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I oice, niw 6^l ^^ taken up a very menacing^
I ,w(idbuj n the feud)fills, lull iu @Moi our right
lAiug. m$ appearance, tog^^rth advices
I'iit fyty:interred,.Speedily and^vifoh^fiy to at
,Qir.lnduced our commadaramßtontici -
the design, » forming a :diate attack
Iform Mm 1 hrafaff or. a gauCT adion on,
frhe<kh, but tto igh a heavy cannonade and partial
■ Mt Ccks were kcpftup by our left and centre, which,
I. ^wicd the plum between Alkmaar and the hills,
|j^vas§tr fighgeompofed wholly of British, and
enawy's left, being entirely french, that bore
FJte.bru^ bfc the conte 11. In the former part of
§?'"day we were every where completely success-
y ut, drivingshe enemy before-tts beyond all the vil
of Egmont ; but about one o'clock the ene-.
rallied, and made, desperate Hand, by which
■they repulsed our advanced column, that Colonel
■ WDorald'^de reserve, ^djiwliich had, with un
■ daunted,ardour, pulhed on fob far beyond the
■main body to be immediately Supported ; tha^
I Dtps, therefore, lell back with lots, while the en
ffiemy attacked in lygn, and drove us as far asthey
I had beeh driven in the former jprt of the day.—
I Night now approaching; \flfefthey detached a
■ olumn,>vhich matched off-to the left, with the
■apparent design off effecting a coup de main on
■ Alkmaar ; but this hoflile column was soon check
■ed by the good countenance of Gen. Coote's bri
■aade, which had not as yet been engaged, but
|which, with the aid of some field-pieces and mofc
■ ,ars, soon made the enemy on that fide face about,
■and leave in our hands about 3000 prisoners.
■ “ Dark flight had now rendered objects 110 lon
flger virile, save from the monrehmry Hallies ot the
cannon and fire-arms, which, extending along the
■ contour of the hills, and running in various direc
, lions on the plain, produced an effect Angularly
9 a nd terrible. It was not till nine at night that the
■tiring entirely ceased. It rained iKeffantly all the
■evening, during which, and in the night, the army
■differed exceffite hardships, having neither cover-
Hing, food, nor liquors, and the wounded lying all
■ night on the ground, exposed to the inclemency of
Ithe weather. Our loss in this action wasyery con
fl tiderable, the official particulars of which you have
I no doubt ere this received."
HOLLAND.
-HAGUE', OCT. 3. #
1 in the firft chamber the P„fident communicated,
I yesterday, q letter the Minister tor Foreign Affairs
■had received from Florent Guyot, the French mi
■ aifter, announcing a Signal victory gained by the
■French arms of the Danube over the Austrians and
■Ruffians. 1
Another letter was communicated to the cham
■ber from tlie Cummiffioners of the Directory at
■ Haarlem, containing as follows :
■ “ Citizens Directors,
'' This morning, at five o'clock, the enemy at
■ tacked our advanced polls; at eight the action
■ was general and very obflinate. We have a great
■ many killed and wounded ; till this afternoon, at
I five o'clock, we were in the mod painful uncer
■tainty, till Citizen Knipfchaar, of Delfi, arrived
■ here from Beverwy-ck, where the head quarters
■ re Bill ; he has assured us positively that the En
fclifh have been beaten and driven beyond Egmont
■up- Zee, and that we have taken a great many En
■ giilh and Ruffian prisoners, who are in the Church
■of Beverwyk.
■ “ This morning,at nine o'clock, we law a great
■ many wounded ot the two firft battalions rtf the
■ firfl half brigade arrive there, who behaved brave
■ Lastly, the president read the following official
■tetter from General Brune to the Directory.
“Head-Quarters Beverwyk, (Xt.^'
■ 3'CITIZEN DIRECTORS, g
■ “ Tforefaw that the retrograde position we had
I taken would deceive -the enemy ; he attacked us
■ this day. The action lalted from Seven in the
■ morning till eight in the evening. The enemy is
■ driven back and pursued as far as Egmont. We
■ have taken eleven pieces of cannon, 150.0 Ruffian
■ and English are prisoners. The number of killed
■is considerable, but particularly of the Ruffians.—
■ The Batavian Generals Bonbomme and Vichery
Imerited encomiums and the National guards of
■Rotterdam, who were in the heat of the action,
■ nd behaved like veterans.
