Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-09-16


fion ever Gnce the occurrence alluded 20 III
faid certificate, will alto prove fad Belt
10 be capable of aEerting the bafsR .fa5f-
ties, with all the confidence OF tyasb, and
renders it totally unneceiiary for r,e 70 go
70 Maryland for further proof. Tke re-
ipeetabili.y of the pcrions concerned In
thar affair will ffew how much l .E50nld
ba0e de/cendta, had / accepted OF Belt S
challenge. Said Belt brings forward Il
certificate of eight men TO ,fuppors his
f0ttermg rxp1tatioa, whom he ftyles the
mott respectable characters in and about
Colchester. Blu, what do they fay forhim
That they had found him juf in his deal
ings with them. Al that time fome OF
them, had not iecn the charges exhibited
againt him, and how fupported, and |
believe, at this time, that the respectable
members of thar certificate, are under the
itrongeis impreflions OF the criminality OF
his conduit. He for week was riding
through this neighborhocd 70 procure GER
oificates of his good conduct; and know
OF as many gentlemen who refu!cd him, as
he procured Signatures from. Why did he
not brace his rotten reputation with the
Ggnatures of MFR. Mstey, Mr.. Cockburn,
AFR. Fowler, Mr. Carly, MIR. Ellicot,
Col. Blackburn, Or. .Moreton, and num-
Der Of other ref ,eetable characters of this
neighborhood, many of whom are better
known abroad than thole he got He
R.uit have been much at lois in obtaining
signatures to his certificate, which induced
him to apply 10 his xnrle Wurd--which
: 6eiicary hou!d have prevented.
This pocket book gentleman then pro-
ceeds TO fay, thar he overlook a Negro
man with a parcel of ribbons and papers,
which he had found, and which he took
from him. Pray to whom could they be-
long? They could not have come OUT of
Mr.. Shumate's pocket book If 10, he
mua have met the therefore, it re-
mains a query, what he has done with
thoie valuables, as he terms them? What
reafoa could he have for interrogating
MIR. Shunate, when he was informed
of his nan,e The papers in the book
plainly proved TO whom the book belong
ed. He accufes me Of taking advantage
OF the weakness and credulity Of woman ::
AS weak as he fuppoes her, ihe poiIeiled
understanding enough to detect his at
tempts TO do her garing injufice, ana
here he has brought forward the certif
cate, of Lund Warrington. The ,elpeaa
billy gf The name ef Wat5iugtou, / am as
ready to admit as any oue !; in fome infances
it is even veuerabie. But that all of rhar
name are refpsfable I an 0old TO DEFY and
we have a flirting infauee to The contrary liz
ibis certificate gentleman whom Belt lent
to fit Mr.. and Mrs. HuAlins what h
could not get her to fay TO anfwer Belts
! purpofes, lie bim/yyr has m/sytea. The
certificate, No. 3, will thew, that Mrs.
Hufxins never told him that / promif-
Ell rot 70 make any ufe of her certif
cate, as he has faJsly .aaf<d; and further
thathenever told himtha che. belieDeaMr.
Belt did nof m.e0d fotQke any .0dpanfage
of ber But on Tie eontrary, ihe peuL
Ieliepes ii 9uas Intentionally aoue. 80 From
this the public will readily perceive what
credit /aid W>g,6iugton is emitted to, and
how far his certificate ought to affect my
reputation. T5ey will ALTO Judge whe-
ther il isnot very apparen, that /aidW,eA.
5ngtn1 was attuared by a ve,y different
motiUe than i9Jfiee ;---they will find his
name 10 all Belf's eeytjGeafes, even where
he kut4o uotbmg 0boat Their contents
for inaance, the certificate Of the FRAcAs
between EiuHSins and Belt, which happen
ed when he 4oas ,aos in fbis va2age.---
Ultimately, Bet concludes, by faying he
Gall obligc me to pay my account, which
account will never pay, till it is liti.
gated before a proper tribunal, when will
prove the nJg6nr he has attempted to