Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-12-26

The New York News has ''private infor-
nation which warrants it in saying that Stephens.
the Irish Fenan, will not visit this country for some
time to come.
- Rev. DR.. T. j. Conant delivered dis
course last Sunday at Chicago, upon the necessity
and advantages of version of the English Scrip
lures. DIR. Conant is well known as having not long
since issued able revision of the book of job n
work highly interesting to scholars it is edifying
to Christians and is at present Chairman of the Com
mttee of Revision of the publications of the Amer-
can Bible Union.
"A verdict of two thousand dollars has
been rendered against one Crotty at Ottawa Ill., for
calling another a thief 1t seems that the plaintiff
had been tried charge of theft and acquitted.
Crotty still believing him to be guilty, so expressed
himself The line of defence in the SANDER suit was
justifcaton-in other words, Crotty attempted to
prove the theft which not proved before, and
failed. The case has been taken to the Supreme
Court.
"A desperate by the name of Coburn, who
had been sent to the penitentiary of Virginia some
six years ago. returned to his old neghborhood few
days ago armed to the teeth. He drove quiet cit-
zen from his home and took possession of the house
threatening to kill the first man that dared to molest
him. The sheriff of Preston county raised posse of
men and proceeded to the premises. The Desperate
opened fire on them and wounded one man, but was
finally driven from the house and shot dead.
The citizens of Fairfield county, Ohio,
propose to pay reward OF Sill for the apprehen-
sion of the person who. the night of the 7th inst
attempted the murder of the Welsheimer family.
This person. it was afterward discovered had been
watching the family for some time on the evening of
the 7th. He fired several shots at different members
of the family, seriously wounded and disabled the
father and son, and then made his escape. No mo-
tive is assigned for the deed, and clue has been
discovered to the perpetrator.
1t is said that Queen Victoria is to return
to public life. She will open the next session of Par
Lament in person. There will be drawing-rooms,
state balls, perhaps. Her Majesty means to give
eclat to the administration. The complaints of
fashionables and shop-keepers have reached the
throne. and the Prince and Princess of Wales are
not to be longer the centre of aristocracy The
Princess Helena is also to have a husband, Prince
Christian, of Augustenberg, who, as he has king
dom and no expectations, will reside in England,
like good son-in-law and take care of his mother.
-"Flowers are not trihes, as one might
know from from the care God has taken of them
every where's not one bearing the marks of brush
pencil. Fringing the eternal borders of mountain
winters grazing the pussless breast of the gray old
granite, everywhere they are harmonizing. Murder
ers do not ordinarily wear roses in their button
holes. Villains seldom train vines over cottage
doors.' And another adds. FLOWERS are for the
young and for the DID, for the and for the gay
for the living and for the dead-for all but the
guilty. and for the guilty when they are penitent."
"A paragraph has been travelling around,
stating that Dr. Blair. quiet, peaceable citizen OF
Corinth, Miss, had been killed by negro soldiers.
Capt C. Cown of the 10Sth C. l.. commanding that
post has corrected the statement. He says that on
the day of his death he was extremely noisy. and
most insulting to all soldiers whom he met that he
frequently expressed desire to kill some of them.
and used toward them the most offensive, filthy, and
profane language He was arrested under standing
orders, whereupon he drew revolver and attempted
to shoot the guard and while in the act Of taking aim
he was shot.