W A ,K S A W,; July io.
DIET. AT GRODNO.
Tulv f ?.
IIE marflial opened the fitting by rea
ding the note from the Ruflian ambaf
fador. " .'; " j. '
' M. Flichta, nuncio of Rama, informed
the chamber or tqe lequeuration or tne. pro-
crrccaoie to ut i --i ;n or tne 4:1, uic
ftin ild fufnend all : deliberation till
this fequcltration was removed. The, ma
jority funported this motion ; but numbers
oppofed it, the marflial and the chancellors
were ordered towait on tne amoauaaor, to
demand the removal of the fequeftration,
and inform him of the determination of the
chamber to fufpend its deliberation till this
(hould be complied with. ,7 .
The marflial refufing to go, the chancellors
went, and reported, that the fequeftration
Would be taken of as foon as the members
of the delegation were nominated provided .
that were done in the courfe of the day ;
and that othcrwife thi fequeftration would
not, only be continue1, but many of the
'numbers of the diet put under arrctt, till
further orders.
I The king propofed that the nomination :
of the members o the delegation mould be
'left to him, in order to prevent new als of i
jriolence agaihtt the reprelentatives of the
natidn,?which after long debates was agreed i
to, and his majefty immediately completed
the nomination.
1 : Obruniki, nuncio from Dublin;' moved
the addition of iome other members which
lwiS oppofed by the whole chamber.1 ; i
I Thearffia! brchr fcrtrard the fame
piopofitioii. Vi 7, ;
. 1 he king interrupted' the difcufiion, by
obferting," that the Ruflian ambaifador in-'
filled very ftrongly, and added menaces ftill
ftroner, on the addition of feveii to ihe
members of the delegation for each pro
Tincc ; and that he (the king) not being able ;
tooppofe3 demand made with iuch energy,
had complied with it. ' f: x .
: TAImolt the whole chamber declared a
laW this compliance ; and reprefehted to.
The kin", that the nomination made by him :
th--iaYbeforc, although contrary to the le-
Wl forms, haa tne comcnt oi ;uic .n.i.-,
'which that which he had now made could
not have, and was therefore null. , Alter
" lone debates, the queftion, Shall the no-
! . u.. a.Jlitvft nrvnted ?'
: ..- n mane li v his. t n ww .. ,
Was deflred to be put to the vote Ihe
xir rflial rcfufed to put this queftion. SeVerai
members exclaimed againlt hisrefufa', as
an a& of trcafon againft the national repre
sentation, and infilled cn his being tried for j
it The marflial apologized, and agreed to
put thequeflion. J '
Kimbar, nur.cio tron IJpit, entreated the
king ro defift from, the addition he had
made-to his former nomination, and to pur
ifne the'eourfe which circdmflances pointdd
out to him, without regard toany menaces,
j : He exhorted tlic chamber to difplay the
fame courage, and not to yield to the tern
peft, which had already aflailed foniany of
its members, by multiplied aa ofvToIence.
faidhe, " the, edifice ofourcoun-
try mull fall, let us bury ourfelves under its
iruins. and if vve mult pwifli, Ict us perifli
(like re publicans."
! The nomination made the day berore was
irhaintajned, andpafl'ed into a law ; as was
falfo the formula of the oath, which was m-
Jflantly taken by the members of delegation,
?purporiiKf 4 "V ' , ,'
tivt whatever tithe detriment cf the republic.
Th- marnialbroDofed a prorogation of the
Jdiet taMhc - 30th, which w referred to
rfiirthcr confideraticn. '..''
The marflial then pro'pbfed that the chan
cellor ftiould be directed to prepare the
draft of an anfwer to the laft note from the
Ruflian ambaffador. Afterlfotne remarks
on the terms of this note, unfit, it was faid
to be addreffed to the rcprefentatives of a!
free pcoplej -the diet adjourned tilf j , ! I
, ' : "July Jj. .
