The republic., 1851-04-11
FOREIGN MAILS.

June, 1855, on the following route, will be received
ment, in the city Of Washington, until 10 a. IN. of
the 9Th May, 1851, Ito be decided by tho 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 lst and 18th Of each
Arrive at Havana by the 9th and the Goth of the
same month;
Leave Havana on the sth and 22d Of each
Arrive at Charleston by the 18th and 9th Of
Proposals to touch at st. Augustine Indian Key,
hey biscaync. or Miami and Key Vaccas, (either
Proposals for commencing at New York, Savan-
nah, Pensacola, or New Orleans, will also be
sidered
Proposals for more frequent conveyance will be
considered.
The proposals should set forth the size rate, and
arity to 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
Sd March, lS45, 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, demand made, for the
purpose Of being converted into weasel or vesses
of war; the United States being bound, on their
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Of delivery. to be ascerained by four appraisers,
appointed, two by the President the United States
and two by the owner or owners, with an umpire,
In case OF Enlargement, TO be appointed by the
President of the United States.
The bidder may embrace in his offer stipulation
to carry an agent of tho 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
bid not containing it..
Articles of contract are to be executed by the ac-
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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 q grade of service is rem
dercd inferior to that specified in the contract;
and that fines may be imposed, unless the de-
linquency 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, or any part Of it, To be wet. injured lost or
destroyed; for conveying it in place manner
that exposes it to depreciation, loss, 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 intclli-
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
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 an express IA aforesaid.
The Postmaster General may alter the contract,
and alter the schedule, he allowing pro rota in
crease Of compensation within the restrictions i'm
poscd by law for the additional service required,
or for the increased speed. if the employment ol
additional stock or carriers il rendered necessary
4 but the contractor may, in such case. relinqust
the contract timely notice, II he prefers il to tn,
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continue or curtail the service, he allowing on
I months extra pay nn the amount dispensed with.
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member Of the firm, where company offers,
should be distinctly stated in the proposals.
Form, for bid where mo change from adver-
tiscment is contemplated by the bidder.
al Tor we, as the case may bc) there write the
name names in FULL Of there state the residence
or residencesl hereby propose to carry the mail on
as often as the Postmaster Generals advertisement
for proposals the same, dated February 3. 1861,
requires, in the time stated in the schedule
: tanned in such advertisement, and by the follow
ing mode Of conveyance, to wit: GHcre state how
it Is to be conveyed for the annual Of there
: write out the sum in words at full lcngth.1
, Dated lSigned1
The following ia the form of the guarantee, which
should be filed the first blank with the name of
the the second with that Of the bidder;
and the third and fourth with the beginning and
Terminating points OF the route; ana, aIter beng
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 make good their
guarantee This guarantee, 80 certified, should
accompany each bid:
"The undersigned --- guarantee that --,
!; if his bid for carrying the mail from ---- to
- be accepted by the Postmaster General,
D -- shall enter into the contract required by the
Postmaster General, pursuant to such bid, prior to
the Let day Of July next, with at least two good
and sufficient sureties, to perform the service pro-
posed.
Dated (Signcdl
Form of Certificate.
The undersigned, postmaster of -, certfee
that he is well acquainted with the guarantora
? above named and their property, and that they
are sufficient and able to make good their guar
anty. lSignedl
The bid should be sent under seal to the rirs
Assistant Postmaster General and the words "Mai
Proposals--forcign mails'' written on the face O
the letter; and should be despatched in time to b
, received by or before the 9Th day of May next
which will be the last day for receiving proposal
under this advertisement
The acceptance non-acccptance of the bid
will be determined by the 18th day Of May next.
The service is to commence with the trip neares
to the first day of July, 1885, but if the bidder shal
not consider himself able or prepared to put thu
service in operation on or about that day, he vii
specify the day of commencement in his proposals
The contract term will expire with the voyage
ending on or about the sOth day Of June, 1858
| Postmaster General
Posr OFFICE DErARTMENr, Feb. 3, 1851.
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