Skip Skip PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. Mr. WADE presented 4 petitions of citizens of Ohio, praying for the passage of House bill No. 178, to provide increased revenue from imports, and for other purposes, now pending in the Senate; which were referred to the ComFinance.Mr. MORGAN presented the petition and accompanying documents of Charles J. Jock, of Brooklyn, NewYork, praying for compensation for services rendered as counsel in defending certain officers, sailors, and marines before a general court martial at the navy yard in Brooklyn, NewYork, in 1864 and 1865; which were referred to the ComClaims. He also presented 2 petitions of citizens of NewYork, praying for the passage of House bill No. 718, to provide increased revenue from imports, and for other purposes; which were ordered to lie upon the table. Mr. SUMNER presented a petition of citizens of the to."States, praying for such an amendment to the Constitution of the U.S. as will prohibit any inequality among citizens on account of birth, race, or color, and also asking Congress to remove, by immediate legislation, any such inequality from the DistCol, the Territories, and the unrestored States; which was referred to the JtCom on Reconstruction. Mr. TRUMBULL presented a memorial of citizens of Illinois, remonstrating against the passage of any act authorizing the curtailment of the national currency, or having in view the return, within a limited time to specie payments, and against any law compelling all national banks to redeem their notes in NewYork, or prohibiting them from paying or receiving interest on bank balances; which was referred to the ComFinance. He also presented a petition of the North western Photographic Society, praying for the abrogation of the 5%. tax on the gross receipts of photographers; which was referred to the ComFinance. Mr. COWAN presented 2 memorials from citizens of Pennsylvania, remonstrating against the passage of any act authorizing the curtailment of the national currency, or having in view the return within a limited time to spe cie payments, and against any law compelling all national banks to redeem their notes in NewYork, or prohibiting them from payin or receiving interest on bank balances; which were referred to the ComFinance. He also presented a petition of citizens of Pennsylvania, representing that they labor under great disadvantages from the frequent violations of trade marks, and that the present laws do not give sufficient protection against such violations, and praying Congress for relief by extending the law of copy right to trade marks; which was referred to the ComPostOffices. Mr. RAMSEY. I present a petition of cigar manufacturers, journeymen cigar makers, i.in cigars, and growers of and dealers in seed leaf tobacco, resident in Minnesota, respectfully representing that the present internalrevenue tax on cigars has proved to be utterly impracticable, as demonstrated by the present depressed condition of every branch of industry and trade connected therewith. They further state that the present law, being both specific and advalorem, affords such opportunities for fraud that their business will soon pass entirely into the hands of irresponsible men and fraudulent combinations unless a radical change is soon effected. I ask its' reference to the ComFinance. It was so referred. Mr. HARRIS presented a petition of residents of the town of Clarence, Erie county, NewYork, praying for the passage of House bill No. 718, to provide increased revenue from imports, and for other purposes, now pending in the Senate; which was ordered to lie upon the table. Mr. ANTHONY presented additional papers in support of the claim of Benjamin Tilley for rent for land in Washington occupied by the Government; which were referred to the ComClaims. REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES.