Skip Skip PETITIONS and MEMORIALS.R. TRUM BULL presented the petition of William M. Riggs, claiming compensation for services rendered as a se out on guide to the Union forces in the State of Tennessee during the ears 1864 and 1865, accompanied with the evience of the services which he performed; which was referred to the ComClaims. Mr. WILSON. I present the lpetition of GeorgeW.Gialiam, au 36 ot ers, watchmen in the Treasury building. They set forth that the whole number of watchmen in that building is 37. 26 of whom served in the Arm y, 6 were exempt by reason of age, and 5 for disability. They say they are on duty 15 hours out of the 24, while watchmen in the other public buildings are onlyon duty 15 hours out of 48, and they therefore ask for an increase of compensation. I move its reference to the ComFinance. The modes was agreed to. Mr. POLAND presented the petition of A. D. Priudle, and 31 others, citizens of Franklin county, Vermont, representing that the duty on foreign wool by the existing tariff is wholly in sufficient to furnish proper protection to the wool growers of this country, and praying that the same may be increased; which was referred to the ComFinance. Mr. WADE presented the petition of will linm A. Otis and S. A. Mather and other 0di cers of the savings bank at Cleveland, Ohio, praying that deposits in savings banks may be exempt from taxation; which was referred to the ComFinance. Mr. SUMNER. I otfer the petitiod of colored citizens of Baltimore, in which, among other thin s, they ask Congress to strike out the 2nd clause of the proposed amendment to the Constitution, which has already passed the HoRep, and which is now ending before the Senate, and to substitute t creforthese words: “ No Congressman shall sit as such who is not elected by at least 1/2 of all the loyal men of his party, without regard to color or race, if citizens of the U.S and over 21 years of a e. gAs that subject is now before the Senate, the committee having made their report, I move that this petition be received and that it lie upon the table. The motion was agreed to. Mr. SUMNER. I offer the petition of John J. Varaunes, who calls himself “ a soldier for the Union, ” wherein he represents that the arch rebel JeffersonDavis should be punished for his many crimes; and he procee s to say there is great danger that if tried by a civil court secessionists may get on the jury and consequently he may be acquitted or the jury may disagree. Accordingly, he asks that he may be tried bye. court martial, and prays that the Senate may direct his Excellenc the President to convene a court martial with powers to try JeffersonDavis. In offering this petition I desire to say that I express no opinion with regard to its prayer. am willing, however, to add. as the subject is directly before us, that in my opinion a trial of JeffersonDavis at this moment by a jury at Richmond will be one of those great comedies which hereafter will excite the derision of history. I know of no committee to which this may more ately be referred than the Committee aopnprKpirlii tary Affairs; and I ask its reference to that committee. The PRESIDENT dpro temper e. That ref erence will be ordere. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.