Skip Skip PETITIONS, ETC. The following petitions. &c. were presented under the ruleand referredto the approprioto committees: By Mr. LI) VIN: A petition of 1, 400 Sons of Temperanceand GoodTemplnrs, of Worcester.Massachusetts.for a law to punish officers of the Army and Navy, and in emb ersoCfongress.for intoxication. By Mr. CONRLING: The petition of James P. Murray. n dothers. citizens of Biidgcwater, NewYork. Yinizlprotectionto American wool. Mr. COO: The petition of citizens of Lock ort, Illinois. for the passageof a law regulating insurnnce s. I By It“? DARLING: The petition of Alfred Coffin, or reic. By Mr. DAVIS: The petition of Andrew Bowen John Maitson and 102 othe rse. itizens of Cortland county. NewYork. prayinc increased protection on American wool. Also.a similar petitionpfRufus Cassett.William T. Moreley and 48others, citizens of Onondagacounty. NewYork. Mr. DEFREES: A petition from the citizens of Kose rusko county. Indiana. praying that Congress will enactsuchJust and equallawsfor the regulation of interstate insurancesof all kinds as may be effectual in establishingsecurity for the interestspro tectedby olicics. By Mr. IONNELLY: A petition of citizens of the State of Minnesota.in ilwprofau inerensootnational banking capital in the said State. Also. a petition of citizens of the same State. in favor of somenational provision for the regulation ofinsnrance companiesin the U.S. By Mr. HOGAI: The petition of 113bricklaycrs. 86 stonc cutterslo, t ship carpenters, of StLouis Missouri. praying that 8 hours may bedeclared a legal dayswork. By Mr. llULBUlll): The petition of sundry citizens of StLawrence county. NewYork, asking the enactmentofaceneral insurance law. Also. the potition of lundrycitisenl of Brasher Iron Works. N NewYork, asking increased protection for manufactures by ahigrher tariff. By Mr. JULIAN: wclvo petitions. sied by 618 citizens and working men of ohnstown. Pennsylvania. praying Conness to fix 8 hours asa lawful days work for all cinployes of the Government. Mr. KERR: The etition of William B. Lent. A. Day. H. B. Sthel s. J. M. Harris and others. for Federal leuislation on the subject of insurauce. By Mr. LAWRENCE, of Ohio: Various letters. unse radocuments &t. IQl8th lfl to the claim of Gcorgo C. ohnston and the bill for his relicf before the committee of Claims. By Mr. LONGYEAR: the remonstrnncq of the common council of the city of Jackson, Michigan. against an extension of the land grantto the amhoy Lansing and Traverse Bay Railroad Company.in said State and asking that the same be conferred upon certain other companiestherein named. By Mr. MARSTON: The petition of david H. Hill and 380thers, citizensofNewHampshirc.graying that such conditions be imposed upon the ree lStates M shall punish treason.atlenstwith ineligibility to allies and lossof power and rewardloyalty with confidence and honor and which shall abolish in the rebel States all distinction in their constitutions and laws on account of race orcoloi; and further. that the Constitution of the U.S. hesoamendedas to make the conditions imperative and perpetual. Also, the petition of DaVid H. ill, and 40others. citizens of NewHampshire. praying that the Constitution be so amended that the President and VEEP be chosenwithout the intervention of the Electoral College and that the qualifications ofvotera for President VEEP and Representatives in Cmopnagrrteinssg may be established on an impartial basis and limiting the prnilege of voting for thoseofficesto those citizens who can read and who compl with the other requirements and conditions made y the laws of the States respectively; provided that no one shall be affected in his emoyment of this franchise by reason of race, coloridese ent or social condition. By Mr. ONEILL: The memorial of Caleb Capo. Esq. president of the PhiladelphiaSaving Fund So ciet.Jolin tiognnd. foMdoDlZ 0tfhe Western Saving undSociety.ofP iladohfliinIande.A.Repp licr. Es. president of the Beneficial Saying Fund Society. of hiladolnhia. the de ositors in whpso institutions are upward of 25,000 in number. the averageaine untdeposited by each being but about 220 dollars. generally the accu mulationof small earningsthrough manyyears.prning that saving fundsoc icticshaying nocapital stoc and whosebusiness is confined to receivmg deposits and loaning the same on interest for the benefit of the de ositorsonly. may he reliev ed from the tax on thoiit oposits and the tax on the interest paid to de posi ors. By Mr. PAINE: The petition of S. Russ and others. citizens of walworth county. Wisconsin. for the enactment of a law regulating insurance in the U.S. R. SITGREAVES: The memorial of brewers of the U.S. askinig that iif arranging the tariff between the IfU.S and British Prov inces in North America. the duty on barley may be fixed at irrnte that will not lessen the manufacture of malt liquors. Ac. tenlsioo.ntohfehpisetpitaiotennotffo Srtegpinhneinng R.cPoattroknhuarnsdt bfaorrrienxg wool. Mr. UPSON: The petition of B. G. Bucll. Mr. J. lii iyck, and 43 others, citizens of Cass county, Michigan. praying for an increaseof duties on foreign wool.