The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

P A R I S, December 7.

You may be assured that some dreadful blow is about to be struck in this distracted country!! Germany has sent to the very gates of France, her slaves to give shackles to the deluded Flemings! Sardinia is recruiting her land forces with great expedition! Spain seems to have made peace with Britain, that she might the more effectually disturb the repose of France; her cabinet was never more busy, nor more mysterious; she continues to increase her army to the war establishment, and the best understanding prevails between her and Portugal, where the same extraordinary movements are taking place; where all is equally mysterious; where the naval forces are on a formidable footing; and where, in short, the unusual exertions wear every appearance of some important event.

To give strength to this bold assertion, I send the address of the people of Alsatia to the national assembly, as it was read at the bar last Saturday evening: "Placed on the frontiers of the kingdom, we have every thing to fear from the enemies of our new and glorious constitution; we expect, ere long, to see our foes in arms, but we shall receive them as freemen, should slaves; we are ready to shed our blood in the cause of liberty. We are sixty thousand strong, and an over-match for millions in the pay of despotism! We request twenty thousand muskets, bayonets, hangers and cartridge boxes, with six hundred thousand cartridges."