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é i PENBATION You wish to place to the ‘that you demand. charge ‘war aid, what is vail more, the possible, beneats Tan 8 ™m 1e le might have been able to reailze. rime to Bay it, ia what we callin France up an apoth "e bill.’ 8,” replied Mr, X——, “the amount of the ac- count that we are pre; is a little high, but it i good polley to ee ootmuch in order’to get 1am not of that opinion, Ireplied. It appears fo Me that a great nation like America-woul from having recourse to these mercantile won. It ought to count justly, affirm what is due not lower its demand. It should have the same ‘with which you inspire me, that in gears ory. probably he a part of the will abstain from aj ang thal sidential Message. We ve our preferences, but we hate none, Above all ‘we are not sowers of discord, and we believe that a conilict between you and England would be @ uni- versal galatpity. The Chancellor of the empire was enough to write to me in an official despatch in answer to this report that the Emperor deigned to honor with ils ent approval the language that | had held. Thave not deviated one instant from the way that had been traced for me. While abstaining carefully from putting forward im public my Prato on the practical value of the combination designated under the name of the Treaty of Washington, and of which it was easy to discover the defects in knowing the arrieve pensees held in reserve by Mr. Fish, 1 availed myseli of every opportunity to express my sympathies in favor of & pacific solution. ‘after the signing of the treaty I went to offer my felicitations to Earl de Grey and to Mr. 1 had the honor of receiving at my table the men of the High Cominission, and of toasting the happy tasue of the negotiations. The American citizen, W. Field, having in- ited me to take part ina banquet which he otfered to the Karl de Grey and his. colicagues, I answered by the letter marked ‘)” in the appendix, which was read at that banquet, and in which I offer for a toast the words of Holy Writ, a IED ARB THE PBACRMAKERS.”” Im fine, I acknowledged the receipt from the om- cial messenger of two copics of the Washington ‘Treaty in the following note of July 14, 1871, which Mr. has not thought well to insert in his col- lection of documents :— . Smr—The State Department has been good enough to send me two printed copies of the treaty concluded between the United states and Greut Britain May 8, 1871. ‘ In thanking you for this interesting communica- tion I believe it my duty to express to you the cor- dal sympathy with which prorrthing. that can con- tribute to the general repose, us well as to the pros- perity and glory, of the United States will be re- ceived in Russia. It isin the face of facts so positive, so undeni- able, that he could not be ignorant of them that Mr. Fish, without producing any proof, thought himself justified in aftirmmng in an official docu- ment that “Mr, Catacazy made, and makes aily, efforts to embarrass and defeat the Treaty of pel oul an accusation the more strange and contradictory that it emanates from the retractive Suthor of the indirect damages. Sixth Count. MISCBLLANEOUS ACCUSATIONS. Among the miscellaneous accusations of Mr. Fish there is but one that he has specified in saying that “Mr. Catacazy has made in his conversations offen- sive remarks against the President and some of the federal fanctionarics,” In a conversation on the 2th of May, 1871, the Secretary of State was still more explicit. He told me that it had come to his ears that at a dinner given in my house I had made remarks on the President and on himself that the respect due to the chicf of a great Slate does not permit me to re- produce nere. IT answered Mr, Fish that nothing authorized him to attribute to me so complete a forgetfulness of every convenances, and every duty that I had striven on all occasions to evidence my PROFOUND RESPECT FOR THE PRESIDENT, as well as my ~ consideration for the Secretary of State, and, finally, that 1 waa regretted be- ing accessible to idle reports which no doubt came from the same source asthe faise despatches of the previous year, “No,”’ said the Secretary of State; “it is not alone Perkins, the lawyers, Who say 80, ‘but one of your colleagues affirms it.” “in that case will you be good enough to name the colleague aud bring him face to face with me, that I may be able to coufound him Mr. Fish refused, saying that he could not betray oonfidence. “Then,” said I, “you can ask this gentleman if he has the courage to repeat before me what he has wid you, and if he refuses you ought in all justice wo consider him asa caiumpiator, and withdraw the painful imputation that you have thought it your duty to cast on me.” The Secretary of State has never seen fit to con- front me with his authority, nor to retract his arbitrary imputations, in his despatch of the 16th November he accuses me of different social delinquencies, Notwithstanding all my desire to discover what could have caused an accusation of this nature, I can remember only one circumstance relative to my social relations incriminated by the federal Becretary of State in one of his conversations with me. Some time after the discussion which took piace i the Senate in relation to the project of annex- the island of St. Domingo, a Washin; ton saunial, which served a8 a mou! apiece for the lawyers Perkins, published an article saying that 1 had en- Peet te Mr. Sumner to oppose the views of the President. Notwithstanding the absurdity of this imputa- tion | feit called upon to point out this article to the Secretary of State by @ contidential letter, in whic! REPUDIATED ALL FELLOWSHIP WITH THE OPro- SITION of the purchase of St. eee and I forewarned Mr. Fish agaiust the use which the lawyers of Per- kins proposed to make of this new calumny. The Secretary ol State told me a few days after- wards that he had not believed in my interference in the St. Domingo affair, but that he saw with regret that [ continued to maintain relations with Mr. Sumner aiter the attitude he had taken in re- gard to the President. 1 answered that, having had the honor of knowing Mr. Sumner for more than twenty years, and appre- ciating the eminent qualities of that statesman, I had no reason to break with him because a differ- ence of opinion had occurred in the administration about an affair that in no way interested Russia. “My instructions,” I added, ‘prevent me from in- terfering in any of your home questions, but tell me to retain good relations with all the notabilitics of tho country, without distinction of parties or opinions. ides, Mr. Sumner is President of the ecutive Committee of Foreign Relations, and I must pay him al! the respect that is due to him on this account, as well as on many others.” “He will not be long president of th: commit- tee,” Mr. Fish quickly replied, “He is a bad anda mad man, who has uo longer any credit with the country.” 