The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-09-24


miles, and back, once week. Leave Steed-
mans Friday p m, arrive st Rish's Store
f. p m, leave Rish's Store Friday S p IN, ar
ri1e at Ste edman's p m.
5155. From isisn's Store, Dy WMnamaous
Mills and Bull Swamp, 50 orangeburg court
Leave Rish's Store Friday 5p m, arrive at
Orangeburg court house next day IL m,
leave Orangeburg court house Thursday,
after arrivs! Of caTs-sayi IL p m, arrive at
Rish's Store next day II m.
FORM OF PROPOSAL, GUARANTEE,
Proposal.
The undersigned - -, whose
post Office address is -. county of
-, State of ---, proposes to convey
the mails Of the United States, from Janu-
ary /, 1866, to june 80, 1867, cn route No.
the advertisement of the Postmaster Gene
raj, dated August r. 1865, with CELEBRITY,
certa'rft,', and security, for the annual sum
of - dollars.
This proposal is made with full know
ledge of the distance of the route, the
weight of the mail to be carried, and all
other particulars III reference to the route
and service, and Also after careful exami-
nation OF the laws and Instructions attach
cd to tic advertisement.
Dated (Signed.0
Gnorantee.
The undersigned, residing at -,
State OF --, undertake. that, If Tie fore
going bid for carrying the mail on route
No. -, be accepted by the Postmaster
day of JANUARY, 1866, enter into the re-
quircd obligation or contract to perform
the service proposed, with good and suf-
fcient sureties.
This We do, understanding distinctly the
obligations and liabilities assumed by
,%x>,~., = l. r
Act OF Congress of July 2, 1886.
Dated (Signed by two guarantors.)
Certificate.
The undersigned, postmaster at
State of --, certihes, UNDER HIS OATH
OF OFFICE, that he is acquainted with the
above guarantors, and knows them to be
men of property, and able to make good
their guarantee.
Dated (Sgned.)
The above certificate must have affixed
to it a tive-cent revenue stamp, cancelled,
as the law requires.
INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS AND
pOSTMASTERS.
Containing also conditions to be inco7-pO-
rated IN the contracts to the extent the De-
pdrtrae,t may deem, proper.
l. Seven minutes are allowed ts oach in
termediate Office, when not otherwise spe-
cited, for asserting the mails; but on rail,
road and steamboat routes there is to be
change of the mail pouches.
2. On railroad and steamboat lines, aad
other routes where the mode OF convey
ance adnits of it, the special agents OF the
Post Office Department, also post Office
blanks, mail bags, locks and keys, are to be
conveyed without extra charge.
5. Oh ,ailrnAL ond steamboat nncs tho
route agents OF the Department, are to be
| conveyed wlthou. Charge, aud for, the use
OF the agents conlmodlous car, or apart
ment IN the centre of q car, properly light
ed, warmed, and furnished, and ADAPTED to
the convenient separation and due security
ethe mails, is to be provided by the con-
tractor, under the direction of the Depart
ment
Railroad and steamboat companies are
required to take the mail from and deliver
1t into the post offices at the beginning and
end OF tlcir routes, and to and from all
offices not more than eighty rods from Il
station On landing. Proposals may be sub
mltted by the companies for the perform
ance OF all other side scrvicc-that is, for
offices over eighty rods from = station or
landing.
There will bee ''waybills" prepared by
postmaSters. or rather agents of the De-
partmcnt, to accompany the mails convey
cd on railroads aud steamers, specifying
the number and destination Of the several
bags. On other principal routes, likewise,
receipts will be required and way-bills for
"arueu, the iatter t0 be eXalAlped by the
several postmasters, to insure regularity in
| the delivery Of mails
4. No pay will be made for trips not per-
formed; and for each of such omissions,
not satisfactorily explained, three times
the pay OF the trip may be deducted. FOR
arrivals 80 far behind time as to break
conncxion With. depending mails, and not
| sufficiently excused, one-fourth Of the COM
pensat:on for the trip is subject to forfei-
ture. For repeated delinquencies Of the
kind herein specified, enlarged penalties,
proportioned to the nature thereof, aud the
Importance Of the mail, may be made.
g. For leaving behind or throwing off the
mails, or any portion OF them, for tho ad-
mission OF passengers, or for being con-
ccrncd IN setting up or running al express
conveying intelligence in advance OF the
mail, asluartcrs pay may be deducted.
&. Fines will be imposed. unless the de-
; hnqucncy be promptly SAD ;;sfactoriIy
explained by certificates Of postmasters or
the atfiQaVitS of other cred ihe paraous