Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-01-25

Text Of the Note Of Phuee Gori.rhsEoR to
.H. Ministsr Curtiu. r.#s

Text Of the Note Of rhnee Gor,.shskoR to
mlnistsr Curtiu.
ST. PHTnRsBuRo, Jan. 4, 1879. --To-days
Official Messenger publishes the following
note OF Prince Gortschakof 10 M, Curtin,
United States Ambassador 10 the Russian
Court Il must DO remarked that documents
Of this sort are seldom publlshed In Russia
except when tie Government has some par
ticular aim In making them known TO the
publlci
NOTE OF TuH CHANCELLOR or THE RNPtRE
TO THE NORTH AMERICAN AMBASSADOR,
MR. CURTIN.
a. =, P5fsasTgso. Dee 81. l;ll. tJ.s, SlsI1l
AbfR; had the honor torecelve the dispatch
addressed 70 you by Mr.. Fish on the 4th
.Q6th) OF November fast, a copy Of which you
were Instructed TO leave me. The painful
affair Of NJ. Catacazy began and grew up
during my absence. On my return 10 st.
Petersburg ! took care 20 make myself ae-
qualnted with all Its details. found that
the pro tempore MInlster OF Foreign Affairs,
Priyy Councillor Westmann, without ropu-
dating the requests Of the United States
Government, expressed only the wlah that
for the sake of deconcy and convenience, NJ
Catacazy should continue 10 perform his du-
ties during his Hlghneee the Grand Duke
Alexis soIourn IN the United States.
Your Government accepted these consldern-
lions, and NJ. Catacazy received, consequent
| ly, orders TO return to Russia a. soon as the
Grand Duke should have left America, and II
was also lntlmatcd to him that he would no
| more return TO his post. II seemed TO me
that, after such an acqulosccnce on the part
OF the Imperial Cabinet TO all that was asked
for In the requests Of the United States, tho
/ whole affair ought 20 DO considered "a ono
finally settled, according TO the rules Of cour-
tesy In force between Cabinets. twas there
fore not without regret that l learned Of the
correspondence that was going on on tho
L -pnrraannUhanTa Nrhlab In m nptutnf
was quite purposeless, and In which neither
sufficient attention nor rospcct was shown 10
= Russian ambassador still performing bis
duties.
Tue Communications you made me, Ia ac-
oordance with Mr.. Fish's Instructions, couslst
OF two distinct parts. The one contains the
request 10 recall N. Catacazy, with reference
10 which, rs said, we have ALREADY given
our acquiescence 10 the wishes OF the Unlted
statcs Government The other contains the
complaints againet our ambassador. This
second part makes the imperial Cabinet a
judge OF NJ. Catacazy's conduct We shall
give this due consideration. But must tell
you that against many OF these complaints
NJ. CatacaEy has furnished us In hls reports
with the fullest refutationi long before wo
knew anything about Me-. Flah's dlapatch.
However, Ideas OF right are sufficiently spread
In the Uulted States TO make us believe thai
the Secretary OF state will not expect "a to
n
lalr hearing to the accused. Consequently,
we must at present forbear from any judy
| ment, aud give NJ. Uatacazy full liberty for
presenting all the arguments he can In hla
favor. =
/ am firmly convinced that such a manner
OF viewing things will DO duly appreciated
by the United States Government and, OF
the other hand, / will preserve the belief
that, however painful this thing 10, Il will II
no way alter the feelings Of old and sincere
frendrhlp which unite the two countries
, all the moro as these feelings have beer
. quite recently so brilliantly confirmed by thu
hearty welcome given by the American peo
pie 10 the sou OF my august master.
Believe me, sir, &C., GoRTscHAKoFT.
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A BRAyH DEKD.--The Bangor (Me.) Wat
states that on Tuesday evening, as the dow
train on the Bangor and Piscataquls railruai
was being made up ut Oldtown for connec
tlon with the f. and N. A. train, while loco
motive OF tue former line was moving quit
! swiftly ut a short distance from the depot,
lad, about acven years Of aly walked Tut
: the centre Of tho track, unconscious OF th
4: approaching engine. The locomotive cam
i rushing along and the bystaudcrs, horrible
at the peril OF the boy, shouted Wildly to bit
: to run; but the discovery Of hls peril SCENE
Y to paralyEe his hnbe, and he stood apps
!. rently rooted 10 the spot by his terror, Bu
!, just as the engine had almost reached him
: young man rushed from the crowd TO u
! rescue, seized the boy rs the pilot OF ID
7 locomotive was within few feet OF the sPo
!, threw him by main force 10 the platform b,
s side the rails, and by mighty effort spranl
almost at the same time, clear Of tue trael
4 apparently grazing the front OF ths engln
! as Il thundered by. The brave fellow VIII
: performed this noble act Il young ma
! named Luther Soaper OF OldtOwn, abot
N | eighteen wears of age The cheers while
d greeted his humane achievement were we
deserved.
i The Roman Catholic clergy OF LondO