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Great earthquake in South American.

New York May 3
--The steamer Northern Light, from Aspinwall on the 25th, with 360 passengers and $868,000 in treasure, arrived here this afternoon. She brings Valparaiso dates to the 3d ult.

The city of Mendoza had been destroyed by a fearful earthquake, and some eight thousand people killed, on the 20th of March. San Juan was also reported to have been destroyed, the bed of the river having been turned on it by the same earthquake.

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