The Washington union., 1857-09-30


No deduction for clubs WEEKLY
The Organization OF the Executive Departments
OF the government or the United States
srAn DKrAsrsrSn
whole machinery employed business arising
simple than generally conceived The number employed
p ] on m epaep s c ons o s5 ~
State ion John Appe,on one chief clerk, twelve clerks trans
iHtOr, and one librarian
Diplomatic Branch branch Of the State Department
charge of all correspondence between the department and other d
q nm ae s al abroad n ana % q
sent from the department and communications commissioners
S q Hse CHARACTER received an lS Ss
being first entered In an analytic table or index
ByanhThis charge correspondence
&c bscn the depaen and the consul and commercial agents
Of the United States In instructions those officers and
90 their dispatches and TO letters from other asking for
lar agency or relating 20 consular affairs prepared and recorded
The Dt6sg Asa He has charge Of all correspondence and
other matters connected with relating
disbursement Of which the department is charged
furnish trsnsaons as the
department, require He also records the Of
issued
CLERK Arro~tmmn makes
cxcquaurs records when English
commissions which they issued Has charge of the library
Clerk @ the Rolls charge of the rolls,
partmen from the President the authenticated copies thereof
which are called for prepares for and supennds their publication
and that o treaties in the newspapers and in book form attends to
their distribution throughout the all
ents and publications in regard which this duty Is assigned the
writing and answering all letters herewith
CLERK e Authorizations Cyrigh.s4Ie charge Of the
seals Of the United States and Of the department. and prepares and
and accounts for ,he fee as Charge Of pubSaons med 70
the department. undor the laws relating oopyght
the diplomatic and consular.
Csek Of Par aud Passports prepares pardons
which they founded Makes out and records passports keeps
daily register Of all letters other than diplomatic and consular
to this business.
GENERALS OFFICE.
Hon. jeremiah Black Attorney States
II cs ESQ., sef @ The ordinary business Of this office may be
Official opinions the business of the government
called for by the President by any head Of department. by the So
Examination Of the titles of all land purchased the
asena custom houses houses and all other public works
q Applications for padons all
Applications appointment judicial legal business
The conduct and of all suits the supreme Court
the United States in which the governnon, co%oernsd
when referred by Attorney General
TO these ordinary heads Of Tho business Of the Office added
First The direction Of NIL appeals on land claims
Columbia.
DEPARTMENT
seccary of the Department ineef Hon Thomp
son. Of the State Of Mississippi Rs torca Of chief
clerk oscs Kelly two dbung clerks other regu
lar clerks supervision ara committed the
following lev a, branches a, , Of Of the public ,eryicst
missioner Of the General Land Oce Tho charged
issuing therefor grants
made by former by sales donaons for schools
Virginia military bounty land claims and the issuing Of scrip in
present Commissioner is Hon T 4 Hendricks, Of Indiana m prn
ca officers are recorder chief clerk principal clerk OF
besides draushsman, assistant draughsman 5o clerks
wSn. "a :, ~ esen, head O. this bureau + George
nation and adjudication all arising under tho various
military naval services in the rovouoy and subsequent
wars In which the United States have been engaged He has
seventy other whsh @ o enable &im the
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3D. Commissioner of Indian Affairs dd Interim Charles
Mix Georgetown D. He provided with chief clerk and about
nteen other subordinate clerks.
4th Patent TO this bureau is committed the execution and
performance of all ac and things touching and respecting the grant
ing anu issuing Of patents for new and useful
.he cecon and distribution OF seeds plants and cuttings II mas
chief ckwho by law the acting Commissioner Of Patents in
sant paents subordinate permanent
clerks besides considerable number Of temporary employees
the si0 transferred from the Treasury De-
pnnt United states marshas
and attorneys the the United courts manage
cn Of the lead and other mines Of the United States and the affairs
from the State Department the duty Of taking and returning the
Commissioner Of Pubic Buildings The hospital for the insane
the and navy and the District of Columbia also under tho
Gently passed. the Secretary the charged with
strca Of the three wagon roads leading The Pacific coast
The department additional building for its accemmoda
on aud the erection has repeatedly recommended during
the last few for that M present the Pension ONCE is
the other branches Of the department including the secretr office
all crowded the Patent 0oe building the whole which
will be required early for the Patent Office
which was originally intended.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
The Treasury Department Of the Secretary
tho Treasury, two compoe commissioner Of the CUSTOMS six
dors treasurer register solicitor board and coast
vey
The following the of
ees and Of the force employed therein, respectively;
Ssayys 0ceTon Cobb Secretary Of the Treasury;
Hon Philip Clayton Assistant Secretary engineer in charge
architect drauhismen temporarily employed and twenty
three clerks The Secretary of the Treasury charged with the
the and OF the
United States He superntends the the coast the
establishment the hospitals of the United Sates and the
public buildings houses and other
poses.
First Com,sroller oGoeHon William Medl, Comptroller and
fifteen mode keeping and rendering
the civil and diplomatic well as the public lands
and revises and ccrtihes the balances arising thereon
O1iceJohn M Bredead, Comptroller,
lie probes the mode OF Keeping and
ing tho Of the and Indian departments oil the
public reves and cerhes the balances arising
0M of Commissioner Of Cuaom-Hugh Anderson, esq,
Commissioner eleven clerks He pescbos the mode d Keeping
and rendering the of the customs revenue and oure
building and repairing custom houses &o and
vises and certnes the balances arising thereon
FGrs Aators OGcTomas Smith, ESQ., First Auditor, and
receives the accounts oil toe customs
disbursements appropriations and expenditures on
the balances tho Commissioner of the Customs and the FIRST Comp
troler, respectively, fer their decision thereon
D. Fuller Second Auditor, and
twenty clerks He receives and adjusts all accounts relating 70
the clothing recruiting Of the wen as armores
relating the Indian depart
reports the balances TO the Second Comptroller for bis dec
sion thereon.
Third Audors onRobert Atkinson esq Third Auditor,