The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-08-12

nN WEDNESDAY. the fret day Of September,
ss Of S'd asD. from s tue gre
ginia, certain portions of land belonging TO the
United Statcs at that place. The sale will be made
in lots according to a plan recently made by S.
Howell brown, surveyor OF Jefferson county, Vir
ginio; which will be exhibited on the day Of sale.
and which can be seen At the Ordnance Bureau of
the War Department, at Washington, and in the
Office Of the superintendent Of the Arnosy at Har.
TEaMs OF SAIE-One fourth cash. payable on
the day Of sale; and the remainder in two equal
instaments, at ono and two years from the date Of
sale. II the whole amount of each insaImcut
shall be punctually paid when the same shall fall
due no interest shall be charged thereon; other
wise interest at the rate of six per cent. per an
the date Of sale until the final pay ment thereof.
Workmen employed at the United States
mory will BE- allowed to purchase not exceeding
ono-fourth cash, and the remainder at enc, two.
three, and four years, without interest, provided
they agree that amount equal to the ono twelfth
Par. # each sasHsi ins.s l,psns sAs d19aassd
If any workman should cease to he in the en-
ployment Of the Government, he will thencefor-
ward, on instruments remaining due on property
purchased by him, be subject to the same condi-
tions as other purchasers.
N. b. No deed of conveyance for any Of the lots
will be made until the price thereof shall have been
paid in.full. June l6-lawtlSept
DROPOsALs Tor carrying the mails Of the Uni
November next TO the fret 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 vicksburg. by Warrcnton.
Hatehes, For. Adams. Red River Landing. ST.
Francisvilie, Waterloo, Port Hudson, LobdeIls
Store, Baton Rouge. Brulee Landing. Manchnc,
Plaquemine, IberviIle. Bayou Goula, New River,
n,,,, liz T,rrno and nal
Edgar, Taylor, and Logan's Landing, to New
Orleans, 374 miles, six times q week, and back,
from lst October to LIST July, and triweekly resi-
Leave vicksburg daily, except Wednesday, at
Arrive at New Orleans in so hours by 6 p. m.
Leave New Orleans daily, except Sunday, at
p. m.
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 fret Of
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, for violating the Post Office laws. He
may alter the contract or schedule. provided be
allows pro rata extra pay for additional s,ock
made necessary by the change, and one months
extra pay on all curtailments ordered in the ser.
vice. No extra pay will be made should the
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 bida should DO
guaranteed by one or more responsible indvdu-
ais, and the suficiency Of the guaranty duly
certified. They should he addressed to the Second
Assistant Postmaster General, endorsed "Mnil
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 Depar tment 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
pensation proposed is deemed too high; or defer
decision thereon until the bids may be submitted
to Congress for direction; the final decision ou
such bids to be made, in the latter case, by the
If required. on the first day of July thereafter
The contracts in that case to be executed by the
first of June next.
Form efa Guaranty.
"The undersigned - guaranty that, if the
bid of - for carrying the mail on route 5.7ll
, | be accepted by the Postmaster General, he (or
they, as the Gaze may beg shall enter into the con.
tract required by the Postmaster General prior &c
the 18th day of November next, with at least two
good and sufficient sureties."
Form Of Certificate.
o Zine underGgned, postmaster OF -, certl
fees that he is we'll acquainted with the guaran tor
above named, and their property, and that the.
are sufficient and able to make good their guar
anty." (signed.)
Dated --.
modification of q bid in any of it's essenta
terms is tantamount to a new bid, and cannot b.
received, as to interfere with the regular com
petition, after the last hour for receiving bids.
N. K. HALL, Postmaster General.
PosT OFFICE DEPARTMENT, July %, 1852.
July A-w4w
NOTICE.
A COMMUNICATION has been duly made t