Skip Skip PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. The PRESIDENT protempore. The Chair hlaaysinrgeceived and will take this opportunity of before the Senate the petition of Gary Davies, of Marietta, Cobb county, Georgia, in which he sets forth that he is 67 years old, has always lived in the Union, has never tified his hand against the Government or given any aid to this awful rebellion, but on the contrary did all in his power to arrest it until taken violently from his house and confined in prison like a thief and kept there until the Federals came to Atlanta, when he was let out. Then he says the residue of his property was taken o the Federal Army, and he is now stripped of l the comforts of life, and asks Congress for relief. The petition will be received, if there be no objection, and referred to the Committee "ongAN ar. N presented the petition of R. w. Griffith, on behalf of h and other owners. praying for a change of the registry of the bark R. W. Griffith; which was referred to the ComCommerce.Mr. LANE presented the petition of John Carter, praying to be allowed a pension; which was referred to the ComPensions. Mr. FOGG presented the petition of 189 citizens of the town of Dover, NewHampshire, praying for an amendment to the Constitution othe U.S. abolishing all distinctions in privileges on account of birth, race, or color; which was referred to the ComJudiciary. Mr. CATTELL presented a petition of manufacturers of silk cloths, ribbons, bindings, braids, and trimming goods, silk throwsters, dyers, and dealers, praying for a specific duty on thrown silk and silk cloths of every description, or an increase of the present rate of advalorem duty; which was referred to the ComFinance. Mr. FESSENDEN presented the memorial of railroad companies, praying for a reduction of the import duty on iron rails used for railroads to 1/2 of a cent per pound in gold; Ion.steel rails for railroads to one cent per in gold; on iron tires and axles to 1/2 of a cent per pound in gold; on steel tires and axles to one cent per pound in gold; and on all frogs, crossings, and plates made of steel and used exclusively for railroads to one cent per pound in gold; which was referred to the ComFinance. He also presented a petition of citizens of Pennsylvania, praying for the enactment of a law to prevent the contraction of the legal tender currency and also to prohibit the with drawal of national bank notes from the North to be given to the South; which was referred to the ComFinance. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.