Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1804-04-27

49, 80 Hao uOHC ~ 0y my ISHN1nt-
Ycuswill presently see that G. Wright
nowpubiicly denies the authenticity of
the sSsertion that knew any thing of il.
They have taken much trouble 70 ascer.
tain hat | had -four reduced for having
ntidings in it--A thing never denied !;
fF iremenSber that myselfwas the only:
sufferer but knew nothing of the mid E
Ags being packed until the Wagons re-
tuned. suppose the person that ap.
pIed to Mr.. Brandon for his eertifcate,
expected to end some handsome play.
thing to ananse. his envy: True II is
that bought twelve or thirteen bushels
offlour corn from MIR. Samuel Black
more, at six pence per bushei more than
for other corn it is also true: that tolt.
him wantedit for my family use that
I would put one bushel along with three
bushels Of wheat, which is more than
Eve to fifty. But Ideny that / ground
it for merchant work, or that I ever
bought any ofthe same kind from any
body else-*This Mr.. Blaekmore viii
acknowledge himself. .. ~....-=> e.
TUG II - tAaI tttaH uOI . SOiH)lSS
scholar, but Try to pat what little have
to the best use all have got by my
own industry Though I have not al
ways been inIthe habit Of corresponding
with Solomohs, yet found could bs
very well understood. Tfliterary errors
are heinous, few men that write are free,
more than myself. As formy Religion,
l consider thAt as concern, that lies
between God and my own soul, there
fore cannot think myself amenable to any
man or set Of men, for. those opinions
which they can neither remove nor in
fuse "r"@ -" - =. = ! r.
False is the report that charges rue
with paying ninety dollars of fine to
E. Beeson, to indemnify Mr.. Beeson
against c.. Claircomb, but I lifted a
small note for G. Wright from lessee
Beeson in Martinsburg, with money that
Mr.. Wright gave me the same morning,
but / knew nothing concerning the note
more than that. Mr.. Wright at that
time came to see his son at my mill, he
seeing rue on the way to Martinsburg re-
QucSEkk INT LAKE SDNIC -utouCy
he then had in his hand, to call at Bee
sons store. lift small note of his, and
take areceipt on the back of the note,
and give the note and change when 1
returned, to his son Philip which 1
did. ! think Mr.. Beeson viii do me
the justice to rectify the above mistake.
The barrel of -four bought of me by Mr..
Kelly, knew nothing Of, only What
he told me Of it some time afterward
for the particulars I refer you to Mr..
Kelly's certificate ~. - / IN
+ George Wright hastold A. Wagon.
er he worked to me for wages that he
could have no interest in packing mid
hngs. Did he not work also. for Mr..
Beeson for wages! What interest had
he inpacking midlings in his 5mill? Or
will Il be believed, because Mr.. Wright
said Beeson's sons stole the peoples
-four out Of the boiling chests at night
and sent il TO their whores in town whist
he was asleep, and that he Mr.. Wright)
had to give the people yield out Of their
wheat--this Mr.. Wright told me, and
many others. have been lately told by
a Mr.. Roger, atwhose mill Mr.. Wright
lived after he left Mr.. Beeson, that the
said Roger had GO barrels condemned,
and fined for having midlings in them.
Whatcould have been Mr.. Wright's inte-
rest in packing midlings there? These
enquiries win naturally give the reasons
why he packed the midlings in my mill.
think itwould be well for some gen.
tlemen thathave been very busy in try.
ing to injure my character for some time
past, to take a little time and pains in
clearing their own up, and obey that
charming advice, to "plnck the beam
outof their own eyes, that they may see
clearly to pick the mote out Of their bro
theirs eve" ~ A.. n ~
Mr.. Wright is yet in my mill bat I
will soon give him his discharge, and if
my enemies please, they may try to
make more useful machine of him than
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