Skip Skip PETITIONS AND MEMORIALs. Mr. WADE. I present the memorial of D. A. Moffit, and many other citizens of Colorado, praying for the admission of Colorado as a State. It sets forth a great many statistical facts that are officially certified. s the me morial is short and contains authentic information with regard to the number of inhabitants, the condition of the Territory, &c., I move that it be printed, and referred to the ComTerritor. The motion was agreed to. Mr. POMEROY presented the memorial of L. Pomeroy & Son, remonstrating against an extension of the letters patent of Stephen R. Parkhurst, dated May 1, 1845; which was referred to the ComPatents and the Batent Office. Mr. HENDRICKS presented the petition of Patrick Meehan, of Decatur, Indiana, praying to be allowed a pension; which was Referred to the ComPensions. Mr. WILSON presented 2 petitions of officers in the U.S. Army, praying for an increase of pay; which were referred to the ComMilAffrs . He also presented the petition of Thomas Rice and many other persons who served in the U.S. Navy during the laterebellion, praying to be allowed a bounty; which was referred to the ComMilAffrs . Mr. FESSENDEN presented the petition of John C. Evans, praying compensation for services rendered as asst assessor of the 1st district, 1st division, in SCarolina; which was referred to the ComFinance. He also presented the petition of Samuel W. Maurice, praying compensation for services rendered as asst assessor of internalrevenue for the 1st district of SCarolina; which was referred to the ComFinance. He also presented the petition of a large number of clerks in the 2nd Auditor's office of the Treasury Dept, and also the petition of a large number of clerks in the 6th Auditor's office of the Treasury Dept, praying, in aid of the recommendation of the SecyTreasury, that there be a refor increased pay to the clerks in the Dept; which were referred to the ComFinance.Mr. MORGAN presented resolutions and other proceedings of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of NewYork, adopted on the 6th instant, being a practical protest against the assumption of the Earl of Derby of the telegraphic dominion of GreatBritain over the sea, and petitioning for immediate soundings by our Navy of other lines in the Atlantic bed between our coast and the western coast of France and southern Europe; which were referred to the Committee on Foreign IRelations. He also presented the memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of NewYork, in relation to the records and other papers in the office of the clerk of the U.S. court for the southern district of mississippi which have been lost or destroyed by fire; which was referred to the ComJudiciary. He also presented 14 memorials of citizens of the U.S., remonstrating against an increase of the tariff on foreign lin seed; which were referred to the ComFinance. Mr. MORGAN. I also present a communication from Hon. Thomas Hillhouse, comp troller of the State of NewYork, reviewing with much care the effects of our present system of taxes and containing an argument in favor of providing for the payment of the war debt created by the several States, or giving to the States some particular source of revenue now under the control of the General Government to be appropriated and used by the States organization of the Treasury Dept, and for that express object. I move that this communication, which although addressed to me assumes the form of a petition, be referred to the ComFinance and printed. The motion was agreed to. Mr. WILLEY. I offer the memorial of will liam H. Ifarman, of Floyd county, Virginia. setting forth that sonne months ago he was assessed $1,012 upon whisky at his distillery in that county, and before he had time to remove it the distillery was burned; together with the whisky assessed, by which he sustained a very large loss. He asks Congress to relieve him from the payment of that tax, and grant him such other relief as the premises will justify. I move that the memorial be referred to the ComFinance. The motion was agreed to. Mr. FRELINGHU YSEN presented the etition of ribbon manufacturers, silk throw ters, dyers, dealers, and others, of NewJersey, praying for a specific tax on thrown silk and silk cloths of every description, or for an increase of the present rate of adradorem tariff; which was referred to the ComFinance. Mr. SUMNER presented the memorial of William Cornell Jewett, praying that Hannibal Hamlin be declared by Congress the constitutional POTUS of Amor ica under the 2nd section of the 1st article of the Constitution; which was referred to the ComJudiciary. Mr. SUMNE1R. I also offer the momorial of William IRogers Hopkins, formerly professor of mathematics in the Naval School, in which he sets forth his former relations to that school, and now makes recommendations with regard to a survey in the State of NewYork, with a view to opening a water communication between the Atlantic coast and the West. I do not know to what committee this memorial should be referred. If one of the western Senators will suggest to me