Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-09-02
FOREIGN MAILS.

PesT OFFICE DEPARTMENT. Scpt. l, 1853.
THE following is copy Of section 81 OF the act OF
i Congress, entitled An act making ap2rorria-
tons for the transportation of the United States
N all b. ocean steamers, and Otherwise during the
hscal year ending the thirtisth Of June one ihou-
sand eight hundred AID fifty four" approved March
Sd, 1853. viz:
"SRc. 3. And be 1t further enacted. That the Post
master General shall the facts lie In vesga-
ted in relation to the contract Of A g. Sioo for tie
transportation Of the mail in ocean steamers from
New York to New 0rlean6, Charleston, Savannah,
Havana, and Caagres, and bark, per act Of march
third, sightecu hundred and forty seven fr the pur-
pose Of ascsrtanng hcw far the contract onds
with the original bis, and shall report to Congress
at the next sosson tie iscts and circumstances con-
nected with the said contract; and slso for what
amount the said mail service could be performed IL
a new contract should be made, and whether the
ships furnh he'd under said contract are built NJ cord
ing to Its terms The Postmaster General Is further
directed by this set to acertsin and r.,ort 70 Con-
gress at its next session. for what the service
now performed under the several contracts with the
Navy and Post Office DEPARTING nts for carrying the
mail in ocean steamers be hereafter per me
upon the suPpos:tion that the United States shall
take the steamers accordin: to contract and Sell
transfer them
Except in respect to the New Orleans and yer-
Cruz route, hich may b, di,continued Ivy the Post
master General, the alowanoe of one months ex-
trr pay. the clause in all the contacts giving TO the
United states the right 10 take possession of the
ships is, in substance, As follows:
And the said Secretary Of the United States M
w, for the tina being, shall at all tim. exercise
con'rol over said steamships, snd shall at any time
have the right 10 take them for the exclusive and
service of the United States and to direct such ch
gcs in tlIeir machinery and internal arransementsn
the said Secretary may require the cost If such
changes to be ascertaicd by the bills actually laid
there or, and the proper compensation Of the value
OF the SHIPS when 70 taken aforesaid, to bs
tanned by Appraisers to be mutually choten by the
parties aforesaid"
NOW, N0TICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that nth
view Of reporting IN Congress in e. comp cte man
ner as possible, the information called for BY Con-
2ress in section tird abeve quoted from the act of
Sd March last
PROPOSALS
Will be receive the Post Office Department., in
the city Of Washington, until 3 o'clock, p. n of
Monday, Slit day of October next for converting the
mails Of the United States for six yrSrs ou the first
day OF October 1854, in III. ard Iim- herein
specified.
No. L. From Eew York to Ccres, in England and
theme 10 Bremen Esvar, in Germany. and from
sai,i Er-neI Haven, ~ Cow-., t. New York, once
month.
Proposals for at. it:9nal trip ear eac,l way,
will he .nsiuerci.
NJ From Charlesto,,. South Gro ira. by So
v'nnsh. Georgia, nd Key West, Fiorca. to Has ana,
i'll Cuba: ana fToa. ssii Havana. ~ key West and
Savannah. tc Chs -lestoL, twio- a mcl h
NJ. ;. From New York to Nov Orleans. vice =
month ard t. tx, touchiu~ at Cha, ;.tun. f prsc-
ticatio) say nnsh. nd. Havana, sn'i frrln ,i,v4ra
to Chigref "a sTmwe , 'rd bath; I" ice month
P-opcSf 10 Unit Charleston aLi savannah wilt
be conf REQ
IL lieu Of aboyc niO. as viii also he received e..
service from Ner York n AspiGSal direct , CO.,
miles, and back semi-lnunthy IN rot exceeding nine
days to the trip each way; fioIa New York IL H.-
vana to New Orleans, 1000 miles aud hack. &c mi.
monthly, IN not eding ten days 10 The trip -a Il
way; anu from New Orleans to Aspinwall, direct,
l:iyO, mites and back. ,eni monthly, in not exceed
Ing seven days TO 'hc srii each way.
NO 4. From Panama, New Granada, to San Diego.
California, MOCt.rPy. Francisco nd Astoria in
Oregon, twice month esch wny-touching, if pre-
tcsbe. at PoEt Oxford in Oregon, aud at such other
intermediate pert the coast of Oregon California
as in the Union CT the Postmaster General the putt
liz interest may require.
The schedules of y os 3 md must be 80 arranged
asto make due connection at the sthmus Of Panama,
thus forming continuous rout. from New York,
dc, TO Astoria and back. twice q menth.
No. 5. From New York to Liverpool, in England
and back. twentysx trips per annum, at such timer
al the Postmaster General shall direct.
Proposals to touch at 1Islyhead, in England, i'll
be con,derea.
No 6. Prom New York by Cowes, in England to
Havre, in France, aCd hack, once month.
Proposals for changing he terminus Of this line
frcm Hayre to Antwerp. in Brlgium, and for ad,
ditional trip yesr, each wav, i'll be confidered
NOT. From New Orleans, Louisiana, to Vera Cruz
Mexico. and back, three times a month, supplying
Iampicc, Mexico, by side msil going ard return
ins.
leave New Orleans on 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 ,;xth,
and tweEty-frst days.
Arrive at New Orleans same month by the fourth
ninth, and twenty-four DAVIS
Inc proposals in each instance should specify the
number OF days to be taken for the trip each way.
ana the mode Of conveyance, which must bs by
steamships In all respects fui:a for the service
II contTrct. should be entered into, contractor.
Will he required TO conform in al RESPECTS to the
laws and regulations applicable to the ordinary con
tracts OF the Post Office Deps rtment-
The bids should be sent duly guaranteed undo
seal. to the Postmaster General, and the words
.Mail Proposals-Foreign Mails"-wIitten on the
face of the letter. JAMES CAMPBELL,
sept 2-1aw6w Postmaster General.