WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.
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 The Blue Book, or as it is styled, "United States Official Register. for 1833,'' is out, and there is good deal of valuable matter in it, Two years ago this session of Congress a. mended the joint resolution of 1916, and re- qured the departments and officers of the government to report the names ofthe print CTS employed, and the compensation paid them, and also, that the Post Master General should report the amount of the contracts made by him for transporting the mail, with the sums paid by way of allowances over and above the contract price. This has brought to light the importantfact that Mir. Blair. of the Globe. has received no less than S47.235 98, for printing said to be done for the differ ent Departments, and which does not include any part of the printing for Congress, nor any printing ordered by law, but simply the ordi- nary and eleciioneering work for the depart ments, of which Sl4,S71 y is printing for the Post Office alone. But the crumbs from the Post Office Departments have been literally distributed. The whole expense of printing for this Department is S57,745 5S, of which Hill & Barton (do you take Isaac ? received the snug little sum of Sl ,494 36, in New 10 keep all things straight in the Granite State. Mir. Barry, at the opening of the Session, reported that he found he was something over S20O,0oO; and in answer to resolution offered in the Senate by MT. Ewing, he reported yesterday, that he had borrowed over S400, ,OOO.-I6.