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STATISTICS OP THK PUBLIC LANDS. ( I I Ktmatt qf the qoaatunu of Imul aAirA aill mar* la Ikt Mm umUr I grant!/vr rmlrumdl up In June 80, 1U7. Maiaa Arfua. noMofiaw Itlmuw ,.. 2,606,063 ... Bapo-iubc, 80, I860. 1 Mrnaoun 1,118,488 June 10,1862 Feb. 9,1868. Arkanaat 1,400,807 fabruary ?, MM MieMflM 1,U06,000 ....... June 8, 1866 WlueouiUi .1,888,800 Julia 8, 188# II b.a* J 468.000 Ua>16.1868 fouUrtaaa 1,108,000,..., Jun* 8, anil Au? 11,1880 K Miaai-MW* 060,400 August 11. 1K66. R i am am I May 17, Juno 3, wd Aug. Alabama 1.018,100 |11, lllA Maich 3,1817. I I 6 lor Ida 1,114,400 May 17 1866 Miiineaota 4,410,000 March 3, 1087. Tulal 144,047,386 .Statement ehounng ttu quantetg of iwamp land ?wrm?l Is the enteral H Htata up to 80tk June, lttf E I Staloa Acre*. 'bla 26,060 71 nrilaaa 1,360,087.61 lliuoti 1,800,140 72 f Miaaoort 1,016,060 67 A lu bama '. 2,606 61 MuxdaalpiO 1................ 7. ...\ .... 2 *84.700 11 l/iuwiaaa , 7,001,686.46 Michigan . 6,460 282.41 H Arkanwi 6,920,024.04 Florida .. . . : 1?,39?,M2.47 WtaooMin. 1,860,712.10 || Total. 40,1*3,5*4.51 f iwaill of unntj and anaf/foropr taUd land* in rack of Ike StnUl ami Territorial, including niivtyed and unturreyed, offered and unqffered Iandt. on Ike SOtkJnne, 1466 :(/.?on mod Territories. Acres. Number of quarter aeclinos. Ohio ............ ... 43,563.34 272 it s Indian*....'... 36,307 41 227 Illinois 011,0*2 45 3.194 I t Missouri 1 *,*65,*19 61 63,53* Alabama 9,460,307.74 69,121 Mississippi 6,519,390 89 31,490 Lo u iaiana 6,933,373.43 37.043 Michigan 10,066.298.06 62,462 Arknnsaa 15,609.542 84 97,560 Florid* 18,067,072.75 112,919 Iowa 6,287,661 03 84,946 t Wisconsin 15,222.549 50 96.141 T California 113,682,436.00 710,615 Minnesota 82,602,608 33 615,641 Oregon Territory 118.913,241.31 743,208 Washington " 76,444,055 26 477,775 New Mexico " 155,210,804 00 970,067 lull " 134,243,733 00 839,023 Nebraska " 206,984,747 00 1,203,665 to Kansas ". 76,361,058.00 477,256 Indian '< 42,892,800.00 268.080 Total 1,107,297,572.74 6,920,607 THE WESTERN TERRITORIES. A comparative statement of the area of the prcnout State* with that lit the territory destlue't to he erected into StaU1* exhibits the inter Cfltttig fact tU.it the area oi the latter in square miles oxcccds Hint of rhoformer The superficial urea of the Territories, organized and unorganized, Is set down as follows : Square miles. Square inline. Kansas Territory 136,000 New Mexico Territory 210.000 Minnesota do 141,000 Nebrnnka do .528,000 Oregon do 227,000 Mestlla do 78,000 Washington do 113,000 Indian do . ..187,000 ltah do 187,300 Square miles ...1,807,000 To these Dncotak is to be added, of Uio extent of which wo have seen no estimate. l'ho superficial arc* of the present Slates ts as follows : 111; Square miles. Square miles. M one 30,000 Delaware 2,120 1 New llam|?hlre. 9,200 Maryland 9.674 t Maasaohusetts 7,800 Virginia . 61,352 Rhode Island 1,300 North Carolina 46,000 Connecticut 4,674 South Carolina 24,500 1 Vermont .... 10,211 Georgia 58,000 1 I New York 46.085 Alabama 50,722 f New Jersey 8,320 Florida 53,786 Pennsylvania 46.000 Louisiana 46,431 Ohio 39,964 Arkausus 62,108 i Indiana 33,809 Mississippi 67,380 Illinois 55,405 Missouri 47,156 J Wisconsin 63,924 Tennessee.. 45,600 ' Michigan 56,243 Kentucky 37,080 Iowa ; 50,914 Texas 237,321 ; California 188,000 1 622,190 838,820 622,190 1,401,010 11 Is seeu that the area ol Kansas la nineteen thousand square miles greater than that of all New England, New York, and New Jersey; and that the area of Nebraska is ninety t!v? ttvnmnrt miles greater than that id all tlin *>?tn ulfa tr sthi ilflt lit/ (Ht>? HTrpnt ( it 11 lor II til I Irt'lMin la nearly equal in extent to all New Kngland, New Yo k, l'enusyl vauia, Ohio, and Indiana. It is jMNisiblo that New Mexico and Mcsillu t will be embraced lu one territorial organization by Congress at the present sobhIou, containing 288,000 square mllos?exceeding all New FnglMd. New York, I'cuusylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. Wash Ington excoeds In extent all New Kuflind and New York. TABLE EXHIBITING THE SKATS OF GOVERNMENT, AN1) " THE TIMES OF THE ELECTION OF STATE OFFICERS 01 THE SEVERAL STATES. I fceat of governStates. nieut. HtDO of holding elections. Maine Augusta 2d Monday in September. New Hampshire Concord 2d Tuesday in March. Vermont Montpeller 1st Tuesday in September. Massachusetts Boston Tu. after 1st Hon. in Nov. Rhode island j p^dSenoe } lsl Wo4omm,<,.v in APrl1 Conuecticut Hartford 1st Monday in April. New York Albany Tn. after 1st Mon. in Nov. New Jorsoy Trcuton Tu. after 1st Mon. in Nov. Pennsylvania ... .. Hum-lrnrg 2d Tuesday tu October. Delaware ... Dover 2d Tuesday in November. Maryland Annapolis 1st Wednesday in November. Virginia Richmond .. . 4th Thursday in May. North Carolina Raleigh 1st Thursday in August. South Carolina Columbia 2d Monday iu October. Georgia Milledgevillc... 1st Monday in October. Florida Tallahassee 1st Monday in October. Alabama . Montgomery.... 1st Monday in August. f Mississippi Jackaoq 1st Monday iu October. Louisiana Baton Kongo. . ..1st Monday in November. Texas Austin , 1st Monday in August. Arkansas IJttlo feck. ?? .. 1st Monday in August. Tennesson Nashville 1st Thursday in August. Kentucky FraLkfort 1st Monday in August. Ohio Columbus 2d luosday lu October Indiana Indianapolis . . 2d Tuesday in October IlHnol* .. SprlngwOld.. Tu. after 1st Mon. In Nov. j?? Missouri Jeflhrson City... 1st Monday in August. '! Michigan ... loosing. Tu. after 1st Mon. in Nov. \ Iowa Dck Moines CHy. 1st Monday in October. Wisconsin Madison Tu. after 1st Mon. in Nov. <5 California tsacramento.. Tu. after 1st Mon. in Bopt. 5 . GOVERNORS OF THE SEVERAL STATES AND TERRITORIES, IVTTM TJIEIR SALARIES, TERMS OF OFFICE, AND THE EXPIRATION OF THEIR RINFECTIVE TERMS. i i ? Gov'r, Term *f Stales. Governor!!. Salary, termyr'a. expiree. New Hampshire Win. Unite 1,000 1 .luce 1858 Vermont Ryland Fletcher .. 1,000 1 . . .Ort. 1858 Massachusetts Nathan!. P. Banks 3,500 . . 1 .lull. 1858 ltbode Island.. .. F,Hsba Dyer 1,000 .... 1,.. .May 1868 . Coiiim client Alexander II. llolley 1,100 . ...1. May 1868 Now York .. .John A. King 1,000 ....2...Jan. I860 Now Jersey Win. A. Newell 1,800*.. 3 Jan. 1860 Pennsylvania. . .Wm. F. Packer 3,000 .. .8 Ian. 1861 Delaware Peter P. Causey 1,'138'f . 4. Jan. 1869 Maryland Thomas H. Hicks 3,600f. . 4 Jan. 1862 Virginia Henry A. Wine 5,000 ... 8. .Jan. 1860 North Carolina. . .Thomas Bragg 3,000f 2. . . Jan. 1869 South Carolina . . R. F. W. Alston 3,500 . 2 Deo. 1858 Ooorgia .... .Joseph E. Brown 3,000 ...2...Nor 1859 Florida Madison S.Perry 1,500 .4 .OrI. 1861 Alalmtna Andrew (I. Moore 2,500 .. .2 ...Dee.. 1859 Mi.visstppi Wm. Mc.Wllllo 4,000 a... .Jan. 1800 l/ontaiami R. C. Wlokllffs.. 4,000 4 ..Jan. 1860 Texas H. O. Runnels 3,000 . 2 Dee. 1859 Arkansas Ellas N. Conway 1.800 4 ...Nov. 1860 Tenueaaeo lahnm O. Harris 3,000 ....2....Oct. 1859 K{ Kentucky Cliarles S. More head... 2,500 .. .4..., Sept. 1859 I Ohio Salmon P. Chase 1,800 2.. .Jan. 1860 ) Michigan Klnaley 8. llingham.... 1,000 2....Jon. 1859 Indiana Ashliel P. Willard l,600t.. 4 Jan. 1861 I Illinois Wm. H. Bussell 1,500 .. 4 ...Jan. 1861 ! Missouri Robert M. Stewart 2,500f... .4 ...Nov. 1860 { Iowa R. P Low# 1,000 4 Jan. 1860 i Wisconsin Alex. W. Randall 1,250 2 Doc. 185" I California John 41 Welter 6.000 . .. 2 .Jan. 1800 J Minnesota. Samuel Modary 2,500 ....4 Mar. 1861 il Oregon Territory .George L. Curry 3,000 4 ..Aug. 1857 { N. Mexico Ter y Abraham Readier 3,000 ... .4 1861 "J I'tali Territory.. Alfred Cunnnlngs 2,500 .. 4. .. July 1861 | WashingtonTer'y FhyeUe MeMullon 3,000 . . 4. ...Juno 1861 | Kansas Territory J W. Denver 2,500 1 . Jolv I860 | Nebraska Tor'y Wm. A. Richardson.... 