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ing him to remain This request also urged by tne
other members Ut the Cabinet and leading members VI
tho House Of Representatives.

"ter members Of the Cabinet and leading members Of
tho House Of Representatives.
THE IsH-CATACAZY CORRESPONDENCE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.-The following is an
extract from letter addressed to Minister Curtin ny
Secretary Fish, dated Nov. 10. 1871:
A remarkable letter published in The Nese Yors
World Of the 18th Of November 1870 purporting to De
sna sopy which Is Appended
hereto The subject and it's treatment attracted stten
familiar with tho instructions from his Government 70
the Russian Minister and Of hts confidential
the second day after the psScaon Of the in
York being day which the OF stae get apart
called At this Department. aud introduced the business
OF ms visit by abiding to article atributng
trcy untrue and without foundation. He denied having
any conversation with any newspaper or CORE
l xxx some s,mo prey'cusy: He rsfsIred to sSs
tile Perkins set Of tellows, using these words and
things" He denounced the letter as malicious false,
and absurd and said he would address letter on tho
the letter dated Dee l. which in hs official intsry,sT
he had requested be laid before the President Not
this official Of his .n nG he
duced into It some things which I've thus regarded
These parts withheld, the official part OF the letter.
relating TO what had passed between US In the
official interview Of the morning OF the day on which the
letter is dated appended In this letter. as In his con-
versation, Mr. Catacazy denies, emphacaly and cate
gorcay, all connecton--dlrect or indirect-with TIE
Worlds false and absurd assertions. Speaking OF the
statements, &c. in The World article he says that from
beginning to end they constitute tissue Of les and abb
sutes he then undertakes to point out the source
certain claim meaning the perkins claim" who. he
lie has good reason to believe spread these new cal
Notwithatanding this emphatic and categorical denial
Of all connection with The Word's article Information
soon reached cOnfrDatOry vi the opinion Which the
structure purport aud statements OF 1he World article
had originally forced on me- that Mr Catacasy had iur
pended hereto correspondence between myself and MT
q. w. Adams, the very intelligent careful and reputable
head OF the office In this city Of The Ne York WOrldl
The letter from Mr.. Adams to me cOncusivey COLI
firms the correctness OF the opinion had previously en-
ttaned and shows that the article was written from
notes made during interview Of Mr. Catacazys own
timing, and at his own house that was written under
the stimulation that Mr.. Catacazy should revise the
writer's manuscript; that 1t devised IN whole and In
part from other source whatever; that was LETT oy
,ie writer Mr. Catacazy who stipulated the revision
at the Russian Legations that it was returned to Mr..
Adams the Russian legation by Mr. Cataea1y's direc-
tom tnat the marks Of his revision, and that II was
prl,ed and published without alteration after such
vision. appears that Mr. Adams who writes this letter
10 me- himself received ut the Russian Legation, by Mr.
Caacazys direction. aud having the marks Of his
vision Of the manuscript OF the article with which MT.
CaacaZy cmphatcay and categOrically denied all con-
ncctio He denounced it as false and absurd He stig-
matted 1t tissue Of lies and absurdiles. and en-
s ssayV'ed in Claim against hi e %
whom he charges with design thereby
70 for i'm Mnscr III thus to and pubic
opinion OF the country must be admitted az sufficient
Grounds his ccasing to b. proper agent between the
Government which he repre- SCENTS and that 10 which he is
accredited In connection Is STns IT eeraS
Cd x s to IN o the Repre-
scntiivc OF His Majesty the Emperor OF Russia
In Mr. Ca'acazys note TO me Of Dec H. 1870 he aMdcs
ter Of s697O u report teegaphed from Europe, and
extensively copied the Journals Of this country. that
GSs tine a Ep The Sdea to s
Dir. Caacazy in his letter pnrported to BE- an extract
re.peens his No Of the peykT saI%
ana n oss asnS and the
seer tasy u State. IL made statements which tho
~ = us . could NOT fail to detect and
expose. These papers were not calculated to laslead
I or T!a s one Inc
the taisty the which has placed successor q
hut .lat very generally credited throughout
thls country in the early days Of the 1870 these pa
nc ~ were thrown into the possession Of the agents OF
lie Perkins cals and the character and Language Of
tic alleged dispatch rom the supposed to the
Chancellor Of tie Emrire were well con,rived to stmu
late lhcr hopes aud diicc them to attach an import
to the supposed possession Of genuine dispatches.
and they awaited themselves or their imagined advantage
Ia give publicity TO them 1t would appear from afi-
daviis hereafter referred to that they fell uns,s
taacazy very in Humanity denounced these papers as
the base to Which, he charges ard has con
tnlled to charge in conversation ana correspondence
the COUNTRY the agents Of that claim were ready to re-
sort to for the purpose OF injuring him.
In the latter annexed. b. lie says: " You know that
the authors Of these fogeries want to get rid Of
any price, because they very "rrOneously suppose
per- onay opposed to claim in which they are inter-
Tne annexed affidavit of Mr. Lewis T. Tasis.ro shows
sa sf "nd before icy hands OF
Perkins agents; that be subsequently received them
swar the attorney Perkins claim that he made
the Translation OF Them and delivered them to Mr..
a., finn uvhnn Mr Cltp
the authors OF forgeries gotten up to ure
him. Although the affidavit Of Mr.. Tasstro is only re-
cen sworn to- the prrDOrt OF its statements has been
known this GovernL' ut for considerable time. The
paper annexed, mar Cd F, was published in The Gin
sn1 tie s kew note Of the letter in Tie EsU York
World Of the 10th OF November 1t fasfes many facts
no less than times Beside its reference to the
Russian Minister it nisrepresents the President and
stake,"it says orr worthy President is Interested
A. with the letter in The Nec York World the internal
evidence of this article, erroneous Its statements
and II E unhapp but anerIring pointed
as man. declared rs the representative Of his august
sovereign and swore before Almighty God. as Chris
IT, ana had never seen it, Having heard that he had a
nttcd the authority Of this article to Mr. Frank Turk
essou4y with the Russian Minister requested from
e. stating ' that tsa positively
serted to @ in calling ane DIS aaed q c
that he knew all about it, for he himself had written
II.
Your dispatch contains also what purpors to be an ex-
tract from o from Mr. Catacazy TO the Vce-Chan
criior in which he says that after interview with the
Secretary OF State asked interview with the Pres
and addressed him my dear Mr.. Catacaxy," aud In
Qured after Ills family.
am directed by the President to say that this extract
an utterly OF his interview with
Mr. Catacazy, and that the expressions and language
which have quoted as attributed " him by Mr. Cata
cav were not used by him.
Alter having been told by me that his recall had been
eouested Mr.. CatacaZy went to Long Branch, where
the President seeking some repose from official
duties. He requested an interview with the President
which was refused. The request renewed with the
that his object only to pay his personal
respects aud accorded interview with the cOndi
tinn attached that he tO COnhne himself to the