such evidence of implied malice in them, can be brought to prove express malice in the publication of the charged libel in the first count. I am against the motion. _Mr. Key_, for the United States, then offered to prove the publication by the defendant of the libels stated in the first, second, and third counts, _by proving the following facts_, viz: that a large collection of libels, and among them several copies of those charged in those counts, with the words "_read and circulate_" in his handwriting, were found upon the traverser--that he undertook to account for their being in his possession, and gave untrue and contradictory accounts--that he acknowledged that he had brought here those then shown to him, being the same now in court, and that they comprehended all he brought here, except about a dozen; and that prior to the traverser's arrest sundry similar publications had been privately sent to various persons in this District by some unknown person or persons in this District. After arguments which occupied nearly the whole of Saturday, in which the counsel on both sides displayed great learning and ingenuity, _The Court_ delivered the opinion that the Attorney for the United States may give evidence of the publication, in this District, of any copies of the libels charged in the first and second counts of the indictment. That if he shall have given any evidence tending to show such a publication here, he will be permitted to show that other copies of the same libels were found in the possession of the defendant. He may then give evidence that a certain number of papers or pamphlets were found in the possession of the defendant, together with the copies of the libels charged, and of the publication of which in this District, he shall have given evidence; but he will not be permitted to give in evidence to the jury the contents of any of the papers other than those charged as libels in this indictment, unless such other papers have relation to the libels charged in the indictment, and would not in themselves be substantive ground of prosecution. He may then give evidence to the jury of any confessions or acknowledgments made by the defendant in relation to any of the matters charged in the indictment. _The District Attorney_ then put in evidence as follows, to show that the prisoner had many similar libels in his possession, and that others were distributed throughout the District.