Skip Skip PETITIONS AND MEMORIALs. Mr. POLAND Presented the petition of A. P. Childs and others, temporary clerks in the QuarterMGen’s office, praying that their pay be increased to equal that of 1st class clerks; which was referred to the ComFinance. He also Presented a memorial of citizens of Vermont, remonstrating against the passage of any act authorizing the curtailment of the national currency, or fog in view the return within a limited time to specie payments, and against compelling all national banks to redeem their notes in NewYork, or prohibiting them from paying or receiving interest on bank balances; which was referred to the ComFinance. Mr. WILLEY Presented the memorial of Joseph Nock, praying for the restoration of the 6th section of the act entitled “An act in addition to an act to promote the progress of the useful arts, and to repeal acts and parts of acts heretofore made for that ".approved August 29, 1842, which requires all patentees and assignees of patents to stamp, engrave, or cause to be stamped or engraved on each article vended or offered for sale the date of the patent repealed by act of March 2, 1861; which was referred to the ComPatents and the Patent Office. Mr. SHERMAN Presented resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, ratifying the amendment to the Constitution of the U.S. proposed to the several States by a F. Jtresoof the 2 Houses of Congress passed on the 13th day of June, 1866, to be denominated article 14 of amendments to the Constitution of the U.S.; which were ordered to lie upon the table. Mr. JOHNSON Presented the petition of Henry Horne, praying for compensation for money. for the purchase of supplies for the use of the Union prisoners at Ander sonville, Georgia; which was referred to the ComClaims. Mr. CATTELL Presented the memorial of Joshua H. Butterworth, praying for an extension for 7 years of his patent for a bank and safe lock; which was referred to the ComPatents and the Patent Office. He also Presented a petition, numerously signed by operatives and employees in the manufacturing establishments of Philadelphia, praying for a removal of the 5%. tax on goods and a drawback of 3 cents per pound on cotton to be refunded to the manufacturer, and a tax on all articles of luxury not produced in the U.S.; which was referred to the ComFinance. Mr. POMEROY Presented 7 petitions of citizens of Kansas, praying for the establishment of a daily mail route from Troy to Leavenworth, in that State, via Doniphan and Atchison; which were referred to the ComPostOffices. Mr. FOWLER Presented the petition of Robert Ford, praying for compensation for services as a teamster in the U.S. Army, and for services to Union prisoners in Libby prison; which was referred to the ComClaims. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.