Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-12-08
UNITED STATES MAIL.
ALA u MA

PosT OFFICE DEPARTMENT Nov %, 1853.
pROPOSALS FOR CARRYING THE mails
ruary, 1880, 10 the Goth day Of June, 1855, inclu
sive, on the following route In the STATE OF
ALABAMA, and In the time and manner speci.
fed will be received at the Contract Office Of the
Pos Otice Department, In the city Of Washing
ton, until p m, Of the 10Th January, 1856, to Ee
decided on the next day:
7Oos-F rom Montgomery, by Steep Creek, Fort
Deposit, Bstlss SPRING., Sgns GotsIvils; Clai.
Vile daily, and Of Tintlalah, Hickory Grove
Sandy Ridge, and Kirkville tri- weekly; the
transportation between Montgomery and
Claiborne to be performed In q double line
OF four-h horse coaches, with the privilege
when the reads are bad, Of using four. horse
horse mail wagons, Of sufficient capacity to
curry whatever mail may be daily received
at Montgomery or Claiborne; and between
Claiborne and Mobile In suoh classes Of
steamboats, as may be suitable In speed, size
and structure, for the regular performance
Of the service at all seasons Of the year. to
be under the entire ard exclusive control Of
the accepted bidder or bidders, so that no
-7 breaches of connexion shall occur either way
by reason Of any other person or persons hav-
ing right 70 regulate or interfere with the
arrivals and departures Of the said steanl-
boats. s..
Leave Montgomery daily at4Hpm
4,rise at Mobile In % hours, by4k am
Leave Mobile daily at IL q. II, rom Isl No
vember to lst June, and az m residue Of
the year
Arrive in MONTGOMERY In 50 hours, BY IL D m,
from lst November TO Ist June and bv o
IN residue Of the year.
NOTE.
No pay will be made for trips rot performed,
and for each Of such omissions not satisfactorily
explained three times the pay of the tip may be
deducted. For arrivals so far behind tlme as 10
brea ak cOnneI ion with depending mails, and not
sufficiently excused, one fourth Of the compslsa.
tion for the Trip is subject to forfeiture. T inas
will be imposed, unless the delinquency be
promptly and satisfactorily expia ined by Csrtih
Gates OF postasters the afdavits Of other Gre
liable persons for nsglectng to take the mall nom
or into post ONCE; FOR suffering 1t 10 be injured
destroyed, robbed or lost; and for refusing, after
demand, to convey the mail ss frequently AZ the
contractor runs, or Is concerned In running, We
hicles on the Route. The Postmaster General may
annul the contract FOR repeated failures to run
axreeably 10 contract, or FOR disobeying the post
ofhce laws Or instructions Of the department The
Postmaster General may alter the schedule. He
may also order an increase OF service by allowing
therefor pro rata increase on the contract pay.
lie may also curtail or discontinue the service In
whole IN part, at pro ynta decrease Of pay IL he
allow one months extra compensation ON the
amount Of service dispensed with. The bids
should bs addressed b tbs second Assistant Post
master General, supsrsoribed Mail Proposals
for Alabama The contracts 10 be executed and
returned to the department by or before the 18TH
OF February, 1856. For further particulars as to
conditions tO be Incorporated In the contracts bid
ders may see pamphlet advertisement for convey
ing the mails In Alabama. Mississippi, Arkansas,
Louisiana and Texas, of 1854.
7 .- .4 JAMES CAMPBELL, t--.
nov ei-aiw Postmaster General.