Skip Skip PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. Mr. WADE Presented a petition of cultiva tors of the vine in the vicinity of Cincinnati, Ohio, praying for a reduction of the tax on the distillation of brandies; which was referred to the ComFinance. He also Presented a memorial of citizens of Washington city, DistCol, praying for an appropriation in aid of the Carain Society of that city, and that the act granting certain privileges to that Society may be amended; which was referred to the ComDistCol. Mr. WILLEY Presented the petition of R. Smith, cashier of the Northwestern Bank of Virginia, of Parkersburg, WestVirginia, praying for the payment of a balance due on certain quartermaster's vouchers issued for the purchase of horses for the Army under the command of General Hunter; o, Was referred to the ComClaims. Mr. KIRKWOOD Presented a petition of citizens of Iowa, praying for a specific tax on all domestic cigars, and that the stamp be made a revenue stamp sold by the collector only to the licensed manufacturers in his district with proper guards and checks to prevent frauds and counterfeits; which was referred to the ComFinance. Mr. SPRAGUE. I Present the petition of James Walsh; and as it is in regard to a matter which concerns a large number of people I will read it “The peetitioner James Walsh, late private of pany comL, charged 3rd U.S. artillery, who was disat Fort Adams, RhdIsland, on surgeon’s certificate of disability in consequenceof a wound received in action at Moline del Rey, in Mexico, and who is now receiving a pension of 8 dollars peeorngmreosnsth, respectfully petitions your honorable for an increase of said pension, so may that he receivethe same as nowallowed by law for those disabled in the last war his Presentpension bei inadequate to support him among his friends, an his injuries being of such a nature as to disqualify him from earning a livelihood by manual labor.” I desire to say that I cannot see why soldiers who recieved wounds in wars in defense of their country prior to the recent war should not be put upon the same footing with soldiers wounded during the late war. I therefore beg leave to suggest to the ComPensions the propriety of taking this matter into their serious consideration. I move that the petition be referred to that committee. The motion was agreed to. Mr. WILSON Presented the petition of James M. Ellison, praying for payment for property taken and destroyed by U.S. troops in Virginia in 1864; which was referred to the ComClaims. Mr. CRESWELL Presented the memorial of James L. McPhail, Voltaire Randall, and Eton G. Horner, praying for compensation for services rendered in the arrest of Samuel Ar nold and Michael O'Laughlin, 2 of the conspirators in the assassination of President Lincoln, and for valuable information furnished to the officers of the U.S. in the development of the facts of the general conspiracy and in the trial of other of the assassins which were referred to the ComClaims. Mr. SUMNER. I Present a petition of citizens of NewYork, against the introduction of any State into the Union with a constitution excluding any class of citizens from the right to vote by reason of color or race; and they add that they mean not only new States, but now reconstructed States. move the reference of this petition to the JtCom on Reconstruction. The motion was agreed to. Mr. SUMNER. I also Present the petition of the chairman and vestry of StMichaefs church, in Charleston, SCarolina, and other citizens of that place, in which they rePresent that “the chime of bells, originally castin England before the colonial revolution, having been recently shipped in a mutilated condition to the same foundry to be there recast, and their arrival being now daily expected, and having been for a long time without public bells, an finding it difficult to defray the cost of recasting as aforesaid in addition to the heavy import duty of 35%. under the existing tariff law accruing thereon, they pray, ” in be half of themselves and the city of Charleston at large, that “Congress will relieve them from the duty, and if the circumstances of the case war rant compliance with their request, authorize the collector of the port of Charleston to grant free entry to their i.upon their arrival as aforesaid.” This petition is signed by the officers of the church, and it is further signed by all the Federal officers, as I understand, at Charleston, the U.S. marshal, the U.S. judge, &c. I move the reference of this petition to the ComFinance. The motion was agreed to. Mr. POLAND Presented the petition of Orlando Runnamaker and others, employees at the Fortress Monroe arsenal, for an increase of compensation; which was referred to the ComMilAffrs . Mr. TRUMBULL Presented 2 petitions of farmers and growers of flaxseed in the West, praying that the duty on flaxseed be fixed at not less than 30 cents per bushel; which were ordered to lie on the table. He also Presented the memorial of Sergeant D. M. Embry, praying that compensation be made for horses taken from him for the use of the U.S. Army; which was referred to the ComClaims. Mr. COWAN Presented a petition of citizens of Philadelphia and brewers of white beer, praying for the repeal of the section of the revenue law concerning the carrying away of malt liquors from the brewery for the purpose of bottling, so far as white beer is concerned; which was referred to the ComFinance. He also Presented a petition of seamen, fire men, coal passers, and marines, who served in defense of the Union during the laterebellion, praying for a bounty of $100 a year, or 8 and 1/3rd dollars per month for each month of service; which was referred to the ComMilAffrs . Mr. PATTERSON Presented the memorial of A. W. Walker, praying for compensation for services rendered as a captain in the 8th Tennessee infantry; which was referred to the ComMilAffrs . Mr. MORGAN Presented a petition of residents of the towns of Wayne and Urbana, Steu ben county, NewYork, praying for an increased duty on wool; which was ordered to lie upon the table. He also Presented a letter from Moses H. Grinnell, inclosing resolutions of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of NewYork, in favor of the passage of the JtResolution repealing, so much of the China mail act as requires the steamship line thereby authorized to touch at the SandwichIslands; which were referred to the ComFinance. Mr. SHERMAN, Presented 2 petitions from citizens of Ohio, praying for the passage of House bill No. 718, to provide increased revenue from imports, and for other purposes, now pending in the Senate; which were ordered to lie upon the table. Mr. HENDERSON Presented a petition of citizens of Missouri, praying for an increased duty on flaxseed; which was ordered to lie on the table., He also Presented the memorial of Logan Hunton, of Missouri, praying for compensation for services rendered in the prosecution of Narcisso Lopez and others, for a violation of the neutrality laws of the U.S.; which was referred to the ComJudiciary. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.