2,500 ...4 ...Juno 1861 I None 111 all tho States except 8ontb Carolina the governor is voted ! for by tho people; and 11 no one baa a majority of ait tho voles In the Slates lu which such a majority Is required, tlio legislature elects to the j office of governor one of the randidatoa votod for by tho peoplo. , *And Ikes. fVllh tho use of a furnished house. ) T ON DON BOOKS.?N can tier's History of Christian I J Dogmas. 2 vols.. ?2 Carpenter's Vegetalile Physiology, 12. "i Jesse's Anecdotes of Dogs, 1 vol., tllustratod, tl 25e K Dictionary of Classical Uuotallous. *1 25. * IF l-opo's Homer's iilad with Elaxman'a illustrations, $1 15 rope's Homer's Odyssey with Kinsman's Illustrations, tl 26. Rankin's Applied MMbanka, 63 Military Alias to Alison's History of Europe, 68. 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To Sandwich Islands, Ncv\ South Wales, and ( lima, by mail to San Fraiicibco, thenco by prlvato ship, 10 cent < X 07 pnyaul Note.- In all cases whero the word prepaid is not added, the pro pxyment of the postage is optional with the sender. REIGNING SOVEREIGNS OF EUROPE JULY 1, 1857. Date of 80 Name. State. Dote of birth. cession. Oscar f . Sweden and Norway .Inly 4,17m) War. 8, 1841 Alexander II Russia April;!!), 1818 liar. 2, 1855 Frederic VII.... Denmark ......(id. 6,1808 .lan.'20, 1848 Victoria I .... (ireat Britain May '24,1810 J'ne 20, 1837 William HI Holland or NetherlandaKeb. 10, 1817 Mar. 17,1811) Itcnpnld 1 .Belgium Deo. 10,1700 July 21,1831 Fred. Wm. TV. .Prnaela... . Oct. 15,1795 Juno 7, 1810 John Saxony Dec. 12, 1801 Auk- 9, 181,1 tloorgo V .... llanovor May 27,1819 Nov.18, 1651 Fred Francis Me< klculinrg-8< linrer.. Fob. 28,182a Mar. 7,1842 Hootro Mock I. nburp Sir elllz .. Auk. 12, 1771) . Nov 0, 1816 IVter (ildonburR July 8, 1827 Feb.27,1853 William Brunswick ... . April 25,1806 Apr. 25,18.il Ad'dphtis Nassau July 24,1817 Aug 20, 1839 ( hs. Alexander. Bnxo Welm. I isenaeli June 24, 1818 July 8,1853 I.most II Saxc burn (,'otlia . Juno 21, 1818 Jan 29, 1841 Bernard Saxc-M, dnny'ii Doc. 17, 1800. Iicc.24, 1503 Krucst Snxo Altonburg 8c|it. 16, 1820 Auk 3. 1853 1/npotd .. Anlult DfKsau ta t. 1.1791 Aur. 0. 1817 Alexander Anliull Hamburg. Mar. 2,1806 Mar 24, 1834 Gnnther Soliwargburg ltudolet Nov. 6, 1793. Apr.28,1807 liiiulhor .. H< livrarrhtirg Sondor'n Sept 24, 1801 Aup. 19. 1835 Henry XX Ileum, Oder Line . Juno 29, 1794 Dot . 31, 1836 Honry LXV1I Keuea, Younger line Oct. 20,1789 J'no 19, 1854 la'opold 12|i|io Sept 1,1821 Jan. 1,1851 George Uppo Seliaumbnrg . Itoo. 20.1784 Fob.13,1787 George Vb tor Waldock Jan. 14, 1831 liny 15, 1845 Foriliuand ... Hesse.llowburg April 26, 1783 Sept. 8, 1848 Frederic* Baden Sept. 9,1826 <lpr. 24,1852 Frederic Wm... Home Cased Aug. 20, 1802 Nov.20,1847 Iaiuls III llrsscPurmstadt June 9,1806 J'no 16, 1818 Aloya Ualitooatein May 26,1790 Apr 20, 1836 William 1 Wurtemburg Sept. 27, 1781 (8 1.30,1816 Maximilian II Bavaria Nov. 28, 1811 Mar.21,1818 Fran. Joseph I Austria Aug. 18| 1830 Dee. 2,1818 Napuiemi III Franco April 20, 1808 .Dee. 2,1852 laabcllaII H|mln Oct. 10, 1830. Sep. 20,1833 (Vdro \'t Portugal S pt. 10, 1837 Nov.15, 1853 Vlct.Kmaii.1T Sardinia Mar. 14,1820 Mar.23,1849 tawpeld II... Tuscany Oct. 3,1797 J'no 18, 1824 Kobert lUrmn .Inly 0, IMS Mar.37,1"M Francis V Modouaand Mmsa. June 1, 1810 Jan.21, IMA I'liu IX .... State* of tbe Church May 13,1792. J'ncl6,18W Ferdinand It Two Sicilies dun. 12,1810.. Nov. 8, 1830 (Hho I tlrecco Judo 1,1815 Mav 7,1832 Abdul Medjld Turkey April 23,1823 July 2, 1810 Chas. Mouorc.. Monaco Doc. 8,1818.. J'no 20,1856 The Grand Duke of Baden, Louis, born August 15, 1824, Is under guardianship by res,in ,.f Insanity fills father, Ferdinand, husbaud of the lalu Queen, was regent until September 10,1865. RATES OF CHARGES FOR HACKHET CARRIAGES, CABS, tfc. [A'rUraiS from on ari qf (As Corporation, apprcivd March 20.1812 ] bar. 10. Ami he it rnnetcct. That from and after the pass age of this act, the .oliowtug raws uf lure or iliargea for Uiu cuavoyanao of per on . Irom oue place lo another in tho city of Wnnhlngtou, in haakney carriages, cabs, or other vehicles, carrying passenger* for pay or hire, beta ecu daybreak and eight o'clock p. na , shall not bo tiaaeed ed ?that Is to say, fbr each any every passenger, for a dlrUnca not aver nnr and S Wit mile, tweuly live osnla i for any tllstance over I one and a half mile, and not oxceoding throe miles, ifty cent* I'mrilled. In rase any hackney narrlage, cab, or other vohtrla, aha'l lie obtained r?r a longer period than lire minute*, the driver thereof , shall be allowed fbr tho whols back, c?b, or that vehicle, the sum | oi twelve snd a half cents fbr every Ween minutes so detained ; and for all i - iivejnncor or (War deleullona later than 8 o'clock p. m , the osrear or driver of hackney .mrrtago*, cab*. or other vi MMea. mav I demand and receive at the rate of Bfty |icr contain ?n ltd Rirogotng j ahirfev, iu addliion thereto. The OrcMnlxatlon of tlic Kxei-uttve Drearimrnti of the Government of the UntUil jL ? "*1. J, Jff If mm Dvonun T*I? ? hole machinery employed lo conduct the business artatug oat id our inrrlgD relation* with all the powers of Uw world la far nor* simple tb-u generally conceived llw Dumber employed la Out Department of Note of Uw l ulled (Kales only seventeen, aa Mhiai: One brrretary of state, (Hon it wis (baa J one AaaiaUnl gecrclsry uf (Dale. I Hon John Applrton,) one chief clerk, twelve clerka, one trans lau>r, and una librarian /XfJeauafie Brandt - This branch of the rkstr Hepnrtinent naa charge of all oorre?|M>udeuc<: betwreu the de|iarUiwul and other diplomatic agcnla of the United HUti-a abroad, aod liner '<forcigu pow ora oneredlUet lo thla government In II all diplomatic luatructions Bent from Un department, and commuulcauotia lo commlaaiouera under trrntiee of houndarlea, fir , are prepared, copied and recordeil; and all of Ithe character received are registered and Bled, their cuateote being flrat entered in an analytic table or Indei. (*<Titular A rum A Tii 11 branch haa charge uf the uurrespuodeuce, he , belweep the ile|airttnent and the oonaula and commercial agenla of the United males In II instructions to thoae ofllcera, and anewera to their deapatcben ami to li-ttera from other peraona making for conau lor agency, of relating lo conaular affairs, ate prepared and ryaorded Tlu IHtbvrnmg Agnd lie baa charge df all aorreapnndence and other mutters connected with accounts relating to any fund with the disbursement ef which the department m charged. Tit Tramiakm. His duties are to furnish such translations a* the department may reqtnre He also records the oomniiaslona nf consnls and vice oonaula, when not lo Kngllih, u|?n which exequaturs are haued. Cirri af AjijmintmrntM and Cummimmt ? He mikea out and record* ooiunitssioua, letters of appointment, and unminaUona to the Annate, makes nut aod reootds exequaturs, and racords, when In English, the eoiiimuwfotw un which they are Issued, lias charge of the library. Cirri 1/ tie JiiAU and Arthur 1 lie takes charge of the rolls, or enrolled arts and resolutions of Omgreas, as they aro received at the de^ which arc railed for; prepares for, and superintends their publication, and that of treaties, in the newspapers and in book form; attends to tbrir distribution throughout the United Mates, aud that of all documents and publico thins iu regard to which this duly i/i assigned to the dcpartineut, writing and answering all letters connected therewith Has charge of nil Indian treaties, and business relating thereto. Clerk cf AuikenlictUvmi and Cbpgfi ^Ifi?He has charge of the senls of the IJiuled Bis tea and of the department, and prepares and attaches certifl< ate* to papers presented for authentication; receives and accounts for the fees, lias charge of publications transmitted to the department under the laws relating to copyrights; records and indexes their titles; reoords all letters from the department, other than the diplomatic and consular. Clerk of Pardons awl Passport* He prepares and records pardons and remissions, aud registers and tiles the |>oUlions aud jianers on which they aro founded. ftUkra out ahel records pilSHpofts; keeps a daily resistor of all letters, other than diplomatic aud consular, rooeived, and of the disposition made of them; prepares loiters relating to this business. irrownrr or skoal's omii Hon. Jeremiah K. Black, Attorney General of the United States, A. B M? < almoin, et-q ., chief clerk. The ordinary business ol tin? office nlny be classified under tlie full mlng heads: 1. Official opinions on the current business of the government, as nailed for by the President, by any head of department, or by the Holioitor oj the Treasury. 