The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-11-27

ba, 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.
| 7. 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 portion the Atlantic, than as above
named will be considered.
1t is intended, out of the foregoing list routes
to make selection Of one to Europe, and enc 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 rclinquishipg, however,
the right to place greater number in operation, If
il shall be deemed expedent to do SO.
Tile 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. ], a semi.monthly conveyance
| for eight months Of the year, and monthly con-
veyance for the residue Of the year; Nc. g like
| frequent conveyance; and on No 3, the same; on
No. a, monthly conveyance; on No. 5, as frequent
| transportation as two or three times month; on
| No, 6, a trip once in two months; and on No. u
| 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-
csion to be made the advice Of the proper officers
of the naval service, whether the is or is not
convertible into ship of-war. And special notice
| 4 " piynn ha n q
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 ships, and shall stipulatc 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 a vessel
or vessels of war; the United States being bound,
their part, to pay the fair full value thereof Mt the
time Of delivery, TO be ascertaincd by four apprais
ers, appointed two by the President of the United
! States, and two by the owner 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, other equivalent testimony, that the bid
ders are American citizens and that the mail is TO
be transported by them ''in American vessels by
| American Citlzcns."
The postage fixed by law upon mauble matter to
be transported by these lines, is as follows Upon
all letters and packages not 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 less than three thousand miles
distant, tcentyor 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, fortyeght 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
tbo If he Ctufe nd of he
India islands, or islands in the Gulf Of Mexico,
ten cenis; and ticenty cents upon letters and pack
cts not exceeding one ounce; and fire cents for
every additional half ounce 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 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-
satOn, TO be named the bid; or, in lieu thereof for
the whole or a certain proportion Ito be named in
the bd) 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, bid
| not containing 1t.
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
| 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 mall
for suffering the mall or any part of it, TO be
wet injured, lost, or destroyed; for convey
Ina. - ,,I,, hat IN
depreciation, loss, injury; for refusing, after
demand made, to convey mail by any addi-
tional steam ship vessel run by the contractor
| 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 mail The Postmaster General may annul the con-
tract for repeated failures; for violating the post Of
fee laws; for dsobeying the instructions of the de-
parment; for refusing to discharge carrier when
required by the department; for assigning the con-
tract without the consent of the Postmaster Genera
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, for the
increased speed, il the employment OF additional
stock carriers is rendered necessary; but the con-
tractor may, such case, rclinqush the contract,
timely notice, if he prefers it to the change. The
Postmaster General may also discontinue or curtal
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
tincly stated in the proposals.
The following Is the form Of the guarantee, which
should be filled the first blank with the Of the
guarantor; the second with that of the bidder; and
the third and fourth with the beginning and term-
mating points Of the route; and, after being dated,
should be signed by the guarantor, who must be