(Signed) <'BRUNE."
BERNE, OCT. 8.
■ The Cmmifary ,of the Government , Theyler, to the l
Executive Directory of the Helvetic Republic.
Glacis, 13th Vendemaire, sth Oft.
“ Citizens Direfters,
■ “ I have a;laft the pleasure to communicate to
■ ou the agreeable news that the Ruffians, after
1 giving fufoined a very severe defeat in the Mus
■ lenthal, have retreated with the remains of their
ffarmy by the Felonthal towards Glarus. But this
■ morning they were again attacked by the French,
well as those polled at Neuth?l; thay were a-q
Ifain completely beaten, and put entirely to rout.
■ The wrecks of this fugitive army have retreated
■into tlie Grifons by the Kloptbal, beyopri d'Elam,
I where the victorious French pursue them so closely
[that few will escape. In the affair of yesterday
■ the Ruffians loft some thousands in killed, wound-
I?d, and prisoners, and to day the French have a-
Igin made 1200 prisoners near Glarus, and killed
lagreat number of them. At Glarus there are
|ubo wounded Ruffians, and 600 at Mutten. e
Among the dead is a Gen. of Cossacks, with
I several officers of the Staff.-—I he Ruffian Commif-
Ifyy has likewise been taken, with the military
■ chefl, a great quantity of baggage, aboiirsoo horfesl
Ifound near the lake of Klouthal, and several mules
1 latten with flour. There arc pkewtfe ftfirre Auf-
Itrian officers and soldiers amopg the prisoners.—
[The inhabitants of the cantohfori this occasion re-
I gained tranquil, and none of them were to be
I found in the enemy's army. . On the contrary,ma
, of them acted as guides to the French in the
1 mountains. I hope ton to be able to inform you
I of new victories, and the evacuation of this can
!cl^don, oct. 18. ;
-Napper Tandy and his affuciktes are hourly ex
pgfted at the Nore ; they were put on board the
Zenophori-frigate the 15th ipo. tut oTg to con
trary Winds the vessel did n^t fail from Hamburgh
till the 12th..
A mod curious fad is announced to the politi
cal world, in confeqnence of,he reverse of rfor
rune which the Coalesced Powers , have fuft,i,l,
ind the jealonfies by which they are convulsed.—,
It has been declared by the Court ot Vierfna, and
rhelmperial Ministers inever, country have age
{to -vow the declaration, that the meagre of ,
retirement of" Prince Charles and his (taff fro,-
Switzerland was not merely contrary to the wjh.
4 ofthe Austrian Military Conned, but was abfo
fey forced upon them 'by the importunities of
the emperor or Kugia, feconued by the Minister
of his Britannic Majefly. Nothing would Satisfy
. the Emperor Paul, but to give the chief command
of the armies in Switzerland to 'Suwarrow. Ac
cording to military etiquette, that Prince Charles
Should continue with the army to yield the place
of commander in Chief to this redoubled hero.—
Tlie Austrian Minifler at St. Peteffburgh remon-
Jlrated tyainft the proposition but in vlin. I&uas
made an iudifpenlible point by Rudia, orfotyks
Supported in it by England, and the confeqoegse
h*s bee^he total defeat ot the allied armies! 1
As emy idea ot the conquest of Holland and
the co^^uent reiphatemeift of the Stadtholder is
abandoned by Govemment, we underhand that
our brave'tars are to deceive their full Share of
priztymoney on account of the Dutch fleet, which
was^iginally taken pofleflion offor the Stadthol-
Domestic Intelligence.
^pngreffional proceedings
ON THE DE^TH OF
General WASHINGTON.
PHILADELPHIA, DEC.2±
THE U. s: SENATE -
Yesterday sent the following Letter ofcondolence
to tlie President, by'a Committee of its Me*&rs,
to which th< President returned the anue&,ty,an
fwdr.,' -"
TO T4IE
PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES.
The Senate of the •United States refpeltfully
take leave, Sir, to express to yon their deep re
gret for the loss their country sustains in the death
of General GEORGE WASHINGTON.
