The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-11-15
Post Office Advertisements Mails to Europe,
X the Gulf of .Merico, and tie Pacific.

Of the United States mail between any Of the ports
Of the United States and port ports Of any for
terests will thereby be promoted,"I hereby invite
PROPOSALS for carrying the mails Of the United States
as herein specified, to viii: s.sa "a 81
l. From New York to Liverpool, in England, and
back; f@ !.
Orio Bristol, in England, and back;
Or 10 Southampton do do.
2. From New York, by Cowes, in England, TO
Antwerp, in Belgium, and back;
Or TO Bremen, in Germany, and back; aa
Or to Hamburg, in Germany, and back.
3. From New York to Havre, i'm France, and
Or TO Brest, IN tsance, and hack.
a. From New York to Lsbon, in Portugal, and
back. ~
s. From New York, by Havana, in Cuba, to New
Orleans, and back. r Es
6. 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 To-
Panama, and up the Pacific, TO the mouth
ofthe Columbia, and thence 10 the princi-
pal port in the Sandwich Islands; 4
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; go
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
or United States port on the Atlantic, than above
named, will be considered. a.t
II is intended, out Of the foregoing list rouies
TO make selection Of one to Europe, and TO the
Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific, .as may best be de-
termincd, after proposals for service on all the
the right TO place greater number in operation, il
Il shall be deemed expedcnt to do So yg "a
The proposals should specify the number Of trips
TO be performed during the year, and a. near
may be, the day of the month on which the vessel
conveying the mail is to depart from the port at
plates on route No. ], semi-monthly conveyance
for eight months Of the year, and monthly con-
veyance for the residue Of the year; on No. 2, like
frequent conveyance; and on No. 3, the same; on
No 4, monthly conveyance; on No. 5, as frequent
transportation an two or three times 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 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 same is or is not
convertible into ship-of-war. And special notice
the act of Congress aforesaid, those proposals
(bcing acceptable In other respects) will be pre-
ferred, which shall engage 10 carry the mail in
a steam ship or ships, and shall sdpulate 10 de-
liver said ship or ships to the United States. or
10 their proper officer, on demand made, for
the purpose Of being converted into vessel
vessels of war the United States being bound on
their part 70 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
~.~A H.
umpire, in case Of disagreement to be approximately
the President of the United States. ,NtSg
II should be shown, by the certificate Of q post
master, other equivalent testimony, that the bid
dcrs American citizens and that the mail il to
be transported by them Sin American vessels, by
American eitizens.n . ssa
The postage fixed by law upon nathalie matter to
be transported by these lines, is as folows aUpon
all letters and packages not exceeding half
in weight, between any Of the ports Of the United
States and the ports Of England, or France, or any
other foreign port not less than three thousand miles
distant icfni6ur cents, with the inland postage Of
the United States added when sent through tho Uni
the United States Upon letters and packets over
half an ounce in weight, and not exceeding one
ounce, Joryeght GEMS; and for every additional half
ounce or fraction of an ounce, lfieen eenis. Upon
all letters and packets not exceeding one half ounce,
sent through the United States mail, between
India islands, or islands in the Gulf Of Mexico,
ten cents; and hreniy cents upon letters and pack
cts not exceeding one ounce; and FIVE cewfs for
every additional half ounce or fraction Of sn 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
esnts with inland United Stass postage added when
the il 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 certain proportion lto be named in
the bid) Of the POSTAGE sccring 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 10 b given in
favor Of a bid equal in other respects, over bid
not containing It. aFf
Indentures Of contract are to be executed by the
accepted bidder and by his suretes, by or before
the first day Of May next. Il is to provide, among
other hngs, that the pay Of the trip il 10 be forfeit
ed when the trip il not performed, and due pro-
portion when grade Of service In 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, or
to deliver into, the post Office at the port Of landing
the mail belonging thereto, any part Of said mail,
for suffering the mail, any part Of ID, 10 be
wet, injured, lost, or destroyed, for convey
ing 1t in place or manner that exposes II to
depreciation, loas, or injury; for refusing, after
demand made, TO convey mail by any addi-
tional steam ship vessel 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, or furnishing
the means Of transmitting intelligence, in advance Of
tract for repeated failures; for violating the post Of.
Ace laws; for disobcying the instructions Of the de-
parment; for refusing to discharge a carrier whom