Skip Skip PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. Mr. SUMNER presented ten memorials of manufacturers of wool and constructors of burring machines, remonstrating against an extension of the letters patent of Stephen R. Parkhurst, dated May 1, 1845, and now expired; which were referred to the ComPatents and the Patent Office. He also presented the memorial of Robert Carter, and 71 others, colored citizens of NewBedford, Massachusetts, remonstrating against the admission of Nebraska as a State with a constitution which disfranchises citizens on account of color; which was ordered to lie on the table. Mr. SUMNER. I also offer the petition of loyal citizens of Arkansas, in which they ask Congress to declare the unrecognized government of Arkansas abolished and of no effect, and to confer upon the loyal persons of the State the powers of the government; and they further il. Congress to declare the 26 States now represented as entitled to legislate for the whole country, as it devolved upon those States to maintain the integrity of the whole country by force of arms, and also to declare, in accordance with this oil. the pending constitutional amendment ratified, by a sufficient number of States, and therefore parto of the Constitution. Concur: ring, as I do, most, sincerely in the prayer of these petitioners, I hope that the committee to whom it shall be referred will take it into early consideration. It seems to me, sir, that congress owes it to the country to bring, forward or to present some practical scheme by which these sham governments in the rebel States shall be superseded. They should be treated as null and void. That is the prayer of this petition, and I hope the committee will act upon it. I move its reference to the JtComReconstruction. The motion was agreed to, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. I present a me morial of citizens of Elizabeth, NewJersey, praying that that city be made a port of entry, and that an appropriation be made for the 5urpose of erecting a suitable building there or the accommodation of the customhouse, postoffice, collector and assessor of internalrevenue, and for holding the Federal courts; and I will simply add that the growing importance of that city commends this memorial to the favorable consideration of the Senate. I move that it be referred to the ComCommerce. The motion was agreed to. Mr. EDMUNDS presented the memorial of G. W. Harding & Co., proprietors of the Lud low Woolen Mills, Ludlow, Vermont, and the memorial of Holmes, Whitmore & Co., manufacturers, of Springfield, Vermont, remonstrating against the extension of the letters patent of Stephen R. Parkhurst, dated May 1, 1845, and now expired; which were referred to the ComPatents and the Patent Office. Mr. MORRILL presented the memorial of A. F. Bradbury, T. R. Campbell, and Amos Abbott & Co., of Dexter, Maine, and the me morial of William Hill, president of the North Berwick Company, remonstrating against the extension of the letters patent of Stephen R. Parkhurst, dated May 1, 1845, and now expired; which were referred to the ComPatents and the Patent Office. He also presented the memorial of citizens of NewYork and owners of sea going steam ships, remonstrating against the passage of Senate bill No. 467, to amend an act entitled “An act further to provide for the safety of the lives of passengers on board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam, to regulate the salaries of steamboat inspectors, and for other purposes, ” approved July 25, 1866; which was referred to the ComCommerce. Mr. HOWE presented 2 petitions of citizens of Wisconsin, praying for the passage of House bill, No. 718, to provide increased revenue for imports, and for other purposes; which were referred to the ComFinance. Mr. MORGAN presented 4 memorials of manufacturers of wool and of constructors of burring machines, remonstrating against the extension of the letters patent of Stephen R. Parkhurst, dated May 1, 1845, and now expired; which were referred to the ComPatents and the Patent Office. REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES.