Mobile register and journal., 1845-12-16
MA1r.. no eALvEaTON.

hROPOSAl.S tu carry the mails Ot the Unied I States, from the Ist of March, 1916, to the 29th of Fehrag. lss0, wllhright 10 ihe department to extend lu the 30tl of June, 1850, from N. OrisanS, ia Loliisiand, Gaipesioa 1eras, 450 miles and hack. will be received al the contract Office of the Post Office Department, until the z5,h dayof Ianua- ry, lS46, 10 be decided by the 3ls day of said Jan- uary.
 Leave New Orleans every Saturdayat TO A. M, arrive al Galveston every Monday by 10A.M.
 Leave Galveston every Tuesday at 10 A. M., ar- rive al New Orleans every Thursday hy 10 A. M. The proposals should specify the mode of convey ance. whether by steamship or sailing packet, and forth The size, and description of the vessel, with sufficient particularly 10 enable the decisonto be ma C, the ad,ice of the proper officers of the naval setvIce, whether e same is is not eonSer- Iible into ship of war. And special notice Is here by gsen that, agreeaby 10 the provisions ol an aci of congress- approved March 3d. lS45, those propo sas (beng acceptable m other respects) wlll be pre- | felred which shall engage 10 carry the mail i'll steamship ships, and shall stpulate to deliver said shin or ships the U. States, their proper oi- fcer, on demand made, for the purpose of being con yerted ntn a vessel or vessels of war; the V. Staies being boand their part pay the fair full value thereof at the time of delivery, to be ascerrined by four apprasers-appointed, two by the President oi the U. States, and two by the owner or owners, with an umpire in of disagreement, to be appointed by he President of the U Stales | The bidder may propose a different schedule of days and hours than the above specified. He may ask for annual sum Ol compensation; or, m lieu thereof a certain proportion of the postages crung on the mail matter conveyed over ihe route; and he may offer to carry the mail more frequently than once week.
 | Articles of contract to be executed by the cepted bidder and by his sureties, by or before he first day of March next. The contract is 10 provide, among other ,hngs that the pay of the trip is to be forfeited when the trip not performed, and due proportion when grade of ser, ice is rendered inie ror 10 that specified m the contract; and that hnes may be imp, sed. unless the delinquency be saiisac- roIily explained in due time, for failing take ron, Jr deliver ino the post office al the port oi land ing, the inIi belonging thereto, or any part Of said maIl for suffering the mail, any part oi II, to be wet, injured, lost desiroyed for conveying i in place manner that exposes il to depreciation, loss or injury; for reusng after demand made, 10 convey d mail by any additional steamship or vessel run by the contractor the route, and above the spe cied number of trips the contract and Tor not ar rivlng at the time se also for transmitting nellI- gence, furnishing the means of transmitting intel | ligence, in advance of the mail The Postn@ sler General ma, annul the for repeated failures; for violating the post office laws; for disobeyng the instructions 0 the department; for refusing 10 dIs- | charge d carrier when required by the department; for assigning the without the consent Oi the | Postmaster General; for setting up or running an express aforesaid.
 The Postmaster General may alter the cOniract and alter the schedule, he allowing pro rdia in- crease of compensatiun within the restrictions lRi posed by law, for the additional service required, for the increased speed, If the employment of addl lional stock carriers s rendered necessary; but the contractor may such case, re elinquish the con tract, timely notice, if he prefers 10 the change. The Postmaster General may also discontinue or curta the service, he allowing one months extra pay the amount dispensed with; and the cani'act "may at any time he terminated by joint resolution of the two houses of congress-"
 The route, the service, the yearly pay, the hidders | name and residence, and the name of each member of the firm where company offers, should De dIs- tinctly stated m the proposals.
 The following is the form of the guarantee. winch should be tlled the first blank wh the of ihe | gua,antor; the secoad with that of the bidder; and the third and fourth with the beginning snd ter nnating points of the route; and. after heinz dated, shoui be signed by the guarantor, who must be shown, by the written certificate of a postmaster, , or other equally satisfactory testimonial, 10 be man of property, and able 10 make good his guarantee.- This guarantee, so certified, should accompany each bid:
 "The undersigned-, guarantees that, if hls bid for carrying the mail from to " be accepted by the Postmaster General, - shall enter into an obligation prior % the first day of March next, with good and sufficient sureies, 10 perform the service proposed.
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 The bid should be sent under seal to he First As sistant Postmaster General, and the words "Mail proposas-Galyeston mail :" written on the lace of the letter, and should be despatched in time 10 he received by before the 25h day of January next, which will he the last day for receiving proposals under this advert sement.
 P. S.-If the bidder shall not consider himself able ar prepared to commence service as early as
 the lst of March next, he will specify in his piopo- sas the day which he will put the service in ope- ration.
 | c. JOHNSON, Postmaster General. Post Office Department, WAsHINGToE, Oct. II, l8i5. oct23 2l9tKU
 Bvthe President ofthe United states.