The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-11-24
Post Office adpertisement-.Maiis to Europe,
the Gulf of .Merico, and the Pacific.

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, 10 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.
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 port on the Atlantic, than as above
named, will be considered.
II 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-
termined, after proposals for service on all the
routes are submitied-not relinquishng, however,
the right to place greater number in operation il
it shall be deemed expedient to do so.
The proposals should specify the number of trips
to be performed during the year, and near as
may be, the day Of the month on which the vessel
conveying the mail is to depart from the port a!
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-
veyence for the residue of the year, on No. 2, like
| frequent conveyance; and on No. 3, the same; on
No. 4, monthly conveyance on No. 5, as frequent
| a transportation as two or three times month; on
| No. 6, a trip once in two months; and ON No. 7,
twice or three times month,
The proposals should specify the mode of con-
veyance, whether by steamship sailing -packet
a.. -. ...,A rtntiAn nTf
vessel with sufficient particularly to enable the de-
csion to be made the advice of the proper officers
of the naval SERVICE whether the same 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
sieam ship or ships, and shall stipulate 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 be ascertained 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 appointed by
the President of the United States.
II should be shown, by the certificate Of post
MASTER other equivalent testimony, that the bid
doris are American citizens and that the mail is to
be transported by them sin American vessels, by
American citizens" r
The postage fixed by law upon maiable matter TO
be transported by these lines, is follows: "Upon
all letters and packages not exceeding half oancc
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,ceniyov 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, foriegh 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 tsoeniy 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-cu 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 from said port of the
United States, in the United States mail" The
bidder may propose for an annual sum Of compen.
saon, to be named in the bid or, in lieu thereof fol
the whole or certain proportion TO be named in
the bid) of the hostages accruing 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 m
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 surctcs, 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 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, OF
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 It, to bs
ing il in place or manner that exposes it to
depreciation, loss, or injury; for refusing, afie'
| demand made, TO convey mail by any addi
tional steam ship or vessel by the contractor on
| the route, over and above the specified number
trips in the contract and for not arriving 1t the tim'
set also for transmitting intelligence or furnishing
the means oftransmitting intelligence, in advance
the mail. The Postmaster General may annu the con
tract for repeated failures; for violating the post OF
fee laws; for dsobeyng the instructions Of the de
1 parment; for refusing to discharge carrier wher
required by the department. for assigning the con
tract without the consent Of the Postmaster General
or for setting up running express, as aforesaid
The Postmaster General may alter the contract
and alter the schedule he allowing pro rata increas
| of compensation, within the restrictions imposed BY
law, for the additional service required, or for tn
4 increased speed, If the employment Of additiona
stock or carriers is rendered necessary; but the con
tractor may, in such case renquish tie contract Of
timely notice, il he prefers it to the change Tn
Postmaster General may also discontinue or curtai
the service, he allowing one months extra pay OF
the amount dispensed with; and the contract 'nia,
at any time be terminated by joint resolution OF tn
4 two houses Of Congress-"
The route, the service the yearly pay, the bidder
name and residence, and the name of each memec
Of the firm, where a company offers, should be dis
tincty stated in the proposals.
The following is the form of the guarantee, whicl
should be filed, the first blank with the name of tn
guarantor; the second with that OF the BIDDER; an.
he third and fourth with the beginning and termi
mating points of the route; and, after being dated