Skip Skip PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. Mr. WADE. I have a petition from Ohio, numerously signed, setting forth a great many reasons why the capital should be removed nearer to what will be the center of the population of the country in a very short time. The petitioners state that the political opinions prevailing in this part of the country are not so much in accordance or in harmony with our institutions as they would be nearer the cen ter. For these, and a great many other reasons which are here set forth, and some of them very cogent ones, the petitioners ask that the capital may be removed to such a place. I hardly know to what committee this petition should be referred; but I move its reference to the ComDistCol. The motion was agreed to.Mr. WADE. I have another petition, nu merously signed by cigar makers in the State of Ohio, setting forth that the on cigars is so levied as to do great injury to that business, and they want it so modified that they can afford to live under it. I believe that subject has been acted upon, and I therefore move that the petition be laid upon the table. The motion was agreed to. Mr. WADE. I have 7 petitions, very numerously signed by citizens of Ohio, praying that the tariff on wool may be increased, approving of the bill passed by the House on the subject at the last session, and asking that it may be passed by the Senate. As that subject has been reported upon, I move that these petitions lie upon the table. The motion was agreed to. Mr. GRIMES. I Present 2 petitions of citizens of Iowa, praying that the Constitution of the U.S. may be so flmended as to provide that there shall be no inequality among citizens on account of birth, race, color, previous inequality, or previous non-residence beyond the Present year; and also praying Congress to remove by immediate legislation any such inequality in the DistCol, the Territories, and the ten unrestored States, and to take all necessary measures for peace, order, justice, and security of life, liberty, and property in the same. I ask their reference to the JtCom on Reconstruction. They were so referred. Mr. GRIMES. I also Present the petition of the President, trustees, and overseers of the Burlington University, in the State of Iowa, who pray that Congress may pass an act releasing the right of the U.S. to a small tract of land unoccupied and unclaimed, as they allege, in that city, to that university for educational purposes, and remonstrating against the memorial of the city council of the city of Burlington, who asked it for similar purposes. I move the reference of the petition to the ComPubLands. The motion was agreed to. Mr. HOWE Presented the petition of John Kirkwood, of Arkansas, praying for a grant of 7 sections of land as compensation for services and sacrifices rendered the Government during the rebellion; which was referred to the ComPubLands. Mr. HOWE. I also Present a petition from the President and officers of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, setting forth the at value of the library now owned by Mr. eter Force, of this city, and urging upon conf.the propriety of purchasing that library. move the reference of this petition to the ComLibrary, which has that subject under consideration, and which, I believe, will report a bill for the purchase of the library alluded to. It was so referred. Mr. HOWE. I have been furnished with some resolutions adopted at a national convention of colored soldiers and sailors on the 10th of January, 1867, and have been asked to present them to the Senate. I have read them. 'hey are very well exPressed. They set forth views with which in the main I agree entirely and I am very glad to be made the medium of communicating them to the Senate. I believe such resolutions are not entitled to be printed under the rule. Am I correct?