Skip Skip PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. Mr. WADE presented a petition of citizens and wool growers of Ohio, praying for the passage of House bill No. 718, to provide increased revenue from imports, and for other purposes; which was referred to the ComFinance. Mr. WADE. I have also a memorial from Kennedy O'Brien, a soldier in the late Mexi can war, who received injuries in the service by which he was rendered totally blind, and who now has a pension of 8 dollars per month. He prays that this pension may be increased, I suppose to correspond with that of other pensioners where it has been increased since. I hope that his prayer will be granted. I move that the memorial be referred to the ComPensions. The motion was agreed to. Mr. SHERMAN presented a petition of a large number of citizens of Erie Ohio, praying for the passage of House bill No. 718, to provide increased revenue from imports, and for other purposes; which was referred to the ComFinance. Mr. NORTON presented the petition of the officers of the Southern Minnesota Railroad Company, praying for the passage of a law authorizing them to construct a bridge across the Mississippi river opposite the corporate limits of the city of LaCrosse; which was referred to the ComPostOffices. Mr. LANE presented a memorial of journey men cigar makers and manufacturers of cigars at Fort Wayne, Indiana, praying for a modification of the duty on cigars; which was referred to the ComFinance. Mr. CHANDLER presented resolutions of the Board of Trade of Buffalo, of the Board of Trade of Detroit, and of the Board of Trade of Toledo, in favor of the construction of a ship canal across the StClair flats; which were referred to the ComCommerce. Mr. HENDRICKS. I present a petition numerously signed by farmers and growers of flax in the State of Indiana, praying that the duty on flax seed may be. at not less than 30 cents per bushel. I move the reference of the petition to the ComFinance, and ask their attention to the subject. My attention has been several times called to the importance of this legislation by persons interested in it in the State of Indiana. The motion was agreed to. Mr. SUMNER. I have received a remonstrance which by the action of the Senate yesterday becomes to a certain extent out of place, and yet I feel it my duty to present it. this the remonstrance of Henry H. Bowman and 58 other colored citizens of Worcester, Massachusetts, against the admission of Nebraska as a State with a constitution which disfranchises citizens on account of color. The question to which these remonstrants address themselves is happily settled for the present in this body; but it may arise hereafter in some other stage, and hence I do not regard this remonstrance as entirely out of place. I move that it lie on the table. The motion was agreed to. Mr. SUMNER. I have a petition from citizens of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in which they ask for an amendment to the constitution that shall provide against any inequality on account of birth, race, or color, and they also ask for immediate legislation removing any such inequality from the DistCol, the Territories, and the ten unrestored States. I ask the reference of this petition to the JtComReconstruction. It was so referred. Mr. MORGAN presented 5 petitions from citizens of NewYork, praying for the passage of House bill No. 718, to provide increased revenue from imports, and for other purposes; which were referred to the ComFinance. He also presented the memorial of importers of hardware and cutlery, of NewYork, remon strating against the high duties proposed to be levied on those articles by House bill No. 718, to provide increased revenue from imports, and for other purposes; which was referred to the ComFinance. Mr. EDMUNDS presented 3 petitions of citizens of Shoreham, Vermont, and one petition of citizens of Middlebury, Vermont, praying for the passage of House bill No. 718, to provide increased revenue from imports, and for other purposes; which were referred to the ComFinance. PAPERS WITHDRAWN AND REFERRED.