A national exposition will be held in New York in 1883, under the auspices of the American Agricultural Association.

The anniversary of the 91st birthday of Peter Cooper was celebrated at his residence in New York Saturday evening.

Consul Shaw of Manchester again recommends technical schools in America. They are growing in favor in England.

Mrs. Crindle Reynolds, the spiritualist, who has been astonishing Brooklyn and New York with her seances, has been exposed.

Two explosions occurred in a colliery in the Rhondda valley, Wales, Saturday. Six persons were killed and two thousand were thrown out of employment.

THE WEATHER.WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 13, 1882, 1 A. M. For New England, warmer, cloudy, rainy weather, southerly winds, lower pressure.