Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-09-16
FOREIGN MAILS.

Pnsr OFFICE psPiRIMl>1 .SBt 1874
Ihli illc"Iig is copy Of SEXTON 81 O. the art If
Il Congress entitled Z" An act ITaEi ing aprr,,,r;.
lions for the transportation OF the Upii,I sta',.
mai by ccenn steamers. a.d o,herp Use ,Iarirr -
hecai year euyirg the thirtieih 81 june on, I'm
SIND eight hundred and hity-tour" approved Mar
3D. 1858. viz:
ssh. ). -!pd he fa,rher ,ac-reJ. Ti,. IN. p,.,
master he1cl a! Sha cause the facts t. lie ilyesti
ted Ia relation 10 the contract 81 A G. soo e., r.
transformation Of tie mail in ocean steamer, fr,r
NV DIRK 10 New 0ricans Charleston S,y.r,u.I,
Havana, and Clisgres, and hack, per act Of March
third. eighteen huidr, nd forty-seyrr for IN, mr.
pse OF asctrtainir oA fsr tie contra = rorresro,d
with tn original bis and shall rrpC ri 10 Coir-,s
at the next se-s ion the facts and cn
ntsted With The said contract; and also FIR what
amount the said mail service could he REFORMED a.
a rev contract shsuld he made a,G rbctl.- a.
ships furni> he'd under said contract are luIlta.r r
ing to its terms. The Postmaster Genera, i fr-t-
directed 10y this act tn sscsrtsn anu bort TO Con
greSs AZ lie next sesion for what amount he .rrycs
now performed und,r the several contracts with H.
Navy and Post Office Departments for carving lie
mail in ocean Steamers ca - hereafter T,rto,,n.i
upon the suggestion that the United STATES t1aI
take ,he steamers according to contract and rc or
transfer them
Except in respect to the New Ori.snp end Vr-.
Cruz route, which may be discontinued by the p
master General en- the lowance of on. months. as,
trr bay the clause in all the acts giving to he
nlt,d Staies the right To take poss4>sion of N.
ships -. in substance, u follows:
And the said Secretary Of the United State Ma.
W. for the time being. shall at all times eNarris
control over sail steamships, and shal at any TIA,
have TIE right TO tax. them for the exclusive NJ. ana
service OF the United States and To direct .uc h,r
yes IN their machiaery and internal ARA gereDts,s
the saiG Secretary may require; tie cost Of such
changes TO te aecertaird b. the bills actually pad
there or. and the proper compensation Of the ysue
OF The shls, when taken afnrefad to he ass,r.
talncd 10y appraisers to Ice mutually chosen hy n,
parties aforesaid
NOW, NOTICE. Is HEREBY GIVEN, that With
view OF reporting to Congress- 10 as CONN, 10 man
ner as possible, the infoI nation called Tor by Con.
ress In lection third above Quoted from tie &C. Of
81 March last
PROPOSALS
" Ill pe received al the Post Office Dcpartluent la
the 'ity OF Washington, Until . O'Clock. u 70, II
Monday. Sit day OF October next for corv.yiur H.
mails OF the United States for six years fr ,l frt
day OF October, 1854 in the manner and tine herein
specified.
No. L. From New York to Cowes, in England, end
thence TO Bremen Haven i'm GERMANY and from
sali Bremen Haven, by Cowes, to New York oncea
month
Proposals for one additional trip year, each wsy
will be Considered
No. From Charleston, South Caro- ina. by sa.
vannah, Georgia and Key Wet FLORIDA. 10 Havana
In cuba: ana from said Havana, by Key W,tt and
savannah, TO Charleston, twice a month
No: ). From New York TO New orIesus twi.ss
MONTH ana back, touching at Charleston If IrAc-
to Chagres (AslinwalD and back, tv ice mouth
Proposals To omit Charleston and Savannah viii
be conf Tered
In lieu OF above, proposals viii also be received for
service from New York To Asliuwsil dirrct 1900
miles, and back seini-month!y in nofey-neIincnire
DAYS 70 the trip each way; from New York by lIa-
Vans to New Orleans, 900 miles, aad back semi.
monthly; Ia not exceeding ten dayr 10 the trip eah
way anG from New Orleans to AspiuWnil direct,
HOO miles and back, semi monthly in not e. coed.
ing seven days To the trir each SHy
no T. FROM Pa,ama, New Granada, 10 San diego,
california, Monterey, San Francisco ami Astoria, in
oregon, twice . month each wsy-tcuciBg. if prHe
tcabio at Pert orford, in Oregon and at such other
Intermediate port the Goa Il of Oregon or Ca f0rBa
as IN the Opinion OF the Postmaster (tueral the pub
lie interest may require.
The 81 hedules of Nos and must be- so arranged
az 10 make due connection at the Isl linus of Panama
thus forming continuous route from View YORK.
&c, 10 astoria aud back, twice q month
NO. D. from New York to Liverpool, in England
ana oaek twenty-siN trips per annum, at such times
as me POSTMASTER General shall direct.
Proposals to touch at lIelyLeaI, in England, viii
be considered
No o. From New York. by Cowes in England TO
havre, In France, aud back. once month
Proposals for changing the terminus Of this line
from Hsrre to Antwerp, in Belgium and for one sd-
ditional trip year. each way, wiil be considered.
MOI. Prom New Orleans, Louisiana TO Vera Cruz
Mexico, and back, three times q month, supplying
Tampico, Mexico, by side mail going and return
ing.
Leave New Orleans on the first, fourteenth, and
twenty fifth days.
Arrive at Vera Cruz same month Iy the fourth,
seventeenth. and twenty-eiyhth DAVIS
Leave Vera Cruz every month ol the first sixth
and twenty-first days
Arrive at New Orleans same month by the fourth,
ninth, and twcnt, fourth DAVIS
Inc proposals in each instance should specify The
number OF days to he taken EDr the trip escL way
anu the mode OF conveyance, which must be ~
steamships in all respects suitable for the service
II contracts should be entered into, contractors
viii be required to conform IN all respects 10 the
Jaws and regulations applicable TO the ordinary con
tracts Of the Post Office Department
The lids should be sent duly GUARANTEED. under
veal, to the Postmaster General, ard the words
: Mail Propossls-Foreign Mails'-writtsn on the
ACE Of the letter. JAMES CAMPBELL.
sept 2-law6s Postmaster General