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Show 1 1 X U it F 1 0 . A L. StUATE. A Btimber of memorials and bills were presented, and the senate then took np ihe calendar, which occupied the remainder of the session. HOCSE. Ramsey, colored, I'rom the 4th South Carolina district, was tworn iu. A number of bills were introduced and appropriately referred. The House pas.-cd, by a vote of 1 j" lo 25, a till repealing the civil tenure of efhee act Banks presented a resolution on St. Domingo, and moved the previous question. The House refused to second sec-ond tiie previous question by sixty-six to eiphty-two, and Cox moved to lay the resolution on the table. Alter a long and acrimonious. din cussion, a bill was intro.l od by Logan abolishing the offici ' st .', Imiral and ice Admiral, whl . f . vd under suspensi ui of the ii.ls.-s n;.hout division. divi-sion. The House refused to table the San Domingo ret.olution, b 67 to 117, and it was referred t the committee on c.,..: n .: .....i. iois:ij;i4 anana, nuu auiuoriiy 10 report at any time after giving live days notice no-tice o the House. The House passed a concurrent resolution, res-olution, for the recess ot Congress from Thursday, tha 22ud ot December, to Wednesday, January 4th. The House adopted, by a vole of 161 to 3, Kelly's resolution, abolishing the internal revenue system, except as to whiskey and tobacco; unit reierred to the committee of nas and means the resolution offered by Cox, for revenue rev-enue reform. |