The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-12-24
MAILS no GALVESTON.

I PROPOSALS to carry the mails Of the United
! j States from the LIST Of March, 1876, 10 the 2oh
of February 1850, with right to the department. ia
extend to the 30th of June 1850 from .Neo Orleans
ia Louisiana TO Galveston, IN 7tras, $50 miles and
back will be rcceiveda, the Contract offce OF The
1 Post Office Department until the 25th day of jan
yary, 1886 TO lie decided by the 3lst day of said
| january.
| Leave New Orleans every Saturday at 10 d. M,
arrive at Galveston every Monday by 10 a M
! Leave Galveston every Tuesday at 10 m h.,
arrive at New Orleans every Thursday by 10 a, m.
1he proposals should specify the mode Of con-
veyance, whcthe. by steamship or sailing packet,
ana set forth the size, rate, and description of the
vessel, with sufficient particularly to enable the
decision to be made, on the advice Of the proper
officers OF The naval service, whether the eume Is or
10 mol convertible into u ship-of-war. And special
notice IS hereby given, that, agreeably 10 the pro-
visions of an act of Congress, approved March Sd,
1915, those proposals (being acceptable in other
respects) will be preferred which shall engage to
carry tho nail in steam ship ships, and shall
stipulate TO deliver said ship 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; che United States being bound on
their part to pay the fair full value thereof at the
time of delivery, to be ascertaiDed by four APP
prais ers-apponted, two by the President Of the
United States, and two by the owner or owners,
with an umpire in case Of disagreement, TO be APP
pointed by the President Of the United States.
The bidder may propose a different schedule of
days and hours than the one above specified He
may ass Tor an annual sum Of compensation; or, in
lieu thereof certain proportion Of the hostages ac-
crung on the Matchmaker conveyed over the route;
and he mayEofer to carry the mail more frequently
than once week.
Articles Of contract are to be executed by the ac-
ceped bidder and by his sureties by before the first
day of March next. The contract is TO provide
among other things that the pay of the trip s TO be
forfeited when the trip Is not performed, and due
proportion when grade of service is rendered in
feror to that specified in the contract and that fines
may be imposed, unless the delinquency be salts
tactorily explained in due time, for failing to take
irom or to deliver nto the post Office at the port Of
landing, the mail belonging thereto, or any part of
said mail; for suffering the mail, any part Of it, to
be wet, injured, lost, destroyed for conveying il
IN place or manner that exposes it to Depreciation
loss, or injury for refusing, after demand made to
convey mail by any additional steamship or YES
sci run 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 transmit
ting intelligence, or furnishing the means of trans
hitting intelligence, in advance of the mail The
Postmaster General may annul the contract for re-
peated faures for violating the post Office laws; for
disobeyng the instructions of the department; for
refusing to discharge carrier when required by
the department; for assigning the contract without
the consent of the Postmaster Generals for setting
up or running an express, as aforesaid.
The Postmaster General may alter the contract,
and alter the schedule, he allowing pro rata in
crease of compensation, within the restrictions inn
posed by law, for the additional service required, or
for the increased speed if the employment of ad.
dIonal stock carriers is rendered necessary; but
the contractor may, in such case, relinqush the con-
tract, on timely notice. if he prefers to the change.
The Postmaster General may also discontinue or
curtail the service, he allowing months extra
pay on the amount dispensed with; and the contract
tmay at any time be terminated by joint resolution
of the two houses of Congress-
The route, the service, the yearly pay, the bid
der's name and residence, and the name of each
member of the firm where company offers, should
be distinctly stated in the proposals.
The following is the form of the guarantee, which
should 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 rOute; and after being dated,
should be signed by the guarantor, who must be
shown by the written certificate of postmaster,
other equally satisfactory testimonial, TO be man
of property, and able to make good his guarantee.
This guarantee, SO certified, should accompany each
bid: ..
"The undersigned -, guarantees that -,
mis- bid for carrying the mail from - to - be
accepted by the Postmaster General, - shall en-
ter into an obligation prior to the LIST day of March
next, with good and sufficient sureties to perform
the service proposed.
Slated --."
ne bid should be sent under seal to the First
Assistant Postmaster General, and the words email
Galveston mall" written on the face of
the letter, and should be despatched in time TO be
received by before the 18th day of January next,
which will be the last day for receiving proposals
under this advertisement.
C. JOHNSON,
Postmaster General
Posr OFFIcE DEPARTMENT.,
Washington, October IL, 1s45.
P. S.--lf the bidder shall not consider himself
able or prepared, to commence service as early as
the ls of March next, he will specify in his propo-
sails the day on which he will put the service in ope-
ration. G. j.
October 11--lawtD3l
DERUVIAN GUANO.-The. subscriber offers
i for sale portion of the Orpheuss cargo OF
PERUVIAN GuANO, just arrived at New York,
from the Chinchia islands, in parcels of FIVE tons
and upwards, at $50 per ton of 2,24O lbs.
Purchasers of smaller quantities will be snnnled