Mobile register and journal., 1845-12-12
MAgLs no aALVEawON

DROPOSA1SS ta cany the mails of ile United E states, hpm the 1si Of Aarrh, ls46, lo the 2stt nI February. 1850, with right the depart lnent lo exlcnd to Ihe s0tl, of Juae 1850, from A. OrleGns. h Lsprs,aua 10 tiisslloa, Tsras. 450 miles and hack, will be racewa5a; the contract Office oi he Post Office DrparIrcat, unii lhe 26lh d,, oiJanua- ", ISi5, lo be decided by the Slst day of said Jan- naTy.
 Leave New Orleans every Saturday al 10 A NJ, arrive at Galveston every Monday lY 10 4. M.
 Leave Galveston every Tuesday at 10 A. M., ar rIre at New oreaGs every Thursdsy hy 10 A. NJ.
 The proposals should specify ,he mode of convey. dnce. whether by steamship or sailing packet, and stl forth the size rate anl description of he vessel, wth sufficient particularly To enable the decisinnto be ma C. the advice of the proper officers oi the naval selyice, whether the same is is not conyer- tible into ship of war. And special notice is here by gven that, agreeably 10 the provisions Of an act of congress- approved March Sd. lS45, those propo sals (beng acceptable other respects) will be pre- feIred which shall engage 10 carry the mail m steamship ships and shall stipuate to deliver said ship or shps to lhe U. States, or to their proper oi- icer, demand made, for the pnrpose of being con veried into d vessel or vessels Of WAT the VI. States being bound their part to pay the fair full value he,eofat the time of delivery, to be ascertaned by four appraIsers-appointed. two by the President of 1 the U. Smtes, and two by the owner owners, with an umpire in case of disagreement, 10 be appOlnled by he President of the U. States.
 l The bidder may propose different schedule o l days and hours than the above specified. He may ask for annual sun of compensatioui or, m lieu thereDi, certain proportion Of ihe posages ac crung on ihe mail matter conveyed over the route i; and he may offer 10 caIry the mail more frequently l than once 2 week.
 Articles of contract are to be executed by the ac- | cepte bidder and by his surefies, by or before he 1 first day Of March next The contract provide. among other hlngs, ihat le pay of e trip is to be | forfeited when he iup IS not periormed and due proportion when gra''e Of service is rendered inle .t t4. Rl, may be imp sed unless the delinquency be satisac. torily explained in due time for failing take from,
 r deliver into, the post office al the port of land ing, the mail belonging thereto any part of said mail for suffering the mail, any part o Il, to be wet. injured, lost destroyed; for conveying t in a place or manner that exposes il to depredallon loss injury; for refusing, after demand made 10 convey d mail by any additional steamship or vessel run by the contractor the route, and above tue spe- cfed number of trips the contract, and for not ar rymg at the lime set; also for transmitting nteili- gence, furnishing the means of transmitting intel | ligence, in advance of the mail The Postmaster General may annu the contract for repeated failures for violating he post office laws; for disobeying the instructions of the department; for refusing to dis. | charge Carrier when required by the department; i; for assigning the contract without the consent oi the | Postmaster General or for setting up running an express as aforesaid.
 The Postmaster General may alter the contract, and alter the schedule, he allowing Pro rata in crease of compensation, within the restrictions Ial- posed by law for the additional service required, or for the increased speed, 1.-the employment of addi. lonal stock carriers is rendered necessary; but the contractor may, such case renquish the con tract, timely notice, if he prefers il the change The Postmaster General may also discontinue oi curtail the service, he allowing one months extra pay the amount dispensed with; and the cantrac ''may at my time he terminated by joint resolution of the two houses of congress-"
 The route the service the yearly pay, the bidder: name and residence, and the name of each member of the firm where a company ofers should be dis lincily stated m the proposals
 The following is the form of ihe guarantee, whlcI 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 ihe beginning aDd ter minatng points of the route and. after heng dated should be signed b, the guaTantor, who must bt | shown, by the written certificate of d postmaster other equally satisfactory testimonial, to be of property, and able 10 make good his guarantee. This guarantee, certified, should accompany eact bid: ..-.s
 "The undersigned--, guarantees that, | hIs bid for carrying the mail from - to - bt accepted by the Postmaster General - shall ente
 into obligation prior .o the first day of Marcf next, with good and sufficient, sure,ies, to perform the service proposed.
 The bid should be sent under seal to the First As sistant Postmaster General, and the words "hai proposais-oa mall, Writteh on ihe 'ace 0
 the letter, and should be despatched in time 10 ht received by or before the 25th day of January next which will be he last day for receiving proposali under thIs advertisement.
 P. S.-If the bidder shall not consider bimsel able or prepared to commence service as early Al the lst oi March next, he will specify in his plopo s;ls the day which he will put the service in ope ration.
 | c. JOHNSON, Postmaster General Post QFee Deparfment,
 l WAsHISGToN. Oct. II, fS45 ocl23 2l9tKu
 By the President Ofthe United States.
 FIN pursuance of law, l, JAMES K. POLK, Presi. G deaI nI Ile Iniied SIaIes of dn llereh,