The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-02-14
FOREIGN MAILS.

JUNC, 1000, TOIIOWIIg TOUttJ TGCelVcd
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 Caroli;ia
BY Savannah, Georgia and Key West, Florida;
To Havana, in the Island of Cuba 90 miles,
twice a month and back, in steamships
Leave Charleston on the Let and 10Th Of each
month;
Arrive at Havana by the 9th and the 10Th of the
same month";
Leave Havana on the Sth and POI of each
month;
Arrive at Charleston by the 18th and 27tli Of
same month.
Proposals to touch at st, Augustine, Indian Key,
Key Bscayne, Miami, and Key Naccas, (eithcr
one OF all, are invited
Proposals for commencing at New York. Savau-
nah, Pensacola, or New Orleans, will also be con-
sidcrcd
Proposals for more frequent CONVEYANCE will be
considered.
The proposals should set forth the size, rate and
description of the vesso with sufficient paricu-
larity 10 enable the decision to be made ON the ad-
vice OF the proper officers Of the naval service whc-
ther the same is or is not convertible into ship of
war. And special notice is hereby given that,
agreeably to the provisions OF the act OF Congress of
80 March, $40 those proposals (being acceptable
In other respects) Will be preferred which shall
stipulate to deliver the steamship ships be pro-
vded for carrying said mails 10 the United States,
or TO their proper officer, on demand made, for the
purpose Of being converted into vessel or vessels
Of war; the United States being bound, on their
part, to pay the fair full value thereof AT the time
OF delivery TO be ascertancd by four appraisers,
appointed two by the President of the United States,
and two by the owner owners with umpire,
in OF disagreement, to be appointed by the
President of the United States.
The bidder may embraced in his offer stipulation
to carry agent of the Post Office Department
with the mails, or he may omit it, at his discretion.
Such stipulation may induce preference TO be
given in favor of bid equal in other respects
| u bid not containing it.
e. H.
cepted bidder and by bis sureties by or 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 1t when grade OF service Is rem
| dcrcd inferior to that specified in the contract;
and that fines may be imposed, unless the de-
linquency be satisfactorily explained in due time,
for failing to take from, to deliver into, the post
office at the port OF landing the mail belonging
thereto, or any part OF said mail; for suffering the
mail or any part of it, 10 be wet injured, lost,
destroyed; for conveying it in place or manner
that exposes il to depreciation, loss, injury; for
refusing, after demand made, to convey mail by
any additional steamship or vessel run by the con
tractor on 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
gence, in advance Of the mail The Postmaster
| General may annul the contract for repeated full
ures; for violating the post Office laws for disobey
ing the instructions ofthe Departments for refusing
| to discharge carrier when required by the De
| partmcnt; for assigning the contract without the
consent of the Postmaster General, or for setting
up or running an 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 inn
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, if he prefers 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
ders name and residence and the name of each
member of the firm, where company offers,
should be distinctly stated in the proposals.
Form for a bid ,rhere no change from adrer-
tisen,ent IS contemplated by The biddr.
al (or we, as the case may be) there write the
name or names in full of here state the residence
or rcsidencesl hereby propose to carry the mail on
| the route from Charleston to Havana,
as often as the Postmaster General advertisement
for proposals the same, dated February 3, 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
it is to be conveyed j for the annual sum Of there
write out the sum in words at full .cngth.J
Dated tSignedl
The following ia the form Of the guarantee, which
should be filed the first blank With the OF
the guarautors; 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, other equally satisfactory testimonial
to be men of property and able to mako good their
guarantee. This guarantee, go certified, should
accompany each bid
''Ihe 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 st day of July next, with at least two good
and sufficient suretes, to perform the service pro-
posed.
Dated [signedI
Form Of Certificate.
The undersigned, postmaster Of ----, certifes
that he is well acquainted with the guarantors
above named and their property, and that they
are sufficient and able to make good their guar
anty. [Signcdl
Dated
The bid should be sent under seal to the First
Assistant Postmaster General, and the words "Alail
Proposals--foregn mails written on the face OF
the letter; and should be despatched in time TO be
received by before the 9th day of May next,
which will be the last day for receiving proposals
under this advertisement
! The acceptance acceptance of the bids
will be determined by the 18th day of May next.
The service Is TO commence with the trip nearest
to the fret day of July, 1851 but if the bidder shal
not consider himself able prepared to put the
service in operation about that day, he will
specify the day of commencement in his proposals.
| The contract term will expire with the voyage
ending about the 30th day OF juno, 1886.
| n, h. HALL,
Postmaster General.
PosT OFFICE DEPARTMENT, Feb ), 1851
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