Washington sentinel., 1853-10-13
Gobtrnmfnt J6bertisfmtnt.
FOREIGN MAILS.
Posr OrFrcE Drp.nrmr,r. s.

PoSf OFFICE DEPARTMENT, Sept. i, 1913.
Nhe following Is copy Of section 3 Of the
Il act OF Congress, entitled san act making APP
preparations for the transportation of the United
States mail by ocean steamers, and otherwise
during the fiscal year ending the 3Oth of June, one
thousand eight hundred and fifiy-four' approved
March 3, 1853, viz:
"SEc. 3. And be "a fitrther snaoed That the
Postmaster General shall cause the facts 10 be in
vesiigaed in relation 10 the contract of A. G.. Sloo
for the transportation OF the mail i'm ocean steam
ers from New York TO New Orleans Charleston
Savannah, Havana and Chagres, and back, per
act OF March third eighteen hundred and forty-
seven for the purpose of ascertaining how far the
contract corresponds with the original bids and
shall report TO Congress at the next session the
facts aud circumstances connected with the said
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 built according to its terms
Tho Postmaster General is further directed by this
act To ascertain and report TO Congress at its next
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 be hereafter performed
upon the supposition that the United States shall
take the steamers according to contract and sell
or transfer them.n
Except in 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 10
the United States the right 10 take possession of
the ships, is, in substance, as follows:
"And the said Secretary OF the United States
Navy, for the time being, shall al all times exer-
else control over said steamships, and shall at any
time have the right 10 take them for the exclusive
use and service of the United States and 10 direct
such changes in their machinery and internal ar
rangements as the said Secretary may requires the
cost OF such changes 10 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 rs COM
pete manner 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 o'clock p. m Of
Monday, 3lst day of October next for conveying
the mails of the United Suites for six wears from
the first day Of October, 1854, in the manner and
time herein specified
No. |. From New York to Cowes, in England
and thence 10 Bremen Haven, in Germany, and
nom SAID bremen Haven, by Cowes, TO New York,
once month";
Proposals for additional trip year, each
way, will be considered
No. 2. From Charleston, South Carolina, by Sa-
vannah, Georgia, and Key West, Florida, to Ha-
vana, in Cuba, and from said Havana bv Kew
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month.
No g. From New York to New Orleans, twice
month, and back, touching at Charleston (if
practicabe,) Savannah, and Havana, and from
Havana to Chagres (AspinwalD and back, twice
month.
Proposals TO omit Charleston and Savannah
will be considered
In lieu of above, proposals will also be received
for service from New York TO Aspinwall direct,
1000 miles, and back, semi-monthly, in not ex-
xn.rta atf.x. lnxt 4
York by Havana to New Orleans, 1000 miles, and
back semi-monthly, in not exceeding ten days 10
the trip each way; and from New Orleans to As
pinwall, direct, 1400 miles and back, semi-month-
~, IN NOT exceeding seven days TO the trip each
way.
No 4. From Panama New Grenada. 10 San
Diego, California, Monterey, San Francisco, and
ASTORIA In Oregon, twice month each way
touching if practicable, al Port Oxford in Oregon
and at such other intermediate ports on the coast
OF Oregon or California, III the opinion of the
Postmaster General the public interest may re-
quire.
The schedules of Nos. 3 and must be so ar
ranged as 10 make due connection al the sthmus
OF Panama, thus forming continuous route from
New York, &c., TO Astoria and back, twice a
month.
No $. From New York TO Liverpool, in Eng
land, and back, twenty-sx trips per anpum, at
such times as the Postmaster General shall direct
Proposals TO touch at Holyhead, in England,
VIII DC COnSluereu.
No 6. From New York. by Cowes, in England.
TO Havre, IN France, and back once a month
Proposals for changing the terminus of this
line from Havre TO Antwerp, in Belgium, and for
one additional trip year. each way will be con-
sidered
No. 7. From New Orleans, Louisiana, 10 Vera
Cruz, Mexico, and back, three times month,
supplying Fampco, Mexico, by side mail going
and returning
Leave New Orleans on The first fourteenth and
twenty-fflh 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-frst days.
Arrive at New Orleans same month by the
fourth, NINTH and twenty-fourth 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.
lfcontracts should be entered into. contractors
will be required 10 conform in all respects to the
laws and regulations applicable 10 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 Proposas--Foreign Mails''-wrten on the
face of the letter. JAMES CAMPBELL.
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