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Failing bidders and contractors. Con-
tracts may be extended, and
fe,pDOTdTy contracts made.

SEC. 25l. That after any regular bid
der whose bid has been accepted shall fail
to enter iato contract for the transporta-
ton of the mails according to his propo-
sal, or, having entered into contract, shall
fail to commence the performance of the
service stipulated in his or their contract
as therein provided, the Postmaster Gem
eral shall proceed to contract with the
next lowest bidder for the same service,
who will enter into a contract for the per
Torrance thereof, unless the Postmaster
General shall consider such bid too hiv b ,
in which case he shall re-advertse such
service. And If any bidder whose bid has
been accepted, and who has entered into
contract TO perform the service accord
ing to his proposal, and in pursuance of
his contract has entered upon the perfor-
nance of the service to the satisfaction of
the Postmaster General, shall su sequently
fail or refuse to perform the service accord
ing to his contract, the Postmaster Gene
raj shall proceed to contract with the next
lowest bidder for such service, under the
advertisement thereof (unless the Post
master General shall consider such bid too
high, who will enter into contract and
give bond, with sureties, to be approved
by the Postmaster General, for the faith
full performance thereof in the same pen
atty and with the same terms and condi-
tons thereto anne ed as were stated and
contained in the bond which accompanied
his bid ; hut in case each and every OF the
next lowest bidders for such service whose
respective bids are not considered too high
by the Pos master General shall refuse to
enter into contract and give bond as here
III required for the faithful performance of
his contract, the Postmaster General shall
Immediately advertise for proposals to per-
form the ser, ice on said route. When
ever an accepted bidder shall fail to enter
into contract, or q contractor on any mail
route shall fail or refuse TO perform the
service on said route according to his con-
tract, or when new route shall be estab-
lished or new service required, or when
from any other cause there shall not be a
contractor legally bound or required to
perform such service, the Postmaster Gem
eral may make temporary contract for
carving the mail on such route, without
advertisement, for such period as may he
necessary, not in any case exceeding six
months; untl'the service shall have COM
menced under contract made according
10 law T0ct"cei h0WeOtfi tHut th0 oSI-
master Genersl shall not employ Temporal
ry service on any route at higher price
than that paid to the contractor who shall
have performed the service during the last
preceding regular contract term And in
all cases of regular contracts hereafter
made, the contract may, in the discretion
of the Postmaster General be continued
in force beyond its express terms for pc
riod not exceeding six months, until new
contract with the same, or other contrac'
tors, shall be made by the Postmaster
General
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Failing contractors guilty eta
miSdemeanor.

SEC. 254. That any person or persons
bidding for the transportation OF the mails
upon any route which may be advertised
to be let, and receiving ar award OF the
contract for such service, who shall wrong
fully refuse or fail TO enter into contract
with the Postmaster General in due form,
and perform the service described in his
or their bid or proposal, shall be deemed
guilty Of a misdemeanor and, on conyic-
ton thereof be punished by a fine not ex-
ceeding five thousand dollars, and by i'm
prisonmentfo for term not exceeding twelve
months.
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Deductions may be made, and fines i'm
posed, for delinquepcies.

SEC. 266. That the Postmaster Cen
eral may make deductions from the pay
of contractors for failures to perform
service according to contract, and inn
pose fires upon their for other deIin-
quencies. He may deduct the price OF
the trip in all cases where the trip is
not performed; and not exceeding three
times the price If the failure be occasion
ed by the fault OF the contractor or car
rier.
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Compensation for additional service re
stricted and regulated.

SEC. 260. That compensation for adj
ditioaa sci vice in carrying the mai
shall not be- III excess OF the exact ro.
portion which the original compensation
bears to the original service; and when
any such additional service is ordered
the sum to be allowed therefor shall be
expressed in the order, and entered upon
the books Of the Department ; and no
compensation shall be paid for any adj
ditional regular service rendered before
the issuing of such order
SEC. 261. That no extra allowance
shall! be made for any increase of expe-
dition in carrying the mail unless there
by The employment OF additional stock
and carriers is made necessary, and in
such case the additional compensation
shall bear no greater proportion to the
additional stock and carriers necessarily
employed than the compensation in the
original contract bears to the stock and
carriers necessarily employed in its exc
cution.
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r, clerk Of the being a Court the
same Of Record, do hereby certify that,
whose genuine signature appears to the
foregoing affidavit, was at the the time of
signing the same, a justice of the peace ia
and for the county and State aforesaid
duly qualified, and that all his official acts
"a such are entitled TO full faith and cr,d-
it
In testimony whereof, ! have hereunto
set my hand rs clerk, and affixed tie seal
Of said court, on this - day of -,
1877
IL. s. -, Clark.
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son who has willfully or negligently fail
ed to perform former contract.
Combinations to prerent bidding
prohibited.

