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served for the better class of our guests, while 

 the bluejackets took care of the remainder. 

 My coxswain was placed in charge of the cabin 

 where the ladies were sleeping, with orders to 

 admit no one on any pretence whatever ; and 

 well he did his duty, for from the bridge I 

 could hear several anxious husbands clamouring 

 in vain for admission, and the last seen of the 

 faithful fellow he was stretched across the 

 threshold, apparently overcome by his feelings, 

 but true to the last. Our reception at Mazatlan 

 was most cordial, and we were glad to find that 

 our friends there were in no immediate danger, 

 as Lozada' s forces had met with a repulse at 

 Rosario, several leagues distant from the city, 

 in consequence of which many of his men had 

 deserted and returned to their homes. 



Lozada in person was soon afterwards 

 defeated by General Corona, before the walls of 

 Guadalajara; his forces, always disaffected, 

 were now thoroughly demoralized, and a 

 general stampede was the result. Lozada 

 himself, with a handful of followers as des- 



