The Washington union., 1857-12-09

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STATE DnAKssKsr. nf tHst
@ ,rp relations with ali The powers or The world sr more
simple generally conceived The number employed in the
oae secretary STATE, on Lewis cs Secretary
on John AppeonD one chief clerk twelve clerks trans
ppiorate B,an-his branch Of the state Department nss
charge all coespcndence between tho department and other d
s accredited 10 this government In all diplomatic
sent the department. and communications TO commissioners
s Ike ehsae,sr recsse are rsgssred and io their
being entered In analytic table index, e0e nnt
ar branch has charge Of the correspondence
s the department and the consa and commercial agents
c United States In il instructions 70 those officers and
dispatches and TO letters from other asking for
agency relating 70 consular affairs prepared and recorded
r Dibsiv AoeIie has charge OF all correspondence
disbursement sf which the department Is charged d
TO transaions
department. require lie also records the commissions Of consu
issued. ltR slh 4'st'' W.
CLERK Apintsse,is makes
COMMISSIONS letters Of appointment and nominations % the Senate
makes exequaiurs records English
which they issued Has charge Of the library
ot The M and Areai, He takes charge Of the rolls
rolled and resolutions Of Congress- they received at the
from the President the authenticated copo thereof
and d treaties N te and in book form attends
distribution throughout the United States and tina, q all docu
department. writing and answering all letters horowh
charge Of all Indian treaties and business relating thereto
CLERK Of Authorizations and Copyrights He has charge Of the
the United States and Of the department.
attaches certificates presented for receives
department under the laws relating copyrights and
their titles records all letters from tho department other than
the diplomatic and consular h 1#A &a RF
CLERK Passports prepares pardons
ems and registers and files the petitions aud
daily register Of ali letters other than diplomatic and consular re-
syd and OF the disposition made Of them letters relating
ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE,
Hon jeremiah Black Attorney General Of the United States
G chief clerk The ordinary business of this Office be
classified under the following heads VI s,'4 as
opinions the current business OF tho
called for by The President by head Of department. or by the So
Examination Of the titles Of all land purchased as the sites
arse custom houses light houses and all other public works
Applications pardons all the courts
Applications appointment in all the judicial and legal business
rc conduct and argument Of all suits in the Supreme Court
the United States In which the government concerned
The peyoa Of all other suits arising IN any Of the depart
To these ordinary cads Of the business OF the office added
Ft Tho direction Of all appeals on land claims in crorna
Second The coacaon and reyson Of the laws Of the District
Columbia. g3 afF lsTG t834ta at3E8# gHa h.i8
s-r INTERIOR DEPARTMENT. a'8F eft5
Secretary tho Department Of the Intcsr Hon Jacob omp
clerk Moses Kelly esq } dsbursng clerks regu
lar clerks and to its supervision and committed the
following branches Of the public services @F ESsftl
The chief called
survey management and public domain
issuing therefor grants
military beuntes public proy
G Virginia military claims and the issuing q scrip
present Commissioner Is Hon. Hendricks Of Indiana It's pri
besides assistant 100 CLERKS
ID Peuion-Tho present bureau George G.
Whiting, Virginia The commissioner Is charged with the cxam
nation and q al claims nns ,ns s oSs "a sna
for the military naval services and subsequent
chief clerk 81 Cole and permanent corps Consisting Of some
seventy which Congress enable
temporary force ny cerkshps Of different denominations
od commissioner Of Indian Affairs dd ten Charles
Mix Gorgotowr He provided with chief clerk and about
fifteen other subordinate clerks. t3A 3N
performance Of all and things touching and respecting the grant
Ing and issuing patents for and useful discoveries Inventions
tho collection and distribution Of seeds plants and cuttings has
% s tho sy S the s sns e v Sn Z
ant examiners Of patents dozen subordinate permanent
clerks besides considerable number Of temporary employees
Besides these principal branches Of this executive depart
men the act q 1S49 transferred TO from the Treasury De
and aoeys and tho clerks q ts United States courts the
@ s Sa S ns si hs ns
from tho State the duty taking and returning the cen
the Commissioner q sab idnrs Tho hospital for tSo insane
the Of the District Columbia is also under the
This department. addition to which, by laws
Gently passed the secretary The Interior charged With the
strucon Of the three roads leading the Pacific coast
The department requires additional building accemmoda
ton and the erection has been repeatedly recommended during
the last few for that present the Pension ONCE
provided with what "winders Building while
the other branches the department including the ONCE
all building tho whole of which
viii BIO required at early for the Of the Patent once for
which was originally Intended tt n 1ft sYs,I-1f
.sI3 F4 AhlH
The Treasury Department the Secretary Of
Treasury comptrolers
d treasurer register SOLICITOR lighthouse board and coast
The following is brief indication Of the
ees, and OF the force employed therein respectively;
Srda,ys Oncs Howell Cobb Secretary the Treasury
Hon Philip Clayton Assistant Secretary engineer in chagc one
architect and three draughnen temporarily employed and twenty
three Treasury charged with the
government Of the
execution Of the laws concerning the and navigation Of the
States He supcrncns survey coast
establishments hospitals Of the United States, and tho
con Of certain public buildings for custom houses and other u
poses. e'A w iN8
PTa Copptroers Otfce-Hon william Medl, Comptroller, and
diplomatic service well the public lands,
and revises ceaes the balances arising thereon gu19
Comprollcvs QGoeJ W.. Cuts csq Comptroller, and
army navy Indian departments OF the
public cernes balances arising thereon
Office Of Commissioner Of ne CasomsIugh Anderson osq,
Commissioner and clerks He prccrbes tho mode keeping
and rendering Of the and dsburse
mcnt and for building repairing custom houses &c and 70
yiscs and ccrines the balances arising thereon
F1s Ogce-1Thomas Smith, esq, First Auditor and
nineteen e adjusts accounts OF tho customs
disbursements and expenditures on ac
count the civil list and under private acts Of and reports
the balances Commissioner Of Customs and the First Comp
roler, respectively, fer their decision thereon M IA H W
Aud5cvs odfc Fuller Second Audtor and
twenty clerks lie receives and adjusts all accounts eag to
the pay cotng recruiting the well armories,
arsena and all accounts relating 70 the Indian depart
reports the balances the Second Comptroller for his dec
sion thereon xiafff 1860 i f3iro sad tlitW ngdfiao
Third Ansor OoobcrtJ J. Atkinson ESQ., Auditor and
seventy He and adjusts all accounts for SUBJ