The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-10-28


ofthe Columbia, and thence to the princi-
pal port in the Sandwich Islands;
Or from Charleston to the same, and back;
Or from Pensacola do do do.
Or from Mobile do do do.
Or from New Orleans do do do.
T. From New Orleans to Havana, and back; with
an offer to extend to Kingston, in the ISL
and Of Jamaica;
Or from Mobile to the same, and back
Or from Pensacola to the same, and back;
Or from Charleston to the same, and back
with an offer to supply Key West.
Proposals for commencing said routes at any 9TH
err United States port on the Atlantic, than above
named, will be considered.
It is intended, out Of the foregoing list ofroutes
to make selection of one to Europe, and one to the
Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific, as may best be de-
termined, after proposals for service on all the
the right TO place greater number in operation, il
it shall be deemed expedent to do so.
The proposals should specify the number Of trips
to be performed during the year, and as near as
may be, the day of the month on which the vessel
conveying the mail is to depart from the port at
each end Of the route. The department contem-
plates on route No. ], semi-monthly conveyance
veyance for the residue of the year; No. like
frequent conveyance; and on No. B. the same; on
No. 4, a monthly conveyance; ON No. S. as frequent
transportation as two or three times a month; on
No. 6, trip once in two months; and on No. Z,
twice or three times month,
The proposals should specify the mode of con-
veyance, whether by steamship or saling-packet;
and set forth the size, rate, and description of the
vessel, with sufficient particularly enable the de-
csion TO be made the advice Of the proper officers
of the naval service, whether the same is or is not
convertible into ship of-war. And special notice
is hereby given, that, agreeaby to the provisions Of
the act of Congress aforesaid, those proposals
~ tkar otoN he
ferred, which shall engage to carry the mail in
a steam ship or ships, and shall stipulate TO de-
liver said ship or ships to the United States, or
to their proper officer, on demand made, for
the purpose of being converted into vessel
or vessels of war; the United States being bound
their part pay the fair full value thereof at the
time Of delivery, to be ascertaned by four apprais-
ers, appointed two by the President of the United
States, and two by the owner or owners, with an
umpire, in of disagreement, to be appointed by
the President of the United States.
II should be shown, by the certificate of post
master, other equivalent testimony, that the bid
ders are American citizens and that the mail is to
be transported by them Sin American vessels, by
American citizens"
The postage fixed by law upon mailabIe matter to
be transported by these lines, is as foows "Upon
all letters and packages not exceeding halfounce
in weight, between any of the ports of the United
States and the ports of England, or France, or any
other foreign port not less than three thousand miles
distant ticcny.totr ceris with the inland postage of
the United States added when sent through the Uni
ted States mail to or from the post Office at port Of
the United States. Upon letters and packets over
half an ounce in weight, and not exceeding one
ounce, JoryegM CENTS and for every additional half
ounce or fraction of an ounce, fifteen cents. Upon
all letters ard packets not exceeding one half ounce,
the ports Of the United States and any Of the West
India islands, or islands in the Gulf Of Mexico,
ten cents; and hoenty cents upon letters and pack
cts not exceeding one ounce; and fire cents for
every additional half ounce or fraction Of an ounce
Upon each newspaper, pamphlet, or price-current
sent in the mail between the United States and any
of the ports and places above enumerated, three
cents, with inland United States postage added when
the same is transported to or from said port of the
United States, in the United States mail" The
bidder may propose for an annual sum of conpen-
sation 70 be named inhe bid or, in lieu thereof for
the whole or certain proportion TO be named in
the bid) Of the hostages accruing on the matchmaker
conveyed over the route
He may embrace in his offer stipulation to carry
an agent Of the Post Office Department with the
mails, or he may omit it, at his discretion. Such
stipulation may induce preference to be given in
favor of bid equal in other respects, over bid
not containing it.
Indentures of contract are to be executed by the
accepted bidder and by his sureties, by or before
the first day of May next. It is to provide, among
other things that the pay of the trip is 10 be forfeit
ed when the trip is not performed, and due pro-
portion when grade Of service is rendered inferior
to that specified in the contract; and that fines may
be imposed, unless the delinquency be satisfactorily
explained in due tme for failing to take from, or
to deliver into, the post Office at the port Of landing,
the mail belonging thereto, or any part Of said mail;
for suffering the mail, or any part of II, TO be
wet, injured, lost, or destroyed; for convey
ing it 10 place or manner that exposes it to
depreciation, loss, or injury; for refusing, after
demand made, to convey a mail by any addi-
onal steam ship or vessel run by the contractor on
tho route, over and above the specified number Of
trips in the contract and for not arriving ut the time
set also for transmitting intelligence or furnishing
the transmitting intelligence, in advance Of
the mail The Postmaster General may annu the con-
tract for repeated failures; for violating the post Of
fee laws; for disobeying the instructions Of the de-
parment for refusing to discharge carrier when
required by the department. for assigning the con-
tract without the consent of the Postmaster encral
for setting up running an express, as aforesaid
The Postmaster General may alter the contract,
and alter the schedule he allowing pro rata increase
Of compensation, within the restrictions imposed by
law, for the additional service required, or for the
increased speed, If the employment Of additional
stock or carriers rendered necessary; but the
tractor may in such case relinquish the contract on
timely notice, if he prefers it to the change The
Postmaster General may also discontinue or curtail
the service, he allowing one months extra pay on
the amount dispensed with; and the contract "may
at any time be terminated by joint resolution Of the
two houses Of Congress-"
The route the service the yearly pay, the bidders
name and residence, and the name Of each member
of the firm, where company offers, should be dis
tinctly stated in the proposals.
The following is the form of the guarantee, which
should be filed 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 termi
mating points of the routes and, after being dated,
should be signed by the guarantor, who must be