Skip Skip PETITIONS, ETC. The following petitions,20. were presentedunder the rule and referred to appropriate committees: By Mr. BOUTWELL: hccpetitionofthe Brighton Savings Bank, Lowell 5out Savings Bank, Mos chunics SavingsBank, Lowell, Maesachusetts, allfor a.reduction of the ta): on savmgsbanks. By Mr. BRADFORD: The memorialof the Legislp ture of Colqradomsking for an appropriation to tud in the erection of iublic buildings in Colorado. By Mr. DRIGGS:JtResolutions of the Legislature of the State of Wisconsin, in favor of an additional appropriation of public land to aid in compictlilngn ship canal at Portage Lakc.Lake Superior. Mr. FERRY: The protest of fiwtuiers of and dealers in stationneury mpefro Michigan, against the passageof a law authorising the Postmiisler general to sell stamped envelopes at the value of the stain svimpressedthereon. By Mr. ll X ES: The memorial of Robert G. Mitch ellB.yas to tax on red oil. Mr. HUBBARD, of Iowa: The petition of citizens of the 6th congressionaldistrictpf Iowa, reBlaytilni to the Diibu ue and Sioux City railroad, Mr. KETCHAlt: The petition of N. Gridley and others. of Dutchess county, NewYork. for such amendments of the present tariff laws as will more oEectuall protect American labor. By Mr. i eKEE: The petition of A. Marklauid, flfll compensation for house destroyed in Puducah, entue. Also. the burg, Kentumckey m. oirniarleogfarmdatnouftahcetumreordseoof fCaptalcytitnsg internalrevenue tax. i csByanMdr.laMboErBeCrsURin: mTahneu aecttiutiroinngof 166mechan in Danville. Montour county, Pennsylveasntaiab, lisphramyeinngts that the tariff may be so amendedas to protect their labor to the extent of the diforsneg of the copt of capital and labor hereand abroad, with the addition of the taxes paid by American industrial products from which the foreign are free. Also. the petition of Blood 5: Co and C. H. Pierce. of Athens, radford co ty, Pennsylvania, may nufacturers of harvesters another agriculturalimplpments, praying for the passage O a law which Will allow them in making returns to deduct the value of any and all parts of such machine which have alreadypaid a tax. particularly wheresuchparts have been s ccially inade for and adaptedto the same. By, r A lE: The memorial of the Legislature of]Wisconsin, recommending the construction of a ship canal from Lake Superior to Portage Lake. Askiyn Mr. PRICE: The petition of citizens of Iowa, for changeof tax on the manufacture of agricultural imlcments. By Mr. RICE. of Massachusetts: The petition of Officersof the Eliot Savings Bank, Roxbury, Massachusetts, for exemption from tax on depositsin that institution: SaAvlisneg, so, f the officersof the Boxbnry Institution for for the same. NOTICE OF A BILL. The following notice for leave to introduce a bill was given under the rule: By Mr. JULIAN: A bill fixing 8 hours as l tdhaoyristywork for all laborers employed under the au of the Government of the U.S.