Mobile register and journal., 1845-12-15
MAILs TO oALYEsTON.

DROPOSAlS tu carry- the mails of lhe United 1- States frum1he lst of March, l946, 10 the 18th of February, 1850, with right the department to extend tu Ihe 30th of June, 1850, from N. Orleans n LotrsisNa, 10 Gaiveston, ia TeraS, 45O miles and back win be received al the Office of the Post Office DepaFsmenI, Sal l4hs 25th dayol Janua- ry IS46, to be decided by the slst day of said Jan' nary.
 Leave New Orleans every Saturday al 10 A. M, arrive at Galveston every Monday by 10A.n.
 Leave Galveston every Tuesday at 10 A. M., ar- rlve al New Orleans every Thursday by 10 A. M.
 The proposals should specify the mode of convey ance, whether by steamship or sailing packet, and forth the sze aud description of lhe vessei with sufficient particularly to enable the decsiono be ma; e, on the ad'ce of the proper officers of the naval vice, whether tue same IS or is not conver- tbe into ship of war. And special notice IS here by gisen thai, agreeaby to the provisions oi an ac of congress, approved March Sd. 1S45, those propo sals (beng acceptable 70 other respects) will be pre- leired which shall engage 10 carry Ihe mail in a steamship ships. and shall slpulate to deliver said ship or shIps 10 the U. States, their proper o- fcer, demand made, for the purpose oi being con yered into d vessel vessels of war; the tl States being bound on their part to pay the fair full value thereof the lime Of delivery, 10 be ascerained by four appraisers-appointed two by the President of the U. States and two by the owner or owners, with an umpire in of disagreement, to be appointed by the President of the U States.
 The bidder may propose different schedule oi days and hours than the above specified. He may ask for annual sum of compensation; or in lieu hereoi certain proportion Of the postages ac- cruing the mail matter conveyed over the route and he may offer to carry the mail more frequently | than week.
 Articles of contract are to be executed by the ac- cepied bidder and by his sureties, by or before he
 first day Oi March next. The contract ls 10 provide among other hings that the pay of the trip is to be forfeited when the trip is not performed, and due proportion when grade of service is rendered ine- rior To that specified the contract and that fines may be imposed, unless the delinquency be satsiac toiy explained in due time, for failing To take iron 1r tO deliver into, the post office at the port ol land
 ing, ihe mai belonging thereto, or any part of said mail for suffering the Ina, any parl of il, to be wet, injured lost destroyed; for conveying it in | place manner that exposes il to depreciation, los' injury; for refusing, aier demand niade to convey
 mail by any additional steamship or vessel run b, the contractor the route, and above the spe cied number of trips the contract, and Tor not ar rivIng at the lime set; also for transmitting intei gence, or furnishing the means of transmitting intel | lgence, in advance of the mail The Postmase General may anDul the conracl for repeated failures
 for violating the post office laws; for dsobeying the instructions of the department; for refusing 10 dis charge a carrier when required by the department for assigning the contract without the consent of lht Postmaster General; or for setting up or running | an express aforesaid.
 | The Postmaster General may alter the contract and alter the schedules he allowing pro raia in crease of compensation, within the restrictions m posed by law, for the additional service required, o for the increased speed, the employment of addi | lional stock carriers is rendered necessary; bu the contractor may, m such case, relinqush the con
 tract, timely notice, if he prefers it to the change | The Postmaster General may also discontinue o curtai the service, he allowing one months exiri pay on the amount dispensed with; and the canlrac "may at my time be 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 membe | of the firm where a company offers, should be dis | tincty stated in the proposals.
 The following is the form of the guarantee. whicl should be filled, the first blank with the name of th' gua,antor; the seCoAd with that of the bidder and the third and fourth with the beginning and ter minating points of the route and after heinz dated | should be signed by the guarantor, who must b' shown, by the written certificate of postmaster other equally satisfactory testimona to be mai of property, and able to make good his guarantee This guarantee, so certified, should accompany eacl | bid: .. l. "The undersigned-, guarantees that, his bid for carrying the mail from - 10 - b, accepted by the PostmasterSieneral,- - shall ente into an obligation prior .o the first day of Marcl next, with good and sufficient surelies, to perform | "Dated-." The bid should be under seal to ihe First As sis,ant Postmaster General, and the words "Alai proposals Galveston mail, ' written on the face O the letter, and should be despatched in lime to ht received by or before the 25ih day of January next which ~ill be the last day for receiving proposals under tkIs advertisement.
 P. S.-If the bidder shall not consider himsel | able or prepared to commence service as early al the 1st oi March next, he win specify in his pl opo sas the day which he will put the service in ope | ration. ..f-" c. JOHNSON, Postmaster General. Post Otfee Departmsnt, '' 1 WAsHINaTOs. Oct. II, l545 oct23 2l9tKu By the President ofthe United States.
 N pursuance of law, l, JAMES K. PoLK, Presi.