The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-07-28
DnoposALs .0r carrying .he maiIs Of .hs Uni:

PROPOSALS .or carrying the mails Of the uni
Il ted States in steamboats, from the 18th day Ct
November next TO the first day Of July, 1864, on
the following route in Mississippi and louisiana,
will be received at the Contract Office OF the Post
Office Department, in the city Of Washington, I'M
til a, m Of the 18th Of September next, to be de-
cided by the following day: r
No Sill From Vicksburg, by Wurrenton.
Grand Gulf, st. Joseph's, Rodney, Water Proof,
Natehez, Fort Adams, Red River Landing, Sc.
Frahcisville, Waterloo, Port Hudson. LobdeIps
Store, Baton Rouge, Brulec Landing, Manchac,
Plaquemine, IbervilIe. Bayou Gouis, New River,
Donadsonvile, Tureaud. Convent, Bonnet Carre,
Edgar, Taylor, and Logan's Landing, to New
Orleans, 374 miles, six times week, and back,
from lst October to lst July, and tri weekly resi-
due of year. '...f
Leave vicksburg daily, except Wednesday. at
Arrive at New Orleans in so hours by pm.
Leave New Orleans daily, except Sunday, at 5
Arrive at vcksburg in so hours by pm
Proposals to omit, during the period Of ak timos
| a week service, the Sunday trip going down, and
| the "Wednesday one returning, will be considered.
| ".-s.. NOTES.
| The contracts to be executed by the first Of
! September next Should the Department appoint
travelling agents for the route, they to be con-
veyed free OF charge. Deduction will be made for
trips not performed, and fnes imposed for those
not run agreeably TO contract. The Postmaster
General may annul the contract for repeated
failures, for violating the Post Office laws. He
may alter the contract or schedule, provided he
allows pro rata extra pay for additional stock
made necessary by the change, and one months
extra pay all ourtailments ordered in the ser
vice. No extra pay will be made should the
distance be greater than advertised. The malls
to be taken into and from the Post Offices
named: also, to aud from any Offices that may DO
established within quarter Of mile OF the river,
during the contract term. The bids should be
guaranteed by one or more responsible individn-
| ais, and the sufhciency of the guaranty duly
certified. They should be addressed to the SECOND
| prop la for rout | he ire
| be executed by the 18th day Of November next,
| and will be in the form Except in the respects
| herein particularly mentioned) usually required
in this Department when the service is performed
| in steamboats,. .a.. ...... ..-.. .....
The Department reserves to itself the right to
decline to accept any of the proposals.. II the com
| decision thereon until the bds may be submitted
to Congress for direction; the final decision on
such bids to be made, in the latter case, by the
| 18th of March next, and the service to commence,
| if required, on the first day of July thereafter,
The contracts in that to be executed by the
| first of June next. #se.
Form. eta Guaranty.
.'The undersigned - guaranty that, if the
bid Of - for carrying the mail on route 6,7ll
be accepted by the Postmaster General, he Cor
they, the case may beg shall enter into the con-
tract required by the Postmaster General prior to
| the 18th day of November next, with at least two
| good and sufficient sureties."
Form Of Certificate.
| "The undersigned, Postmaster Of -, certi-
fes that he is we'll acquainted with the guarantors
above named, and their property, and that they
are sufficient and able to make good their guar
anty." (Signed)
/ Dated -.
| A modification of bid in any of its essential
| terms ia tantamount to new bid, and cannot be
received, 30 as to interfere with the regular COM
petition, after the last hour for receiving bids.
N. X. HALL, Postmaster General.
Posr OFFICE DEPARTMENT, July %, 1852.
July A-w4w