The prorosatidn of the diet to the 139th:
was lanciionea.
Governor was extremely provoked at thexon
dudl of the Indians 3 very vmuch regretted
not feeing, Toiym your return, and had puby
lickly reprobated "the condudt of M'Kee.
Ford infornis, that at the breaking. up
of the Indian Council, 3006 Indians fet out
to attack Wayne. 1 his account is reported
to.the Governor, by ihe above three pcr
fons. ' '' '
- r Before the breaking un of the Council.
1 A frefli note frf m t ie Ruffian smbaZFadof i the Six Nationsrwere called upon to join' in
was read, in which he demands that the : a war againft the States; they faid they mult
delegation may be furniflied with full and un- confult their nations upon the bufinefs A
limitted powers, to tr eat with him without any I Council was appointed to be held at BufFa
obftacle, and in a definitive manner. ; j ;l . loe-Creek,' at which Mr. Shehan was .or-
As an anfwer Jo this note could riotfbei dered to attend The Governor and the
fiN ations were decidedly for their remain
ing neuter. By him I alfo learn that a large
party was fent off from the We fern Country
to attack the Gennefe $ountry : That asi
foon as the Governor was informed oiir,
he fent pofitive orders to forbid it faying
that as thill- wasthc route "of intercourfe he
had with the States, he would not lufFer it j
and that he WQuld withhold all fupplies,
prefents, &c. from any nation that mould
lend warriors i on the expedition. This
(topped the bufinefs; and fo my good friend
Chapin's fcalp was faved." :- "
F K K D E X I C K T R N C K.
The following are the chief of the additional par
ticuars, which this extraordinary man has
' 3uft giV?n the world, relative to his own
life!.' -j ' 1 - " I t , .;.
In Auflufl: 17S7, he procured a penfion of
1200 dollars (about 220!.) from the prcfenc
King of Priiflia, but could, not recover his
confiscated eftates, for the furrendcr of them
would have , been an im e,;chment of
the jiiftice of the Great Frederick. About
this ertcfd, he affiftct'. or believes that he
did, In bringing about an alliance between
the cabinets of Vienna and Berlin.
- After being received at Frankfort and at
Strafl)ourffh. almoft with the honours of a
. 1 d . ' :; . . : 1...
triumph, he reached Paris in the year 1789,
and pub'iflied an edition of his life, three
1 ta : . r . . T- j .... i
days betore the revolution. Upon. Jeavmg
that city, htf-ha'd occafion to aflc a paffport
M. De La Fayette, who requelled that 1 he
would travel without' a (word . ""Gene
ral," faid Trenck, I am an o(ficer in the
fervice of a foreign power, and whoever de
mands mv fvvnrd ihall die bv its noint." Thft
baron relates this anecdote of himfelf, with
out any apology r.fuch unprovoked tur
bulence ;f but his Veadets; will allow it to a
,man, who has-been injured like him in the
beginning'of life, to (lep fome what beyond
the bounds of common ccnducl: in' its con
; clufion. 1 - . 1
1 When thclate emperor Leopold, afcended
the throne, Trenck obtained an audience, ia--which
he w:as treated with condefcenfion ;
and (librtly after he was fent into Hungary,
where a curious interruption was given to his
literary efforts in behalt ot the houle ot aim
ri 1. A military tribunal, not underftandinj
returned on the inftant, next dav
The ambaflador fent a 2d, the purport j of i
which was, that if, on the day after to-mbr- :
row, the delegation fliould not be furniflied i
with full and unlimited powers, fuch as he
demanded, he. (hould confider the refufal 1
as a declaration of war, and even an aft; of :
hoftility that, in confequencc, hcj (hould
caufe tlie property of the opponents jto be
feied, as well as the royal revenues ;! and
that he fliould al with f efpecr to theiri per- !
