The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1865-03-08
rNe PusiiC BaIldIRgs Of Washington.
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rntAaunT DEPARTMENT.

bDs JoVNNA6 VI Uo NMloub uCphTt-
ments Of tho Government which havo play
cd important parts in the gpc,St tragedy of
civil war, tlicrearonon that havspurpass.
cd tho Treasury Department ingonius aud
in positive results. ""t' sfA
Motley greatmotivoPower 10 theactsi
of individuals aud OF nations; money fur.
niellcs the shows Of war--without IL war
could not DO prosecuted with success. In
tho acquisition of this necessary agent,
the authorities OF the United States Treas
ury have displayod unparalleled skill, and
their efforts have been crowned with un
examplcd success,
Ono Of tho most terrific war Q on record
in regard TO its expenditure Of mon and Of
-money---has been successfully prosecuted
without the aid of dollar, or a single man
derived from tho cooperation Of foreign
nations. Tho example OF earnest patriot
ism thus furnished by our citizens will cx-
erciso an inccncciyabo influence on the
opinions and acts of those nations Of Eu-
rope who have long desired our division.
However much those nations, or some pco
pic within our midst, may tcmur at tho
attained, or croak in regard to future con.
scquencos; ono fact stands forth patent to
the word--that fact s the uncxamplod sue
c0ss which has attended the financial opcr-
ations of this nation. As tho headquarters
of this highly succcsslul branch Of the Gov
ernmont, The Treasury Buildings occupy,
both in name and in fact, a prominent posi-
ton among the institutions Of Washington.
The location of tho Treasury building is
on Fifteenth street, south OF the State Do.
partmont, and cast of the Presidential Man
sion, and but short distance from il. IL
surpassos in magniIioeuco all others Of the
public buildings, excepting only the Capt.
tol.
The length of the builling il over AGO
feet, its breadth 2G6, with an elevation to
correspond. On tho east front there arc
AZ granite columns of the Ionic order of
architecture, forming a coonade 300 feet
long Projecting porticos decorate the
North and south ends of the building; there
il also portico about tho centre of the
east front The building il not yot fully
completed, according to tho plan of the
architect buS'workmen are continually en-
poycd on 1t. The granite of which it il
constructed is from Dix island, on the
coast OF Mano.
| Tho interior arrangements of this magni
| A.,
The decorations arc, in their details, Ameri-
can, and are oqualed only by those in the
Capitol.
| The vast detail Of business performed in
this department, aud tho immonso number
of both male aud fcmale clerks employed to
perform it, bewilders the imagination Of
visitors.
A small estimate Of the business comprc.
hendcd by this Department may be formed
from the following exhibit of duties to be
performed by tho Secretary of the Treas.
ury: He has charge Of all public moneys
collected, and the supervision of all public
money disburscd; lao has charge of all
operations connected with borrowing mon
ey ON the credits of tho United s;tatos; of
the management aud discharge of tho pub.
lie debt; of the collection of tho customs
aud excise duties, and direct taxes; of all
matters relating to commerce and naviga-
ton; of tho mints, and of tho coinage OF
money; aud of the preparation, authentica-
ton, and issue of bonds, notes, securities
or other evidences of dobt due by the Uni
ted Satos, and of reports on tho condition
of tho Banks.
In addition to these purely fiscal affairs
the Secretary has the general supervision
of the coast survey, of the light house os
tablshment, OF the marine hospital, and oi
the construction of certain public buildings
1t will DO soon that tho Honorable Sec
retary Of tho Treasury does not reoline OF
q bed Of rosos, aud that his office is not q
siuocure. N. ii. c.