The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-06-19
MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 19, 1865.
A Negro Mutiny-Fecr Companies Oh
CoIored Troops Refuse 10 60 TO
Texas.
correspondence Philadelphia Inquirer
FORTRESS MONROE, June IL.

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FORTRESS MONROE, June IL.
A mutinous spirit has been manifest
among several Of the brigades OF the
Twenty.ffth corps since the inaugura'
ton of the Texan expedition, and there
has been all outbreak or two, but as the
cases were individual, and there being
no evidence of precOneerted aetlon, we
abstained from giving publicity to eX-
ceptional cases, not wishing To furnish
food for the prejudice already existing
against the employment of cOlored men
as soldiers. The colored caya,y brigade
consisting of the First, Second aud Filth
United States col0red cavalry, made
threats at City Point that they would
not be seut to Texas; that the Govern
ment had 10 right to send them there"
etc. No attention was paid TO these mnt,
terings by the officers who regarded
them as the grumblings peculiar to the
African race.
To better fit them for their new field OF
operations, the arms of the cavalry brig
ade were ordered to be exchanged at City
Point They were there furnished with
new Sharpe's breech-loading carbines,
new accouterments, new sahreS, sabre
belts, etc. The first batch of cavalry,
four companies of the First colored cav
alry, We're disembarked at City Point yes
terday, on the propeller Wilmon Will
din, of Philadelphia. They were brought
TO Hampton Roads and transferred to
the steamer Meteor Arriving in Hamp-
ton Roads, the Whildin was ordered
alongside the Meteor, TO transfer her COM
plement of men oil board the largest YES
sci, the Meteor being Of Il draught too
deep to go up the James river. hence the
Whildin acted in the capacity of lighter.
On making fast to the Meteor, some of
the soldiers told their officers "they
would not 20 on board Of her" They
would not 90 on board of any ocean
steamer, as the government had not the
right to send them to Texas" The Off
GERS insisted that they should go on board
the Meteor and succeeded in transfer
ring three companies to the larger ship.
The fourth company refused to obey or
ders, and loaded their carbines Neither
threat nor entreaty prevailed with them.
They unslung their carbines, capped
them, and those that had no ammunition
in their cartridge-boxes drew their sa-
hers Those on the Meteor now became
riatoIs. The officers threw Oft the moor
ing which held them to the Meteor, and
with the worst company remaining o.
the Whildin, they steamed for the wharf.
ASSISTANCE
Arriving at the Baltimore wharf, an
officer was dispatched to acquaint Col
onel Joseph Roberts with the state of
affairs, and asking assistance to bring
them to their duty Colonel Roberts at
once sent Major Van Scbelling, with COM
panies C. and d, of the Third Pennsylva-
MIA artillery, to quell the mutiny. Major
Van Sehelling marched his small COM
mand on board the Whildin, and proceed
ed to the Meteor There was on board
of the Whildin at the same time the
most insubordinate company, the one
which had refused to embark on the
Meteor. On nearing the latter ship, the
colored mutineers on board threatened to
fire on Major Van Schelling's men if he
interfered with the men on the Meteor
The Major was anxious to quell the
mutiny without shedding blood He de-
'cided on a little stratsgy---He ordered
the Whildin back to the wharf, landed
portion of his men, and formed them
across the wharf, with muskets loaded
and bayonets fixed. The mutineers were
then taken from the boat by twos and
threes, and made to lay their arms down
and proceed up the wharf They were
marched in rear of the fort and placed
under guard. The Whildin then pro.
ceeded again to the Meteor and brought
off portion of the men on board. On
reaching the wharf these were disarmed
as their predecessors had been. The
Whildin continued her trips between
the wharf aud the Meteor till all the mu-
tinous soldiers had been landed and dis
armed.
Then they we're taken back to the
large ship without their arms or equip
m.nts Some of the more determined of
the mutineers endeavored to resist the
disarming Lay down your arms or be
shot" was the alternative presented to
them. and carbines and sabers were, per
force, deposited on the wharf. The sa-
bres and carbines of the mutinous troops
still remain piled on the lower end of
Baltimore wharf Most OF the carbines
are loaded and capped, and there Is no
doubt but that bloodshed was imminent
Orders have been sent to City Point to
issue no more arms to the cOlOred cav
alry brigade. The wharf is thronged
with negroes from Hampton and Slab
town, who have come to see the trouble
of their favorite soldiers These colored
spectators consist mainly of females,
who seem to have quite as much curios-
ity as their white sisters. They sympa-
tbize with the cslored soldiers who are
strolling about the wharf, and glance
deprecating looks at the piles OF carbines
and sabers of which the mutineers were
deprived last night Nearly all of these
coiored females bear baskets on their
arms, in which they have material sym
pathy in the shape of pies and cakes,
which the soldiers devour with much ap-
parent gusto.
FURTHER DISARMISG.
At nine o'clock the light draft propeller
Delaware came to the wharf TIE Della
ware came Down from City Point last
night with four companies of the First
United States colored cavalry These
men were fully armed and equipped. All
remained quiet till near noon when the
visiting negroes had nearly all returned
to their homes then company was ta-
ken from the Delaware, the men march
ing off one az a time When a company
had been disembarked. it was marched
np the beach near the Engineers dock