nqr th-carolina gazette vol 8 saturday november 9 1793 (#* 4opj the marfhal then proofed that the chan cellors lhould be direaedto prepare the draft of an anfwer to the laft note from the ruffian ambaftador after fome remarks on the terms of this note unfit it was faid to be addreffed to the reprefentatives of a free peoplej the diet adjourned till governor wasextremely provoked atthe con dua of the indians ; very much regretud not feeing rou on your return and had pub hckly reprobated the condua of i\/kee " ford informs that at the breaking up of the indian council 3000 indians fetout to attack wayne 1 his account is reported to the governor by the above three r.cr fons w a r s a w july 10 diet at c rq d y q july 11 r-phe mnrfh.,1 opened the fitting by rea jl cling the no:c from the ruifian aaibaf fador m flichta nuncio cf rama informed the chamber of the fequeftraiion of the pro perty of the grand marftial of lithuania by the ruffian troc ;, and moved that a grccable to tht i •> t n of the 4th the ftates lho ild fufpend all deliberation till this fequeftration tfas removed the ma jority fupported this motion ; but numbers oppofed it the marfbal and the chancellors were ordered to wait on the ambaftador 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 the marflial refufing to go the chancellors went and reported that the fequeftration would be taken of a foon as the members ot the delegation were nominated provided that were done in the courfe of the day ; and that otherwife t',u fequeftration would not only be continue 1 , but many of the numbers of the diet put under arreib till further orders ju'y 15 the prorogation of the diet to the 30th was functioned a frefh note frr m v e rufltan ambaltador was read in which he demands that the delegation maybe furnifhed with full and un limitted power s t to treat with him without any ob/racle and in a definitive manner as an anhver to this note could not be returned on the inftant next day -,, j u ty l6 » the ambafcuior tent a 2d the purport of which was that if on the day after to mor row the delegation ihouid not be furmlhed with full and unlimred powers fuchashe demanded h*e ftiould conhder the refuial as a declaration of war and even an ad of hoitility that in conilquencc he fhould caufe t!ie property of the opponents to be fci?ed as well as the royal revenues ; and that he flioum a£l withrefpecl to their per fons according to tie inflructions he had received the urgency of circumfianccs and the public good in the littina of the 15th the delegation prefented a journal of their proceedings in the three conferences they had with the ambaffador they allo presented a co py of the treaty of alliance fent by the court of pcterfburg 1 his treaty contains ten nrticles fome of which hold out advantages to the repub lic as they allow the choice of whatever form of government maybe thought mo ft conducive to its interelt excepting aiwv.ys that of may 3d which is again declared to be the work of jacobinifm but the ba fis of the treaty is a full and entire ratifi cation f the partitionto thewhole exte.it fet forth in the declaration of april 9th «< before the breaking up of the council the six nations were called upon to join in a v ar againft the states they laid they mult confulr their nations upon the bufinefs a council was appointed to be he'd at buffa loe-creek at which mr shchan was or dered to attend the governor and the fix natio.ns were decidedly for their remain ing neuttr by him i alfo learn that a large party was fenr off from the wtfkrn country to attack the gennefe country : that as foon as the governor wa3 informed oi it he fent pofitive orders to forbid it faying that as this was the route of intercourfe he had with the states he would not luffer it ; and that he wjuld withhold all fupplies prefents c from any nation that fhould fend warriors on the expedition this flopped the bufinefs and o my good friend chapin's fcalp was faved frederic k t r e n c k the following are the chief of the additional par ticulars which this extraordinary men has jujt given the world re like to his own life .- in auftuft 17s7 he procured a penfion of 1200 dollars about 2:0 .) from the prefenc king of pruffia but could net recover his cenfiicated efiates for the furrencle of them would have been an im e chment o the j sftice of the great frederick bout this period he afliftcil or believes thac he tii , in bringing about an alliance between the cab nets of vienna and berlin i he king propofed that the nomination of the members o the delegation mould be ich ro him in order to prevent new acls of violence agr.i.ilt the reprcl*nt-atives of the nation which after long debates was agreed to and his majefty immediately completed ti^e uomination obruniki nuncio from dublin moved the addition of ioma other members which was oppofed by the whole chamber july i the arfhal brc^jir fcr«rard the iaire piopofition 1 he king interrupted the difcuffton by obfeniag that the ruffian ambaffador in filled very ftrong'y and added menaces ftill iron^er on the addition of teveu to he