the duty of settling all accounts of the post-office department, whether of postmasters, contractors, or others. Charles K. Gardner, Esq. is the Auditor, and all accounts against, or with the post-office department, (other than postmasters' quarterly accounts; all letters in relation to accounts, all letters enclosing the receipts, all letters returning drafts on postmasters, and all other letters making claims, or explanatory of accounts, should be addressed to him.

Rates of Postage on Letters.

For any distance not exceeding 30 miles,
Over 30, and not exceeding 80

6 cts.

do.

10

For each newspaper, carried not over 100 miles,

Over 100 miles,

Magazines or pamphlets published periodically, not exceeding 100 miles-per sheet 14 Over 100 miles,

do. 21

Officers, Clerks, and Messengers in the Post-office Department, April 1837.

Amos Kendall, postmaster-general, 6000 dolls.; Selah R. Hobbie, first assistant, do. 2500 dolls.; Robert Johnston, second do. 2500 dolls.; Daniel Coleman, third do. 2500 dolls.; John Marron, chief clerk, 2000 dolls.; Wm. H. Dundas, principal clerk, contract office, 1600 dolls; E. L. Childs, do. appointment office, 1600 dolls.; Joseph Perry, inspection office, 1600 dolls.; Henry A. Burr, Topographer, 1600 dolls.-Clerks, Thomas B. Addison, 1400 dolls.; William J. Cowan, 1400.; Armin Bolles, 1400 dolls.; F. L. Grammer, 1400 dolls.; A. N. Zezely, 1400 dolls.; Samuel Kendall, jr. 1400 dolls.; Thomas B. Reiley, 1400 dolls.; David Smith, 1400 dolls.; Frederic Baldwin, 1400 dolls.; Cranstoun Laurie, 1400 dolls.; Alexander Dimitry, 1400 dolls.; John Smith, 1400 dolls.; Robert A. Lacey, 1200 dolls.; A. Macrae, 1200 dolls.; John Barcroft, 1200 dolls.; N. Halter, 1200 dolls.; J., H. Wheat, 1200 dolls.; John Hunter, 1200 dolls.; Mathias Ross, 1200 dolls.; James Gooch, 1200 dolls.; James H. Marr, 1200 dolls.: George S. Wharton, 1200 dolls.; Jesse E. Dow, 1200 dolls.; N. C. Towle, 1200 dolls.; George A. Dohrer,

1200 dolls.; Josiah Dent, 1200 dolls.; R. K. Scott, 1200 dolls.; John Ferguson, 1200 dolls.; Jas. Caden, 1200 dolls.; Walter D. Addison, 1200 dolls.; Alexander Kyle, 1200 dolls.; Drake Hobbie, 1000 dolls.; Henry Johnson, 1000 dolls.; James Owner, jr., 1000 dolls.; G. M. Kendall, 1000 dolls.; Joseph T. Edelen 1000 dolls.; D.D.T. Leech, 1000 dolls.; C. A. Colt, 1000 dolls.; Tho's J. Williams, 1000 dolls.; Edward B. Sullivan, 1000 dolls.

Messenger.-Patrick Sweeny, 750 dolls., 20 per cent. additional.

Assistant Messengers-Joshua Piles, 350 dolls.; Nathaniel Herbert, 350 dolls.; Thomas Wallace, 350 dolls., 20 per cent. additional.

List of Auditor and his Clerks in the Auditor's Office of the Treasury, for the Post-office Department, May, 1837.-Charles K. Gardner, auditor, 3000 dolls.; Peter G. Washington, chief clerk, 2000 dolls.-John Suter, 1600 dolls.; William G. Elliott, 1600 dolls.; David Saunders, 1600 dolls.; and Richard Dement, principal clerks, 1600 dolls.-Nicholas Tastet, 1400 dolls.; Josiah F. Caldwell, 1400 dolls.; Thomas Arbuckle, 1400 dolls.; Samuel Fitshugh, 1400 dolls.; William C. Lipscomb, 1400 dolls.; Presley Simpson, 1400 dolls.; John G. Whitwell, 1400 dolls.; John F. Boone, 1400 dolls.; Thomas A. Scott, 1400 dolls. ; J. A. M. Duncanson, 1400 dolls.; Albert G. Merriwether, 1400 dolls.; David Koones, 1200 dolls.; William J. Bronaugh, 1200 dolls.; James H. Doughty, 1200 dolls.; James Coolidge, 1200 dolls.; Lemuel I. Middleton, 1200 dolls.; William Ingle, 1200 dolls.; Joseph Reynolds, 1200 dolls.; Perrin

