The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-09-09

DNOPOsALS :or carrying the mails of the Uni
L ted States in steamboats, from the 18th day OF
November next to the first day of July, 1854, on
Will BE- s the s d s os
Office Department, in the city of Washington, un.
til m. of the 18th of September next, to be de.
cided by the following day:
Grand Gulf, st. Joseph's, Rodney, Water Proof,
Natchez, Fort Adams, Red River Landing, st.
Francisville, Waterloo, Port Hudson, Lobdell'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, 374 miles, six times a week, and back,
from LIST October to LIST July, and tri-weekly resi-
Leave vicksburg daily, except Wednesday, at
4p.m.
Arrive at New Orleans in SO hours by D. m.
Leave New Orleans daily, except Sunday, at 5
+ Arrive at Vick.burs in so hours by 7 p. m. -4s
Proposals to omit, during the period of six times
a week service, the Sunday trip going down. and
the wednesday one returning, will be considered.
NOTES.
September next Should the Department appoint
travelling agents for the route, they are to be con-
veyed free OF charge. Deduction will be made for
trips not performed, and fines imposed for those
General may annul the contract for repeated
failures, or for violating the Post Office laws. He
may alter the contract or schedule, provided he
allows pro rata extra pay for additional stock
extra pay on all curtailments ordered in the ser.
vice. No extra pay will be made should the
distance be greater than advertised. The mails
are to be taken into and from the Post Offices
named: also, to and from any Offices that may be
established within quarter Of mile of the river,
during the contract term. The bids should be
guaranteed by one or more responsible individu-
ais, and the suficiency of the guaranty duly
certified. They he adj fbe
Assistant Postmaster General, endorsed snail
Proposals for route SILL" 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 mentoned) usually required
in this Department when the service is performed
in steamboats,.
The Department reserves to itself the right to
decline to accept any of the proposals, if the COM
pensaton proposed is deemed too high; 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 the
18th Of March next, and the service to commence,
If required, on the first day of July thereafter,
The contracts in that case to be executed by the
first OF June next.
Form ofa Guaranty.
''The undersigned - guaranty that, II the
bid of - for carrying the mail on route 5,7ll
be accepted by the Postmaster General, he Cor
tract required by the Postmaster General prior to
the 18th day Of November next, with at least two
good and sufficient sureties"
Dated -. (Signed.)
Form Of Certificate.
"The undersigned, Postmaster of -, certi-
es 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." (Signcd.)
Dated -.
modification of a bid in any of it's essential
terms ia tantamount to a new bid, and cannot be
received rs to interfere with the regular COM
petition, after the last hour for receiving bide.
N. K. HALL, Postmaster General.
Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT, July %, 1852.
July 24-W4W