Mobile register and journal., 1845-12-09
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 RBRnIabs.hIS Ia carry the mails ul he United D 'ntes. lrnu the l-L oi March, Isl6, 10 tie 2S' of r1rw,ry, iSl1, nith right 10 thc department to tend l1 inc Sath o Jane, lSae, ii"'n ~. GffanS, 70 Log'st.td. fo Gaite'tor W ftrdS 15O m1es and back, val lpv received the contract Office o ti Post Oire Department, unlil the 2Jth dayoi Janu,- ", Isi6, be decided by the 3sI day ol said Jan- mary. Leave New Orleans every Saturlayat 10 A M, arrive al Galveston esoty Monday by 10 A. Il. cave Galveston every Tuesday at 10 A. M., dr- rlvr at New Orleans every Thursday by 10 A. M. l The proposas Ehnuhl specify lhe mode of convey, duce, whether by steamship or sailing packet, anu sei forth ihe szr, rale aud description of the sessel with sac,t particularly tu enatG the decIsinnlo he uadu un the ad,ce al the proper 0flcrfs o ll't naval sei yite. whether the same IS mot eon'er-
 ihc into 2 silip nl uar. And special noice Is here by given, that. agruobly lO the pro, ni an ac ol congress, apIrnred March 3d. lsij, those propo sals (cins acceptable u other respecis) wi he pe | feared winch shall engage carry the mail m q steamship ships, s,and shall stirnaie to deNer sad ship or shps o the H. States, or to their proper of Gcrr, on drn,aHd made, for the pnrp0sc u be'ne con yerted a1o a vessel vessels of war the U. States beng boand on icir part to pay the lar inll value thereof al the tune o delivery 10 be ascerained by fnnr appraisers appointed, two by the President oi the U States, and two by the owner owners, with an umpire in case ol disagreement. to be appolned l hS the President ol ihe U. States
 1 The bladder may propose different schedule oi | days and hours than the above specified. lie | may ask for annual stun ol compensation; or, m lieu theIeoi, certain proportion oi the postges ac- ciung the mail matter CMyeyed over the route; | and he may offer 10 carry the mail more hequenly than oncC week.
 | Articles oi contract are 10 be executed by the ceptcd bidder and ly his surclies, hv before inc first day of March ney The contract is 10 provide, among olke' things, that lhe pay o the trip IN 10 be forfeited when the trip IS not performed, and due prunofti0n vhcn grae of service is rendered Inle IriO In Hpi tO he may be imposed, unless the delinquency be satistlc
 toiy cS ained in due lime, for failing 10 take irom
 Jr o deliver inlo, the post office al the port "i hnd
 ing, llle mail heongng thereto, nr any part or silh maa; for suffering the mail, or any part o H. to be
 wet, lnuied lost or destroyed; for conveying 1t m q place manner that exposes Il Ia depreciation, loss injury; for relusing after demand made, 10 convey mal by any additional steamship or vessel run by
 the contractor ihe route, and above lhe spe- ci6rd number of irs the contract, and for not ar rIvng Al the time sel; also for transmitting nielli- gence, Or furnishing the means oi transmitting in'eI'
 ligence, in advance ol the mail The Postmaster General may annu he contract for repeated failures !
 for violating the post office llws for dlsoheying the
 instructions Ol the department; for refusing 10 diS- charge d Carrier when required by 'he departmenl; ;
 for assigning the contract without the consent ot the
 Postmaster General; or for setting up or running m express aforesaid.
 } The Postmaster General may alter the contract, and utter the schedule" he allowing pro raia i'' crease of compensation, within the restrictions Ini-
 posed by Law, for the additional service required or
 for The increased speed, If he employment oi addi-
 tiOnal stuck carriers Is rendered necessary; but
 the contractor may, m such case, relnquIsh lhe con
 tract, timely noice, if he prefers it to the change The Pos osnaster General may also discOnlinue or cui tail the service, he allowing one months extra pay the amount dispensed with; and the canltac quay at any time be le, e,mlnaied by joint resolution of the tao houses of congress-
 The route, the service, the yearly pay, the bldder | I,,sia .aIr mt tho nj of the firm where company offers, should be dls' Itiuclly stated m the proposals.
 | The following is the form of e guarantee, w'Ict
 should he Glied, the first blank w,th the name of the gua,antor; the sccohd with that of the bidder; } and the third and fourth with the beginning and ter
 minatng points of inc route and after being dated
 should be signed h, the gulianor, who must be shown, by the written certificate of a postmaster
 other equJliy satisfactory testimonial, 10 be man of property, and able 10 make good his guaranIee-
 This guarantee, so certified, should accompany eacl bid:
 f hls bd for carrying the mail from - 10 - be
 accepted by the Postmaster General, - shall entei f into an obligation prior 70 the first day or marcl next, wh good and sufficient sureties, 10 perform ? the service proposed.
 f "Dateh--.' The bid should ba sent under seal to the First As sisant Postmaster General, and the words "Mai proposals-Gayeston mail ' written on the face O the letter, and should he despatched in time 10 hC received by or before the 25th day of January next which will be the last day for receiving proposa' = under hs advertisement
 h r. S.--If the bidder shall not consider hmsel Q able prepared to commence service as early a' the Isl nt March next, he will specify in his p opo
 sas the day which he will put the service in ope ration.
 c. JOHNSON, Postmaster General | Post OGee Dpartm0u, | WAsHINGToN, Oct. IT, ISI5. oct23 2l9tKu