2. Examination of the titles of all land purchased, ?s the sites ol arsenals, custom houses, light houses, and all other public works of the United States. 3. Applications for [>ardons in all cases of conviction in the courts of the United States. 4. Applications for apiKHntment In all the judicial and legal business of tho government. 6. The couduct and argument of all suits in the Supreme Court of the United Stairs in which the government is concerned. 0 The supervision or all other suits arising lh any of the departments when referred by the head thereof to the Attorney General. To these ordinary heads of tho business of tho office aro added at the present time the following, vlx: First. The direction of all appeals on land claims in California. Kecond. The codification and revision of the laws of tho District o( Columbia. ifttffiUOfc liKl'?RTMK.TT Secretary of tho Department of the Interior, Hon. Jacob Thornp | son, of the State of Mississippi. Its clerical force consists of one chief clerk, (Moses Kelly, esq.,) two disbursing clerus, and teu other regular clerks; and to ils su|?ervlsloii and management aro committed the following brunches of tho public service: 1st. The Public Lands The chief of this bun m Is called the Com mhwioncr of Hie General land Office. Tho Do 1 Bureau is charged w ith the Hurvty, manage meat, and sale of the public domain, and tho Issuing of titles therefor, w hether derived from confirmations of grants j made l>y former governments by sales, donations, ofgr nt lor schools, j military bounties, or public improvements, and ltk the revision of Virginia military bounty-kind claims, ami iha issuing of scrip in lieu thereof.. The Laud UIUOO, also, audits Its own accounts. I'hr present tpumml-sioucr is Hon. T. A. Hendricks, of Indiana. Its prtn j cipal < ffioors aro u recorder, i'.!-f clcrl , principal c k of surveys, besides a draughtsman, assistant draughtsman, and aoine lf>0 cK rt> ! of various grades. 2d. Positions.?The present head of this bureau Is George C. w lining, 01 \ irfiiua. ine comniiKtinntr 19 cwr)(Fa ?\ ? inf pmdii i liAtinn and adjudication of all Claims arUing under the various mat numerous laws passed by Congress grant l og bounty land or pension* ] ihr the military or naval service* Hi the revolutionary mid subsequent 1 war* in which the United Stales haV? t?eeh engaged, Ho ho* one ! chief cleric, (S Cole, enq.,) and a permanent corps C<m*i.?ttag of some ninety other clerks. 3d. Imliam.- -Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Charles F. Mix, of 1 Georgetown, I). C. He I* provided with a chief clerk and about fifteen > other subordinate clerks. 4th. I'attrU (Ifflc*. ? To this bureau is committed the execution nnd performance of all "arts and things touching ano respecting the grnnt J Ing and issuing of nat< lit* fur new and useful Uutcoverio*, inventions, and improv'oaicnla;' tb? collection of statistics relating to agriculture; the collection and distribution of seed*, plants, and cuttings. It has a thief clerk?who is by law tl e acting Commissioner of Patents in 1 tho absence of the Commissioner?twelve principal, and twelve assistant examiners of patruts, some dozen subordinate permanent clerk*, besides a considerable nuinb.r of temjxwary employ00#. Hen. Jou'ph Holt is tlic Co mm Is loner, and Hamucl T. Hhugert, esq., Chief ; Clerk. Beshh h these four princij d branches of this new executive department. the organic act of IBt-i transferred to it from the Treasury Department Lliti supervision <>1 tin* accounU of the Ulilted iStato* marshals aud attorneys, and the clerks of the United State* courts, the management of Urn lead and other inluoa of too United States, and the alUir* j of tin p lit* < utiary of the United Sin tea in the District of Columbia; and ' from tli State Department the duty of biking and returning tho ecu use* of tho United fM.stcs, and of supervising and directing the acts of the Conimis.-iotier of Public Building?. Tho hospital for tho Inaano of ' the army and navy and of th* District of Columbia is also under tho 1 management (?f thin department; in addition to which, by lawre ccntly |ms.-,cd, tho Secretary of th? Interior is charged with tho con- | struct ion of tho three wagon roads leading to the Pacitlc const. Tin department requh c-an additional building *>r IU accnuimoda lion, and the erection U one ha? been rcpcatodly recommended during tho la.-t few years for that purpose. At prese nt the Pension Ollieo is provided with rooms in what is known us 'Winder's Building,*' while tin < tin r ' ram hi 1 the di partm< nt, including the Secretary * office, are all crowded into the Patent Office building, the whole of which v. ill be required ul an early day for the use of the Patent Office, for which it w as originally Intended. nuUnrnr dicta ntmknt. Tim Treasury Department consists of the ofTh os of the Secretary of tho Treasury, two ?omplrollors, cointnlsslotmr nt (he customs, an an lilora, treasurer, register, solicitor, light house board, and coast survey. The following is a brief indication of the duties of these several offices, and of the force employed therein, respectively: fonrdary't Office. Hon. Howell Cobb, Secretary oJ thv Treasury, Hon. Philip Clayton, Amriatant decretory; one engineer In charge; one architect, and three draughts men tom|>orartly employed, and twentythree clerks The Secretary of Ihe Treasury Is charged with tho general *uper vimou of the fiscal transaction* of tho government, and of the execution of the law* concerning the commerce and navigation of the United States. Tic superintend* the survey of the coast, the light house establishment, the marine hospitals of the United States, and the con structiori of certain public building* for custom houses nnd other purposed. Firtl Comptroller'1 OJirr. Hon. William Medill, Comptroller, and fifteen clerks. Ho prcsrribeft the mode of keeping and rendering accounts for the civil and diplomatic service, rus well an the public lands, and revises and certifies the balance* arising thereon. Srrwxl ComptiDlUr'i Office. .1 M. Cutts, e?q., Comptroller, and seventeen clerks. Ho proscribea the mode of keeping and rendering the accounts of Hi* ar?y, navy, and Indian departments of the public service, and revises and certifies the balances arising thereon. OJJlce of Ctimmiuioner of the Custom*?8amuel Ingham, esq. Commissioner, and eleven clerks. lie prescribes the mode of keeping and rendering the accounts of the customs revenuo and disburse merits, ami for the building and repairing custom bouses, Ac., and revises and certifies the balances arising thereon. FirtL Auditor'i vjju-r -Thomas L. Smith, esq., First Auditor, and nineteen clerks. Jic receives and adjusts the accounts of the customs revenue and disbursements, appropriations and expenditures on account of the civil list and under private acts of Congress, and reports the balancs to the Commissioner of the Gusto ran and the First Comptroller, respectively ft>r their decision thereon. Second Auditor's Office.?Thomas/. I>. Fuller, Second Auditor, and twenty-one clerks, lie receives and adjust# all accounts relating to lhp pay, clothing, and recruiting of the