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

Posr OFFICE DEPARTMENT, Sept. ], 1883.
INHE following is copy Of section 81 of the act of
L Congress, entitled - An act making appropria
tons for the transportation of the United States
mail by ocean steamers, and o. herwse III ring the
fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June one thou
sand eight hundred and fifty four" approved March
Sd, 1853, viz
90 SEC. 3. ind be 1t further eaacted That the Post
master General shall the fcts TO be investiga
ted in relation to the contract of A. g. Sloo for the
transportation of the mail in ocean steamers from
New York to New Orleans, Charleston, Savannah
Havana. and Chagres, and back, per act Of March
third, eighteen hundred and tortyseven for the pur
p of asccrtanng how far the contract corresponds
with the original bi ia, and shall report to Congress
ut the next session the facts and circumstances con-
nectrd with the said contract; and also for what
amount the sad mail service could be performed If
a new contract should be made, and whether the
ships furnished under said contract are built accord
ing 70 its terms. The Postmaster General is further
directed by this act t. acertain. and report Con-
gress at it, neX session. for what amount the service
now performed under the seyera contracts with the
Navy and Post Uffice Departments for CARRYING the
mail in ocean steamers. Re hereafter performed
upon the suppos:tion that the United States shall
take the steamers according to contract, and sell
transfer them"
Except in respect to the New Orleans and Vera
Cruz route, hch may be discontinued by the Port
master General en- the lnwance of one months ex-
trr pay, the clause in all the contracts giving to the
United States the right to take Possession of tn.
ships Is, i'll substance, as follows
" And the said Secretary Of the United States Ma
w, for the time being shall at all times exercise
control over sail steamships, and shall at any time
have the right to take them for the exclusive and
s2rvce of the United States and to direct such chan.
ges in their machinery and internal gements
tile said Secretary may require; the cost Of such
changes to be ascertaicd ~ the bills actually paid
therefor, and the proper compensation Of the value
OF the ships when taken aforesaid TO he
tanned by appraisers to be mutually chosen by the
psrtes aforesaid"
NOW, NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, that with a
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ner as possible, the information called for BY Con-
gress in section third above quoted from the act of
Sd March last
PROPOSALS
Will be received at the Post Office DEPARTMENT in
the tlty of Washington, until 3 o'clock r. IN of
Monday, 31st day of October next for conveying the
mails OF the United States for six years from the
day of October 1854 in the manner and time herein
specified.
No. ]. From New York to Cowes in England and
| theme. to Bremen Haven, in Germany, and from
said Bremen Haven, by Cowes, to New York, once a
month.
Proposals for one additional trip wear each WAY.
will be considered.
Mo-. From Charleston, South Caro- ina, by Ss-
vannah Georgia, and Key West Florida, to Havana,
in Cuba, ana from said Havana by Kew West ,nd
Savannah, to Charleston twice a month
No.3. From New York to New Orleans, twice q
month, and back touching at Charleston, If rrac-
tcabe) Savannah, and Havana, and from Havana
to ChagreS (Aspinwal and back. ty ice month
Proposals to omit Charleston and Savannah will
be considered.
In lieu of above proposals viii also be received for
service from New York to Aspinwa'l direct, 1000
miles, and back, senmorthly, not xreeding nine
days to the trip each way; from New York by Ha-
vana to New Orleans, 1000 miles, aud back, semi
monthly, in not exceeding ten days to the trip each
way; and from New Orleans to Aspiuwall direct
HOO, miles and back semi monthly, in not exceed
ing seven days to the trip each way.
No. 4. From Panama, New Granada, to San Diego
California Monterey San Francisco, and Astoria in
tyrir y,
tlcable at Port Orford in Oregon and at such other
intermediate pert the coast of Oregon California
as in the opinion Of the Postmaster General the pub
lie interest may require.
The Sc hedules of Nos. and must he so arranged
as to make due connection at the isthmus of Panama
thus forming continuous route from New York
&c, to Astoria and back, twice month.
No. D. From New York to Liverpool, in England,
and back, twentysix trips per annum, at such times
as the postmaster General shall direct.
Proposals to touch at Holyhead, in England, will
be considered.
No. 6. From New York, by Cowes, in England, to
Havre, in France, and back once month
Proposals for changing the terminus of this line
from Havre to Antwerp, in Belgium, and for ad-
ditonai trip year, each way, will be considered.
MOI. From New Orleans, Louisiana, to Vera Cruz,
Mexico, and back, three times a month, supplying
Iampico, Mexico, by u side mail going and return
ing.
Leave New Orleans ON the first. fourteenth. and
twenty fifth days.
Arrive at Vera Cruz same month by the fourth
seventeenth, and twenty-eighth days.
Leave Vera Cruz every month Oh the first six TIL
and twenty-trst 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 service
II contracts should be entered into, contractors
VIII he required to conform ip all respects to the
laws and regulations applcabA to the ordinary
tracts Of the Post Office Department.
The bids should be sent duly guaranteed, undoc
seal, to the Pc. tmaster General, and the words
"Mail Proposals-Foreign Mails"-wIitten on the
face Of the letter. JAMES CAMPBELL,
sept 2-law6w Postmaster General.