The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1866-10-12
4 Singular Conflict is GEORGIA,


4 Singular Conflict il Georgia.
The Savannah lGal Herald relates the
following extraordinary circumstance which.
1t afhrms, took place near that city re.
Gently
\ countryman, very nearly deaf wos
driving parrot nudes attached to wagon,
When he was met Oh the road by NEGRO
o., oa loot, WHO bore an axe on his shoulder
The manln the wagon was about, tskinr
chew of tobacco, when, the NEGRO ston9aJ
suddenly and asked hinf~ior chew, W,;Sh
was promptly given him. The negro re-
turned his thanks for the quid, looking
Si,eaataSIly at the white man, and repeating
the words, thank you, sir / several times
The white. mans hearing being very dniI
'a1d not liking the ndgro's appearance, he
imagined that demand was made for his
money, and IN great alarm repliad he had
none. The negro percoiving the mistake
and that the man was very deaf, shouted,
L didn't Ak yen for money But the
man IN his fright only heard the word mo-
ney. " bile the negro was endeayorinr to
explain, the mules, who had been neglect
ed BY their driver in his fright, SHARED of:
TO the opposite direction, and were about
to upset TIE wagon. when the negro seized
the relns to bring them back. which action
on his part only confirmed the dreadful sus
p!clon OF the white man, who, in great pa
me, spraDg from his wagon and took to the
woods at full speed. The negro, anxious to
convince the man that re meant no harm.
followed IN pursuit-shouting for him to
stop HE race continued for some distance
put the negro being the feetest, was rapid
ldly gaming on the terrified white man,
WHO, seeing that he was about to be over
taken, turned to encounter his pursuer -
As the negro approached with vociterous
assurances OF kindly intentions, and hold
ing his axe IN his hand, the white man
made sprlngat him, and adesDerate strug-
gle Tor the possession Of the axe ensued.
Ia the strife the white Gan got control Of
the weapon, when the nero Tor his protoc-
,!on closed with him and succeeded in
throwing HIM to the ground, the white man
all the time pleading for life, and the ne
gro using all his el0Qucnce to convince him
that he meant no harm. They remained
some time on the ground locked in each
other embrace, the white man clinging
desperately to the axe, and literally turn
lnS deaf ear to the emphatic assurances Of
the negro, " hO was now afraid to let him
up, Tor fear that in. his alarm he might Kill
HIM with the axe
I'm this dilemma, each distressing the
other, III spite Of their prctestations, it was
tn2I'y agreed that the negro would let the
white man up on one condition, that the axe
60 which the latter still chung should he
thrown away. Watching each other ike
tigers, they rose from the ground, the ne
gro holding the white mans arms from the
rear until, with a swing Of the body. the
axe was thrown from their reach, when
they separated, running in opposite diyoc-
tons, the white man hatless and with his
clothes nearly torn from his person, shout
idg Murder. hc!pn at the top of his
voice
Terror lending fcotncss to his legs, he
was not long in reaching a house a short
distance IrOm tie scene Of the conflict
Breath!css with eXeriion and alarm, he re-
lated his story, declaring that he had mar
roWIy escaped being robbed and murdered
and demanded arms and assistance to 90 in
pursuit 81 tie robGcr. Ia the midst of the
excitement which his appearance and rela-
ton Of the affair had crcatcd, the nccro.
scarcely less excited and alarmed. approach
ed and gave himself up. lie made his
statement to those present but as the Drin-
cipal party in the affair was still incredu
l0uS and could not be persuaded but that he
had made narrow escape with his life, it
was finally agreed to detain the negro in
custody till the next morning, when he was
taken to the Frccdmcn's Bureau for hear
ing. Accordingly, Iii, physical wants lav-
ing been anp.y supplied, he WAS tied, and
his supposed intended victim, armed with
gun, placed over him as A guard. In the
morning the deaf man was found lying fast
asleep, and the negro was not found at
all