Show The Mexican mutineers WASHINGTON January 27 Secretary Lincoln has received a telegram from MajorQeneral Pop J commanding the Department of Arizona forwarding a telegram from Lieutenant McDonald dated January 25th with regard to his engagement with the Mexican mutineers muti-neers on the Mexican frontier oil the 20th inst He says that his troop were in ambuscade when the leaders came along and a man in front made a breaK with his revolver which caused the troops to fire A charge was then made by Lieutenant Jenks and four mutineers were killed and twelve captured In about fifteen minutes the mutineers were scattered along the road for a long distance The day oI nl fcJ i dei after Lieutenant McDonald left the field the Governor of Lower California came along with about thirty men claimed to I have been picked up from the ranches and gathered in nine others who were i still in hiding half starved and frozen j An Indian runner informedLieutenant McDonald that more mutineers were I coming to water at Pilot Knob and were anxious to fight the troops Ko attention ention was paid to the challenge and the two pdrties marched way together until they had passed a few hundred yards into Lower California Califor-nia Instructions are asked as to dealing deal-ing with the Governor of Lower California Cali-fornia and the party who crossed the line at the Indian Wells but McDonald is very indignant at the conduct of the Sovernor and protests strongly against turning the prisoners over to him |