Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1864-06-10

IT. ,,o-- that Gov Vance stated in his recent
- u G-eeusborough, that while he was speak
1s i Raleigh we Te7S near him room IN the 9i
Cs,.-,,nu.s s listening to and taking notes OIL MS
y ill., % No truth in this statement 0oV'
- ,,,au he WAS uttering fsisehood when ne
ha de it. ,;., do,avinu
We also learn that he charged us wiz" W
? State Printer the publication oil ms h's'as
h, sccompanying documents. The LesiSia'u'e "a'
..ss;o, but fourteen days, and we stated early III
,uss;or that il would be impossible LOT US 10
5 n+ the Message with the accompanying uocu-
.ts tooethsr with such reports, resolutions Ahu
rIc 90 the two houses would require from oay 10
-, IN +tp short period of fourteen days referred
:" Co we nrinted the Message itself and the Irea-
,srs Renort to be laid on the tables Ot msLnOerS'
me accompanying documents Will DC coulpie'eu
An and will bs sent to the members BY mall
,r;II raceive them in time to examine and use
~, n the July campaign We printed 100 pages
ring the session, and we made every effort 10 per-
-, our duty IS State Printer. The truth Is we
,,,d mt procure printers, and We cannot procure
,osv as We need them. They are very scarce,
80 of them having entered the army early in the
1OlDn
rs from this Office now in the l4th regiment
No.. thew have been since May, 1851. live
Ia h.,o had hands detailed through the Cover
20 inAnsnce IS they were detailed to print his
v nsnsr the Consernq .igs We should have pro-
&e,ssd more rapidly with the State printing.
W. occeoted the Office of State Printer in Novem-
IL 1862, at the urgent personal request of Gov.
NJ wa
buser7ative party would be injured. We have
a considerable amount of money by the office
l the third session of the Legislature We were al
-ed ffty per cent on the prices we were then re-
wing but in less than two weeks after this allow
ce was made we were compelled to pay our work
N as much as we received from the State for set
p the type, this fifty per cent included. We
! now paying our workmen fifty cents per thou
Id more on the State work than we receive, and
are consequently losing at least seventy-fVe
BITS on every page we print for the State. Up to
ecent period we were doing such printing for the
ious departments under Gov. Vance was need
out it seems this has been withdrawn from u.s.
fs printing, not coming within the act on the
jsct limiting prices, is charged for as other print
is charged for and in this way we were enabled
realize some profits that diminished our losses on
other work as State Printer; but the Governor
lsted no doubt by personal malevolence, must
given directions to withhold this printing from
We are entitled to it by custom, if not by
It but we shall not insist upon it.
OV. Vance admits in his public speeches that he
abroad on State steamer, five bales of cotton
Rhich he received payment in gold or its equiv
t These five bales must have weighed 1000
= ndS. At fifty cents per pound, the price paid
the English and Yankees, these five bales
pght 81, 900 in gold, or $25, 900 in Confederate
ey. Gov. Vance says he laid this out in sugar
coffee and the like. Who believes 1t Now
rye the contrast: We are holding an Office at
snds of the Conservative party by which we
ng money; and the books of Mr. Treasurer
will show that we have paid into his hands
lie money, twenty-eght dollars and ffty
RcS by us as State Printer in small sums
, - bid to members of the Legislature
We would have had as much right to
money, and as much right to use the State
p In our hands for our own purposes, as Gov
ee had to use State steamer to transport his
70 Nassau to be exchanged for gold
men GoV. Vance charges on US the meanness of
ng Intentionally delayed the printing of his
age with the accompanying documents, he not
utters Wlltul talsehood, but he judges US BY
me standard of integrity, honesty, and decen-
eich he has erected in his own bosom for the
nSnent Of his own actions