The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-11-16

DROPOsALs for CARRYING the MAILS
| i of the United States in steamboats, from the
f6th day OF January next to the Goth day of June
1866, on the following route, will be received at
the contract Office Of the Post Office Departments
in the city of Washington, until a. m of the Sth
| day OF December next, TO be decided by the fol-
lowing day. ..a." .s ~ 81 ..a
1908 From New Orleans by Pensacola. sApalachi-
cola. 81; Marks, Cedar Keys, and Tampa,
to Hey West. t ...o - go go
Leave New Orleans on the Sd and 18th Of
Arrive at Key West on the 10th and oath.
Leave Key West on the llth and a5th of eac,
10 Arrive at New Orleans on the 18th and 10th.
Proposals. are invited for trips once in three
weeks. leaving New Orleans on the lst and 2lst
'..' . .'.. ~. NOTES. .
Articles OF contract to be executed by the ac-
cepted bidder and by his suretes by or before the
loth DAY OF January. 1853 The contract is to pro-
vide among other things, that the pay of the trip
Is 70 be forfeited when the trip ia not performed,
and not more than three times tho pay of the trip
when the trip 10 not run, and sufficient excuse
OF It when grade Of service 10 rendered inferior
to that specified in tho contract; and that fines
may be imposed, unless the delinquency be saris-
factorily explained in due time: for fai ing to take
from, or to deliver into the post Office at the port
OF landing the mail belonging thereto, or any part
OF said mail; for suffering the mail, any part of
it, to be wet, injured, lost, destroyed; for
veying It In place or manner that exposes 1t to
depreciation, loss, or injury; for refusing after de-
mand made, to convey mail by any additional
steamship or vessel run by the contractor the
in the contract, and for not arriving at the time
get; also for transmitting intelligence, or furnish
ing the means of transmitting intelligence, in adj
vance OF the mail. The Postmaster General may
annu the contract for repeated failures; for vio-
lating the pOst-otice laws; for dsobeying the in
structions Of the Department; for refusing y ds-
charge a carrier when required by the Depart
lnent; for assigning the contract without the con-
\ ter Gems for
or running an express as Aforesaid. sytsrrg ..s-F
The Postmaster General may alter the contract,
and alter the schedule, he allowing pro rata in
crease OF compensation within the restrictions inn
posed by law for any increased service required;
but The contractor may, in such case, relinquish
the contract on timely notice, If he prefer it to the
change, The Postmaster General may also dis.
continue or curtail the service, he allowing ono
months extra pay on the amount dispensed with.
The route, the service, the yearly pay, the bid
der's name, and residence, and the name of each
member OF the hrID where company offers,
should be distinctly stated in the proposals. si
Form for Bid Ohere no change from ADDER
tisenent is contemplated by the Bidder.
Cor we, as the may be,) there write the
name names in full of there state the residence
or rcsldences1 hereby propose to carry the mail on
as the Postmaster Generals advertisement for pro-
posals on the same, dated November 3, 1852, re-
quires, in the time stated in the schedule contained
in such advertisement, and by the following mode
convcyed,l for the annual sum of There write out
the sum in words At full length j. tasag ....ls,
3 Dated -~----. f.sa ,..t 81. III - lSigned.
The following 10 the form of the guaranty. which
should be filed, the frat blank with the name of
the guarantors the second with that of the bidder;
and the third and fourth with the beginning and
terminating points of the route; and, after being
dated. should be signed by the guarantor who
must he shown, by The written certificate Of post.
master, or other equally satisfactory testimonial
to be men of property, and able to make good
their guaranty. This guaranty, 30 certified, should
The undersigned ------. guaranty that ---,
II his bid for carrying the mail from ---- to
--- be accepted by the Postmaster General,
master General, pursuant to such bid, prior 10
the 10Th day Of January next, with At least two
good and sufficient sureties to perform the service
proposed. as trE.s III G.ngt. a.l5a ..j,r g.f...
Dated -. IsignedI w.
Form Of Certificate.
1 ''The undersigned, Postmaster of ------, certi-
ties 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. - b - EfussatG a#l 10 vSstlrssr ssegJ
Tho bid should be under zeal to the Second
Assistant Postmaster General, and the words
"Mail Proposals" written on the face Of the letter;
and should be despatched In time to be receiv.
by or before the sih day Of December next, which
will be the last day for receiving proposals under
this advertisement. 90. aG = 'H'sHi41etI
Posr OFFICE DEPARTMENT, November 3. 1859.
s. ID HUBBARD
NOV i-lawfw Postmaster General.
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at which the Islands were known TO the Europeans
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Japanese Manners and Customs in the Nineteenth
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