
POTATOES— SwcH ft bush 75 & 1 i;0
iri h Northuii! ft bbl 350 400
Klt'E— ft lb 5
SI GAR* -New Orh aw ft 7 •
Clarified A ft lb 12 13
B ft It- H HJZ
“ C ft lb 1“»4 e, ii
Loaf ft lb *4
SOAP— Turpentine, comumnft tb G” (£ 7
Family, pale ft tb 7
STARCH—No.*I, pearl ft IT. 7‘f, <
SALT—Liverpool ft si k 3 OU " 3 50
SHOT—Drop ft !b 12’..
Buck ft lb •»
SPICES- repair ft W 11 1;U
Ginger ft lb 8 lo
WHEAT— JU*d -ft buJ. 100 <3*l 1J
White ft Lush IMJ
IROX—Fwedc ft r
Etowah ft 4
Kami ft W 5 6 ou
Enrifab ft W 3«4 4
Uufiov ware ft tt 5 5 oo
A«k« ft IT, t
SHOVELS JL SPADKSft -. •/ 11 aO 12 «m
Springs ft X IP'
WHITE LEAD ft ‘ 12U i
OIL ; ft g.*l 100 125
Uud ft gal 1 25
Im ru-ine ft gal 1 4 >
Sperm ft g <1 1
Tr»h* V M»l 4*> -J :
UL.iSS A*n y 2 2?,
FXlu, Fur.— >. U-i i
PITTV «
CK AC K KUN W t. •* <&
< * N l»Y » k> ;. u. ■
MA< kfjifi,. .. y 1,1,1 ii ~ i. i"..,
N--’ _.e i.m uno a'.-, >»:
No 1 1.1,1 D> ir, a-Jt 'I-
KtKifi ,|, w . 12 |3
< ii:< kk.xs —y i.
SOI.K I.KATtIKU.
ii- ii.i -k y z,
<k>k Tan „.i t, 2S »
CAEF SKIXM-Fr.n> h„...y *|.« 35 i, '
An:.ri.,n > ,|„z oif»*» «£.,>«»
No?r. Th’ -f are wholesale ral»s,an<l th<>H«, buying at ■
ret.il have to |«, a .m.all advance a!..ve price,.
< hurrl. IMrretory.
I * .' i
!m£ij t' l ' > ■> «
Fir.t R>|.|iet KeV. 11. <•. 11. rn.U j, ' .
S-uri.l K.j.li-t 14. vr. J. T. t'larke. , ,
Finn l*rH*l>yteri >i> It. v J. >. H l> |> ■
< entrnl l'r*-.1>,!• I;, ~ j. |„ Kußer.. I
I’l'illil”. <F|.i- t ,1.) Rev. A»*l. I F■.. !>>»■. '
CenxreKatiohal M. H •j*b..t, Rev. T. H tanier. 1
t. .'holir, Rev. J. Ilaeean. I
Melb.alw' *i<.tevt,bl Ke. T llutcbiUK* l
1861. 1861.
Days. Days.
Id' 1 «* 1 “ c ' - s' i •’
el ~ ~ c s
.fan. ■ 1 2 3 4 5 July I 2 3 I 5 0
6 7 " I) 10 11 12 7 8 9 lo II 12 13
13 II 15’16 47 48 19 14 15 16 17 18 19 21
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
27 28 29 30 31 28 29 20 31
Feb. 1 2 Aug 12 3
34587894 5 6 7 8 <) 10
to 11 12 13 14 15 16 It 12 13 14 45 16 17
17 IS 19 20 21 22 23 IS 19 20 2122 23 24
24 25 26 27 28 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
M'ch 1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Sj.pt. 12 3 4 5 6 7
10 11 12 13,14 15 16 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
17 18 19 20 21 22'23/ 15 16 17 IS 19 20 21
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 22 23 21 25 26 27 28
31 29 30
Ap’l. 1 2 : 4 5 6 Oft. 1 2 3 4 5
7 8 9 to 11 12 13 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
14 15 16 17 IS 19 26 13 I I 15 16 17 IS I'.*
21 22 23 21 25 26 27 2111 22 23 24 25 26
28 29 30 27 28 29 30 31
May. 1 2 3 4 Nov. I 2
507891011 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
12 13 14 15 16 17 is lo 11 I'2 13 14 15 16
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 17 Is 19 20 21 22 23
2 27 28 29 30 31 21 25 26 27 28 29 30
.I’oe 1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Oee. 1 •_> ;; 4 5 0 7
10 11 12 13 I I 15 8 9 10 II 12 13 14
I'. 17 IS 19 20 21 lu 17 IS |'i 20 21
23 21 25 26 28 29 22 23 24 25 2" 27 28
30, , 293031
111 iMitti !■■■■» 11l
TEMPERANCE RECORD.
