REVOLUTION AND BLOODSHED IN MEXICO.

Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1689, 17 July 1875, Page 2

REVOLUTION AND BLOODSHED IN MEXICO.

Mexico is in a fearful state of arnarchy. One despatch states : —" Civil war is now an accomplished fact." A correspondence from Morelia says : " From two to three hundred men of Gonzales' gang (called El Rancheros) attacked the town of Tajunaria, fortunately occupied by the Prefect of Zitaunaro with fifty men, who, together with the citizens, succeeded in defeating the enemy, but were unable to persecnte him ; meanwhile the Federal troops at Zitacuaro were attacked and beaten by another band. Last week the town of Zimora was occupied by one hundred promtnciados. and all the horses, with some thousands of dollars, carried off, though the; garrison consisted of three hundred men; but their commander excused himself that he dared not permit his men to fight, being afraid that they would have joined the rebels and sacked the town. Other insurrectionists entered the village of Acuitzo, plundering and setting fire to the house of a pawnbroker. The 11th Cavalry, under Captain Guzman, as well as the Militia, were routed by a body of guerrillas, and their escape was only due to a quarrel between their assailants regarding the plunder ; other National Guards were defeated with the loss of fifty men killed. Another body of Federal troops, • under Arteaga, wr.s beaten and their chief killed." The latest despatches from San Luis Potosi, mention that the Federal troops had also been defeated in that State, with forty men slain and one hundred and fifty made prisoners.