army. as well as armories, arsenal nd 01 li and a< jount r 'latlnf to lh< In IIin department, and reports the balance* to the Second Comptroller for his decision thereon. Third Auditor't Office.?Robert J. Atkinson, esq., Third Auditor, and seventy-eight clorks. lie receives and adjusts all accounts for subsistence of the army, fortifications, Military Academy, military roads, and tho Quartermaster's department, a# well a# for ponsiona, claims arising from military services previous to 1816, and for horses and other property lost in the military service, under various act# of Con gross, and reports the balances to tho Second Comptroller for his derision theroou. Fourth Au<ltfi>r'$ Office. Aaron 0. J toyton, esq., Fourth Auditor, and sixteen clerks. Mo recoivog and adjusts all accounts for the service of the Navy Department anil reports tho balances to tho Second Ooinp Irollor for his decision thereon Fifth Audi/nr't Office --Murray McConnel, esq , Fifth Auditor, and six clerks. He receive* and adjusts all account* for diplomatic and similar services |>erformed under the direction of tho Stat* Department, and reports tho balances to tho First Comptroller for his decision i thereon. I tfirth Auditor'? Office.?I)r. Thomas M Tntc, auditor of the Treasury for the i'ost OfQco Department, and one hundred and fourteen clerks* Ho receives and adjust* all account arising from tho ??r\ ti, i <itt per ?iim : f i\. dn i .?i> ?r-- final, nnle appeal be taken In twelve months to the l?ir*l Comptroller He super ' OOll? lion o! al1 : 11 i inI'e- i (in,. Ir11< ' :in " all penalties and forfeitures imposed ou itosPuaatcre and mail am tractors for fulling t' do their duty ; he direct* pets and legal proceed ings, civil and criminal, and takes all such measures as may be authorised by law to eufon tho prompt payment of moneys due to the department , instructing United States attorney* mar al and clerks in ali matters relating thereto , and receives re?ur from each term of tho United fHatc* courts - f ih? condition and progress of such tutu I and Uftll proceed!* g? ; has charge of all lands and other property assigned w?Ui. UniU'd states in payment of debts dm >e Post Offlco Depart mrnt, and has power to sell aud dtoprse of the tamo fttr the benefit of tho United States Trraswrrr*t Offin --Samuel Casey, esq., Treasurer, snd thirteen clerks. Ho receives uud keeps the moneys of tho United Stales In his own office, and that or the dcposit6ri0<i created by the act of the flth "f August, 184b, and pays out the sumo upon warrants dm wu by the Secretary of tho Treasury, countersigned by the First Comptroller, and j upon warrants drawn by the 1*0"' nastor fSenerml, and countersigned by the Sixth Auditor, and recorded by the K?gi?ter He also holds public moneys advanced by warrunt to disbursing officers, and pays I out I lie same upon their checks. N'pxMrr't Office - Fin ley Bigger, esq., Register, sad twenty nine elsrk? He keeps the account* of public receipt* snd efpendlinres; receives the returns snd makes out the olTlrlai statement of romraern# snd navigation of the Tutted 5*tote*; and receive* from the First I IVunptrollcr and Commissioner of t ustoms all account* and vouchers 1 dfhted by hem, and Is sharged by/aw with their *afb-keeping. rptea-- Hwa. Junta* Htliyr, tam-Ater. and nix <*?* H-- ni? ilatm?ui agctrilte-tu nuiwrni by ih* rutted niin, ;<# ocpr Ikw onju? u> IAr J'ew Ofta* /-aparto-mO and UioWasU the Unlu-d flauit attorney* maniliala, and cWk* ui all maiierr relaut.j lo tliem and their rmuHn fin receive* return* trom -anh term of the I odV'-i Mate* court*, ill ixlm lilt- and odBdoion of*uth null* : ha* charge of all laud* ami other properly aamirned u> Iho United Statu* la pay ntt-m o( 'k in jut* lit<m ttmtpmml m augment vf dwn diu the I'tm UjUct tfpartm* i > and baa power to lell and dlvpuae of Urn name lor the moultl of U L uted MaMa Upht /lota* Hard Hun. Howell Cobb, Secretary o( tire Traaaui > ejwdu. nranl nl, km W. H Hhabrtek, Ublted Mtaa aa*y, cbatr inau, Major A. H. ifcminan, eorpe id . nflneer*, l uted Malm army <b|d- A A. Humphrey*,United Mate* army, l*ruf. A I>. Bacbc, Hop--r InCudnil of Owel Mnnrop; i'rol Juacph Henry, m-rrviary of Smith soman IiusUluuou, Commander E G. Tlltoii, Umlod FUU-h navy, (ointnander TlioroUm A. Jeukius, UuiUtd HUUia navy, (Japiaiu Wm B. Franklin, United MaLea army, secretaries; and five clerks, 'litis hoard directs llw building and repairing of light houses, lighlveweU, buoys, and bcaouus, coqtracta fur supplies of u41t Ac. United Slatsi Coad Survey Frufteesor A P Bar he, LL. D , SU|wrm teudcut, ami aupertiitcndeui of weights and measures. (.apt. Uilihim R. Paliuor, corps topographic-*) t uginecra, United States Army in charge of the Coast Survey office Lieut- A. 8. Hill, United Stairs Army, assistant. A W. Kuseelf, chief clerk. C. B. Snow, in charge of archives. l'rofosBor A. U. Pondle.u?u, United fttates navy, computer of kragt lades. Assistant Chas. A. Mmtt, iu charge of oompnUng division. Asainiam L. K. Pourtaie*, in charge of UAa! divuton. Ueut. J. C. Tidbull, United States ariuy, in cliarge of drawing db | vbion. Ueut. Raxtou, United states army, in charge of engraving dlvi aion. {Samuel Mstn, disbursing agent. George Uathiot, elect rojypftbt. Joseph Saitou, u?*i*tui)l to Bu]>ertntcndcnl of weights and measures. rtarr writs dki*ab tm bjvt Hon Joseph Holt, Post muster General. The direction and man agemeut of the Po?L Office Department are assigned by the const! tution and laws to the Postmaster General. That lis business may be the more conveniently arranged nhd jmpared for his final action, it is distributed among several bureaus, as fbllows: The Appointment Of flee, in charge of the First Assistant Postmaster General, the Goo tract Office, in charge of the Second Assistant Postmaster General; the Finance Office, in charge of the Third Assistant Postmaster General; and the Ins|>ection Office, in charge of the chief clerk Aj>pintUmmt Office. Horatio King, esq., First Assistant Postmaster General, and nineteen clerks. To tins office are luMngued all quoatiqiis which relate to the establishment aud discontinuance of post offices, changes of sites ami names, appointment and removal of postmasters and route and local agents, as, also, the giving of instructions to postmasters Puatmasters are furnished with marking and rating stamps and letter balances by this bureau, which In charged also with providing blanks and stationery for the use of the department, and with the superintendence of the several Agencies established for supplying postmaster* with blanks To this bureau Is likewise assigned the suj porvirion of the ocean mail steamship lines, and of the foreign and luj ternational postal arrangenv nta. Contract Office.- -William H. Dundaa, OSQ., Second Assistant Postmas tor General, aud twenty six clerks. To this office is assigned the business of arranging the mail nervlco of tho United States, and placing the same under contract, embracing all correspondence and proceedings reepeoffipg thf frequency of trips, lilOdff of conveyance, and times of departures and arrivuls on all the routes; tho obtifso Of tho mail between the different sections of the country, the points of mail distribution, and the regulations for tho government of tho domestic mail service of the United Ktates. It prepares the advertisements for mail proposals, re ceives tho bids, and takes charge of the annual and occasional mail lettings, and tho adjustment and execution of the contracts. All applications for the establishment or alteration of mail arrangements, aud the appointment of mail messengers, should be sent to this office. All claims should he submitted to it for transportation service not under contract, a.