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Show UOLDTcnn'Q'UEt.iTMUXINY. Twent'-fonnti InTantry llrlva Rtainaii on tllilpul lolulof llaonrt, Tho colored troopa at Sknguay of tho Twenty-fourth United Statca Infantry were called out a few daya ago to quel' a mutiny on hoard the ateamer South I'oitland, en routs from beattla to Cape lS'ome lhucrew refined to go further north with the captain, agalnit whom thoy made varloua chargra The captain had tho men sent to Jail but did nut appear to prosecute and thoy wcro rcleared They returned to the wharf and halt nn hour later fifty col orcd troopa appeared fully armed Ihe men were ordered on board again, but itllldoinurrel, aud the aoldlcra wcro ordered to charge, Tho colored troop drovo tbe teamen up tho guugwnya at tho point of the bayonet. |