The sun., 1872-04-30
THE CATACAZY SCANDAL.
CATAOhzP MADE nUCH or, AND
HhNDsOM PENS TONED BY
TIfE CZ1R,

lie Cots ,, 900 Il oublcs Year But IL not AI-
lowed 20 Pubii.h his Documeuts-Secrct
History NJ tsrnni's aud Fish's Enmity 10
the late Enyoy-A strange story.
Correspondence Of he sun.
ST. PETERsBuRG, April 2 II, 1s72.-Mr
Constantine de Catacazy, who has been residing
here with his mother and sisters since his arrival
from washing. on, left few days since to reJoin
his beautiful and nc accomplished wife In Paris ana
to spend with her the summer season IN spa anu
other fashionable watering places some time
ago the Emperor conferred a pension upon MS
mother az the widow " a distinguished states
man, who was for many years Russian Ambassa-
dor in Athens and now he has conferred upon
the son a liberal pension Of 1000 roubles yearly
and given him many other marks "i taNor' me
enthusiastic manner In which the Grand Duke
Alexis spoke Of Mr. Catacazy's devotion to MN
in the United states. naturally produced pow
erfuI impression upon the imperial family ana
countcracted to q great extent the prcJuulces
raised against him by his numerous eDeIhlts,
who found themselves reinforced DY tne emiss,
snries of the Dent -perkins-G rant-f ish-Ban'tuu
Davis dispeueatinn, Those parties nave NO, ielt
n stone uuturncd 60 stab ta'hcnzy 70 ushtnt ~ w
M Tea % make him appear as urgraceu peiOro
the world ,, Il, u ,bo, fbsv
report. Catacazy t. IN high favor at court, nnu
win be acain cmVpycd IN active dlpl1mal,E
service at an early day There Is much telS
nTrg, morn ratacsSy 6y tho Emperor. II u un-
derstoOd that Catacazy has In ms po, ~,
elon important documents imnlicathR ,nnutn
Grant and Iish in the Dent and perkins Ring,
and showing ty mountaineering eNlutlce lhHt
Fish hnd caused him e. be attacked In the press,
and track adj bv spies that 6 rant denounced hilu
| in his message to Congress, ana nat yslciha,c
efforts were made t. disgrace him aii over INV tnc
world chiefly because 1t was believed that IL was
he who had exposed the connection OF Grant
| Administration with the aforesaid hnR; because
he did not scrtirle to tell the truth about trant
| Ftsh and bancroft Davis, the brthe-tnker ana
| also because he ridiculod the bungling Washing,
| ton Treaty, and predicted the uiaasFous emu VI
What Contributed to make Catacazy's p9sitio
still more Uncomfortable was the ihct thht PC
ing person Of somcwhat imperlous VnaIar @ M "A
having little patience and less mercy, win medl-
ocrity, he had made hosts Of enemies among the
| hurcuucruts Of tho foreign ONCE here ~ Wen az
| among his own subordnutcs In the lnited
| States, who all united with Dent, Grant, Fish,
| and Bancroft Davis TO Kick at nun. lnrso lnr.
| of wreahing revenge upon one whose long
and confidential relations with Prince H,ies W2tt-
lad often excited their envy and Jealousy,
while his dictatoral and eccentrc manner ,Ie
| of dealing with his subordinate swelcd the TOE
| of reVcugefh feeling into perfect deluge. bui
he has got out of all these scrlpes with his usual
| smarturss, and he Is at this time In the posses
sion OF a very handsome income, enjoying the
dolce fnr nente, and laughing at his American
MI II se"ms' however, tJ lie true that the I'm.
peror has cautioned him AGAINST nnhli,hinl
| his documents against Grant, Dent fi-h
and Banrroft Davis, at least AZ present 9'
| he does not wish to make any had hl"od III
| the | nitpu states. Bllt Nnul mf NhfEt iNl'
midable documents which Fish T. 50 anHipu.
| 10 have supprcssedY Why should Grant arc
Fish, Dent and Davis have been Mlowia J.,
privilege he denied him OF tolllhs ms sac Oh lh
| story - .
