Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-09-21
FOREIGN MAILS.
Posr OFFICE DEPARTMENT, y

Pcsr OFFICE DEPARTMENT, y n, -,5s
'VNHR following is copy Of sect ton 81 o. hr ar u
l. Congress. entitled An act ma Aiu ..,cror IA,
tons for the transportation Of the United state
nail by ocean steamers AID o,herwisc. during IN.
hscal year ending TIE thirtipih Of June one ihou
SAND eight hundred aud fifty four" approved Mar-h
Sd, 1883. viz:
"SEc. ). Ind BE- II further enacted, Tat he Post.
master General shall cause The facts 20 he inre,lis
ted in relation 70 the contract OF A G. sIoo or lie
transportation of tie ms;l in ocean a.oan.., from,
Ntw York to New Orleans, Charleston. Savannah
Havana. and Chagrrs. and lack l.ar act ~ ,.,-.h
third, eighteen hundred an, forty-seven for the ,,r
pose OF ascertsiniI how fer lac . ntraei correrors.
with the original bios, aid sNa!i r-r,,r 10 CoDr,s
at the next session tic fats arI circumstances r,n
neeted witht the said contract; End .lsr fr Nh
amount the sid mail service co. "a D. ,crt,-md n
new contract should he inside, ard wf-tl e- ne
ships turnis he'd under said contract are bu g.crd
ing to lis terms. The PostmaSter tiprtrsl : further
directed by this act t. acrrtsin, ari rport u Con
gress at its next session for hat amouu The syice
now performed md, r the ri con trsct. vii, IN.
Navy and Post Office Depart; .arts c.r-,in. he
mail in ocean steamers. can 4 ran r-rorrpei
UPON the suppos;ti"n that the Ui,i'ai S-stae shall
take the steamers according - cunr-ct an s,l or
transfer them
Except in respect n he New Or'eaa, .a4 v-rs
Cruz route, which may be discontirue ~ the Pee,
master General ca the lnwaEcc q ua, .lJntl,.' 81
trG pay. the clause in all the cor, rac'. .,n 10 =,
United States the right to take p,>-.ts.oi; Of ,bs
ships is, in substance. as follows:
=" And the ssid Secretary Of the United Plates Ne
w. for tho TIM being, shall II Ill times tyerr;-s
control over sail STEAMSHIPS =. and shu / IL auytne
have the right 10 take them FOR the e1cusv W. ESQ and
service of the United States and to 6rect c rhsp
ges in their macb cry and irt.rnrl sTTaugtns.i.ss
The said Secretary may r"'luir the cot q ~
changes to be ascertaiei b. The hills sct.lay II
thereior anu the proper coI ;eHsati ~ the ytus
of the ships, when taken sfrtssid 70 lie a,c.r
tanned by Appraisers 10 b. mutually ch0~ea by lbs
parties aforesaid."
NOW, NOTICE. Is HEREBY GIVEN th4t with a
view OF reporting 70 Congress. in coup rte m,
ner as possible. the infor mst icu called for l., -
gress in section third above quoted from the act 4
Sd March last
PROPOSALS
Will be receiv.',l ut the Post 0G,cr ps-srrmpn.
TIE city OF hashingtrn, until : u'cl,~k D. L .:
Monday, 3lst day of October next for Coz, ne
mails OF the United States for six wears IL. Inc IT,,
day ofOctober 1854, in the mannrr ana Tine s-1,in
specified
No. l. From New York to Cow-s. in Enslard. and
thence to Bremen Haven, in German. std from
said Bremen Haven, by Cover, u New YORK. orc a
month.
Proposals for one additional trip year, zach wsy
will be Considered.
No.2 From ChsrlestGn. South Caro- INA. bv sa-
Tannsh, Georgia, and key Wet Florida 10 Havana.
IN cuba ana from said iavAnR. Is hey W,st sBI
Savannah. to Charleston. twice a mon b.
NO. .. From New fork TO New orleans iwics
month. and back, touching at harE tton. # rrsc-
ucable,) Savannah, and Havan. and from Havana
to Chsgres (AsPinwal) and back, " ice month
Proposals TO omit Chsrlestcn and Savannah will
he consi tered.
In lien Of above, proposals viii also le received Tor
service from New York to AsriIwa dir CT, 200
miles, AMI hack scmimonthl, i'm rot exceeding uiTe
days TO the trip each way: from New rk by Ha-
vana to New Orleans, . 600 mics AMI iFcs. MI
monthly, in not exceeding ten d,v. u tie r., "a
way ana IRON New Orleans "a A-pi,ta al. dire.
l.4oO, miles and back. semi monthly in not pAc,ed.
ing seven days 10 the trip each way
No. 4. From Panama New Granada TO ssu lhegu.
oailtorhla, MONTEREY, San sran,-ro. and Asuris. in
Oregon, twice a month each wsy-tolching If pr4c
ucabie, at Pert Oxford, in Oregon and AZ such 9th
interim 'liate port on the COAT oregon or -rria
as in the Opinion Of the Postnss II. (,nersl hs pub
lie interest may require
The hedules of Nos 3 and 4 r,p.t ba 81 .--nurI
"a make due connection at the j.! hnus q rsraI1s
mus forming continuous routa from New I.rs,
&c, 10 Astoria and hack, twice y nat IT,
NO D. From New York TO Liverpool. III England
ana hack, twenty'ix trips E-r anrurn nj such TIA
as th" PostmaS' or General shall direct
Proposals to touch at lIelyhead. in En-land will
be considered
=, No. O. From New York. by Cowes in England. 70
hafTe, In France, AID back. ence month.
proposals for changing the terminus of this line
rom Havre TO Antwerp, ia Belgium. and fJr one I'D
ditionsi trip year. each way, i'll Ice cou.iertd
MOI. From New Orleans Louisiana To- Vera C-uz.
Me1ico, and back, thrre tiin-s month, supplying
Iampico Mexico, 10y side mali goin. xnd rrturn-
Ing
Leave New Orleans on the first, fourteenth. and
twenty fifth days.
Arrive at Vera Cruz same month by the fourth.
seventeenth, and twenty-eiuhth days
Leave Vera Cruz every month ora the first sixth,
and twenty-first days
arrive at New Orleans s~ne month ty the io0Ith,
ninth. n :vent fourth DAVIS
Inc proposals in each instance should -pesfy The
nu,hDer VI days TO be taken for the trip escL waj'
hhu 'ne mode OF conveyance. which Eust De y
s'ramships in all respects suitable for the seTvse
II contracts should be entered into. contractors
VIII be required TO conform Ia all rrsyrcts q tTa
avs ana regulations applicable ;5r ordinary con-
Tracts OF the PostOffice Department
The bids should BE- sent duly GUARANTEED undo
'rai. 10 The Pc tmrster Genera, and the wor'
Mail proposals-Poreign Mails"-~litten the
'ace Of the letter. JAMES CAMPBELL.
sept 2-law6w Postmaster GenprsL