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BvunshmU Sfiijf do ia t?S DjAVIS A SHORT, PUBLISHERS. VOLUMB X. rhe Brunswick Advocate, Is published every Thursday Morms#, in the city of Brunswick, GlynffCoanty, Georgia, it $;! per annum, in advance, or $4 at % the end of the year. No subscriptions received for a less term than six months and no paper discontinued until all arrearages are paid except at the option of the publishers. glj’All letters and communications to the Editpr or Publishers in relation to the piper, uius.fbe POST PAID to ensure attention. ItpADVERTISEMENTS conspicuously in serted at One Dolla per one hundred words, for the first insertion, and Fifty Cf,nts for ev ery subsequent continuance—ltule and figure work always double price. Twenty-five per ■cent, added, if not paid in advance, or during the continuance of the advertisement. Those sent without a specification of the number of insertions will be published until ordered out 1 and charged accordingly. Legal ADtF.RTiSEMESTS published at the usual rates. O’N. B. Sales of Land, by Administrators, Executors or Guardians, are required r by .law, to be held on the first Tuesday in the month, between the hours of ten in the forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the Court-house in the county in which the property is situate.— Notice of these sales must be given in a public gazette, Sixty Days previous to the day ot sale. Sales of Negroes must be at public auction, on the first Tuesday of the month, between the usual hours of sale, at the place of public sales in the county where the letters testamentary, of Administration or Guardianship, may have been granted, first giving sixty days notice thereof, in one of the public gazettes of this State, and at the door of the Court-house, where such sales are to be held. Notice for the sale of Personal Property, must be given in like manner, Forty days previous to the day of sale. Notice to the Debtors and Creditors of an Es tate must be published for Forty days. Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell Land, must be published for Four Months. Notice for leave to sell Negroes, must be published for Four Months, before any order absolute shall be made thereon by the Court. PROSPECT^ OF THE ™ ujuHsrsrswttsai. A WEEKLY PAPER, PUBLISHED AT BRUNSWICK, GLYNN COUNTY, GEORGIA. The causes which render necessary the es t ablislunent of this Press, and its claims to the support of the public, can best be presented by the statement of a few facts. Brunswick possesses a harbor, which forac cessibility, spaciousness and security, is une qualled on the Southern Coast This, of itself, would be sufficient to render its growth rapid, and its importance permanent; for the best port South of the Potomac must become the site of a great commercial city. But when to this is added the singular salubrity of the cli mate, free from those noxious exhalations gen erated by the union of salt and river waters, and which are indeed “charnel airs” to a white population, it must he admitted that Brunswick contains all the requisites for a healthy and populous city.. Thus much has been the work of Nature ; but already Art has begun to lend her aid to this favored spot, and the industry of man bids fair to increase its capacities, ‘and add to its importance a hundred fold. In a few months, a canal will open to the harbor of Brunswick the vast and fertile country through which flow the Altamaha, and its great tribu aries. A Rail Road will shortly be commenc ed, tenninating at Pensacola, thus uniting the waters of the Gulf of Mexico with the Atlantic Ocean. Other Rail Roads intersecting the State in various directions, will make Bruns wick their depot, and a large portion of the t rade from the Valley of the Mississippi will yet find its way to her wharves. Such, in a few words, are the principal causes which will operate in rendering Brunswick the principal city of the South. But while its advantages are so numerous and obvious, there have been found individuals and presses prompted by sel fish fears and interested motives, to oppose an undertaking which must add so much to the importance and prosperity of the State. Their united powers are now applied to thwart in every possible manner, this great public bene fit Misrepresentation and ridicule, invective and denunciation have been heaped on Bruns wick and its friends. To counteract these ef forts by the publication and wide dissemination of the facts —to present the claims of Bruns wick to the confidence and favor of the public, to furnish information relating to all the great works of Internal Improvement now go ing on through the State, and to aid in devel oping the resources of Georgia, will be the leading objects of this Press. Such being its end and aim, any interfer ence in the party "politics of the day would be improper and impolitic. Brunswick has re ceived benefits from—it has friends in all par ties, and every