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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.” ...Men who have a good deal to say use the fewest words. Students, do not pass by out advertising columns. They show just who patronize us, and who should be patronized in return. ~ j. h. Si & co„ No. 90, Cherry Street, and also Brown’s Building, opposite Depot, MACON, GEORGIA. CLOTHINGr STORE. Keep constantly on hand every thing to be found in a first class Clothjng establishment. Ap3otf SBMMEY & NEWTON, DEALERS IN Hardware ai\d Cutlery, Iron , Guns , Cotton Gins, Steel, Scales, Threshers, Nails , Axes, Shovels, &c. Agents for the sale of Sorgho Ma chinery, Horse Powers, Threshers and Separators. No. 6, Brhad Street, Athens, Ga. April 16, mO. To Teachers and Students! JOHN l BUBRE & CO., BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS, PRINTERS, AND BINDERS. North Corner Second Street , Macon, Ga., Are prepared to fill all orders for School and Miscellaneous Books , Sta tionery, Blank Books, Book and Job Printing and Binding. Any book published either in this country or Europe, furnished at pub lishers’ prices. Teachers supplied with Text books at special rates.* Ministers will be allowed a dis count on all purchases from retail rates. Old books rebound, and Magazines bound in ever3* style. Orders for every description of Book and Job Printing, executed with neatness and dispatch. We guarantee satisfaction to our customers. Address us as above. April 2, 1870. 3m LAMAR COBB. HOWELL COBB L. & H. Cobb, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Athens, Ga. 7