The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-03-28

CoNGREss.-In the Senate yesterday Mr.. Slidell
introduced bill giving the consent of Congress to
the levying of tonnage duties by the States bound
ing the Mississippi river for the Improvement of
the same. On motion of Mr.. Salisbury, Mr. Da-
Wis resolutions territorial rights were made the
special order for Monday next On motion of Mr..
Mallory, the Senate proceeded to the consideration
of the bill to increase the pay of the navy. Several
amendments were offered, calling forth considera-
BILE discussion, but only one was adopted giving
Commander Dahlgren, who has charge of the ex-
periments in cunning at the Washington navy
yard, the sea-service pay of the grade next above
him. This bill provides to establish the pay of
each grade of officers in the navy at specific sum
| per annum, with increase at stated periods, in
lieu of the present system of compromising those
officers by proportionaee allowances in money,
| tons, &C.
In the House, the bill providing for the safety of
passengers steam vessels, was taken up. This
bill limits the number of passengers in sea going
vessels to one for every three and half tons bur-
then, and also provides for an efficient system of
lights, after the plan adopted by the English and
French navigators. Messrs. Washburn, of illinois.
Gartrell and Sickles favored, and Mr.. Crawford
opposed the BILL but without coming to vote the
weeks. The House then in Committee of the
Whole, took up the Army Appropriation BILL
which Mr.. Boteler proposed to amend by appropri-
ating 100000 instead 1880 900 for the Nationa
Armories at Springfield and Harper's Ferry. but
without voting on the amendment the Committee
arose and the House adjourned.
THE PRINTING INVESTIGATION IN WAsHGNGToN.-
The Congressional Committee, which has been en-
gagged for some weeks in investigating the subject
of the Public Printing, made its report to the
House of Representatives on Monday. They sub
| mitted also the testimony they have taken on the
subject upon which their report is based The alb
| stract of this testimony which we publish in our
| issue of this morning, throws considerable light
upon the manner In which this branch of the pub
| lie service is managed.
| The Committee submitted resolutions declaring
that hereafter person shall be elected either as
the printer of the Senate the printer of the
House of Representatives who is not at the time of
| such election practical printer, and that the
| person elected shall execute a bond, with
| at least two securities in the penalty of TWEEN
tyfve thousand dollars for the faithful and honest
performance of all the duties devolving upon him;
that the prices heretofore allowed for public print
ing be reduced forty per centum, and the Superin-
| tendent of the Public Printing is authorized to
cause the accounts of the public printer to be made
out and rendered to him heretofore, and before
certifying the same to the treasury for payment he
shall deduct from the aggregate amount of such &C.
| count so rendered, the sum of forty per centum
and the residue shall be received by the Public
| Printer, as full compensation for the work stated
in his account. 1t is said that the profits of the
Public Printers for the last six wears have amount
ed to the sum of two millions of dollars