consideration is opposed to rendering its Press the organ of a party. To the citizens of Georgia—and not to the mem bers of a party —to the friends of Brunswick — to the advocates of Internal Improvement— to the considerate and reflecting— do we apply tor aid and support Terms —Three dollars per annum in ad vance, or four dollars at the end of the year. J. W. FROST, Editor. DAVIS fc SHORT, Publisher*. BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 7,1837. MISCELLANY. A London Fashionable Tailor’s Bill. The late Capt. Nesbitt. In the Court of Exchequer on Saturday, an action was brought by Mr. Burghart, the tailor, of Clifford street, against the Ex ecutors of the late Capt Nesbitt, to re cover <£2,154, for clothes and house rent, for a period of three years, during which time the deceased was under age. The ; defendants pleaded infancy, to which the plaintiff rejoined, that the articles suppli- j ed were “necessaries.” The matter had been before the Court of Chancery, by j which the present action was directed, to j ascertain if the articles so furnished, I came under the description of “ necessa- j ries.” Mr. Erie, in stating the case to j the jury, said that, although the amount of the plaintiffs bill, and the same quan tity of clothes supplied to the ihinor might appear extraordinary, 'it must be at the same time borne in mind that the deceas ed, was a gentleman probably of a capri cious turn of mind, and was a young man who was mingling in the most fash ionable society, and was represented as heir to an income amounting to £7,000, into possession of which he would come on attaining the age of twenty-one. In, the course of the present investigation, it j w'oirld be fodhd that many of the articles which had been ordered by Mr. Nesbitt were of the most costly and expensive de scription ; but the jury, in determining what were “ necessaries,” that being the sole question at issue, were not to con fine themselves to what would merely clothe the deceased, but what were neces sary for a gentleman keeping the compa ny Capt. Nesbitt had, and holding a com mission in the Life Guards. The whole question, in point of fact, was, were the articles furnished by the plaintiff necessa ries, or were they not? Then, taking the habits of a gay young man, who was mixing with the most fashionable< world, into consideration, he had no doubt but that the jury would award a verdict to the plaintiff for.the whole amount of his de mand, every shilling of which, had Capt. Nesbitt lived, would have been paid.— William Stultz, examined by *Mr. Platt, stated that he was clerk to the plaintiff. Amongst the articles there was a fur cloak, which had formerly composed part of the wardrobe of the late King George the Fourth; that was charged £73 10s; three Indian Cachmere shawls, of a pe culiar fine quality, £149 10s. averaging about £SO each ; these were supplied on the 25th November, 1830. Then there was some sable fur of a curious and ex pensive quality, which had also belonged to George the Fourth, for Mrs. Nesbitt’s cloak, £42 ; an aigulette for his regimen tal cloak, made of pearl gold, £2l. jin the month of October, 1830, Capt. Nes bitt took the upper part of the plaintiffs house for the period of six years, 'at an annual rent of £4OO. Those apartments were now let at about the same rate. Os the whole amount.of the bill, the item of regimental clothing was not more than about £3OO. Mr. Nesbitt was an officer in the Life Guards, and kept two Guards, a»4 kept two horses; he had two serv ants at his lodgings, and two at the sta bles. He also had a regimental groom. For all these servants liveries were made. Captain Nesbitt frequently changed his servants, and he always had fresh liveries for the new servants. It was impossible for him at thatniomeut to say what the costs of those liveries had been, because the items ran throughout the account; but he thought the amount of Captain Nesbitt’s personal clothing was about £IOOO, and the remaining part of the clothing bill must therefore be made up with charges for the liveries. Lord Abinger. What is the whole amount of the plaintiffs claim on this head ? Witness. £1,524. Lord Abin ger. Then, deducting the other things, the cost of the liveries would he about £524. Examination resumed : There were four sets of gold buttons also fur nished ; the charge for them was £2l; also a writing and dressing case which had belonged to George the Fourth, a very handsome article, 10 guineas. Lord Abinger. Then it seems that what be longed to the late King were “necessa ries” for Captain Nesbitt? (Laughter.) The chargfe for the first black coat was £5 ss. Mr. Thesiger (who caused much laughter by reading the items). Well, now I come to “ a rich sable boa tippet;” I don’t believe that was necessary as a part of the military costume of the Life Guards. (A laugh.) That, I see, is charged five guineas; pray, was that for Capt. Nisbett*s sister? Witness. Oh no, th*t jpis for himself. It