The national Republican., 1861-02-13
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, (Hon. John Appleton,) one
Chief Clerk, one Superintendent Of Statistics,
twenty-tw Clerks, one Translator, and one Ii
brarian.
Diplomatic Brdnch-This branch Of the State
Department has charge Of all correspondence
between the Department and other diplomatic
agents of the United States abroad, and those Of
foreign Powers accredited to this Government
In Il all diplomatic instructions sent from the
Department, and communications 70 commission
ers under treaties Of boundaries, &C., are pre-
pared, copied and recorded and all Of like char
acter received are registered and fled their con-
tents being first entered In an analytic table or
index.
Consuld- Broneh.-This branch has charge Of
the correspondence, &C., between the Department
and the consuls and commercial agents OF the
United States In 1t 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.
TIE Disbursing Agent-He has charge Of all
accounts relating to any fund with the disburse-
ment of which the Department is charged.
The TLanslator.-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 eIequaturs, and records,
when in English, the commissions on which they
are issued. Has charge of the library.
Clerk ofthe Rolls and Archives. 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 are 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 Buiness-The Seal Of the
Department, de.-He has charge of the seals Of
the United States and of the Department, and
prepares and attaches certificates to papers pre-
sented for naturalization has charge Of the Ter
ritorial business; immigration and registered sea-
men records all letters from the Department,
other than the diplomatic and consular.
Clerk of PGdons and Passporis 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 oi
the disposition made Of them; prepares letters
relating to this business.
Superintendent Of Statisties-He superintends
the preparation of the Annual Report of the
Secretary of State and Foreign Commerce." a
required by the acts of 1912 and 1856.
ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE.
Hon. jeremiah 8. Black, Attorney General o.
the United States; A. B. McOalmont, 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 tht
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
8. Tho conduct and argument Of all suits IL
the Supreme Court of the United States in whicl
the Government Is concerned.
Q. The supervision of all other suits arising il
any of the Departments, when referred by tn
head thereof to the Attorney General.
To these ordinary heads Of the business Of th
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
| sppi. Its clerical force consists Of one Chic
Clerk, Moses Kelly, Esq. two Disbursing Clerks
and ten other regular Clerks; and to its super
vision and management are committed the fol
lowing branches Of the public service:
lst. The Public Lands.-The chief of this bu
reau is called the Commissioner of the Genera
Land Office. The Land Bur, au Is charged will
the survey, management, and sale of the publi
domain, and the issuing of titles therefor, whethe
derived from ccnfrmations of grants made b,
former Governments, by sales, donations, o
grants for schools, military bounties, or publi
Improvements, and likewise the revision Of Vir
ginia military bounty-land claims, and the issu
ing of scrip in lieu thereof The Land Office
also, audits It's own accounts. The present Com
missioner IL Joseph 8. Wilson. Its principe
officers are Recorder, Chief Clerk, who ais
acts as Commissioner ad interim, Principal Cler
of Surveys, besides Draughtsman, Assistar
Drsughtsman, and some $50 Clerks Of variou
grades.
I'd. Pensions.-The present head of this burea
is George G. Whiting, Of Virginia. The Com
missioner is charged with the eIaminat on an
adjudication of all claims arising under the va
rious and numerous laws passed by Congress
granting bounty land or pensiOus for the mill
tary or naval services in the revolutionary an
subsequent wars in which the United States hav
been engaged. He has one Chief Clerk, (Joh
Robb, Esq., and a permanent corps, consistin
of some seventy other Clerks.
Sd. Indians.-Commission Of Indian Affair
4. B. Greenwood, of Arkansas. He is provide
With Chief CLERK, and about fifteen other sub
ordinate Clerks.
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