Washington sentinel., 1853-10-19
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FOREIGN MAILS.
PosT OFrrcE DEpARTMENr. Sent.

Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT Sept. |, 1853.
we following Is copy Of section 3 of the
i act of Congress, entitled "An act making ap-
preparations for the transportation of the United
states maii by ocean steamers and otherwise
during the fiscal year ending the Both of June, one
thousand eight hundred and iifly-iour," approved
March 3, 1853, viz:
SEC 8. Aud be H further enacted That the
Postmaster General shall cause the facts to be in
vesfgated IN relation to the contract OF A. c. 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 asceraininc 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 new contract
| should be made, and whether the ships furnished
under said contract built according 10 its terms
Tho Postmaster General is further directed by this
act 10 ascertain and report 10 Congress al its ncxt
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 supposon 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 10
the United States the right 10 take possession of
the ships, IS, IN substance, as follows:
And the said Secretary of the United States
Navy, Tor 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 ofthe United States and TO direct
| such changes in their machinery and internal ar
rangemcnts as the said Secretary may requires the
cost OF such changes 10 be ascertaned by the bills
actually paid therefor, and the proper compensa-
ton ofthe value OF the ships, when so taken as
| aforesaid, 10 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 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 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 10 Bremen Haven in Germany, and
from said Bremen Haven, by Cowes, to New York,
once a month. =. .,.~
Proposals for one additional trim a wear each
| way, will be considered. '''..,...,
No. 2 From Charleston, South Carolina by Sa
vannah, Georgia. and Key West Florida 10 Ha-
vana, in Cuba, and from said Havana by Key
west ana savannah, TO Charleston, twice
| month. .~.
No. 3. From New York 10 New Orleans, twice
month"; aud back, touching at Charleston Gf
practicable) Savannah, and Havana aud from
Havana to Chagres (AspinwalD and back, twice
| month. - '''.# f
Proposals to omit Charleston and Savannah
will he considered. ..
In lieu OF above, proposals will also be received
for service from New York to Aspnwall direct.
2,ooo miles, and back, semi-monthly, in not ex-
l lin. mn. I,,,., Al. J.
York by Havana to New Orleans. 1900 miles, and
back, seml-monthly; in not exceeding ten DAYS to
the trip each way; and from New Orleans TO As.
pinwal, direct, /, 400 miles and back semi-month-
", III 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 month each way
touching, If practicable al Port Orlord 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-
qure
The schedules of Nos 3 and 1 must be so ar
ranged as TO make due connection at the s,hmus
o Panama, thus forming Il 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 Holyhcad, in England.
will be considered. -
NO. o. From New York, by Cowcs, in England
to llavre, in France, and back, once q month
Proposals for changing the terminus of this
line from navre TO Antwerp in Belgium and for
one additional trip year, each way, will be con-
sidered. :.
No. 7. 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 on the first, fourteenth and
twenty-ffth 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-first days.
Arrive at New Orleans same month by the
fourth, ninth, and wenty-iourth 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.
If contracts should be entered into contractors
viii he required 10 conform in all respects 10 the
laws and regulations applicable to the ordinary
contracts OF the Post Office Department.
The bids should be sent duly guaranteed upder
seal, to the Postmaster General, and the words
Mail ProposaIs-Foreign MaiIs"-,wri,ien on the
face of the letter. JAMES CAMPBELL.
sep 2l--laW3w Postmaster General