Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1853-10-26
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FOREIGN MAILS.
Posr OFFICE DEPARTMENT, Sept. 1, 1853
Nhe following Is q copy of section 3 of the

PosT OFFICE DEPARTMENT, Sept. 1, 1853.
III We following Is copy Of section of the
| IL act OF Congress-, entitled can 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
thousand eight hundred and ffty-four," approved
March g. 1883, viz:
"SEc. 3. Aad Be IL further enacted, That the
Postmaster General shall cause the facts 10 be in
vesigated in relation TO the contract of A. G. Sloo
for 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 and forty
seven, for the purpose of ascertanng how far the
contract corresponds with the original bids and
shall report 10 Congress at the next session the
| facts and circumstances connected with the said
| contract; and also for what amount the said mail
| service could be performed if new contract
should be made, and whether the ships furnished
under said contract are built according 10 its terms
Tho Postmaster General is further directed by this
act to ascertain and report 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 supposton that the United States shall
take the steamers according TO contract, and sell
| or transfer them"
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 TO
the United States the right to take possession of
the ships, is, in substance, as follows:
Sand the said Secretary of the. United States
Navy, for the time being, shall at all times exer-
else control over said steamships, and shall al any
time have the right to take them for the>exclusve
use and service of the United States and to direct
such changes in their machinery and internal ar
rangements as the said Secretary may require; the
cost OF such changes to be ascertained 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 a view Of reporting to Congress, in as COM
plete manner as possible, the information called
for by Congress in section third above quoted from
the act of Sd March last g-
PROPOSALS
Will be received at the Post Office Department in
the city of Washington, until 3 O'Clock D. M. of
Monday 31st 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. l. 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 a month.
Proposals for one 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 by Kew
West and Savannah, to Charleston, twice
month giT
No. 8. From New York to New Orleans, twice
month, and back, touching at Charleston. (if
practicable,) Savannah, and Havana, and from
Havana to Chagres (AspinwalD and back, twice
month.
Proposals to omit Charleston and Savannah
will be considered. a E.sfas s
In lieu Of above proposals will also be received
for service from New York to Aspinwall direct.
2,oOo miles, and back semimonthly, in not ex-
ceeding nine days TO the trip each way; from New
York by Havana to New Orleans, Z, 1000 miles, and
back, semi-monthly, in not exceeding ten DAYS to
the trip each way; and from New Orleans TO AS
pinwall, direct, 1,4O0 miles and back, semi-month
ly,in not exceeding seven days TO the trip each
way.
No A. From Panama, New Grenada. 10 San
Diego, California, Monterey, San Francisco, and
ASTORIA In Oregon twice q month each wav-3
touching i practicable, at Port Oxford, in Oregon
and at such other intermediate ports on the coast
Of Oregon or California as in the opinion of the
Postmaster General the public interest may re-
quire. =
The schedules of Nos. and must be SO ar
ranged as TO make due connection at the isthmus
OF Panama, thus forming a continuous route from
New York, DC, TO Astoria and back, twice
month";
No. s. From New York to Liverpool in Eng
land, and back, twenty-six trips per annum, at
such times as the Postmaster General shall direct.
Proposals 10 touch at Holyhead, in England,
will be considered.
No. 9. 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-
sdered. 'Fs7F M E.~ m
No. T. From New Orleans, Louisiana, to Vera
Cruz Mexico, and back three times month.
supplying Tampico, Mexico, by side mail going
and returning.
Leave New Orleans on the first, fourteenth, and
twenty-ffth 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 specifv
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. 49,
II contracts should be entered into, contractors
will be required TO conform in all respects TO the
laws and regulations applicable to the ordinary
contracts OF the Post Office Department.
The bids should be sent duly guaranteed, under
seal, TO the Postmaster General and the words |
ssMail roposals-Foreign Mailsn-written on the |
face of the letter. JAMES CAMPBELL
sep 2I--law3w Postmaster General |