fons, according to the inftruclionsj he had ;
received, the urgency of circumftaheps, .j
and the public good. j -' i 1 i . j
In the littififf of the I th, the delegation
prefented a journal of their proceedii?g9 a
in I the three conferences r they had jwith .:
the ambaffador. - They alio pre(ented ja co- j
py of the treaty of alliance fent by the court 5
of PeteHburg. J ; 4 j : ' . ", v'" ;j
.This treaty contains ten articles, fome !
of which hold out advantages to the'repub j
lie, as they allow - the choice of whatever i
form of government may; be : thought jnio (I
conducive to its intercity jexcepting I ajways j
that of May 3d, vvh:ch is again declared :
to be the work of Jacobinifm. But the ba- !
(is of the treaty is, a. full and entire r.atifi-
cation cf the partitionio jthe-wholei extdi't 1
fet forth in the declaration of April ptlj. jij .!
at.
C O S T O N, 4 October
FPtOM THE INDIAN COUNTRY :
Exrrarpf a letter from gentleman at New- i
York who was with the Commiflioners
at the late propofed -treaty with the hoflile 4
the
Indians dated New-York October 4
.170?
Captain" Ford ? arrived here yeflerd
from Niagara which place he left on 1
23th tilt, and came by the way of Ofwr.j;" ;
He rektes fundry circumflances, which may. j
'be novel to you and therefore I communicate' j
them. " 1 .-...'V.'i !i: : J"Tv;'i
: Before heJeft Niagara, Talbot, Brant,
andShehen arrived there from the Jndiah
council at theMiamis. They reporte d to the
Governor, that as foon as the Indians -re- 1
ceived thefighalmefTageofthecommiflrioriers, '
they difpatched a large prfrty commtflioiied ,
to feize us, with orders to cut off our notes
cars, ccc ana Keep u uivi yS
it
T, nWtrft nf his writiricsL and. thinking
i- .iLceUiW. tht an officer (hould
peace could be obtained. -Thefc-mcnlariied
n,Mfw' the. morniribr after we failed.! T ?
vdiu w w - gr 1
therefore congratulate your nofe and ears as ;
well as mv. own. tie ia
(who is his brother in law)
write, ouiigcu li" "t," r r - ,v .
he bound himfelf V renounce! every
ur,rh nf authorftiin ; con feffed that .,ro m-
Hey fays that Shehan, : creafe his income by means Tinnon
inlaw) took thelcarefofl was unworthy the charaaer;officer
and promiled " to apiivcr uP.u 7
cy, count Von Tige, general of cavalry, all
his eflays, memorandums and papers.
Though the emperor difavowed the know-
lede of this proceeding,.tnc oaru.. w? -relied
foon -after, ,by orderpf the prince De
ru nnnn which occafion he religned
l,:. mmiffion in1 difguft but his imperial
Butler
private
His
the Six Nations ill the abfence of Col
and that at an early period of the
Pmmc-ik he wa6 called upon treaty
reply was, that he and thexSix Nations lad
come there for the purpofed ofxpeace, and
(hould urge it all in their IpowerJThat jin.;
confequence of this neither henor Bra htere .
- nAmtte-rt tn tne inaian xounc is,ruui
ULb -" - - -
termed Yankies Upon this;
1
Sl .J,,n ',ma5eOrauBmentelih rcnGon from 900 to
wcrctfimca iiiiMM-wrv;., .......s j- A' (inr-A to him His bond.
and M'Kee had, a ' WWm1-; 'Igl.'ZZZ M.r,.l dowri-right German
bove three pcriuu. .tt,-- 't- and then concludes,, in his way,
.V I a. ibm m W aaW M I riT T I S. I I I I 1 u 1 I A A. A fc w - '
vernor. that uic j Si jr -i 1 : x
7: Jrt: and that M'Kec and fundry. ; by announcing
traders were at the bottom of it-Thai die' by-horfc,
the literature i now his hob-
" on which uci
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