was an exceed ingly cold winter, and he wore it round his neck. Mr. Thesiger. “ Probably “ rich racing jackets” are necessary for an officer in the Life Guards,' for I see two are charged (a laugh); and then I find an item “ 34 black silk handkerchiefs and stocks, £lO3 25.” Were those had ? Witness. Yes, there were also thirty-two white quilting waistcoats, £54, with Life Guard dress buttons, and large friar’s' cape. Next there were fifteen yards rich Genoa velvet, £22 Ills, and the following item was nine cashmere waistcoats charg ed £l3 10s. On the 10th of November, there was a superfine green cloth lady’s cloak, lined, £l9. On 18th of April, 1830, there were six pair of doe skin trowsers, £3l 10s f he could not say whether those constituted part of the Life Guards’ regimental attire. The charges in the bill were for twelve months’ credit. At the time Captain Nesbitt took the lodgings he was unmarried, but he nev ertheless took the whole of the upper part of the house, except an attic. It was, however, understood that he was about to ho married, that he was on the point of marriage to Miss Mordaunt, who was in the habit of coming nearly every day to see him. When he was united to that lady he left the apartments. Proof was given that the deceased held a com mission in the Life Guards, and that he was entitled to £27,000. Mr. Thesiger then addressed the jury at great length on the defence, and stated that the question they had to consider was one of the utmost importance, not merely to those engaged in trade, but to the well doing of young men on on their outset in life. It appeared that at no time had Capt. Nesbitt possessed more than £646 per annum. Os that sum, £SOO was an allowance from his guardians, and that the £146 was the amount of his pay. How could he then afford to take apartments at £4OO per an num ? Or how could he afford to have the articles lie was about to enumerate in the short space of three years? There was, first, a charge of £lB5 7s. for regi mentals ; £442 5s for eighty eight coats; £316 2s 6d for one hundred and fifty two waistcoats; £244 9s for trousers and breeches; £77 2s for six morning gowns ; £l2 10s for two racing jackets; £7B 11s 6d for two fancy dresses; £lO3 2s for black silk handkerchiefs and stocks; £6B 2s for seventy nine pairs of drawers; £59 10s for four cloaks ; £149 10s for three shawls; 97/" 13s for furs; 54/ 14s for thirty eight yards of Genoa velvet; 46/ 16s for alterations, etc.; und 23/ odd, for bread, and butter, and tea. Now it was for the jury to say wliether these things were “actual necessaries” for a young man of Capt. Nesbitt’s station and circumstances. His learned friend had said, that young men similarly situat ed with the deceased were entitled to go to fancy dress balls and, therefore, that he must necessarily have a fancy dress. With great deference to the officers of the regiment, he would take the liberty of saying .that they had no right to attend such entertainments when under age, un less their pecuniary resources were such as to justify the act. Lady Nesbitt, his mother, complained to the plaintiff, and even appealed to him, as the father of a family, to know how he would like any person to encourage his children in hab its of extravagance, as he had been doing in regard to her son. To these appeals the plaintiff only.returned a sneer, and said that he should trust to her son’s hon or, and that he would pay him. The learned counsel then at some length, pro ceeded to comment upon the conduct of the plaintiff. The jury must also remem ber that during the three years that the plaintiffs claim was incurred, there were many orders given to other tailors, to one of whom Capt. Nesbitt’s estate owed 602/, to another 504/; so that in addi tion to the present claim of 2,154/, there were others from tailors amounting to nearly 1200/. He looked confidently for their verdict ’ . Colonel Poyntz stated that, in his opin ion, the amount of allowance necessary for a young man going into the Life Guards,, was. 300/ per annum, which, with his pay as Sub-Lieutenant, 8s a day, was quite sufficient for him to live upou. Five hundred pounds per annum was an abun dant allowance. He should say that 600/ was enough to purchase all the requisite outfittings. Cross examined by Mr. Erie. He had lived upon that income himself in his early days, and had also known ma ny others who had done so.. The Hon. General Lygon a General in his Maj esty’s service, and was formerly Colonel of the First Regiment of Life Guards— was so in 1828, 1829, and 1830. He knew Mr. Nesbitt, who lived principally in the barracks, in which there were rooms set apart for his accommodation. He considered 500/ per annum, in addi tion to his pay, to he sufficient for the rank Mr. Nesbitt held in the Life Guards, although some allowance mnst at times be made for the station and education of the party; 600/ was ample for an outfit. Cross examined by Mr. Pratt. That in cluded horses. Did