The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-03-03
M e XICO.
HostlIe Feeling Towards tho United
States Among the French Troops
-GeneTaI BaZaine Anxious to
Measure Swords with Gene
raj Crant- Affairs In
the Capital, Etc. Etc.

the Capital, Etc. Eto.
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CRY OF MHnco, February lot is to be
hoped that the arrest, by order Of the Govern
meut, OF the scoundrel who seduced American
soldiers and prostituted the American flag, to
the pelpetTatou OF the.Eecent outrages at Bag
dad, may be followed FRp, not only by the
punishment of Crawford himself, but by an
effective inquest into the conduct of Major
General Weitzel. There can be little doubt that
WeitZel openly recognized ana encouraged tn @
projects OF nan OF whom it Is hardly poss bic
that he should not have known the history and
the character; and 1T IS certain that by tn c
indeceutly hostile and menacing tone of his own
correspondence with General Mejia at Mata-
moras, he leo the ignorant and lawless on both
sides OF the Rio Grande to believe that the
United States Government would countenance
any acts, no matter how disgraceful and Illegal,
which might be performed under the convenient
mask Of republican resistance to lmoerial usur-
patton The excitement caused here by all
these things is ylsibly subSldiug, excepting,
perhaps among the French soldiery and officers,
who breathe forth war in all the cafes. 1t
would be well II some of our own belcose orators
In Congress, and OF our own ge 3concd;ng soldiers
out oil Congress, could hear themselves trans
lated into French as they here only are. Colonel
PogeTm, OF the 2C0th Illinois Infantry, who Is
certain that single COP of SheIma4's army
could drive the French out of Mexico, aud into
the Cult, finds his exact antltype here in the
French s0uS-'lca:cadat, who tells of storming
Washington and occupying New York, eJ If the
job would be really sort of relief to men bored
to death with conque1jng Mexico. lt Is for
tunate for 10th count, les that the Mexican
post at Matamoras ives under the command
at this critical moment not of a Frenchuaan,
but of Mexican, and OF Mexican so ener
getic and SO discreet as General Mela seems to
have proved himself to be. Marshal Bazame is
well understood here 10 ee az anxious for war
with the United States as General Grant Is re-
ported to be ior war with France. IL IS TO be
hoped that the good sense OF the millions Of
Frenchmen and Americans who are neither mar
shals nor generals will esselG itself in sucn q
fashion as to compel respect on both sides for the
principles OF international law The stricuY "lm-
perIap element here does not partale this war
feeling towards the Union, the MeXicans NATL
reilly perceiying that their unhappy country has
nothing to gein by becoming the battle-ground
of two great powers. Nor do the more ntelli-
gent ol the French civilians abandon themselves
to the golden dreams of glory which inJoXicate
their red-breeched compaujots. The leading
French journal here, lire Nouuel,e has treated
the whole question OF Bagda1 With eX;reme
good sense and moderation from the beginning,
pointing out the absurdlty OF charging the
United States Government with the acts Of
Crawford at the time when all the rest OF the
Mexican press were pouring forth flames and
fury, ano now counselling peace in the interest
alike ot France, Mexico, aud the Union.
For this the Mexican public are in
debted TO the fact that Mr.. Ma,seras, the editor
in.chief OF the Ere Nouoers is almost New
nav ing iOnR HVeO III our CITY,
as your readers know, IN the capacity of editor
in chief of the CGu.. isr dcs E'1is Ucls and that
in coming to Mexico he has changed his skieJ
without losing his common eense or his
comprehension Of American aGiails The good
will OF the Emperor towards Americans hes
been shown by the extension, within few days
past, to the American and Mexican Steamship
Company of the right TO make Slsal, in Yucca
tan, stopping place, as well as by the resola-
tion which the Government he's taken to antici-
pate the payment to the company OF the annual
subvention, which does not iull due, by the
terms Of the contract, before the end Of May
next. The Mexican aIW American Express
Company also has received concaJ5ion
OF the light to transmit goods to New
York without paying Custom House fees
or consular dues. American capital also Is
Understood to be invested IN the new railway
line, for which a conc ession hes been granted,
Between Vera C-uz and Puebla, by way OF Jalapl.
This was the otd Spanish highway to Mexico
City and as Puebla IS off the line OF the Imperial
Mexican railway it will doubtless, when coa-
stHpcted, become a TO- nidable competitor OF
that route. 1t is q healthy symptom of enter
pise on the part OF the natives that the p-opre o.
tors c'org TIE line Gre contracting to supply the
road with sleepers in exchange TOR stock in the
company. are rails are expected 10 be laid as
far rs Puente Nccional by the end of the month
OF May next, and the company are cstab.!sA4og 3
their workshops n the city OF Jalapl. n
this Guy the great local question of the
moment conce.ns the drainage of the lakes
Ground the CAPITAL. At this time the level
OF Lake Te1ueco is reported to be few
inches higher than the city, and OF conrse with
the heavy rains OF summer there is great peril OF
a complete inundaticn. native Mexican engi-
ncer, educated in Palis, Senor Garay Is now at
work on plan of his for draining the Whole
of this water surface, and the press are actively
discussing the merits and demcrit5 of his opera
ton. Aenor Garay is q vehement Eepub' ican
but as he does not care to see all Mexi %
drowned for the pleasure OF extinguishlng the
intervention, he is devosing himself to the great
public work with an energy ercditable to his
country. l write in haste, not feeling sure that
the letter, which goes by the French steamer,
end SO, take the chanceI." The details OF the
news from the interior, so far a5 they have any
Importance, you will doubtless have received
through the Associated Press at Havana
NJ Y. WcT,d,