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 back, w be received al the contract Office ol lha Post Office Department until The 25lh dayof Janua- Y. 1916, be decided by the Sls day oi said Jan { nary.
 Leave New Orleans every Saturday at 10 A. M, arrive at Galveston every Monday by 10 A. a.
 Leave Galveston every Tuesday at 10 A. NJ, ar rlYe al New Orleans every Thursday by 10 A. N.
 The proposals should specify the mode Of convey. ance, whether by steamship or sailing packet, and set forth the size, aud description of inc vessel with sufficient parlicularIty enable the decision io be made, the advice Of the proper officers of the naval service, whether the is is not convtr- tible into ship oi And special notice is here by given, that, agreeaby 10 the provisions n an ac of congress, approved March 3d, lSi5, those propo sals (being acceptable other respecls) will be pre- leired which shall engage 10 carry the mail in a steamship ships. and shall stpulaie deliver said ship or ships the U. States or to their proper o fcer, on demand made, for the pnrpOse ol belng con vercd into vessel or vessels of war the 'l. States being bound on their part to pay the lair fall value thereof at the time of delivery, be aseerIained by four appriIsers-appointed, two by the President oi the U States, and two by the owner or owners, with an umpire ia case of disagreement, to be appointed by the President of the U. States. The bidder may propose a different schedule ol days and hours than the above specified. He may ask for annual sun oi compensation; or, in lieu thereof, certain proportion oi ihe posages ac' cruing the mail matter conveyed over the rouie and lie may offer to carry the mail more frequently than once week.
 Articles of contract are 10 be executed by tlle ac cepte bidder and by his sureies, by or before The first day ol March next. The contract IS to provide, among other things, that lhe pay of the rip is to be forfeited when the trip s not performed, and due proportion when grade of service is rendered inle rIor that specified m the contract; and that fines may be iGp, sed, unless the delinquency be saisac toiy explained in due time, for failing 10 lake From, deliver into, the post office at the port of land ing, Ihe mail belonging thereto, any part of said | n. Gnrs ruUI he Dt wet. injured, lost or destroyed; for conveying I' in place manner that exposes II 10 depreciation, loss l injury; for refusing, after demand made 10 convey mail by any additional steamship or vessel run by the contractor osBhe route, and above the spe cifed number of trips the contract, and for not risng at the time set; also for transmitting nteil'- gence, furnishing the means of transmitting intel 1 lgence, in advance of the mail The Posting ster General may annul the contract for repeated failures; | for violating the post office laws; for dsoheying ihe
 instructions of the departments for refusing 10 dis charge carrier when required by the department; for assigning the contract without the consent Of the Postmaster General; or for setting up Or running an express aforesaid.
 | The Postmaster General may alter the contract, and alter the schedule, he allowing pro rata in crease of compensation, within he restrictions Im- posed by law, for the additional service required, or for the increased speed, the employment of addi- tlonal stock or carriers IS rendered necessary; but the contractor may, ih such case, renqush lhe tract timely holice, if he prefers il 10 the change | The Postmaster General may also discontinue or curtail the service, lie allowing one months extra | pay the amount dispersed with; and The cantrac ''may al any lime be terminated by joint resolution l of the two houses of congress-" The rOue the service, the yearly pay, the bidders name and residence, and the name ol each member | of the firm where company offers, should be dls- | tinctly stated m the proposals. The following is the form of the guarantee, winch should be filled, the first blank with the of the I .t.. and the third and fourth with the beg gnnins and ter mnating points of the route and. after being dated, should be signed by the guaranior, who must be shown, by the written certificate of postmaster, or other equally satisfactory testimonial, 10 be man of property, and able 10 make good his guarantee.- | This guarantee, certified, should accompany each bid:
 "The undersigned--, guarantees that, if hs bid for carrying the mail from - to - be accepted by the Postmaster Genera, - shall enter iato an obligation prior 10 the first day Of March next, with good and sufficient suretes, 10 perform the service proposed.
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 Tie bid should be sent under seal to the First As sistant Postmaster General, and the words "Mail proposals-Galyeston mail, |" written on the face of the letter, and should be despatched in time 10 he received by or before ihe 25th day of January next, which will be the last day for receiving proposals under thIs advertisement.
 P. S.-lf the bidder shall not consider himself | able or prepared to commence serVlce as early as the lst o March next, he will specify in his pr opo- sals the day on which he will put the service in ope- ration.
 c. JOHNSON, Postmaster General.
 Post 0Ges Depanmetn, | WAsHINGToE, Oct. Il, 1845 oci2S 219fKu By the President Ofthe United States. | N pursuance of law, l, JAMES k. POLK, Pres- A dent of the Uniled States of Amerlca do hereby | declare and make known that public sales will be held at the aforementioned land offices in the Terri tory of Florida, the periods hereinafter designated, to wit:
 | Al the land office at NEWNANSVILLE, com mencing on Monday. the eleventh day of August next for the disposal of inc public lands within he under mentioned townships and fractional townships. viz. South o hs base ae and the principal meridian. | Sections one, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen twenty three. twenty four, twenty-five, twenty-six, thirty five and lhlrty-six, in township twelve, of
 The eastern tier of sections in township thirteen, l of range ihrIeen;
 Sections one, two, eleven, twelve, thirteen, four teen, twenty three, tweny-iour, weniy6ve twenty six, twenty seven, twenty weight, ty-nne, thirty two, ihirty-three, thiry-our, thirty and thirty six, in township fourteen, oI range thirteen; | Fractional township fifteen, (except section six and fractional sections and eighleen,) of range | thrteen;
 | Townships twelve and thirteen, of range fourteen; Township thirteen, of range fifteen; | Fractional townships twent, -eight and twenty nine, west of Tampa Bay, of range sixteen; | Fractional township thiry-ionr, on Mana,ee river, of range eighteen;
 | Fractional townships twen'y-eight and twenty nine, of the military reservation Fort Brooke and townships ihirty-three thiry-our and thirty five on Manatee rlyer, of range twenty; | Townships twenly-seven, twenty-eight, twenty nine, thirty three and lhirIyfuur, of range twenty | one
 Townships twen,y-eight and twenty nine, of range twenty y-twO.
 Al the land office at ST. AUGUSTINE, com. mencing on Monday, the eighteenth day of August next, for the disposal of he public lands within the aforementioned townships and fractional ownshi ips, l to wit:
 South a the base se and ofhe principal n sidian
 Townships twenty three and twenty -four, of range twenty mine;
 Townships twenty, twenty one, tweniy-two, twen- ty-hree, and fractional township twenty six, on Lake Tohopekaliga, of range thirty;
 Townships twenly.one and twenty three, ofrange thrty-one;
 Township twenty, of range t-'.ty.two. | At the land office al "A .AHASSEE commence ing on Monday, the eleventh day of August next, for the disposal of the public lands within the undermen- toned sections, situated in the former ladan reserve nf Econchatamico, the Chatahoochee river. to VII: Lot in section eight; lois and eight in section seventeen; lots and eight in section twenty; lot one in section twenty y-one; lots eeyen and eight in section twenty nine; and lot elgh m section thirty.two, all in township five north, of range seven, west of the principal meridian | Lands appropriated by law for the of schools, military other purposes will be excluded from sale
 The sales will each be kept open for two weeks, (uness the lands disposed of,) and long CT; aud no private entries of land in the townships offered will be admitted, until after the expiration of