The republic., 1851-04-09
FOREIGN MAILS.

| FOREIGN MAILS.
DPOPOsALs for carrying the mails of the uni
L ted States from the lst of July, 1851, to 30th
June, 1855, on the following route, will be received
at the Contract Office of the Post Office Depart
ment, in the city of Washington, until 10 a. m. 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 leland of Cuba, go miles
twice month and back, in steamships.
Leave Charleston ON the lat and 18th Of each
| month;
Arrive at Havana by the 9th and the 2Oth of the
same month";;
Leave Havana on the Sth and 22d of each
| month;
Arrive at Charleston by the 18th and 9th of
Proposals TO touch at st. Augustine, Indian Key,
Key Biscayne, or Miami, and Key vaccas, (either
| one or all,) are invited.
| Proposals for commencing at New York, Savan-
nah, Pensacola, or New Orleans, will also be con-
sidered.
Proposals for more frequent conveyance will be
Tn proposals should set forth the size, rate, and
description OF the vessel, with sufficient particu-
arity to enable tho decision 10 be made on the ad
vice Of the proper officers OF the naval service whe
ther the same ia 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
Sd March, 1915, those proposals (bcing acceptable
in other respects) will be preferred which shall
stpulate to deliver the steamship ships. to be pro
vided for carrying said mails to the United States,
or to their proper officer, on demand made, for the
Of war; the United States being bound, on their
part to pay the fair full value thereof at the time
of delivery, TO be ascertained by four appraisers,
appointed two by the President the United States
and two by the owner or owners, with an umpire,
! in casc of disagreement, TO be appointed by the
President of the United States.
| The bidder may embrace in his offer stipulation
to carry agent of the Post Office Department
with the mails, he may omit it, at his discretion
Such stipulation may induce 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
ccpted 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 due
| proportion Of it when grade of service ID rem
| dcrcd inferior to that specified in the contract;
and that fines may be imposed, unless the dc.
| lnqucncy be satisfactorily explained in due tmo
for falling to take from, or 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 injury; for
i refusing, after demand made, to convey a mail by
any additional steamship or vessel run by the con-
tractor the route, and above the epeciiied
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
urcs for violating the post Office aws; for dsobey
ing the instructions of the Department. for refusing
to discharge carrier when required by the De-
partmcnt; for assigning the contract without the
consent Of the Postmaster General, or fer setting
up running an express as aforesaid
The Postmaster General may alter the contract,
and alter the schedule, he allowing a pro rata in
crease OF compensation, within the restrictions inn
l..
or for the increased speed, if the employment OF
additional stock carriers is rendered necessary
but the contractor may, in such case, relinquist
the contract, timely notice. il he prefers II to thS
. change. The Postmaster General may also dis
Continue or curtail the service, he allowing ont
! months extra pay on the amount dispensed with.
Of
member Of the firm, where company offers,
should be distinctly stated in the proposals..
Form for a bid ,cherc no change from ADDER
tisement is contemplated by the bidder.
s'I Tor VIC, as the may be) there write the
name or names in full of there state the residence
resdenOes hereby to carry the mail on
as often as the Postmaster Generals advertisement
for proposals on the same, dated February B. 1851,
requires, in the time stated in the schedule con.
taincd in such advertisement, and by the follow
ing mode Of conveyance, to wit [Herc state how
it is to be conveyed for the annual sum Of there
write out the sum in words at full length
Dated lSignedI
The following is the form Of the guarantee, which
should be filed, the first blank with the name of
the guarantors the second with that Of the bidder;
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 men Of property, and able to make good their
guarantee. This guarantee, 30 certified, should
accompany each bid:
/ hn ,rndc guarantee
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 LIST day Of July next, with at least two good
and sufficient sureties, to perform the service pro-
posed.
Dated lSignedl
Form of Certificate.
The undersigned, postmaster OF -, certifes
that he is we'll acquainted with the guarantors
above named and their property, and that they
arc sufficient and able TO make good their guar
anty. lSigncdl
Dated
The bid should be sent under zeal to the First
Assistant Postmaster General and the words '.Mail
Proposals--forcign nails written the face OF
the letter; and should be despatched in time to be
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 bids
will be determined by the 18th day of May next
The service is to commence with inc trip nearest
to the fret day of July 1856 but il the bidder shall
not consider himself able or prepared to put the
service in operation on or about that day, he will
specify the day of commencement in his proposals.
The contract term will expire with the voyage
ending or about the Both day OF June. 1850
| N. X. HALL,
| Postmaster General.
| PosT OFFICE DEPARTMENT., Feb. 3, 1851.
V,HE PLANETARY SYSTEM, by Nichol. vol.
| i London, 1851.
Moscly's Lectures on Astronomy at Kings Col
/ lego. vol London, 1850.