, 1864-01-18

sseerets3's Office, 90; First Comptroller, =;
Second DO, 252: Third do, IA; Fourth do,
75; Fifth do, IS. Sixth do, 121; Treasurer's
office, 50; Commissioner OF Currency, 70;
Register, 81; Solicitor Of Customs, Q; Com
% %nissioner O. do, 10; Temporary clelks for
With watchmen, iaborers, &C., tho entirc
force will be 200.
The estimate Of the .nhmber Of clerks In
the Interior Department is as follows: Secra.
tarJ's Office, is; General Land Office, 158 In
d8p b9rean. 1G !; Pension office, AS; Patent
laborere, &C., md the total is $50. en'
War Department: Secretary's Office n .
Ad(ntant Generals, Is; Quartermaster Gen,
erals IS; Paymaster Generals 81: Commits
sary General, 26; Surgeon General, 33: Chief
Engineer, 16; Colonel of Ordinance, 38, To.
~ % "a. Add watchmen, Sc, and the total
Navy Departments Secretary's Office. &c,
and the total is 100.
/ Post Master Generals Department, 12s,
Department Of Agriculture. so; Public
buildings and grounds, 20; metropolitan Po.
Of i5o; seeFstsry Of =! sS1se sa9n
60; Court Of Claims, District Court, Supreme
Court, Congressional Library, Observatory.
Marine Corps, Presidents House, &C., 100
Inis WILL make grand total ofclerks, en-
pioyeesr DC, Of the Government in Washing
so9 RI esslo exclusive Of the army and navy, of
g1aye1s, printers, book-bindcrs, EMPLOYEES
ut hospitals, asylums, arsenal, navy yafd, Sc.
which must number s, 600 more. So TINT liz
employees Of the Government In the citv
must number between &, GOO and 1900, md at
times 5000 Persons
The annual pay Of the salaried officers. fat
81 800 average,) Is s., ,900 900. OF the mcchans IN.
les, &c-, 5000 to 5000 each, 81, ,sOO, 600. Or
the third class, (laboEers, DC, 6,0O0 at $50
caeh e. n Tith sna rations DC, Is s7ooooo Total
MISCELLANEOUS.
:, The total number Of banks authorized .bv
the Secretary of the Treasury up to the 7tb
inst, Is one hundred and eighty.seyen, with
an aggregate capital Of $31, ,8l7, 100
The Arlington estate was bought in by the
Govenment yesterday, as q contraband colo
ny, for the sum Of $e7,S00. There was somc
opposition bidding on the part of outsiders.
There *ye5e in al thirteen sales, amounting
It is stated that at least tyo-th,rds Of the
Potomac army will re-enlist for the war,
The PRECEDENT Is in communication with
Gov. johnson, Of Tennessee, and other off1-
GERS In Charge Of seeded States, which arc to
any considerable extent occupied by Union
forces. This is for the purpose of carrying
WV @4k0 tCAHo VI Ills
and for bringing back these States to the.
Upion.
The penny papers of this city and Balti
more have raised their rates 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 60 in for the
var as veteran regiment trust Colonel
Gamble and his gallant boys will have re-
ception worthy Of their name and fame. Il
Senator Hicks, Of Maryland, is now not con-
sidered quite radical enough by the delegu-
tion from TINT 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
ot white males between the ages of Is and Is |
years, in all the States and Territories, was
5,C24, ,cf5 The number of arms bearing males I
IN Illinois is 22.1 per cent; in Now York |
20.8 per cent; in California 47l per cent,
Mr. WashbuEne, Of Illinois, in the House, |
yesterday offered q resolution which was
agreed to, instructing the Committee on |
Commerce to inquire into the expcdieuce of |
amending the act Of 1899, in regard to the ad- |
measurement ofvesscls, and for a law in pun
ishnlcnt Of masters and owners for changing |
the names Of their vessels, and similar frau. |
dulent practices; and also, as to amending |
the acts Of 1915 and 1869, and other acts upon |
the same subject.
The Committee on Elections, in the House.
have to-day decided in favor Of the claim Of |
e1-Gov. Jayne, Of Dacotah, to represent that |
Territory rs delegate. LETA,