The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-05-25
LATE NEWS FROM MExl,)

Work Suspended ON the Imp-riI lnil-
road and Telegraph Lines-Th Frnch
TO Pc for the Support or tho Forign
Troops.
OUR VERA CRUz ooRREspoNDENc,
VERA CRUZ, Mays, 1885,
Orders have been issued FOR the total sus,nsim OF
work on the Imperial Railroad line BY IL nf,een
thousand employees thrown out OF work tow. MANY
Americans being among the number Consideble ex
element prevails among those thus situated ork on
all the telegraph lines is also suspended.
BY new arrangement the French arc to furnh ave
hundred thousand dollars per month for the surt Of
Austrian and Belgian troops This may include Stives
In the imperial service; do not know for sre thin not
The report that the to be furnished is ono nion
per month, but this 10 not 90. e' 20 ayA
The Late M. Ian IONS ar rtul
Play-Imefictenc y OF His Saoecssor. ~
1, OUR MEXICO CITY CORRESPONDENCE. Cd
FNl MEXICO CirY. Nay TO- 1876
order TO appreciate and judge without party fena
the present situation of Mexico the policy of ts govern
ment It's acts in a financial point OF view, aid the
stormy future which the masters of It's dstny a. pre-
pairing, is necessary review with cautious canest-
ness its statesmen aud their acts Al the risk
Of repetition we cannot keep silent over tho sad
den death OF N. IAngais. Although the hononbIe
physician who made the autopsy Of tho body declared
that death was Tho result OF apopexy this concuson
Is rejected by pblic opinion which sees the eemensof
crime in this tragic event point which gives color
tins assertion is tho absence of The signature Of the Sur
geon General OF thu French armv VIII, present whcn
the post .mortcm examination took place However, W.
are no: dcsrouso repeat the reports which current
with regard 70 this sad event. the gravity Of which will
not escape public judgment day will come perhaps
when shah be compelled r. do II, in order to remain
true mission Of telling tho trth-nohng but the
truth-about Mexico, for public opinion must not be
led asray any longer
Having alluded to NJ. Langlas, the statesman whose
loss France Is mourning view II simply refer to the pain
wisesi Intelligent supporters of the empire and
friends OF their country atr the thOughtess regptfu
and njudcious selection which was made in giving b.
Iangas successor In the financial direction Of the
country The soverein's choice fell upon NJ Lactnza
who in financial matters as well ms In any other branch of
administration has more theorec cal or practical no
tons than those which he may have acquired asthe
principal OF boys school, IN which his economical pin
ciples may have been successfully applied TO his
personal welfare rather than TO that of the youths ucr
his
To NJ iacunza, Of whom We will give more cxteniIve
appreciation has been added auxiliary OF the name of
De Mantenant, originally sent here by the French gov
eminent after NJ Langlas who had hasteped to de-
mand his recall he found out the exeEt ofhs
narrow qualifications matters OF finance.
We have read some Of this gcnienaan's reports. md
We have no hesitation In stating that Junior clerk In
London or Now York bank ny firm were to write such
stuff as that given over the signature or de Hainte-
Nevertheless no is intensely proud Of his efforts and
Colbert Of Mexico
We will leave NJ de Maintcnant for the present, to
refer to him again later when We shall analyze tho
financial measures that he may recommend II will be
Of interest the public in the United States and In Eu
rope to learn what SCRABBLE officials have been sent out
70 Mexico by the government OF Napoleon Ill With the
exception Of NJ Langais who was man Of great talent
and upright character all the officials sent out have
proved utterly inenicient and useless.