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Show The cabinet was in session some two I hours to-day, with business of more than ; ordinary importance before iL. j The senate arms committee concluded ' the examination of colonel Crispin, arid adjourned till Monday, when Squires will be examined. The cosLom house committee to-day examined special treasury agent FranJi Howe. He testiiied at length with regard re-gard to the working of the system when charges were niado against merchants of fraud. There had oeen fifteen cases of seizures of books and papers since he had been in orEce, but he had never compromised cases, he had no power to do so. The committee adjourned. Sell oal. home Burned. Boston, 15. The Harvard school-house, school-house, at Charlestown, was burned tbis afternoon, with a loss of $40,OOU. At the Lime tho building took iire, o3J children were in it, but by the presence of mind of the teacher they escaped. Some were considerably injured in the rush, but none seriously. Kenr YorkLntcUlgcii.ee. New York, 15. The State assembly has adopted the senate Erie bill. This includes the amendment prohibiting the directors of the A. and Great Western becoming directors of the Erie. Jay Gould has resigned as director of the Krie road, and his resignation is accepted. ac-cepted. The judiciary committee continued the investigation of the charges against judge Barnard. Among the witnesses wss Jay Gould, who testified that the accusations of corruption against Barnard, Bar-nard, in tho Frio suits, were unfounded. Monetary and Stocks. New York, 15. Gold firmer; governments govern-ments firm; stocks generally higher, Erie leading and advancing to 443. The market closed steady. V. U. T., "li; W. F., 75i; Pacific Mail, Oil; Quicksilver, Quicksil-ver, 35 5-8 London, 15. Consols, 92i, account. |