Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1853-09-30

Nhe following is a copy of section 3 of the
Il act OF Congress, entitled IAN act making APP
preparations for the transportation of the United
States mail by ocean steamers and otherwise
during the fiscal year ending the Both of June one
March 3, 1Sa3, viz:
DEC. 8. dnd be ii further enacted That the
postmaster Genefsl shall cause the facts 10 be in
essa.ea IN relalloh ~ the contract of A. G.. Sloo
Tor the transportation OF he mail in ocean steam
ers from New York TO New Orleans Cbarles,on
Savannah, Havana and Chae,es and hack Nor
act OF March third eighteen hundred aud f,r,y
seven, Tor the purpose of asceranins how far ,La
contract corresponds with the original aids and
shail report 10 Congress at the next session the
facts and circumstances connected with The ssid
contract; and also for what amount the said mail
service could be performed il a new contract
should be made, and whether the ships furnished
under said contract are built according 10 It's terms
Tho Postmaster General is further directed by this
act TO ascertain, and report to Congress- NJ it, nex,
session, for what amount the service now per-
formed under the several contracts with the NAVY
and Post Office Departments for CARRYING the mail
IN ocean steamers, can he hereafter performed
upon the supposition that the United States shall
take the steamers according to contract and sell
or transfer them
Except III respect to the New Orleans and Vera
Cruz route, which may be discontinued by the Post
master General, ON the allowance OF one months
extra pay, the clause in all the contracts giving TO
the ships, is, in substance as follows.
"And the said Secretary of the United States
navy, Tor the time being, shall at all times excr-
clse control over said steamships, and shall at any
time have the right TO take them for the exclusive
use and service OF the United States, and to direct
such changes IN their machinery and internal ar
engagements as the said Secretary may requires the
cost OF such changes TO be ascertaned by the bills
actually paid therefor and the proper compensa-
ton ofthe value of the ships, when so taken as
Aforesaid, to be ascertained by appraisers to be
mutually chosen by the parties aforesaid"
NOW, NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN. that
with view OF reporting to Congress, in as com
plete manner as possible, the information called
for by Congress in section third above quoted from
the act of Sd March last
PROPOSALS
Will be received at the Post Office Department in
the city of Washington, until 3 o'clock D. M of
Monday, 3lst day of October next for conveying
the mails OF the United Stgtes for six wears from
the first day of October, 1851, in the manner and
time herein specified. Il T..
and thence TO Bremen Haven, in Germany, and
from said Bremen Haven by Cowes, to New York
once month. ...,.
Proposals for one additional trip year, each
way, will be considered =
No 2. From Charleston, South Carolina bv Sa-
vannah, Georgia, and Key West, Florida to Ha-
vana, in Cuba, and from said Havana by Kew
West and Savannah, 10 Charleston, twice a
month.
No 3. From New York to New Orleans, twice
a month, and back, touching at Charleston. If
practlcabc,) Savannah, and Havana and from
Havana to Chasres (AspinwalD and back, twice a
month. ...'
Proposals to omit Charleston and Savannah
will be considered. ..
In lieu OF above, proposals will also be received
ior service from New York TO Aspinwall direct,
1000 miles, and back semi-monthlv in not ex-
q he Trim frnr,
York by Havana to New Orleans, {, 900 miles, and
back semi-inonthly, IN not exceeding ten DAYS 10
the trip each way: and from New Orleans to AS
plnwall, direct, li00 miles and back, Sem-month-
~ IN not exceeding seven days to the trip each
way. ....
No. !. From Panama, New Grenada to San
Diego, California, Monterey San Francisco, and
Astoria III Oregon, twice month each way
touching II practicable, al Port Oxford. in Oregon.
and at such other intermediate ports on the coast
OF Oregon or California, in the opinion of the
Postmaster General the public interest may re-
quirc. '..a.
The schedules of Nos. 3 and must be so ar
ranged as TO make due connection at the isthmus
OF Panama thus forming continuous route from
New York, &c, TO Astoria and back, twice a
month. .. l. ...
No. s From Now York to Liverpool in Eng
land, and back, twenty-six trips per annum. at
such times as the Postmaster General shall direct
Proposals to touch at Holyhead, in England,
will be considered. ~
No. 6. From New York, by Cowcs, in England.
to liavre, IN France and back, once month
Proposals for changing the terminus of this
line from llavrc TO Antwerp, in Belgium and for
one additional trip year, each way will be CON
sidered -
No. 7. From New Orleans Louisiana, TO Vera
CRUZ, Mexico, and back, three times a month.
supplying Tampico, Mexico, by "a side mail going
and returning.
Leave New Orleans on the first, fourteenth, and
twentyftlh days.
Arrive at Vera Cruz same month by the fourth.
seventeenth, and twenty eighth days.
Leave Vera Cruz every month on the first sixth,
and twenty-irst days.
Arrive at New Orleans same month by the
fourth ninth and twcnty-iourh days.
The proposals in each instance should specify
the number OF days TO be taken for the trip each
way, and the mode of conveyance. which must be
by steamships in all respects suitable for the ser
vice.
II contracts should be entered into contractors
will be required to conform in all respects 10 the
laws and regulations applicable TO the ordinary
contracts of the Post Office Department.
The bids should be sent duly guaranteed under
seal, to the Postmaster General and the words
mail Proposals---Foreign MaiIs'-writtcn on the
face OF the letter. JAMES CAMPBELL,
sep zl-laW3W Postmaster General.