Washington sentinel., 1853-10-15
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PosT OFFICE DEPARralEST Sept. /, 1853.
INhe following Is copy OF section 3 Of the
| Il act OF Congress, entitled San 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 iiay-four," approved
March 3, 1853, viz
SEC 3. A,sd Be "a further enacted That the
postmaster General shall the facts TO be in
yesigated in relation to the contract Of A. G. SIoo
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 and forty
seven, for the purpose of ascertaining how far 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 for what amount the said mail
| service could be performed il a new contract
should be made, and 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 nj 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 10 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 i'll all the contracts giving 10
the United States the right to take possession OF
the ships, is, in substance, as follows.
"And the said Secretary OF the United States
Navy, for the time being, shall at all times exer-
cise control over said steamships and shall at any
time have the right TO take them for The exclusive
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-
tion OF the 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 GWEN that
with view of reporting 10 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
PROPOSALS
Will be received at the Post Office Department in
| the city of Washington, until 3 o'clock D. m Of
Monday, 3lst day of October next, for conveying
the mails of the United Stetes for six years from
the first day of October, 1884, in the manner and
| time herein specified.
No. l. From New York. TO Cowes in England
| and thence 10 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 So
vannah, Georgia, and Key West Florida TO Ha-
vana, in Cuba, and from said Havana, by Key
west ana Savannah, to Charleston, twice a
month.
No. 8. From New York to New Orleans, twice
month, and back, touching at Charleston, lf
practicable,) Savannah, and Havana, and f1om
Havana 10 Chagres tAspinwalD and back, twice
| month.
Proposals to omit Charleston and Savannah
will be considered.
In lieu Of above, proposals will also be received
| for service from New York to Aspnwall direct
1000 miles, and back, semi-monthly, in not Ax-
| 20 Iatyc thx.t,
York by Havana TO New Orleans, 1000 miles, and
back, semi-monthly, in not exceeding ten days to
the trip each way; and from New Orleans 10 As
pinwal. direct, 1,400 miles and back semi month
ly, in not exceeding seven days TO the trip each
way.
No. a. From Panama, New Grenada to San
Diego, California, Monterey, San Francisco, and
Astoria, in Oregon, twice "a month each way
touching, i practicable, al Port Orford 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. ge s ,l ~ s3s
The schedules of Nos. 3 and must be so ar
ranged as to make due connection at the sthmus
OF Panama, thus forming continuous route from
New York, &c., TO Astoria and back, twice a
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 TO touch at Holyhead, in England
will be considered. 9 n
No. g. 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-
sidered.
No. 7. From New Orleans Louisiana, 10 Vera
Cruz, Mexico, and back, three times month";
supplying Tampico, Mexico, by side mail going
and returning. 5sss +
Leave New Orleans on the first, fourteenth and
twenty-ffth days. s
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 first 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 ser-
vice.
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 ofthe Post Office Department
The bids. should be sent duly guaranteed, under
seal, to the Postmaster General, and the words
s'Mail Proposals-Foreign Mails'-wrten on the
face of the letter. JAMES CAMPBELL,
Sep 2l-lawaw Postmaster General