Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-11-18
From the iIcas;on Telegraph Nov. sih.
OUR MhILa.
GALvRgroN. NOv. 6th $50

what mail service we are 70 nave IN
Texas this winter. IF you think
proper you can give tho following
notice in your paper, VIZ:
phe contract from New Orleans
to Bsrwick's Bay by Railroad, from
Berwics's Bay to Galveston three
times week by steamships touch-
ing at Sabine Pass both ways. (Mr.
Fitch contractor) Then the Post
Office Department have ordered ser
vice on all the Railroads out of
Houston. This ! had done and
have the orders, and presume the
roads viii carry the mails.
Then the stage company Of Saw
yer, Risher & Hail have tal5en the
following routes, viz: Brennan to
. Austin Austin to San Antonio;
Alleyton to San Antonio; Alleyton
/ to Lagrange; Indianola to Austin,
via Victoria and Gonzales; Victo-
ria to San Antonio; Victoria to
Bernard Station Brenham to Cam
eron; Austin to Clarksville, via
Waco and Dallas Millican to Waco
I Navasota to Shreveport, via Hunts
vile and Crockett; Marshall to
! Clarl,sville Crockett to TJser;
Crockett to Natchitoches, via Nacog-
/ doches and San Augustine Liber-
| ty to Crockett,
had Postmasters appointed at
the following places, and have the
appointment bonds and commits
sions. so if they can take the oath
4 and give satisfactory bond, | am
authorized to give them commis-
sions: Brenham. Lagrange, Bas-
trop, New Braunlels, Alleyton, Vic
torta, Indianola, Eagle lake Con
zales, Liberty, Navasota, Niliean
i Huntsville, Crockett, Shreveport,
4 Marshall, Clarllsyilie, Cameron
/ The Postmaster at San Antonio has
/ his commission, and ! have just give
1 the Postmaster here his, and have
one for the Postmaster at your
place and Austin; SO If the Rail-
roads will carry the mails, we can
4 have the main routes in operation
at once. The above contracts are
only let to July next, and all that
\ will be put in operation till the reg
ular letting next spring, at which
/ time If civil law is fully restored,
the Department will supply every
! Court House with a mail and all
other offices of Importance.
The Department is anxious to
have every Office on the above routes
4 opened, as soon as the people will
petition for some one to fill them,
i which they must do if they want
4 the mails. They must petition for
the office and get the applicant to
get the Governors endorsement, or
some military commander, or some
one We'll known to the Department.
| Other appointments will be at once
/ made. None need apply unless
| they can take the following cath;
Very respectfully, your obd't
serv't. i. 7. SAWYER.
[Requ;rod by At q Congress of Ia;s 2ad sal.c. aa
i March Ord lS9S,J
4 r., being appointed Post
!. l.l1stSl, s.t-T,i N t.,e eoanty o.
, and State Of doswear
-- that I VII fa;tfully per-
form ali the duties required of me
and abstain from every thing for
hidden bv the laws ia relation to
4 the establishment Of the Post Office
and Post Roads within the United
Estates and that viii honestly and
truly account for and pay over any
moneys belonging othe said United
/ States which may come into my
possession or control. And | do
further solonan.y swear - that
/ / have never voluntarily bore arms
against the United States since
/ have been citizen thereof; that |
Z have voluntarily given noaid, ,coun-
( tcnance, counsellor announcement
Ito persons engaged in armed hostil-
! itv thereto that | have neither
sought nor accepted, nor attempted
TO exercise the functions of any Of
fee whatever. under any authority.
or pretended authority, in hostility
Ito The United States that | have
not yielded voluntary support to
any prctented government, author
lity. power. or constitution within
! s6e United States. hostile or inimi-
cal thereto. aIle ! do further swear
----- that. TO the best Of my
KNOWLEDGE and ability, win sup
port and defend the Constitution o.
The United States against all enc
mics. foreign ard domestic that
will bear true fifth and allegiance
TO the same; that J take this ebiis
Cation freely, without any mental
reservation or purpose Of evasion
and that / will vel and faitfally
discharge tho dufics Of the Office on
which / am abont 10 enter. 50
help me God
Sworn before the subscriber, -
for the Of. this - day Of
-A. d. 1S6 and l also eerii-
IL that the person named Is above
the age Of sixteen ycars. 70 the best /
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