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520 were of short duration. The enthusiasm was great, and volunteers freely offered their services. Charlefoux and his New Mexican hunters had been induced by Janssens to join the force, and in a few days the army of the supreme government/ perhaps one hundred and twenty-five strong, was ready for an advance, and began its march northward the 10th of June.

Captain Portilla was in active command of the expedition, though the self-styled governor and general, Zamorano, with Nicanor Estrada, Bandini, and Argiiello, seems to have accompanied the force. They entered Los Angeles June 16th, in time, as Bandini says, to witness &quot; the shameful dispersion of Castro's force,&quot; and the flight of the leader in such haste as to leave behind some of his wearing apparel. Janssens goes still further, and states that the advance guard of the foe was met at the Santa Ana rancho, but threw down their arms and fled in disorder on seeing the southerners prepare for a charge, not stopping until they reached San Fernando. Castro was certainly at Los Angeles on the 12th, when his presence, and the absence of the opposition members at an extra session, enabled the versatile ayuntamiento to turn another political somersault, &quot; rectifying their vote in defense of the state government, and ignoring the acts of Ibarra and his followers, which had disturbed the public order.&quot; He doubtless