Skip Skip PETITIONS and MEMORIALS. The PRESIDENTpro tm are presented the memorial of Dr. Hen? Cloii, late veterinary surgeon in the U.S. Army, representing that he has had large experience in the treatment of the disease known as rinderpest, or cattle plague, and that he is in possession of a reliable means of cure, and also ofapowerful preventive to the spread of the disease, and tendering his services wherever they may be required in arresting the progress thereof; which was referred to the ComAg., Mr. WILSON presented the petition of Sewall H. Fessen en, and others, who represent that the y were the owners of the schooner William Carleton, which, when sailing down the Chesapeake on her way to Sandwich, Massachusetts. with a cargo of coal, was run into by the U.S. steam ram Stonewall and destroyed, and proin for compensation for the loss sustained by the estruction of the vessel; which was referred to the ComClaims. Mr. SUMNER. I present the petition and memorial of citizens of the U.S and of the State of Pennsylvania, representing liter ary and learned societies of that State, in which they set forth that it is desirable that every reasonable facility be furnished to the several historical societies and public libraries of the U.S. to enable them to increase the number of their books, pam hlets, and histor ical papers; that the present law which requires the person who sends documents and papers to such societies to prepay the postage, tends greatly to diminish donations; and that many of the papers and documents referred to. although O an ephemeral character, are yet important as historical memorials, and should be preserved. These petitioners, therefore, pray Congress to modify the existing laws, so as to permit postage on papers, documents, and books forwarded to the societies above named to be paid on delivery; and they further pray that the present rate of postage charged on such aers and documents be reduced 50%. heibw the present charges to such societies. This petition and memorial, as it is called, is signed by J. Francis Fisher, president of the Philadelphia Atheneum; 1. Morris Perot, president of the Mercantile Library Company of Philadelphia; W. E. Whitman, secretary of the Library Company of Philadelphia; Howard Malcolm, resident of the Baptist Historical Society; oseph R.ingersoll, president of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and several others. I move its reference to the ComPostOffices. The motioh was agreed to. Mr. HOWARD presented the petition of Mrs. Jane D. Brent, praing to be allowed a pension; which was reerred to the ComPensions. Mr. CHANDLER presented a petition of citizens of Michigan, praying for a reduction of the tax on stoves; which was referred to the ComFinance. He also presented a petition of citizens of Michigan, praying for agrant of land for the construction of a railroad from Saginaw to some ioint on Lake Michigan, in the direction of ay de Noquette and in the Grand Traverse region; which was referred to the ComPubLands. Mr. LANE, of Indiana, presented the petition of William A. Phillips, late commanding officer of the Indian brigade, and others, praying for a bounty for the men of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Indian regiments, under the act of July 22, 1861; which was referred to the ComMilAffrs . Mr.MORGAN presented the petition of the Bisho Gutta Percha Company, of the city of NewYork, praying for an increase of the duty on all manufactured insulated telegraphic or electric wires or cables used for telegraphic or other purposes; which was referred to the ComFinance. Mr. COWAN presented the petition of J. A. Boyer, Andrew Robinson, and others, and the petition of Henry Jordan, John Sherrick, and others, of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, and the petition of J. B. Finlay, Jo n W. Roney, and others, of Armstrong county, Pennsylvania, praying for an increase of the duty on imported wool; which were referred to the ComFinance. He also presented the etition of Massey, Collins 8: 00., Thomas J. Martin, and others, brewers of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, praying for a reduction of the duty on barle imported from Canada and the other Britis Provinces in North America; which was referred to the ComFinance. PAPERS WITHDRAWN and REFERRED. On motion of