The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-03-09


The Whole machinery employed eendue ihe hnsaess rising oai
d our foreign rotations with All the powers q tho world r
Dcla STATE Of The United only seventeen follows
Que sear osaaie on Lewis cass ous Assistant Secretary Of
STATE io john Appelon chief clerk twelve clerks
laior, and librarian.
Diplomatic Braacl-Tih bianoh Department
poqnc ud abroad. ana those pow
ers accredited TO hi government 10 ai ao.c nrueuons
treaties q boundaries &c aepparsd copied and recorded and
being hrst entered n an analytic table or index.
cnIar branch charge Of the correspondence
&c between the department and the consu and commercial agents
the United instructions those officers
% their dispatches and 70 letters from other persons asking Tor
lar agency relating consular Affairs prepared and recorded
Dsysn0 1gsie charge Of all correspondence and
other matters connected with accounts relating TO amy fund with The
disbursement Of which the department charged
Ts,iaior furnish such The
department require He also records the commissions Of conanls
consu WREN English upon which enequaIurs
issued
CLERK Of appointments
commissions is,ters appointment senate
exeqaaiurs when English,
which they issued Has charge OF the library
cgk Of ne Rolls Ah charge rolls or en-,
rolled resolutions Congress they received at the de
from the President the authenticated thereof
treaties the newspapers
throughout United that Of all docu
aud publications regard % Witch this duty assigned to the
department writing and answering all letters connected herewith
Has charge Of all Indian treaties; and business relating thereto
Cok y Aa,Asuisoas and cg'ies He has charge Of the
seals Of The United states and OF the Department. aud and
aud accounts l he fees Has charge Of pabiaoas ,aa,ted %
deia relating copyrights aud
the diplomatic and consular
cs n Pa.sas Passports prepares pardoas
% sy are Sdi Makes out and y" rsc a o Sa - se
daily register e a letters 0he, than diplomatic aud s.nsaa re-
70 this business
ArroRSEY GENERALS OFFICE
o Jeremiah Black Attorney General q The United States A. B
be classified under the tollowng heads:
ocs opinions the business Of the government
called FOR by the President BY my head Of Department. BY the so
custom houses, lighthouses and al Of public works Of
Applications pardons all
prcatoas for appointment. in all the judicial and legal business
the United States in which the government Is concerned
The supervision q al other suits arising any d the depart
Totee ordinary heads Of the business Of the office added
gr5t The aeeln Of all appeals on land claims in c
second The coneacn and revision the laws Of the District
Columbia,
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
Secretary Department OF Interior Thonls
the state Of Mississippi Its clerical force consists Of one chief
clerk Moses Kelly esl) dsbung clerks and ten ether
following branches q the public service:
missioner s eeass and once The iaaa Bareas esnrsd
t the management and sale Of the public domain and the
military onIes ar public ipoyennis ana the revtsn
Virginia military bounty land claims and the issuing
lieu thereof The Land ONCE, audi its The
opal recorder clerk principal surveys
besides drhoghstahn assistant draugman and 100 clerks
III PenstEs-1he present George C.
Whiting, Of Virginia The commissioner charged with the
adjudication all claims arising under
by Congress granting bounty land
military the subsequent
which hc United States have been engaged lie
chief clerk Cole q AID permanent corps consisting Of some
nuety other clerks
Sd Annirs Charles E. Nix OF
Georgetown He provided with chief clerk and about hoen
/ subordinate clerks. $
sih Tae4a 0gTo this bureau is committed execution
aud issuing patents for and useful discoveries Inventions
aud collection statistics relating
eIerwho by law the acting Commissioner
plents permanent
cerks besides considerable number temporary employees
Jo.elh i Is the Commissioner and Samuel shuger ESQ., Chief
Ci,rk.
Besides principal depart
mcnt organic 1sie transferred Treasury
United marshall
attorneys the clerks Of the United States the
L,ea other q te Unied States and
state Department The duty taking and returning the
OF io United states aud % sEYng aud directing the acts q
Tie army navy Columbia aao upde the
management this department. addition which,
erny passed Secretary tho Il charged
struci5n no IApe roads leading the Pacific
department ctss ~ additional building for i accomnoda
the last few years for that purpose ~ present ne pop Office
provided known Wler's BuldngH
are all the pien Office building, the whole Of which
aag for the use 81 the Patent Oee,
which CRITICALLY Intended.
The Treasury Department the Offices Of the Secretary
Treasury comprolers commissioner e
diors treasurer register solicitor si house board ana coast sur
The following Is brief indication several ON
ssi Of The force employed therein, respectively
S.,oyVs OGoIion Cobb, Secretary the Treasury
Philip Clayton, secretary charge;
architect dranghtsnen temporarily employed and twenty
lro cels Tic secretary le Troasf charged gen