not know that the expenses of the first Life Guards were greater than the Blues. He knew Mr. Nesbitt had two horses, but he might have had more without his knowledge. It was not absolutely -necessary for him to have a groom, as he had a soldier assigned him from the ranks to attend his horses. It “HEAR, ME FOR MY CAUSE.” is expected that the junior officers always i reside in batjacks and dine at the mess. Lady Nesbitt, who was then called, stated that she had upbraided, indeed appealed to, the plaintiff as a father, upon the cruel ty of encouraging her son in his extrava agance. Other witnesses having been put into the box. Lord Abingdon recapitulated the evidence, and then told the jury if they believed the testimony of the witnesses for the defendants, that the deceased had an allow« ice of 500/ a year, in addition to his pay of 146/, that they must find a verdict for the defendants, as it had been proved by two officers of long experience that such an allowance was ample and sufficient. The jury found a verdict for the defendants, thereby nonsuiting the dear fashionable tailor. [From a late English Pamphlet.] The London Tradesman thirty years ago. Such of our readers as re member the London tradesman of thirty years ago, will be able to call to mind the powdered wig and queue, the precise shoes and buckles, and the unwrinkled silk hose and tight inexpressibles that characteriz ed the shopkeeper of the old school. — Whenever, this stately personage walked abroad on matters of trade, however press ing or important, he nevfcr forgot for a moment the dignified step of his fore fathers; whilst nothing gratified his self complacency more, than to take histoid headed cane in hand, and, leaving shop all the while, to visit his pooler neighbors, and to shew his authority by inquiring into their affairs, settling their disputes, and compelling them to be hon est, and to manage their establishments according to his plan, llis business was conducted throughout upon the formal mode of his ancestors. His clerks, shop men, and porters, all had their appointed costumes ; and their intercourse with their chief, or with each other, was disciplined according to established laws of etiquette. Every one had his.especial department of duty, and the line of demarcation at the counter was marked out and observed with all the punctilio of neighboring, but rival States. The shop of this trader of the old school retained all the peculiarities and inconveniences of its windows displayed no gaudy wares to lure the vulgar passer by, and the panes of glass, inserted in ponderous wooden frames were constructed exactly after the ancestral pattern. Such were some of the solemn peculiarities of the last gener ation of tradesmen. The present age produced anew school of traders, whdse first innovation was, to cast off the wig, ant| cashier the barber with his pomatum box, by. which step an hour was gained ip thq. daily toilet.- Their next change was, to discard the shoes and the tight unmen tionables—whose complicated details ot buckles and straps, and whose close ad justment .occupied, another half hour—in favor of Wellingtons and pantaloons, which were whipped on in a trice, and gave freedom, though perhaps, at the ex pense of dignity, to the persona! inove mentsduring the day. Thus accoutered, these supple dealers whisked or flew, just as the momentary calls of business became more or less urgent; whilst so absorbed were they in their own interests, that they scarcely knew the names of their nearest neighbors,, nor cared whether they lived peaceably or not,, so long as they did not come to break their windows. Nor did the spirit of innovation stop here; for the shops of this new race of dealers underwent as great a metamor phosis as their owners. Whilst the inter nal economy of these was reformed—with a view to give the utmost facility to the labor of the establishment, by dispensing with all forms, and tacitly agreeing even to suspend the ordinary deferences due to station, Jest their observance might, how ever slightly, imepedethe business in hand —externally, the windows, which were constructed of plate glass, with elegant frames extending from the ground,‘ to the ceiling, were made to blaze with all the temporary finery of the day., We all know the result that followed from this very unequal rivalry. One by one the ancient and quiet followers of the habits of their ancestors yelded before the active com petition of thdir more alert neighbors.