UTUWEUIItU.
SIC. $50. That no contract for carry
ing the mail shall be made with any per
son who has entered, or proposed to enter
into any combination to prevent the max
ing Of any bid for carving the mail, or
who has made any agreement, or given or
performed, or promised to give or per-
form, any consideration whatever to in
duce any other person not to bid for any
such contract; ard if any person so of
tending is a contractor for carrying the
mail, his contract may be annulled and
for the first offense the person so offending
shall be disqualified to contract for carry
ing the mail for five years, and for the Sc
cond offense shall be forever disqualified.
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NoTE. when the above oath is taken
before justice of the peace or any other
officer not using a seal except Judge of
the U. S. Court, the certificate of the clerk
of court Of record must be added, under
his seal of Office, that the person uho ad-
ministered the oath is duly qualified as
such officer.
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Proposal.
The undersigned --- whose
post-office address is ---, county Of
-, State of -, proposes to carry
the mails of the United States, from July
!, 1875. to June 80, 1877, on route No.
-, between and ---, State of
---, under the advertisement of Post
master General, dated October J. 1874
with celerltv, certainty, aud security"
for the annual sum of - dollars; and
if this proposal is accepted he will enter in
to contract, with sureties to be approved
by the Postmaster General, within the
time prescribed in said advertisement.
This proposal is made wilh fuH knowledge
ofMe distance Of the route, the soeigh Of The
mail to be carried, and all other particulars
in reference to the route and service and,
also, after careful examination Of The la,cs
andinstructions attached TO advertisement Of
mail service.
DafpH Ij11er
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strued or intended TO affect any penalties
or forteitures which have heretofore &C
crued under the provisions of the sections
hereby amended.
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No pay 10 be made until contracts are
erecgted.

SEC. 259 That no person whose bid for
carrying the mail is accepted shall receive
any pay until he has executed his con-
tract according to law and the regulations
of the Department.
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Bidder.

Oath required By section 245 of an act Of
Congress approved June % 1874 10 be
o6fxea TO eoch b,d for cerrpiny The mail,
and 10 he TAX n before an officer qualified TO
administer oaths
l. Of, bidder for carrying
the mail on route No. -, from - 10
-, do swear that have the ability, Pc
cunarily, to fulfill my obligation as such
bidder; that the bid is made in good faith,
and with the intention to enter into con-
tract and perform the service in case said
bid shall be accepted
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HAPPIEST RELIEF

ono UTS AND BRUISES, the action
of COSMOLINE is almost magical. If
promptly applied, it prevents soreness,
and the wounds heal very rapidly.
FOR PILES. it has proved to be an
unequalled remedy, and many sufferer
has blessed the day of its introduction.
FOR SKIN DISEASES we can recon-
mend it with the greatest confidence, es-
pecially for Salt Rheum, letter, Eczema
etc.. and Teething humours.
We might go on ennmerating the many
other conditions for which is is une-
qualled, but will only add that wherever
there is inflammation from any cause, cos
MOLINE brings rapid and happy relief,
and will bethe
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Bidders not released until a contract IS
entered into and service begun.

SEC. 1852. That no bidder for carrying
the mails shall be released from his obliga>
ton under his bid or proposal, notwith-
standing an award made to a lower bid
der. until contract for the designated
service shall haNo been duly executed by
such lower bidder and his sureties, and
accepted, and the service entered upon by
the contractor to the satisfaction of the
Postmaster General.
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Contracts cannot be assigned on tran
fcrred.

Sto. 27l That no contractor for
transporting the mail within or between
the United States and any foreign coun-
try shall assign or transfer his contract
and all such assignments or transfers
shall be null aud void
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Schedules to be furnished and posted up
IN post offices Registers to be
returned and reports made.

