The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-12-29

miles and back, once week. Leave Lex
ington H Friday a m; arrive Rishs Store
p m; leave Rish's Store Saturday M
arrive Lexington II pm.
569S From Steedman's to Rish's Store,
miles and back, once week. Leave Steed-
mans Friday p M; arrive Rish's Store o
m; leave Risns Store Friday p M; arrive
Steedman's p m.
5699 From Risls Store, by Williamson's
Mills and Bull Swamp to Orangeburg H,
35 miles and back, once week. Leave
Rlsh's Store Friday a M; arrive Orange
burg p m; leave Orangeburg
Thursday q m; arrive Rish's Store p IN.
500 From Monticello, by Long Run, to
Alston, 9 miles and back, once week.
Leave Monticello Friday 8 m; arrive AL
ston II m; leave Alston Friday m; ar
rive Monticello pm. Proposals for twice
a-week service invited.
FORM OF PROPOSAL, GUARANTEE AND CERTI-
EICATE.
PROPOSAL
The undersigned -, whose post office
a9 address is ro-oa, , County Of ~, - State s
the United States, from July 1, 1867, to June
80, 1871, on route No. -, between --
and -, under the advertisement of the
Postmast ster General, dated October 81,
1866, with ''celerity, certainty and securi-
ty," for the annual sum of ---- dollars.
Of the distance Of the route the 7reight Of the
mai to be ca'7'ied and all other particulars
| IN reference to The route and Serrice aud
also after careful examination of The ldars
and Instructions attached to tie ddrertise-
ment
Dated (Signed.)
Gu0ra7uee.
Tho undersigned, residing at -,
State Of -, undertake that, if the fore
going bid for carrying the mail on route
No. - be accepted by the Postmaster
General, the bidder shall, prior 10 the 1st
day Of July, 1867, enter into the required
obligation or contract to perform the SER
vice proposed, with good and sufficient
surcticS
ThiS are do understanding distinctly the
Obligations and liabilities dsS,t1,ed by qua
rdntoa's ,lnden' the 9th section Of Me Act Of
Congress Of Juiy2, 1886.
Dated. (Signed by two guarantors.)
Certificate.
The undersigned, postmaster at -,
State of ---, certitics, under his oath of
office, that he is acquainted with the above
guarantors, and knows them to be men of
property, and able to mako good their qua
rantce.
Dated (Signed.)
The above certificate must have affixed
to it a five-cent revenue stamp, cancelled,
as the law requires.
DISTRACTIONS 10 BIDDERS AND POSTHASTERS,
Containing, also, conditions to be lncorpo-
rated In the contracts, to the extent the De-
pdrt'nent may deem proper.
l. Seven minutes are allowed to each in
termediato Office, when not otherwise spe-
Gifted, for asserting tho mails; but on rail-
road and steamboat routes, there is to be
no more delay than is sufficient for an e1-
change OF the mail pouches
T. On railroad and steamboat lines and
other routes where the mode of conveyance
admits OF it, the special agents of the Post
Office Department, also post Office blanks,
mall bags, locks and keys. ato to be con-
veyed without ezra charge.
8. On railroad and steamboat limos, the
route agents OF the Department Are to be
conveyed without charge; and for tho use
OF the agents conmodious car, or Spart-
ment In tho centre OF car. properly
lighted, warmed and furnished, and adapt
ed to the convenient separation and due
security of the mails, is to be provided by
the contractor, under the direction OF tho
Department.
Railroad and steamboat comp.nies are
required to take the mail from and deliver
it into tho post offcos at the beginning
and end OF their routes, and to and from ali
station or landing. Proposals may be-
submitted by the companies for the per-
formance Of all other side servico-that 49,
for Offices over eighty rods from station
Oh landing.
There will bo way bills" prepared by
postmastcrs, or other agents Of the De-
partmcnt, to accompany the mails convey
cd on railroads And steamers, specifying
the number and destinntion OF the several
bags. On other principal routes, likewise
receipts will be required and WAy-bills for
warded; the latter to be examined by the
several postmastcrs, to insure regularity
in the delivery OF mails.
4 No nav will hc t1o fnr ~, NOT NOR
formed; and for each OF such omissions,
not satisfactorily explained, threo tmos
the pay OF tho trip may be deducted. For
arrivals so TAR behind time as to break
connection with depending mails, and not
sufficiently excused, on3-:ourth of the COM
pcnsatiou for the trip is subject to fi,rfei-
turo. For repeated dellnquencics Of the
kind herein specified, enlarged penalties,
! proportioned to the nature thereof, and
, the Importance OF the mail, may be made
5. For leaving behind or throwing off
tho mails, or any portion OF them, for the
admission of passengers, or FOR being con-
cerpcd iii setting mp or running all express
conveying intelligence, i'll advance OF the
mail, quarter pay may be deducted.
Fines will be imposed, unless the de-
lnqurncy be promptly and satisfactorily
explained by certificates of postmastcrs or
| tho aflidavlts OF other credible persons, for
failing TO arrive Ill contract tune; for neg
lectiug to take tho mail from, or deliver it
| into, post Office; for suffering it TO be
wet, injured, destroyed, robbad or lost;
| and for refusing, after demand, to convey