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uniformly evinced torward the freedmen since their arrival here; and without the least provocation whatever pushed a negro off a narrow foot bridge into the water - which at that point was three feet deep -. This of course enraged all the negroes who witnessed the injustice of the act; but as they had gathered there for religious purpose, they were minded to the matter go unheeded to avoid disturbance, and would, no doubt, have done so, had not the soldiers aggravated the whole affair, by arming themselves with stones and brickerbats, and making themselves still more odious 
 to the negroes, in the use of obnoxious language, evidently intending to force a collision. This was adding insult to abuse, and the ominous shaking of heads, and collection of missiles foretold a storm. Still, the negroes with commendable forbearance refrained from the use of anything but words, until the soldiers passed the bounds of all human forbearance and "cast the first stone" ―― . In a moment the air was filled with missiles of all kinds, but the negroes who were thoroughly aroused, soon drove the drunken miscreants from the ground, after which, guarding all avenues of approach to the spring ― expecting the soldiers to return in augmented force ― they quietly waited until the close of the babtismal ceremonies, and there as quietly dispersed.
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