1 retired, asking permission of the Secretary of Btate to be of entirely opposite opinion, and ex- pressing my regrets at not being able to act on his westions. “itso is the only ‘infraction of social convenience” that has been pointed out to me by Mr. Fish. It is repugnant to every serious and respectable man to be obliged to descend into THE LOWEST DEPTHS OF GossIP in order to dissipate its unhealthy emanations, I believe | have gone as far as my dignity will permit in repelling the charges made against me. In compensation I joa myself of a very agree- able duty in beariug witness before closing my le! ‘ter that, notwithstanding the defamator: pubiisiied in some organs of the press during al- Most a cousecutive year, and notwithstanding the accusations so grave formulated against me in offl- cial documents, the American people have dis- cerned, with the good sense which characterizes them, the end and the value of these attacks, it would be too long to enumerate all the evi- dences of esteem aud of syinpathy with which I ‘was honored up to the last moment of my stay in the United States. It suftices to say that seven Governors of States, leven Mayors 0! graud towns of the Union, and a multitude of Son Shaged belonging to diferent % of society, have expressed to me, person- ally and by letter, their benevolent interest, and have had at heart to repudiate in the name of the American peopie all conneetion with the proceed- ings of my adversaries, ven now | daily receive letters full of expres- sions of PP vaAT. In one of them I am written to as follows:—*‘It ls above all mt that your saga- city and good faith, which you displayed, are ap- preciated in Pererning the schemes of Mr. Fiso and rei to commit Russia to them.” “One thing will result from these proceedings,” said an American statesman to me; “it is the demonstration of the indissolubility of the bonds of esteem and friendship which unite our two nations.” Permit me, Mr. President, to cite one of the most touching evidences of sympathy which I re- ceived afew days before my departure from the United States. A Methodist pastor from Oregon, whom I have mever known, was picased to send me a letter couched in the following terma:— My Dean Sin—I have followed with interest In the pub- Tie sheets the bitter struggle which has been made against You, by intrigue. | L appreciate the eaimness and serenity oY llfpey at a Hey ve Sou ssh walk wortuily to the end, v8 YO" ra ‘This good prayer has teen heard. Boldly and ‘with the conscience of dnty ascomplished I come to claim the place which belongs to me in the esteem ig all the honest and enlightened minds of a coun- articl | Would no longer defend a cattse of whic! DOCUMENTS IN DEFENCE. A Spicy Batch of Papers—Rage of the Russian and Imperturbability of the Secretary of State. CATACAZY TO GORTSCHAKOFP. Wasuinoton, March 21, 1870. Prince—On visiting the Department of State a few days ago I was surprised to hear from Mr, Hamil- ton Fish that certain documents that compromised me very much had been sent to the President. Trequested him to tell me the nature of these documents, on which he took out of his pocket a number of papers and read them for me privately, not officially. The first of these papers was a letter from J. B. Stewart, the counsel of the widow of Mr. Perkins, addressed to Mr.-Dent, brother-in-law of the President. In it he said that, having obtained possession, by certain means, of a despatch from the new Minister of Foreign Affairs in Russia to M. Catacazy, and also the answer, he requested Mr. Dent to submit the documents to the President in order that His Excellency might judge for him- self on the conduct of the Minister of Russia and the urgent necessity of his immediate recall. The second paper had this title—‘Translation from the original of a despatch from General Igna- tlef to M. Catacazy.”” It ran something in this manner:—‘‘On my join- ing the council of Ministers I find by your reports to my predecessor that you have nad the assurance not to pay the widow of Mr. Perkins the money sent to you for her; that in place of that yon have taken measures in order to oppose this just claim with legal cunning and trickery. I HAV REPORTED YOUR CONDUCT TO THE EMPEROR. His Majesty is indignant, and desires me to tell you that you will be immediately expelled from the service if you persist in this case, You should not forget that it was solely for Prince Gortschakoft's sake you were sent to America, You are presuming too much on his kindness,”’ Nhe third paper which was addressed by me to General Ignatief, St. Peteraburg, replied to the above in the following terms:— “Tam profoundly grieved at having incnrred the displeasure of our Czar (sic) for trying to save His Majesty a large sum of money. Having gained over Mr, Hamilton Fish by some bribes to his son-in-law, the lawyer Webster, 1 was conildent of success, What is the use of generosity or honesty in a coun- try where thieves have the upper hand ? WHY, PRESIDENT GRANT HIMSELF SELLS JUSTICE and does o brisk trade in public offices, The Secre- tary of State, fish, wealthy though he be, robs with both hands. Being convinced that I’ could save $800,000 by the judicious placing of less than a twentieth of that sum in private, 1 ventured, de- spite the very strict orders of your Excellency, to ask permission to continue to act according to the secret instructions of your illustrious predecessor.” At the bottom of each document was written :— “L, Tassistro, sworn interpreter, certifies that the transiation made by him from the French is exact and correct.” Having read these documents one after the other, without making the slightest comment, I place them on the table and said to Mr. Fish that, fearing lest I might not be able to master my indignation and disgust, I wished to defer until a future time what I had to say on this subject. The Secretary of State proposed that I should call on him at his house the following evening, where we could talk the matter over quietly. did so, and expressed to Mr. Fish my gratitude for the confidence he reposed in me, “There is no necessity,” I added, “to denounce the falschoods in these documents, IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO CONCOCT GROSSER LIES. General Ignatief not having been for an hour Minister of Foreign Affairs no communications have passed between us. It appears from the dates attached that they were forged about the time that the caole astor! the American public by the announcement of the pretended resignation of Prince Gortschakom. “Tt is fortunate that you have let me know about these things in a confidential manner. As Minister of the Emperor, ay duty would be to suspend im- mediately all relations with the Secretary of State 3 ment that some malicious persons have sent docu- ments reflecting most injuriously on the Imperial Legation to the President, and that His Excellency has not thought proper to punish such a flagrant violation of diplomatic rights, Officially I ignore, and will as long as I can, this miserable occur- rence. Besides,” I added, “not only as an attack upon a foreign Minister, but it is A DIRECT INSULT TO THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF to dare present him with a mass of lies and ugly in- sinuations against you, nis Secretary of State.” Mr. Fish replied that the law could only reach fasehood mongers when they attempt to extort money, and that such was not the case in this in- stance. He could not, therefore, sue Stewart ex- cept for slander, and ail he could gain would