Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1853-09-27
60bermeat advertisements.
FOREIGN MAILS.
Posr OFFICE DEPARTMENT, Sept. /, 1853.
Vie following is a copy of section 3 OF the

Vie loitoWing Is copy OF section 3 OF the
Il act OF Congress- entitled San act making APP
propriatlons Tor the transportation OF the United
States mail by ocean steamers, and otherwise
during the fiscal year ending the Goth of June one
thousand eight hundred and fity-four,n appro we'd
March 3, 1853, viz:
SIG 3. And be 10 further enacted That the
Postmaster General shall cause the facts 10 be in
vesiiSaied In relation 10 the contract of A. c. Sloo
Tor the transportation of the mail i'm ocean steam
ers from New York 10 New Orleans, Charleston,
Savannah, Havana and Chagres, and back. pey
act oil Narch ihrd, eighteen hundred and forty
seven, ior tue purpose OF ascertanng how far the
contract corresponds with the original bids and
shall report TO Congress at the next session tb,.
Facts and circumstances connected with the snid
contract; and also for what amount the said mail
service could be performed if new contract
should be made, and whether the ships furnished
under SAID contract are built according 10 lis terms
Tho Postmaster General il further directed bv Ills
act 10 ascertain and report to Congress al its next
session, ior what amount the service now per-
formed under the several contracts with The NAVY
and Post Office Departments for carving the mail
III ocean steamers, can be hereafter ne r,orn,ad
upon the snpposition that the United States shall
take the steamers according to contract and sell
or transfer them.n
Except in respect 10 The New Orleans and Vera
Cruz route, which may be discontinued by The Posi-.
master General on the allowance OF one month
extra pay, the clause in all the contracts giving 10
the United States the right TO take possession of
The ships, Is, IN substance, as follows
And the sand Secretary of the United States
Navy, for the time being, shall al all times exer-
else control over said steamships and shall al any
uhie nave Tue right 10 take them for the exclusive
use and service OF the United States and 10 direct
such changes in their machinery and internal ar
engagements as the said Secretary may require; The
COST OIL such changes To be ascertained by the bills
actually paid therefor, and the proper compensa-
toh OF me value OF The ships, when so taken as
IN ha. tntn 4,
mutually chosen by the parties aforesaid
NOW, NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, that
with view OF reporting 10 Congress, in as com
plete manner possible the information called
Tor by Congress in section third above quoted from
the act OF Sd March last
PROPOSALS
Wil be received at the Post Office Department, in
the city OF Washington, until o'clock D. m of
Monday, 3lst day of October next for conveying
the mails of the United Stetes for six years from
the first day OF October, 1854, in the manner and
time herein specified.
No |. From New York 10 Cowes, in England.
and thence to Bremen Haven, in Germany, and
rom 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 Carolina, by Sa-
vannali, Georgia, and Key West Florida to IIa-
yana, IN Cuba, and from said Havana, by Key
West and Savannah, TO Charleston, twice a
month.
No 3. From New York to New Orleans, twice
a month, and back, touching .at Charleston Gl
practicabeJ Savannah, and Havana and from
Havana TO Chagres (AspinwalD and back, twice
month.
Proposals 10 omit Charleston and Savannah
will be considered.
In lieu OF above proposals will also be received
Tor service from New York 10 Aspnwall direct,
2,OOO miles, and back semlnonihy, in not ex-
ceedlng nine days 10 the "trip each way; from New
York by Havana 10 New Orleans, 1000 miles, and
back seni-monthly, in not exceeding ten DAYS 10
the trip each way; and from New Orleans TO As
pinWall, direct, ! 400 miles and back semi-month-
ly, in moi exceeding seven days to The trip each
way
No 4. From Panama, New Grenada, TO San
Diego, California, Monterey, San Francisco, and
Astoria, IN Oregon, twice month each way
touching, II practcable at Port Oxford, in Oregon
and al such other intermediate ports on the coast
OF Oregon or California, as in the opinion of the
Postmaster General the public interest may re-
,quire.
The schedules of Nos. 3 and must be so ar
ranged as TO make due connection al the isthmus
OF fanama, thus forming continuous route from
New York, &c, TO Astoria and back, twice
month.
No. 6. From New York 10 Liverpool, in Eng
land and back, twentysix trips per annum al
such times as the Postmaster General shall direct
Proposals TO touch at Holyhead in England
will be considered
No. q. From New York, by Cowes, in England.
to favre, in France, and back, once month.
Proposals for changing the terminus of this
hne from Havre 10 Antwerp in Belgium, and for
one additional trip year, each way, will be con
sdered.
No 2. From New Orleans Louisiana, 10 Vera
Cruz, Mexico, and back, three times month
supplying Iamp'eo, Mexico; by side mail going
and returning
Leave New Orleans on the first, fourteenth, and
twenty fifth days.
Arrive at Vera Cruz same month by the fourth.
seventeenth, and twenty-eiahth days.
Leave Vera Cruz every month on the first sixth
and twenty-frst days.
Arrive at New Orleans same month bv The
fourth, NINTH and twenty-fourh 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 ser
vice. E
II contracts should be entered into contractors
VIII he required to conform in all respects 10 the
laws and regulations applicable to the ordinary
contracts of the Post Office Department
The bids shond be, sent duly guaranteed, under
seal, 10 the Postmaster General and the words
Mail Proposals-Foreign Mailsn-wriltcn on the
face of the letter. JAMES CAMPBELL
SeP 1l-laW3W Postmaster General.