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Show THE MEXICAN NEWS BUOCET. (;ra'. alarm in the 1'rinoipal Grain Growing Grow-ing NtTtlon of tlt. K.publlu. St Luris.Aug. (i. Latest advice from fiie city of Mexico arc. to the ell'cct that Cleat uppiviisioii felt; there ill regard io the crop prospects. An alarming etaie of ni fairs exi-lsin the prineiple traiii-prnilueting districts, owing to oii'j conl iniieil drouths, while in the Hale of Vera ( ni.. where large crops n ere expected to be harvested, heavy Vains, which have fallen incessantly tiller (lie loth '.ill'ino, have caused the 'apaloap'in ami ISmii Juan rivers torise ,i ml cxleiisiv e farm in,!; tracts along their banks are under vvaler. All crops in conse,iienec are reported failures anil tho situation in Vera Cruz is desperate. Cot.ioii is heavily damaged dam-aged and Tl: talpam is threatened by tiie rivers vv hich are increasing in volume vol-ume and the people res'n'ing there fear the total ito.;meiio;i of the place. 'flic crops between Tuxtepec and Oinnlta.n are swept away, and these two towns lire under water, as also are four oilier inwns. The corn crop of Sola-ventn. Sola-ventn. which promised a large yield this year, is a tot al loss, ami the country imiii'dnU'd for miles. Hundreds of cat-tie cat-tie nil- drowned, 'flic fruit crop is a purlin! loss, and 'f the ilouil continues every tree vv ill be killed. I'l'iiess ;i jjooil (Irencliiiiir rain falls in tiie ilroiiiii-sti iekeii districts within Ihe next three or four days a cnmplet ' failure fail-ure of (Tups will re-ult. and famine will stare the people in the face. |