* tin recognition of said service is llrst to bo obtained through I he Contract Office its a necessary authority for tho proper credits at the Auditor's Office. From ibis office nil prntmAfttrrs at the ends of routes receive the statement of mail arrangement* prescribed for tho respective routes. It rt'i>orts weekly to the Aodlhrr nil contracts executed, ami ail orders effecting accounts for mail transportation; prepares tho statistical exhibits of tho mail service, aud tho reports of tho mall let tings, giving a statement of each hid; also, of the contracts made, thn new service originated, tho curtailments ordered, and the additional Allowances granted within tho year. Finance Office.?A. N. Zovclj , entj., Third Assistant Postmaster Gen oral, and twenty-ono clerks. To this office Afo Assigned the nuporviston and man a gem out of the financial business of tho department, not devolved by law upon the Auditor, embracing accounts w ith the VaymnjUtGeneral' fjtio -Col. Lt. F. liuued, paymaator general; Major T.J. IjrxIFf, dirtrirt paymaster; eight olerka mw t*r Cnmmimarv ftmrral'i O/Her.?Gen. Gcarge Glheon, cnmmlanary gen #r?l; aeautaiit. Ifcptnin M. D. F* Snipeon; eix clerkn and one meanongor. Kurftnn Gmrral t Ofie*.?Own. Tlinmaa low eon, anrgeoo general; anelrlAute. Dr K. C. Wood and Ikr. 0. K. Wood; throe clerkn. Knftnrrr Office.--General JoncpbC. Tntten, chief engineer; aaatalanl, Captain il. (a. Writ:111. (lvo clerk* and ouo moi&cngernpngropliwl ilumtti?Oil. J. J Ahert, colonel of the corpa, aa lauul, Captain J. C WoodriilT, fonr clerkn and one messenger. Orfwontv fVureou Col. H K Craig, colonel of ordnaooe; aaaiaUnt, Cupt. Win. Jdayuaduir, night rka and one mi l - -ager. TKTKGRAPH OFFICES Houac'a Printing Telegraph, National Hotel, entrance on 8ixth atreet, one door north ol IVnuay Wnuiu avenue. To New York, rut Baltimore. I*liil u!?lphla, and inter medial- points, contorting at New York wfib the Fa-tern fine to "t. Johna. nd the We?terti I' to New I trie una. Magneto Telegraph. National H leL, corner at 81Xtil atr.et and Pennsylvania aveuoe To New Torlt, connecting a* ahova with the extreme Kaet and We*t rtnutheru Telegraph, National Hotel. To New Orleans, no Alexindrla, Kirhntond, Anguetn^and ifohlle, and InteruiedJate /nil,La, Inelitding all the principal seaboard oltiee. Weatern Telegraph. IV oiaylvnnla avenue, tietween Wxth and fevanlh alreeta, over thlnuin's drugstore. To Wheeling and intermediate pcinti. romns-tinf with nfl fht1 W-Jtwrn and Northweeteyh line* draft offices and other depositaries of the department, tho issuing of warrants and drafts In payment of balances reported by the Auditor to be due to mail contractors and other persons, the supervision of the accounts of offices under orders to deposits their quarterly bal uncoi at designated points, and the superintendence of tho rendition by postmasters of their quarterly returns of pontages. It has charge I the dead-letter office, of the issuing of |>o?tage stamps aud stamped < uvelopcn for tho pre payment of po.Hago, and of tho accounts con uected therewith. To the Third Assistant Postmaster General all postmasters should direct their quarterly returns of postage; those at draft otUcos, their letters reporting quarterly tho net proceeds of their offices; and those at. depositing otili ? ?, their certificates of deposite; to liim should also be directed the weekly ami monthly returns of tho depositaries <?f the department, as well as all application" and receipts f??r postage stamps md stamped envelopes, aud for doad letters. IrujMstinn Offnx.?BenJ. N.Clements, esq., chiefclerk, and seventeen dorks. To this office Is assigned tlie duty ?f receiving and e . mining tin registers of the arrivals and departures of the mallH, certiheates of tho 'er vice of route agents, and rcjw?rti of mail failures J of noting the do Unqueucios of contractors, and pi-\ paring cases thereon for the action ?f the postmaster General; furnishing blanks for mail registers, and reports of mall failures; providing and sending out mall-hags and nail lock* and key.", and doing all other thing." yvhich may ho necesary to secure a faithful and exact performance of nil mall contracts. Al! cases of mail depr Nation, of violation of law by private ex.tresses, or by the forging or illegal use of postage stamps, arc under ho supervision ot this offico, and should be reported to it. All communications r tpcctiog lost money, letters, mail deprnd?| ions, or other violations of law, or mail-locks and keys, should be di rooted u Chief Clerk, Poet Office Department " All registers of the arrivals and dejwirtures <4 the rnnils, certificates ?f the service of route agcuU, report* of mail failures, applications or blank registers, and reports of failures, and all complaints against x?n tractors for irregular or imperfect service, should bo directed " Inspection Office, Poet Office Department." .aVT PWABTlttJCT. Tlif? Navy Department ootislsta of the Navy Department propur, hang tho office of the Secretin and of Ave bureaus attached thereto, viz: Bureau of Navy yards and r kn, Bureau of Construction, Equipment, uid Repair, Bur? t ofProvlM ?us ntod Clothing, Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography, an.I the Bureau ol Medicine anil Surgery. The following a (statement of the duties of each of tbeso offices and .if tho force employed therein: ?SIccrdary't Office. I Ion. Isaac Toncey, Secretary of tho Nuvv; Charlos a Wei -i , chief clitic, and eleven clerk*. The t *rwnry of tin Navy has charge or everything connected with tho naval establishment, and tho execution of all laws relating thereto in intrusted to him, under tho general direction of tho Trenldent of tho United State*, who, by tho constitution, is commander in-chief of tho army and navy. All instructions to commanders of squadrons and commanders of vessels, all orders ol' officers, commissions of officers both in tha navy and marine corps, appointments of commissioned and warrant ifficors, orders for the enlistment and discharge of seamen, emanate from the Secretary's office. All the duties of tho different bureaus are performed under tho authority of the Secretary, and their orders are considered as emanating from htm. The general superintendence of he marine corps forma, also, a part of the duties of the Secretary, and all tho orders of tho commandrtnt of that corps should be approved by him. IJuroau of Navy Varth and Dock* - Commodore Joseph Smith, chief of tho bureau, four clerks, one civil cnginocr, and one draughtsman. All tho navy-yards, docks and wharves, buildings and machinery in navy yards, and everything immediately connected with them, arc under tho superintendence cf this bureau. It In alio charged with tho management of I lie Nu\ id Asylum. Ilurt-au of Candrnclion, Equipment., and Repair.--John Lonthnll, esq., chief of Ihe bureau, eight, clerks, and one draughtsman. The office of the engineer In chief of the navy,Samuel Arch bold, esq., is attached lo his bureau, who is abided by three assistant engineers. This bureau lios charge of the building and repairs of all vessels of war, purchnso of materials, nnd the providing of all vessels with their equipment*, ar sails, anchors, water tanks, Aio. The engineor-in-chiof superintend* the construction o! nil marine steam engine* for the navy, and, with the approval of the Secretary, decides upon plans for their construction. /iurcau of l'rwuiom and Clothing.?B- Bridge, purser United State* navy, chief of bureau, and tour clerks All provisions for the use 01 the navy, and clothing, together with the making of contract* R)r fur Dishing the same, come under the charge of this bureau. Hnrr hi of (hdnante and Hydrography, (.'apt. Duncan Ingrnhom, chief of bureau, four clerks, and one draught-man. This bureau bus charge of all ordnance and ordnance stores, the manufacture or purchase of cannon, gun*, powder, shot, shell*, Ate., nnd tho equipment of vessels of war, with everything connected therewith. It also provide* them with maps, charts, chronometers, barometers, Ax , toget her with such books as are furnished ships ol'-vrar. "The United At/ites Naval Observatory and Hydrogrnphionl Offico" at Washington, and the Naval Academy at Annapolis, are also under tho general kupcriutondciioe of tho chief of this bureau. riu Htuaf MmHnint atuiS*i>grry- Dr. William Whelan, surgeon United Stag's navy, chief of bureau , one passed assistant surgeon United States navy, and two clerks. Everything relating to m?dioine* and medical store*, treatment of nick and wounded, and management of hospitals, comet within tho superintendence of thia bureau WAR I WAR-IK EXT. II<-n. .T.B.Floyd, Secretary of War; W. R. Drinkard, cbicf clerk, seven aubordmato clerks, two messengers, and four watchmen. Tho ollowlng bureaus are nt.tachod te this department: Commanding General'$ office.?This office, at the head of which 13 lieutenant General Soolt, i? at New York. Adjutant OetwnV* Offic Col. Samuel Cooper, Adjutant General Assistants Brevet Major K. !