Skip Skip PETITIONS AND MEMORIA LS. Mr. HARRIS presented 6 petitions of citizens of NewYork, praying for the repeal or modification of the law imposing a tax of ten North The bills embracedin thescopeof the fore going remarks are those of the Htiusg numbered respectively H. 91, 96, 424, 455.527, 537, 5,0.%. on the circulation of State banks after the lst of July next; which were referred to the ComFinance. Mr. WILSON presented the petition of Mrs. Annie E. Dixon, widow of Major Ilenry '1‘. Dixon, late a paymaster in the U.S. Army, praying for a pension; which was referred to the ComPensions. He also presented the memorial of John C. Stimpson, and others, of Salem. Massachusetts, praying for an amendment of the tax bill so as to exempt all sums under $1,000 deosited in savings banks from taxation; which was referred to the ComFinance. Mr. CHANDLER presented a petition of citizens of Jersey City, NewJersey, praying for the passage of a general bankrupt law; which was referred to the ComJudiciary. Mr. LANE, of Indiana, presented a petition of citizens of Union county, Indiana, praying that a pension may be granted to John Pyle; which was referred to the Committee on Pen stone. Mr. STEWART. Ipresent the memorial of James Medaniel, S. H. Binge, White Catcher, D. H. Ross, J. B. Jones, and Smith Christie, delegates of the Cherokee nation now in Washington city, settin forth the evils of the present system of the ndian dept and praying that the Bureau of Indian Affairs may be transferred to the War Dept from the Dept of the Interior. They go on to give reasons in favor of the change. I move that it be referred to the ComIndAffrs. The motion was agreed to. Mr. MORGAN. I presentthe remonstrance of George F. Kidwcll, J. H. Caldwell, Edward Edwards, and 164 other citizens of the 1st ward of Washington, against the proposed repeal of the charter of Washington city. As the bill is before the Segrlate, I ask that the remonstrance lie on the ta 0. The motion was agreed to. The PRESIDENT protempore presented the memorial of Jose h Opocenzky, and divers others, Moravians, of Villiams’sPrairie, Austin county, in the State of Texas, praying for aid to erect a new Evangelical Moravian church and parsonage in that localit; which was referred to the ComClaims. Itnron'rs or COMMITTEES.