Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-10-07
FOREIGN NAILS.
PosT OFFICE DEPARTMENT, Sep

PosT OFFICE DEPARTMENT, Sept. l. 1858.
DNHE following is copy Of section Sd OF the act OF
i Couprpss. entitled :" An act masiUg appropria-
tions for the TRANSPORTATION of the United States
mail by ocean steamers ard o;herp'ise. during the
fiscal year ending the thrtieth of June one thou
sand eight hundred and fifty-our," approved March
Sd, 1858, viz:
"SEo 8. And be it further enacted, That the Post
master General shall cause the facts 70 be inves;ca
ted in relation to the contract of A. G. Sloo for the
transportation of the mail in steamers fron
New York to New Orleans. Charleston Savannah,
Havana, and Chagres and ba k, per act of Gareh
third, eighteen hundred and fortvsey for the pur
pose of ascertaining how far the contract corresponds
with the Or inal bis and shall report to Congress
1T the next cess ion the facts and ciIcun tances
uected with tn, said contract; and also for W hat
amount the said mail service could be performed #
n new contract should be made, ard whether the
ships furnished under said contract are built accord
ing to its terms. The Postmaster General is further
directed by this act t. ascertain ami report 10 Con-
gress its next session. for what amount the service
performed under the several cor tracts with tie
Navy and Post Office Departments for carrying the
mail in ocean steamers BE hereafter per tormei
upon the suppOsiton that the United States shall
take the steamers according to contract and sell
transfer them"
Except in respect to the New Or,eans and Vera
Cruz route which may be discontinued by tie Posi-
master General. the al0wance of one months ex-
trr pay, the clause in all the contracts giving to he
United States the right To take possession of the
ships il, in substance, follows:
And the said Secretary of the United States Ma
w, for the time being, shall at all times exercise
control over said steamships, and shall at any time
have the right to take them for the exclusive and
service Of the United States and to direct such chan
yes in their machinery and Eternal arIangenentsss
the said Secretary may require; the cost Of sach
changes to be ascertaed By the bills actually paid
therefor, and the proper compensation of the value
of the ships. when taken aforesaid, 10 be
tanned by appraisers to be mutually chosen by the
parties aforesaid
NOW, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that with
view of reporting to Congress, in compete man
possible, the information called for by Con-
gress 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 O'clock p. n :. of
Monday, 3lst day of October next, for conveying the
mails of the United States for six years from the frs,
day ofOct0ber, 1854 in the manner and time herein
specified.
No. |. From New York to Cowes, in England and
thence to Bremen Haven in Germany. and f,om
said Bremen Haven, by Cowes, to New York. once
month.
Proposals for additional trip year, each way,
will be considered.
vannsh, Georgia. and hey West F or;da, to Havana,
in Cuba, anu from said Havana, By Key West and
Savannah. to Charleston, twice month.
No. 3. From New York to New Orleans. twice
month, and back touching ut Charl, ston. If rrac-
ticable,) Savannah. and Havana, and from Havana
to Chagres (AspinwalD and back, tv ice month
Proposals to omit Charleston and Savannah will
be consi Tered.
In lieu of above proposals viii also be received for
service from New York to Aspinwal direct, Zoo
miles, and back, semmonthly, in not exceeding nine
days to the trip each way: from New York by IIa
vana to New Orleans. 1000 miles, aud hack, semi
monthly in not exceeding ten days to the trip each
way; and from New Orleans to Aspinwall, direct,
,4O. miles and back, semi monthly, in not exceed
ing seven days to the trip each way.
No. 1. From Panama, New Granada, to San Diego,
California Monterey San Francisco and Astoria, in
Ore ron, twice month each way-touching if prac
tcabiG at Port Oxford, in Oregon and at such other
intermediate port the coast of Oregon California
in the opinion Of the Postmaster General the put
lie interest may require.
The schedules OF Nos. 3 and / must be so arranged
az to make due connection at the sthmus of Panama,
thus forming continuous route from New York,
&c. to Astoria and back. twice a meilth.
No ). From New York to Liverpool. in England.
and back, twenty-six trips per annum, at such tim
tn. Postmaster General shall direct.
Proposals to touch at ltolyhead, in England, will
be considered
Ilavre, in France, and back, month.
Proposals for changing the terminus of this line
from Havre to Antwerp in Belgium, and for ai-
ditional trip year, each way, will be considered.
Not. From New Orleans. Louisiana, to Vera Cruz.
Mexico, and back. three times month, supplying
Tsmpico, Mexico, by a side mail going and return
ing.
Leive New Orleans the first, fourteenth, and
twenty-if.h 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 st New Orleans same month BY the fourth
ninth, aud twenty fourth days.
The proposals iG each instance should sprcify the
NUMBER If days to lie taken for tlle trip each wav
and the mode 81 conveyance. which mus. be by
steamships in all respects suitable for the service.
If contracts should be entered into. contractors
will be required to conform in all respects to tho
laws and regulations applicable to the ordinary con-
tracts OF the Pos: Office Department.
The bi4S should be seat duly cuara rtieI untlar
seal, to the Po tnaster General, and the words
Mail Proposals-f0.eign Mai.-'-wlltten on the
face ri the letter. JAMES CAMPBELL.
SEPT 2-law6w Postmaster General