The republic., 1851-04-10
FoREIaN MAILS.

! DPOPOSALS for carrying the mails Of the uni
4 ted States from the lst of July. 1851. to 30th
June, 1855, the following route will be received
at the Contract Office of the Post Office Depart
ment, in the city Of Washington. until 10 a. IN. of
the 9th May, 1851, Ito be decided by the 18th of
May,) IN the manner and time herein specified
From Charleston, South Carolina;
BY Savannah, Georgia and Key West. Florida,
To Havana, in the Island of Cuba, 670 miles,
| twice month and back, in steamships.
! Leave Charleston on the LIST and 10Th Of each
| month;
Arrive at Havana by the 9th and the goth Of the
same month;
Leave Havana on the sth and 22d of each
! month";
Arrive at Charleston by the 18th and 9th Of
| same month.
Proposals TO touch at ST. Augustine, Indian Key,
Key Biscayne, or Miami, and Key Vaccas, (eithcr
one or ALL are invited.
Proposals for commencing at New York, savan-
nah, Pensacola, or New Orleans, will also be con-
Proposals for more frequent conveyance will be
considered
The proposals should set forth the size, rate, and
description Of the vessel, with sufficient partcu-
larty to enable the decision TO be made on the ad
vice Of the proper officers Of tho naval service, whe
ther the same is or is not convertible into ship Of
war. And special notice is hereby given, that,
agreeaby to the provisions of the act Of Congress of
3D. March, I845, those proposals (being acceptable
in other respccts) will be preferred which shall
stpulate to deliver the steamship ships TO be pro
vded for carrying said mails to the United States,
or to their proper officer, demand made, for the
purpose Of being converted into vessel vessels
OF war; the United states being bound, on their
Of delivery, to be ascertaincd by four appraisers,
appointed, two by the United States,
and two BY the owner or owners, with an umpire,
| in case OF disagreement, to be appointed by the
President of the Uaited States
| The bidder may embrace in his offer stipulation
to carry an agent of the Post Office Department
Such stipulation may induce q preference to be
given in favor OF bid equal in other respects
a bid not containing it.
Articles of contract are to be executed by the ac-
cepted bidder and by his sureties, by before the
first day of July next The contract is to provide,
among other things, that the pay Of the trip is
to be forfeited when the trip is not performed,
and not more than three times the pay of the
trip when the trip is not run, and no sufficient
| excuse for the failure is furnished, and a due
proportion of il when grade OF service is rem
and that fines may be imposed. unless the de
| inquency be satisfactorily explained in due timo
for failing to take from, to deliver into, the post
office at the port OF landing the mail belonging
thereto, any part of said mail; for suffering the
mail any part of it, to be wet injured, lost, or
destroyed; for conveying it in place or manner
that exposes it to depreciation, loss, or injury for
| refusing, after demand made, to convey mail by
any additional steamship vessel run by the con-
tractor the route, over and above the specified
number of trips in the contract and for not arriving
at the time set; also for transmitting intelligence.
or furnishing the means Of transmitting intelli-
gencc, in advance of the mail The Postmaster
General may annul the contract for repeated fail
ures; for violating the post office laws; for disobey
ing the instructions ofthe Department.; for refusing
to discharge carrier when required by the De-
partment; for assigning the contract without the
consent OF the Postmaster General, or for setting
up or running express as Aforesaid.
| The Postmaster General may alter the contract,
and alter the schedule, he allowing pro rata in
crease Of compensation, within the restrictions i'm
posed by law, for the additional service required,
or for the increased speed. If the employment Of
additional stock carriers is rendered necessary
but the contractor may, in such case. relinquish
the contract timely notice. IL he prefers it TO the
change. The Postmaster General may also dis
continue curtail the service, he allowing one
! months extra pay on the amount dispensed with.
The route, the service, the yearly pay, the bid
der's name and residence, and the name Of each
member OF the firm, where a company offers,
should be distinctly stated in the proposals..
Form for bid tcherc no change from atircr-
tisemeii Is contemplated by Tie bidder.
al Cor we, as the case may beg there write the
name or names in full of there state the residence
Or resdencesl hereby propose to carry the mail on
as often as the Postmaster General advertisement
for proposals on the same, dated February B. 1851,
requires. in the time stated in the schedule con-
tanned in such advertisement, and by the follow
ing mode of conveyance, to wit Here state how
il is to be conveyed, j for the annual sum Of there
write out the sum in words at full length.l
Dated ISigncd1
The following is the form OF the guarantee. which
should be filed, the first blank with the of
the guarantors; the second with that OF the bidders;
and the third and fourth with the beginning and
terminating points of the route; and, after being
dated, should be signed by the guarantor, who
must be shown, by the written certificate of post
master, or other equally satisfactory testimonial,
to be of property. and able to make good their
guarantee. This guarantee, SO certified, should
accompany each bid:
s'The undersigned ---- guarantee that --,
If his bid for carrying the mail from ---- to
" be accepted by the Postmaster General,
--- shall enter into the contract required by the
Postmaster General, pursuant to such bid prior to
the lst day Of July next with at least two good
and sufficient surctics to perform the service pro-
posed.
Dated [Signcdl
Form Of Certificate.
The undersigned, postmaster of -, certifes
above named and their property, and that they
are sufficient and able to make good their guar
anty. lSignedl
Dated
The bid should be sent under seal to the Firs.
Assistant Postmaster General, and the words email
Proposals--foreign nails written the face o
the letter; and should be despatched in time to bs
received by or before the 9th day of May next
which will be the last day for receiving proposals.
under this advertisement.
The acceptance or non-acceptance OF the bid
will be determined by the 18th day of May next.
The service is to commence with the trip nearest
to the first day Of July, 1851; but If the bidder sha
not consider himself able prepared to put the
service in operation on or about that day, he will
specify the day Of commencement in his proposals.
ending on or about the 3oth day Of June. 1855.
| N. X. HALL,
Postmaster General.
Posr OFFICE DEPARTMENT., Feb. 8, 1861.
IrTHE PLANETARY SYSTEM. by Nchol vol
Il London, 1851.