MEMORIAL.
Mr. HUGHES, by unanimous consent, presented the memorial of James Morris, Isaac Reed, George W. Deuson and James C. Saunders, claiming to have been sent to the southern penitentiary by the Common Pleas Court of Monroe county, on the 15th of August, 1865, on a charge of felony, said court having no jurisdiction in such cases, where they remained upwards of two years before their discharge could be obtained. They ask compensation to the amount of four thousand two hundred dollars for their work during that time.
It was referred to the Committee on Claims.