Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-09-01
Ca!cheHsr, A4g. 2e, 1901.
MeG:s. SrowDcs G CO.

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MeG:s. SEowDcw & CO.
PURSUANT to my prorniie, / now
come forward to exhibit to the world the
character Of Walter S. Belt Whole mta.
ssoasfandalF, mutt conGgn him to rtrrua
afawy, with every jouea man. The moa
immaculate characters have been aGaiied
Wy the FATS Of mfamy---but,- ! truf,
ahsll repel this attack on me, by pgfl-
$s'rs'asas faP22, as II behoves a man who
regards his reputation. He charges sne
with having mechanically attempted to
inju's his reputation: The fact is quite
otherwife ;-for upon receiving pohtive
information of bis tej<nsG, | wrote to
him and fated each particular againit him,
AID am prepared to give up my Authors.
Agreeable to my ideas Of the bufnefs,
there is smoothing like aaderkandeArt/s G, y.
jig in this. He has never made the leaft
attempt to cohtroyert a Jingle CHARGE
but about ten. days afterwards, tends me a
challenge-which he never would have
thought of, hadi not been for the mt0r-
uatisx he got from Mr.. James G. Smith,
who was the bearer of the challenge
Mr.. Smiths certificate, mo. ~ will
thew, previous to Belts diiplayipg 70
y!,.ae6 brovsy, that he had been informed
that I would not aeeepta challenge from
'tm as l conGdered him amonst the
iloit degraded OF the human fpecies. /
probably differ from Mr.. Belt, in not hav
ihig defre to publiih my valorous deeds;
shd was the circulation Of your paper con-
4ned TO my acquaintance, it would be un.
tcefary for me to FAY any thing about it:
At the teaimony of fome of the mott re-
iSetaaAle characters IN Maryland, Can be
adduced IS prove, that have beer uusor-
tunareay engaged a principal
dscis than one, ard tiiat my tonduA on
theie occafons, Would rss r.a a az ,.rr
on any one. am not afraid Of Mr. Belt,
or any other perfon but my life is too
valuable to my family, to rik it with one
as ob)txrr and m,amous as beu. We have
a fpecimen of bis bravsy exhibited in
Mr.. Hukins's certificate, mo. ~ and
of his integrity in the certificate Of lady
of unimpeachable character ;-(but being
a lady, would not with her name to ap-
pear in public, a COPY of i, is left with
the printer.) In which is clearly fhewn
an attempt to defraud. by telling goods at
one price and charging them at another
was it a )olitayy mfanee OF his mal.eonduA,
it might be termed a ea/Ealy, but there
are number of iimilar complaints. The
letter from Mr.. shumate, NO. 81 con-
fumg,ases TIE 0iAainy of Ea:S Belt
There it is clearly illufrated, that he
either meant to keep the PICKET book alto
setoer, or extort from MIR. Shumate an
exravagaat premium. As he is frequent
ly under the intoxicating influence of ar
dent fpirits, that might have been an ex-
cute for him, had not a night interviewed,
which mutt have brought him to his re-
Fiction. Iprefrme the public didnot ex-
peet more coercive reafons than | have az
igned, for not defending to ega0iiSe my
ielfwith him. / could adduce ieveral O.
Their acts of his equally bad; but it would
be pro,raaing this publication to an un
neceIary length, and beRowing more
time and paper than the contemplate Oh.
jet7 merits: therefore, fhall conclude by
referring the public to the annexed eert'-
fc4tes and letter.
JAMES II. BLAKE.