The petition of Mrs. M. G. Fletcher and George A. Hardy, of Boston, and 54 others; The petition of Rev. J. H. Wiggins, of South Boston, and 217 others; The petition of F. H. Sargent and Elvira Frish, of Athol, and 53 others; The petition of Ebba F. Winslow and William F. Mitchell, of Lynn, and 60 others; The petition of G. G. Farman, of Lynn, and 38 others; The petition of Benjamin Percival, of Lynn, and 25 others; The petition of Anne E. Ladd and W. Norcross, of Lynn, and 100 others; The petition of C. W. Biddle and E. K. Weston, of Lynn, and 54 others; The petition of Thomas Glass, of Plympton, and 5 others; The petition of F. D. Bingham and Jane L. Straw, of Hyde Park, and 30 others; The petition of H. B. Wyman and Emily B. Willie, of Hyde Park, aad 47 others; The petition of William B. Stone and S. W. Beals, of West Brookfield, and 98 others; The petition of Annie P. Adams and C. P. Thompson, of Milford, and 206 others; The petition of Mrs. Eben S. Smith and Anna J. Hutchinson, of Provincetown, and 122 others; The petition of William H. Burnham, of Essex, and 39 others; The petition of Mrs. Louise S. Hills, of Cambridgeport, and 2 others; The petition of John B. Austine and David A. Bemes, of. Warren, and 82 others; The petition of Mrs. Ruth C. Thomson and George H. Miller, of Southbridge, and 94 others; The petition of Harriet Stow and Louisa M. Allcott, of Concord, and 29 others; The petition of Rev. J. F. Lovering, of Watertown, and 45 others; The petition of Lewis Ford and Sarah E. Packard, of Brockton, and 233 others; The petition of William R. Perkins, of Nantucket, and 83 others; The petition of Grace L. Richardson, of Gloucester, and 4 others; The petition of Mrs. C. H. Gould and E. J. Cogswell, of Lexington, and 27 others; The petition of H. H. Stearns, of Woburn, and 33 others; The petition of Mrs. Sarah J. Newton, of Arlington, and 42 others; The petition of Sarah E. S. Rollins and Joseph S. Hallett, of Barnstable, and 62 others; The petition of Mrs. Lois A. Staples, of Uxbridge, and 17 others; The petition of Lydia C. Hussey and Nellie M. Libbie, of Billerica, and 31 others; The petition of Elizabeth Deau, of Chelsea, and 46 others; The petition of Eva J. Darrall, H. S. Edwards, of Cleveland, Ohio, and 33 others; The petition of Mary J. McIntyre, Charles M. Coombs, of Cleveland, Ohio, and 27 others; The petition A. L. O. Stone, of Cleveland, Ohio, and 16 others; The petition of Mrs. Mary Dunbar, of Cleveland, Ohio, and 63 others; The petition of Mrs. Ruth M. Wood, of Cleveland, Ohio, and 14 others; The petition of Daniel R. Tilden, of Cleveland, Ohio, and 44 others; The petition of Mrs. Julia A. Arnold, of Willoughby, Ohio, and 252 others; The petition of Mrs. Harriet E. Davis, of Steubenville, Ohio, and 36 others; The petition of Mary M. Wyatt, of Hinckley, Ohio, and 15 others; The petition of Andrew B. Jester, of Pickaway County, Ohio, and 80 others; The petition of B. C. Gilbert and Sarah England, of Columbiana, Ohio, and 96 others; The petition of Benjamin Carman and Phebe Cottle, of Ohio, and 107 others; The petition of Lizzie A. Decker, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and 27 others; The petition of Simon Barnard, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and 10 others; The petition of E. D. Burleigh and E. C. Wilkinson, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and 8 others; The petition of Rebecca S. E. Harrops, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and 20 others; The petition of A. Harrison McLane, of Pennsylvania, and 88 others; The petition of Anna Essex and S. S. Grandin, of Meadville, Pennsyl vania, and 14 others; The petition of Annie T. Hamilton, of Kennet, Pennsylvania, and 146 others; The petition of Charles Snell and Eliza J. S. Clark, of Brady, Pennsylvania, and 13 others; The petition of Edith Pennock and William Darlington, of Chester County, Pennsylvania, and 73 others; The petition of Martha L. Hinds and William R. Jenkins, of Knoxville, Tennessee, and 51 others; The petition of Mrs. Anne Nolbrook and Mrs. Annie Thompson, of Utah Territory, and 2 others; The petition of James Rock and Elizabeth B. K. Lucia, of Vergennes, Vermont, and 31 others; The petition of Alpheus Goodwin, of Craftsbury, Vermont, and 40 others; The petition of Mrs. R. L. Palmer and C. Griswold, of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and 64 others; The petition of Seth Higgins, of Palmyra, Wisconsin, and 51 others; The petition of Herman Snow and 38 others, of San Francisco, California; The petition