Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-10-14
FOREIGN MAILS.

Pcsr OFFICE DEPARTMENT, Sspi. l, 1852
T'HE following is copy of section 81 Of the act Of
l. Congress, entitled = An act making spprOpria
tons for the transportation of the United Stst-e
mail by ocean steamers, ard ohervisc, during the
fiscal Year ending the thtttisth Of June thou
sand eight hundred and fifty four" approved March
Sd, 1858, viz:
SEC. S. Ind Jc IL further enacted, That the Post
master Genera shall cause the facts TO I've inves'iSs
ted in relation t. th- contract Of A a. slco for the
transportation of the mail in ocean steamers from
7, New York to New Orlesps, Charleston, Savannah,
Hevsna' and Chagfcs. and back. per act Of march
third eighteen hundred and forty for the plir
pose OF sscertsiniEc how far the corresponds
With the sirel bis and shall rupert to Congress
at the next SEES ion r fats npd cirrtrrttnn
neeted with' The said contract: and aiso frr what
amount the said mail service could be performed If
a new contract Shouid be made. and whether the
ships furnished under sail contract lut accord
ing to its terms The Postmaster General is further
directed ny this act n aSc"rt>, and report to Con-
sress at lis for what amount the service
now performed u.i.r the several contracts with the
Navy and Post offre pcpar.mcnts for carving the
mail in ocean steamers. ~ hereafter performed
upon the suppGstion that the United States shall
take the steamers according to contract and sell or
transfer them
Except in respect TO the New Orleans and vrrs
Cruz route, which may h DR. continued by TIE rost-
master General, on the allowance of one months ex-
trc pay the Clause in all the contracts giving to the
United States the right to take poss, ssion of the
ships IL, In substance, as follows:
And tie said Secretary Of the United States Na-
W; Tor The TIM bcig, shalt at a}i tues
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 direct such chan
ges in their machinery and Internal arransement.as
the said Secretary may require; the cost Of such
changes to he ascerta;ed by the bills actually paid
therefor. and the proper compensation of the value
of tn" ships when taken aforesaid 10 he a,crr-
tanned by appraisers to De mutually chosen by the
parties aforesaid"
NOW, NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, that WITH .
view of reporting u Congress. in as complete man
possible, the information called for by Con-
grcss in section third above quoted from tie Of
Sd March last
PROPOSALS
Will be received at the Post Office Department, In
the city of Washington, until O'Clock, p. NJ. OF
Monday, Sit day OF October next for conveying the
mails OF the United States for six years from the first
day of october, 1854, in the 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
month.
Proposals for one additional trip year, each way,
will be considered.
No. From Charleston, South Caro- ina hy ga
yaDnah, Georgia, and Key West, Florids, to Hayana
in Cuba, ana from said Havana, by Key West and
Savannah, To Charleston, twice a month.
No. From New York to New Orleans, twice
month, and back, touching at Charleston IF prsc-
ticable,) Savannah. and Havana and from iIsvsna
! to Chagres (AspinwalD and back, tv ice a month.
Proposals to omit Charleston ard Savannah will
be consi Tered.
In lieu of shove, proposals viii also he received for
service from New York to Aspnwa.l. direct, , 000
miles, and back, semimonthy in not exceeding nine
days to the trip each way; from New York by Ha
vana to New Orleans, 1000 miles, and back, semi
monthly, in not exceeding ten days to the trip each
way: anu from New Orleans TO AspnwaiI, direct,
400, miics and back, semi monthly In not exceed
ing seven days to the trip each way.
No. +. From Panama, New Granada, to San Diego,
California, Monterey Eau Francisco, ard Astoria in
Oregon twice a month each way-touching, if prse
hcabla at Port 0rord in Oregon, and ut such other
intermediate port the of Oregon California
in the opinion of the Postmaster General the pub.
lie interest may require.
The schedules Of Nos 3 and must be so arranged
to make due connection at the isthmus of Panama,
thus forming continuous rout. from New York,
&c, to Astoria and back, twice q meDth.
No. &. From New York to Liverpool, in England,
AID back, twentysix trips FER annum. at sach timrs
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 one adj
ditiona trip year, each way, will be considered.
MOI. From New Orleans, Louisiana. 10 Vera Cruz,
Mexico. and back, three times a MONTH supplying
Tampco, Mexico, 10y side mail going md return
ing.
Leave New Orleans 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 on the first, sixth,
and twenty first days.
Arrive at New Orleans same month by the fourth,
ninth, and twent, 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
If contracts should be entered into. contractors
will be required to conform in sll respects to tho
laws and regulations applicable to the ordinary
tracts of the Post Office Department
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seal, to the Pc tmaster General, and the words
"Mail Proposas-Foreign Mai.s"-w,itten on the
face sf the letter JAMES CAMPBELL,
s3pt 2-1av6w Postmaster General.