Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-09-12
FOREIGN MAILS.

Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT, SJd. /. 1873.
VIE fol!owing is COPY Of section 81 the act Of
i congress, entitled An act making appropria
tons for the transportation of the United States
mail Ivy ocean steamers, and o;herwise during the
fiscal year ending the thirt;eth OF June one thou
sand eight hundred aud ffty-four," approved March
Cd, 1858, viz:
'SEc. 8. And be 1t further enacted. That the Post
master General shall cause the facts 20 be nveSa-
ted in relation to the cont act of A G. Sloo for the
tra1snortatiou Of the mail in ocean steamers from
New York 10 New Orleans. Charleston, Savannah
Havana, and Chagres, and back, per act of march
third, eighteen HUNDRED and forty-sev.n for the pur
pose of ascertsnEg how far the contract CORRESPOND
with the original bits. ana shall report TO Congress
at the next .eson the f.cts and cTcur1s con
nocted wths the said contract: and also for VI hat
amount the said mail service could be performed II
a new contract should be made, and Whether the
ships furnished under said contract are lut accord
ing TO lis terms. The Postmaster General is further
directed by this act t. Ascertain, and report Con
gress at its extsesSon. for what amount the service
now performed under the several contracts with tn,
Nary and Post Office Departments for carving the
mail IN ocean steamers, can e hereafter performed
upon the superstition tina. the United = ties shall
take the steamers according to contract ard sell or
transfer them
Except in respect to the New Orleans and Vera
Cruz route, which may be discontinued by the Post
master General! en- the allowance of one months ex-
trF pay, the clause in all the contracts giving to The
United States the right to take Possession Of tn,
ships is, in substance, rs follows:
St3tpS "a
Wy, ior The time being. shall ut all Im,s exercise
control over said steamships, end shat at any time
have the right To take them for the exclusive use and
service OF the United States ard direct such chan
ges In their machinery and internal arrans
the SAID Secretary may require; tie cost of such
changes to be ascertaied hy the bills actually nsic
there or and the proper compensa; ion of the value
OF the ships, when so taken aforesaid, to he ac
tanned by appraisers to be mutually chosen by TIE
parties aforesaid"
9
Wow Of reporting to Congress- in as comp etc man
ner as possible The information called for by Con.
gress IN section third above quoted from the act OF
81 March last
VIII be received at the Post Office Department. in
the city of Washington, until 3 O'Clock. H. NJ OF
Monday, 3ls day OF October next, for conveying tn.
mails of the United States for six years from the frs
day of October, 1851 in the manner and time herein
specified.
No. /. From New York 70 Cowes, in England. and
thence to Bremen Haven. in Germany. ard from
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 Caro- ina by sa-
vannah, Georgia, and Key West Florida To Havana
in Cuba, ana from said Havana, b, Kew West and
Savannah, to CD arlestOn, twice mcnih.
No. 3. From New YORK. to New Orleans, twice
month, and back, touching at Charleston Of prac-
ticatie Savannah. and Havana. and from Havana
to Chggres (AsTiuU ail) and back, II ice a month.
Proposals 10 omit Charleston and Savannah will
be c0nSi cred.
In lieu of above, proposals viii also he received for
service from New York to Aspirwa direct 1000
miles, and back Semi-nonthly in woodworking nine
days to the trip each wsy; from New York by Il,-
vana to New Orleans, 20G0 miles, and back semi
monthly, in not exc eding ten days to the trip ca
way; ani from New Orleans to AspinTail, direct,
l,i0o miles and back, semi month";, in not exceed
irg seven days to lie trip eac! wa.
No. I. From Panama NcT Granada, to San Diego
California. Mont rey, san tranciSco and Astoria,
Oregon, twice p month each way-touchng. if prac
tlcahie Port Oxford in Oregon and ut such nthe~
intermediate pert the Of Oregon or California
as in the Union Of the Postmaster General the put,
lie interest NAV require.
The schedules of No.. 3 and must be so arranged
rs to make due connection at the isthmus Of Panama
thus forming continuous route from New York
&c. to Astoria and back. twice a menth
No. 5. From New York to Liverpool, in England
and back. twentysix trips Per annuE. at such tins
as The Postmas er General shall direct.
Proposals to touch at IIeyhead in England, will
be considered.
Havre, i'll France, d back month.
Proposals for changing the terminus OF this line
from Hsyre to Antwerp in Belgium, and for one sd-
ditionai trip year, each way. will be considered.
MOI. Prom New Orleans, Louisiana, to Vera Cruz
Mexico. and back, thr.e times = month, supplying
Tsmpico, Mexico, by side mail going ana return
ing.
twenty-ifth days.
Arrive at Vera Cruz same month by the fourth,
seventeenth, and twenty e;ghth days.
Leave Vera Cruz every month on the first sixtb
and twenty-irst days.
Arrive at New Orleans same month BY the fourth
ninth, and trent fourth days
The proposals in each instance should specify the
number Of days to I've taken for the trip each way
md the mode of conveyance, which must be by
steamships in all respects suitable for the service
II contracts should DO entered into, contractors
viii be required to confprm in all respects to the
avs and regulations applicable to the ordinary
tracts of the Post Office Department.
The bids should be sent duly guaranteed, unde-
seal. to the Pc ,tmaster General, and the words |
Mail Poposals-Foreign Mails"-w,itten on the |
face Of the letter. JAMES CAMPBELL, |
sept @law6W Postmaster General.