The Portland daily press., 1866-04-03
ORIGINAL AND SELECTED.

EB The Norwegian Parliament has lust yo-
ted considerable sum for the construction of
electric telegraphs in the north of its kingdom
GB- Glover Brougheon, Esq, the veteran
town clerk of Marblehead, has transcribed the
town records of about two hundred years into
new volumes. The number of names written
in transcribing births, marriages and deaths is
more than sixty thousand.
q va A nun of the order of St Theresa has
just been married to barrister of Secli
Sicily. ~ ~. lasi 4 :
1.-THE Oldest stove, probably, in the Uni
ted States, is one which warns the hall of Viz
gima's Capitol in Richmond. 1t was made in
England, and sent to Virginia in ITO, and
warmed the House of Burgesses for sixty
years before it was removed to its present loca-
ton, where it has been for thirty years. 1t has
survived three BRUSH mIonaI chs; l.au--hee,,
contemporaneous with four kingly monarchies
two republics and two imperial governments OF
France. The great Republic of America has
been torn by internecine strife, tae breaches
partly healed, and still the old stove remains
unmoved in the midst of all.
i De John Van Buren, in a recent speech in
SPNNoj SS.AAAs3 esApCA LIE example OF
Cromwell in dissolving the Rump Parliament
exclaimed of the u. S. Congress "Such a
body as that, I. say, is an illegal, unconstitu-
tlonal assemblage. tits IN point Of laao a mob
and in my Judgment the Mayor of Washing
ton neglects his duty every day in not dispers-
ing them as such" What do men mean b.,
holding such language as this? ~.
DB- The Washington dispatch of tho Bos-
ton Adrertiser says the advices from New Jer-
sey are more favorable than the published
dispatches from that State would seem to indi-
cate, Private letters and dispatches received
from there yesterday and to-day say that the
senatorial question wilI'be decided on Wednes-
day without doubt, and that it will result in
the election of an out and-out Republican. The
indications are thatit will be Mr. A. G. Cattell
of Camden. Mr.. Scovels friends protest that
he is not working in the interest of the opposi-
ton. bIo.l0 as t,,ai9.fa. !. ! .'5e.,F. H. ..sa9
B The Cincinnati Commercial says
Whatever we may desire, whatever the Presi-
dent may labor for, however ardei3tly he, and
all who think with him, may wish for proclaim
ed peace throughout all the States, it will not
be proclaimed until it be settled beyond doubt
that all men can travel from one end. of the
country to the other, free to express their DO
litical opinions, and without being prosecuted
and;hupted down because they have fought I'M
der the flag of the Union" @s4ss -ss
ER-The Rev. DR.. Thompson, Regius Pro
fessor of Greek in the University of Cambridge
Eng, will succeed the late DR.. Whewell as
Master Of Trinity College. ~ 1000
4 EAf-A new member Of the English House Of
Commons, who had aslow and hesitating voice.
recently undertook to debate the cattle plague
bill. and astonished the House by saying :aI'ye
had the rinderpest' latter the burst of laughter
which followed, the member was permitted to
continue. ION. my farm" which considerably
changed the aspect of affairs as
4 GB-An American student, Francis A. Chan
ming Of Boston, has lately taken an Arnold
prize at Oxford, Eng, for an English essay.
The prize amounts to 500, and is open to all
Oxford graduates OF, less than eight years
standing.