G rand Officers, Knights of Jericho,
STATE OF GEORGIA.
Tel HI expired 26th July, 1801.
J. S. I‘eterdou, Atlanta,... Grand Chief
J. E. laiyledd, Dav.„„„ Gliini | vice Ulii. f.
William G. Forsyth, Atlant > Grand Re r
V''? V.- )'’- «•' '"os, Sparta, Grand chaplain.
J. A. Wimpy, Dnhluiiega Graiul .Mar h ,1.
Edward Jackson, Perry........................Grau.! Guard.
PASSED GRAND CHIEFS.
Dr. E. M. Pendleton. Sparta, Georgia
Professor W. D. Williams, Macon, Giorgia
Cut. I' li. Haulciter, Atlanta, 1 h-.r- ..
GRAND LODGE
jliugjits of
S'l Yl Ll <>!• G I’IOIKLI.Y.
Principles.—To God wo owe Obedient 1, Luvu and Wor
ship; to the world Justice; to our llrutliri n, ForciveneHa
and Fraternity; to ourselves, sustenance and broh-cu m.
Pledge.—M «• will n*>t n.
any intoxicating drinks vkatevu. and will use all hmiCr
able means to prevent the mannim-unilm- and the leaf
sic therein for the use and puiposvs < f a bcv< iage.
Government.—lst. Subordinate Lodges, i*. which any
free-born white male person, possessing a g »od moral char
acter, of sound health ami of tho age of fifteen years ami
upwards, w! • ackm wI aj d1 ■ ’... ve in
an Almighty God, Tho Father, Sou and Holy SpiriL The
Creator ami Preserver ol all things, to whom they are ac
countable for every thought, won! ami deed, may I;.- admit
ted to membership; and any Zutfy conforming to the
ing requirements, to honorary membership
2d. Grand Lodges, composed of the Chief Officers and rep
resentatives from the Subordinate Lodges.
Form Application for a Subordiiiatc
Lodge Charter.
7b Vtix, Grand Lodge Knights of Jericho, Stoic of Georgia:
The undersigned free-born white citizens of sound health
and past the age oi fifteen year-., eacii and all of whom ac
knowledge and believe in the existence of an Almi"hty
God, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, tne Creator and Pre
server of all things, to whom we arc all accountable for eve
ry thought, word ami deed, believing the Order of Knights
ot Jericho to be in harmony with those great principles
and well calculated to advance the cause of Humanity,
temperance ami Charity, most respectfully petition your
honorable body to grant them a Charter to open a Lodge
of the Order, to be located in , post office. county
ol £taie ,*i } *q. known aud L:.iled as
Lodge Knights of .Jtriclm, of the State of- . If grant-
ed, we pledge our Mt* 1 ■ <1 honors, as gentlemen, individually
ami collectively, to be gov-med by the Com-iitution, laws,
rules and usages of the Grand Lodge and the Order at
large. Enclosed is the fee for Charter, (’oustitulions and
Odes—Ten Dollars.
The above must be plainly signed by at least ten per
bons; ami in the event that any of them are members of
the Order, it should be so stated at the bottom, together
with the Ledge to which they belong, and the degree at
tained; to be directed to the Gram! Recorder. The ex
penses incurred by ihe organizing officer in going ami re
turning, to be paid by the applicants.
Tiie Grand Lodge of Georgia reserves t- itself the t-.xi lu
bive right to constitute Subordinate Lodges of tho Knights
cf Jericho within its own jurisdi. tion, and also an equal
right with other Grand Lodges of the Order to constitute
Lodges in any other State, Tcmtory or l , rovince in which
there is no Grand Lodge of the Order, when proper appli
cation is made, and wiil hold Lodges thus organized under
its jurisdiction, givihg them the same rights and privileges
as are
tion until -Wh lime as any three or more Lodges thus con
stituted, located in any one State, Territory or Province
shall have formed and organized a Grand Lodge for them
selves, having a Grand Constitution, laws, rules and usages
coiiforming to those oi this Grand Lodge, when its juris
diction over said Lodges shall cease.