This event so distressing to all our fellow citi
zens, mutt be peculiarly heavy to you, who have
long been afiuci^fr with him in deeds of patriot -
ism. Permit us, hr, to mingle our tears with
yours : on this occasion it is manly to weep. To
lufe such a man at such a crisis is no common ca
lamity to the world : onr country mourns her fa
ther. The Almighty disposer of human events
has taken from us'bur greatest benefactor and or
nament. It becomes us to submit with reverence
to him, who “ makelldarknefs his Pavilioi,
With patriotic piide we review the life of our
WASHINGIPN, and compare him with those of
other countries who have been preeminent in fame
Ancient and mog rn names are diminished before
him. Greatness and guilt have too often been al
lied ; ^ut ;his fame i^ whiter than it is brilliant.
Tlie destroyer's of nations flood abashed at the ma
jesty of his virtue/ It reproved the intemperence
of their ambition and darkened the splendor of
victory. The Scene is closed, and we are no long
er anxious least misfortune Should fully his glory ;
he has travelled on to the end ot his journey, and
carried with him an encreafing weight ofhonour;
he has deposited it fafely, where misfortune can
nor tarnihi it, where malice cannot blast jr. Fa
voured of Heaven, he departed without exhibiting
the weakness ofhumanity /magnanimous in death,
the darkness of the grave could not obfeure his
brightness..
Such was the man whom we deplore. Thanks
to God, his glory is consummated ; WASHING
TON yet lives on earth in his spotless example—
his Spirit is in Heaven.
Let his countrymen consecrate the memory of
the heroic genefeL, the patriotis Slatefinan, and the
virtuous fage 4 :' let them teach their children never
to forget that the fruits lui labours, and hisraam
pie are their inheritance.\
PRESIDENT'S ANSWER,
Gentlemen of the Senate,
I receive with the mod refpeftful and affection
ate Sentiments, in this impressive address, the ' o
bliging exprellions of your regret, for th>lofs our
country has futlained, in the Death of her mott es
teemed, beloved and admired Citizen.
In the multitude of my thoughts and recollec-,
tioiis, on this melancholy event, "you will permit
me only to Say, that 1 have seen him in the days
of Adversity, in fume of the Scenes of his deepest
diSlrHs and 410 ft trying perplexities ; I have also
attended him 111 his highest elevation and mod
prosperous felicity ; with uniform admiration vil
his wisdom, moderation and constancy,
A Among all our original aflociates in that Me-I
morable League of the Continent in 1774, vdell
first exprefled the Sovereign Will ofalrce Na 1
lion in America, he was the only one r-inuring I
in the General Government. Although with a 1
constitution more enfeebled than his, at ?n age
when he thought it necessary to prepare for re
tirement, I feel inySelt alone, bereaved of my last
brother; yet I derive a Strong confoiation from
the unanimous difpolition, which appears in all
ages aud classes, to mingle their fofrows with mine,
on this common calamity to the world.
The life of our WASHINGTON cannot Stiffer
by a comparison with those of other countries,
Who have been molt celebrated and exalted by
Fame. The attributes and decorations of Royal
ty, could have only Served to eclipse the Majesty
of those virtues, which made him, from being a
modest citizen, a more resplendent luminary.
Misfortune, had he lived, could hereafter have^
Bullied his glory only w,th the fuperficial minds,
who, believing that characters and actions are
marked by fucctf alone, rarely deserve to enjoy it.
Malice could never blafl his honor, and Env, made ,
him a fmgular exception to her uniyerfal rule.
For hinifelf he had liv£h@wtitoto life and to
glory. For his fellow-citizensTiF their pr^ers *
could have been answered, he would, have been
immortal, [pr me, his departure is at amoftun,
fortunate moment. Trusting however, in the
wife and righteous dominion of Providence pver
the paeons of men, and the results of their coun
cils and actions, as well as over their Lives, no
thing relit,us tor me, but humble resignation. 7
His example is now complete, and it will teach
wisdom and virtue to Majiftrates, Citizens and
nien, not only in'the present age, but in future ,
generations, as Long as our History Shall be read.
If a Trojan,found a Pliny, a Marcus Aurelius can
n/ver want Biographers, ijulpgift or ffiftorim
JOHN ADAMS.
United States, December 92d 1799.
Yesterday in the House of Re^refentatives, Mr.