| talk here un the subject Of these suppre-sc'
| documents and while the Emperor - l,ral7'
| for his desire to show his regard Tor the Amer
| can people by opposing the exposure ot per'oir
. who, however great their hassness, are Tor
time entrusted with high official po ttions, II |
fn.4la fsrtt \ Ilesi
dent aud his Secretary and their affiliated Nm
should require the exercise ot such remark
| able stretch of foTbearance on the part "i a Tor
nut ali this does not remove the feelinrS o
curiosity about the o1icial documents ~hic
| Cataca1y Is for the stated charitable con
| sidorations, not allowed to publish in justilca
| tlon uf his own course, and as a elm hing urgu
ment against his Prosecutors. As Is usni
with n mystery Of this kind 20 much Is sai
about II that II Is somewhat alnIut 10 % az
{ | fact. The Princess y, however VINO know
most ~ the court secrets says right ana ieit th'
I she has read the documents and That they c9I
I tain disclosures respecting the official. dlpl'
matte, and social life Of Washington city OF q
| most startling description, especially during a.
dining and feasiing era OF the English Commi
sioners and In respect to several e nrrally inin
press!he matruns, who at that critical period
a their existence became frantic with apurrc
= alton for the Earl de Grey ond lupu
q and fairly lost their veteran hearts. but "
q most curious Chal lttr refers TO an dll.god sem
u iucnt Of admiration on the part ~ Presdc'
. Grant toward q certain fascinating iotclil lhd
D.. |
Al | and thus made a mortal enemy ut TIE tnI
who wisucd 10 he her devoted frieni anu ih
l. Is dwclt upon as the beginning ut the hght "t
| Of the eventual forced exodus Of tatat a&N.
e But, after max lng allowance Tor al thai u
u | he mere gossip In these rumors, the Siil '.'
J. sion Of the Catacazy documents AGAINST -
!. Dent and Grant, H. sufficiently annniu! d
L. event to puzzle people, even without 'he irir
l. relating to their contents. Catacny having
> independent income, apart from his pensionit
% still hoped that he will as soon "a possible -at
| fy the public mind. and let the truth he known
all halards, though i is firmly believed that !
o imperial mastcr and II II be true, IA II assert
'e here, that his pension may be liable TO- be y
It terrible documents in question, u can hardly
"' expected that he will run that risk.
FIJI MH6a n3is rsen out to the English Comm
u, ,s sioners that he would put an end to the Anne
~ can ontents eOIdtdte with Russia, which Was
- | WAYS a thorn In the side OF the English H
lg | Ciermans taken together with his recent
M ,n surances TO the Imperial Cabinet that he Won
ts Iations with the Russian bear The laugh com
e. In at the critical moment when me Prsslden
10 nan and anding that John Dull could not
,a cheated by trumpey assurances, exclai
i" PeccdpL aud begs the Gar to believe that
was only inceus ed against CataCazy personally
taking too much about Dent, Perkins, Ora
and the Iiribe-taker, and that he loves the X
sian al allilnce ~ dearly as Inc LhH"sn anu y"
~, Bat the Emperor, magnanmous always. v
~ do all in his power not 10 have the miHdecds
he CENT and bent exposed. lie will also riy,
a most cordh reception to Lieut.; Grant .
. | Gen. sherman, especially in view oi
etc American reception Of Alexis, and q
act he will forget even the rudeness dl-plal
tea hy the Dent and Grant officials at Wa
ia innon toward his son, we may dclt
10 upon. The Car being a sngacious mnnM
an shrinks from the irksome task of reiormlnH
he civil service Of the United states by allow
raj tho documents against Grants Admnistrht
ur- to be made known through one, 81 HI o"n !
rec wants. All that he and his people Wlsh j. 10
~ on Tho most friendly terms with AmcriCuns,w
Ion out caring u straw whether thcy arc ruled
ion rings, sharpers, and trcksters, or by hiGl-ton
uf pure di-iutcrt-ted, aud experienced sthlrtu
,all but Notwithstanding all thls, Dent and On
eff rfU Hfusr sfc cCHt on urcOptt Of nat Uf" Jt
or tbstf Perkins rLniH. Russia Is willing to Uy
his lite, but she will not consent To he swn,dlrd.
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