The national Republican., 1860-12-10
Organization of the Departments.
STATE DEPARTM ENT.

all the Powers of the world is far more simple
than is generally conceived The number en-
ployed ia the Department of State of the United
States is only twenty eight, as follows: One Sec
retary of State, Hon. Lewis Cass,) one Assistant
Secretary Of State, (Hop. John Appleton,) one
Chief Clerk, one Superintendent of Statistics,
Twenty-Five Clerks, one Translator, and one Lii
brarian.
Diplomatic Brdnch.-This branch Of the State
Department has charge of all correspondence
between the Department and other diplomatic
agents of the Uniteo States abroad, and those OF
foreign Powers accredited to this Government.
In II all diplomatic instructions sent from the
Department, and communications TO commission
ers under treaties Of boundaries, &c, are pre-
pared, copied and recorded; and all of like char
acter received are registered and filed, their con-
tents being first entered in an analytic table or
index.
Consuldr Branch.-This branch has charge Of
the correspondence, &C., between the Department
and the con ;uls and commercial agents Of the
United States In it instructions to those officers,
and answers to their dispatches and to letters
from other persons asking for consular agency,
or relating to consular affairs, are prepared and
| recorded.
The Disturbing Agent-He has charge Of all
correspondence and other matters connected with
accounts relating to any fund with the disburse-
ment of which the Department Is charged.
The Transiator-His duties are TO furnish such
translations as the Department may require. He
also records the commissions Of consuls and vice
consuls, when not in English, upon which exc
quaturs are issued.
Clerk Of Appointments and Commissions-He
makes out and records commissions, letters OF
appointment and nominations to the Senate I;
makes out and records exequaturs, and records,
when in English, the commissions on which they
are issued. Has charge of the library.
Clerk ofhe Rolls andArehipes-He takes charge
| Of the rolls or enrolled acts and resolutions Of
Congress, as they are received at the Department
from the President; prepares the authenticated
copies thereof which aye called for prepares for,
and superintends their publication, and that OF
treaties, in the newspapers and in book form;
attends to their distribution throughout the
United States, and that of all documents and pub
locations in regard to which this duty is assigned
to the department; writing and answering all
letters connected herewith. Has charge OF all
Indian treaties, and business relating thereto.
Clerk of Territorial Business-The Seal Of the
Department. Sc-He has charge Of the seals Of
the United States and of the Department. and
prepares and att ches certificates TO papers pre-
sented for authorization has charge OF the Ter
rtorial business; immigration and registered sea-
men records all letters from the Department,
other. than the diplomatic and consular.
C ERIK of Pardons and Passperts.-He prepares
and records pardons and remissions; and regis
ters and files the petitions and papers on which
they are founded. Makes out and records pass
ports; keeps daily register of all letters, other
than diplomatic and consular, received, and OF
the disposition made of them; prepares letters
relating to this business.
Superintendent of Statistics.-He superintends
the preparati Of the Annual Report OF the
Secretary OF State and Foreign Commerce." as
required by the acts of 1912 and 1885,
ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE.
Hon. jeremiah s. Black, Attorney General OF
the United States; A. B. McCalmont, Esq, Assist
ant. The ordinary business of this Office may be
classified under the following heads:
l. Official opinions on the current business Of
the Government as called for by the President
by any head of Department, or by the Solicitor
of the Treasury.
q Examination Of the titles of all land pur-
chased, as the sites of arsenals, custom houses
light houses, and all other public works Of the
United States.
3. Applications for pardons in all cases of con-
viction in the courts Of the United States.
4. Applications for appointment in all the ju-
dicial and legal business of the Government.
s. The conduct and argument of all suits in
the Supreme Court of the United States in which
the Government is concerned.
The supervision Of all other suits arising in
any of the Departments, when referred by the
head thereof to the Attorney General.
To these ordinary heads Of the business of the
Office is added at the present time the direction
of all appeals on land claims in California.
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
Secretary of the Department Of the Interior
Hon. Jacob Thompson, Of the State of Misss-
siopi. Its clerical force consists of one Chie
Clerk, Moses Kelly, Esq y two Dsbursing Clerks
and ten other regular Clerks and to its super
vision and management are committed d the fol-
lowing branches of the public service:
1t. The Public Lands-The chief of this bu-
reau is called the Commissioner of the General
Land Office. The Land Bureau is charged with
the survey, MANAGEMENT, and sale of the public
domain, and the issuing of titles theref r. whether
derived from combinations Of grants made by
former Governments, by sales, donations, OF
gran,s for schools, military bounties, or public
improvements, and likewise the revision OF Vr-
ginis military, ,bounty-land claims, and the issu-