>. Town?end, Brevet r?pt S William*, and Brevet Oapt. J. F. Garesche. Judge Advocate, Brevet Major John V. Lee; nine clerks and ohm messtngor. Iu tliis office urn kept all the rocorde which refer to the personnel of the army, ih? rolls, Ac. It is here whore nil military commission* arc made out. Quartermader Oenernl'i Office.?Brevet Major General T. S Joaup, qunrtermnater general. An islanUi -Uolqpcl C Thomas, Captain M. S. kfoinr jiTui lire vet Minor .1. Bokrer: elrvon clerks and one rpessemrer. oyrii KHH or thk corhokation or ti'k city of wanhinoton. Jtoyur J iiu. - o. ii mn. rmrmn- WUlum Morgan, Coryurati'M Ait^rnejr?Jama* U OWtal'" iww .y liaiUk Qiarlaa t. IWw, M 0. Ika Clerk- -WUlum J. llanolm Hrnk kmptr Mwla J Klupbr Mmrnp r William Q Inckt 'Vdiacinr Jaoie* y. Holiday Cierkn? Keabea Cteary and Wit ham H WilUauia. Atreryar?Wllliaui Forajrth. aaaaaaa ur ram aoaait (Mr aaaixa. >Vrri Ward?Ur P. C Larks, i. B. H Muui., <i Secnd Word I)r R K Since, Jamee K. Uuuaiain, esq Third It'jnl I* W. (. Painter, J<ae|dt Bryan, eaq Fourth Word I* W I'. Jolinauw, Fran, is Mohnu, ueq Fifth Ward?IV. <1. M. t 'oy, J. p Ingle.esq Sixth Ward---Ilr. K. 8. Walsh. John I). Brandt, esq SevnUh Ward?Ur J. K. Morgan, Henry A Clarke, eaq ihmui iHin Til n amsn aroma* to nu pooa. MrrT Ward I avid G Hldgely. A. fad Ward?Andrea W. Hughe* Pktrrf Ward?Valentin* Itarhaugh AhertA Ward Junes N. Callau, AVIA Ward -J. B (InrdUier i Sirth Ward .lames II, O'Bonnet) 1 SrrrnUt Want -It. H Clarke IK YMCI ANN TO THK POOS. First Ward -Philip C. Davis, M I) Second Ward?J. W. If. Lovttfoy, M. I). third Ward M Dal*, M I). Frnrth Ward J M Toner, M J). t\fth Waril~ ,\ M. Oryoiea, M. I?. MLUh Ward-J. M Koiwrts.M 0. Xeecnth H ani J. K Wlllett, U. D. BOARD or ALDKNAIRN. ! First Ward --Ow. W. ttgg* and Wb. T. Dove, (president,) ' Second Ward? Thomas Miller Mid Thorn** J. Fisher i Third Ward?Thom*f< lXmobo and Joseph F. Brswn. Aburfk Ward?Wm. W Moon and fYftoclsllobuo. Fifth H'ard Edmund Harry und C. W. C. Dunning too Sixth Ward Robert Clarke aud Aaron W Miller Seventh Ward?John L. Smith ami Peter M. Pearson Secretary to the Hoard -Erajmma J. Mot die ton. Mess* oyer- Jacob Kleibor ODMMjTTKMH OK THE BOARD OT Al.DKKMft-V. On Finance?Messrs. Biggs, Brown, and Smith Improvement*?-Messrs. T. Miller, Moore, anil Pearson. Police Mohun, Barry, and Smith. Claims Messrs. Barry, Hrowu,*ml Pearson. Schools?Messrs. Donoho, Dunnington, and Clark. Are Department?Messrs. Fisher, llarry, und A. W. Miller. Elections?Messrs. Moore, Fisher, und Clark. Drainage, Sewerage, and Distribution of Water Messrs. Drown, T. Miller, and Pearson On Unfinished Business Messrs. A. W. Miller, Dunnington, and Smith. Joint no* Ml mow On the Asylum?Messrs. Moore, Donoho, and A W Miller. Health of the City Messrs. T Miller, Mohun, and Clark. Canal - Messrs. Brown mid Peason. B hunts?Messrs. Donoho and Smith Enrolled Bills Mr. Moore. Accounts of Register--Mr. Barry. Money Transactions of the Corporation-M r. Biggs. Ehgdulity of Assessors?Messrs. A. W. Miller, Fisher, and Smith. To Count and Destroy Due Bills-Mr. Fisher. To Attend to the Interests of the Corporation brfors Congress Messrs. Dunnington, Riggs, and Clark. BOARD or COMMON COFNCII.. Firtt Ward-?Charles Abert, (president,) John B. Turtou, and Soutbey 8. Parker. Second Ward Wm. Orme, Grafton Powell, and Charles 8. Jones. Thirtl Ward ?Wm. (*. Palmer, I Ainbert Tree, and Christopher 8. O'Harc. Fourth Ward?Stephen D. Castlcmaii, Elijah Edmonston, and Wm. 1'. Mohun. Fifth Ward?William A. Mulloy, Wm. V. Wallace, and T. Van Reswick. ,Sixth Ward?'George A. Bohrer, Franklin H. Ober, and John II. Bus sell. Soertth Ward -Thomas E. IJoyd, Charles Wilsou, and Thomai if lis trad. Secretary?William A. Kennedy. Messenger -William <J. Cocke. C t.MMHTKIS or THK HOAKD or COMMON an vra. On Way* ami Menus Messrs. Jones, Turton, Tree, Castkman, Van Res wick, Obor, and Lloyd. On Improvements Messrs. Turton, Van Reswick, Orme, O'Hare, Mohun, Russoll, and Lloyd. On Claims -Messrs. Powell, Mohun, and Wilson. ! fM Unfinished Business - Messre. Palmer and Milstead. On Flections? Messrs. Wallace, Ober, and Wilson. On Folke -Messrs. Mulloy, O'flure, Parker, PovreB, Outleruan, 1 ?hror, and Woj d. Canals-Mo: rs. Costleman, Ormc, Ober, Van Keswick, Parker, I .mil Milstead. S<hooU- Messrs. Tree, Turton, Powell, Mohun, Wallace, Hohrer, and l.loyd. A ire Department -Messrs. Parker, Edmonston, and Milstead. Dr>\ifige, dr. -Messrs. Palmer, Orme, Turton, Mohun, Mulloy, Ru *r-\t and Wilson. i ;rjw< of inn before fhmgrets?Messrs. Jones, Mohun, Lloyd, and Tree. Ioint CoMMimcn. ?Washington Canal?Messrs. Cattleman end Vai .C'-swick. ihx Money Transactions with Corporation?Mr. Jones. Asylum Messrs. Turton, Jones, Wallace, and Milstead. I C> vt ami Destroy Due IhtU?Mr. Edmonston. I Ji fitter of Accounts?Mr. Bohrer. Wharves?Messrs. Ormc, Coalleman, and Russell. Health of the City?Messrs. Palmer, Parker, Wilson, and Mulloy. 1 Knrul'fd BilU?Mr. Tree. i El.fit>\lityof Atsetses?Messrs. Wallace, O'Harc, Parker, and Ed | monston. (xwhiwopkrh of imi-utn>*juwim. First District?Joseph K. Rawltngs. Second District ? R. B. Owens. Third District?Stephen Coster. fburth District? fiamucl H. Taylor. BOARD OF TRCKTWH of Till rtJSLlO SCHOOLS. First IHstrict - William B. Randolph, (president,) Roger B. Ironside, I and A. 11. 8t"Ut hton. Sccntul District?Eraamoc M. Chap I u, James Laurenson, and 1 Mltchel II. Miller i Third District John D. Brandt, William F. Trier, and Fraud* 8. i Walsh. Fburth District?J. E. Wlllett, Fro lerick Wbyte, and gatnuel ; Yorke Atl>ea. | Secretary b> the Hoard?Robert Ricketts. | Treasurer?Vnlontlne llarbaugh. amntufl of hsk asyivm, ktc. frtmdanl of the Asylum.--John R. Quern. Physician to the Asylum?Dr. W. II. Berry. Commissioners of the. Asylum?George W. Emerson, George Mailingly, and Leonard Harb&ugh. Secretary to the Commissions** - John H. Noyce. Commissioner <\f the Eastern Section of the Canal?Charles C. Fdolin Commissioner of the Western Section of the Canal? William Wise. Commissioners of the West Burial Ground?Joseph Borrows, Thos, T. Morgan; August Miller,net ton. Commissioners of the East Burial Ground?John I). Brandt, George W. Oyster; John o'Ncale, sexton. Iwqxxtor of flour and Salted Provisions?Jo*. Lyons, i (fuagcr and Inspector Florlan IlUz. Sealer of Weights and Measures Hiram Richoy. InsjKctor of /-Vre AjtparaiHS?John W . Martin. insiwtomm and mk.ast'kkkh. fnsjtector* and .Measurers of Lumber- Peter Gallant, Wm. Douglas Samuel R. Beyer, Thomas W. Burch, and S. F. Gates. Measurers of Graw, Bran, ttc.? John Wilson for tbo llrat district and J. Z. Williams for the second district. Wood and Coal Measurm?