Marshall made a report in part in from the joint
committed appointed to c,ifider a suitable mode
of commeinbra! 1 , the dffltli of General WASH
UNGTON.W
It He Reported the following refohitjons:
ERe/olved by the Senate 'ra^HbuJe of Reprefenta
Fives of the United States fee \nerica in Congress
4fembled, That a Marble)fJ%nment be erre&ed
by the United State, at the capit ^of the City W@Jh
ington, and that the family ot General WASH
INGTON be requested to permqfyis body to be.
deposited under it, and that the monument be So
designed as to commemorate the great events of
his military and political life
Andbe it further Rejoiced, That there bq a fu
neral proceflion from Congress Hall, to the Gei
m.m Lutheran church, in memory of General
GEORGE WASHINGTON, on i hurfday, the
26th inst. and that an Oration be prepared at the
request of Congress to be delivered before both
Honfesthat day ; and that the President of the
Senate, and Speaker of the House of Representa
tives, be delired to request one of the members of
Congress to prepare and deliver the fame.
Andie it farther Rejoiced, That it be recom
mended to the people of the. United Stales, to
wear crape on their left arm as mourning, for
thirty days.
Aud be it further Refolded, That the President
be requested to duell a copy of these refolu^oas
to be transmitted to Mrs. Washington, afluriug
her of the profound refpett Congress will ever
bear to het person and character, of their condo
lence on the late effeftihg dispensation ot provi
dence, and entreating her assent to the interment
of the remains of Gen. WASHINGTON ill the
manner expressed in the first refoldtion. - 4
AnQ be it farther Refolded, That the President
be requeued to issue his proclamation, notifying
to the people throughout the United States, the
recommendation contained in the third refuta
tion.
These resolutions palled both Houses ananimoty'-
ly.
FUNERAL PROCtySSON. . ;
It is requested b, .ne c^n^^'m f arrange
ment on the part of both Huufes of Congrefs,that
the Clergy r r he City, the Heads of departments,,
and other , ' ers ofthe Government ot he Unit
ed States, the Judicary of the United States, the
Members of the Society of the Cincinnati, the Of
ficers of the Army and Navy, and the chief offi
cers of the Masonic Lodges, would assemble on
Thursday next, at 11 o'clock, at theCongreis-hall,
in order to attend the Funeral Ptoceffiou appoint
ed for that day.
GENERAL ORDERS.
In obedience to the directions of the President,
the following funeral honors will be paid at the
feveraj Stations of the army.
At day break Sixteen guns will be fired in quick
succession, and one gun at the distance of each half
hour till fun Set.
During die procession of the troops to the place
representing that of the interment and until the
conclusion of the ceremonial, minute guns Shall be
fired.
The bier will be received by the troops formed
in line, preferring their arms ; and the officers,
drums and colars saluting ; after this the procef-
Sion will begin ; the troops marching by platoons,
in inverted order, and with arms reversed to the
place of interment—the drams muffled, and the
mutic playing a dead march.\
The bier carried by tour fearjeants, and attend
ed by Six pall bearers, where, thefeis cavalry, will
be proceeded by the cavalry and will be followed
by tlie troops on foot. Where there is 110 caval
ry, a detachment ofinfahtry will precede thetier,
which itfelf will in every case be precceded by such
of the clergy as may be present. The officers of
the general Staff will immediately succeed the
bier.
Where a numerous body of citizens Shall be unit
ed with the military in the procession, the whole
of the troops will precede the bier, which will then
be fallowed by the citizens.
When arrived near the place of interment the
procession will halt. The troops in front of the
bier will form in line, and opening their ra^ks
will face inwards, to admit the pailage of the
bier, which will then pass through the ranks, the
troops, leaning on their arms reversed while the
bier passes. When the bier Shall have palled, the
troops will resume their position in line, and re
verfingtheir ar ms will remain leaning upon them
until the ceremonial Shall he doled.
Tlie muSic wiil now perform a foiertih air, af
ter w hich the introductory part of this order Shall
be read. (This part we were obligee to omit.).
At the end of this, a detachment 01 infantry ap
pointed for tlie purpose will advance and lire 3
Allies over the bier. The troops will then re-1
turn ; the malic playing the President's march, the
Idrrur ,p r evjoully unmuffled. ',
I' The uniform companies of militia are invited,l
to join in arms the volunteer corps.