All petitions to the Grand Lodge, Knights of Jericho,
State of Georgia, for Charters to open new Subordinate
Lodges of the Order, or communications seeking informa
tjoji in relation to the Order, should bj addressed to
WM. G. FORSYTH, G. R.
K. of J.
Atlanta, Ga.
"dealers in ' /J
dNSTRUMENTSj
J DRUGS, ■
■ PAI NTS, OILS
-AUCUS’ A
June 3,185&.
DROP a Y —The Undersigned proposes t*>
cure Dropsy of every description. He can be seen
personally live miles South of Union Point, or addressed by
letter at Union Point, Greene county, Ga. Thu medicine'
can be sent anywhere, with directions tor giving it, or 1
will attend personally, if requested aud paid lor my trouble.
1 will buy negroes afflicted with Dropsy, or cure them, as
the owner may prefer. Satisfactory references given, it
desired. MILES G. BKUUME.
State of Georgia, Greene County:
This is to certify that my futiier had a negro man af
flicted with dropsy in ISdo; he hud been treated by several
physicians without any cure, when he applied to M. G.
Broome lor ids remedy, which cured him. Ik isstid living
and in good health. Jan 21. 1858. 11. CHAMPION.
Union Point, Greene co. -May 14, 18’57
This is to certify that I had a negro woman badly afflic
ted wi’.li Dropsy lor a considerable time. She was attended
by several physicians; they failed to make a cure. 1 htard
oi M. G. Broome and put her under his treatment, and in
less than a year she was thoroughly cured ot Dropsy.
JAMES DAVANT, Pent!* Id, Ga.
This is to certify chat 1 had a negro woman in ibbsat
tlicted with dropsy. 1 put her under the treatment oi 51.
G. Broome, who soon mad 6 a permanent cure of her.
Union Point, Ga. , TKAVIiS C. CARLTON.
z iEO. A. OATES .'2 BRO. Dealers in I'ianos,
VI Books, Mt sio, ic. Broad St. between tiie
U. states and Globe Hotels, Augusta, Georgia, would mod
respectfully invite the atlcnth’U ol their irienda and the
public generally, to thtir large and w ell selected stock ot
Piano Fortes from the following celebrated umunlacturies,
for which they are .:.*... qa :: r.- .. H.
Gale & Co. Hazleton and Bros. N. Y. and Ihcllelto, Davis
Co. Boston, which, fur sweetness oi tone and durability,
camiot be excelled. It is useless t<> say n- re in their favor,
;u> they are too well known to uued pulling. Piano lories
of any Maker or style ordered, the iuwest pi •- fl
aujortinent of Music is very larg
supply of Melodeons, Guitars, Holin 1 lies, A
Alsu, all kinds ol Bra > in truui tor a full
Band, besides every Hung in the Mu-;c Li.iu.
Mr-All the New 1 . 1 Music i
upon getting a goud artu I-. a, v.. make a point I
guuds of Hie best quality, and s.; a we cun rccutamen.l
and warrant in ewiy iv-p. <t.
N. B.—For ti*.- sati fisetion of pei ■ •**!;. .wnt t
order, not having an opportunity ui vi.Mtmg the o'.y. v.
refer, with pi< .. t ;
purciiased from uh, ;>nd who J. iv« < J:< . rtuily al’ w« d t.‘;«»;
names to be inx d. Hu.. u« Is <i>u.d bo but sp.x<.
will not allow it;
Dr. Alex. Mean*, furmei Prent EmmvCJi -<.
K< v. J. |L b Is, •
Dr. E. E. Jun--s, Mdi uu, Oa.
Ju Igt N. L. (lui tin i.
J. L. Reid. E q. Eat ot .
..
Ma> 12, 1855 I,
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<**><>• A
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COLE & WYLIE
H J’wt » -t * k
CHINA,
BRITAN IA U Ulf.
A I’K’ifKK’iV.