of Maria Solter and 23 others, of San Francisco, California; The petition of Mary B. Smith and 51 others, of Oakland, California; The petition of Mary E. Crowley and 19 others, of Antelope Springs, Colorado; The petition of B. B. Wadsworth, Z. A. Russell, and 16 others, of Denver, Colorado; The petition of Mrs. Lucy A. Keith and 19 others, of Stamford, Con necticut ; The petition of Mary A. Wright, E. D. Butler, and 19 others, of Wethersfield, Connecticut; The petition of Sarah M. Thomas and 9 others, of Lebanon, Connecticut; The petition of Rev. J. Burton, of Hartford, Connecticut; The petition of J. B. McGrew, Anna E. Fleming, and 7 others, of Dublin, Indiana; The petition of Mrs. F. Fountain, Ella Hyatt, and 85 others, of Dublin, Indiana; The petition of D. J. King, John Simmons, and 41 others, of Dublin, Indiana; The petition of Sarah Greene, Melinda Osborne, and 94 others, of Dublin, Indiana; The petition of Emily W. Spencer and 75 others, of Avilla, Indiana; The petition of R. T. Brown, T. H. Goodwin, and 10 others, of Dublin, Indiana; The petition of William M. Robinson, Elizabeth McRae, and 45 others, of Frankville, Iowa; The petition of Mrs. M. F. Kilbourne, J. W. Pert, and 42 others, of Creston, Iowa; The petition of Mrs. E. S. Lamb, M. S. Grace, and 90 others, of Algona, Iowa; The petition of Samuel Baker, of Wheaton, Illinois, and 55 others; The petition of H. Louise Burper, of Chicago, Illinois, and 20 others; The petition of Harriet P. Hine and Emeline A. Prescott, of Bowdoinham, Maine, and 69 others; The petition of A. Crowell and Esther Douglass, of Brunswick, Maine, and 96 others; The petition of Mrs. Oliver Dennett, of Portland, Maine, and 2 others; The petition of J. Arthur Greene, of Waterford, Maine, and 16 others; The petition of M. Daly and Emily A. Emerson, of Fountain Brook, Minnesota, and 15 others; The petition of Sarah B. Stearnės, of Duluth, Minnesota, and 37 others; The petition of Mrs. L. Hazen and Mrs. Mary Walters, of Medford, Minnesota, and 28 others; The petition of Mrs. L. Harford, of Saint John's, Michigan, and 107 others; The petition of Lucian Reed and Lucy M. Seely, of Mason, Michigan, and 58 others; The petition of Mrs. M. A. Packer and J. R. Pray, of Hartford, Michigan, and 39 others;⚫ The petition of Mrs. E. B. Maybin, of Morenci, Michigan, and 65 others; The petition of Mrs. M. J. Clapp and U. T. Towsley, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, and 35 others; The petition of John A. Fraser and George A. Douglass, of Michigamme, Michigan, and 220 others; The petition of Isaac P. Rose and Mrs. Ruthela Adams, of Michigamme, Michigan, and 86 others; The petition of Rebecca N. Hazard, of Kirkwood, Missouri, and 5 others; The petition of Alice H. Grubb, of Kirkwood, Missouri, and 22 others; The petition of Melinda Watson and William Bailey, of Baltimore, Maryland, and 44 others; The petition of Emmeline Walter, of Carson City, Nevada, and 43 others; The petition of Aaron M. Powell and Jane E. Capron, of New York City, and 45 others; The petition of Sophia Curtis Hoffman, of New York City; The petition of Elizabeth Schoonmaker, of New York City, and 83 others; The petition of Anna Oliver, of New York City, and 36 others; The petition of T. H. Sherman and Sarah M. Hallock, of Marlbor ough, New York, and 18 others; The petition of Elizabeth Oakes Smith, of Chittenango, New York, and 17 others; The petition of Henry A. Slack and Cary Rushmore, of Albany, New York, and 13 others; The petition of Emma Sandland and William B. Wadsworth, of Brooklyn, New York, and 21 others; The petition of Mary Meteyard and C. Hamilton, of East Hamburg, New York, and 92 others; and The petition of John Thompson and Mrs. C. S. Pond, of Saratoga Springs, New York, and 106 others. Ordered, That they be referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections. Mr. Butler, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the joint resolution (H. R. 37) to authorize the Secretary of War to issue certain arms to the Washington Light Infantry of Charleston, South Carolina, reported it without amendment. On motion by Mr. Butler, Ordered, That the Committee on Military Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the bill (S. 215) to authorize the Secretary of War to issue certain arms to the Washington Light Infantry of Charleston, South Carolina. Mr. Ingalls, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill (S. 285) granting a pensjon to Elizabeth D. Stone, reported it without amendment. Mr. Maxey, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (S. 