Arkansas intelligencer., 1846-04-11

''io p,ooos,ls for once week service are in''eI
-, y r,,n from paraclifta by the coun'y scat o'
PIE county, to Winfield, ITO niles.
hol;5 From Fulton, BY Pine Prairie and Layne''
Dor, 10 Fort Towson, 10 miles and bac"' once !"
cave Fu,ou every other Monday at m' ar
rive a, Fort Towson next Thursday BY M.
Ieo,o Fort Towson every other Monday a'o
=, arrive AT Fulton next Thursday Sy "a h'
p,nnos,Is for once a week service are in'''eu'
so66 From Joseph Tomlinson's on tho rou'
,o Washington, by Black Jack, and 'ache urass'
70 Fort Smith, IA miles and back, once III TWO
weeks. ~ yd, =, q ,
M arrive a, Fort Smith next day by p H.
Jenye Fort Smith every other TUESDAY al "p
m orriye at Tomlinson's next day by M
"'' $50 SPECIAL OFFICES.
prooos,ls for suppl, ing the following offices, at
sum 10 he named. and subject to the condition
of being limited to the net proceeds of the ONCE
are invited. . - -o.o
week.
Dover from Dwight. 10 miles. once week.
Fort Wnshita and Mayhem from Fo'l Iowsop,
50 miles, once wecI.
Magnolia from Union COur-ho sc, y miles,
once week.
Old Town from Helena. 90 miles. once week.
NOTES.
l. Seven minutes ars allowed for opening and
closing the mails a, all offices whrre no particular
lime is spccifod: but on railroad and steamboat
routes there is to be no more delay than IS neces'
snry ,n deliver and receive the bags.
,. The mail is 10 be conveyed in preference to
n
weight and bulk require 1t.
8. Post office blanks, mail. .bngs, and the special
agents of the department, on tho exhibition OF
their credentials. are TO be conveyed without fur
tther charge on mail lines admitting Of such con-
tgeyar co.
~. Mail agents are to be conveyed without
CHARGE on the principal railroad and steamboat
lines where the size Of the mails and the num-
Der of the offices will require their employment
by the department and IN that case. separate
apartment for the asserting and safo.keeping of
the mail is to BE- provided by the contractor, under
the direction of the department.
5. In all cases, there is 10 be a forfeiture OF
the pay of the trip, when the trip is not run ;
forfeiture of at least one.fourth part of it. when
the running or arrival is far behind the lime Us
to lose the connexion with depending mail; and
a forfeiture of due proportion Of it. when q
grade Of service IS r. ndered inferior 10 thai in the
contract. These forfeltures may be increased in.
to pena,ies of hghcr amount. according 10 the
nature or frequency Of the failure and the I'M
porlance of the mail
G. Fines will be imposed, unless the dcllnqucn-
cv be satisfactorily explained IN due time, for fail.
ing 10 tako from. OF deliver at, post post office.
the mail. or any part Of il; for suffering II 10 be
wet, injured, lost or destroyed Tor conveying It
in place or manner that exposes it 10 depreda.
ton, loss. or injury for refusing after demand
to convey mail by any cUach, railroad car. or
steam boat, which the contractor regularly runs
on tho ronte. bayonl the specified numbcr Of trips
in the contract and for not arriving al tho time
set. And for setting up or running an express 10
transmil commercial intelligence in advance of
the mail. penalty will be exac,cd equal to the
quarters pay.
7. The Post Master General may annul tho
contract for repeated failures; for violating the
Post Office laws; for disobcyIng the instructions
of the depa rtmcn; for refusing TO discharge n
carrier when required by the department; for as
signing the contract without the consent Of the
Post Master General, or for setting up Or running
an express as aforesaid.
g. The Postmaster General mnv alter the con.
tract, and alter the schedule, he allowing pro
rata increase of compensation, within the resrlc-
tons imp osed by law, for the additional service
required, for the increased speed ifthe employ.
mont of additional stock or carriers is rendered
necessary but The contractor may, in snch case,
rcIrnQuish the contract, on timely notice. if be
prefers it 10 the change. The Postmaster Geher-
al may also discontinue or curtail the service. he
allowing ono months extra pay on the amoun,
dispensed with.
8. The payments will be made through drafts
on post Offices or otherwise. after the expiralon
of each quarter, say in February, May. August
and November.
10. The distances are given according 10 the
best nformation but no increased paw will be
afowed should they prove 10 be grcalcr than is
advertised, il the places are correctly named. !
IL. The Postmaster General is prohibited by
law from knowingly making a 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 by any
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 moi to do,nny thing whatever to induce any
other person not 10 bid for a mail contract. Par.
ticuar attention is called to the 2Sh section Of. the