The Arkansas banner., 1846-02-18

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 Fort Washita and Mayhew from Fort Towson. so miles, once week.
 Magnolia from union court house, miles, once week
 Cid Town from Helena, 20 miles, once week,
 NOTES.
 l, Seven minutes are allowed for opening and closing the mails at all offices where no particular tllne is specified; but on railroad and steamboat routes there is b be no more delay than is ncccs sary to deliver and receive the bags
 ,, Ihe mail Is to be conveyed in preference to passengers, and 10 their entire exclusion, if its weight and bulk require it.
 3. Post office blanks, mail bags, and the special agents oi the department on the exhibition of their credentials, are to be conveyed without further charge on mail lines admitting ot snch conveyance
 !, hail agents are to be conveyed without charge on the principal railroad and steamboat lines, where the size of the mails and the number of the offices will require their employment by the departments: and Tn that case, separate apartment Tor the as sorting and s2te-keeplng of the mail s1to be pro- yded by the contractor, under the direction of the department.
 5. la all cases there is to be a forfeiture of the pay of tbe trip, when the trip Is not run forfeit ure ol at feast one-ieurth part of it. when the run ming or arrival is SD far behind time as to lose the conneXion with departing mal and a forfeiture oi due proportion of ii, when grade of service IS rendered inferior to that in the contract These toTitIlr2s may be increased into penalties ot high CT amount, according to their nature or reqency of the failure and the importance of the mail.
 6. Fines will be imposed, unless tie delinquency he satisfactorily explained in due time for failing to take from. or deliver at post office, the mail, or any part of 1t for suffering 10 be wet injured ,- Iost, or destroyed; for conveying it Tn place or manner that cxposes it to depreciation, loss, or in, jury; for refusing after demand to convey mail by any coach, railload car, steamboat which the contractor regularly runs the route, beyond the specified number of trips in the contract; and for not arriving at the time set And for setting up or l running an express to transmit commercial intelh gancc in advance of the mail penalty will besex- acted equal to d quarters pay.
 '. The Postmaster General may annul the con tract for repeated failures; for violating the post of flee aws;tor disobeying the instructions of the de- partlnen; for refusing 10 discharge d carrier when ] required by he department; for assigning the cons hact without the consent of the Postmaster Gen eral, or for setting up or running an express as l aforesaid
 ] 6. The Postmaster General may alter the con tract aud alter the schedule, he allowing pro rata increase CT compensation, within she restrictions imposed by law, for the additional service required or for the increased speed, if the employment of additional stock or carriers is rendered necessary; but the contractor may, in such case, relinquish the contract on timely notice, if he prefers it to the change The Postmaster General may also dis continue or curtailsthe seryice,l he allowing one
 
 3. The payments will be elnase through drafts on post offices orotherwise, after the expiration Of each quarter, say in February, May, August, and ! Novemher.z . 10. The distances are given according to the best informaton: but no increased pay will be al- lowed, should they prove to be greater tan is ad- verfised, if the places are correctly named.
 Il. The Postmaster General is prohibited by la,s from knowingly making a contract for the trans l porta'ion Of the mail with any person who shall have entered into any combinations, proposed to l enter into any combination, to prevent the making of any bid for mail contract by any other person or persons, who shall have made any agreement, or shaH have given or performed, Or promised to give or perform, any consideration to do, or not to do, anything whatever, to induce any other person not te bid for mail contract Particular attention is called the 25th section of the act of lS36 pro hibitiRg combinations to prevent bidding. 12 bid received after time, to wit: on the 3etl April next at a m, orwithout the guarantee re- qnired by law, CT that combines several routes II one sum ol compensation, cannot be considered 1T competition with regular proposal, not adlodSee to bn exravagant.
 l3. A biddi may offer, where the transportation called for in the advertisement is difficult orim practicable al certain seasons to substitute an in ierIor mode of eoGReYance, or to ntermt service specified number of days weeks, or months. H. may propose to omit an office thatis inaecussible CT Is not on the stage road the railway, or at
 
 offer to substitute inferior mode o supply il 5"ch caseS He may propose different days anC hours of departure and arrival, provided no more running time is asked, and ii is obvious that nc mail conneXion or other public accommodation is pre1udic2d. He may ask for more running time to the rip, during a specified namber of days, at cef- tain seasons ei peculiar bad roads. But beyond these changes proposal for service different from i the advertisement win prevent ifs being considered Tn competition with regular bid hot set aside for ! eXtraVagance and where a bid contains any of the above alterations, their disadvantages will be esti- mated in comparing it with other proposals.
 H. There should be but one route bid for in a proposal.
 i5 The route, the service, the yearly pay, the bidders name and residence, and the name of each Inemberof the firm, where company offers, should be distinctly stated-also the mode of eonveyance 1 if higher mode than on horseback is intended' 2
 The following may be used as form for the bid, 2rlere no cbaRge fi0m Me adrertsemest IS eoaiens- I platef 6yAie btdderi
 q Tor we, as the case may bel hereby propose to carry the mail on No. -, irom - to -. -agreeably to advertisement, for $ per anpuui. ; Observe that where tie bidder intends to offer any other mode of conveyance than horseback he should state il in terms in the bd.F
 Is. The following is the form of the sliaranty which should be filled, the first blank with fine naale of thegaaranor tho second with that of the bidder, and the thirdand fourth wth the beginning and ter- minatng points of the route; and after being ddted i should be signed by the gnarantor, who uinst De shown by the written certificate ot postmaster Or otler equally satisfactory testimonial, to be a man of property, and able to make good his guaraaty- 1his guaranty, so certified should accompany each bid: ssfhe undersisnedl-- gtiaraffties that-.---, l if his bid for carrying the mail Ifroun--to----- he accepted bythe Postmaster General l-1shai en-. fer into an obligation prior to the rstday of July next with good and sufficient sureties, to perform the service proposed
 "pated -.r . r. The bid should be sent under seal addressed. to the First Assistant Postmaster General, with -eMail Proposals in the State of --," written on fife face of the letter. and should be despatched in time obe received by or before tae 30ih ApFilnext, at 9 o'clock, a m.
 I8. The contracts are to be executed before the lst July next.
 l9 Postmaster at offices situated upon CT near railroads, but more than eighty rodstr depot, will, Immediately after the 10th May next. report that fact to the department, stating their exact dis tance from the railroad depot, and how otherwise General to direct the proper supply to be made from the railroad by mail messengers, from and after the lsf July next.
 20 finder the act of Sd March, lS.i5, the route is to be lei 10 the lowest bidder rendering sufficient euafantes for faithfll performance, without other reference to the mode ol transportation than may be necessary to provide for the doe celerity cer- tanty. and security of such transportation. And the new contractor is not required 10 purchase out, or take at a valuation the stock vehicles ot the. previous contractor.
 When tlie lowestbd proposes a mode of convey ance that is inadequate for the Ioute.in respect 10