The national Republican., 1861-01-25
Organization of the Departments.
STATE DEPARTMENT.

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 in 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, (nop. John Appeton,) one
Chief Clerk, one Superintendent Of Statistics,
twenty two Clerks, one Tran pslator, and one Lii
brarian.
Diplomatic Branch.-Ths branch Of the State
Department has charge of all correspond nee
between the Department and other diplomatic
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 commu nications to commission
ers under treaties of boundaries &C., are pre-
pared, copied, and recorded; and all Of like char
acter received registered and filed, their con-
tents being first entered in an m ytc table or
! index.
Consular Brdnch.-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 T. ose officers
and answers to their dispatches and to letters
from other persons asking for consular agency,
or relating TO consular affairs, are prepared aud
recorded.
The Disbursing Aget-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 Translator.-Eis 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 10 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 dndArchiues.-IIe takes charge
of the rolls, or enrolled acts and resolutions of
Congress- as they received at the Department
from the Presidents prepares the authenticated
copies thereof which ae called for; prepares for
and superntends 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 in reg ard 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
ritoral business immi grafton and registered sea-
mon; records all letters from the Dep rtmeht,
other than the diplomatic and consular.
ERIK Of Pdrdons and Passports He prepares
and records pardcns and remissions and regis
ters and files the petitions and papers on which
they are founded. Makes out aud 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 superntends
the preparatio 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. he ordinary business of this Office may be
classified under the following heads
|. 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.
@ 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-
; 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 Government is concerned.
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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-
I sippi. Its clerical force consists of one Chief
Clerk Moses Kelly, Esq y two Disburs ng Clerks
+. and ten other regular Clerks; and TO its super
, vision and management are committed the fol-
0 lowing branches of the public rvice
e 1t. The Public Lands.-The chief of this tu-
S reau is called the Commissioner Of the General
!, Land Office. The Land Bur, au is charged with
II the survey, MANAGEMENT, and sale Of the public
f. domain and the issuing of titles therefr whether
derived from combinations of grant, made by
A former Governments by sales, donations, OF
4 grano for schools, military bounties, public
q improvements, and likewise the revision OF Vr-
. ginia mil lary bounty-land claims, and the issu-
ing of scrip in leu thereof. The Land Office
also, audits its own ACCOUNTS. Ths present Com.
|. officers Recorder, Chief Clerk, who also
e acts Commissioner ad interim, Pri cipal CLERK
o. of Surveys, besides a Draughtsman, Assisf AM
!; Draughtsman, and some $50 Clerks of various
If grades.
= I'd. Pensions.-The present head of this bureau
,t Is George u. Waiting, OF virginia. The Com
;, ;, missioner is charged tn the examinat on an
:. - adjudication of all claims arising under the va.
:. ;. rious AID numerous laws passed by Congress.
II granting bounty land pensions for the mill
tary or naval services in the revolutionary an
"a ubsequent wars in which the United States hav,
n been engaged. He has one Chief Clerk, (Johr
l, Robb, Esq., ard permanent corps, C. insisting
of some seventy other Clerks.
e Sd. Mdians.-Commsson T of Indian Affairs
Al A, B. Greenwood, of Arkansas. lie is provided
e, with Chief g ERIK, and about fifteen other sub
ID ordinate Clerks.
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