The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-10-17

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 is 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 ell the
routes are submitted-not relinqushing, however,
the right to place greater number in operation, if
il shall be deemed expedient to do 80.
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. !, semi-monthly conveyance
for eight months of the year, and monthly con-,
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. Z,
twice or three times month,
The proposals should specify the mode Of con-
veyance, whether by steamship or sailingpacket;
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 ofthe proper officers
of the naval service whether the same is 10 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 tho mail in
a steam ship or ships, and shall stpulate to do
liver said ship or ships to the United States, or
to their proper officer, demand made, for
the purpose Of being converted into a vessel
vessels Of war; the United States being bound, on
their part to pay the fair full value thereof at the
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 post
master, or other equivalent testimony, that the bid
ders are American citizens, and that the mail is to
be transported by them sin American vessels, by
American citizcns."
The postage fixed by law upon nathalie matter to
be transported By these lines, is follows: "Upon
all letters and packages exceeding 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 oeniytour cents, 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, torsgM cents; and for every additional half
ounce, or fraction of an ounce, fifteen cenis Upon
all letters and packets not exceeding 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 oenty cens upon letters and pack
cts not exceeding ono ounce; and five cents for
every additional half ounce or fraction of an ounce.
Il
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 from said port of the
United States, in the United States mail" The
bidder may propose for an annual sum of compen-
saton, be named inhe bid; or, in lieu thereof for
she whole or a certain proportion TO be named in
the bid) Of the hostages accrung 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 a 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 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 or
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 q it, to be
wet, injured, lost, or destroyed; for convey
ing II in place or manner that exposes it TO
depreciation, loss, or injury; for refusing, after
tiona steam ship vessel run by the contractor
tho 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 Of transmitting intelligence, In advance Of
the mail. The Postmaster General may annu the con-
tract for repeated failures; for violating the post Of
Ace laws; for disobeying the instructions of the de-
parnient; for refusing to discharge carrier when
required by the department; for assigning The con-
TRACK without the consent of the Postmaster General
for setting up or running an express, Us aforesaid
The Postmaster General may alter the contract,
and alter the schedule he allowing pro rata increase
ofsc6hpensaton within the restrictions imposed by
law, for the additional service required, or for the
increased speed, il the employment of additional
stock or carriers is rendered necessary; but the
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 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 company offers, should be dis
tincily stated in the proposals.
The following is the form Of the guarantee, which
shoud be filed the first blank with the name of the
guarantor the second with that Of the bidder; and
the third and fourth with the beginning and termi
mating points Of the routc snd, after being dated,
should be signed by the guarantor, who must be
shown by the written certificate Of postmaster, or