be to recover pecuniary damages, I saw at once the truth of his remarks, and with- out insisting upon legal measures I expressed a hope to Mr. Fish that after this ex; aoe ne e par- ties were such rascals. Ihave the honor to be, with profound respect, ©. CATACAZY, Catacazy Makes Another Discovery. WasuINGTON, April 11, 1870. My Dear Mr, FisH—I have the honor of sending you an account of an interview, word for word, which took’place yesterday between Signor L. Tas- sistro and M. Waldemar Bodisco, First Secretary of the Imperial Legation, with Messrs. Hugh Carpen- ter and F, Turk, two honorable American citizens, as witnesses, Questioned by M. Bodisco about the infamous calumny he was the means of spreading, Signor Tasistro positively denied having had any share in the matter, and deciared that neither directly nor indirectly had M. W. Bodisco given him the pre- tended documents nor farnished the slightest in- formation about them. Mr. J. B. Stewart, questioned on the same sub- ject, made the same declaration, and his statement ‘was taken down in writing. In view of this double falsehood and of the ex- treme importance of the fact, I would request of you to make Megsrs. Tassistro and Stewart tell im- mediately where they got those infamous papers in which a foreign representative is so wickedly slan- dered, so as to insure the success of the Perkins swindle, I on you this asa personal favor, my dear Mr. ish. As Minister of the Emperor I still ignore the ex- istence of this ottrageons affair, for the dignity of the character with which I am invested imposes upon me such weighty obligations that I would rather avoid them in this instance, in order to pre- serve the good feeling existing between both countries. ‘Accept, &¢., ©. CATACAZY. Catacazy on His Dignity. HOW THE WIDOW PERKINS’ LAWYER STIRRED HMM UP—HE DEMANDS SATISFACTION FOR AN INSULT. WASHINGTON, May 9, 1870. Mr. HamILton Fisu, Secretary of State :— Mr. J. B. Stewart, lawyer of the widow Perkins, has printed and distributed copies of the following letter addressed to you. It appears that this indi- vidual pretenas that he had the presumption to send to His Excellency, the President of the United States, two documents which, he says himself, he stole from the Imperial Legation. I cannot allow myself to believe that such a fiag- rant insult to the sacred rights of an ambassador, which all nations respect, can be given without the President of the Federal Union delivermg up the guilty parties to the punishment of the law. It is not to refute a charge 80 ground:ess, nor to protest against the impunity with which such criminals can carry out tietr nefarious schemes, that [have the honor to address you, Mr. Secre- tary of State. lam pleased to think also that it is entirely un- necessary for me to show the false character of the document that Mr. Stewart and his partner Tas- sistro had the impudence to attribute to me, and which from beginning to end 1s but a tissue ‘of lies and absurdities. The tenor of this note shows that it is a falsehood worse than criminal. A statesman of your ability and experience, Monsieur, must know at once that | the representative of HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY THE BUPEROR OP ALL THE RUS could not express himself in such terms as are at- tributed to me in speaking of the American nation and her high representatives, It ig evident, too, that 1 could not mention the ““liustrious predecessor” of a Minister who has been atthe head of the Imperial Cabinet for fourteen years without interruption. The malicious insinuations that these liars attri- bnte to me im regard to the relations which you wished to establish between me and your son-in- law, Mr. Webster, also show the extent of their wickedness, If I solicit your interferen Mr. Secretary of State, it is because I have heard that J. B, Stewart and {. Tassistro have circulated this ment among tle members of Co) and that in view of the friendly relations existing between our two countries it Is necessary to refute such slanders; but they might influence the minds of the repre- sentatives of the American people against the im- perial government, The fact, too, of the for tches by the lawyers of the Widow Perkins Justifies what I had the honor to say to you in my note of March April 12, by reason Of the sbeolute imposai- bility of my ever holding ANY COMMUNIOATION WITI PERSONS OF SUCH TYPE. In requesting you to return the printed docu- meut enclosed, I would also ask, Mr. Secretary of State, for the "other paper ich J.B. Stewart jeter, to refute this falsehood, and I feel it both documents to the Impe- inet. and ask what course J shall pursue in | ‘What Fish Knows About Real Estate. New York, April 80, 1870, My Dear M. CaTacazy—I enclose a map repre- senting some lots of mine on Fourteenth and Fif- teenth streets, between Second and Third avenues in the neighborhood you mentioned and near the block where my house is. ‘The lots A, B, C, on Fifteenth street, are mine. The adjoining lot, W, was sold by me a year or two since, but has not been built Enon, andl have no doudt but that the owner would be glad to sell; at least he expressed himself so to parties who spoke to me about buying the rogers The four lots to- ther are 100 feet front yh 10334 feet deep. I don’t think you can #nd more. desirable property for the rice. The lots D, E, F and G, on Fourteenth street, Jong to me aisd, ‘If any of them suit I shall only be too happy to, arrange for you before you leave for New Y« Yours truly, HAMILTON FISH. Cassius M. Clay. WHAT HE KNOWS ABOUT SEWARD AND PERKINS, New York, March 1, 1870, 4 vat ‘in the 1 tional Republican an article en. read in the Nai “ nm = titled “Our Relations with Russia,” in which the Perkins case is dragged forward. My name being connected with this affair silence on my part migh' be construed into an agreement with the opinions of the writer of the article, and I do not think that it 18 indiscreet on my part to say that | examined this Perkins case care! , tthaving been brought bevore me officially while I was Minister of the United States at st. Foeneare While admitting that all the parties in this case might be entitled to the consideration of the Em- peror of Russia, yet it is my opinion that there was not the slightest grounds tor an action against the Imperial Government in behalf of Captain Perkins, Ido not hesitate to say that the manner in which this affair Was managed for eight years by ex-Sec- retary Seward and his representatives was ANYTHING BUT CREDITABLE TO AMERICAN HONOR. I gave my own opinions in my oficial despatches. Every citizen should guard the honor of the repub- lic, a8 well as do justice to all, and for that reason I do not wish to hide my opinions. Tam Satisfied that if the President and people of the United States knew the facts of the case they | would dismiss it ut once, and spare the nation the stigma of insult and injustice towards the Emperor of Russia, the sovereign who alone stood by us in our national conflict when others wanted to re- move a rival and exterminate a people. As for what 1s due to Russia on the sum voted for the cession of Alaska, all honest men can have but one opinion. Nations, like individuals, should fulfil their obligations. The