While, Dt't.r Hrd ai>*l Gilt < ‘.in c Dinner. T< t ni..|
'imlrt S-ts; Sihrr Plit.dT. . S. rs, F- I: ii. ; * m, I < ,
~ I •
Krrnsfne an I Table Cuth-ry; B fliemi u>, Uut mat ’
Pi tMMv<i DiiHiei and I •••» .•« is, m.d* li<-*1 up in uj-y
; ■ • . .*. ■• a: LCHAKLI *• •. I ICI
(Nearly oppudte Pciuh A P. Us)
I J’ept 27, IbDO lyw
mi:IM
AND
JOB PRINTING
I
DEPARTMENT.
THE MOST
COMPLETE ESTABLISHMENT
IN 'IHE I.
WIIOLK COUNTRY.
We are prepared lo execute upon the most
REASONABLE TERMS
Every species of
Printing!
- And a.* io the characiei and style of our work
■ WE CHALLENGE’COMPETITION.
> V/e print
BO O RS
f
_ Ot all kinds in the most superior manner, and
- upon terms as reasonable as any Northern
1 House, aud while there is such an establisli
“ meut in Georgia, no one can have any excuse
for going out of the .State to have Books or
anything else printed. We will in a few day
i- have in press the new
CODE OF LAWS
! For this State, codified by Messrs. T. K. R.
COBB, Esq., Judge IRWIN, and Colonel K. 11.
CLARK, appointed by the Legislature for that
purpose. It is a book of
1200 PAGES
Containing only the i.w» that now in
force, and will be sold by all
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OUR R. R. SCHEDULE. *
GEORGIA KAILKOAI). S
Augn-ta to Atlanta, 171; Fare, $5 —GEO. YOUNGE. Supu’i
MORNING PASSENGER TRAIN
Leaven Atlanta Daily, at 15 am
Arrives at Augusta ''x, < 0 p M *
Leaves Augusta dailey, at 12 30 a y
Arrives at Atlanta 45
NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leaves Atlanta daily, at 7 15 p M
Arrives at Augusta ti 00 p
Leaves Augusta at 2 30 p w
Arrives at Atlanta ]] 45 P M
This road runs in connection with the trains of the Suntn *
Carolina and Savannah and Augusta Railroods, at August,
ATLANTA AW. POINT R. R. .
DAY PASSENGER TRAIN.
Atlanta W. Point, 87 miles; Fare, $3 50— GEO. G HUI. I
Superintendent. ’
Leaves Atlanta daily, at 10 15 a m
Arrives at West Point 3 32 p m
Leaves West Point Daily, at 1 45 p m
Arrives at Atlanta ti 38 pm
NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leaves Atlanta daily at 12 3<J a m
Arrives at West Point 5 4am
Leaves West Point daily, at 3 15 a m ,
Arrives at Atlanta 7 59 a >
W. & ATLANTIC (STATE) R. IL
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Atlanta to Chattanooga, 138 miles, fare $5 —John W.Lkwif
Superintendent.
DAY PASSENGER—UP.
Leaves Atlanta at 1<» 2 > a m
Arrives at Dalton 4 17 pm
Arrives at Chattanooga... 7 08 p m
NIGHT PASSENGER—UP.
Leaves Atlanta 7 3’ p m
Arrives at Dalton 1 ('o*n
Arrives at Chattanooga 4 Oft a n
DAY PASSENGER—DOWN.
Leaves Chattanooga at 1 45 a >i
Arrives at Dalton 4’Siii
Arrives at Atlanta 10 0 1 a m
a IGHT PASSENG EK—D<>W N.
Leaves Chattanooga G 3 > p a
Arrives at Dalton 9 20 p m
Arrives at Atlanta 4 00 A k
Connects with the great Neu-Orleans A New-York Mai!
Route 4 times a day through the ten valleys (Italy us Amer
ica.) Splendid scenery and bounteous fare.
.
MACON & WESTERN R. R.
Macon to Atlanta 102 miles, fare 14 50 —Alfred L. Tn r ,
Superintendent.
Macon A Wesnern R. R. Co. Macon, G.i. July 31, 180]
On and aftsr Sunday, August ' th. ihe Passenger train
will run as follows :
Leave Macon, at lo 00 a m ,
Arrive at Atlanta 4 00 p m
Leave Atlanta, at 11 00 ▲ m
Arrive at Macon 5 00 p m
The 11 00 a m train from Atlanta connects at Macon
with Central IL R. 10 00 p m for Savannah, and S. W. R. It.
at 11 45 p m for Columbus.