-Jogej?h Z. Williams, 8am. C. Miokum Richard Wimsatt, John Cumberland, and Wm. P. Drury ci.krks arm ddmmihmjoivkkm of makkkts. Clerk of Centre Market- John Waters; Joseph Lyons, assistant. Clerk of Eastern Market?Hylvestor F. Gates. Clerk of Western Market -William Walker. Clerk, of Northern Market George I). Spencer. Commissioners of (he CcMre Mariet?William Oftne, Hudson Taylor, and Buckner Bay lias. Commissioner* 4*fthe Western Market -William If. Walker and Wil Commixtioners of the Xorthsrn Market -Jnmos T. Irvine Md Thoo <tnro Sh^kflls. Commissioners of the Pattern Market?<1. W. Johnson and Frandi J c ilk ins. ASS MOM. First Ward?William Higgles. Second IF<ird?John T. He wort. Third Ward Zophnniiih Jones. Fmrih Ward?William Douglas'. Fifth Want.?(.if), F. Small wood. Sixth Ward?- Edward Way son. Seventh IFarct?John H. Bt<1. HmtRfjrnufDKvni or hwremi. First Ward A It Ifilton. S'-rand Want Thomas Robhins. Third Ward -W. A. RobiuBon. Fourth Ward -AV. A. Robinson. Ffth IFarri?John T. Ncnle. Sixth Want?Junio* H. \Voo<t. Seventh Ward?II. O. Whitomoro. SCUTtNdKKS t\r$t Ward. tat District?Win. Rarr. First Ward, 2d District?Dnnlel Unkins. SrfittHi Want, let JHstricf Roger A<tAtn*oii. Second Ward, 2d District?Michael Btthl. Third Want, let DUrid - John S Inio. h)fiirik Wartl, I?t District?Frnnklin Huh bins. Fhurth Ward. 2<1 JHMrirt KrnsA Ix?e(Tlcr Fifth Ward Wm.T. Bnamford. Sirth Want James Curlalu. Seventh Want?Hoorge N. Adams. IMUCK MjlOffrriUTHH. M'rrt District?Samuel Prury. S'Xirthd, Fourth, and Sixth Dis'ricts vnitnf Tim*. J Williams. Third Piftrid- John P. Clark, office on Twelfth street, a few doori below P. Fifth District William Thompson, office on Ninth street, hetwoci D and K streett. Srr&Uh District?Thomaa ('. Ponn, office on T jonislnna, avenue, neai Bank of Washington. Eighth District Patrick McKenna, office corner of Pennsylvania are nue and Fourth itrflft east. 1 Ninth THtirict?James Cull, office near Navy Yard. Tenth District- Imniel Rowland, on the Island. 6'oanI Jkmtc?Thomas C. Dnnn. POfir* l?*l\A*TMKNT. Chief Folic*?John H. Ooddaril. 1 T.irut, nanis of Pottos- Noble J. Thomas, Kilward M< Henry. I\Aicr Ojjictr* -Ural ward?-JohnHcPermott,Wni Paw, Wm. I>. S*r j rin, and James F. Kdwsrd*. # s-? >nd ward? Wni. II. Fanning, Joseph Williamson, Charles 0 I BehlofT. and Jamo* (JtntuUy. 1 Thin ward?Jauiok H. .Suit, 1 utricle Gdrmllf, Wfl. L Bma, Jacob F King. Fourth ward?B T. Walton, H. W. Haskell, Henry Ycaiman, am Franklin Zimmerman j Fifth ward--H ('. Her rover, C. W. Arnold, Jacob Ash, Henrj N.o h. and Ileunon Collin* at the Rmlrond ]>e|>ot. Skill ward Francis S Kdefoa and Jaioo* S. Smith Seventh word?John M. IJoyd, James A. (Jill, S. N. Chtpley. .un Jo .U Beii/ell. Df> ial Palirr Of,ir*r -Daniel Wbalen, Robert H. Harrison. John M Thornton, JaineH Dell, John KM well, John W Coomb*.ftomii J Kelly, Joseph S Norwood, Pennls Murphy. Frederick hefltv Mm ha- 1 Fitagoratri, Martin VeYaroarn Tliomas Young, John V Chrtf-r Thoi ' J. Kdmo-mwi. ijiwreneo tlakme, James Room /, Jam??i iUonm* Si on e, Richard If. Hault, William O. Neelo, Simne lfniutV, Wm. Rabbitt, Philip Hutchinson, Jamea R (Mien, Willian JohnM.n Wm. lVPr Kraft Alfred Hewnlng, John Bar dm | Wm. L Hafton, Joseph Tucket John T l ewis, Rirbard Frsnt, John T I Itrouley, Peter tJoodyear. tJoorge H. Morgan. J.-hn grower*, Join J 1jk;y. Alexander Hume. JJKOIUHAL8 KOU M 411 HA<iH IMH Wui lUMKUi, Joo *CA1JJ> PWiPOHAlr- will tx rooottod *1 ikle deinwtinruk uMta ri'cbhk.a ut , the 3Mh day of April twit, fbr (uriiwblof fit tour year* ItiB the Brat day of July vil, IB ouch tuBilla tad it cork uawo u aigr bo roawaod owl ?WM fca tbouoroior. buui bo?a uoirifllub to oil ^ 'Inryu Waff Hunt or Abrib fkio Vo I?(IS incite* Ik k>B*tli *o<l 0J lortioo in cm umh-rritt. ,) IB bo uiaut ud iuUho movoo witibiUKil h oM Slloeo mine.* Ul ?!..< >nil of I'd in. bee width , tiw Ibroodo U the warp and urofl to w eoiopoeub uf Are yofltr eorli title No. t (II melton iu length autl do Withe* m urGuialofeaoe,) u> bo modi- id uolt.ili memo uitylnng at leoi-t fourteen .tun.,? if|f? yard of 31 Inrheo urldtli , tlio iltri-uda ul llio warpaint a el t to be i.otupvtiwl ui loui ytruo Mib Slit- Nil 3 (S3 Inches Ik length and 3S Jnche* In cfrrumtVfrnr ?,) Ul bo mode of i ooiuo - iDvti wrifc-UlD? at lo-iat nib! on or-a to ?be yird of JO lucbeu u'ldt* , the till.ah. of tbo warp and kill to bo ouwuko.,,1 I uf lUirtf ) ArtlH CttOll The canvas bag* of siae* numbered 1 and 2 or?< lo Ik* mid# with % I I tabling or hero at the W?p ??f two l?wb? wide, upon whtrh asuflltAriit uuoilx-r (at least ten to w? former and eight to Um latter) of r\Hei ! hole* am fob# wrought ; and they am to he provided ahi, if)l, eumckul beinp cord to lace aud tl? thein strongly. All are te h* I well marked, lustde aud outside, 41 V 8 Matt, ' In large and.dtstftaat tatters. L*ath*r ami Cnnvai Mail #VucAe*. ftae No. 1 48 luetic* In length and 60 Inche* In tircumfer*ct<,e I Site No. 2 41 do do 48 do do 8uu No. 3 30 do do 42 do do Size No 4 30 do do 30 do do ft IS No. 5?26 do do 28 do do j Ilk' laaly ui the leather pouches i* to he made ol good aud run tantisl bog leather. well Utuu d, weighing, for aiaes uumbered 1 and ^ '1, not l??a than eight miBOM, ami tor the smaller sizes u??t I#m than L| j soveo ounces to the M|u&r? loot ; the bottom (uf circular form) and If flap to l?e of good fkii-tiny leathei, well tanned , the statu* U> be well aud strooglv secured with, the he.it iron riveta well tinned. j The canvas pouches are to bo made of cotton canvas, <i.u|ely wovwu, to :?* to resist wuter, weighing, for poncho* of slat No, l,u-.t lex* than 25 ounces to the yard of .31 Inches width, or 17 oui<> e* to lb yard of '21 incbea width ; lor pouchoa ol aue No. 2, hot less than 20 ounce* to the yard of 26 inches width , for pouches of aiae No. 3, not less than 18 ounces to the yard of 22 Inches width ; the thread* of tho wasp and welt to bo composed of at least Eve yarns each The canvas pouches, of sizes numbered 4 and f?, are to be made of cotton vanvas weighing not lets than 14 ouuees to the y aid of 10 luchen width, HOT leas than 22 ounces to the yard of .30 lie he* well I the threads of the warp and weft to be composed of at least four yarns each. Lrafher ami Canrai Worn-Mail Hagf i ft so No 1 Itody 48 inches long and 21 incbws wide to the widest parts , ends or hottoma olanme being 14 by 2d inches 8i*o No. 2 ? IftMly 45 Inches long and 18 inches wide III the widest parts ; ends or bottoms of same being 12 by 24 Inches. Kize No. 3 ?Body 42 Inches long and 16 ti-' be* wide in the widest pail* , onda or bottom* of same being 10 by 20 Inches. Hie leather borne mail bag.-, are to ho made of good and substan tial bag leather, well tanned, weighing not less than seven ounces to t the fxpiuro foot, and the neatBi to be well and strongly sewed, or, If [ rivited, to be so done as not to chafe horse or rider. The canvas horse mail hag* arc to he made ol cotton cauvax like that described for the larger sired ponchos. Proposals for improvement* in the form or construction of any of the above described bags and |MHiche*, or In the materials thereof, f are iuviUd, aud tho relative value aud adaptation to the service, ? ? well a* specitlcd price ol any such Improvements, will bo considered I iu determining the lowoM aud lieat bid. All tho article* contracted lor are to be delivered at Ibe sxpeiifs of tho contractor, in Boston, Mass ; New York and Albany, N Y. ; Pills dolphin and Pittsburg, Pa. ; Baltimore, Md. ; Washington, l> C Richmond, Vs. ; Raleigh, N. C. ; Charleston, 8. C. : Savannah, (Is Mobile. Ala ; New Orleans, Iji ; Knoxvllle, Naahvlllo, aud Mempbt*. Toon. , Louisville, Kjr. ; Cincinnati, Ohio; 8t. loui*. Mo. , and tin cago, ill., iu ouch <pmutitle*, aud at such such time* as tho dparttnont may acquire and order ; and they arc to bo rigidly Inspected before delivery, aud none are to Ife received which shall be inferior. In any respect, to tlua spectmeus adopted as the standard bag*. Tho proposal* should s? ecify the price ol each article proposed t . be furnished. No proposal will be considered, if not accompanied with specimens or aumplcft of each