The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-03-20
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catacasy Loses His Pa pers-His House il Robbed
by Gentlsmanly Burglar with Small
Feet-He Was Not Altogether Unprs-
pared-What is Thought of His
Story In St Petersburg.

story In St Petersburg.
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb s. ls71
Would IT surprise you to learn that Oatacazy, In
addition to being threatened with violence In case
he should refuse to "clear out" within certain
specified time In addition to having II insinuated
to him that his body mght be fo1nd floating seine
fine morning In the waters OF the broad P0somas,
or be given as "wttals' to the beasts OF the Held
and the birds Of the ar-would 1t surprise you.
say, to learn that after all these things from the
bloody minded Americans, his house was entered
In the dead Of night and robbed OF many valuaDles
in the shape of siverware and important State
papers9 II 1t would surprise you In the least To
learn this then prepare to be astOnlshed Tor this
the story with which Catacazy has come home 70
his native land.
THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS ROBBERY
are of peculiarly disagreeabe and suspicious ma
ture. In the nrst place. in addition to the loss Of
slverware. which OF itself would be comparatively
trinng matter, is the abstraction OF certain impor
tant documents, upon which M. de Catacazy cnleny
relied to justify himself 10 his imperial master. This
is very grave loss, not only to contemporary his.
tory, but to NJ. de Catacazy himself. whom u
places In very painful and embarrassing not to say
SUSPICIOUS POSITION.
he will not be able to justify himself as he might
otherwise nave done, and there will, no doubt, be
evll-minded persons disposed to regard the whole
story as poor invention. and VINO will 20 so far a.
to doubt the truth OF M. de CatacaZy's assertions
and even imagine that he has been trying very
Old and very transparent trick to extrlcate himself
from very unpleasant situation. Besides these
unpleasant circumstances attending the robbery.
M. de Catacazy, from various signs and indica-
lions observed after the event, has been led to be-
lleve That 1t was ordinary housebreaker, no COM
mon minion OF the moon who honOred him with
this nocturnal visit, but some one having the airs
and appearance or gentleman, and
HE DARKLY HINTS
that American government oflcials know more
about than they choose to confess. For instance
the tracks made on the carpet were those Of .
small, neatly made boot, evidently worn by well
dressed man, and not by an ordinary rogue and
the fact that silver casket, containing the docu-
ments, was taken in preference to other things Of
greater value, winch were overlooked he thinks
wears very suspicious appe arance, and that these
papers were taken ny somebody or for somebody
PREPARED FOR SOME SUCH THING.
Furthermore, II seems, he was IN expectation OF
some such move ON the part OF his enemies and had
prepared Tor 1t by removing some very important
documents into his bedroom. BY strange
and 1t happened to be these very papers the thieves
pounced upon. Tue vi-nlnded persons hitherto
incredulous on these points, and Will no doubt ask
by what process NJ. de Catacazy arrived at the con-
clusiOn that the
TRACKS LEFT ON THE CARPET
were those made by gentleman's boot; how gen.
tleman's boots could leave tracks upon carpet ct
ali unless the thief had with forethOught anu con-
sideration which cannot be too highly commended
stepped Into meal 'no before ms un
the part OF the cynical and the unbeeving Will DO
very disaareeable and very undiplomatc. and un-
happily Tor NJ de Caacazy their view OF the matter
will probably be accepted oy the minimizing public.
which Is only too ready to believe stories that mint as
w Ar nE ~
and straightforward dealing In the actions and ex.
pressed sentiments OF public men, and especially Of
Catacazy could not have hit upon some other expe-
dent 10 eXtricate himself from the unpleasant dbl
however PROBABLE may he the story, will scarcely %
accepted by the majority OF peoples and one cannoe
Of being very ski III and deXierOus should
be content to thin disguise. II he mad got
house burned down, he would probably have come
out OF the contest with flying colors; but simple
pate himself WILL unfortunately, not satisfy the
sational tastes OF this increduous age.
WHAT is THOUGHT OF IT.
Neither Mr.. Fish nor M. de Catacazy have given
evidence OF any astonishing degree OF diplomatic
talent during the progress OF TINS quarrel unless
indeed tDey poth set out with the intention OF To-
mentlng quarrel between the TWO countries, In
which case 1t must be admitted they nave pretty
we'll succeeded. But M. de Catacazys manner Of
defending himself even more than mis- quarrel with
Fish, shows an absence OF diplomatic capacity, and
want OF Judgment in inventlng plausible story,
that Is really surprising. II there were any pros
pect OF the story being accepted Dy even the mem.
bers OF Inc Russian government that are well dis.
posed towards him II might nave rdtsOn Getre;
but as lar rs 1 can learn even mis- friends do not
treat the matter otherwise than as an exceedingly
ingenious dodge to escape the storm that Is await
Ing MIN here.
CArAcAzY's YARN.
Now this story constitutes pretty grave charge
to have made by a representative OF O foreign
Power against any one supposed to be connected In
any way with our government, and there was any
probability Of It's being seriously by the
Russian government and If the interests OF the two
dered identical by the Black sea question and the
Alabama claims, the prospects OF q quarrel be-
tween them would lie very fair indeed.
CONTRAST
1t might be matter OF some interest to know how
far the acrlnony displayed by Mr. Fish IN the Cat.
Alabama claims to be In fair way 10 a satisfactory
settlement and If he has not been disappointed
al Tie turn things have latterlv TAKEN IL would DO
difficult to account in any other manner for the way
in which he mas conducted the negotiations with
spain and Russia before and after the Alabama
treaty. believe that Spain has never done US any
favor, thai she mas never shown us any particular
have never manifested any extraordinary regard
for her. On the contrary long tefOre General jack
son marched on Pensacola and captured IT, IN order
have always shown good deal OF Indifference
about spain and Spanish matters as long as she ab.
that we nave never been restrained by any
sentimental notions Of friendship from demand
Latterly however, she has been carrying things
with hugh nand IN her intercourse with us, and we
have been rather meek than otherwise Sne has
been shooting our citizens burning and pillaging
our property stopping our ships upon the nigh seas
and performing variety OF other acts, Tor less than
wncn we declared war against England IN 1872 ana
yet Mr.. Fish has protested In only the mldest man.
ner possible. The American eagle has screamed AZ
gently as sucking dove" and Spain, grown bold
with impunity, not only refuses all indemnity for
the lives and property OF our citizens but continues
her hlgh-handed and arbitrary measures regardless
OF our milk and water remonsrances. But we mad
the Alabama AFFAIR to settle. and could, theref0ros
understand aud appreciate the motives OF the gov.
eminent in not pressing the matter, as we could
afford to wait for nal settlement OF accounts with
Spain until we were ready to settle thoroughly.
Is MR.. FISH ALTOGETHER BLAMELEssp
only refer to now 10 contrast no courao NJ