The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-11-28

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bia, and back; with joint 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
Z. From New Orleans to Havana, and back; with
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 oherto supply Key West.
Proposals for commencing said routes at any 9TH
er United States port the Atlantic, than above
named, will be considered.
1t is intended out of the foregoing list of routes,
to make selection Of one TO Europe, and one to the
Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific, as may best be de-
termned, after proposals for service ell the
routes are submted-not renquishng, however,
the right to place greater number in operation if
il 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. ], semi.monthly conveyance
veyance for the residue of the year. No 2, like
frequent conveyance; and on No. 3, the same; on
No 4, a monthly conveyance; on No. S, as frequent
| transportation as two or three times month; on
No 6, a 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-
cson to be made on the advice 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
a steam ship or ships, and shall atipulate to de-
liver said ship or ships to the United States, or
to their proper officer, on demand made, for
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 ascertaned by four appras-
ers, appointed two by the President Of the United
States, and two by the owner or owners, with an
umpire in case Of disagreement to be appointedby
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 'n American vessels, by
American citizens"
The postage fixed by law upon mailablc matter to
be transported by these lines is as 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, France, or any
other foreign port not less than three thousand miles
distant, tceniy.four 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
the United States. Upon letters and packets over
half an ounce in weight, and not exceeding one
ounce forty eight 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
III of nitadC tafa ooudap If The
India islands, or islands in the Gulf of Mexico,
len cents; and ioeniy cents upon letters and pack
cts not exceeding one ounce; and fire 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 is 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 in the bid or, IN lieu thereof for
the whole or a certain proportion TO be named in
the bd) of the hostages accruing on the ma-mat,er
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 whenthe 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 ony part of it, to be
wet, injured, lost, or destroyedj for convey
ing it in place or manner that exposes it to
depreciation, loss, 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 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 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-
tract without the consent of the Postmaster General
or for setting 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 carriers is rendered necessary but the con-
tractor may, such case, relnquish the contract on
timely notice, il he prefers IL 10 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
tincdy stated in the proposals.
The following ia the form of the guarantee, which
should be hled the first blank with the name Of the
euarantor; the second with that of the bidder; and
the third and fourth with the beginning and termi-
Mating points of the route; and, after being dated,
should be signed by the guarantor, who must be
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