The Washington union., 1857-11-21

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"a d.iuction for clubs WEEKLY.
,ns oraanixation OF the Executive Departments
OF the Government OF the united states
. ...E.ls fIst. srArK DISARMAMENT. lasa3a
hoo machinery employed 20 arising out
sr relations all tho Of the world y for more
% an Is generally The number employed 10 the
q ssta United States only seventeen as olows
@ secretary state ion Lewis cas Assistant Secretary Of
e dIon John Appon chief clerk twelve clerks one trans
ntor and one librarian a3 pttl' ina.iN a&i iAl
n,,oac y,oanchTbis branch State Department
% Of a correspondence between the department and other d.
Of the United abroad those Of foreign
@ accredited 10 this government In all diplomatic instructions
, @ the deparment communications 10 commissioners
der treaties boundaries & ara prepared ana ana
ali character received arc rseserea and MED her contents
brlng nrst entered analytic table or INDEX
,,ouh This branch charge the correspondence,
n msen he department the consus and commercial agents
~ ,S states In officers
their dispatches 10 letters from other persons asking FOR consul
lar or relating consular aas prepared and recorded
, nsy,o antIic has charge of all correspondence
other matters with accounts relating 70 fund with the
advancement Of which the department Is charged
"a, yaaorIi furnish such trshsatons the
may require He also records the commissions Of consus
and yo oas when not in English which exequatnrs
issued.
c,k Of t,npesas and
commissions appointment and nominations TO the senate
out and records when In EARsh the
Commissions on they issued Has charge Of the library
CLERK Of he takes charge Of the rolls ent
rolled and S ss @ 5 s scSssa a. Ss
which called for prepares for and saps,ends their paDGaton
of
hr Distribution throughout States all
euts publications in regard 70 which hs duty assigned 70 the
department. writing and answering all letters connected thefe~ih
Has charge all Indian treaties and business relating thereto
CLERK Of uhsnioicrs and Cqyiea e has charge of the
seals Of The United states and y s @ sey
and accounts Has charge OF publications transmitted 10
The laws relating to copgh records and IN
dexe their titles all letters from the department other than
the diplomatic and consular X .4.t.a. aa
C Paaos and faapoIIe prepares and records pardons
and remsons registers files the petitions aud
they founded Makes out and records passports keeps
daily ee all letters other than diplomatic and consular,
scised disposition en letters relating
10 this business
ATTORNEY GENERALS
Hon Jeremiah Black Attorney of the United States
cie chef esrs The ordinary business 81 TINS once may Dc
Official opinions the business Of the government as
called the President by any head Of department or by the 80
Examination Of the titles all purchased Of
arsea custom houses lighthouses and al other public works
Applications pardons all of conviction in tho courts
Applications appointment all the Judicial and legal business
The conduct argument suits the Supreme Court Of
United States in which the government u concerned
menis by the General
ordinary the business Of the office added
Fret The direction appeals claims in California
Second Tho oidcaon and revision OF the laws Of the District
Columbia. tt
INTERIOR
Secretary Of the Department Of the Intene Hon Jacob Thom
Of Mississippi Its clerical force consists Of one cef
ek Moses Kelly es two disborsng clerks and ten other reg
clerks supervision committed the
following branches Of the public services
missioner o the General Land ONCE charged
with the management and sale OF the public domain and te
governments sales Donations Of grants for schools
military beunieB public and likewise the revision
military bounty land claims, and the issuing OF scrip
lieu thereof The Land Office also aud It's own accounts The
epa officers are recorder chief clerk principal surveys
besides daughnan assistant draughtsman ana some ioo clerks
Of various grades
ID PnsoaThe present head OF this bureau George
whiting Of Virginia The commissioner Is charged with W.T. the esa
laws passed by Congress granting bounty and or po
which the United States have been engaged He has one
chief clerk e. Cole esq., and permanent corps consisting Of some
extraordinary requirements the law has added
force about hf cershs q different denominations
Sd Indi1n Of Indian Affairs ad interim Charles
ax "Gsogetown G. He provided with chief clerk ana about
Ih Patent O6-To this bureau is committed the and
performance a and things touching and respecting the grant
Ing issuing patents for usau discoveries Inventions
and the collection statistics relating agcuure
The collection and distribution Of seeds plants and cuttings has
the absence of the Commssioncrweve principal and twelve as
% q
Besides these four principal branches this new executive depart
paren the supervision tho accounts marhas
aud attorneys and the clerks OF the United States courts the manage
pencny States the District Of Conmbia and
from tho a,e Department the duty Of taking and returning the cen
the Unod States and Of supervising and directing the acts
e Commissioner Of Public Buildings The hospital for the insane Of
management @ department addition which, by laws
Gently passed the Secretary Of the Interior charged with the con
department rngures additional building for its accemmoda
ton erection has been repeatedly during
the last few for has purpose present the Pension ONCE
provided "Winders Building while
The department. including the sccrerys Office
all the Office building the whole Of which
will early day for the Of the Pateh Oc LOT
which was originally intended
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Treasury Department Of the Offices of the Secretary Of
tho Treasury compoers commissioner Of the customs six au
ds treasurer register SOLICITOR light house board ana coast
The following Ii brief indication Of the Off
ses, and OF the force employed therein respectively;
Ssrars 0D-Hon Cobb, Secretary of the Trcasury
Hon Philip Clayton Assistant Secretary engineer In charge one
architect three augsmcn temporarily employed and twenty
three clerks the Treasury charged with the
era the fiscal transactions the and the
navigation OF the
He supcncnd the lighthouse
establishment hospitals Of the United States and the con
srucon certain public buildings for and other pu
poses fQ3
ra Comrsrolles oGce-on william Med, Comptroller, and
fifteen cork He pcbes tho mode Of keeping and rendering a
counts for the civil and diplomatic service well the public lands
and rovises and certhes the balances arising
Second Compolg's 0Gceohn NJ Brsdbead, Comptroller
and clerks He ebe the mode Of keeping and render
ing the accounts Of the and Indian departments OF he
Office " coasisuoaer Of CusopsBugh j. Anderson,
Commissioner and eleven clerks He prescbe the mode Of keeping
and the accounts Of the customs revenue and
men and for the building repairing custom houses Sc and re-
Tlscs and certoes the balances arising thereon
ks Audors 0fosTbomas Smith, First Auditor, and
nineteen clerks He adjusts the accounts the customs
count Of the civil list acts o Congress- and reports
the balances the Of the Customs and the First Comp
reDe respectively, fer their decision thereon.
&'d And1or 0csThomas D. Fuller, Second Auditor, and
twenty clerks lie and adjusts all accounts relating %
and ordnance relating depart
reports the balances the Second Comptroller for his de
sion thereon t
Thbd Auas onoRobert j. Atkinson esq Third Auditor and