Skip Skip PETITIONS and MEMORIALS. The President protempore presented a memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of NewMexico, asking for an additional appropriation for the completion of the ca itol uiling in that Territory; which was reerred to the ComTerritor. He also presented a memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of NewMex ico, in favor of an amendment to the 10th section of the organic law of that Territory, so that the probate courts be authorized to decide civil cases where the amount does not exceed $1,000, and in criminal cases where the fine or puriishmentforthe crime does notexeeed $100; which was referred to the ComTerritor. He also presented a memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of NewMexico, asking Congress to sustain the act authorizing the Governor of that Territory to call a convention to frame a constitution for a State government, and that said Territory be admitted as a State into the Union when the constitution is approved by the people of that Territory; which was referred to the ComTerritoiies. He also presented a memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territor of NewMexico askiii for an amendment of the organic act of that Territory in reward to the veto power of the Governor; which was referred to the ComTerritor. He also presented a memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of NewMexico, asking for an appropriation to erect a peniten tiary in that Territory, and that authority be given to the SecyTreasu to have the stone used in the present unfinised eni tentiary used in finishing the capitol builing and the site sold and the proceeds appropriate to the purchase of a new site where there is a sufficiency of water i which was referred to the ComTerritor. Mr. CLARK presented the memorial of Stuart Gwynn, praying for the passage of an act explanatory of the actof march 2, 1805, for his reief, whereby he may be enabled to receive payment for printing presses, machinery, material, and labor furnised the Treasur Dept in 1861 and 1862; which was reerred to the ComFinance. Mr. VANWINKLE presented fourpetitions of citizens of WestVirginia, praying for the passage of a law establishing semi annual terms of the district Federal courts in the city of Parkersburg, in that State which were referred to the ComJudiciary. Mr. SUMNER. I offer 2 petitions similar to the petitions which I presented the other day from authors and editors. One of them is headed by Bishop Hopkins, of Burlington, Vermont, and the other by Mr. R. Shelton Mackenzie, of Philadelphia, praying for the passage of some law by Congress which shall secure international copyright. As thatsuhject has already been referied to the ComForRel, I ask the reference of these petitions to that committee. They were so referred. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.