idea of making the strict observance of a treaty subordinate to the vague interpretations of an affair like that of Perkins, cannot meet the approval of the American google, T authorize you to use this letter as far as it may serve to vindicate justice and guard national honor, itrost that the friendship between America and Russia will be eternal. C. M. CLAY, Catacazy’s Answer to Clay. THE IRREPRESSIBLE PERKINS AGAIN—OTHER CLATMS— THE WIDOW'S TORPEDO AND THE ARTIFICIAL LIMBS—HE ADMIRES SEWARD. WASHINGTON, March 8, 1870, My DEAR Sm—I am very much obliged for your letter of the 1st inst., in which you speak frankly about the Perkins case, Your testimony is important, inasmuch as, being anold representative of the United States at St. Petersburg, you had official charge of the affair, .q | and, consequently, you must know what it amounts to. You know with what scrupulous care and impar- tiality the imperial government made this investi- gation, with the firm intention of paying to the last cent the claim, should it be found a just one, When the investigating committee reported that there was not the slightest legal grounds for the claims made by the parties interested in this false demand of the widow Perkins, you were informed that the imperial Cabinet was determined to de- cline, courteously, but tirmly, the question of arbi- tration in the matter, Perhaps you do not know the reason of this de- termination. As for the amount, believe me Russia would cheerfully pay it, if it was according to justice. | With American citizens in particular she is dis. posed to act quite liberally. Butit is not a ques- tion of money, but of principle. We could not bear a burden finposed and charges constantly dinucd of the United States, and to report to my govern- | into our ears, based upon the assertions of in- terested parties. Ii we yielded once we would be flooded with similar demands from all parts of the United States. f Only a few days ago Ireceived a lettet from a per- son pretending that my government owed him for ten thousand artificial limbs, because a Russian physician, travelling in the United States, examined them and told him that in time of war he could sell them in Europe. Another, a widow—one likes to put the widows forward on occasions like these— demanded $300,000 for a torpedo invented by her deceased husband, a design of which had been shown to an officer of the imperia! marine. It is unreasonable to suppose that a government like that of Russia can consent to submit demands of this kind to arbitration. I must add also that if, on one side, there are INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL LEND THEMSELVES TO SUCH SWINDLES, there are, on the other hand, many distinguished and honorable people who repudiate entirely such wales and entertain a very different opinion about ern. And in regard to your letter, so kind and charac- teristic, 1 have also received one from @ Massachn- setts gentleman, who voluntarily comes forward to prove that the claim, now grown up to $800,000, was placed in his hands by Perkins himself to be sold for $100,000 and even less; that Perkins was addicted to intemperance, and that he boasted at times of having written letters us “snares for Rus- sian agents,” ‘These facts and others of like nature are all in niy possession, Unfortunately, these circumstances are not knowi, and in private circles this question is un- derstood and judged according to the ex parte peasant of the concoctors of this audacious cou- spiracy. ‘As you justly observed, Russia has ever been the sincere and fast friend of America. Her sympathies have been shown in small as well as great things; by deeds and not by words alone, But, my dear sir, between nations as well as with individuals friendship should be founded on discre- tion, eae abstained carefully from joining in the general clamor agaiust the United States, although it had demands on the part of Rus- sian subjects of better foundation than that of this Perkins. We deserve @ like return, and I trust we shall gain it. Regarding the interest on the price of the ces- sion of Alaska, which you referred to, the only answer I can make is that the press is in error in saying that I made a demand for the money. I made no demand; I only called the attention of your Secretary of State to that clause in our ac- counts, expressing my conviction that a simple suggestion would be sufficient for such a high- minded government as that of the United States to obtain the payment of a just claim. I must, in conclusion, say that I cannot coincide in your views regarding Mr. Seward’s management ot this affair. A statesman of his reputation, who condacted for so many years such an important office as that of Secretary of State, might have been deceived for once about a claim, but I doubt not that his intentions were good, and I must express my respects for so distinguished a statesman. CATACAZY. Fish Believes Catacazy This Time. WASHINGTON, Dec, 2, 1870, M. CaTacazy :— DeaR StR—I have the honor to acknowledge tho receipt of your private and personal letter of the istinst. on the subject of certain newspaper arti- cles, and I am satisfied to find an emphatic denial of connivance on your part in such articles— connivance which would be calculated to lead to disagreeable consequences. Iam happy, in accordance with your request, to be able to submit your letter to the President, who will not be less pleased than I am at the assurances contained ttierein, HAMILTON FISH. Catacazy’s Piteous Appeal. HE RECAPITULATES ALL THE CHARGES AND DENIES THEM. WASHINGTON, June 18, 1871. Mr. HAMILTON Fisn:— Permit me to accompany my official communica- tion to-day with some personal explanations, The last official letter which you thought fit to write to me is not, indeed, encouraging to me. You have expressed doubts, sir, thinly disguised, of the veracity of my assertions, in saying that you cannot assume the responsibility of their correciness. I must Paid ew conclude that interested parties have succeeded entirely in turning you att me, and if I consulted only my just feelings I would re- a all nope of finding in you justice and friend- ship for me, jut an individual should, under certain circum- see Sactifice his self-respect for his official duty. Jam the Minister of the Emperor, sir, and out of respect for that position I should exhanst all means of conciliation before the friendly relations pe | between our countrics sliould be com- romised. You are too fair and too intelligent, sir, not to remember, despite the lan with which the; have inspired you against me, that the recent a. lication of the despatch, forged by the Perkins Jawyers; the suit commenced against Baron Oste! Backen by th et the accomplices be receivers of the robbery of the Bank of Warsaw, the many tnjurious tl said about me in tho ihe fauble purpose of driving me from this country lol is and around @ coolness between both gow oT my: departure was sufficient I assure you I would chee! but it is my duty to. pre- vent the fulfilment of their second purpose, It rests with you, sir, to those rumors and to defeat this intrigue, in gran’ the request con- tained in m; official note, You cannot believe that these di are true which have been attrib- uted ¢ ; therefore it is not fair to give credence to m to the slan con’ in them. Icannot take any action myself unless 1m viola- ont epiatetic svien, ont 3 think it shall be matter ron} regzet to allow such thi! to vail to the itting the Imperial the of , by the publication parers, that A cage refusals have been given the just of the representative the ir. As far as Iam on concerned, allow me, sir, torefer for the last time, in a few words, to the Saree brought against me which you have thought fit to entertain. 