The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-11-29
Post Office adcerfisemeat--.Mails TO Europe,
The Gulf of .MeTico, and the Pacific.

back.
S. From New York, by Havana, in Cuba, to New
Orleans, and back.
! 6, From New York, by Havana, or by King
ston in Jamaica, to Chagres, in Colom-
| ba, and back; with joint or separate
offers TO extend the transportation to
Panama, and up the Pacific, to the mouth
oflhe Columbia, and thence to the princi-
pal port in the Sandwich Islands;
Or from Charleston to the same, and back;
Or from Pensacola do do do.
| Or from Mobile do do do.
Or from New Orleans do do do.
| =. Z. From New Orleans to Havana, and back; with
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 o. any 9TH
er United States port on the Atlantic, than above
| named, will be considered.
It's intended, out of the foregoing list of routes
to make selection Of one to Europe and one to the
Gulf Of Mexico and the Pacific, as may best be de-
termined, after proposals for service all the
routes are submitted--not relinquishing, however,
the right to place greater number in operation, if
| it shall be deemed expedient 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 10 depart from the port at
each end of the route. The department. cnn,sm-
plates on route No !, sfuli-monthly conveyance
for eight months Of the year, and monthly con.
veyance for the residue of the year; No. 2, like
| frequent conveyance; and on No 3, the same; on
| No. A, monthly conveyance; On No. S, as frequent
a transportation as two or three times month; on
| No. 6, a trip once in two mlontha; and on No. 7,
twice or three times month,
| The proposals should specify the mode of con-
veyance, whether by steamship or sailing-packet;
/ md fortt tboo Nd ri,xstsr oc AZ
vessel, with sufficient particularly to enable the de-
cision to be made 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
is hereby given that, agreeaby to the provisions of
the act Of Congress aforesaid, those proposals
(being acceptable in other respects) will be pre-
ferred, which shall engage to carry the mail in
a steam ship or ships, and shall stipulate to de,
liver said ship or ships to the United States, or
to their proper oficer, on demand made, for
the purpose Of being converted into vessel
or vessels Of war; the United States being bound
their part, to pay the fair full value thereof at the
time Of delivery, TO be ascertainad by four appras-
ere, 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,
| II should be shown, by the certificate Of post
master, or other equivalent testimony, that the bid
ders are American citizens and that the mail is to
be transported by them Sin American vessels, by
American citizens
The postage fixed by law upon mailable matter to
be transported by these lines, is as follows: "Upon
all letters and packages not exceeding half ou,ca
in weight, between any of the por,a OF the United
States and the ports Of England, or France, any
other foreign port not less than three thousand miles
distant, tipenyour cents, with the inland postage of
! the United States added when sent through tho Uni.
ted States mail to from the past Office at port of
the United States. Upon letters and packets over
hale a,nht aal. l,v,n,
ounce, forty cenis and for every additional half
ounce, or fraction of an ounce, fifteen cents. Upon
all letters end packets not exceeding 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 eents and itoenty cents upon letters and pack
| cts not exceeding one ounce; and fire cents for
every additional half ounce fraction of an ounce
Upon each newspaper, pamphlet, os price-current,
sent 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 statos mail" The
| bidder may propose for an annual sum of compen-
saton, to be named the bid Or in lieu thereof for
| the whole or certain proportion ito be named in
the bid) of the hostages accrung on the Matchmaker
conveyed over the route.
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 to be forfeit
ed when the trip is not performed, and a 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
| r. r. A.
to deliver into the post office at the port Of landing,
the mail belonging thereto, or any part of said mall
| for suffering the mail, or any part of it, 10 be
wet, injured, lost, or destroyed; for convey
ing it in a place or manner that exposes it 10
depreciation, loss, or injury; for refusing, after
tionn steam ship vesse 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, furnishing
the means oftransmitting intelligence, in advance Of
the mail The Postmaster General may annul the con-
tract for repeated ilurca; for violating the post Of
fee laws for disobeyng the instructions of the de-
parment; for refusing TO discharge a carrier when
required by the department; for assigning the con-
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 increase
Of compensation, within the restrictions imposed by
law for the additional service required, for the
increased speed, il the employment of additional
stock carriers is rendered necessary but the
tractor may in such case, relinqush the contract
timely notice, IL he prefers il to the change. The
| Postmaster General may also discontinue curiail
the service, he allowing one months extra pay on
the amount dispensed with; and the contract "may
at any time be terminated by joint resolution Of the
two houses Of Congress-"
The route, the service the yearly pay, the bidders
| name and residence, and the name Of each member
Of the firm, where 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
| guarnntor the second with that Of the bidder; and
the third and fourth with the beginning and termi
mating points of the route; and, after being dated,
should be signed by the guarantor, who must be