Arkansas intelligencer., 1846-02-21

- =, ParacIir,a mex, Thursday by M !
p,o,os,Is for once week service are
L., !, ram from paraclifia by the county sca' "
poIL county. to Winfield, ITO miles. II
haG5 From Fulton, bv Pinc Prairie ana i-nynes
,,or, 10 Fort Towson, 40 miles and back once !"
s,ys Fulton every other Monday at . M ar
,;ys a, Fort Towson next Thursday by y M
Leave Fort Towson every Other MONDAY a'
m. arrive a, Fulton next THURSDAY oy y" ~.
Pro,o.als for once a week service are 'h'''eu'
59f(,. From Joseph Tomlinson's on 'ne rou"'
IN Washington, by Black Jack, and '"che orass'
to Fort Smith, A miles aud back once !" '"o
weeks. ul..,e,
Leave Tomlinson's every other Monuay NJ"
IN, arrive Mt Fort Smith next day oy :"
Leave Fort Smith 'ery other lnesaay at"
m. nrriye at Tomlinson's next day by p 'n'
SPECIAL OFFICES.
Proposals for supplying tho following offices. al
!, sum to be named and subject to the cond.''"
of being limited to the net proceeds OF the ONCE
are invited. IL. o,o
Creek Agency from Fort Gibson u miles, once
week.
Dover from Dwight. 10 miles. once week.
Fort Washila and Mayhem from foi io"soi'
so miles. once a week.
once week.
Old Town from Helena. 90 miles, once a week.
NOTES.
| |, Seven minutes are allowed for opening and
closing the mails nj all offices where no particular
lime is specifed; but on railroad and steamboat
routes there is to be no more delay 'tah IS iicces
sa,y to deliver and receive the bags.
3. The mail is to bc conveyed IN preference 10
4 II nl
weight and bulk require II. i
3. Pos, office blanks mail. bags, and the speciaI
AGENTS of the department, on the exhibition of
,5e,r credentials. are to be conveyed without fur
ther charge on mail lines admitting OF such con-
vevauce.
A. Mail agents are to be conveyed WITHOUT
charge on tho principal railroad and steamboat
Lines. where the size of the mails and the mum
ber Of the offices will require their employment
by the department. and in that case separate
ina rtmcnt for The asserting aud saickeephS OF
the mail is TO - provided by the contractor, uhucr
the direction of the department.
), 5. In all cases. there is to be forielturo oil I
the pay of the trip, when the trip IS not run
forfeiture of at least one.fourh part OF H. "heh
the running or arrival is far behind tho time as
to lose the connexon with depending mail ana
: a forfeiture of a due proportion Of 1t, when
grade Of service is ndered inferior TO that ~ ,e
contract These forfeilures moy be increased IN.
to pena Ities of higher amount, according 10 the
, nature or frequency Of tho failure and the I'M
porance Of the mail.
g. Fines will be imposed, unless the dcIinquen
CIV be satisfactorily explained IN due tme Tor iall'
inc to take from. or deliver at, a post post office
the mail or any part of it; for suffering II 10 be
wet, injured, lost or destroyed; Tor conveying II
lint / tpUrp1 =
ton. loss. or injury for refusing after demand
to convey n mail by any coach, rpilrond car, or
; steam boat, which the contractor regularly runs
on the route. beyond tho specified number OF irPsi
in the contract and for not arriving at the tpc
: set. And for setting up running an express 10
transmit, commercial intelligence in advance OF
the maiI a penalty will be exacied equa! to the
$ quarters pay.
7. The Post Master General may unnul the
: conrac, for repeated failures; for violating the
t Post Office laws; for dsoboying the Instructions
of the department; for refusing to discharge
$ carrier when required by the department; for as
= signing the contract without the consent Of the
. Post Master General, or for setting up running
an express as aforesaid.
+ s. The Postmaster General may alter tho con.
tract. and alter the schedule, he allowing pro
rata increase Of compensation, within the rcstrlc-
j. tioDs imposed by law, for The nddItiOnal service
, required. or for the increased speed if the employ
ment of additional stock or carriers is rendered
necessary; but the contractor may, in such case,
. rclinqnish the contract on timely notice. if he
prefers it to the change. The Postmaster Geher-
al may also discontinue or curtail the service. he
> allowing one months extra pay on the amount
dispensed with.
t 0. The payments will be made through drafts
on post offices or otherwise. after the expiration
> of each quarter, say in February. May. August
and November.
;, 10. The distances arc given according 10 the
bes. information; but no increased pay will be !
allowed should they prove to be greuter than is
, advertised. if the places are correctly named.
II. The Postmaster General is prohibited by
law from knowingly making contract for the
transportation of the mail with any person who
I. shall have entered into any combination, or prop.
sed to enter into any combination. to prevent the
making of any bid for a mail contract by any I
other person or persons. or who shall have made
any agreement, or shall have given or performed !
or promised to give perform, any consideration
to door net to doany thing whatever to induce any
other person not to bid for q mail contract Par
ticuar attention is called to the 2Sh section of the