26) to donate a portion of the military reservation of Fort Harker to the State of Kansas, for the establishment of an educational or charitable institution, and to open the remainder of said reservation to settlement, reported it with an amendment, and submitted a report (No. 61) thereon. Mr. Wallace, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the bill (S. 106) to authorize a long bond for the investment of savings, reported it with an amendment. Mr. Ferry, from the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, to whom was referred the bill (S. 596) to regulate the compensation of postmasters, and for other purposes, reported it with amendments. Mr. Spencer, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the joint resolution (H. R. 62) appropriating $200 to defray expenses of transferring the remains of Pancoast Loose, a deceased soldier, reported it without amendment, and submitted a report (No. 62) thereon. Mr. Hamlin, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 1474) further to suspend the operations of sec tion 5574 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, title 72, in relation to guano islands, reported it with an amendment. Mr. Maxey, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred a letter from the Secretary of War, inviting the attention of Congress to the subject of commutation of quarters, fuel, and torage in the Revised Statutes, and recommending an amendment thereof, submitted a report (No. 60) thereon, accompanied by a bill (S. 662),to amend section 1270 of the Revised Statutes, relating to commutation to officers of the Army; which was read the first and second times, by unanimous consent. Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylvania, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 119) to remove the charges against Lieutenant Charles Wilkinson, late of Company K, One hundred and second Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, on file in the War Department, reported it without amendment, and submitted a report (No. 68) thereon. Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylvania, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (S. 23) for the relief of Major and Brevet Colonel Joseph B. Collins, late of the United States Army, reported it without amendment, and submitted an adverse report (No. 67) thereon. Mr. Ingalls, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill (S. 132) granting a pension to Joseph Grigsby, reported it without amendment, and submitted an adverse report (No. 66) thereon. Mr. Plumb, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (S. 262) to authorize the President of the United States to promote and retire First Lieutenant David I. Ezekiel, of the Fourth Regiment of Infantry, United States Army, reported it without amendment, and submitted an adverse report (No. 63) thereon. Mr. Ingalls, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill (S. 244) granting a pension to Frederick Banker, a private in the late civil war, reported it without amendment, and submitted an adverse report (No. 64) thereon. Mr. Ingalls, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill (S. 286) granting a pension to David Torpey, reported it without amendment, and submitted an adverse report (No. 65) thereon. Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylvania, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (S. 162) for the relief of James Clift, reported it without amendment, and submitted an adverse report (No. 69) thereon. The Senate proceeded to consider the said bills (S. 23, S. 132, S. 262, S. 244, S. 286, S. 162) as in Committee of the Whole, and no amendment being made, they were reported to the Senate. Ordered, That they be postponed indefinitely. Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylvania, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of W. B. Mann, J. W. Forney, and others of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, praying that an allowance be made to Mrs. Catherine T. Campbell, submitted an adverse report (No. 72) thereon, and The report was agreed to. Mr. Ingalls, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John B. Dunbar, submitted an adverse report (No. 71) thereon, and The report was agreed to. Mr. Ingalls, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of William Kearney, submitted an adverse report (No. 70) thereon, and The report was agreed to. Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylvania, from the Committee on Military |