article bid for, showing the constructiou, fllie, and quality of materials and workmanship offered, and also with a w ritten guarantee from the persou* proposed as ?ur? tint, (whose responsibility must he cor tiffed by tho )k* (master of lbs place where they reside,) that they will become responsible, ?u suf ; Octant bond, for the duo performance of tho contrnct, In rule such proposal be accepted. The specimens or samples mm t In? delivered at this department '?n or before the 2Mb day of April next, and tboao w hich shall ha\e * ooinpanled the accepted proposals wtll, In connexion with such pro pogals, form the basis of the contract* to be made. K.very specimen submitted should be well and distinctly marked with the numberdr noting iia size, and have amwa to it a sample 01 tuc mm?naia,(cau vas or leather.) of which it is mail?. All specimen* deposits! br I bidder* which can, w ith safety hnd convenience, he uwd In the mail service, will be paid lor at the prices specified In the i?rop04ul{? rein J ting to the same. A decision on the bids w ill he made an or before the third day <?c May next ; and the accepted bidder or bidder* w ill be required t > enter Into coutract, with sufficient bond and sureties, on or b* ! fon* the twenty-first day of June next. To enable bidder* to estimate the Bomber of the different kindle* n ill hag* which will probably be required, (bey are Informed that tie re were furnished for the use of the department during the year which ondml 30th Juno last: 12,9.><) canvas mail bag* ; 3,110 leather mail pouches ; 4,400 qiuvns mail pouches, and 500 horse mail bag* T! o probata should be endorsed outside, " Propositi* for Mill Bug*, and be addressed to the "Postmaster <*t aarit." [ / AltON V. BROWN*, I Jan 19?lawl2w Postmaster General. | No. 630. | fly the Preddent of tlic United State*. I I JAMES ItUCHANAN, President of the United , .State* of America, in pursuance of the provisions of the art of , Congress entitled "An ait in relation to the lnmla sold in I he Grsrn* burg, late St. Helena, land district, in the State of I/hiInIudr, and an tborixlug the resurvey of certain lands .ill said district," approved August 29,1842, end of the acts of Congress authorizing the **lc of J the public lands, do hereby declare n'nd make known that a public sale w ill be held at the land office at (.hksnhm-wo, in the State r?f Louisiana, commencing on Monday, the stcowl day of May next, for the sale of the unappropriated and vacant tracts of public land nit u a ted within the limit* of the following named township* and frai ttonal tow nship*, according to the approved plats resurveyed, to wit: South of the base line and west of the jnrincipal meridian. Township* 1, 3, and 4. and fractional townahlp* & and G, range 1. j Townships 1, 2. and 3. and fractional township 4, of range 2. Townships 1 and 2, of range 3. Fractional township* 1, 2, and 3, of range 4. J Fractional township 1, of range 5. A'outh of the base line and east of the f?r*n<*i>al meridian Townships 1, 2, 3, 4, f>, d, and 7, of range I. jl Townships f?, 6, mid 7, of range 2. Townships t> and 7, of range 3. Tow nships ft, 0, and 7, and fractional township 8. of range 4 ; Fractional township 8, of range 0. Tow nship t>, of range 8. j 1 Fractional townships 8 and 9, of range 9. Townships 4, 5, 0, and 7, and fractional township 8, of rango 10 Tow nsbip 5, of range 11. ! Fractional township 8, of range 12. ; Township 6, of ruugo 13. lands covered by contlrmod private claims, appropriated by law > for the use of schools, military, and other purposes, together with the , "rtwomp and overflowed," granted to the State by the acts of Or gross approved March 2. 1849. and September 28, 1850; also, nil those tracts for which the patents havo been issued or applied ft ' v \ tho day appointed for the commencement of the sale, or which ahull ( not have been dually acted upon by that tune, under thd luwldmi* [ of the act of 29t h August, 1842, hereinbefore, mentioned, will be a V cl tided from the sale. J Tho offering of the above-mentioned land# will bo commencedoo tlw day appointed, mid will proceed In the order In which they i?'l vertised, until the whole shall have boon offered, and the aabith"* | closed; but the aale shall not be kept open longer than two work*, and no private entry of any of the lauds will be admitted until alter \\ ' tho expiration of the two week*. Given under my hand, nt tho city of Washington, thla 11th day of I January, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and flftv-niw i I JAMKR BUCHANAN By the President: Commissioner of the General Land Office. ! NOTICK TO PRK EMTTION CLAIMANT?. 1',\ cry person entitled to tlio light of pre-emption to Any of th? lands within tho township* and fractional townships above mention"' is required to establish the same to the satisfaction of the rngo?t?'r mH [| receiver of the proper land office, and mikt. payment or at ^ m practicable qftM" aeeinplhi* notice, and before tlie day appoiute' for the commencement of the public sale of tlm lands erabfrctng the tract claimed ; otherwise aucIi claim will he forfeited. THO*. A. HFNMUCKiC i Commissioner of the General Land Oillt Norrc - TTndor the regulation* of tho department, an hereU?f'rrt | iind now existing, no payment can he made fur advertising prorMi" lions except t" such publishers n* are specially anthorirnl to publi-' by the Coimni.HHoticr of tho General I/ind Office. ! Jan 19?lnwlSw [IntAStarJ ; UNITED STATES PA I'KNV OFF1CK, W ismxoTo.v, February 12,18M. ON THK rmnoN Of Richard M Ifoe, of New York, S. Y Pr? 0 jug for the extension of a jiateid granted to him on the M M?). | 1845, for an improvement in Printing Pr? s?e.;," for seven yearn fr01" 3 the expiration ?if said patent, which take plnco on the lit ofM1' 1?M> ft ! ordered that the said petition be heard at the Patent Off1**' "n | Monday, April 18, at 12 o'clock, in.; and all persons are notifl?*l appear and ajiow cause, if any they have, why said petition ought nH t<? be granted. i Persona opposing the extension are required to file in the Pateot,,r *, flee their objections, specially set forth in writing, at least twout)'*"0 H before the day of hearing : all testimony tiled by either party t' used at the said hearing must be taken and transmitted inaecord?nr 0 M Ilh the rulei of tho office, which w 111 be furnlsh'-d on apple ' ' Tlie testimony in flic case will be closed on the 4th of April n" IB , dr-jSMitions, and other papers relied upon iv testimony, rated '11 f m the office on or before tho morning of that day; the arguni*"' | r any, within ten days thereafter. Ordered, also, that this notice be published In the Colon, Un-'""* Mm ton, I). C . and Day Book. New York, once a week for three I slve weeks, the first of said publications to be at least sixty day* j Pore the 16th of April noxt, tue day o( heart rig _ I dWi n mr, (V)!nrr..r km#r of PW 4 J P.P.- KJitOfH of llio AlNWe JWpcr* will pleil-w roj>V, *11(1 :f hHle to tho Put*n( ftfttce. with ? pnjver rontmoitif this notice. Fob IS? Utwlvr I^RENt'li BOOKS- llhiKtrHU'il. JL Phyeloltigin du tioul. Per llrllkit HnvarlD. ST rente Lr* Fhbullutes t\?polnlroi? 26 1 Tablrs 4o Fontaine. 25 rente. (Kuvrc* P<v*tiqiietf do P??1lonn. 25 row. a i Hinoira d'Halto. 02 cent-. llistolre do 8a vole. Par < Inud? Genolx. 40 c*mG. j \b'd Fl K??d? r. Pnrl^KMiH. . 37 r? iit?*. Illatoire do Ih Guerre de l'lude. 40 H? bnwtopnl. Ht<?tolm de 1* Guerre d'Orient. 40 < -id* \ Kinburn, HUlotro de laGurrre dTOrionl. iOctnh1 MnUkotT. ttudoirr do In Guerre d'Orient. 40 cents* la kuHsie el 1'Eur ope. 40 rent*. Im Torre ot I.es Rueem*. 40 rente. Imported from Pnri*. I J Fch2? KIUKCII T'TI"" l ? U((Tk l'm?T(H.HAI'IIM VlKV\H(H M\CAl^ I l> 1 J MwiItmI, Sfv. Yurie, TlfOtiilwp, Mount Y>rn"n. r" ( I i, Vk ?nd th? l*ul?lic Building* ..( WW1' 1 I iMt* ?1 urn. | ? r>>r ?1?> (>v T.' YI/tR li MAT^ I | vv? an , Sw AP **"" I i.