1 ain accused of having inspired an article signed “Don Piatt,” containing attacks ‘inst the ad- ministration, and pul ed in a Cincinnati journal. 1 have told you, and I tell you again on my hono! that never in my life have I had any relation, direct or indirect, with this * Don Piatt,’ and that I knew | noming whatever about the article until you showed it to me, You told me, sir, that you were assured of the fact by a member of the diplomatic corps, “bere of you to place this slanderer face to face m or even to name him. You refused, saying that you could not betray confidence. You were also told that I expressed myself in yay hostile terms against the Washington Treaty and its negotiations, To such een? charges or child’s talk | oppose positive facts—the congratula- tions addre: by me to Lord Grey in General Schenck’s presence; the compliments addressed to ir. Bancroft Davis, the day after the signature of the treaty, and, lastly, my letter to Mr. Oyrus Field. I will merely allyde to the ridiculous charge of hav- ing written malicious articles in journals and anonymous threats to injure the Perkins lawyers in your opinion, in fine, this is lt that can be brought against me, and if there is value in my proois of good will, consideration and friendship that | have forced my- sell to give since I came to the United States, Idon’t think cua ofsuch slight foundation should be maintained jor an instant. 1 venture to hope, sir, that, putting all obstacles aside, you will give the preceding remarks fair con- sideration. I also would desire, through you, to gain the good opinion of His Excellency the Presi- dent himself, I cannot believe that certain unscrupulous black- mailers can succeed in creating a colduess between two governments that have interchanged so many proots of esteem and friendship, Iwould aiso venture to hope, sir, that you will appreciate the frankness of my ianguage, and that you will consent to the re-cstablishment of the frtendiy personal relations which existed between 4 us. CATACAZY, A Cool, Polite Note. ASSURANCES OF DISTINGUISHED CONSIDERATION AND BLY¥ HITS AT THE FIERY CATACAZY. WASHINGTON, June 16, 1871. M. CaTacazy:— Stm—I had the honor to receive your letter of June 11,1871, You refer to a letter of the date of May 9-25, 1870, that you did me the honor to write to me, and annex a copy of this letter, stating that there had been no answer to it. It cannot have escaped your memory that on June 2, 1870, you called upon me to inform me of | yu intention of spending the summer season in jew York or its suburbs, and during this interview you propounded the question whether I had any in- tention of answering your letter of May 9-21. You were told thei that it was not considered judicious nor necessary to prolong the correspond- ence in question. I remained under the impres- sion that you adhered to the motives assigned, and that you were perfectly satisied, It is due to the representative of His Imperiai Majesty that I refer to this interview in order to dispel the possibility of suspicion of a-want of re- spect for you personally or as representative of His Imperial Majesty by the absence of a written answer to the letter In question. I find in the notes made at the time that at the saine interview you requested me to return you the printed copy which accompanied your note of May 9-21. I thought up to the time I received your last note that this copy had been returned, and I regretted to learn that through some negligence, which must neces- sarily occur at times in an administration of vast correaponialee, that such was not the case. Ien- close the printed copy in question. 1 believe Lam justified in saying that the article published in the New York Hvening Post of the 10th, of which a copy was annexed to your note of the 1ith, is fully as offensive tome as it can be to you. It brings forward a letter which you addressed to me on March 13, 1870, to falsify and criticize ex- pressions attributed to you in pretended extracts published in the Post, There is no need in recalling to your mind that as soon as the pretended correspondence between you and your government came to my knowledge I made Ee acquainted with it, March, 1870, and alter I heard your denial of its suthenticiay 1 gave ‘ou My assurance more than once that Heither the President nor myself entertained the least idea that such a correspondence ever passed, between you and your government. Gen, You have always attributed the origin“@md the publication of these pretended despatches, as well as several other publications, to the agents of the Perkins claim, but you never brought forward any proois for this charge beyond your -own suspicions and conclusions. Even omit d which I never supposed, that these letters really "been exchanged between you and your government it has never been clear o me that these printed copies emanated from | those persons you mention, I cannot but acknowledge that these persons dis- played considerable intelligence and energy in the defence of their cause, 1tis so plainly to their inter- est not to quarrel or to create additional trouble with the representative of Russia that no one would ever suppose they would provoke such a controversy. I cannot accept, consequently, the suggestion so frequently made by you, that the various articles about you in the newspapers emanated from this source. These publications remain an inexplicable mystery, quite in keeping with the publication of your pretended correspondence. No one knows better than you the liberty exer- cised by a portion of the press of this country in Speaking of individuals occupying official positions, a8 well as the means resorted to by those who con- tribute sensational personal articles to the press, and which appear too frequently, as you know. Many of them contain mjurious articles against the President of the United States, and they havea point of some of my conversations with you. I take the opportunity of renewing the assurance of my distinguished consideration. HAMILTON FISH. Note Addressed by M. Catacazy to Mr. Hamilton Fish, Dated New York, June 15, 1871. Mr. HAMILTON Fisn:— Sm—I had the honor to receive your note of June 16. Ibeg you will receive my thanks for the explana- tion you have given, also for the printed copy of my letter of March 13, 1870. I remember, indeed, at an interview of June 2, 1870, your assurance that you had no doubt as to the apocryphal character of the forged despatches presented by the lawyer, J. B. Stewart, and lagreed with you that it would be better not to prolong ee correspondence on so scandalous a subject. But permit me, Mr. Secretary of State, to recall to your recollection that at this same interview I requested you to institute