The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-03-06

Leave jacksonville every Thursday at6s M ar.
nse at Spring Place nett Saturday BY 6pm.
3i02 From TroupvilIe to Suwannee Springs, Fla,
30 miles and back, once week.
Leave TIoupvie every Monday al m; arrive at
Suwannee Springs next day by IL IN.
Leave Snwannee Springs every Tuesday at p N,
arrive at Troupsls next day by Jpn.
Sfos From Wsresbofough to Mount Pleasant, ~
miles and back once week
Leave Warssborsogh every Friday al IN; arrive
al Mount Pheasant same day by D M
Leave Mount Pleasant every Saturday at q a IN;
arnve at Waresboro same day by JPN.
NOTES
l. Seven minutes allowed for opening and clos
ing the mails al all Offices, where no particular time
is specified
q Post Office blanks, and mail bags, are to be con-
yeyed without further charge mail lines admitting
Of such conveyance.
g. In all cases, there is TO be forfeiture of the pay
OF the trip when the trip is not run a forfeiture Of
at least oncfourth part Of IT, when the running
rival is SO far behind time to lose the connection
with depending mail aud a forfeiture of due
proportion of it, when grade of service is rendered
inferior to that in the contract These forfeitures
may be increased into penalties of higher amount
cordng TO the nature or frequency Of the failure and
the importance Of the mail
T. ines VIII DC imposed, unless the delinquency
be satisfactorily explained in due time, for failing
take from, deliver at post Office the mail any
part Of it for suffering to be wet, injured lost,
destroyed; for conveying il in place or manner that
exposes to depreciation, loss, injury; and for not
arriving at the time set And for setting up or run
ming express to transmit commercial intelligence
in advance of the mail, penalty will be exacted
equal to quarters pay.
5. The Postmaster General may annul the contract
for repeated failures for violating the Post Office
laws; for dsobeyng the Instructions of the Depart
ment for refusing to discharge a carrier when re-
CURED by the Department for assigning the con-
tract without the consent of the Postmaster Gene
rail- or for setting up or running express as afore
said
6. The Postmaster General may alter the contract
and alter the schedule, he allowing pro rata in
crease Of compensation, within the restrictions i'm
posed by law, for the additional service required,
for the increased speed if the employment of addi-
tona stock carriers is rendered necessary but the
contractor may In such case, relnquish the contract
on timely notice, if he prefers il to the change He
may also discontinue curtail the service, he al
lowing one months extra pay on the amount dis
pensed with.
7. The payments will be made through drafts on
post Offices otherwise, after the expiration of each
quarter, say in February, May, August, and Novem-
ber
g. The distances gipen according to the best intor-
nation but increased pay iOiH be ao,Ded should they
prore to be greater than is advertised VI places
recty named.
8. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law
from knowingly making contract for the transpor-
taton of the mail with any person who shall have
entered into any combination, or proposed to enter
into any combination, to prevent the making Of any
bid for mail contract by any other person or per
sons, or who shall have made any agreement or shall
have given performed promised to give or per-
form, any consideration to do not to do anything
whatever to induce any other person not to bid for
mail contract.
10. A bid received after time, to wit the 18th
April next at p M, or without the guarantee re-
CURED by law; or that combines several routes in
one sum of compensation, cannot be considered in
competition with regular proposal, not adjudged TO
be extravagant
IL. A bidder may propose different days and hours
of departure and arrival, provided no more running
time is asked, and it is obvious that no mail connec
ton or other public accommodation is preudiced.-
He may ask for specified number Of days for moro
running time to the trip at certain of pecul
arly bad roads. But beyond these changes, propo-
sal for service different from the advertisement will
prevent its being considered in competition with
regular bid, not set aside for extravaganza and
where bid contains any of the above alterations
their disadvantages will be estimated in comparing it
with other proposals
y. There should be but one route bid for in pro-
posal.
l3. The route the service, the yearly pay the bid
Oer's name ana rcsluenCe, ana name Oh each
member of the firm, where company offers, should
be distinctly stated.
Ia. The following is the form of the guaranty
which should be filled, the first blank with the name
of the guarantor the second with that of the bidder
and the third and fourth with the beginning and ter
minatng points of the route; and after being dated,
should be signed by the guarantor who mus, be shown
by the written certificate of postmaster, other
equally satisfactory testimonial, TO be a Of pro-
perty, and able to make good his guaranty. This
guaranty, so certified, should accompany each bid
"The undersigned - guarantees that -
his bid for carrying the mail from - TO - be
accepted by the Postmaster General, - shall en-
ter into an obligation prior TO the lst day of July
next with good and sufficient sureties to perform the
service proposed.
Dated ~
Is. The bid should be sent under SEAL addressed TO
the First Assistant Postmaster General, with Mail
Proposals in the State of -" written on the face
of the letter. and should be despatched in time to be
received by before the 18th April next, at
o'clock p. m.
6. The contracts are 10 be executed before the
lst July next.
Posr OrrIcE DEPARTMENT, Jan. ,1843.
jan Il-lawl3s c. A. WlCkLIfFE.
REDUCED PRICE.
ADMISSION rs CENTS.