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rnent passage, “ For ho saitb, the old
is better.” We give below, the dates
of the incorporation of our leading
institutions in Georgia :—Oglethorpe
University, 1835; Emory College,
1830; Mercer University, 1836 ; Geo.
(subsequently changed to Wesleyan)
Female College, 1836.
Having traced the connexion be''
tween the College and the State, we
are now prepared to enter an anoth
er field ; and in our next will speak
of the Professors and students whose
names are associated with the infan
cy of our institution,
jptoj.
A Trip with some Cubans.
Many years ago, I went to Colum
bus, and was desirous of making my
way down the Chattahoochee river
to the homo of a relative, who lived
near the spot where the Flint joins
the stream just named. Impatient
people are always subjected to sever
er trials thau the enduring; in wit
ness of which [ add that the regular
boat had bid adieu to the Columbus
wharf just one day before I reached
the city ; and that no other was ex
pected to start until the following
week. I was so averse to “laying
•orb"” during the intervening days
that if my pocket bad afforded me
capital to invest in a sea worthy tub,
f should have made the purchase, and
ali alone, would have begun the
cruise. On the second day of my do
te’ntion, 1 saw a nicely rigged boat
in the river, and upon inquiry, learn
ed that its owners, three Cubans,
proposed to start down the Chatta
hoochee on the morrow. The bar
gain was quickly made. I was to be
a passenger —as far as the place 1 de
sired to reach. Some of the hotel
loafers, to whom I mentioned my ar
rangement, warned me that 1 was
trusting untrustworthy men. It was
about the time of the formation of the
Lone Star Secret Society, and of the
concocting of those plans which
afterwards resulted in the filibuster
'ing expedition under Lopez to Cuba.
I reasoned that these Cubans were
political emissaries, and doubtless,
like Brutus and Cassius, “ honorable
men.” At any rate, I was more wil
ling to risk their character, than to
stagnate by a long delay in Colum
bus. On the morning after the bar
gain was struck, we started down the
Chattahoochee. During the day I
saw nothing to arouse my suspicions,
but late in the evening 1 noticed my
fellow-passengers talking in a group
and casting furtive glances, accompa
nied with gestures, at mo. They
were speaking in Spanish, and did
not seem to suspect at all that I
knew anything of the language, and
hence Look no care to converse in un
dertones. Now I did have a smat
Coring knowledge of Spanish, aud as
THE GEORGIA COLLEGIAN.
there is nothing in the world so inte
resting as to hear others talk about
you, I set myself out to listen—tho’
I pretended not to heed their conver
sation, for fear I should awaken their
suspicions that I had begun to mis
trust them. If those chaps had been
talking about mo in Hobrew, and if
I had owned a Hebrew grammer, I
am sure I would have learned the
language in three hours, so eager was
Ito understand their counsels. The
old maxim that “eaves droppers ne
ver hear any good of themselves,”
proved true in this instance, and to
my discomfort, I learned that they
thought me a government agent —
with a large amount of money in my
possession—and that they proposed
to possess themselves of the supposed
treasure by getting me out of the
way. But I did’nt get scared; I
never could see the sense of a man
losing his presence of mind at the*
very time when he needs it most;
and 3’et I could not sleep easy that
night. I felt that 1 was powerless;
1 had no arms except a pistol, and
that was in my trunk, and my trunk
was in tho hold of the boat below.—
My Cuban triends seemed to know
that it would not bo for their interest
to allow me to get to 013’ trunk ; and
one of them remained below all the
time, as a kind of sentinel over it.—
The only way to got down into the
hold was by- descending a little lad
der. The descent could not be made
without attracting their attention ;
and I thought it safest not to arouse
their suspicions in any way.
The second day of the trip dragged
heavily along, and when night came,
my Cuban foes (as I may now call
them) ail crept down into the hold
and began a conference. I was left
on dock, but as I didn’t want them to
enjoy their talk all by themselves, I
slided up near the place where the
ladder was, and put my ears to work.
I heard nothing that was very satis
factory; for they decided to kill me
that night. 1 felt that something
must be done. My father had led an
adventurous life—and one b3 T one his
stories of escapes from critical situa
tions came up before me. He had
many a time extricated himself from
danger by plans which had nothing
but their audacity to recommend
them. “ Yes,” thought I, “ the time
has come to make an effort, and I
must try the effect of some sudden
surprise.” So I leaped down into
the hold, right in their midst, and
drawing my trunk ke3’ from m3’
pocket, turned the lock, threw up
the lid, snatched up my pistol, and
leaped up the ladder back on the
deck. It was all the work of an in
stant. The Cubans were surprised ;
and only recovered their self posses
sion time enough to stab ineffectual
ly at me as I ascended the ladder.
‘ Not killed yet, gentleman/ shout-
ed I, ‘and the first man that shows
his head or tries to come up that
ladder, shall have a pistol ball for his
trouble.’
So I literally had them hived in the
hold below; and I sat upon the deck
near the entrance to the bold, guard
ing my prisoners with grim satisfac"
tion, But before the night was far
advanced, a Btrong gale began to
blow. The storm clouds went dash
ing along the sky, and the boat sped
rapidl3’ down tho river—obedient to
the surges of the wind. I knew that
•my relative’s plantation was not very
far distant. But the question arose,
how am I to stop the boat ? I knew
that if the gale continued, and if I
had to remain occupied in hiving my
Cubans, that the boat would shoot
like a dart beyond the desired land
iug, and would be finally carried out
in the gulf. But about daylight the
tempest doubled its fury, and the
wind suddenly changing, blew us
straight against the eastern bank of
the stream. The boat had hardly
struck before 1 heard shouts on the
shore, and saw a man issuing orders
to several darkies around him. They
ran off in the direction he pointed,
and soon returned, bringing a large
batteau, in which he and the}-rowed
out from the shore to our boat.—
Judge of my delight on discovering
in the gray mists of the morning, that
he was no other than my relative
with his faithful slaves. He and his
hands had come down thus early, to
the river bank, to drive off some cat
tle from the pasture lands which he
knew the rain storm would flood.—
My odd station as sentinel over the
Cubans was duly explained. He con
gratulated me on m3 T escape; 1 was
carried to his hospitable borne, and
“the rascal Cubans,” said he, “are
such despicable cowards, that we will
not lower our self-respect by punish
ing them; let ’em go back to their
own county;” adding tho threat,
“ if you ever visit these shores again,
you may expect a Georgia lynching.”
Y.
Fool's .Gold,
A man came into tho office of a'
practical chemist one day, and after
asking leaye to lock the door, pro
duced from a handkerchief, in a vei’3’
mysterious manner, some substance
which he laid on the table.
“ Do you see that ?” he asked, tri
umphantly.
“ I do,” said the gentleman.
“ Well, what do you call it V*
“I call it iron pN’rites.”
“ What! ain’t it gold ?”
“No; it is worth nothing. And
placing some on a shovel, he held it
over the fire, when it all disappeared
up the chimney.
The spirit was all gone out of tho
poor fellow as he sank back in a
chair, and at last the sad truth came
out.
“ There’s a widder in our place pas
got a hull hill full of that stuff, and I
have gone and married her.”
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