immediately an cxami- nation to discover the authors of this audacious forgery, and that I showed by the copies in my hand that the lawyer, J. B. Stewart, and his part- ner, L. Tassistro, had made false assertions in aMrming to you, as you told me, that these pre- tended despatches had been obtained through an employé of the Imperial Legation. ‘ou scem to have arrived at the conviction that the lawyer, J. B. Stewart, is innocent of these in- trigues. With ail due deference to your opinion, I can prove to you that my suggestions and deduc- tions are amply grounded. ‘Phe document annexed to = note of May 9-21, 1870, which, you have he kindness return to me, is signed “J, B. Stewart.” It appears to me that this lawyer himself acknowledges to e sent the forged despatches in question to His Excellency the President on March 1 or 2, 1870; that he asserts to have received them from a Signor Tassistro, and that in spite of my denials he sustains the authen- ticity of these Feet, Ina letter which the lawyer, J. B. Stewart, has addressed to me, dated Washington, November 20, 1869, and of which I can produce the original, he expresses himself in the folowing terms with re- gard to Signor Tassistro:— “f shall also take the liberty to inform you that the bearer of this lettor is my associate in this case, and that he is authorized to make all engage- ments on my bebalf,’” Besides this declaration which establishes the copartnership existing between these two individuals, there ts the principal and uncontested tt of the transmiesion of the forged despatches by J. B. Stewart to His Excellency, the President. As to the participation of this lawyer in the publication of these papers and in the attacks directed against me by the press, tt eee to me to have been proven with no less e . can only attribute, Mr, Secretary, the trans- ‘ent allusions by which your ni of June 16 ‘erminates to the equitable intention to enable me to contradict in an official manner the calumnions imputations made against me. I am confirmed in this supposition by the as- surances which you have given me, Mr. tary, concerning your disposition not to fail in the re- spect due to the representative of His Majesty the peror, My august master, and towards me a sonar shall, therefore, take advantage of the iy you offer me re} such 1 Se lel SY tthe Sf lento Bat on that of frank ooraislity, trom whieh T aay int structed by the Emperor, my august master, not to Gepart in my reistions with the federal goverament, dari terview You told me, Mr. a 6 td rin, the int with indignation the w su) sentative of His Majesty the Empet in his duty as to attack the si ef of the government to which he has the honor of being accredited. I repeat these mgt ge Mr. Secre- tary, in the most formal manner, and If beg of you to communicate them to His Excellency the Presi. dent, Accept the assurance, &c. OATAOAZY, Letter Addressed by M. Catacazy to Mr. Chandler, Dated Washington, Jan. 1, 1872. DEAR Syn—I have expressed to you the desire to have an interview with Mr. G. W. Adams for the purpose of learning how and by whom he could have been so completely led into error as to make the incorrect statements to the Secretary or State in his letter of October 23, 1871. TI also reqnest yon to in- | form me for what reasons Mr. Adazns has declined an interview and to declare to him that I challenge him, in the first place, to produce the | manuscript of the article of which he makes mention in his letter to Mr, Fish, and which he affirms bears corrections in my handwriting. In the second place, to ex- iain how and by whom the article above men- toned had been handed to him at the Russian Le- gation, by order of M. Cutacazy, as he has | affirmed. You may add that lam ready to deposit with my banker @ sum of $3,000, to be distributed among the poor in Washington, when- ever the World article in questioa, which it is pre tended bears signs of correction emanating from me, will be produced and recognized by competent and impartial judges, I remain, &c., C. CATACAZY, Letter Addressed by Mr. Piatt to M. de Cataenzy, Dated Washington, October | 22, 1871. I have the honor to reply to your following four questions ;— 1, Have I had the honor of seeing you until this day, or have I had any relations with you? 2, Have I furnished you, directly or indirectly, any article on any subject ? 8. Have I directly, or indirectly, taken part in the editing of the article of the Cincinnati Commercial regarding the ‘treaty of Washington ? 4. Do you see me to-day for the tirst time ? T reply “no” to all your questions, Though it may seem strange, I have the honor of telling you that it is for the first time I see you to-day. In the hope that this reply will be satisfactory, I have the honor, &¢,, D, PIATT. Letter Addressed by Mr. James Gordon Bennett, Editor of the New York Her- ald, to M. de Catacazy. New York, Jan. 11, 1872. My Dear Str—I have received your letter, dated Boston, December 13, 1870. On account of my ab- | sence from New York I have not been able to reply | to it until now. You say tt has been published | in different journals, and that it has even been | ofcially stated that you have sent me articles at- tacking the federal government and its high fune- tionaries, and that you are therefore under the obligation of asking me to reply to the following | question: First—“Since Ihave had the pleasure to make your acquaintance as Commodore of the Yacht Club and as a distinguished member of New York society, have I ever uttered a word in your pres- | ence against the President of the United States ?”” Our conversations never having had reference to politics, lam ‘unable to remember that you have ever expressed yourself in a manner unfavorable to the President or any other functionary. Second—*“in chatting with you about the Perkins affair did I not say to you that I firmly believed that the Secretary of State had been led into error, and that, in spite of his violent attacks upon me, I considered him as a perfect gentieman—an opinion that I natvely entertained at that time ?”” I remember that on one occasion the Perkins claim was incidentally mentioned, but Iam not | able to rememner to-day in what sense you ex- pages? yourself in reference to the Secretary of C. Third—“Hlave I ever tried by corruption to influence your opinion with regard to political questions, as has been calumniously statea?”’ ‘As I have already said, our conversations never had a political character; they principally had reference to the reception of His Highness the | Grand Duke Alexis by the Yacht Club, Consequentiy, you have never had the oppor- tunity to seek fo Infuence me, and as to the xecu- sations of corruption T consider them so absurd do NOL Seem to me to deserve JAMES GOKDON BENN. Annexe N. LRITER FROM HORACE GRRELEY, TRIBUNE, TO M. DB CATACAZY, NEW YORK, JANUARY 16, 1872, I have received your letter concerning actions with the press that have been imputed to you, and Lreply to them as follows :— First—As far as my recollection and information serve me, notaline, written or dictated by you, has appeared in the columns of the 7ribune, except official documents bearing your signature. Second—On two, or perhaps on three occasions, you have furnished me contributions of which I have made use in the editing of articles for the Trivune, It need not be sald that no criticism against my government has been published by me upon sug- gestions from you. Third—One time only you have communicated with me in writing about the Perkins claim in a fashion that might be interpreted as having refer- ence to my government, especially in presence of | the notorious support accorded by this government to the said claim. Fourth—I have never heard it said, and I am un- able to believe that you have sought to profit by the Tribune by means of its correspondents at Washington or other cities, 1 believe I have replied very explicitly to all your questions. I have the honor, &c., Hi. GREELEY. Mutation, ry dn. EDITOR OF TIE UNDER DATE OF Annexe 0. LETTER FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF THR SUN, MR. DANA, TO MR, CATACAZY, UNDER DATE OF JANUARY 17, 1872, Ihave the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your favor of this date, putting certain questions. To make the matter simpler I will copy these ques- tions and append to them my answers. The first question is as follows :— First—‘‘Have I ever seen you or have I had direct or indirect relations, whether with you personally or with your correspondents or reporters 7” To this I reply:—I have never seen you, and do not even know you by sight; I have never had any relation with you, directly or indirectly. I have no reason to suppose that a correspondent or even a reporter of this journal has had relations with you. Further, I have no reason to believe that any ar- ticle published in the Sun has emanated from you or has been inspired by 2. Your second question is as follows :— Second—Have I ever tried ta.infuence you on a political or personal question f”” To which I answer, never. Your third question is as follows:— Third—“One of your reporters having questioned me on the staircase of the Clarendon Hotel, and in- pom Be on obtaining information, under the pre- text that the Sun had always taken my defence, have I not replied to him that I did not desire to give any explanation, and that I could form but one wish and that was that the Sun shouid abstain from all commentary upon my relations with the De- partment of State 1” I reply to this that I have substantially received from one of my reporters, the day after his meet- ing with you, a relation Teeable to the fact as stated by you in your question. It is true, sir, that I have sometimes defended you when 1 have believed you to be unjustly at- tacked ; but I have also criticised your conduct as a public functionary when I believed it biamable. On all occasions I have acted Seok to the needs of the public, and not according to those of any indi- vidual interest. 1 have the honor, &c., OHARLES A. DANA, Annexe P. PRIVATE LETTRR FROM M. DE CATACAZY TO MR. HAMILTON FISH, UNDER DATE OF STATEN ISLAND, THE 2th OF JULY, 1871. Srr—I determine to show once more that I know how to make a sacrifice of my personal sentiments for the sake of the interests which have been con- fided to me, 1 like to believe that the same principle will guide * you, in spite of all the prejudices that one has suc- ceeded in iring you with against me. It is in this hope that, before replying officially to the note SiS have felt it your duty to address to me the Sist bi T now ask you to accord me an interview, In this note, sir, you give to the Minister of Russia the lie conceived in the coarsest terms—‘it is Dot true’—and you accuse him, by insinuation, of having maliciously abused his diplomatic immu: nities in order to make false accusations with im- punity, and of being animated by sentiments of personal interest, I permit bo ag to appeal once more, sir, to your partial equity. Isitin the interest and for the dignity of our re- spective governments to exchange correspond- ences of nature beeause a divergence of optn- fon has been produced on 4 private claim? Are there not, in short, many other means of obtaining the displacement of a diplomatic individuality against which one has conceived insurmountable | York Schutzen Corps, Cay the work of pene undertaken by the Commis- sioners of Her Britannic Cow A inspires me, as well as may Men gine So esteem for His Excellency, Earl Grey colleagues. The toast whien i would have given. on this occasion would have been taken from the Holy Scriptures. I would have said, with the Gospel, “Blessed are the peacemakers.” Thope to have, on my approaching arriva! in New York, the honor of making your seqpainianer, Sir, I pray you, &c., . CATACAZY, RAILROAD DISASTERS IN JERSEY. The Precipice at New Branswick—An Unknown Man Killed—Frightfal Acci- dent at Doylestown—Attempting to Up= set a Train, The young man Richard Albers, who fell from the Raritan Bridge, at the New Brunswick station, on Sunday morning, is still in a very precarions condi- tion. The train which left Jersey City at midnightand on which he wasa passenger was a long one and the platform did not extend to the car from which he stepped off. He ts an orphan, and was bronght out from Germany three years ago by Mr. Schier- loh, for whom he has transacted business in Ex. change place, Jersey City. Yesterday morning an unknown man was killed on the railroad between Plainsboro’ gnd Princeton by the half-past eight o’clock train from New York. He was walking between the tracks, and when the whistle sounded to caution him he stepped on to the track in frontof the engine, The whistle was sounded in rapid succession, but he paid no heed to the warn- ing. The bumper of the engine struck the man on the hip and threw him off the track. The train was stopped and the body was picked = Death was instantaneous, The body was taken to Trenton, where Justice Gorson viewed it and decided to hold an inquest this morning. A terrible accident occurred on the New Jersey | division of the Pennsylvania Central on Sunday morning, near Doylestown, Pa, A cow was struck and run over by the locomotive and tender of a through train, The locomotive jumped the track, rolled fifteen down an embankment and exploded, The scene which followed was a terrible one. The engineer was taken out of the scalding water still living, but his moans were heartrending. A messenger was immediately despatched for his father, Mr. Reeder, living at Stockton, on the Dela- ware Valley Rallroad, nine miles distant, but his unfortunate son breathed his last within two houra, The scene of the disaster was a complete wreck, The cow was seen at a distance of about five hun- dred yards, but it was found to be impossible to stop the train within that space, Patrick McGrory has for some time resided just outside Trenton, and yesterday did something that imperilled the lives of 900 passengers on the Bor- dentown Branch of the New Jersey Division of the Pennsylvania Central. He placed three huge rocks on the rails near the. bridge that is to be built for an extension of tne ‘Taylonstreet, Trenton, and watched to see that no one removed them, The place where the rocks were piaced, each of which weighs three hundred weight, is out of view of the Trenton depot, and as there 18 an incline towards the depot on the Bordentown branch, the passage of trains there is generally po | fast. Fortunately