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... miles in length and 160 in breadth , containing 30,213 square miles , or 19,336,320 acres , bounded N. by N. Carolina ; S. E. , by the Atlantic Ocean ; S. W. , by Georgia , from which it is separated by the Savannah river . The ...
... miles in length and 160 in breadth , containing 30,213 square miles , or 19,336,320 acres , bounded N. by N. Carolina ; S. E. , by the Atlantic Ocean ; S. W. , by Georgia , from which it is separated by the Savannah river . The ...
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... miles in length and 160 in breadth , containing 30,213 square miles , or 19,336,320 acres , bounded N. by N. Carolina ; S. E. , by the Atlantic Ocean ; S. W. , by Georgia , from which it is separated by the Savannah river . The ...
... miles in length and 160 in breadth , containing 30,213 square miles , or 19,336,320 acres , bounded N. by N. Carolina ; S. E. , by the Atlantic Ocean ; S. W. , by Georgia , from which it is separated by the Savannah river . The ...
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... miles south - east of Charleston . It has been for ten years in course of construction ; the cost of the work has been over $ 500,000 . The fortress is in the form of a demi - octagon ; the truncated side being at the south , and the ...
... miles south - east of Charleston . It has been for ten years in course of construction ; the cost of the work has been over $ 500,000 . The fortress is in the form of a demi - octagon ; the truncated side being at the south , and the ...
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... miles . FORT MOULTRIE is an enclosed water - battery , having a front on the south , or water side , of about 300 feet , and a depth of about 240 feet . It is built with salient and re - entering angles on all sides , and is admirably ...
... miles . FORT MOULTRIE is an enclosed water - battery , having a front on the south , or water side , of about 300 feet , and a depth of about 240 feet . It is built with salient and re - entering angles on all sides , and is admirably ...
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... miles and a half . A ten - inch Columbiad , at an elevation of thirty - three degrees , will throw a shell about three miles . There are no such guns in barbette at Fort Sumter , and if there are any casemate guns of that calibre , no ...
... miles and a half . A ten - inch Columbiad , at an elevation of thirty - three degrees , will throw a shell about three miles . There are no such guns in barbette at Fort Sumter , and if there are any casemate guns of that calibre , no ...
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Page 81 - Congress shall make. 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury; and such trial shall be held in the State where the said crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any State, the trial shall be at such place, or places, as the Congress may by law have directed.
Page 76 - Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy ; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.
Page 79 - No State shall, without the consent of Congress, lay any duty on tonnage, 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 imminent danger as will not admit of delay.
Page 81 - Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
Page 80 - Supreme Court, and all other officers of the United States, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law; but the Congress may by law vest the appointment of such inferior officers as they think proper in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments.
Page 76 - The times, places, and manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives shall be prescribed in each State by the legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time, by law, make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing Senators.
Page 82 - All debts contracted, and engagements entered into, before the adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution, as under the confederation. 2. -This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be...
Page 16 - Constitution of the United States of America was ratified, and also all acts and parts of acts of the General Assembly of this State ratifying amendments of the said Constitution, are hereby repealed; and that the union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States, under the name of the "United States of America,
Page 78 - To exercise exclusive legislation, in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States...