SEC. 20. That the Postmaster Gen
era shall furnish to the postmasters at
the termination Of each route a schedule
of the time of arrival and departure Of
the mail at their offices, respectively, to
be posted in a conspicuous place in the
Office aud the Postmaster General shall
also give the postmaster notice OF any
change in the arrival and departure that
may be ordered and he shall cause to
be kept and returned to the Department
at short and regular intervals, registers
showing the exact times of the arrivals
aud departures of the mail.
BY act Of Congress approved April
81, 1908. no member of Cor gress can
be contractor, or be concerned, direct
ly or indirectly, in any contract with
the Government; and by the same act
it is made high misdemeanor for any
officer of the United States to enter 10
It's behalf. into a contract with mem
Der of Congress.
TBut if a member withdraw from a
contract it may be concluded with the
other partners. - Opinion Of attorney
General, 4, AZ. A contract with one
who is elected member of Congress
during its continuance is not affected by
such election. Ibid, 5, 697.
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IN THE DEPARTMENT BY THE
FIRST DAY OF JUNE

Under the provisions of section 245 of
the act approved June %, 1874 on or be-
fore which day the contracts of accept
ed bidders must be received at the De-
partment in Washington, executed in
due form.
accepted bidders not complying ,cith
thiS regulation shall be considered as
haoing failed TO comply Nth their pro
pOsals, and the Postmaster General may
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Subscribed and sworn before me this
day of -, 1877
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proceed 10 contract for the service ioih
other parties, according TO lar.
CONTRACTS RECEIVED AT THE De-
PAgTmENT AFTER JUNE 1sT WILL NOT
BE Considered BY THE POSTMASTER
GENERAL.
FORM OF PROPOSAL, BOND, AND
CERTIFICATE.
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Sworn 10 and subscribed before
me for the - of -, this -
day Of, A d. 1877 and in testi- [sEAL
monv whereof hereunto subscribe
my name and affix official my seal
the day and year aforesaid.
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On TINS - uay OF - lot per-
sonally appeared before me - and -,
sureties in the aforegoing bond, to me
known to be the persons named in said
bond as sureties, and who have executed
the same as such, who being by me duly
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The Postmaster General has no poWer
atnder the lac, to release bidders and con-
tractors and their sureties from their Tia
bilities on the allegation Of real or sup
posed mistakes Of any kind IN making
proposals. He particularly requests that,
before bidding, the fullest inquiry and
Investigation be made IN regard TO the
route, distance, service, aoeight Of mats,
cost Of stock, feed, and all expenses en-
listing and likely to occur during Tie con-
tract term, and aoith due consideration o.
the consequences imposed By laac on de-
tnquerats.
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Dated
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-, 1877
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CERTIFICATE IF POSTMASTER

CLARK.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-06-01

ARE We AS GOOD AS Our ANCESTORS =
The Ohio State Journal thus tortures those
croakers who are forever depreclatlng the
things of the present and extolling the things
of the past: .
"There are too many Veterinarians On
the Eastern weeklies, nowadays. There
seems to be lot Of old fellows done up IN
fiaunels, who write all their editorials with
their feet in mustard bath, and with pan
of camomie Tea and pot of Cruel beside
them. They are in fit of chronic depres.
sion on account of the social ana
political tendencies Of the time. Like
the Canon in Gil Bias, the old fellows think
the peaches have deteriorated, since their
own taste is gone. Their eyes are so full OIL
rheum that they cannot see any great men IN
this age, and they draw On their magma
ton for the giants Of the past. Such
men put the revolutionary skirmishes and
the Indian fighting above all the tremendous
pitched battles of the war Of the rebellion;
and they will have it that the rebellion de-
yeloped no such military leaders as Marion, a
half-sturved bushwhacker, or Scott, fussy
old humbug, who would have court.martlaied
Grant and Sherman for not wearing q
pound or so Of red rooster feathers IN reSu'
Iation chapeauX. They pretend that our
girls, who are lovely enough to make st.
Simon come down of his pillar, were
eclipsed by their graudmothers, in leg-of-
mutton sleeves and bonnets like Sipie tent
in Il gale of wind. We might be willing, II
ONLY for the sake Of the temporary LESSON, 10
90 back for few days to the brutalism and
barbarism of the good old days; but no
more of the social and political and moral
deaeneracy Of our age, an it please you,
gentlemen"
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GALLATiS.

