Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-09-05
FOREIGN MAILS.

fosI OffiCE DkPAhIkkSI, SflR- i, 1904,
NHE following Ia q copy Of section Sd OF the oct of
i Congress, entitled An act making appropria-
tons for the transportation Of the United States
mail by ocean steamers, and otherwise, during the
fiscal year ending the thirtisth of June one thou
sand eight hundred ard fftyfour," approved March
Sd, 1858 viz:
SEC 8. And be ii further enacted That the Post
master General shall cause the facts to be invesiSa-
ted IN relation to the contract Of A. G. Soo for the
transportation of the mail in ocean steamers from
New York to New Orleans, Charleston, Savannah,
Havana and Chagrss aud back, per act Of March
third eighteen hundred and fortyseven, for the pur
pose of ascertaining how the
with the original bjs, and shall report to Congress
at the next session tie facts and circumstances
nected With the said contract; and also for what
amount the said mail service could be performed If
a new contract should he made, and whether the
ships furnished under said contract are built accord
ing to its terms The Postmaster General Is further
directed by this act to ascertain and report to Con-
gress at its next session. for what amount the service
now performed under the several contracts with the
Navy and Post Office Departments for carrying the
mail In ocean steamers, can be hereafter performed,
upon the superstition 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, which may DO discontinued by the Post
master General, on the allowance of months ex.
trr pay the clause in all the contracts giving to tic
United states the right to take possession Of tn.
ships is, in substance, as follows:
And the said Secretary Of The United States Ma
control over said steamships and shall any time
have the right to take them for the exclusive and
service of the United States and to direct such chan
ges in their machinery and internal arrangementsas
the said Secretary may require; the cost of such
changes to be ascertaicd by the bills actually paid
therefor and the proper compensation of the value
of the ships when 70 taken aforesaid, to be asc.r
tanned by appraisers to be mutually chosen by the
parties aforesaid
NOW, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that with
Wow of reporting to Congress, in complete man.
ner possible the information called for by Con-
gress in section third above quoted from the act Of
PROPOSALS
VIII be received at the Post Office Department In
the city of Washington, until 5 O'clock, .. No. of
Monday, 3lst day of October next for conveying the
mails OF the United States Tor six from the first
day of Octcber, 1851 i'll the manner 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 ,ear, each way,
will be considered.
No. From Charleston, South Caro- ina bv Ss
vannsh, Georgia, and Key West, Florida to vsna
in Cuba ana from said Havana, by Koy West and
Savannah, to Charleston, twic. month.
No. 3. From New York to New Orleans, twice a
month, and back, touching at Charleston. Of Pre-
ticable,) Savannah, and Hava ana, and from Havana
to Chagres (AsrinwalD and back, tv ice month
Proposals to omit Charleston and Savannah will
be consi tered.
In lieu Of above proposals will also be received for
service from New York to Aspinwa l. direct, 1000
miles. and back semimonthly, in rot xeeedny nine
days to the trip each way; from New York by Ha-
vans to New Orleans, 1000 miles, aud back, semi
monthly in not exceeding ten davs to the trim each
way; ami from New Orleans to Aspinwall direct
l 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
Oregon, twice u month each way-touehing if prac
tcable, at Port Orford in Oregon and ut such other
intermediate port the coast Of oregon California
az i'll the opinion of the Postmaster General the M
| lie interest may require.
The sfhedules of hos.3 and must be so arranged
az to AXE Cue connection at the isthmus of Panama
thus forming continuous route from Now York,
&c. to Astoria and back. twice menth.
No. S. From New York to Liverpool, In England
and back. twenty-sx trips per annum at such times
as the Postmaster General shall direct.
Proposals to touch at Helyhead, in England, will
be considered.
No. =. From New York by Cowes in England. to
Havre, in France, aud back, once month
Proposals for changing the terminus of this line
from Havre to Antwerpi in Belgium. and for ad-
ditional trip year, each way, will be considered.
MOI. From New Orleans. Louisiana, to Vera Cruz
Mexico, and buck, three times month, supplying
Tampico, Mexico, by side mail going and return.
| ing.
Leave New Orleans on the first, fourteenth. and
TWEEN " fifth DAYS.
Arrive at Vera Cruz same month by the fourth.
seventeenth, and twenty eighth days.
Leave Vera Cruz every month the first, sixth,
and twenty-frst 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 ali respects the
laws and regulations applicable to the ordinary con-
| tracts Of the Post Office Department.
The bids should be sent duly guaranteed, unde.
seal, to the Pc tmaster General, and the words
SNAIL Proposals-Foreign Mais'-wiitten on the
| face Of the Letter. JAMES CAMPBELL
sept 2-law6w Postmaster General.
RED RIVER RAFT.