Skip Skip PETITIONS and MEMORIALS.R. WADE presented a letter of the SecyInterior, transmitting a communication addressed to that Dept on the 4th of November last by the QuarterMGen of the U.S. Army, and a report thereon by the ComrGLO, respecting the great overland trail from Leavenworth west; which was referred to the ComTerritor. He also presented a memorial of citizens of Houston, exas, praying for the construction of a railroad across the Indian Territory, from the south line of Kansas to the Red river; which was referred to the ComTerritor. Mr. COWAN presented a petition of persons engaged in the coal trade upon the o i0 and Mississippi rivers, and their tributaries, praying that the enrollment acts of the U.S. may be so amended as to exempt from their provisions all coalboats, coalbarges, and coal ts which are used exclusively for carrying coal to market and not as common carriers; which was referred to the ComFinance. He also presented the memorial of M. N. Radovich, praying payment for the charter of his boat Diana from April 27, 1862, to October 28, 1862, taken possession of by order of admiral D. G. Farragut at, NewOrleans, for the conveyance of troops, and for payment for the value of the boat, it having. been lost in the Government service; which was referred to the ComClaims. He also presented a petition of persons engaged in the coal trade on the Ohio river, praying for an appropriation for the improvement of the navigation of that river between Pitts burg, Pennsylvania, and Baffin ton Island, WestVirginia; which was referre to the ComFinance. Mr. FESSENDEN presented a memofial of citizens of Orono, Maine, remonstrating against the renewal of the socalled reciprocity treaty; which was referred to the Committee on For ei n Relations. ItMr. BROWN presented resolutions of the Legislature of Missouri, in favor of a grant of lands toaid in the construction of a railroad from Kansas City in that State, connecting northwest MissouriWith Galveston Texas, and also of a grant of lands to aid in the construction of the southwest branch of the Pacific railroad from the western boundary of Missourito the pacific ocean; which were ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Mr. MORGAN presented resolutions of the Legislature of NewYork, in favor of an priation for the erection in the bay of Newagporrok of a hospital for the reception of sick, and warehouses for the storage of goods and I08!“ chandise arriving in the port of NewYork in vessels subject to quarantine; which were referred to the ComCommerce. Mr. HENDERSON presented the ctition of William C. anderson, jr., of Missouri, praying for the passage of an. act to enable him to settle the accounts of the late William C. An derson, pension agent at StLouis, Missouri; which was referred to the Committee on Peusions. He also presented a memorial of the officers and members of the Mining Board of Gilpin county Colorado, remonstratingagainst the passage of any law affecting the present stains of mining claims and titles; which i was referred to the ComMining. Mr. YATES presented a ctition of pho tographers of Jacksonville an Springfied, Illinois, praying for a repeal of the law the use of stamps on photographs, arnealifiroirnga reduction of the ir license fee; which was referred to the ComFinance. Mr. NYE presented a memorial of the Legislature of Nevada, in favor of a nut of lands and money to aid in the construction of the SanFranciseo and Washoe railroad and the Placer ville and Sacramento railroad; which was or dered to lie on the table, and be printed. Mr. LANE, of Kansas. I present, Mr. president, with pleasure, the petition of 124 beautiful, accomplished, and intelligent ladies of the city of Lawrence, Kansas, praying for an amendment of the Constitution that shall prohibit the several States from disfranchising any of their citizens on account of sex. As the petition is very brief and respectfully worded, I ask that a gallant Senate may hear it read. There being no objection,