Washington, 1200 dolls.; John Evans, 1200 dolls.; Joseph Carter, 1200 dolls.; Robert S. Wharton, 1200 dolls.; John Thaw, 1200 dolls.; John P. Wheeler, 1200 dolls.; James Lawrenson, 1200 dolls.; Lansing Tooker, 1200 dolls.; Giles Dyer, 1200 dolls.; Samuel A. Houston, 1200 dolls.; George Dale, 1200 dolls.; Grafton D. Hanson, 1200 dolls.; Lewis Welsh, 1200 dolls.; Wm. S. Darrell, 1200 dolls.; James M. Hanson, 1200 dolls.; Fleet W. Smith, 1200 dolls.; John D. Seavy, 1000 dolls.; H. Dumas, 1000 dolls.; Joseph Quicksall, 1000 dolls.; Douglass Howard, 1000 dolls.; Samuel M'Pherson, 1000 dolls.; Isaac H. Robbins, 1000 dolls.; Ezer Ellis, 1000 dolls.; George Folts, 1000 dolls.; and J. H. Waugh, clerks, 1000 dolls.-W. W. Cox, messenger, 900 dolls.-Samuel Harkness, assistant messenger, 420 dolls.

Office of Indian Affairs.-The office of Indian affairs was created by the act of July 9, 1832. The Commissioner of Indian affairs is appointed by the President and Senate, and is under the direction of the Secretary of War; and agreeably to such regulations as the President may from time to time prescribe, has the direction and management of Indian affairs.-Elbert Herring, commissioner, 3000 dolls.; Daniel Kurtz, chief clerk, 1600 dolls.-William Ward, 1600 dolls.; D. A. A. Buck, 1600 dolls.; Hezekiah Miller, 1400 dolls.; Townsend Waugh, 1400 dolls.; J. P. Maury, 1400 dolls.; Goddard, 1400 dolls.; B. H. Waring, 1200 dolls.; Samuel J. Potts, 1000 dolls.; T. R. Cruttenden, 1000 dolls.; C. Mix, 1000 dolls.; L. H. Berryman, 1000 dolls. ;

Brooks, clerks, 1000 dolls.-Charles Drane, messenger, 700 dolls.; William Wilson, assistant do., 500 dolls.

Purchasing Department.-The Commissarygeneral of this department purchases, on the orders and estimates of the War Department, all clothing, tents, beds, and all other articles required for the service of the army of the United States, excepting only such as are ordered to be purchased by the Ordnance Quartermaster's Subsistence and Medical Departments.-C. Irvine, commissary-general of purchases, 3000 dolls.; Timothy Banger, chief clerk, 1550 dolls.; William C. Irvine, clerk, 1000 dolls.; George Canning, messenger, 700 dolls.; Edward S. Fayssoax, Philadelphia, captain of infantry; William Banger, clerk, 900 dolls.; Francis Brown, inspector of cloth, 800 dolls.; John Githin, gives out clothing, &c., 800 dolls.; Matthew Grier, jr., inspector of bootees, &c., 720 dolls.

Clothing Bureau.-J. Garland, brevet major of 3d infantry; William J. Smith, clerk, 950 dolls. Head Quarters of the Army.-The army of the United States is placed under the command of the major-general, who is usually styled the general-in-chief.-Major-general A. Macomb, generalin-chief; Lieutenant John N. Macomb, A. D. C., 4th artillery; Lieutenant Alexander S. Macomb, A. D. C., 2d dragoons.-S. Calvert Ford, clerk, 1000 dolls.; Joseph Williamson, messenger, 600 dolls.

Special Agents, superintending emigration.Benjamin F. Curry, agent for the Cherokee, east,