memocrs of i!:vr delegation for each pro ■\ ince ; and that he the kitfg not being able to oppofc 3 demand ude with inch energy had complied with it almo:t the whole chamber declared a rainft this compliance 5 and reprefented to me kin t > that the nomination made by hini h-m:.:v before although contrary to the le er fo.'rns had the confent of the itares which that which he had now made could not have and was therefore null alter long debates the queftion " shall the no mination made by the king be acceptej ?" v.is defired to be put to the vote the morflial refufed to put this queftion se*e ra i members exclaimed again it his refufa ? . s an act of treafon againft the national repre fentation and infilted en his being tried for it the matftial apologized and agreed to put the q leftion kimbar nuncio tronttpit entreated the kin-t ro defift from the addition he had made to his former nomination and to pur f»ie the conrfe which circ dm dances pointed out to him without regird to any menaces lie exhorted the chamber to difpl.iy the fame courage and not to yield to the teni peil which had already affailed fo many of ir members by multiplie 1 acts ofviolence if laid he " the edifice of our coun try mult fall let us bury ouri'dves under its ruins andifwerauft p-irith let u3 perifla l;ke republicans the nomination made the day before was maintained andpaffed into a la'a as was alfo the tormula of the oath which was in ftantly taken by the members of delegation purporting thui tlxy -•«/ receive nopropofi tion whatever to the detriment of the republic the mar'hal propcieda prorog ticn ot the diet to the 30th which was referred to further cenfideraticn after being received at frankfort and at strafbourgh almoft with the honours of a triumph he readied paris in the year 1789 and pub iflud an edition ot his life three days before the revolution upon leaving thar city he had occafion to a(k a paflport m de la fayette who requdted that he would travel without a word " gene ral laid trenck " 1 am an oif.cer in the iervice of a foreign power and whoever de mandi my fword hall die by its point thf baron rejates this anecdote of himfelf with out any apology : r fuch unprovoked tur bulence ; but lnb readeis will allow it to a man who has been injured like him in the beginning of life toftep fome what beyond the bounds of common conduct in its con clusion boston october 2r from the indian country : extract or a letter from a gentleman at new york wl.o was with the commiflioners at the late propofed treaty with the hoftile indian dated new york october th 793 " captain ford arrived here yeflerday from niagara which place he left ou the 23th u!t and came by the way of c.'fw y ). he rel tes fundry circumftances which may be novel to you and therefore i communicate them when the late emperor leopold afcended the throne trenck obtained an audience in whuh he wv.s treated with condefcenfion \ and fhortly af^er he was fent into hungary where a curious interruption w2s given to his literary elforis in behalf of the houfe of aufl rii a military tribunal not underftanding the obje£l of his writings and thinking it moreover unsuitable that an officer fhould write obliged him te fign a paper by which he bound himfelf " 10 renounce every branch of authorftup * confefied that to m creafs his income by means of publication was unworthy the character of n officer ;' f and promifed " to deliver up to his excellen cy count von tige general of cavalry all his effays memc rand urns and papers though the emperor difavowed the know ledge of this proceeding the baron was ar reited fcon after by order of the prince de cobourg upon which occafion he rcfigned his commiliion in difgufl ; but his imperial majefty augmented his penfion from 90c to i 5 co florins and reftored to him his bomd trenck cahs this a down-right german narrative and then concludes in his way by announcing the literature i new his hob by-horfe " on which the belfarins of auft «< before he left niagara talbot brant and shehen arrived there from the jmliari council at themiamis they reported to the goycrnor that as foon as the indians re ceived the fignalmefuigeoftiiecommillioners they difpatched a large party commiilioiied to feize us with orders to cut off our nofes cars c and keep us prifoners until a peace could be obtained thefc men anived at cardwer's the morning after we failed i therefore congratulate your nofe and ears as well as my own he fays that bhchan who is his brother in law took the care of the bix nations in the abfence of col butler and that at an early period of the private council he was called upon treaty his reply was that he and the six nations had come there for the purpofed of peace and fhould urge it all in their power that in confeq lence of this neither he nor brant were once admitted to the indian councils but were termed yankics — upon this shthan and m'kee had a ferious quarrel the a bove three perfons had reported to the go vernor that the indians were urged en to war in fecret and that m'kee and fundry traders were at the bottom of it that the