The Lawrence strikers still remain firm, and show no signs of yielding.

A surprising upward tendency took place on the New York Stock Exchange market yesterday. It is believed that the movement is instigated by Vanderbilt.

At Windsor, England, the insane American student, Hare, has been acquitted of the charge of petty fraud, but has been detained as a person of unsound mind.

A jubilee of the Iroquois Club, containing the old-time Democrats of the West, was held at Chicago yesterday, in honor of the anniversary of Andrew Jackson's birth.

A terrific boiler explosion occurred at Lynn yesterday morning, by which Goodwin Bros.' shoe factory was entirely demolished, the surrounding buildings shattered and several lives destroyed. The catastrophe was undoubtedly caused by low water in the boiler.

Philip Walker of Paris, a member of the American electrical commission, recently created a knight of the Legion of Honor, offers a prize of $20 to any member of the senior class of the Chandler Scientific School at Dartmouth, for the best thesis on any subject in the department of physics.

In Congress yesterday debate continued on the Mississippi levee and postal bills. J. Russell Young was confirmed by the Senate as minister to China, and the report of the committee on appropriations investigating the alleged treasury abuses was submitted through its chairman, Mr. Alison. Many irregularities and false entries have been brought to light.

THE WEATHER.WASHINGTON, D. C., March 16, 1882 - 1 A. M. For New England, occasional light snow, partly cloudy weather and variable winds, lower barometer, stationary or slight rise in temperature.