The national Republican., 1867-12-30
Leave Snow Hin Saturday At. Can.

Arrive at Lindssyvills By II . m.
| Leave Hndseyville Saturday at N.
Arrive at Snow Hill BY 7am.
aos7 From Snow Hill. BY Sandy Hill, 10 Horn.
| town, Is miles and back, three times
| Leave snow Hin Monday, wednesday, aud
Friday at3am.
| Arrive at Hornton by am.
Leave Hornton Tuesday, Thursday, and
Saturday at pm. q.
| Arrive at Snow Hill by IL pm. d.
FORM OF PROPOSAL. GUARANTY, AND
ERTIRICATE.
| --... Proposal
The undersigned, - whose post
Office address is -, county Of -, State
Of - proposes To convey the mails Of the
United States, from July I, 1868, TO June 80,
1872, on route No. =, between - and
-, under the advertisement Of the Post
master General, dated October 81, 1867, with
"oelerity, eertAinty and security" for the an.
nual sum Of - dollars.
This proposal Is made with full knowledge Of
the distance Of the route, the weight Of the
mail TO be carried, and all other particulsrs In
reference to the route and service, and also,
after careful examination Of the laws and In.
structions attached to the advertisement.
Dated (SIsned.)
#. Guaranty.
The undersigned, residing at -. State Of
-, undertake that, II the foregoing bid for
carrying the mail on route No. -be accepted
by the Postmaster General, the bidder'shaIl,
prior to the 1st day Of July, 1868, enter into
the required obligation or contract TO perform
the service proposed, with good and sufficient
sureties.
This wo do, understanding distinctly the obll.
cations and liabilities assumed by guarantors,
under the twenty seventh section OF the act Of
Congress Of July ., 1885,.
Dated signsd bytwo suarsntors)
Certificate.
The undersigned, postmaster at -, State
Of -, certifes, under his oath Of ofice, that
ho Is acquainted with the above guarantors, and
knows them to be men Of property, and able to
make good their guaranty.
Dated
INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS AND POST.
MASTERS,
Containing also conditions 10 Be incorporated in
the contracts TO hsertsnt the Department may
deem proper.
l. Seven minutes are allowed to each inter.
mediate office, when not otherwise specified, for
asserting the mails but on railroad and steam
boat routes there is to DO no more delay than
is sufficient for an exchange Of the mail pouches
2. On railroad ond steamboat lines and other
routes where tho mode of conveyance admits
Of II, the special agents Of the Post Office De-
partment, also post Office blanks, mail bags,
locks and keys, are to be conveyed without
extra charge
8. On railroad and STEAMBOAT lines the route
agents Of tho Department, also the British aud
Canada mails when offered, and the agents 40
companying them, are to be conveyed without
charge and for the use Of the United States
agents commodous car, or part Of Q car,
properly lighted, warmed and furnished and
adapted to the convenient separation and due
security OF the mails Is to be provided BY the
contractor, under tho direction Of the Depart.
msnt.
Railroad and steamboat companies arc re.
quired to take the mail from and deliver il
into the post Offices at the beginning and end
Of their routes, and to and from all Offices not
more than eighty rods from station or land.
Ing Proposals may be submitted by the COM
panies for the performance Of all other side
ssrvice-that Is for Offices over eighty rods from
Q station or landing
There will be "way bills" prepared by post.
masters, or other agents OF the Department, to
accompany tho mails conveyed on railroads and
steamers, specifying tho number and destination
of the several bags. On other principal routes,
likewise, receipts will be required and way bills
forwarded; the latter to DO examined by the sew
eral postmasters, to insure regularity in the de-
livery Of mails
4. No pay will be made for trips not performed;
and for each Of such omissions, not satisfactorily
explained. three times the pay Of the trip will be
douuoted. for arrivals 30 far bahlnd tina to
break connection with depending mails, and not
sufficiently excused, one.fourth Of the oompensa.
tion for the trip Is ubjeot to forfeiture. Fore
peated delinquenoies Of the kind hcrein specified,
enlarged penalties, proportioned to the nature
thereof, and the Importance Of the mail may be
made.
s. For leaving behind or throwing Of the mails,
or any portion Of them, for the admission Of pas.
sengers, or for being concerned In setting up or
running an express conveying intelligence in ad.
vance Of tho mail, a quarters pay may be de.
Quoted.
0. Fines will be imposed, unless the delin.
quency be promptly and satisfactorily explained
by certificates Of postmasters or the aaiiavits Of
other credible persons for failing to arrive In
contract time for nsglocting to take the mail
from, or deliver 1t into post ofhcei for suffer-
ing 1t to be wet injured, destroyed, robbed, or
lost and for refusing, after demand, to convey
tho mail as frequently as tho contractor runs, or
Is concerned In running, coach, car. or steam
boat on Q route.
7. The Postmaster General may annul the
,ontract for repeated failures to run agreeably
10 contract for violating tho post Office laws or
disobeying tho instructions Of the Department;
Tor refusing TO discharge o carrier when required
BY the Department to do soi for running an ex.
press as aforesaid or for transporting persons or
packages conveying mailable matter out Of the
nail.
8. Tho Postmaster General may order an in.
,rease OF service on route by allowing therefor
pro rata increase on the contract pay. Ho may
'hange schedules Of departures and arrivals in
III cases, and particularly 10 make them conform
% connexions with railroads, without increase Of
psy, provided tho running time bo not abridged.
He may also order an increase of speed, allowing,
within the restrictions Of the law, pro rata In
,rease OF pay for the additional stock or carriers
{ any. Tho contractor may, however, In the
,ase Of increase Of speed relinquish the contract
~ giving prompt notice to the Department that
10 prefers doing so to carrying tho order into
fleet. Tho Postmaster General may also dis
continue or curtail the service, in whole or In
,art In order to place on the route greater de.
,ree Of service, or whenever the public interests,
n his judgment, shall require such disoontinu-
Ince or curtailment for any other CAUSE he al
owing'as full indemnity to contractor ono
months extra pay on the amount Of service dis.
,ensed with, and 4 pro rata compensation for
he amount OF service retained and continued.
0. Payments will be made by collections from
II drafts on postmasters, or otherwise, after the
expiration Of each quartsr-say In November,
May, and August.
10. Tho distances are given according to tho
rest informationi but no increased pay will bo
.lowed should they be greater than advertised,
{ the points to be supplied arc correctly stated.
Bidders must inform themselves on this point,
md also in reference to the weight Of the mail,
he condition Of roads, hills, streams, &c., and
II toll bridges ferries, or distractions Of any