The Washington union., 1857-05-22
o.oar,zation OF the Executive Departments
~ ~ he Government Of the United states;

,Se government OF the United States;
STATE DERAKnGn
hinery employed 10 conduct the business arising ont
srn relations with all the powers OF the wora = ss NOR ore
INT d ste Of the United States only seventeen as follows;
1ry State Ion lewis cass ono Assistant secretary Oh
% John Apeton chief clerk, tweiyo Clerks one trans
md one librarian
,,S Bnlnch-Ihis branch OF the State Department. ias
N correspondence the department and other d.
N the United abroad and those OF foreign pow
to his government 10 all diplomatic Instructions
he Department and Communications TO commissioners un
In N boundaries &c. prepared copied and recorded and
baracr received registered and nlod, their conens
| aaI entered in On analytic table or index
g. p,phTl,is branch has charge Of the correspondence,
% % he deparment and cosuls and commercial agents
d state In il those officers and answers
letters from other persons asking Tor consu
o relating consular affairs are prepared and recorded
nao A,u-IIe has charge Of all correspondence and
connected with accounts relating TO any fund with the
,sment Of which tho department Is charged
N Tua,ors duties TO furnish such transatons as the
nav require lie also records the commissions Of consus
nsuls when not In English upon which oxcquaturs are
~ Amendments and cannissicasHe makes out and records
ns letters of appointment and nominations 70 tho senao
M and exequaturs and records when IN English tho
os on which they issued Has charge Of tho library
he Rs and Arsl He lakes charge Of tho rolls or on
d resolutions or Congress- they receved at the dc
called for prepares for superinteuds their publication,
6t Of treaties the and In book FORM attends to
Nsbuon throughout the United States, and tiat OF all doou
md notifications regard which this duty Ia assigned TO tho
ai. writing and answering all letters connected therewh.
pe Of all Indian treaties and business relating thereto
Il n i,thncaions and Copyrightse has charge Of the
If s nted States and the department. and prepares and
certificates papers presented for authontcation receives
r for the foes Has charge publications
under the relating copyrights; records and IN
their TILES records all letters from the department other than
diplomatic and consular
d ayms and Passports He prepares and records pardons
and registers and files the petitions and papers on
hov are founded Makes and records passports keeps
h er Of all letters other than diplomatic and consular
and tho disposition mado of thom prepares letters relating
bis business
ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE
rem,h Black Attorney OF the United States; r.
e ESQ., chief The ordinary business Of this Office may be
Edaed under tho following heads
Official opinions the current business OF the government az
by President by any head Of department. or by the So
kr Of the Treasury
Examination Of the titles all land purchased the sites Of
h houses lighthouses, and all other public works Of
United States.
Aspirations for padons conviction the courts
II United States. s6
pcaons for appointment the judicial and legal business
te government. alas
The conduct and argument Of all suits in the Supreme of
United States in which the government n concerned
The supervision OF all other suits arising OF the depart
E when referred by the head thereof Attorney General
ordinary heads Of the business Of the Office added at
present time the following, viz:
M Tho direction Of all appeals on land claims in California
nd The cohcaon and revision OF tho laws Of the District OF
|mbia
fyrKRIoR DEPARTMENT
creary Of tho Department Interior Hon. Jacob Thomp
the Mississippi lis clerical force consists Of chief
Moses Kelly esq two disbursnG clerks and ten other regu
ks and supervision and management committed the
|rng branches Of the public service:
The Pue The chief Of this bureau is called tho Com
pucr Of the General Office Land Bureau charged
the survey management the public domain and the
titles therefor whether derived from combinations OF grants
former governments by sales donations grants for schools
inn
na military bounty land claims, and the issuing OF scrip IN
thereof Tho land Office also, audits It's own accounts The
Commissioner Hon. T. A. Hendricks, Of Indiana lts prn
officers recorder chief clerk principal clerk OF surveys,
aughnan assistant draughtsman and sono 100 clerks
karlous grades
d Parion-The present head of this bureau Is George C.
