The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-12-02

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
er United States port the Atlantic, than as above
named, will be considered. wv
1t is intended, out of the foregoing list ofroutes,
to make selection of one to Europe, and to the
Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific, as may best be de-
termined, after proposals for service on ell the
routes are submitted-not relinquishing, however,
the right to place greater number in operation, if
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. ], sem-monthly conveyance
for eight months Of the year, and monthly con-
veyance for the residue Of the year; on No. like
frequent conveyance; and on No. 3, the same; on
No. 4, monthly conveyance; on No. s, as frequent
transportation as two or three times month; on
No 6, a trip once in two months; and on No. Z,
twice or three times month, y%.
The proposals should specify the mode of con-
veyance, whether by steamship or sailing-packet;
and set forth the size, rate, and description Of the
vessel with sufficient particularly to enable the de-
cison to be made on 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
the act Of Congress aforesaid, those proposals
(being acceptable in other respects) will be pre-
ferred, which shall engage to carry the mail in
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 ascertained by four appras-
ers, appointed two by the President Of the United
States, and two by the owner or owners, with an
umpire, in case of disagreement, to be appointed by
the President of the United States.
1t should be shown, by the certificate Of a post
MASTER or other equivalent testimony, that tfe bid
ders American citizens and that the mail is to
be transported by them Gin American vessels, by
American citizens"
The postage fixed by law upon maable matter to
be transported by these lines, is follows: "Upon
all letters and packages not exceeding one half ounce
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 ,ceniyfour ceis, 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, torfeigh cents; and for every additional half
ounce, or fraction of an ounce, fifteen cenis. Upon
all letters and packets not exceeding one half ounce,
sent through the United States mail, between
the ports Of the United States and any of the West
India islands, or islands in the Gulf of Mexico,
ten cents; and heenty cents upon letters and pack
cts not exceeding one ounce; and .fue cents for
every additional half ounce fraction Of 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 compen-
saon, to be named nthe bid or, in lieu thereof for
the whole or certain proportion Ito be named in
the bid) Of the hostages accung 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 1t.
Indentures of contract are to be executed by the
accepted bidder and by his sureties, by or before
the first day of May next. 1t is to provide, among
other things that the pay of the trip is to 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 time for failing TO take FROM or
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 it, TO be
wet, injured, lost, or destroyed; for convey
ing it in place or manner that exposes it TO
depreciation, loss, or injury; for refusing, after
demand made, to convey a mail by any addi-
tonal steam ship vessel run by the contractor on
the route, over and above the specified number Of
trips in the contract and for not arriving at the time
set also for transmitting intelligence, or furnishing
the means Of 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 dsobeying 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 Generals
or for setting up running express, 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 is rendered necessary; but the
tractor may in such case, reliDquish The contract
timely notice, il he prefers il to the change The
Postmaster General may also discontinue or curtail
the service, he allowing one month'sextra pay on
the amount dispensed with; and the contract "may
at any time be terminated by joint resolution Of the
two houses of Congress" NJ W
The route the service the yearly pay the bidders
name and residence, and the name of each member
Of the firm, where a 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