IThe commanders at particular Stations, con-1
I forming generally to this plan, will make fuchex-1
I ceptions as will accommodate it to Situation. At I
I places where procellions of m^rmed citizens Shalll
I take place, it islbe with of the Major-General that I
I th? military ceremonial Should be united. And |
particular commanders at hofc places are author-|
ized to vary the plan, so a, to adapt it to the cir-I
nt dances..
The day ofyerfi>rmh,g tie ceremonial at each |
Nation, is left to the parar?ar commander.
PI ~LIP CHURCH,
Aid-de-camp.
PHILADELPHIA, DEC. 21. 1
Ctiumplj of Democracy
ON Tsefday last THOMAS M'KEAN the fuccefl-|
full candidate for the office of Governor of Penn- I
Sylvania, was inducted into office to the great joyl
of theßepublicans present—who evinced those ten- I
fations by dedicating the day to feftivity, songs, I
and mirths
Several members ofboth houses of the Generall
Aflembly,joined by a large number of the moll I
respectable characters la this borough for virtuel
and talents, having resolved upon giving our
present Governor as coridal a meeting after his I
entering upon the duties of his new office as it is I
was iin their power to offer; invited him to din-I
ner at the house of Leonard Eichholtz. The
long room in that building was haudfomely oria I
mented; pavillion formed of feStoons of laurel en-I
doling the Eagle, which is the crest of the arms of I
this State; holding the sword and fairs of Justice I
in its tinnier talon, and the olive of peace in his I
dexter ; fin-mounting a circle wherein was dis-I
fplay<d the fasces, the cap of LIBERTY, arrows I
and other trophies.—hr the front of tl:is payillion I
fat on an elevated feat the Pfetidentwf the com-|
pany, Isaag 'WxaveK, Speaker of the house of|
Representatives; on his right hand the Governor of I<
the State THOMAS M'KEAN, on his Rft, Benja-I
min Say, Senator from the Philadelphia Dillricf, f
from each end of the table, and in front* of these I
diftinguiflied citizens two other fables were ex-|
tended the whole length of tlie room, which ter- Ii
urinated at the Space appointed to contain The I<
band of music engaged -fo§ the otcafion—Peter I,
Fraily, member of the House of representatives I
was cliofen Vtee-Prefidetß/ond the company con-|
Sifted beside th6 Secretary of flic Communweakh, r
Secretary of the. Senate, feds of departments,|
ipemberfr QfCongrcfy mid pGifyfa, from vari : fc
oils pares of ihiflbte^wiw came to town lo
juice with their bellow citizens._ ,
An elegant dinner was Served up ^ 4 o'clock}
and tlte company were so numerous/ that an
joining"room vas found neceffarx ^OTe prepare
for their accommodation, and iflMhis fmaHer
room upwards of 60 persons dined, which ma)
serve to give an idea us the number of tins telti
tive circle—After dinner the fallow ing toads were
given by the President and drank w ith unanimity
and applause by all prelent.
I. The day. Let it be honoured by republican
men, as the triumph of republican principles.
2. The people of the United States. May they
never acknowledge any other sovereign than the
iausand yield obedience to 110 other will than
their awu.l
3. The date of Pennfyfvania, May (he become
diltinguifhed for her republicanism, as She is fa
her humane institutions, and each successive Oft.
furnish anottier jubilee for freemeq.
4. The press, the fun of political treedon. May
its light be Enre, universal, >ud inextinguishable.
5. The niilitia. Every man to defend his coun
try ; Not one to enllave ir.
6. The rights of eledicn. May its exercise in
cessantly display the virtue and fevereignty of she
people ; and may those who attempt to abridge
it, be considered traitors.
7. The Prefiderf and Mongrels of the Unitied
Stales ;- —the representatives 0! the people.
8 The Vice-President of the United State/;
the man of the people.l
9. Tit liras Mfitin, L.e Lie goveror of Pen&
10. George WaShi^tmi, the late* comm/bu^r
in chief of the revolutionary army of the United
, States.
1.. The Slate 0; M^Lchufetu.—When fye - e,ps
-for Pennsylvania, may her tears be tears ot jo ,
and not these of disappointment arid despair at
the triumph of Virtues
12% Our. Sifter, the French Republic. May her
misfortunes be leffuns of w ddom and modcraticn
and her late triumphs over tyrants, be the prelude
to a happy reconciliation between rhe fwu Re
publics.
13. Our twin-Sifter, Virginia ;- —distinguished
for her talents and love of liberty. May her ex
ample be emulated throughout the United States.