the rocks were discovered, and Mr, Isaac S, Buekalew, superin- tendent of the road, hastened to the scene of dan- ger. The men employed by ,the company wero afraid to touch the rocks, nif McGrory swore he would shoot those who attempted their removal. Mr, Buckalew caught hold of one rock, and with all his strength was enabled just to slip it offthe rail, The example of the Su- perintendent stimulated the men, and the whole of the rocks were removed. An excursion train from wington, Del containing 900 peo- ple, was due, and sad would it have been lor the members and friends of St. Mary’s Total Abstinence Society of Wilmington, if the mad- man had not been frustrated in his attempt to stop the trafiic of the road. McGrory was arrested and taken before Justice Gosson, in Trenton, who com- mitted him ‘to the county jail, in default of $1,000 bail. When before the Justice he admitted the offence, and said that the Railroad Company had taken lus land and he was bound to be paid for itor stop the trafiic on the road. Engine 765, Engineer Brown, ran off the track on the Princeton Branch on Saturday night through a misplaced switch, near the canal. The engineer | had his hip disiocated and also sustained internal injuries. THE LABOR REFORMERS. Proposition to the Labor Party to Join tho Democrats—Correspondence Between Blanton Duncan and Horace H. Day— Probable Fusion of the Labor With the Democratic-Cincinnati Ticket. New York, July 15, 1872. The following political correspondence transpired here to-day and is furnished to the preas by the parties signing 1t:— Bawtrwore, July 10, 1872. Horace H. Day, Vice President National Labor Vnion:— My Dar Sm—Remembering our old intimacy and your constant adherence to principle I desire to stiggest a line of action for your consideration. Can you not hold your Convention in Louisvi:le on the dd of September next and see whether there eannot be & common basis of action against the monopolists and spolismen in the two radical par- ties, Yours truly, BLANTON DUNCAN, in behalf of the straight-out democrats, REPLY OF THE LADOR REFORMER. New York, July 13, 1872, BLANTON DUNCAN, CiaaIRMAN Strataut-Our Na- TIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION :— Ihave your favor of July 10, and, while I am not authorized to bind the labor organization, such of its members as I have conferred with agree with Mme in the importance of a cordial union of all par- tles at this juncture in our national affairs inst the monopollsts and spoilsmen. Neither the Labor Union nor any pher portion of the working people have any recdifiiition in the platforms of either the Grant or Greeley parties, and hence the suggestion of a union of the straight-out democrats and tho labor party looking to the establishment of @ tor godt agin in their own interests, is timely, and will be halled by the labor reform party with hope and joy. assume that the straight-out democrats will be genuine opponents of special ciass legislation, and will be prepared, with us, to Sig all systems of legislative monopolies, ‘including lands, banks, rajiroads, tariffs, ete., etc. ; hence myself and friends will do all we can to prepare the way at our conference on the sth of July for & union with yon and all nents of the Grant and iat wings of the spoils- men’s party, restore fraternity to sections, and justice to ail, regardless of sex, nationality, color or condiuion, Very bees var bra HORACE H. DAY, Vice President National Labor Union. THE SCHUTZEN FESTIVAL, Opening of the Grand Schutten Park at Union Hill, N. J. The greatest Schutzen park in the United States was formally opened yesterday at Union Hill, just above Hoboken. The shoote ing park contains thirty-three acres, situated in @ delightful section of country, and combines in its bap and billocks, rivuiets, foun- tains and lake, a charming scenery that leaves the Park second only to that of the great metropolis.. The procession was formed at ten o'clock in the forenoon in Hudson street, Hoboken, in the follows ing order, under the direction of George W, Sauer, Marshal; Colonel Amsberg, Captain H. L. Limken, Captain Winges, Captain A. Hardekoff and Lieuten- ant Lemmermaun, Division Marshals:—Ho- boken Police, Chief Donovan; Schut Park Police, Captain Jan; a division of the Third regiment Hassars, New York; H. D. Busch, President of the United Schut- zen Association, and the Board of Directors in car- riages; fifty young ladies dressed in white in deco- rated wagons; platoon of target tenders; New in John F. Rott mann; delegations from Wilmington, Baltimore, Washington, Philadelphia, Boston, New Haven, Hartford, Lancaster, terson, Camden, Trenton, Troy and Charleston; New York Sangerrundet President H. Braunhold; Detker Schutzen, tain H. Deiker; Hoboken, Schutzen Co Captain Wirth; Jersey ilitary Battallo Jersey on Senutzon Corps, Captain ie Schroeder; Hudson City Schutzen Mota Captain Eliers; Carlstadt Schutzen Corps, ne in Ruettin- far Hook and Ladder Company 1 of Union ill, Turners of Jersey City, Tarn of Hudson City, Hoboken QuartetteClub, President Schoenfeld; prone | City Saengerbunde, President panes Ge- wang Verein lyre, of Hoboken; Union Hill Lieder- tafet; Union Hill Manneachor; Veteran Corps, of Hoboken; Jersey Schutaen Corps, tain H. Rag chen; Hudson county Artillery, Captain Kahlert. There were six bands of music distributed through the procession. When they reached the park an address was delivered by President Busch. §felo- SS were received from Governor Parker and Governor Hoffman, apologising for their non-at- lance. iser Guard Band, of Berlin, will 32 than to address him a no Expapnances te 80 Offen- Yor part, sir, wince T have the honor to Mi if the paperce, y will 2,00 the hee 5 ee accomplish fut ereoaaea that 1 loyal explanation ‘may: place eet iarepe meee aeteet in such place and on , whieh. you ssl, th Bpired prese articles containing violent attacks against the id it the Pres teat bimectt. “When I inguired of*you who dared oe ae sein rotten ee raon worthy 0: lief and living tn pry foot re wet a gd, 0 these. imputations the most te lenial. 1 a en. rood my profound reepek fo" ent to you. guch a day as may be conveni- I have the honor to be, with consideration, your very humbie Pde o CATACAZY, Annexe Q. LETTER FROM M. DR CATACAZY TO ME. CYRUS i UNDBR DATE OF WASHINGTON, 22D MAY, Srm—I hasten to inform you Be Ag head the whioh I feel in not being able to myself amiable invitation that you have addressed ached me on! m which this morning. Wiheoe Seer anes much the more lively that I would have bee: to show, sence at This banavet. the very wincere 8710 y with whi 6 id concert in this park on the 23d inst, festival will continue till next Friday. FATE OF A DRUNKARD, About a month ago William Derry, an English man, and his wife, went from Connecticut to reside in Morristown, N. J. Derry got work on State Sen- ator Cutter’s farm, but was lazy and indolent. The day before the Fourth he told n Sve ee ner every day. Mr. Ou! Fasod $0 Tho reesit Was that he left. He till when ‘not ee ee body #0 far edvanoed in decomposiuon that the thle vo qusher i w'cotn, s_goneralyappens in such Caseg, arhor was at onne started he was the of foul pfhy. A coroner's a ever, that he died of whiskey and the Lest,