Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1862-07-16

Let them bring 1t out.
Despairng ofdefeatng Col. Vance for the Governor.
SNIP the Stallfederates are doing their utmost to
damage the STANDARD and its Editor. Smartinp
uaueF tne iashes Of guilty conscience, at their
criminal spongng upon the Commissary stores Of
'ue government without any shadow of right they
viii try BY falsehood and deception to involve us in
conduct equally shameful with their own.
IL is rumored about town that the Stallfeds have
been quite busy about the Capitol for some DAYS.
hunting up evidence to prove that the State has maid
US several thousand dollars per year during the De.
u uu we were State printer. Well, we admit it.
VIVA. else could have been expected? The State
p''n''ns costs several thousand dollars wear. no
800 VINO does it The Legislature thought pro-
r. :. s"e to US for some years, and We profited
received no more for our labor than the
-" a"o"eo evoked for every dollar the State
eser palo u.s. We did the work well and in good
ume. The proper officers obtained cop;es Of N.
Laws and of the Journals in good time when VA did
Tue printing. No officer, nor did the public com.
pain OF our work. What we have made out Of the
otate' We made honestly, and better than all, We
nave good deal of it yet We have not wasted it
by gambling and frolic.
Our unhappy neighbor Of the Register is terribly
dsgruntled at our making so much. lie wants to
| get ms hand into the same chest. We pisy him
tnat MS prospects are so bad. We shall elect Col.
vance, and there will be no chance for Syme He
may 90 wnimperlng around the public Offices for
)oo, out We fear he will whimper in vain. Some of
the very persons who were in favor of our being
State printer are now ready to hold up their hands
in horror. Why, did they make US State printer to
| buy US nps Did they give it to as the price of
our infidelity to the people-as the reward of our
devotion to Office seekers and place-men? If So
they were deceived We were no party to such
bargain We abored to serve the people and the
country, not those whose only aim is office and
place.
Let them bring it out. We admit we made some
money out of the State, honestly and fairly, while
we were State printer. But let the people remem.
Der we got no Commissary Stores in the bargain
We bought no sugar, coffee, or molasses or salt
at State cost prices, while the people were paying
four times as much for the same articles. We did
not fatten upon what was bought for the poor SOL
diers in the field while they were deprived of it,
No, we made what We got honestly, and did not
| sponge on the government for Commissary Stores.
For the Standard.
WILMINGTON, N. c., July 10, 1862.
| Mr.. EDrroR:-There is nothing whatever trans
piring to give change to the monotony which per-
vades the city. The thermometer only stands at
go. The rays of the sun stream slightualy bright
ly upon the streets Every one, even the light.
hearted, displays any thing but elasticity of step
and buoyancy of spirit, even the frolicsomeness
Of kittens. 1t is certainly hot hot, Hor-and mas
quitoes accordingly.
1t is no time to write about politics-though we
can't exactly call this campaign political one
nevertheless, Col Vance is the next Governor Of
North Carolina. The majority of the people of Viii.
mington will vote for Johnston, but the vote that
will be polled in the county for Vance will he over.
whelming.
The bockaders have again been amusing them
selves by firing at our batte-ies-no damage done
on either side l believe the idea of Wilmington
being attacked is entirely given up. A good many
of those who moved away have returned
Business of all kinds is at stand still. The
merchants can sympathse with the lawyers now
Not a rumor to-day. WORRELL.