The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-05-10
CITY OF WASHINGTON. THURSDAY MORNING. NAY TO- 1851

Fir.f Asalsrss Thomas l. snisA. ess.. FIRST Aud
ltsf En1 csk hs resolves and Ad1sls ahe
coanis 81 and oikeases1is aprofr
Aas and expenditures q tbs risi list and u
prse u Consress, and reposss balances the
Cossscaer q TIE tlstotas and the First Comptroller,
spectirsiy, for their dscassou thereon
Ssroed Asdissr's t,usPAiEt c4aston esq., seoora Aud
tug, and tsentsDc rierAf- s and aausis all
reGnts relating = the pay, othng 4ne recruiting a The
aecants relating Indian department reports
balances 70 de Sscead ComPtrcer or his drcon thereon
Tlira A~Ssaos's ogss.-gobrr J. Atkinson esd. Third
Auditor and s-senfraht clerks he and sdjust
al lot snisssrrs ei tbs army, ortiEeans Mill
tsrf AeaSeny, military roads and the oaareruasis de-
nytsrni- we AZ or iensoEf oiaiHas arising fren nib
tsrs pregisas isle and Cor horses 1nd other
property ost n the arI ssiee under various acts 81
Congress- and reports balances Second Ce1Dtro
ter for his aeclason tbsrspa
gsarfL -AHraFs ofsst.Aaron O. Dayton, esd, F0Erth
Auditor and sixteen clerks s receives and aas,s Al ae
the balaaees 70 ihe Second Comptroller for h decision
thereon
clerks He adjusts al accounts dip
The State Department, and reports the balances 10 the First
Comptroller fer Ais dneissan theseea-
ssrta Aadsor'. osgos.-willsin r. Phillips esq sirth
Auditor and huncred and erks- He receives aad
aasts an accrats arising from The service q t.e Post 0ce
Deparnuens His as, uiass appeal be
ken ia twelve months First Cgftrs and ne super
intends the collection 81 all ds5 dne the Pot oiee Depart
Insni-
gseasrrer,. 0gos Samuel Casey, esq. Treasurer and
thirteen clerks he receives and keeps the moneys Of the
United fis oce Of 6ep0sfcrses
BY tbs q the e 81 August ls4s and paws ont
the upon warrants drawn By the Secretary Of the Treas
raats dawn BY the Postmaster General and
by the Sixth Auc0r, and recorded oy the Register lie
alec holds public advanced by warrant 60 disbursng
officers and pays cut the same npen their chacks-
gtgasag 0gSoe.- Finley Bigger Register and twenty
oer lie keeps the of public receipts and
dfures receives the refrrns makes ont the official
and ~ the United statas
and receives from the First Gagtroer and Commissioner
ali and vouchers decided BY them, and
charged by law with their safe keeping
so7eagsa 0SEae-Franeis t. sreeter Solicitor and SIX
clerks. He uperintsnds MI civil suits commencec by the
arshals and clerks nll matters relating to them and then
results lie receives from each of the United
su; has charge 81 all lands and other property assigned
United States in payment o debts and Las power
M and dspose Of the for the benefit OF the United
Light lgouss Board.Hon. james Guthrie, president;
Com W. b. sbabrick Unod States navy chairman Gen
j. G. Tottsn, United States army Col. James kearney
Unsd States army; Prof A. D. Bsehe, Superintendent Of
Coast SurveY; Prof JOSEPH Berry srcrstsly Of Smithsonian
Lieut. Thonsn A. Jenkins United Slaies navy, secreary
Capt Edmund L. T. Hardcase, United States Rrrny,
tar and i've rlrrk This board directs the buiine and
repairing Of lighthouses hgh1-Fesse buors and beacon
contracts for supplies Of oil. dc
loaas sareey.Aisrandar D. Bache esq., superintendent
and thirty EIGHT assistant draughtsDrn, az.
SAvF pErAETxESr.
