The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-11-08
M E ". Q O.
the Departure of Maximilian and the
ARRIVAL of CasClcnau.


STEAMSHIP 'MAEuATrLN,n - November 7-Your
correspondent left the cily OF Mexico On the I'D
ult., and Vera Cruz on the 2Gth. The Mdahat!da
arrived at Vera Cruz on the 25th a. mIdnig0t
discharged cargo, AID left again at 10 oo,ock
the night of the 2th6.
The following items of news are the latest
from MexlCo:--
MAMMALIAN LEAVING.
On Sunday, October Il, the Emperor start
from Mexico for Orizava, whittier ne went pro.
iessedly Tor his health, and 10 enable him 10
receive ews from the Empress more treo1autly
and quickly. But it Is generally understood
that although the journey may have been under.
taken originally Tor these purposes il will result
IN his reaching inc coast and embarkng Tor
Europe. HIS health has suffered much from
fever and ague contracted at Cuernayaca. The
sad news OF the Empress calamity has com
pletely prostrated him. He has been prevented
from leaving Mexico before only by CarlCota's
WLSn ana deiernlination that they shout, remain.
We pa sed MaXlmll,an on our way down BE-.
tween Mexico and Rio frio. He was resting Mt
q hacienda by the way, and said TO be suffer.
ing an attack OF his intermittent fever.
Inc road n ar as Pnebla was found guarded
by detachments of French and of the ne W force
OF ge1ldd57neS recruited in Mexico,
GENERAL CAsTELNAU,
the aid-de-camp OF the Emperor Napoleon. and
special commissioner from France to Mexico.
arrived in the capital Sunday night, October 2I
He met the Emperor MaXimilan at Ayoti,, on
each went his respective way. No Official com
munlcatlon appears 10 have passed between
them. MaXimilan is reported to have declined
communicating with the General on the affairs
OF the country until his return to Mexico.
1t is very doubtful If General Castelnau has
much business 10 transact with him. The
coming OF this commissioner has been waited IN
Mexico with the greatest interest and even
anxiety. Everything IS aHoat there, and alt
are waiting the development of the new policy.
whatever that may be. Some say That Blzaine
will be at The head OF affairs, others say Casel-
nau, others Juarez, OF Santa Anna, or Ortegt
under American protection. Every one has hs
say about the future of this poor country, out
no one seems to know what it will be.
THE CONDITION OF THE COUNTRY
Is quite as bad as it well could be in every
aspect. The finances are exhausted. The crops
OF barley and Indian corn, the mainstav of the
people, are short. Corn is worth twelve dollars
the "carga' OF Jour bushels in the CAPITA.
The nelghborhood OF the city and the coun.
try generally is overrun with bands of guerilla..
professedly Liberals, but in practice bandI :
and cuttbroats. A band under one Antonio
Perez took possession last month of
Apram, village fifty miles from the Capital
sacked the house, carried OFF some OF the in
haDltants for ransom, and tnisued by VIOLATING
the best women Of tue town in the public sauar,
under the direction of their leader. At the
same place they stopped the work on the rail.
way TO vera Cruz, and took two OF the loco no.
tives used in the construction TO hold for ran.
som, demanding $1,000.
The main road to Vera Cruz is infested with
these guerilla bands, in some cases numbering
no less than thousand men, who commit ron
berries and violence on all alike, be they French
Mexicans, or Americans. On the night of o.,
tober ~ they entered Paso del Macho, the pre-.
sent terminus OF the railway from Vera Cruz ro
Mexico, and stole 200 mules from under the
noses of French garrison. The mules BELONGED
to Santiago Smith, a wellknown American, who
has large capital invested in the business of
transporting freight in Mexico. A few days
before these Liberals exacted on the hiehwav
$1,000. toll of the wagons going to Mexico. The
morning OF liberty seems TO have fully Cawned
on poor Mexico. '0'
IMPERIAL MEXICAN RAILWAY.
This great enterprise, on winch che work has
been almost entirely suspended for some months