Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-12-08
CATACAzv CORNEREp.
The Oaieial Correspondeace-R
for His Re<nlI.


TIE cores >ndence connected viii the dismissal
OF Mr.. Catsca.y, the Russian minister. From
This Correspondent e appears that Mr.. Cata-
cary in n letter 60 NJ. I isl. dated December I.
ls.o. says: a. You tola me that the language at
uiooted TO me By DIN. -ent reporters created
an uncomfortable feeling against me In the
mind oil The President, a. well - IN yOGrs.' III
am nos m,s,sken, yon added in pointing to- let
ter published in the New York " Grid. that many
things stated in this letter could ouiy emanafe
from me- The impSscs upon me the obi & alton
rot only TO DENY emphaticaily and cate orioaliy
all connection, direct or Indirect, With the
Worlds false and absurd assertions As well A.
with other reports Of the same KIND but also 10
demonstrate that these absurdities could not
and did not emanate nom me or from any per-
son connected with the Imperial Leeafson.o
Mr.. Catacazy tlIen goes ON 10 cay that these
" calumnious rumorS were spreGd by the per-
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reached the President, and who wish 90 get
rid OF me at any price because they very errO-
peously suppose that am personally opposed 20
claim in which they are Interested"
A letter from Mr. Fish 10 Mr. George W.
Adams. Washington correspondent OF the New
lork World, dated October s5th. ISL, contains
the following :-"ln the New York Hsrid Of No
yember 80, $50, was published a letter dated
Washington, Move mbeT -. under the caption or
Russia and America, alleging the existence OF
cold and distant feelings on the pant OF Russia
towards the United States, and f,rof,s~ing q
assign reasons therefor, &c indicate the nature OF
the instructions given by the Imperial govern
tai, and the action OF that minister &C. The
significance Of the letter attracted attention az
the time OF It's publication, and was the more
marked nom some internal indications pointing
10 Mr., Catacazy himself A. the inspirer IL no
the author. OF the letter. Within day or two
after the publication OF the letter Mr.. Catscazy
called anon me oii.ciaIly, complaining OF thi
him personally and officially. he said that he
knew IL wac written by perspns in charge OF the
lrsn IlRu he Cd Ia til all
nectien, direct or indirect, with the publc alton.
Circumstances have made the question M Mr..
sSo9neSSh Mn me ,e.tsr o. the 18th
vember -. one OF much public Importance.
Prom the FIRST appearance VI the letter in the
HorId entertained no doubt OF Mr.. Catacazys
connection with IL, and shortly after facts came
70 my knowledge whereby my belief was
strengthened into an entire moral conviction
that n originated with him. 1 an
convinced that an imposition Was practiced
upon you and your journal with the intent %
make the latter the instrument of an unpatrotic
intrigue calculated TO embroil the relations OF
two great countries. L am induced, therefore,
10 hope in the interest Of private honor and
patriotic duty YOU may feel Il not inconsistent
with professional fidelity TO state whether the
letter was or vas not written under Mr.. Gaia
cszy's dictation or information; whether he
made the statements on winch IL WAS based;
whether II was submitted 20 him Tor approx al or
revision In manuscript and before publication
and in case IL was thus submitted, whether ne
he retained IL any time or returned II with or
without amendment"
To this letter Mr. Adams under date of Octo-
Der Is, 1871, replies that, while both he and his
journal feel bound 10 protect from disclosure
the source Of any facts or the bona fd< imparter
OF any Information privhy Entrusted for publ
cation, he is constrained 10 consider whether the
same honorable obligation should seal the lips
Of journalist when fictions have been given
him as facts; when base coinage OF falsehoods
has been passed of upon him for his utterance
and circulated a. truth; when he has been dealt
with in bad faith; when the privity of his ONCE
has been abused with intent 10 make him and
his journal the tool of an unpatriotic intrigue.
In such q case he considers that service As q
counterfeiters accomplce may be declined by
the correspondent OF an American journal. The
letter alluded TO contained twenty-four distinct
averments, which no journal Of high repute
would publish upon any differentiation inferior
to that Of a member of the Russian Cabinet or
Such guarantee he received. The letter in
question was written by gentleman attached
TO the World bureau, from notes OF an interview
derived from no other source whatever: 1 was
left at Mr.. Catacazy's house for his revision,
and was finally returned with his marks, and
Vas published exactly as il came from his hands.
lister to St Petersburg dated Nov 16, Isl 4, gives
detailed narrative OF the grounds Of complaint
against Mr.. Catacazy, and after quoting from
the latter positive denial of any knowledge Of
the World article, says -" Notwithstanding
this emphatic and categoric denial OF all connec-
ton with the Worids article, information coon
the structure and purport and statements Of the
Worlds article had originally forced upon me,
that Mr.. Catacazy had furnished the material
and the statements Of the article. I append
hereto q correspondence between myself and
Mr.. George w. Adams, the very intelligent,
careful and reputable head Of the Office in this
Mr.. Adams TO me conclusively confirms the cor
rectness of the opinion I had previously enter
tanned. The improperly Of q foreign
minister thus attempting TO influence and to
misdirect the public opinion Of the country must
be admitted as sufficient ground for his ceasing
to be proper agent between the government
which be represents and that to which he is &C
credited. In connection with his denials, IL Ger
tainly was more than sufficient 20 deprive MIR
Catacazy OF the confidence Of this government
ever to maintain for the representative OF his
Majesty the Emperor of Russia"
MIR. Fish's letter then refers 20 what Mr.. Cata-
sa ny GALS oTssa dSSS%eIss e ingse him
i'm his letter purported to be an extract from a
dispatch from Gen. Ignatief TO MT. Catscazy
RESPECTING his management OF the Perkins
An annexed AFFIDAVIT of Mr.. Louis +. Tssistro
that he obtained knowledge Of these papers o.
Mr. Catacazy house, and before they case into
the hands of the Perkins agents; that he sabse-
quently received the m for the purpose of having
them delivered to Mr.. Stewart, 1.-THE attorneyfor
the Perkins claim;) that he made the translation
Of them, and delivered them 70 Mr.. Stewart, one
or the persons whom Mr.. Catacazy denounces
as the "authors OF forgeries gotten up TO injure
him."
Mr.. Fish then goes on to say: Z" As with the
letter in the New York World, the internal evil
dence Of this article, erroneous in statement
and indecorous il Is, unhappily. but uner-
ringly, pointed 20 Mr.. Catacazy ~ its author.
His attention was called to IL, and with the most
solemn adjuration, he affirmed o. q man, de-
clared as the representative Of his august SOW
ereign, and swore before Almighty God a
Christian, that he had no connection with IL,
knew nothing of IL, and had never seen IL.
Having heard that he had admitted the author
ship of this article TO Mr.. Frank Turk, gentle
man Of respectability and long associated pro-
fessionally with the Russian Minister, re-
quested from him information on the subject.
He reluctantly answered me i'm the letter APP
pended, stating that Mr.. Catacazy positively
asserted to him, on his calling his attention 20
the same, (the article in the newspaper alluded
to- that he knew all about IL, for he himself had
written it."
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