Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1853-10-02
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FOREIGN MAILS.
Posr OFFICE DEPARTMENT., Sept. /, 1853.
Nhe following is a copy OF section 3 OF The


Posr OFFICE DEPARTMENT, Sept. /. 1853.
Vie following is copy OF section 3 OF the
l. act Of Congress. entitled AN 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
thou sand eight hundred aud Iitiy-our," approved
March 3 1853 viz:
SEC. 3. And be IL t;t,thrr eaactsa That the
Postmaster General shall cause the facts to be in
vcslsated IN relation To the contract OF "A. c. Sloo.
Tor the transportation Of the mail in ocean steam
ers from New York TO New Orleans Charleston,
Savannah, Havana and Chagres. and back per
act Of March third, eighteen hundred aud forty
seven Tor the purpose OF ascerlaiuing how far the,
contract corresponds with the original bids and
shall report 10 Congress III 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 new contract
should be made, anl whether the ships furnished
under said contract built according To its terms
Tho Postmaster General is further directed by this
act 10 ascertain and report to Congress III lis 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
III ocean steamers can be hereafter performed.
upon the suppnsi,ion that the United States shall
take the steamers according to contract. and sell
or transfer them"
Except in respect 10 the New Orleans and Vera
Cruz route. which may be discontinued by The Post
master General ON the allowance Of one inon,h'.
extra pay, the claus" in all the contracts giving 10
the United States the right 10 take possession OF
the ships. IS, in substance, az follows
"And the SAID Secretary OF the Emitted States
Navy, Tor the time being, shall at all times cxcr-
else control over said steamships, and shall al any
time have the ri llt 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 the said Secretary may REQUIRE; the
cost OF such changes 10 be asccrlaincd by rho bills
actually paid therefor, and the proper conpensu-
ton otthc value of the slips, when so taken as
aforesaid, to be aScer,ained by appraisers to be
mutually chosen by the parties aforesaid"
NOW, NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, that
with view Of reporting 10 Congress, in as com
pete manner as possible the information called
for by Congress in section third above quoted from
the act Of Sd March last
PROPOSALS
Win be received at the Post Office Department, in
the city Of Washington, until o'clock D. M of
Monday, 3lst day Of October next for conveying
the mails of the United SUITES for six years 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 to New York
once month
Proposals for one additional trip a 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, by Key
West and Savannah, to Charleston, twice a
month.
No. ;. From New York TO New Orleans. twice
a month, and back, touching ut Charleston. Gt
pracucabe.l Savannah, and Havana and from,
Havana TO Chagrcs (AspinwalD and back, twice a
month.
Proposals to omit Charleston and Savannah
will BE- considered.
In lieu Of above. proposals will also be received
fI,rS fr,,p, a.. ii
1000 miles, and back scln-tnonthy, in not cx-
cccding nine days 10 the trip each way; from New
York by Havana to New Orleans. 1000 miles and
back >cmi-monhly. in no, exceeding len days 10
the trip each way and from New Orleans to As.
pinwall direct. LOO miles and buck scmi-lno,t-
~. IN not exceeding seven days To the trip each
way.
No. 4. From Panama, New Grenada to San
Diego, California, Monterey. San Francisco. and
Astoria in Oregon. twice a month each way
touching il practicable. II, Port Oxford in Oregon
and at such other intermediate ports ON the coast
Of Oregon California. as in the opinion, OF th,
Postmaster General the public interest may re-
quire.
The schedules of Nos. 3 and must he SO ar
ranged as TO make due connection AT the is1hmus
OF PANAMA. thus forming continuous route from
New York, Nc, to Astoria and back, twice a
month.
No. ). From New York to Liverpool in Eng.
land and back, twen,y-six trips per annum. at
Such vines as Inc postmaster General shall direct.
Proposals to touch at lIolyhcad. in England,
will be considered
No. 9. From New York. by Cowcs, in England.
to l.avrr. in France, and back. once n month
Proposals for changing the terminus of this
hne from llavre to Antwerp. in Belgium and for
one additional trip year, each way. will be con-
sdcred.
No. !. From New Orleans Louisiana. to Vera
Cruz. Mexico and back. three times a month
supplying iampico, Mexico, by side mail going
and returning.
Leave New Orleans on the first, fourteenth, and
twenty fifth days.
Arrive al Vera Cruz same month bv the fourth
seventeenth and twcnty-ci-lnh days.
Leave Vera CRUZ every month on the first sixth,
and twcnty-tirst days.
Arrive at New Orleans same month BY the
fourth. ninth. and twenty -iour, days.
The proposals in each instance should spcci(v
the numI.ci Of days to be taken lnr the rip caci,
way. and the mode Of convcyancc 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 IL the
laws and regulations applicable to the ordinary
contracts ofthc Post Office Department..
The bids should be sent duly guaranteed, under
seal, TO the Postmaster General, and the words
Mail Proposas-Fnrcign MalI>"-wrillcn on the
face OF the letter. JAMES CAMPBELL.
Sep 2l-laW3W Postmaster General