"June 11th, 1768," says a Saxon Note from Warsaw, "Mokranowski, Stanislaus's General [the same that was with Friedrich], has been sent down to Bar to look into those Confederates.

Mokranowski does not think there are above 8,000 of them; about 3,000 have got their death from Russian castigation.

The 8,000 might be treated with, only Russians are so dreadfully severe, especially so intent on wringing money from them.
Confederates have been complaining to the Turk; Turk ambiguous; gives them no definite ground of hope.

'What then, is your hope ?' I inquired.
'Little or none, except in Heaven,' several answered: 'it is for our religion and our liberty:' religion cut to pieces by this Dissident Toleration-blasphemy; liberty ditto by the Russian guarantee of peace among us: 'what can we do but trust in God and our own despair ?'" ["Essen's Report, 11th June, 1768" (in HERMANN, v.

441).] "Prave worts, Ancient Pistol,"-- but much destitute of sense, and not to be realized in present circumstances.