Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1853-10-04
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FOREIGN MAILS.

Posr OFFICE DEPARTMENT, Se,ul, 1853.
Nhe following Is a copy Of section 3 of the
IL act OF Congress, entitled IAN act making APP
preparations for the transportation of the United
states mail by ocean steamers, and otherwise,
during the fiscal year ending the 30th of June one
March 3, 1853 viz:
| "SEc. J. And be IL further enacted That the
postmaster General shall cause the facts to be in
vesilgated in relation to the contract of A. G. Sloo
for the transportation of the mail in ocean steam
ers from New York to New Orleans, Charleston.
Savannah, Havana and Chagres, and back. per
act Of March third, eighteen hundred and forty
seven Tor the purpose OF asccrtainng how far the
contract corresponds with the original bids and
shaii report TO Congress at the next session the
facts and circumstances connected with the said
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 It's terms
Tho Postmaster General is further directed by this
act to ascertain and report to Congress- ar IFS
session, for what amount the service now per-
formed under the several contracts with the NAVY
and Post Once Departments for carrying the mail
in ocean steamers, can be hereafter performed.
upon the s,ipposition that the United States shall
take the steamers according to contract, and sell
| or transfer them
| Except in respect to the New Orleans and Vera
Cruz route, which may be discontinued by the Post
| master General, on the allowance Of one months
extra pay, the clause in all the contracts giving to
the United States the right to take possession of
| the ships, Is, in substance, as follows
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 al any
time have the right to 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 ascertained bv the bills
actually paid therefor, and the proper coinpensa-
ton OF the value of the ships, when so taken as
| aforesaid, 10 be ascertaned by appraisers 10 be
mutually chosen by the parties aforesaid"
NOW, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that
with view Of reporting to Congress, in as COM
plete manner as possible, the information called
for by Congress in section third above quoted from
| the act of Sd March last
PROPOSALS
| Will be received al the 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 Suites for six years from
the first day of October 1854, in the manner and
| time herein specified.
| No. |. 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 year, each
| way, will be considered.
No 2. From Charleston South Carolina, by Sa-
vannah, Georgia, and Key West Florida to Ha.
! vana, in Cuba. and from said Havana, bv Kew
West and Savannah, TO Charleston, twice a
month.
| No. B. From New York to New Orleans, twice
! month, and back. touching al Charleston. III
| practIcabe.) Savannah, and Havana and from
Havana to Chagres (AspinwalD and back, twice
| month.
Proposals to omit Charleston and Savannah
will be considered
In lieu Of above, proposals will also be received
for service from New York TO Aspnwall direct
/ 2,oOO miles, and back, Scmi-monhy. in not cX-
ccedlns nine days TO the trip each way; from New
York by Havana TO New Orleans. 1000 miles, and
back. scm-monthly. in not exceeding ten DAYS 10
the trip each way: and from New Orleans to AS
plnwall direct 400 miles and back scln-month.
", in not exceeding seven days To the trip each
way
No. 4. From Panama, New Grenada TO San
Diego, California, Monterey, San Francisco and
Astoria, III Oregon, twice month each way
touching if practicable, at Port Oxford in Oregon
and at such other intermediate ports on The coast
OF Oregon or California, Us in the opinion of the
Postmaster General the public interest may re-
| quirc.
The schedules of Nos. 3 and 1 must be SO ar
ranged as to make due connection at the isthinus
OF Panama, thus forming continuous route from
New York, &c, to Astoria and back, twice a
month";
No. s. From New York TO LIVERPOOL. in Eng
land, and back. twcnty->ix trips per annum, at
such times rs the Postmaster General shall direct
Proposals to touch at llolyhead, in England,
Will be considered.
No. q. From New York, by Cowes in England
to liavrc. in France, and back, once month ,
Proposals for changing the terminus of this
line from lIavrc To Antwerp, III Belgium, and for
one additional tripa year: each way, will be con
sdered.
No. T. From New Orleans, Louisiana. 10 Vera
Cruz. Mexico, and back, three times. a month,
supplying Tampico Mexico, by side mail going
and returning.
Leave New Orleans on the first, fourteenth, and
twenty-fhh days.
Arrive at Vera Cruz same month Nv the fourth
seventeenth. and ~ cn,y.cighlh days.
Leave Vera Cruz every month ON the first sixth
and twenty.lir>t days
Arrive nj New Orleans same month by the
fourth. ninth, and twenty 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 he
by steamships in all respects suitable for the SER
vice.
lfcontracts should be entered into contractors
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 the words
Mail Proposals-Foreign Mails" on the
face of the letter. JAMES CAMPBELL, ,
sep 2l-laW3w Postmaster General.