The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-10-18
Post Office advertisements .Mails to Europe,
the GuT Of .Merico, and the Pacific.

Or TO Brest, in France, and back.
4. From New York to Lisbon, in Portugal, and
back.
5. From New York, by Havana, in Cuba, to New
Orleans, and back.
s. From New York. by Havana, or by King
ston in Jamaica, to Chagres, in Colon
bis, and back with joint or separate
offers 10 extend the transportation 10
Panama, and up the Pacific, to the mouth
ofthe 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.
I. 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 at any 9TH
er United States port the Atlantic, than above
named will be considered. ~
II is intended, out Of the foregoing list ofroutcs,
to make selection Of one to Europe and ono TO the
Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific, as may best be de-
termincd, after proposals for service on all the
routes are submitted-not relnquishing, however,
the right TO place greater number in operation, If
il shall be deemed expedicnt to do 90.
The proposals should specify the number Of trips
70 DC perIOTtueu uurtTS inc year, anu dB u0dT as
may be, the day of the month on which the vessel
conveying the mail is TO depart from the port at
each end Of the route The department contem-
plates on route No ], semimonthly conveyance
for eight months Of the year, and monthly con-
veyance for the residue of the year; on Nc. 2, like
frequent conveyance and on No. 3, the same; on
No. 4, monthly conveyance; on No. S, as frequent
a transportation as two or three times month; on
No. 6, trip once in two months; and on No. 7,
twice or three times month,
The proposals should specify the mode Of con-
veyance, whether by steamship or sailing-packet;
and set forth the size, rate, and description of the
vessel, with sufficient particularly TO enable the de-
cison TO be made the advice of the proper officers
of the naval service, whether the is is not
convertible into ship of-war. And special notice
is hereby given that agreeably 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 do
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 to be ascertained by four apprais-
ers, appointed two by the President Of the United
States, and two by the owner or owners, with an
umpire, in Of disagreement, to be approximately
the President Of the United States.
1t should be shown, by the certificate of post
MASTER or other equivalent testimony, that the bid
ders are American citizens, and that the mail il to
be transported by them Sin American vessels, by
American citizens"
be transported by these lines, 10 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, France, or any
other foreign port not less than three thousand miles
distant penlour 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 JorfeigM ceis; and for every additional half
ounce, or fraction Of an ounce, fifteen cents Upon
all letters and packets not exceeding one 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 cents; and tOeNiy cents upon letters and pack
cts not exceeding ono 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 il transported to from said port Of the
United States, in the United States mail" The
bidder may propose for an annual sum Of compcn-
saton, to be named inhe bid; or, in lieu thereof for
she whole or certain proportion TO be named in
the bid) of the hostages accrung on the Matchmaker
conveyed over the route. sg
He may embrace in his offer stipulation to carry
an agent of the Post Office Department with the
mails, or he may omit it, at his discretion. Such
may induce preferences TO be given in
favor Of bid equal in other respects, over a bid
not containing il. og3
Indenturcs of contract are to be executed by the
accepted bidder and by his sureties, by or before
other things that the pay of the trip to be forfeit
ed when the trip 10 not performed, and 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
explained in due time, for falling to take from, or
the mail belonging thereto or any part of said mall
for suffering the mail, or any part q il, to be
wet injured, lost, or destroyed; for convey
ing il in place or manner that exposes it 10
depreciation, loss, or injury; for refusing, after
demand made, to convey mail by any addi-
tiona steam ship vessel 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 of transmitting intelligence, in advsnce Of
the mail. The Postmaster General may annu ne con-
tract for repeated failures; for violating the post Of
fee laws; for disobeying The instructions Of the de-
for refusing 70 discharge carrier when
required by the department. for assigning the con-
tract without the consent of the Postmaster Gencral
for setting up or running an 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, If the employment Of additional
stock or carriers il rendered necessarily but the con-
tractor may in such case, relinquish the contract on
timely notice, il he prefers it % the change The
Postmaster General may also discontinue or curtail
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 a 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
gusrsntor; the second with that Of the bidder; and
the third and fourth with the beginning and termi
mating points of the route; and, ater being dated
should be signed by the guarantor, who must be
shown, by the written certificate Of postmaster, or
other equally satisfactory testimonial, 10 be a man
Of properly, and able to make good his guarantee.