Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1863-05-08
Small Cbanre-Mr. Albertson.

Aoous the first OF April last the State Journal
edited by Mr.. Albertson, said that since the new
Treasurer into Office it was impossible to pro-
cure change; that it could be procured under the
former administration; that the same facilities for
obtaining it were in reach Of the present one and
that owing to this alleged neglect on the part Of
the present Treasurer the business men of the State
were forced to send to other States for small change
Now, let US see what the facts are and in what po-
sition Mr.. Albertson has placed himself
After the present Treasurer was elected, but some
weeks before he entered on his duties, he inquired
OF the former Treasurer, Mr.. Courts, whether he
had issued al the change authorized by law. He
answered that there remained to be issued change
to the amount Of more than $3.50, 900 under laws
passed prior to the last session. Mr. Worth inqur-
ed if the necessary orders had been issued for sup
plying the blank bills for this change. Mr. Courts
said no paper was provided; that the lthopraphing
was done in Columbia by j. 7. Patterson & Co..
that he had been in the habit of buying the paper
In Richmond. Mr.. Worth requested him to order.
the paper. He did so, and it arrived here about
the 10th of January. Mr.. Worth sent it immediate
ly to the photographers, stating to them, from the
books of the Treasurer how many bills of each de-
nomination were lacking under the laws referred to-
and requesting that they print and forward the
blanks without delay. The photographers replied
that they had been informed by his predecessor that
they had supplied Gu the blanks for change which
he was authorized to issue; that they had conse-
quenty rubbed out their transfer plates and had en-
tered upon similar job for the State Of Alabama
and that some time must elapse before they could
get ready to resume the job for this State Mr.
Courts was duly informed of this reply. Mr.. Al
bertson, now of the .Iournaa was employed by Mr.
Courts to supervise the printing and issuing of these
notes. After the attack by him on Mr.. Worth in
the State Journal already referred to in relation to
small change that officer wrote to the photographers
the subject, and j. T. Patterson, Esq, one of the
firm, replied as follows:
II am surprised that Mr.. Albertson should have
been the one that raised the point for when visited
Raleigh one week before your election, seeing the
demand while in the Treasurers Office for the change
bills suggested to Mr.. Courts and likewise to Mr.
AlbertsOn, that inssmuch as my men would be al.
most out of work till the change would be decided
on, and that the demand was so great for change
l had better 60 on and PRINT more of them but
Mr. Albertson and Mr. Courts both informed me
that they could not print any more IS the quantity
then authorized by law was printed and that they
could not tell the date the new issue would bear"
So it seems that Mr.. Courts told Mr.. Worth that
than $3.50 900 of these small bills remained to
be issued, and that both he and Mr. Albertson told
Mr. Patterson that no more of these bills could be
printed, the quantity authorized by law had al
ready been printed. 1t is PLAIN that Mr.. Courts
was not himself informed on the subject when he
gave this answer to Mr. Worth; or, in other words,
that the large amount Of $3.50 900 Of State Treasury
notes had been printed and issued without his
knowledge. But Mr. Albertson knew all about it,
for it his particular business to know, as he su
pervised the printing and issuing and he musthave
informed Mr.. Courts subsequently, as is shown by
the conversation with Mr.. Patterson. And yet Mr..
Albertson complains that small change was not
issued by Mr.. Worth, which he told Mr.. Patterson
could not be issued! He must have known,
when writing the article complaining of the want of
small change, that he was supPressing the facts and
doing Mr.. Worth injustice. This is one of the
many specimens Of the disingenuous manner in which
that excellent officer is assailed.
AS to the assertion in the article referred to that
small change could not be obtained in Raleigh, 1t
was at the time untrue. Each of the Banks here
had been for some time, and were then issuing it
They had then issued many thousands, and the
Banks generally over the State were doing the same.
1t is true, it might have not been so abundant in
Raleigh as formerly, as the present incumbent has
regard to other parts Of the State wanting change
as well as this locality.
Mr. Albertson cannot explain away his conduct in
this matter. His only course as an honest person
is to come forward and admit fairly and squarey,
that he has done the present Treasurer injustice.