President Arthur is at St. Augustine, Florida.

Specie payments have been resumed by the Italian government.

Nihilistic documents are being scattered broadcast in St. Petersburg.

The Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise are to visit Boston.

An explosion in a French theatre at Revel, yesterday, resulted in a panic, attended with considerable loss of life.

The deadlock in the Georgia Legislature has at last been broken, and the Democrats have nominated Henry D. McDaniel for governor.

The physicians of New York tendered a dinner to Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes last evening, which was attended by many distinguished persons.

The Miragoane (Hayti) revolutionists defeated the government troops on the 27th and 31st ultimo and are apparently masters of the situation.

Dorman B. Eaton has satisfactorily explained the charges against the civil service commission in the matter of the employment of a stenographer.

The trial of Brady for the murder of Lord Cavendish and Under-Secretary Burke was continued at Dublin yesterday, the government concluding its testimony.

THE WEATHER.WASHINGTON, D. C., April 13, 1883, 1 A. M. For New England, light rains, followed by fair weather during the day, northeast and southeast winds, stationary or slight rise in temperature, rising followed by falling barometer.