Skip Skip PETITIONS and MEMORIALS.R. WILSON. Ipresent resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts on the state of the Union and the duties of the Government to the freedmen. I ask that they be read, laid on the table, and printed. The Secretary read as follows: coniioswninrii or Alsssienuserrs. v run Ysaa 1860. Resolutions on thestate of the Union and the duties of Governmentto the freedmen. Resolved. That the rebel States phonld he held in abeyance, and shou ldnot bepermitted toioin in the management of national affairs through representatives in Congressuntil the peopleof said States shall by fundamental enactmentsand othermse. manifest a loyal spiritof sijbjnission to the authority and constitution of the U.S., and give such narantecsas Congress may deem sufficient, to ren or it sale and prudent to permit them to again resume the functionsand griVllficawhich theyvoluntarily surrendered by t. cir reellion and wor: and in these matters the right of determination rests with congress. Resolved That We tender our thanks to the Sea ators and liopresentatiyes at Wa.ship ngtonfor their firmness hitherto in maintaining their principles and for their resistaiioe toall attempts to ilace in the llalls of Congress disloyal men, or the representatives of disloyal constituencies, to the peril of the national credit and at.the imminent risk of losing by legislation all that we have gained bysuccessfnlwar and we expect them to maintain this position in the future and to the last. lleaoloed, That while thus expressing our confidence in our senatorial and representative delegations in Congress and the determination of the people to stand by them.we are also impelled to take notice of the recent charms! made by name against one of the Senatorsof thisState, Hon. CHAILN Sunsini. in the lately ruhlished speechof the POTUS and to declare that the language usedand the charges made by the President are unheconiine the clovaied staiion occupiedby him, an nnjustrr flci tion upon Massachusetts, and Without " the shadowof justification or defense founded upon i the private or public record of our eminent Senator. i Ifesooel.That the enlightened judgment of mankind will hold not only the Government but the peol pie ofilie U.S. to the fultillment to the ulter most, in letter and in spirit, of the promises solemnly made to the lrcedini ii;and anyfai tire to fulfill them would inflict ii stain upon our national character which would debase us among the naiions and subJect us to thocontempt of our contemporaries and of pusterny. [femveil, That his Excellency the Governor, be requested to transmit acopy of these resolutions to our Sens&Reps in Congress. The resolutions were ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Mr. WILSON presented the petition of hos pital stewards of the Army, praying that such action may be taken by congress as Will place them upon an equal footing With those who perform Similar service in the armies of Europe, by creating a grade with the rank, ay, and emoluments of a 2nd lieutenant of infantry, for those of the corps of hospital stewards who upon examination, may prove themselves competent for the position; which was referred to the ComMilAffrs ., He also presented a petition of journeyman 3 book binders. book printers, and working men of the U.S., praying for the repeal of the revenue tax of 5%. on manufactured books; which was referred to the ComFinance. Mr. RAMSEY presented the petition of J. 8. Guam, of Morgan county, Alabama, setting forth the destitute condition of the people of that State and praying Congress to take some measures for their relief; which was referred to the ComFinance. He also presented a petition of citizens of Cite: lt il county, Minnesota, praying for the establishment of a mail route from Crow Wing, in that State, via Otter Tail City, to Fort Aber crombie, Dakota Territory; which was referred to the ComPostOffices. Mr. SHERMAN. I present the memorial of Merrick d. Soiis, William Sellers 67. Co., and other manufacturers of heavy maclnneryyof Philadelphia, reciting at some length that under the present system of internalrevenue they are comclled to pay a complex system of taxes, by which it is uncertain how much the corre,tion for widening and straightening the channel cheaperat Portland than at any other sea hoard i sponding duty on imported articles should be in order to hit them on an equality with for: Gigi manu acturers, and by which it is very di cult for them to ascertain the amount pay able on their machinery. They say the system of taxes O rates very injuriously to them. They there ore ask that a uniform tax, whatever may be necessary for the Government, shall be levied on the completed article. I ask that this memorial be reerred to the ComFinance. It was so relierred. Mr. WILLEY presented the etition of Abigail Ryan, widow of the late homas A. Ryan, a sergeant in company E, 17th regiment “estVirginia volunteers, praying that she may be granted a pension; which was referred to the ComPensions. Mr. MORGAN presented the petition of C. K. Tucker man, praying to be reimbursed for expenses incurred for the colonization experiment at Hnyti, which, he alleges, was under taken at the request of President Lincoln; which was referred to the ComClaims. Mr. NYE presented additional a era in relation to the claim of Paul S. Fgr es, for reliefuuder his contract with the Navy Dept to build and furnish the sloop of war Idaho; which Were referred to the ComNavAffrs. Mr. DOOLITTLEJ presented a memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin. in favor of so equalizmg the bouiities awarded by the government to soldiers during the late war as to make them as nearly as possible in proportion i further, in reporting this resolution and bills, to the time of actual service; which was referred to the ComMilAffrs . He also presented a memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of the establishment of a mail route from Dodgeville to Avoca, via James Mills, William S. Beans, and Booth l Hollow, in that State, which was referred to; the ComPostOffices. He also presented a memorial of the Le# latiire of “dise onsin, in favor of an appropria of the harbor at Superior, in that State; which was referred to the ComCommerce. He also presented a memorial of the Legislature of IWise onsin, praying the establishment of a mail route from Trempealeau Village, by way of Arcadia, Burnside, and Hale, to Sum ner, in that State; which was referred to the ComPostOffices. He also presented a memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of the appointment of engineers to examine the present water chan nels through that State, With a view of enlar ging the same so as to admit of a uniform steamship ) navigation from the Mississippi river to Lake lMichigan; which was referred) to the ComCommerce. Mr. FESSENDEN presented a memorial of the city council of Portland, Maine, representing that Case o bay furnishes one of the best and safest locations for the reception and preservation of the iron clad navy of the U.S., and that materials and labor can be had 3 city, and praying that a commission may be i appointed to examine the location and report to Congress at its present session; which was referred to the ComNavAffrs. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES