Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1853-10-01
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FOREIGN MAILS.
posr OFFICE DEPARTMENT. SEM

Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT, Sept. l. 1853.
Vie following Is copy Of section ) Of the
i act Of Congress, entitled AN act making APP
Preparations Tor the transportation Of the United
states mail by ocean steamers aud otherwise
during the fiscal year ending the both of June one
thousand eight hundred and iitiy- four approved
March 3, 1888, viz:
'.SEc. ), Am hc ii fM,iher euuelea That the
Postmaster General shall cause the facts To be in
vcsiigatcd III relation to the contract of A. c. Sloo
Tor the transportation of the mail in ocean steun
ers from New York to New Orleans, Charleston
Savannah, Havana and Chagrcs, aud back per
| acl OF March third, eighteen hundred aud forty.
seven, for the purpose Of ascertaining how tar the
| contract corresponds with the original bids and
shall report to Congress at the next session the
facts and circumstances connected with the said
contract; and also Tor what amount the said mail
| service could be performed il n new contract
should be made. and whether the ships furnished
under SAID contract biiilt according 10 its te rms
Tho Postmaster General is further directed by this
art Ia ascertain and report Ia Congress at us 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 snppo>ton that the United States shall
take the steamers according 10 contract aud sell
or transfer them
Except in respect TO the New Orleans and Vera
CRUZ route which may he discontinued by the Post.
master General, ON the allowance of one months
extra pay the clause III all the contracts giving To
the United States the right 10 take possession OF
the ships, l., III substance, US follows:
"And the said Secretary of the United States
Navy, for the time being, shall at all times exer-
else control over said steamships. and shall a, any
time have the right 10 take them for the exclusive
use and service Of the United States, and 10 direct
such changes ~ their machinery and internal ar
engagements as the said Secretary may require; the
cost OF such changes 10 be ascertaned by The bills
actually paid therefor, and the proper colnpensa.
ton Ut the value Of the ships. when so taken MS
aforesaid TO be- ascertained by appraisers to be
mutually chosen ny the parties aforesaid"
NOW NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, that
with view Of reporting to Congress, in as COM
plete IA manner as possible, the information called
for by Congress in section third above quoted from
the act of Sd March last
PROPOSALS
viii be received at the Post Office Department, in
Monday, Bis day OF October next for conveying
the mails OF the United Stetes 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 to Bremen Haven in GERMANY and
from said Bremen Haven, by Cowes, 10 New York,
once month
Proposals for one additional trip year, each
way, will be'considcred.
No. 2. From Charleston, South Carolina BY Sa-
vannai', Georgia, and Key West, Florida, to Ha-
vana, in Cuba. and from said Havana, BY Kew
West and Savannah, TO Charleston twice q
month.
No. 9. From New York to New Orleans, twice
month. and back, touching AT Charleston, If
practcablcD Savannah. and Havana and from
Havana to Chagrcs lAspnwalD and back twice a
month.
Proposals to omi, Charleston and Savannah
will be considered.
In icno above, proposals will also lie received
or service from New York to Aspinwa direct,
1000 miles, and back, mi-liiont!ly in not ex-
cecdIng nine days To the trip cacl, way from New
York by Havana to New Orleans. 1000 niles, and
back. scmi-monly, in not exceeding ten DAYS 10
the trip each way and from New Orleans To As
pinWail, direct. 400 miles and back. scmi-nlonh
~, III not exceeding seven days Ia the trip each
way.
No !. From Panama. New Grenada, To San
Diego. California, Monterey, San Francisco and
Astoria IN Oregon, twice IA month each way
touching It practicable, at Port Oxford, in Oregon
and at such other Intermediate ports on the coast
OF Oregon California; as in the opinion Of the
Postmaster General the public interest may re-
quire.
The schedules of Nos. 3 and 1 must be 80 ar
ranged to make due connection al the isth,nus
OF Panama. thus forming continuous route from
New York, &c., to Astoria and back, twice
month.
No. s. From New York TO Liverpool in Eng
land, and back. twenty-six trips per annrm, at
such times as the Postmaster General shall direct
Proposals TO touch at Iiolyhead in England
will be considered
No. q. From New York. by Cowcs, in England
TO llavrr. 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-
sidercd
No. 7. From New Orleans. Louisiana TO Vera
Cruz. Mexico. and back. three times IA month
supplying Talnpco. Mexico by u side mail going
and returning.
Leave New Orleans on the first, fourteenth and
twen,y-iil', days.
Arrive al Vera CRUZ same month hy the fourth
seventeenth. and ,wcnty-cigth days.
Leave Vera CRUZ every month on the first, sixth
and twcny-r>t days.
Arrive at New Orleans same month by the
!'Lrh ninth. and twenty-ln',nh days.
The proposals in each instance should specify
the number OF days to b., taken Tor The trip each
way and the nlo'ic nIGunvryuncc. which must be
by steamships in all respects suitable Tor the SER
wee.
lfcontracts should he entered into. contractors
viii be required 10 conform in all respects to the
laws and regulations applicable 10 the ordinary
contracts m the Post Office, Department.
The bids should be sent duly guaranteed under
seal. 10 the Postmaster General. and the words
Mail Propo>als--Forcign MnIl>"--wrttcn on the
face of the letter. JAMES CAMPBELL.
Sep 2l--law1w Postmaster General