The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-10-21
Post Office adpertisemenf--.Mails to Europe,
the Gulf of .Meric0, and The Pacific.

OF he Onted states man oetween any OF the ports
Of the United States and port ports Of any for
eign power, whenever in his opinion the public in
terests will thereby be promoted hereby invite
PROPOSALS for carrying the mails of the United States
as herein specified, to wit;
|. From New York to Liverpool, in England, and
back;
Or to Bristol, in England, and back;
Or 10 Southampton do do
2. From New York, by Cowes, In England, to
Antwerp, in Belgium, and bask;
Or TO Bremen in Germany, and back;
Or to Hamburg, in Germany, and back.
3. From New York to Havre, in France, and
back; H h
Or to Brest, in France, and back.
Z. From New York to Lisbon, in Portugal, and
back.
6. From New York, by Havana, in Cuba, to New
Orleans, and back. ~
G. From New York, by Havana, or by King
sion in Jamaica, 10 Chsgres, In Colon
bia, and back; with joint or separate
offers to extend the transportation to
Panama. and up the Pacific, to the mouth
of,he Columbia and thence 10 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; {t
Or from Mobile to tie 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 on the Atlantic, than as above
named, will be considered.
Il il 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 all the
routes are submitted-not reliEquishing, however,
the right to place greater number in operation II
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 10 TO depart from the port at
each end Of the route. The department contem-
plates on route No. 1, sem-monthly conveyance
for eight months Of the year, and monthly con-
yeyance for the residue of the year; on No like
frequent conveyance; and on No. g. the same; on
No. 4, monthly conveyance; on No. s. as frequent
transportation as two or three times a month; on
No 6, a trip once in two months; and on No. z,
twice or three times month,
The proposals should specify the mode of con-
veyance, whether by steamship or sang-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 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
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, on
their part to pay the fair full value thereof at the
time Of delivery 10 be ascerlained by four appras-
tad h. 80
States, and two by the owner or owners, with an
umpire, in Of disagreement, TO be appointed by
the President of the United States.
II should be shown, by the certificate of post
master, other equivalent testimony, that the bid
ders American citizens and that the mail is TO
be transported by them Sin American vessels, by
American cltlzens.'
! The postage fixed by law upon maable matter to
be transported by hese 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, any
other foreign port not less than three thousand miles
distant cenis 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 JoryegM cents; and for every additional half
ounce or fraction Of an ounce, fifteen cents. Upon
all letters and packets not exceeding one half ounce
the ports Of the United States and any Of the West
India islands, or islands in the Gulf Of Mexico,
ten cents; and t,rfny cents upon letters and pack
cts not exceeding one ounce; and five cents for
every additional half ounce or 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 from said port Of the
United States, in the United States mail" The
bidder may propose for an annual sum of compen-
sation to be named nhe bid; or in lieu thereof for
the whole or n certain proportion Ito be named in
the bd) Of the hostages accrung on the Matchmaker
conveyed over the route #'e t@
He may embrace in his offer stipulation TO carry
an agent Of the Post Office Department with the
mails, or he may omit il, at his discretion. Such
stipulation may induce preference TO be given in
favor Of bid equal in other respects, over bid
not containing it.
accepted bidder and by his sureties, by or before
the first day Of May next. II 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 contracts and that fines may
explained in due time, for falling TO take from, or
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 il, to be
wet, injured, lost, or destroyed; for convey
ing it in a place or manner that exposes it to
depreciation, loss, or injury; for refusing, after
demand made, TO convey mail by any addi-
onal steam ship or vessel run by the contractor on
the route, over and above the specified number Of
trips in the contract and for 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 annul the con-
tract for repeated failures; for violating the post Of
fee laws; for disobeying 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 General
for setting up running express, as 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, IL the employment Of additional
stock or carriers rendered necessary but the con-
tractor may, such case relinqush the contract on
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