Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-02-07
BURLINGTON HAWK-EYE.

email Proposals in lname the State or terrtory,l
written on the the face Of the letter. and should
dispatched in time to be received by or before
the 10th April next, at 10 O'Clock A. M. II
should be guaranteed, and the ,sufficiency Of the
guarantors should be duly certified, (See forms.
II. The contracts are to be executed BY or before
the list July next. -, tn.
is. Postmasters at Offices situated upon or neal
railroads, but more than eighty rods from depot
will immediately after the 18th May next, report
that fact to the Department. stating their exact dis
lance from the railroad depot, and how otherwise
supplied with the mail, to enable the Postmaster
General to direct the proper supply to be made from
the railroad by mail messengers, from and after the
LIST July next.
10. Under the act OF March 3, ls45, the route is
guarantees for faithful performance, without other
reference to the mode Of transportation than may be
necessary to provide for the due celebrity, certain
ty. and security of such transportation.
When the lowest bid proposes mode Of convey
ance that is Inadequate for the route in respect to
the certainty, security, and celebrity of the mails,
aside from any accommodation for travel, it will
not be entitled to the route.
20. When the bid does not name a mode OF
conveyance, it will be taken and understood to be
Tor the lowest mode Of conveyance, to wit, on
horseback. When it proposes to carry according
to the advertisement, and no mode of conveyance
Is stated for the route in the advertisement, will
be considered as offering only for horseback con-
veyance.
81. Since the passage OF the act of March 3, 1s45
a new description of bid has been received. 1t
specifies no mode Of conveyance, but engages to
carry the mail with certainty, celebrity, and securi-
ty using the terms Of the law. These bids are cal
led, from the manner in which they are designated
on the books of the Department, "sfdr bids" II
has been decided after mature consideration, that
bid proposing specific mode Of conveyance Of as
high grade as two-horsc coach transportation is
TO be preferred to the star bid The experience Of
the Department enables it to lay down the follow
ing rules, viz:
When the mail on the route is not so large as to
require two horse coach conveyance, star bid, il
the lowest, will be preferred to the specific bid.
%. When the mails are Of such size and weight
as to render it Necessary expedent in reference
to them alone, to provide two horse coach convey
ance, the specific bid, though the highest, will be
preferred to the star bid, to the extent Of mode
rate difference in the compensation, in case the diff
ference is not such to interfere with the policy OF
the new law, which looks to reduction in tie cost
of transportion. Exceptions, however, may be
allowed where the star bid is made by the present
owner Of the stock the route, and it is manifest
that The reasons for preferring the specific bid do
not exist in his case.
%. On routes of the highest class, where four
horse coach Steamboat transportation is requir-
ed by the size and importance of the nails the pre-
ference for the specific bid will be, If necessary,
carried to greater extent Of difference than on the
inferior coach routes subject, however, to the ex-
ceptions above stated.
-. A modification of bid, in any Of its essen
tia terms, is tantamount to a new bid, and cannot
be received, as to Interfere with regular com
petition, after the last hour set for receiving bids
J. COLLAMER, Postmaster General.
Posr OFFICE DEPARTMENT, January 1850.
no! FOR CALIFORNIA.
Az CASES superior thick Boots, Davenport
nv make, of all kinds, both long legs and medi-
urn length, just the Boots for that trip, warranted
to stand and no mistake, for sale cheap by the case
or pair at the shoe store Of X. S. ADAMS
Jan -, $50 Main street
MEDICAL BOOKS.
TIME subscriber would respectfully inform Ply
1 sicians, anu others that he has now on hand, q
very large stock Of Medical Books, and that he is
prepared to furnish them at very low prices.
jan -, so JF ABRAHAMS Book store
DENCILS: fine assortment of Carpenters Pen.
ellis at (jsn aD ABRAHAMs' Book store
I, 1NGRAvINGS: 700 steel engravings, very fine
r. suitable for Scrap Books; 1000 colored Litho
graphs for sale very cheap, by the dozen or single
one at ABRAHAMS'
ian 81, so Burineto Book store
Z OLD PENS: cheaper than ever at
u jan "a, 80 ABRAnAMs' Fook store
TNLEGANT BOOKS: suitable for Presents, vii
r now be sold very low at ABRAHAMS'
ian -, 80 Burlington Book store
TARRISON'I Columbian INKS, 900 doz. blacl
II and blue; 100 doz. red; so doz. copying; 90 dol
Carmina; for sale at less than USUAL prices al TN
book store Of tian "a, '5o) ARkAhAMs
DLANK BOOKS, of every size and description
Dior sale at tjan "a, SOY IF ABRAHAM
KNOX INSURANCE COMPANY, Capital zoe, 600
1,NIRE, MARINE AND LIFE INSURANCE, Vim
r cenneS, indiana, c. M. Allen, Secret ry; N.
Eldridge, Treasurer; II. N. Carnan, President. ,
Burlington, Jan. 1880 JNo G. FOoTE, Agent
Notice:
I will offer for sale, on the 2ett Of February next
/ at Huron, the 10th Section, on, Huron Island.
Jan. oath 1850. VIM. WALkER
School Fund Commits sioner.
CASH WANTED.
A Ii. persons indebted tn me either by Note o
"A Rnn. accaunt- ill nlcas call and settle III