Both houses of Congress used up another day on the tariff.

The executive council has decided to remove Warden Earle of the Massachusetts State Prison.

The Dominion Parliament was formally opened at Ottawa yesterday by the governor-general.

Hon. Wm. E. Dodge, Sr., of the firm of Phelps, Dodge & Co. of New York, died in that city yesterday.

Senator Hoar was too unwell to be at the Senate yesterday. His indisposition is merely temporary.

The President will give a reception to the members of both houses of Congress and their families on Tuesday evening next.

The waters of the Ohio River are receding, and no additional loss of property is reported, but business is still much retarded.

The indictment against Prince Napoleon has been quashed and the prisoner released. If the expulsion bill is rejected in the French Senate today the ministry will resign.

THE WEATHER.WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 10, 1. A. M. For New England, slightly colder fair weather, northerly to westerly winds, higher barometer.