In the Senate yesterday a petition was presented for the admission of Dakota as a State.

The remains of John Howard Payne were shipped from Tunis yesterday for this country.

The accounts of the State treasurer of Tennessee are $400,000 short, and that officer has absconded.

President Arthur will give his first cabinet banquet next Wednesday evening, and General Grant will be one of the guests.

The rolling, knitting and pilot mills in Cohoes, N. Y., were destroyed by fire yesterday morning, the property loss aggregating $600,000.

The Rev. Dr. H. H. Jessup has declined the Persian mission to which he was recently appointed and confirmed, because he cannot speak the Persian language.

The principal naval powers of the world will send war ships to Honolulu. at the coronation of King Kalakaua. It is rumored that a revolution may result from his again assuming power in the islands.

THE WEATHER.WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 6, 1. A. M. For New England, cloudy weather, with light snow, winds mostly northeasterly, stationary or higher temperature, generally lower pressure.