The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-10-25
Post Office aduerfisement--.Mails to Europe
the Guf Of .Merico, and the Pacific.

5. From New York, by Havana, in Cuba to New
Orleans, and back
g. From New York, by Havana, or by King.
ston in Jamaica, to Chagres, in Colon
bia, and back; with joint or separate
offers to extend the transportation to
Panama. and up the Pncifc, to the mouth
of,he 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.
T. 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 on the Atlantic, than as above
named, will be considered.
1t is intended, out of the foregoing list ofroutes,
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 on ell the
routes are submtted-not reliIquishing, however,
the right to place greater number in operation il
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 to depart from the port at
each end of the route. The department contem-
plates on route No. j, semi-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 3, the same; on
No. 4, monthly conveyance; on No. S, as frequent
transportation as two or three times a month; on
No. 6, 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-
csion be made the edvice 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 a vessel
vessels of war; the United States being bound
their part to pay the fair full value thereof at the
time Of delivery to be ascer,aned 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 he appointed by
the President of the United States.
II should be shown, by the certificate of post
master other equivalent testimony, that the bid
dcrs American citizers, and that the mail is to
be transported by them I'm American vessels, by
American citizens"
The postage fixed py law upon mailable matter to
be transported by these lines, is as follows "Upon
all letters and packages no, exceeding one hafounce
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, icenyfoir CENTS with the inland postage Of
the United States added when sent through tho Uni
ted States mail to or from the post Office port Of
he TInited Sfafee TJp0n letters and uacketa
half an ounce in weight, and not exceeding one
ounce Jory-egM cenis 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 cenis and t,oenty cents upon letters and pack
cts not exceeding one ounce; and fpe cents for
every additional half ounce or fraction Of an 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 or from said port of the
United States, in the United States mail" The
bidder may propose for an annual sum of compen-
sation be named inthe bid; or, in lieu thereof for
the whole or certain proportion Ito be named in
the bd) Of the hostages accruing on the Matchmaker
conveyed over the route.
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
stipulation may induce preference to be given in
favor Of a bid equal in other respects, over bid
not containing it.
Indentures of contract are to be executed by the
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 contract; and that fines may
be imposed unless the delinquency be satisfactorily
explained in due time for failing TO take from,
to deliver into, the post Office at the port of landing,
the mail belonging thereto or any part of said mail;
for suffering the mail or uny part of it, to be
wet, injured, lost, or destroyed; for convey
ing it in 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 vessel run by the contractor on
the route, over and above the specified number OF
set also for transmitting intelligence or furnishing
the Of transmitting intelligence, in advance Of
the mail The Postmaster General may annu 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-
without the consent Of the Postmaster General
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 is rendered necessary; but the con-
tractor may in such case, relinquish the contract on
timely notice, if he prefers it TO the change. The
Postmaster General may also discontinue or curtail
the service, he allowing one months extrn 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
guarantor; the second with that Of the bidder; and
mating points Of the route and, after being dated,
should be signed by the guarantor, who must be