, 1864-01-17

secretaE's Office, 60; First Comptroller, q;
Second Comptroller, 73; First Auditor, Is:
Second do, 252: Third do, IA; Fourth do,
7s; Fifth do, IS. Sixth do, LII Trossurer's
office. 50 Commlssioner Of Currency, 70;
missioner OF do, 10; temporary clerks for
Secretary, 90; salaries, $1,000. Total, 100.
With watchmen, laboseFs, &C., the ontlle
The estimate Of the number Of clerks In
the Interior Department Is Us follows; secrc~
dian Bureau. 18; Pension Office, AS; Patent
office, {self lfsupporttng) 50. Add watchmcn,
laborers, &c, and the total Is $50.
War Department: Secretary's Office 81;
Adjutant Generals, Is; QuartermEster- Gen
erals S.; Pasmaster Generals s.; Commits
faEy ssnsE1 % ane snegeS9 GfRs c9ef 4e
tal 454. Add watchmen, &C., and the total
is 500.
Navy Department: sccrctary's office, &c,
e.; add heads Of Burcau's and subordinates
and the tota1 Is 100.
Department Of Agriculture, SO; Public
buildings and grounds, 40; Metropolitan Po-
lice, 156; Employees Of fscnate, 100; Of House
Of Representatives, 150; Secretary Of State,
50; Court Of Chains, District Court, Supreme
Court, Congressional Library, Observatory,
Marine Corps, Presidents House, &C., 100.
u
ployees, &c, Of the Government In Washing
ION. exclusive Of the army and navy, Of
5000 persons. But tits does not include en-
g1nyets, printers, book-binders, employees
at hospitals, asylums, arsenal, navy yard, &C.,
which must number s. 900 more. So TINT the
employees Of the Government in the city
must number between {, 600 and 1900, and at
times 000 parsons.
The animal pay Of the salaried officers, (at
81, eco average Is 8, ,9O0, eco. OF the mechau-
les, DC, 5000 to 5000 each, $1,SO0. 600. Of
the third class, (1aborers, &c. } 5000 at $50
each, With rations, &C., is 100000. Total
MISCELLANEOUS. e.,
The total number Of banks authorized by
the Secretary of the Treasury up to the 9TH
inst, is one hundred and eighty-seyen, with
an aggregate capital Of $31, ,617, 100.
Tbs Arlington estate was bought in By the
Government yeatcFday, as q cont1aband colo
ny, for the sum Of $27,600. There was some
opposition bidding on the part of outsiders.
TO $50, ECO.
II is stated TINT at least two-thirds of the
Potomac army wni re-enl'st for the war.
The President Is In communication with
Gov. johnson, Of Tennessee, and other OIL
GERS In charge Of seeded States, which are to
any considerable extent occupied BY Union
forces. This is for the purpose Of carrying
out the terms Of his amnesty-proclamatIon
and for bringing buck these States to the
Union.
The penny papers Of this city md Balti-
more have raised their rites from seven to
ten cents per week.
The Sth Illinois regiment, one Of the finest
In the country, leaves for Chicago tomorrow
to recruit, having decided to go In for the
war as veteran regiment. trust Colonel
Gamble and his gallant boys will have re-
ccption worthy Of theif name aud fame.
Senator Hicks, of Maryland, Is now not con-
sidered quite radical enough by the delega.
tion from that State. Henry Winter Davis,
on the other hand, In the House, now votes
with the extreme radicals on almost every
question.
According to the census Of 1860 the number
of white males between the ages of 18 and 45
years, in all the States and Territories, was
6,G24,ce5. The number Of arms bearing males
in Illinois is 22.1 per cent; in New York
20.8 per cent: In California AL per cent.
Mr.. Washbusne, Of Illinois, In tho House,
yesterday offered resolution which was
agreed to, instructing the Committee on
Commerce to inquire into the expcdIence Of
amending the act Of 1899, in regard to the nd
measurement ofyessels, and for a law in pun
islment Of masters and owners for changing
the names OF their vessels, and similar frau
dulent practices; and also, as to amending
the acts Of 1913 and 1862, and other acts upon
the same subject.
The Committee on Elections, in the House,
have to-day decided in favor Of the CHIN o1
ex-Gov. Jayne, Of Dacotah, to represent that
Territory us delegate. IETA.