Skip Skip PetitionS AND MEMORIALS. Mr. CONNESS Presented, the petition of John Clark, a soldier of the Mexican war and a pensioner, praying for an increase of his pension; which was referred to the ComPensions. Mr. HOWE Presented a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Wisconsin, in favor of the establishment of a mail route from the city of Milwaukee to Painsville in that State; which was referred to the ComPostOffices, and ordered to be printed. Mr. CHANDLER. I. rise to Present a memorial of citizens of Michigan, which I will read: “We the inhabitants of the State of Michigan, fvoelslosweli ng builders and owners, desire to set forth the facts and circumstances and petition your ho“nIonrable body for relief: consequenceof the laws of the U.S. probibiting foreign built vessels from coastingin the waters of the U.S., and the business of freighting being far more profitable in our country than in Canada, the ownersof vessels in Canada and England are applying to your honorable, body, to eUnnaitcetdspecial laws registering their vesselsin the :, againstwhich we the undersigned beg leave most respectfully to enter our solemnprotest, and thereforeset forth a few fact sand reasons for the saine. “Owing to the enormous debt of the U.S. tahneditnhteer absolute thneecgersas diuty aolfre providing of the pnrlyinfcori al, your honorable body has been compelled tolevy arge taxes upon almost every branch of industry in omuordcitoieusnttroy, awfheicahrfuhlaserxatiesnetd, ctahuespinrigcethseof necessity of high pricesfor labor and rendering yessel building unprecedently high in our States, while in Canada, under their small debt, and light taxation, it being comparatively new and sparsely settled, provisions and labor very low, the abundance of and conveniance bteo bwuailttert, hceormematunaibeoaution noef hhearlftitmhebecro, svtetshseeyls can in the waters of the U.S. “And if Congress continues to permit the canadian vesselsto becomeregisteredin the U.S. free gfriovmes, tfhreeiegnnoerrms ous expensewe are subjectedto, it vessel building, not only a preference over our own and business, but must eventually retard ship building in our country and throw large floors of mechanics and laborers out of employ inent. “Even at the Present time there are a large number of gveetstsinelgstbheeinmgrebguiisltteirned ciann the U. S. e.ntion “There are other and perhaps stronger arguments which might be given why foreign vesselsshould not be registered in the U.S.; but thosealready given, we believe, are quite sufficient. “We thereforepray that your honorable body will ihner the U.S. atnedr aynoyurmpoerteitfioorneeigrsninvedsusetyls bound will ever pray.” This memorial is numerously signed by our most extensive merchants and ship builders. I ask its reference to the ComCommerce. It was so referred. Mr. HOWARD Presented a petition of citizens of Michigan, praying for a survey of the Kalamazoo river and harbor so far as it impedes navigation, and an appropriation for the improvement of that harbor; which was referred to the ComCommerce. He also Presented a memorial of the super visors of the county of Muskegon, in the State of Michigan, praying that the land included in township No. 12, north of range No. 15 west, in the State of Michigan, now held as an Indian reservation, may be placed in the market; which was referred to the ComPubLands. He also Presented a petition of citizens of Michigan, who had settled upon and improved lands in Mason county in that State, which were afterward granted to the railroad from Pere Marquette to Flint by an act of Congress, praying for the adoption of measures for their relief; which was referred to the ComPubLands. Mr. SUMNER Presented a resolution of the Legislature of the State of Massachusetts, in favor of an appropriation for the protection of certain headlands and bluffs and the removal of certain obstructions in Boston harbor; which was referred to the ComCommerce, and ordered to be printed. Mr. DAVIS Presented the memorial of Frances Ann McCauley, widow of Daniel S. McCauley, praying for compensation for the judicial services of her husband as consul general at Tripoli, Barbary, and Alexandria, in owhich was referred to the ComForRel. Mr. COWAN Presented a memorial of citizens of Pennsylvania, remonstrating against the passage of any law authorizing the curtailment of the national currency, or a return within a limited time to specie payments, and against 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 alsoF.a memorial of bankers of the city of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, remonstrat:ing against any alterations in the provisions of the act to provide a national currency; which was referred to the ComFinance. Mr. PATTERSON Presented a resolution of the Legislature of Tennessee in favor of an amendment to the act donating public lands to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts, approved July 2, 1800, so as to enable the State of Tennessee to accept the benefit of the provisions of that act; which was referred to the ComPubLands, and ordered to be printed. Mr. FESSENDEN Presented the petition of James H. N.J. praying to be compensated for his services as asst assessor of internalrevenue in the 1st district of SCarolina; which was referred to the ComFinance. Mr. WILSON Presented a communication addressed to him as chairman of the ComMilAffrs, by the SecyWar, inclosing a report of GenlGrant in regard to military operations in connection with "Indian affairs; which was ordered to be printed. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.