The national Republican., 1861-01-21
Organization of the Departments.
STATE DEPARTMENT.

The whole machinery employed to conduct the |
business arising out Of ur foreign relations with
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, (lon. John Appleton,) one
Chief Clerk one Superintendent of Statistics,
twenty two 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 dpl matte
agents of the Unite States abroad and those OF
foreign Powers accredited to this Government.
In it all diplomatic instructions sent from the
| Department, and munications TO commission
ers under treaties of boundaries, &C., are pre-
pared, copied, and recorded and all Of like char
acter recesed are registered and filed, their con-
tents being first entered in an analytic table or
| index.
Consular Braneh-This branch has charge of
| the correspondence, &c, between the Department
and the con uls and commercial agents of the
United States In 1t instructions to ose officers,
and answers to their dispatches and to letters
from other persons asking for consular agency,
or relating 10 consular affairs, are prepared and
| recorded.
The Disbursing 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 Trdnslator.-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 eae
quaturs are issued
Clerk of Appointments and Commissions.-He
makes out and records commissions, letters of
appointment, and nominations to the Senate
makes out and records exequaturs, and records,
when in English, the commissions on which they
are issued. Has charge Of the library.
Clerk ofthe Rolls and Archipes.-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 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
lcations 10 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, 9c.-He has charge Of the seals of
the United States and Of the Department, and
prepares and att 2ches certificates to papers pre-
sented for authorization has charge of the Ter
ritorial business; immigration and registered sea-
men records all letters from the Department,
other than the diplomatic and consular.
ERIK of Pdrdoss and Passports He prepares
and records pardons and remissions; and regis
tiers and files the petitions and papers on which
they 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 preparation of the "Annual Report of the
Secretary of State and Foreign Commerce." as
required by the acts of 1912 and 1856.
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.
, 2. Examination of the titles of all land pur-
chased, as the sites of arsenals custom houses,
lighthouses, 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-
) dcial and legal business of the Government.
8. The conduct and argument Of all suits in
the Supreme Court of the United States in which
the UOVeTnment IL concerned.
G. 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 Missis-
sippi Its clerical force consists of one Chief
Clerk, Moses Kelly, Esq y two Disbursng Clerks,
and ten other regular Clerks and to its super
vision and management committed the fol-
lowing branches of the public service:
lgt. The Public Lands.-The chief of this tu-
reau is called the Commissioner of the General
, Land Office. The Land Birt au is charged with
the survey, MANAGEMENT, and sale of the public
domain, and the issuing of titles therefr, whether
derived from combinations of grants made by
former Governments, by sales, donations, of
grants for schools, military bounties, or public
, improvements, and likewise the revision OF Vr-
ginia military bounty-land claims, and the issu-
ing of scrip in leu thereof. The Land Office
also, audits its own accounts. The present Com
missioner is Joseph S. Wilson. Its principal
;. officers are Recorder, Chief Clerk, who also
e acts as Commissioner dd interim, Priacipal Clerk
!. of Surveys, besides a DrauGhtsman, Assist ant
!. Draw ghtsman, and some so Clerks of various
f grades.
: I'd. Pensons.-The present head of this bureau
+ is George G. Whiting, Of Virginia. The Com
n missioner is charged with the examination and
;, adjudication of all claims arising under the va
=. - rious and numerous laws passed by Congress
Il granting bounty land or pensions for the mill
tary or naval services in the revolutionary and
u ubsequent wars in which the United States have
n been engaged He has one Chief Clerk, John
l, Robb, Esqq) and permanent corps, consisting
of some seventy other Clerks.
e Sd. Indians.-Commissione of Indian Affairs
Il A B. Greenwood, of Arkansas. He is provided
e, with Chief Clerk, and about fifteen other sub
d ordinate Clerks