Arkansas intelligencer., 1846-02-28

,,;vs \, bonneville mex, Thursday BY m.
Lave Bonneville every other Monday att am
arrive a, Paracita mex, Thursday by IP M !,
Proposals for once week service are ins"eu =
.Iso. to run from ParacIifa by the county seS' "
Polk county, to Winfield, ITO niles :,
5065. From Fulton, BY Pine Prairie ana hay"cs
mort. to Fort Towsou, 10 miles and back once ID
two weeks.
Leave Fulton every other Monday at M ar
rive a, Fort Towson next Thursday BY a IN.
Ieovo Fort Towson every other Monday at .
m. arrive at Fulton mex, Thursday by Va m.
| Proposals. for once a week service are insited'
| 5000. From Joseph Tomlinson's on the route
tn Washington, by Black Jack, and Vache Grass
N For, smith. "a miles and back, once IN Two
weeks. :.
Lsave Tomlinsons every other Monday at D
m, arrive a, Fort Smith mex, day by P. m.
Leave Fort Smith every other Tuesday at .
m. arrive at Tomnson's next day by m.
SPECIAL OFFICES.
Proposals fOr. supplying the following offices, at
sum to be named, aud subject to The condition
of being limited to the net proceeds OF the otce'
are invited.
Creek Agency from Fort Gibson. 6 miles, onco
q week.
Dover from Dwight. 10 miles. once week.
! Fort Washila and Mayhem from Fort Towson,
so miles, once week. =,
! Magnolia from Union Courthouse. D miles,
once week.
| Old Town from Helena, 20 miles, oncc week.
NOTES.
|. Seven minutes are allowed for opening and
closing the mails a, oil offices where no particular
lima is specified; bu, on rairoad and steamboat
| L. h., datn q a..
sn,y to deliver and receive the bags.
3. The mail is to be conveyed in preference to
messengers, and TO their en,irc exclusion, it its
weight and bulk require il.
8. Pos, office blanks, mail.bags, and the special
agents of the department, on the exhibition OF
their credentials are TO be conveyed without fur.
,her charge on mail lines admitting of such con.
veyance.
4. Mail agents are to be conveyed without,
charge on the 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
apartment for the asserting and safe.keeping OF
The mail is to BE- provided by tho contractor, under
the direction Of the department.
| s. In all cnses, there is TO be forfeiture OF
the pay of the trip, when the trip is not run
forfeiture of Mt least one.fourlh part Of ii, when
the running or arrival is so far behind the time as
to lose the connexion with depending mail; and
forfeiture Of due proportion Of it, when a
grade Of service ndered inferior to that in the
contract. These forfei,ures may be increased in
to penalties Of highor amount, according to The
nature or frequency Of the failure and the i'm.
portance of the mail.
6. Fines will be imposed, unless the denquen.
cy be satisfactorily explained in due tlme for fall.
ing to lake FROM deliver at post post Office,
the mail. or any part of il; for suffering it 10 be
wet, injured, lost or destroyed tor conveying II
in place or manner that exposes it to depreda
, tion, loss. or injury for refusing after demand
TO convey mail by any coach, rnllroad car, or
steam boat, which the contractor regularly runs
on the route. beyond the specified number Of trips
in the contract; and for not arriving at the time
set. And for setting up or running an express to
ira nsmit commercial intelligence in advance Of
the mail. penalty will be exacted equal to The
quarters pay.
7. The Post Master General may annul the
con:rac, for repeated failures; for violating the
Post Office laws; for disobeying the instructions
of the department; for refusing to discharge a
carrier when required by the department; for as
: signing tho contract without the consent OF the
Post Master General, or for setting up or running
an express ns aforesaid.
8. The Postmaster General may alter the con.
tract. and alter the schedule, he allowing pro
rata increase of compensation, within the restric.
tions imposed by law, for The additional service
required, or for the increased speed ifthe employ.
ment 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 Geher.
al may also discontinue or curtail the service. he
allowing one months extra pay on the amount
dispensed with.
! 0. The payments vii! be Hade through drafts
on post Offices or otherwise. nfter the expiration
Of each quarter. say in February, May, Angus,
and November.
10. The distances are given according to the
best information; but no increased pay will be
allowed should they prove TO be grsnter than is
advertised, il 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
shall have entered into any combination, or p-op-
sed TO enter into any combination. to proven, The
making Of any bid for a mail con,rac, bynny
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 do.nny thing whntevor to induce any