Washington sentinel., 1853-10-11
60bfrnment A6b.frtisemtnt.
FOREIGN MAILS.
Posr OFFICE DEPARTMENT, Sent. 4, 1853.

VIC iou0WHlS is copy OF section 8 OF the
Il 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 30th of June one
thousand eight hundred and itty-four," approved
March 3, 1853, viz:
tSEC 3. And be u further ea1eted That the
Postmaster General shall cause the facts TO be in
vesfgated in relation TO the contract of A. G. Sloo
Tor the transportation of the mail in ocean steam
| ers from New York 10 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 if IL 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 To ascertan and report 10 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 carving 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"
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
the United States the right 10 take possession of
the ships is, in substance, as follows: .s. '..
"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 at any
time have the right TO take them for the exclusive
use and service 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 ascertaned 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 view Of reporting to Congress, in as COM
plete a manner as possible, the information called
for by Congress in section third above quoted from
the act of Sd March last .t
PROPOSALS
Will be received at the Post Office Department in
the city of Washington, until o'clock D. m, of
Monday, 81 day of October next for conveying
the mails Of the United Stetes 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 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.
INo. .. FToHl NEW lOrk 10 new orleans, twice
month, and back, touching at Charleston, Gf
practicableO Savannah, and Havana, and from
Havana to Chagres (AspnwalD and back twice a
month. .-...
Proposals 10 omit Charleston and Savannah
will be considered. 4,
In lieu of above, proposals will also be received
for service from New York to Aspinwal direct,
1000 miles, and back, scmi-monthlv in not eX-
ceednS nne days to the trip each way; from New
York by Havana 10 New Orleans 2, 900 miles, and
1a.,l ILL .--.
the trip each way and from New Orleans TO AS
pinwall, direct, l,400 miles and back, semi-monl-
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 if practicable, AT Port Ortord 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 10 make due connection at the isthmus
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 annum at
such times as the Postmaster General shall direct
Proposals TO touch at Holyhead, in England
will be considered. ...,' ~. -.
No. q. From New York, by Cowes, in England.
to llavrc, in France, and back, once a month
Proposals for changing the terminus Of this
line from Hapre TO Antwerp, in Belgunl and for
one additional trip year, each way, will be con-
sdered. -.a
No. I. From New Orleans, Louisiana, TO Vera
Cruz, Mexico. and back, three times a month,
supplying Tampico Mexico, by side mail going
and returning. @.... ...
Leave New Orleans the first, fourteenth, and
twenty fifth days.
Arrive at Vera Cruz same month by the fourth, |
seventeenth, and twcnty-eighth days.
Leave Vera Cruz every month on the first sixth, |
and twenty-iirst days. ."s
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
wee. ... ........ III.
If 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
mail Proposals-Foreign Mails'-written on the
face of the letter. JAMES CAMPBELL. |
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