CENTRAL RAIL ROAD.
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Geo. W. Adams, General Superintendent.
Ou and after Sunday Feb. 26th, the trains will run a
follows:
Leave Savannah 10 05 a m 130 p m and 1110 pid
Arrive in Macon 8 55 am and 11 05 p m
Arrive in Augusta 6 30am aud 635 p n<
Arrive at Milledgeville 12 30 p in
Leave Macon 10 00 a m and 10 00 p in
Arrive at Savannah 7 29 a m...7 45 p m and 10 40 p ir
Arrive at Augusta 630 a m and C3sp in
Leave Augusta 12 30 a m and 215 p in
Arrive at Savannah 7 29 a in and 10 40 p m
Arrive at Macon 8 55 a m aud 11 05 p m
Trains that leave Savannah at 10.05 a. m. only run tu
Millen, arriving there at 3.10 p. m. connecting with 1U a. in.
Macon train to Augusta.
Passengers taking the 2.35 p. in. train at Augusta, will
leave Millen 5.50 p. in. and arrive at Savannah at 10.40 p. in.
Passengers by H.lOp. m. from Savannah, will go through
direct to Augusta.
Passengers by either 1.30 or 11.10 p. m. trains from Sa van- v
nah for Macon, or points beyond, will meet with no deteu
tion at Macon.
Passengers for Atlanta, or points beyond, un W. & A. K.
R. will leave Savannah oa the 1.30 p. in. train; fur Milledge
ville and Eatonton, on 11.10 p. m. train; for S. W. K. R. be
low Fort Valley, on 11.10 p. m. train • those for Montgomery i
Columbus, etc. by either train.
Passengers from Augusta, iur S. W. Ga. should take the
12.30 a. m. train, to avoid detention at Macon. Those for
Columbus, Montgomery, Ac. may take either train. •
Trains connect at Macon with Macon & Western trains to
Griffin and Atlanta and the West; also, with S. West trains
to Albany, Cuthbert, Eufaula, Fort Gaines, Americus, Co
lumbus, Montgomery, Ac., and at Millen with Augusta and
Savannah R. R. to Augusta aud the north; at Savannas
with the tri-wcckly steamships to New York; also, with
steamships to Philadelphia and Baltimore.
By this change in schedule, the connection both ways, at
August a, with the South Carolina Bail Road, is secured, aud
passengers will have uo detention at Augusta or Millen, as
heretofore. Feb. 27
JAN> jrTXIk TTTl—mitt IttT -TT ~W I^—UU—M_l—■—
SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD.
Leive Charleston 5.45 A . M
Arrive at Augusta 1,15 P . w
Leave Charleston 2.30 P. M
Arrive at Augusta ’ ’ n 15 P y
Leave Augusta Z55Z..“. s. H
Ani\e at Char1e5t0n......................................... 3.40 P. m
Leave Augusta 7J5 x
Arrive at Charleston 4.30 A . x
rpo THOSE WHO DOUBT THE EFFICA-
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KE&IUKEK. Head the f blowing certilicate of vour owu
townsman, a gentleman well known to all; if this is uul
sati.-faetory, call at tiie Proprietor’s, 69 Main Street, auJ
you can see certificates from all sections of the Union :
Kichmohd, July It), 186 U.
Mr. N. Ezekiel—Dear Sir: I take great pleasure in in
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' Kestorer with satisfaction to myself; my hair is growing
hnely ; please send me half a dozen Lotties. j
Respectfully, j. o. CHILES. I
_ _ Battle House, Mobile, Ala, Apr. 6, 1860 *
t.zt'l.-cl, Richmond—Dear Sir: You were
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Buttle of your Hair Restorer, which has been exhausts.!
tor several days, and I have enquired in vain at your
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1 package, to b<- collected on delivery. Your early euiupii
j ance will very much oblige.
Yours truly, £. PEASE
j Fol sale by ait druggists in the United States.
Price one dollar per bottle.
All orders must b* addressed to the Proprietor
, ~ N- EZEKIEL, 69 Main Street,
Au. 11 ts Kichmuud, Va
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