The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-03-16

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DEPARTMENT.
The whole machinery employed 10 conduct the business arising oui
Ofour foreign relations with all the powers Of tho world Is for more
simple than Is generally conceived. The number employed In the
Department Of state Of The United States Is only seventeen, as follows
one Secretary ofaate, Hon. Lewis Casa one Assistant sacretaTy y
state, (Hon. John Appleton one chief CLERK, twelve clerks, one trans
latori and one librarian.
Diplomatic ByaHeh-Thh branch Of the STATE Department nAs
charge OF all correspondence between the department and other d.
pomAte agents Of the United States abroad, and those Of foreign pow.
ers accredited 10 this government In IL all diplomatic instructions
sent Q ue department, and communications 70 commissioners un'
der treaties Of boundaries, &c, are prepared, copied, and recorded; and
all OF like character received are registered and died, their contents
being first entered In an analytic table or index.
Consular Bydneh.-Ihs branch has charge Of the correspondence,
kc, between the department and the oonsuls and commercial agents
fthe United States. In IL instructions 10 those officers and answers
lar agency, OF relating TO consular anaira, are prepared and recorded,
The Dibagsing Agna-He has charge OF all correspondence and
other matters connected with accounts relating 10 any fund with the
disbursement Of which the Department. Is charged.
The TsaEsldDc-Hs duties arc 20 furnish such trsnslaiions as the
department may require. He also records the commissions OF oonsuls
and vice oonsus, when not in English, upon which exequaturs are
issued.
Clok Of Apgoiata.aats and Commissions He makes out and records
makes out and records exequaturs, and records, when In English, the
commissions on which they are issued. Has charge Of the library.
cLak Of he Rolls and AreAins-He takes charge OF tho rolls, or en-
rolled acts and resolutions Of Congress, as they are received at the de.
partmept from tho President; prepares the authenticated copies thereof
which are called for; prepares for, and superintenda their publication,
and that OF treaties, IN the newspapers and In book form; attends 10
their distribution throughout the United States, and that Of all docu-
ments and publications In regard 10 which this duty is assigned 20 the
department., writing ana answering all letters connected Herewith.
Has charge Of all Indian treaties, ahd business relating thereto.
CLERK Of Authorizations and CopyioMs-Iie has charge Of the
seals OF The United States and of the department, and prepares and
aud accounts for the fees. Has charge OF publications transmitted tn
Tho department under the laws relating to copyrights; records and In
doxes their titles; records all letters from the department, other than
the diplomatic aud consular.
CLERK gf Pdrdoas and PaSpons-Ee prepares and records pardons
and renissions; aud registers and files the petitions and papers on
which they are founded, Makes out and records passports; keeps a
daily register Of all letters, other than diplomatic aud consular, re-
ceved, and of the disposition made Of them; prepares leters relating
tC this business.