The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-08-28

PROPOSALS :or carrying the mails of the Uni
Il ted States in steamboats, from the 10th day OF
November next to the first day of July, 1854, 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:
No.. Sill: From Vicksbnrg. by Warrenton'
Grand ulf, st. Joseph's, Rodney, Water Proof,
Natchez. Fort Adams, Red River Landing, st.
Francisville, Waterloo, Port Hudson, Lobdelis
Store, Baton Rouge, Brulee Landing. Manchac,
Plaquemine, Ibervile. Bayou Goula, New River,
Donadsonville, Tureaud, Convent, Bonnet Care,
Edgar, Taylor, and Logan's Landing, to New
Orleans, 374 miles, six times week, and back,
from let October to lst July, and tri-weekly resi-
Leave vicksburg daily, except Wednesday, at
4p.m.
Arrive at New Orleans in so hours by p. m.
Leave New Orleans daily, except Sunday, at b
Arrive at vicksburg in so hours by 7 p. m.
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.
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 con-
veyej free of charge Deduction will be made Tor
trips not performed, and fines imposed for those
not run agreeaby 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 ne
allows pro rata extra pay for additional STOCK
made necessary by the change, and one month 8
kextra pay all curtaiments 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 lndvidn-
ais, and the sufficiency of the guaranty duly
certified. They should be addressed to the Second
Assistant Postmaster General, endorsed "Mai
Proposals for route 5,7ll." The contracts are to
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,. .... ..
decline to accept any of the proposals. If the com
pensaton proposed is deemed too high' or to defer
a decision thereon until the bids may be submitted
| to Congress for directions; the final decision or
such bids to be made, in the latter case, by thu
| 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 thu
fret of June next.
Form efa Guaranty.
.'The undersigned - guaranty that, If tn,
| bid of - for carrying the mail on route s, III
be accepted by the Postmaster General, he 70
they, the case may beg shall enter into the con
tract required by the Postmaster General prior
the 18th day of November next, with at least tw
good and sufficient sureties."
Dated -. (Signed.)
Form of Certificate.
'The undersigned, Postmaster of -, ccrti
fes that he is well acquainted with the guarantor
above named, and their property, and that the
are 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 b
received so as to interfere with the regular com
petition, after the last hour for receiving bids.
N. X. HALL, Postmaster General
Posr OFFfcE DEPARTMENT, July Y, 1857.
July 24-W4W