Mr. Charles Brown from the limitation of the patent laws and that he may receive a patent for his invention; which was referred to the ComPatents and the Patent Office. Mr. SUMNER presented a petition of citizensof Massachusetts, praying for increased duties on exports wherever the same are needed for the full protection of home labor; which was referre to the ComFinance. Mr. SHERMAN presented resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, in favor of an increase of the duty on imported wool, so as to secure to the American wool grower the some protection against foreign competition that is now insured to the manufacturer of either pure or mixed woolen goods; which were referred to the ComFinance. Mr. TRUMBULL. I present the petition of the ndges of the supreme court of the DistCol and other citizens of the District, stating that there is no provision for the payment of counsel assigned to defend persons chared with offenses in this District who are nnable to procure counsel, and askin that a provision c made authorizing the assignment of counsel to defend such persons and for the payment of counsel so assigned. I move the reference of the petition to the ComJudiciary. The motion was agreed to. Mr. MORGAN presented the petition of John H. Boynton, praying for the passage of an act authorizing the SecyTreasury to issue an American register to the British bark Azelia; which was referred to the ComCommerce. He also presented a petition of N. C. Wins low, of Bu alo, NewYork, praying for the passage of an act to change the name of the schooner Lucinda Van Valkenberg, to that of Camden; which was referred to the ComCommerce. Mr. ANTHONY. I offer the memorial of Samuel S. Greene, president of the National Teachers Association; Thomas Hill, resident of Harvard University; James P. WicEersham, principal of the Pennsylvania State Normal choo; Andrew J. Rickoff, resident of the Board of Education of Cincinnati; and E. O. Haven, president of the Michigan University, asking for the establishment of a national Bureau of Education. The memorial ists, who are among the 1st educators in this country and in the world, set forth that they have adopted this memorial after long and careful consideration and discussion in the National T cachers Assoeiation, and give at some length and with much force the reasons why their memorial should be granted. I move its ref erence to the ComJudiciary. The motion was agreed to. Mr. HARRIS presented a petition of brewers of Albany. NewYork, praying that congress may so adjust the duty on barley imported from Canada that it may not exceed 5 cents perbushel; which was referred to the ComFinance. Mr. MORRILL presented the memorial of Richard Wallacli, mayor of the city of Washington, praying for the passage of an act imposing a specialtax on the procrty of the city for the improvement of the Vashington city canal; which was referred to the ComDistCol. He also presented the etition of Fiske Jr Dale, Josiah Towle, and orse & Co. mer chants ofBangor, Maine, praying to be relieved from the payment of the additional duty of 50%. imposed by JtResolution of April 29, 1864; which was referred to the ComFinance. Mr. CONNESS presented the memorial of Phineas Banning, praying for the establishment of a port of entry at Wilmington, California; which was referred to the ComCommerce. Mr. JOHNSON. I present the petition of the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia, a corporation created by the State of Pennsylvania, in which they represent that the coinage of the U.S. might be made of interest and of permanent value by becoming the repository of events of note, whether civil or military, in the history of the country; that a long and unmeaning series of coins whose chief variety is a mere difference in date is almost an anomaly and a retrograde step in civilization, and praying that the mode of coinage may be changed in that particular in the way stated in the memorial. move its reference to the ComFinance. It was so referred. REPRESENTATION OF SOUTHERN STATES.