14. The juditary of the U. States. May the
Condtyition and the laws, and not Advice aid
Requell, be the immutable c& of their decisions.
Alas, poor Robbies !.''
15. The trial by jury. A Speedy reform in the
mode of returning jurors, th@t it may become a
fubllantial protection to the innocent, and be a
terror to none but Evil Doers.
- 16. Knowledge, the firmed basis of Republican
ism. May every citizen be made capable of un
derstanding his rights, and he will require, no
Standing Army to protest them.
VOLUNTEERS.
After the Govenor had retired.
By Isaac Weaver.—Thomas M'Keanphe man of
our choice.
By Timothy Matlock Pitt and all his pr< jffls,
until he has pledged the daft Shilling of every fool
and knave in Britain—the infallible means of
peace to the world.
By H. H. Brackeuhridge# The establishment
of the French in Egypt.
Nathaniel Boileau—Maffena, the hero of Swit
zerland, may he Shortly announce to the Frehch
Directory—Lo ! Suwarrow is here to pay his
humble devoirs to the executive of le grand na
tion. -
■ Dd.—The Germans of Pennsylvania the firm
T supporters of Republics nifm. ^
In the evening a number of citizens assembled in
I the front of the tavern, with lighted tapers in their
I han±, immediately a procession Was formed, an
I adviced corps of torcii lights in front followed
I by the music, which confided of a Bench horn,
I clarionets, hautboys, fifes and drums, then Citi
I zens with lights.
I A Chinese illuminated ianthorn with these in-
I fcriptions on its fries.
I The united Republicans of 1799,
I The Republican committees of Pennsylvania.
A corps of citizens with tapers. An oval trataf-
Iparent vase, inferibed., : r\
RepublicamJfrh triumphant,
I Thomas MEean,goz^nor, 3th of 01. 1799, 5394
I majority.
I Then a corps of Citizens with tapers. Another
I illuminated chinefe lamp inscribed,-
I Liberty and the Coufitution,
I Thobnas fefferfon, 1776.
I A corps of torch lights terminated the procef
I fion. Ibis Republican legion continues pro-
Imenading anckferenading tire refpettable charatt
I ers who had.joined in the fedivity of the day arid
I having fe let thelr lights Shine before them that
I others feeing their good works, already begin to
glorify them.—They retired to their homes, re
joicing in the pfofjjett of the future happiness of
this country, under the admioidtaion of an ufo;
right aud veteran republican.
, PHILADELPHIA, BTC. 18.;
On Saturday ended the trial of Dr. Beifemin
Rush against William Cobbet, on an action for
Slander, in the Supreme Court of this date. The
Council oh the Side of the Plainnff were Jof. Hop
kinfon, Moles Levy, Wm. Lewis, and Jared Inger
fol, Esquires. The Council for Win. Cobbet were
Wm. Rawle, Robert G. Harper, and Edw. Tilgh
man, Esquires. The pleadings on both Sides were
lengthy, ingenious, and eloquent. The charge of
the President of tlie Court, Judge Shippro, Vlas
elegant, Sensible, and pointed upon the doctrine ol
libels, and the liberty of the press. It was con
eluded by a bold and decided opinion that the
damages in the case before the court Should be lib
eral and exemplary, life Jury, after an abfenre
oftwo hours, brought inn verdict in favor of the
Plaintiff of Five Thousand Dollars, The Satisfac
tion of a numerous arid crouded audience, upon
hearing the verdid of the Jury, was expressed in
a mapper (unprecedented in the courts of this city)
by a sudden and universal clapping of haiils.
By the above important and just decilion of an
enlightened and honed Jury, the precious and in
eSlimable property of character it rendered feciirt
in Pennsylvania; the fnergy of our government,
encl the benefits of law. are difplafedj and public
encouragement is held out for Citizens of ev@r,
description to appeal to LAW for the defense of
their innocence, and ite bappinefs and ,eace of
their families, instead of reforiiog to brutal vipy
lence, or to the disproportioned injury of tire
crime of murder by duelling, in order to punish
defamation.
The following is Judge Shippen' sCharge upon
this occasion—,
GENTLEMEN,
THIS is an aftion bro't by the Plaintiff againfl
the Defendant, for writing, printing, and publish
ing, divers fcandatous libels, to defame and vitity