|g Of Virginia The commissioner charged with the exam
adjudication Of a claims arising under the various and
passed by Congress granting bounty land pensions
he military naval services in the revolutionary and subsequent
b which the United States have been engaged He has
clerk g. Cole esq and permanent corps consisting OF soma
N other clerks which Congress- to enable him to meet the
Cary fifty cersps OF different denominations
Commissioner Of Indian Affairs ad arfm, Charles
dGogeown D. G. Ho provided with chief clerk and about
VA Paa Ogce-o this bureau is committed and
all ac and things touching and respecting the grant
and Issuing patents and useful discoveries Inventions
Hprovements the collection Of statistics relating TO agrcuture
collection and distribution Of seeds plants and cuttings II has
clewho by law the acting Commissioner of Patents in
absence Of the Commissioner principal and twelve
@ examiners Of pltpns dozen subordinate permanent
Besides these four principal branches Of his now executive depart
h the organic Of 1549 transferred TO 1t from the Treasury De-
the supervision Of the accounts Of The United States marhas
attorneys the clerks United States courts the manage
The lead and other mines Of The Unit sttcs and The affairs
the nenary Of the United States in The District o Cpuniba and
n tho State Department the duty Of taking and returning the
the United States Of supervising and directing the acts o
Commissioner Of Public Buildings The hospital for the insane Of
and navy Of the district OF Columbia IL also under the
ncmcnt Of this department. in addition to which, by laws
N passed the Secretary OF The Interior charged with the con-
on Of the three roads leading 10 the Pacific coast
department requires an additional building It's accommoda
and the erection one has been repeatedly during
M lew years for that purpose present INC PENSION Onco
fied with in what Is known Wnders Buildng while
er branches of the department. including tho Secretary Office
all wdod into the Patent occ building tho whole Of which
Be required at an early day for the use Of the Patent Once for
sah was originally Intended.
TREASURY DErART1Ksr
Treasury Department OF tho Offices Of the Secretary or
treasury two comprolers commissioner OF tho customs six a
treasurer register solicitor light house board and coast sur
following brief indication Of the duties Of these several Off
and Of the force employed therein respectively:
1says oceTIon Howell Cobb, Secretary Of the Treasury
Philip Clayton Assistant Secretary engineer in Charge one
m and three draughsmen temporarily employed and twenty
Clerks The Secretary Of the Treasury charged with the gem
supervision o the scal transactions OF the and Of the
ou Of the laws concerning the and navigation OF the
states He snporntends the survey Of the coast the ghbouse
hmen marine hospitals OF the United States the
u certain public buildings for customhouscs and other pnr
VI cOur,oltes 0GoeIIon William Medl, Comptroller and
clerks He pcscfbes the mode OF keeping and rendering ac
o tho civil and diplomatic service well the public lands
N'sss and certnes tho balances arising thereon
aH Comprolies 0fceJohn NJ Brodhead esq Comptroller,
seventeen ccrs He pescbes the mode Of keeping and render
s accounts Of the army navy and Indian departments OF the
service and reyiscs and certies tho balances arising thereon
[r Commissioner cf te Ciptoms-Fugh j. Anderson, esq
missioner and eleven clerks He prescrbes tho odc OF keeping
nas the accounts OF the customs revenuo and dsborse
and for the building repairing custom houses, Sc and
ana getlhes the balances arising thereon.
II Agiprls QeIhomas H. Smith, ESQ., First Auditor, and
zen clerks He receives and adjusts the Accounts Of the customs
oe and disbursements appropriations expenditures
tho civil lat and under private acts OF Congress- aud reports
ral I'm
W. respectively, for their decision thereon
eN Aators oFoThomas j. ~ Fuller Second Auditor, and
cne clerks lie receives and adjusts all accounts rotating to
Wy clothing and recruiting OF the army well as armories
mas and ordnance and all accounts relating the Indian depart
and reports the balances the Second Comptroller for bis dec
w Aoiort oeRobert j. Atkinson, ESQ., Third Auditor, and
Vgh Gcrs He adjusts all accounts FOR sub
INC army forhcations Military Academy, military roads
aermasters department. we'll for pensions, claims
rom military services previous 1916 and for hnrsas and
lE a lhn IllnrN snrron anndef rntloma