— Some few of the less bigotted disciples of the old school adopted the new-light sys tem, but all who to stem the stream were overwhelmed ; for with grief we add, that the very last of these very interesting specimens of olden time that survived, joining the two generations of London .tradesmen, and whose shop used to glad den the soul of every Tory pedestrian in Fleet street, with its unreformed windows, has at length disappeared, having lately passed into the Gazette, that schedule A of anti-reforming traders. That which the shop-keeper of the present day is 4o him of the last age, such, com paring great things with small,, is the commercial position of America as con trasted with that of Great Britain at the present moment. Our deb||nay be called the inexpressibles or tights, which inces santly restrains us from / keeping up with the nimble pace of our pantalooned rivals. The square toed shoes and the polished buckles may be compared to the feudal laws, and customs, which, in competition with Wellington booted brother Jonathan, impede the march of improvement and the enterprise of Englislnnen. The pow dered wig and queue we shall liken to our Church Establishment, which, al though very ornamental and imposing in appearance, does yet engross a great share of the time and attention of our Parlia ment to adjust it properly, all of which the legislature of our straight-haired com petitor has been enabled to apply to the encouragement of a more prosperous trade. The nntaxed newspapers of A nierica, with their wide expanse of ad vertisements, contrasted with the stamped 1 sheets of this country, are the new and old light windows of the two generations of shop keepers. The quickened gait of the trader to-day, and the formal step of his predecessor, are the railways of the Unit ed States iu competition with our turn pikes and canals. And, to complete the simile, If we would see in the conduct of the two nations a resemblance to the con trast between the policy of the dealer of the old school, who delighted to meddle in the concerns of his neighbors, and that of the reformed tradesman, who rigidly confined his attention to the duties of his own courffer—let us picture England, in terfering with and managing the business of almost every State in Europe, ai«l Afri ca, .whilst America will form no connec tion with any one of them, excepting as customers. Natural Productions. Some stones are preserved by the curious, for repre senting distinctly figures traced lfy nature alone, and without the aid of art. Pliny mentions an agate, in which appeared, formed by the hand of nature, Apollo amidst the nine muses holding a harp. Majolus assures us, that at Venice- anoth er is seen, in which is naturally formed the perfect.figure of a man. At Pisa, in the church oi' St. John, there is a similar natural production, which represents an old hermit in a desert seated by the side of a stream, and -whj) holds in his hand a small bell, as St. Anthony is commonly painted. In the temple of Si. Sophia, a* Constantinople, there was formerly on a white marble the image of John the Bap tist covered with the skin of a camel, with this only imperfection, that nature had given but one leg. At Ravenna, in the church of St. Vital, a cordelier is seen on a dusky stone. They found in Italy a marble, in which a crucifix is so elaborately finished, that there appeared the nails, the drops of blood, and the wounds, as perfectly as the most excellent painter could have performed. At Sued burg, in Germany, they found in a mine a certain rough metal, on which was seen the figure of a man, who carried a child on his back. In Provence they found in a mine, a quantity of natural figures of birds, trees, rats, and serpents; and in some places of the western part of Tarta ry, are seen on divers rocks, the figures of camels, horses, and sheep. Paucirollus, in his Lost Antiquities attests, that in a church at Rome, a marble perfectly rep resented a priest celebrating mass, and raising the host. Paul 111. conceiving that art had been used, scraped the mar ble to discover whether any painting had been employed; hut nothing of the kind was discovered. “I have seen,” writes a friend, “many of these curiosities. They are always helped out by art. In my fa ther’s house was a grey marble chimney piece, which abounded in portraits, land scapes, &c., the greatest part of which was made by myself.” The Rev Ste phen Weston possesses a very large collec tion, many certainly untouched by art. One stone appears like a perfect cameo' of a Minerva’s head; another shows an old man’s head; beautiful as if the hand of Raphael had designed it. Both these stones are transparent. Some exhibit portraits. There is preserved in the British Mu seum, a black stone, on wfiich nature has sketched a resemblance of the portrait of Chancer. Stones of this kind, possess ing a sufficient degree of resemblance, are rare; but art appears not to have been used. Even in plants, we find this sort of resemblance. There is a species of the orchis found in the mountainous parts of Lincolnshire, Kent, &,e. Nature has formed a bee, apparently feeding in the breast of the flower, with so much exactness, that it is impossible at a very small distance to distinguish the imposi tion. Hence the plant Derives its name, and is called the Bee Hotter. Langhorne elegantly notices its appearance: “See on that flowret’s velvet breast, How close the busy vagrant