MEXICO.

Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 709, 4 August 1870, Page 4

MEXICO.

EARTHQUAKE : 150 KILLED AND WOUNDED. Havana, June 6. The stage between Vera Cruz and Jalapa was robbed; by -brigands, and one passenger kilted. Six banditti were executed at Zacatecas. The National Treasury is bankrupt. The Guaymas revolution is ended for the present. A violent earthquake occurred in the State of Oaxaca, and in the city of that name 103 persons were killed and 53 wounded. A third of the city is uninhabitable. The' earthquake extended to the mines, where' 11 persons were killed and many wounded. Buildings in all parts of the State are destroyed, and reports of additional deaths are expected. VOLCANIC EKUPTCOtf IN MEXICO. The Mexican correspondent of the San Francisco Bulletin gives particulars of the recent eruption of Ceboruco. About 15 miles north of Ahuacatlan is situated the mountain of Ceboruco, which, on the 22nd February, burst forth into five distinct volcanoes, vomiting aches, sand, and large rocks with such violence and continuity as to cause the depopulation of the surrounding country. A while smoke is visible throughout the day ; at night a blue sulphurous lightj with occasional flames^ crowns the summit of the sierra; at intervals of ten or fifteen minutes puffs of, apparently, vapour are emitted with a sound like that of blowing off steam from a boiler, followed by a. dull roaring noise and trembling of the earth. The liquefied rocks and earth run like creeks of water. The eruption, if continued, will endanger the town of Ahuacatlan. The inhabitants of the towns and villages in the vicinity would not breathe from the effects ot the fine ashes which, cover the ground and roofs of houses, to the depth ' of over one inch. .The fires are extending in the direction of Uztea and Tequeqehai \. Jala is in imminent danger. In close promixity to the present eruption the remains of an old extinct crater are distinctly visible, evidently having in its day far exceeded the powers of the late outbreak ; a stream of lava, two miles wide by 12 miles long/ preseniing, at a distant" viewj the appearance of a wide carriage road,; descends from the old opening and terminates on the road, wjrich creates a hollow,- rumbling sound-when" passed over by the stage coach. To date of the first of April no cessation or diminution had been pecieved ; on the contrary, it was presumed to be augmenting in force .and extent. The Indians in the neighbourhood believe it to be a vast gold and silver mine, and that the imps . of darkness are haying &,grand p. rodnction of metals ; they profess to see black people in the blue flames making merry over their productions at night. Slight tremblings of the -earth have been^ experienced at