The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1871-12-16
The Cat0cUxu Dth1cuJtv.


The services of M. Catacazy, the Russia
Minister at Washington, have ceased. He has
been relieved of his further occupancy of that
important position. We suppose most folks
have curiosity to know what was the difficult
ty between him, and the administration at
Washington.
The affair appears to have been involved in
mystery until within brief period. This
mystery has been partially, if not entirely,
solved by publication few days ago, of the
correspondence between Secretary Fish and
Minister Curtin at the court of St. Petersburg
and also a correspondence OF the former with
George W. Adams, correspondent of the New
York World. The same publication gives also
a letter from M. Catacazy to Secretary Fish.
From all of these it appears that late in 1869
and early in 1870 M. Catacazy became party
to communications to the New York World and
the Cincinnati Enquirer in which strong state
ments were made that Russia was very un-
friendly to the Republic of the United States.
These communications bore all the ear-marks
of having emanated from some one high in
authority ia the Russian Government. The
articles had the semblance of the endorsement
of the Cabinet at St. Petersburg.
These things excited the suspicion of secre-
tary Fish, which induced him to write M.
Catacazy upon the subject, asking him if he
were not the author of the articles in question.
In reply he indirectly and ingeniously denied
any connection with or any knowledge of these
tTalo ii -
papers.
Not satisfied with this statement of M.
Catacazy's, Secretary Fish wrote to Mr.. George
w. Adams upon the subject, who informed Mr..
Fish that the articles, specially referred to by
Mr.. Fish, was written from notes taken by q
reporter for the World, at the house of M.
Catacazy from his own lips. After this report
was written out, it was put in the hands of M.
Catacazy himself, and was published as revised
by him.
In addition to these things NJ Catacazy
busted himself in a meddlesome way with the
settlement of the Alabama claims and interfer
red with the Board of Commissioners that
framed the Treaty of Washington, giving great
annoyance.
Besides this he has made himself annoying,
obnoxious and unfriendly to the Admnistra-
ton, by interfering in our relations with the
French Government.
These things were communicated by Secre-
tary Fish to Minister Curtin at St. Petersburg,
who laid them before the Prime Minister of
the Russian Empire, Prince Gortschakoff.
When fully convinced of the conduct of their
Minister and Representative at our Court, the
Russian cabinet determined to acceed to the
request Of President Grant through Mr. Fish,
that M. Catacazy be withdrawn and his place
supplied by another.
This fact was communicated to Mr.. Fish
through Mr. Curtin accompanied with the
statement that M. Catacazy would give way to
his successor, Mr.. Gorlof, as soon as the Grand
Duke Alexis arrived in the United States, and
that the latter would be accompanied on his
tour through our country by the relieved Min
lister.
Thus NJ. Catacazy has been furnished with
his passports and Mr.. Gorloff has taken his
Mace