Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-05-14
From the Richmond Sentinel.

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IS We have before as q copy of tie Kanawha Republic
can, of April An. It i Back Republican tory
teuspaPsr, Published in Charleston, Va; and the edn
tor, E W. Newton, says it 10 the hfst uiar DumoG
be has Issued g since the week OF the entrauca into
Ctarestcn of the rebel army, uader General LoFiDg,
last September"
We find in it statement of the vote on the Con
stitution OF Yves. Virginia. as taken in KaBa.ha
equity. 1t stands For adoption, 1,043 against
adoption, 60 We rather wonder that they did not
make the first fgnres larger still and that sic votes
should have been allowed 90 the other side--or they
not enough to save apparances and are therefore
useless compromise with treason and rebellion,
ard all other ugly things As to the vote In favor OF
the Constitution, it migGt we'll have been one
Der as another We understand that-the foreign sol
diers in Western Virginia al had the freedom OF tie
polls, and that the rule was that sell understood
~ tie corrupt politics of the North" Vote early and
vote oftea."
I'he adoption OF the " constitution :" has now put
all the patriots astr for TIE honor of fling the offices
Tie officers to be e.ected are, Governor A Attorney
General, Secretary OF tie Safe, Treasurer, Auditor,
taree judges Gf The Supreme Court OF Appeals, e
Judge of taca Circuit and in each County CLERK oil
the Circuit Court Sheriff Pr scouting Attorney, Sur
veyor OF L1n3s and Recorder. Members of the
House Of Delegates ard OF the Senate are also to De
elected
The following ex'ract supplies some further partea,
lars:
THE NEW STATE.
The Legislative power is vested IN a 6enate and
House OF Deee ates-the Senate to be composed OF eight
cen members and the cuse Of Delegates OF fotyeveu
ne1ters provisions made for Increasing the num-
her of members OF each branch. The term OF oice tor
Senators is two years. and that Of Delegates year.
The Senators first elected 10 be divided into two class
e. ore Senator from each district TO be assign to each
cIass-aud to be determined by lot the f. ct class to
hid oae year and the second yearsso that, after
tie frat election 0uehal OF the Senator'S sna DC elect
Cd annually.
The STATE SHALL be divided into Li1e Senatorial dis
t.ica and until The next census is taken viii be as FOL-
C;7s First District tie connteS OF Hancock, booke,
OAie ), c1n i-3iarshall We'z=l Marion Third
Monorgala Preston, tat !or Fourth--P,e.1sanf iy
Ter, Richie, d ddrdge; Harrison Fiith-W ODD,
Jackson, Writ, RQane, Calhoun, GiImer; Sixth--Bar
bon7, IueEef Lewis, Bcaxon, Upshur, Randolph !;
Seventh Mason, Pu nam, kanawha Clay, Nicholas );
Eigth-Csbtn, Wayne, Boone, l. gan, Wyoming, Mer
Ger, Mcdowell Ninth-W ebster, Pochshontas Fey
cite, Raleigh, GreenoFier, Monroe.
UIiI new appointment is declared the epporticn-
meat Ct D, 'cga is as follows 70 Barbour, Booze
Braxton, Brooke, Cabei Dcddridge, Fayette HancoIE
Jackson, Lewis Logan, Mason, Mercer, Putnam,
RitcIie, R9ana, taJl-r, Iy'er, Upskur, Wayne, Wet
I'll, and Writ ccunes, Delegate each to fIarri
SOB, K4nawha Mason, Marshall, Monongaia ard Pres
ton Counties two Delegatfs each to Ohio three Dele
gates Greeubritr ard Mouroe counties tngetGeF,
ttreo Deiega!es-tWo OF whom for the first term to b.
residents cf Monroe and OF GTeenbrier, and so III
rota ion. rEe other c2uptits arranged ihto Dele
gaze DistfactS IS foil
IHN hstrtc' --'At5 CUNT 4@9 vi Faeth.s A4u o'o,
!, comb CauCnl ard Gilmer 1hird-Cjay and
Nlcho;as Fourh-Nebs'er and Pocahontas Fifth
Fucker ard lrdoIph SIxth-Wyoming and Raj
eigh - fist Dis rict to choose two DeIs gates aid
III otIr G:e each. The Legisa' ure to meet
IN eac,: y ar. 'lha regular sessors to begin the
third IN lay OF January,
Tire ,.:,I # Government is at the city Of Whaling
uni T. seat of Government be established by
a~ Ne ssio0 of the Legislature after the first to
con'isue longer than forty five days without the concur
reIivc Of tn, f~urs OF the Lenders elected TO each
branch.
the provision rcla'ive,to slavery is follows he
children OF sl4E@s born within the limits Of this State
after the the Fourth day of July eighteen hundred and
sixty three shall e free yand all slaves within the laid
State +6 shall at tie me aforesaid be under the age
OF tWeD years and all slaves tea and under
tweyopc years. shall be iree when they arrive at the
age Of ueay five years aud slave shall be permit
ted to ce into the Stale for pertinent residence there
in "