Arkansas intelligencer., 1846-03-07

..;ss % =, P,rncIf,a mex. Thursday by 7 P M.
prooosals for once week service are in'"e,
-, ~ am from Paraclifta by the county seat o'
poIL county, to Winfield, 10 miles.
s9Gs. From Fulton, by Pine Prairie ana Laynes'
,o,, 10 For, Towson, ITO miles and back' once !"
W Leave Fulton every other Monday at M ar
80. =, Fort Towsou next Thursday BY m.
leave Fort Towson every other Monday at o
m. arrive a, Fulton next Thursjay BY VA IN.
prooosals for once n week service are 'nv'teo'
s066. From Joseph Tomlinson's on the rou'c
n Washington, by Black Jack, and Vache Grass
IN Fort Smith, A miles and back, once IN TWO
weeks.
Leave Tomlinson's every other Monday a' "a
m. arrive at Fort Smith next day by P. ~.
Leave Fort Smith every other Tuesday al ]PI
m. arrive at Toml.nson's next day by m.
SPECIAL OFFICES.
ProDosaIs for supplying tho following offices, at
, sum 10 be named and subject to the condition
os being ti,i,1d tho uer Proceeus OF 'he o'nce'
are invited.
Creek Agency from Fort Gibson, 6 miles, once
a week.
Dover from Dwight. 10 miles. once week.
Fort Washita and Mayhem from Fort lowson'
so miles. once week.
Magnolia from Union Soui'"o'''
once week.
Old Town from Helena, 90 miles. once week.
NOTES.
1. Seven minutes are allowed for opening and
closing the mails at all offices where no particular
,;me IS speci6ed; but on railroad and steamboat
routes there is to be no moro delay than is neces-
saty to deliver and receive the bags.
9. The mail is to be conveyed in preference to
passengers, and to their entire exclusion, II It's
weight and bulk require it.
8. Post office blanks, maibags, and the special
agents of the department, on tho exhibition OF
their credentials, are 10 be conveyed without iur'
,her charge on mail lines admitting OF such con-
veyance.
a. Mail agents nro to be conveyed without
charge on the principal railroad and steamboat
lines, where the size OF the mails and the num-
ber of the oiiic IS will require their employment
BY tho department and in that case, separate
apartment for the asserting and saie.Keep'ng oil
the mail is to be provided by the contractor, under
the direction Of the department.
| 5. In all cases, there is TO be forfeiture OF
the pay of the trip, when the trip is not run
forfeiture of at least one.fourh part of it. when
the running or arrival is so far behind the time as
to lose the connexion with n dependng mail; and
forfeiture of due proportion OF 1t, when
grade OF service is re ndered inferior to that in the
/ contract. These forfeilures may be increased in.
10 penalties Of higher amount, according TO the
nature or frequency Of the failure and tho I'm.
portance of the mail.
G. Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquen.
cy be satisfactorily explained in due time. for fail
ing to ako FROM or deliver at post post office.
the mail or any part Of it; for suffering it to be
wet, injured, lost or destroyed for conveying it
in place or manner that exposes it TO depredn
ton, loss, or injury for refusing after demand
10 convey a mail By any coach, railroad car, or
steam boat, which the contractor regularly runs
on the route, beyond tho specified number Of trips
in the contract and for not arriving at the time
set. And for setting up running an express 10
transmit commercial intelligence in advance of
the mail. n penalty will be exacted equal to the
quarters pay.
7. The Post Master General may annu the
contract for repeated failures; for violating the
! Pos, Office aws for disobeyins the instructions
of the department.; for refusing to discharge n
carrier when required by the department.; for rs.
signing the contract without the consent Of the
Post Master General, or for setting up or running
an express as aforesaid.
8. The Postmaster General may alter the con.
tract, and alter the schedule, he allowing pro
rata ncfeds6 OF compensation, WlInn tne restrlc.
tions imposed by law, for the additional service
required, or for the increased speed if the employ.
meDt of additional stock or carriers is rendered
necessary; but the contractor may, in such case,
relnquish the contract, OF timely notice. if he
prefers it to the change. The Postmaster Gener.
al may also discontinue or cu,tail the service, he
allowing one months extra pay on the amoan.
dispensed with.
0. The payments will be made through drafts
on post Offices otherwise. after the expiration
of each quarter, say in February, May, August
and November
10. The distances are givon according 10 the
best information; but no increased pay will be
allowed should they prove TO be greater than is
advertised, il the places are correctly uumed.
ii. The Postmaster General is prohibited by
law from knowingly making contract for the
transportation Of the mail with any person who
shall have entered into any combination, or prop.
sed to enter into any combination, to prevent the
making Of any bid for mail contract hynny
other person or persons, or who shall have made
any agreement, or shall have given or performed
or promised to give or perform, any consideration
to door not to doany thing whntevor 10 induce any
other person not 10 bid for mail contract. Par.
ticuar attention is called to the 2Sth section of the
of