lies ! His thin-wrouglit plume, his downy breast, . _ Th’ ambrosial gold that swell his thighs. * Perhaps his fragrant load may bind His limbs; — we’U set the captive free — I sought the living bee to find, And found the picture ot & bee.” J. w. frost, editor Koaraxmaft, A Lawyer’s Criticism of Siiaks pearh. I own that I qever perused my chief favorite, the Merchant of Venice, without a mixture of melancholy to think that it has so many faults, and particular ly that the distress turns chiefly upon em barrassments with which no’ lawyer can seriously sympathise. There are several striking flaws in this drama. In the first place, Antonio’s difficulties arise entirely from his gross oversight in not effecting an insurance upon his various argosies, lie should have opened a set of policies at once.upon the Rialto, where marine insurance was perfectly well understood, and where the brokers would have got him fifty names in a forenoon, to any ex tent, upon ship, freight, or cargo, lost or not lost. This prudential step would have given a totally different turn to the whole affair. When he wanted to help Bnssanio with three thousand ducats for three months, he could easily have raised the money at four per cent, on 4jie secu rity of an assignment of the policy. Shy lock says of him, “Antonio is a good man; yet his means are in supposition : lie hath an argosy bound to TYipolis, an other to the Indies; I understand?*more over, upon, the Rialto, he hath a third at Mexico, a fourth for England, and other ventures he hath squandered abroad.. But ships are hut hoards, sailors but men ; there be land rats and water rats, water thieves and land thieves; I mean pirates; and then there is the peril of waters, winds, and rocks.” Now, these are the very risks which the-contract of insurance is intended to cover, as clearly explained in Marshall and our other writers, and as expressed in the following*clause inserted in all policies; “Touching the adven tures and perils which the said assurers are contented to bear, and to take upou them in this voyage, they are of the seas, men-of-war, fire, enemies, pirates, rovers, thieves, jettisons, &.c. barratry# of the masters or mariners, and of all other per ils, losses, and misfortunes that have or shall come to the hurt, detriment, or dam age of the said gqods or merchandizes, and ship or vessel.” With this precau tion, Antonio’s means would have been no longer in supposition, and as good a*?- hard cash, under deduction, merely, of the -premium of insurance. Finally, when intelligence was Anto nio’s argosies being wrecked, iraT plain that he might, in the circumstances, hare at once abandoned to the andeyjnriters, and claimed for a total loss. It is painful to see so many amiable chnractersinrolved in griefs and difficulties, which this sim ple and natural expedient would have ob- My feelings at this reflection are something akin to those of a- j-ery sus-. ceptible medical fWendf who declares that he can never sit out Romeo and Joliet, from the thought that a judicious use of the stomaoh pump, in the last scene, would remove all tlie-distrCsses, and make, two lovers happy. [Blackwood’s Maga zine. ( What will you wager? The dili gence stopped at the White-horse-inn, in the principal street of Fontainbleau. Fa tigued and oppressed by tlic heat on the road, vve slowly stretched ourselves, and descended the steps of the vehicle as lazi ly as possible, smiling at the vacant ap pearance which sleep, broken by our sud den arrival, had stamped upon the visages of some of our fellow-travelers. The baggage was dismounted, and dinner or dered. Some of the country folks were eagerly pressing forward to gaze on the newly arrived, together with their pack ages, and children. - In the midst of this bustle, a fat, red-faced man, about thirty years of age, an insipid bab bler, Who had favored us th« whole length of the journey with the history of his great speculation at Fontainbleau, and of his marriage, which he was at the present time coming there to consummate, drew out his watch, and exclaimed: “Already four o’clock!” “I’ll bet yotl that it is nftt,” Mid a gen tleman in slippers, who was smoking a cigar before the door of the low-roofed apartment. “Tis ond of Briquet’s watches,” proud ly answered the rubicund-faced gentle man, at this interruption. “Ten louis, that it is not one of Bri quet’s,” replied the smoker. The other gavaJiim a look of pitf t ahd went into the traveler’s room, Baying to me, '* “v “Don’t dine here/* and with n'touch of the elbow, “we will go to a case, where we can do better/’ *• - “I’M wager any thin£ you choewe, that the watch is worth nothing,” periistedjbe one in slippers, fallowing after. "* “I did not address my conversation to you, sir.” “I’ll bet that yon did,” retorted other. , "• '•* My fellow-traveler, confounded at thin persecution, raised his hand, his forehead, signifying that the hitCMgr was deramred. ; *1 defy you to prove it," continued