The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-10-31
Post Office advertisement-.Nails to Europe
the Gulf Of .Merico, and the Pacific.

Of the United States and port or 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:
l. From New York to Liverpool, in England, and
| back;
Or to Bristol, in England, and back;
| Or to Southampton do do.
2. From New York, by Cowes, in England, to
| Antwerp, in Belgium, and back;
| Or to Bremen, in Germany, and back;
| Or to Hamburg, in Germany, and back.
| 8. From New York to Havre, in France, and
| back;
Or to Brest, in France, and back,
4. From New York to Lisbon, in Portugal, and
4 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 Colon
| bia, and back; with joint or separate
offers to extend the transportation to
| 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 on the Atlantic, than above
named, will be considered.
II 10 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 he de-
termined, after proposals for service on ell the
routes are submitted-not relihquishing, however,
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it shall be deemed expedient to do so.
The proposals should specify the number of trips
to be performed during the year, and as
may be, the day of the month on which the vessel
conveying the mail is to depart from the port al
each end of the route. The department contem-
plates on route No ], a sem-monthly conveyance
for eight months Of the year, and monthly con-
veyance for the residue Of the year; No. q like
frequent conveyance; and on No. g. the same; on
No. a, monthly conveyance; on No. s, as frequent
a transportation as two or three times months on
No. 6, a trip once in two months; and on No. q,
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 70 be made on the advice Of the proper officers
Of the naval service, whether the same is is not
convertible into ship-of-war. And special notice
Is breby given, that, agreeably to the provisions Of
Vie act OF congress aforesaid, tnObc 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 stpulate to de-
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 asccrtained by four appras-
1 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 appointed by
the President of the United States
1t should be shown, by the certificate Of a post
master, other equivalent testimony that the bid
ders are American citizens, and that the mail is to
4 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 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, or any
other foreign port not less than three thousand miles
Distant t,centour cents, with the inland postage of
the United States added when sent through the Uni
ted States mail to from the post Office at port of
4 the United States. Upon letters and packets over
half an ounce in weight, and not exceeding one
ounce, Jorieig cents; 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 i,centy cents upon letters and pack
cts not exceeding one ounce; and fue 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 or 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 inthe bid; or in lieu thereof for
the whole or certain proportion Ito be named in
the bd) Of the hostages accuing 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 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. 1t is to provide, among
other things that the pay of the trip is to be forfeit
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 any part Of il, to be
wet, injured, lost, or destroyed; for convey
ing it in place manner that exposes it TO
depreciation, loss, or injury; for refusing, after
demand made, to convey a 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, furnishing
the means of transmitting intelligence, in advance of
the mail. The Postmaster General may annul the
tract for repeated faures for violating the post Of
fee laws; for dsobeying the instructions Of the de-
parment; for refusing 10 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, if the employment of additional
stock or carriers is rendered necessary but the
tractor may in such case reIinqush the contract on