The Navy Department consists of the Navy Department
proper being the Office Of the Secretary and of five
attached thereto VIZ Burrau Of Yary-yardF and Docks
bureau Of Construction EqniPrueni and Repair Bureau
of Provisions and cting Bureau of Ordnance and Nv
drography, and the Bureau al Medicine and Surgery.
The Following statement q the duties Of each Of these
Offices and Of the force employed therein.
SocrcsU-vs oe.son- james c. Dothin. Secretary or
the Navy Charles W. Welsh esq., cie clerk; and eleven
clerks The Secretary Of the Navy has charge every
cufi9n o ali laws relating thereto ntsused to him. under
The general Of the President United States
a1a navy An instructions commanders squadrons and
commanders vessels, all orders Of officers commissions Of
officers both The navy and marine corps, appointments OF
com and Warrant officers enlistment
discharge Of enanate fe the Secretary office
te authority the Secretary aud their orders
cred errasag from hin- The general snperintendepce
y n - a1 fbs a-ders ~ ~. ean,n.nasn, "a ,hs @
corps should be approved by him
Buroau of Nary Tards and DocEs.--comnodore Joseph
smith, csf d be bureau, ieur clerks, civil engineer
and one drsughtsrrnn All the navy-yards docks and
wsarres buildings machney in navyards and every
rrfrtadence of t bureau 1t is aso charged with the
Inanx cement Of the Naval Asylum
B.reau Of conssrncfson, Bsarmsss, and Repas.-IohD
Ieutha eFe chief OF the bureau eighi cler ks one
raurhts1an The Office of The enrnser navv
Daziei b. Martin, esq attached bureau who
IN te Building and repairs of ali purchase III
rnafeiia and the providing Of all vessels with their equip
chief superinends the of s en-
nes for the nary, and with the approval o. the Secretary,
decides upon plans ter their construction.
Barau of rorisieng end Clsshing.-H. Bridge purser
United states navy cif Of bureau and four clerk An
yor oxi md clothing. together
the making o for furnishing the same, under
the charge of this huresu
Bursau Oh OrTaanor and y.Coinrppdore Css
Morris e.ef four scrs, and asHugbfsmsn
hsf charge all ordnance and ordnance stores
ianufnctufa purchase rarpor Euns powder shot sels
&r and equipment of ressels-otsar with everything
connected therswth il Esp provides them with maps,
charts eh0nc1aeers AaT0metef- dc, together with snc
books Furnished shiFs-ofnar tThe United stnscs
Naval Observatory and Hy1rngraphicai ofce aspg-
ton the Naval Academy AnuspoiE alno under
general superintenaenoe Of the chit cf this bureau
Bnrean ef Hedscsne end Surgryg.-Dr. wiisxm wbsian
surgeon EIised States navy chief of bureau, passed
sstAut surgeon United States nsvr and clerks Every
thing rlag medicines and medical
sick and wonpdr1 and of hospitals with
il The superintendsDce Of this bureau
oTrsIE nEPAxTmENr.
Hon James CarHpe Postmaster General The direction
and management Of the Post Oee Department assigned
u ~ cOnstitution and laws the Postmaster Geuern Tint
be The onnrspsny arranged and
pared Ger his s hrnn IL draruted ainang sererai
FIRST Assistant Postmaster General, til. Contract Once IN
charge IL the Second Assistant Postmaster General the
Fiuance 0oe In charge ~ the Third AasiTtsnt
General; and the inPectaon Office, in charge Of the chief
Y clerk.
Ap1spfnfIass f5os.prstio King, ESQ., First Ashistsni
General and rDetern clerks To this
sssigDeA al qneaon whrb resta 70 establishment
dirrutsarsnSe ~ Pot Offices, changes q sies and names
sst1nenf reIIovsl ~ fsasterE snd route and local
agents also the giving a. nsfgecion to potnassrs.
past1nasters ngnsrc VITA marking and rating stHps
tif bussn vsuh ie charged siep with
roridiue blanks and stationery fr the IT the depart
ss and with the supnfedenre ct the sereral nxcrce
established fu Hufrrin poFtmsste- with bsDkr Te h
brrasu Rnkgned this uf its mI
s;easp lines and e the fortgn ard international postal