Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1853-09-28
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FOREIGN MAILS.
Posr OFrics DEpARraKSr, Sept. 1, 1853.
Nhe following u q copy of section 4 OF TN

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Nhe following II q copy of section = OF the
Il act 81 Congress entitled '.An acf making an
Preparations for the transportation OF the United
states mail by ocean steamers, and Otherwise
during the fiscal year ending the Both Of June, one
| thousand eight hundred and ffty-four,n approved
March 3, 1853, viz
SEC. 3. And be n farther enacted, That the
POSTMASTER General shall cause the facts 10 be in
vesigated IN relation to the contract of A. c. Soo
Tor the transportation of the mail in ocean steam
ers from New York 10 New Orleans charlesion
savannah, Havana and Chagres and back per
act OF March third, eighteen hundred and fort D.
seven, Tor The purpose Of ascertaining how far the
contract corresponds with the original bids, and
shall report 10 Congress at the next session IN,
facts and circumstances connected with the said
contract; and also for what amount the said mail
service could be performed if a new contract
should be made, and whether the ships furnished
under sad contract are built according to its terms
Tho Postmaster General is further directed bv This
ACT to ascertain, and report TO Congress al its next
session, for what amount the Service, now per-
formed under the several contracts with tLe NAVY
and Post Office Departments for carving the mail
IN ocean steamers, can be hereafter performed
upon the supposition that the United States shall
take the steamers according to contract and sell
or transfer then.n
Except in respect TO the New Orleans and Vera
Cruz route, which may be discontinued by the Posi-
master General on the allowance Of one months
extra pay, the clause In all the contracts giving TO
the United States the right 10 take possession Of
the ships, Is, in substance, as follows: n
And the said Secretary of the United States,
Navy, for the time being, shall at all times exer-
else control over said steamships, and shall at nv
time have the right 10 take them for the exclusive
use and service of the United States, and To direct
such changes in their machinery and internal ar
engagements as the said Secretary may require; the
cost OF such changes TO be ascertaned by the bills
actually paid therefor, and the proper compen sa-
ton oil the value of the ships, when SO taken as
aforesaid, 10 be ascertaned by appraisers to be
mutually chosen by the parties aforesaid g.
NOW, NOTICE Is HEREBY GIXEN, that
with view of reporting TO Congress- in as CON-
plete manner as possible, the information called
Tor by Congress in section third above quoted from
the act of Sd March last- (.
s.t.s,A., 1 PROPOSALS
Will be received atithe 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 Stetes for six years from
the hrst day OF October, 1854, in the manner and
time herein specified. nst1 ERG iaG+F .G8alM
No. |. From New York to Cowes, in England,
and thence 10 Bremen Haven, in Germany, and
rom said Bremen Haven, by Cowes, 70 New York,
once month.
Proposals for one additional trip year, each
way, will be considered Pc 6llfi2.I 4B8 lts
No. 2. From Charleston, South Carolina, by Sa-
vannah, Georgia, and Key West, Florida, 10 TIa-
yana, IN Cuba and from said Havana, by Kew
West and Savannah, to- Charleston, twice a
month. FL 1T
No. g. From New York to New Orleans. twice
q month, and back touching at Charleston, tf
practicable, Savannah, and Havana. and from
Havana TO Chagres tAspinwalD and back, twice a
month II igl,ttf, 4fla5 ,f',tE s.afr ms s9gitto
L Proposals TO omit Charleston and Savannah
will be considered. 81 Il, T
Ii lieu Of above, proposals viii also be received
for Service from New York 10 Aspinwnll direct,
1000 miles, and back, semi-monthIy, in not ex-,
ceedlng nine days to'the trip each way; from New
York by Havana to New Orleans. Z, 900 miles and
back, semi monthly, in not exceeding ten days to
The trip each way; and from New Orleans TO AS
pinwa, direct 400 miles and back semi-inonth-
y, In not exceeding seven days to the trip each
way. g2t hAas9F &sHl h''el3aff3 ffs
No. A. From Panama, New Grenada, to San
Diego, California, Monterey, San Francisco, and
Astoria, in Oregon, twice q month each way---
touching, il practicable abort Oxford, in Oregon,
and at such other intermediate ports on the coast
OF Oregon or California, in the opinion of the
Postmaster Generalthe public interest may re-
qure. o4 baGaaS IA pgfsa al3 fHoA xasggI ~,
1 The schedules Of Nos 3 and 4 must be so ar
ranged as TO make due connection at the isthmns
81 Panama, thus forming q continuous route from
month. r,..&51A5la s5tAs NJ Nff3
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 70 touch at Holyhead, in Englan
will be considered. st MI. .g3 \
No. g. From New, York, by Cowes, in England,
TO Havre, in France, and back, once month
b Proposals for changing the terminus of this
Inc from Hayre to Antwerp in Belgium, and for
one additional trip year, each way, will be cons
No. 7. From New Orleans, Louisiana. 10 Vera
Cruz, Mexico, and back, three times a month. 4
supplying Iampico, Mexico, by a side mail going
rs ri 4 "
Leave New Orleans on the first, fourteenth, and
twenty-6ith days. 7
Arrive at Vera Cruz same month by the fourth
seventeenth, and twenty-eighfh days 49, s3t
Leave Vera Crnz every month on the first sixth,
and twenty first days. 1iEt ti4H ia t4o{qlt. :,
i. Arrive at New Orleans same month bv the
fourth, ninth, and twenty fourth days. ,FpI t79tl
d 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 ser
vice. efiL5#tu VI 4aFl3 fi Rzr 4aE suaa an
II contracts should be entered into icontractors
Will be required TO conform in all respects to the
laws and regulations applicable to the ordinary
contracts of the Post Office Department
The bids should be sent duly guaranteed, under
seal TO the Postmaster General. and fhe words |
Mail posals--Foreign Mails on the
face of the letter. H JAMES CAMPBELL.
Sep 2l-law3w N h.a Postmaster General 4
NEW GOOD s.! Bargains for CASH