The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-08-05
DRoPosALs or Carrying tho mails Of the upi!

DROPOSALS or carrying the mails of the Uni.
ted States in steamboats, from the 18th lay o
November next 10 the fret day of July, 1854 Oh
the following route in Mississippi and louisiana.
will be received at the Contract Office the Post
Office Department in the city Of Washing ton. I'm.
III a; m. OF me II 70 OF September next to be de-
cided by the following day:
No OIL. From Vicksburg. by Warrenton,
Grand Gulf, ST. Joseph's, Rodney, Water Proof,
Natchez Fort Adams, Red River Landing, St.
Francisville, Waterloo, Port Hudson. Lobdel's
Store, Baton Rouge, Brulee Landing. Manchac,
Plaquemine, lberville, Bayou Goula, New River,
Donaldsonville, Tureaud, Convent, Bonnet Care,
Edgar, Taylor, and Logan's Landing, to New
Orleans, ga miles, six times a week, and back.
from lat October to LIST July, and tr- weekly resi-.
Leave vicksburg daily. except Wednesday,. a.
pm.
Arrive at New Orleans in so hours by p. m.
Leave New Orleans daily, except Sunday, ats
p. m.
Arrive at yicksburg in 80 hours BY 7p.m.
Proposals to omit, during the period Of six times
week service, the Sunday trip going down, and
the wednesday one returning, will be considered.
NOTES.
The contracts are to be executed by the first Of
September next. Should the Department appoint
travelling agents for the route they are to be on.
trips not performed, and fnes imposed for those
not run agreeably to contract. The Postmaster
General may annul the contract for repeated
failures, or for violating the Post Office laws He
may alter the contract or schedule, provided be
allows pro rata extra pay for additional stock
made necessary by the change, and one months
extra pay ON all curtailments ordered in the
vice. No extra pay will be made should the
distance be greater than advertised. The mails
are to be taken into and from the Poet Offices
named: also, TO and from any Offices that may DO
established within quarter Of a mile of the river,
during the contract term. The bids should be
guaranteed by one or more responsible ihdividu-
ais, and the suftciency Of the guaranty duly
certified. They should lie addressed To the Second
Aasia Mail
Proposals for route III" The contracts are TO
be executed by the 18th day Of November next.
and will be in the form Except in the respects
herein particularly mentioned) usually repaired
in this Department when the service is performed
in sttamboats.
The Department reserves to itself the right to
decline to accept any Of the proposals. il the
pensation proposed is deemed too high; or to defer
decision thereon until the bids may be submitted
to Congress for direction; the final decision on
such bids to be made. in the latter case, by tho
# required. on the frat day Of July thereafter.
The contracts in that case to be executed by the
fret OF June next. ..- ,....
.s Form efa Guaranty.
1.-THE undersigned - guaranty that. if the
bid Of -- for carrying the mail on route s I'll
they, as the case may be) shall enter into the
tract required by the Postmaster General prior to
the 18th dny Of November next, with at least two
good and sufficient sureties."
Ooseo lS|Sheo.J
Form Of Certificate.
"The undersigned, Postmaster Of -, certi-
fies that he is well acquainted With the guarantors
above named, and their property, aud that they
arc sufficient and able to make good their guar
anty." (Signed.)
Dated -.
A modification of bid in any of it's essentia
terms is tantamount to a new bid, and cannot be
received, so as to interfere with the regular COM
petition, after the last hour for receiving bids
N. X. HALL, Postmaster General.
PosT oFrIcE DErARTMrsT, July %, 1852.
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