!&&yEST!"Ee OF EXTRAORDINARILY meet
~ 10, ~ New Io:k Medical Society on
Igr,tay evening Or. Charles p. Russell
s?'.~ IL detail Of the terrible disease, ny
C:"i"o1!a. Among other things, he said
" L, or.in among brutes was still an object
q G'>rn->ion. Man was only liable to it
:. Z. incubation. Many superstiiions as to
- "..-.h among animals were shown to be
"aa9l. foundation, and there was every
I"@''a 10 believe that in some countries
z."'-s animals the disease often as
>a-."l an epidemic form. The popu-
-; opinion regarding 'dog-days,' and
u; 10 summer there was greater liability
O. AJL d Is, was a fal,e one. Weather
Iii - tendency 10 this effect. No animal
VS. exempt from it, and it was easily
|.A'"li>"d 10 mankind, and even from an
-..@.~, man 10 the animal. Cauterization
u u" wound vas found TO be the only sue
l"'>u remedy. He described at some
."at'A tie symptoms and different stages Of!
-''"'tApbIa III the dog, and spoke OF the
I'as'' experienced in their careless fond
~. j, 4 preventive all worthless ours
49,. ! ~ destroyed, he said, as among them
'~' -.'r.9>c seemed 10 originate. Muzzles he
..,&'i1rT>G a most pernlcious contrivance.
'"".! purpose was but half served at best,
-"I .ac danger in case OF disease increased
i''I. @eLr removal from the dog when at
-'a''. In conclusion, he said every dog
--".''rr.ing any unusual symptoms OF dis.
Mould be carefully attended TO and
S''...y 4uaranttncd until recovery was
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from southampton County.

>--#sET:oE COUNTY, May 20, 1874.
: #. -..;.-> o ne Dispatch:
G !.ifeuG The result Of the election
j.. 4. IL Dr"rry>vi!ie} township on yes
;...y: Tvc Supervisor, +. L. Thomas ;
{ -. !. Z. Nr>:y.ocE; Assessor, 5. 3.
:. 80: Collector, J. +. Harris; Magis-
i.s,,- William Prince, F. 7. Ridley, Jr.,
{ ..-a u. uughe>: Oyer>eer OF Poor, u.
7. l.-y: Commissioner Of Roads, L. Il.
Cd.
G.... IA, Ju: ona ticket Conservative
y. III, @pd but l,t:Ie interest manifested
j. :.r erection. consequently slim crowd
", j. a,.-uCaDcc.
Ger la'mcr friends are now quite busy
{. ~ out their cotton, which Is small,
IT.. .y.a.E- vcry promising, ana with favor
: Hr..aer III Tie future good yield may
J. ,%.ec.rd. CTo.> Of corn. wheat, oats,
- ,.J:tG generally nave a tlourlshing ap-
i.s.~@cr, particularly where fertilizers were
:. . Used. The growth OF corn has been
considerably retarded owing 10 the cold,
-. ,!t.n-. Many Of the farmers had to
-. -" second time in order 10 procure a
,.s.i. On account Of late frost and cold
"~I.vr The apple and peach crop Of thi.
c-@.:y vas almost entirely destroyed.
GALLATlE.
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A LOST TRACT BY ROGER WILLIAMS
BROUGHT TO LIGHT.-Dr. j. Hammond
Trumbull has bad the good fortune to dis
cover q tract by Roger Williams which was
unknown to all his biographies. 1t was
printed in London in 1862, the same year
with his rejoinder to Mr.. Cotton, "The
Bloody Tenet vet more Bloody" etc., and
with .The Hireling Ministry none Of
ChriSl's." 1t makes part Of small quarto
Of twenty-eight pages (of which five are not
numbered), with the following title:
The Fourth Paper, presented BY Major
Butler. To the HONORABLE Committee OF
Parliament, for the Propasating the Gospel
OF Christ Jesus.
Also 4 Letter from Mr.. Goad, to Major
Butler; upon occasion of the said Paper
aud Proposals. Together acsh A Testimony
to the said Fourth Paper, by way of Expla-
nation upon the four Proposals Of it, by h.
". London, Printed for Giles
Culvert, &C., 1852"
An Introductory epistle "To the Truly
Christian Reader" is signed by ''The On
worthiest of All the Followers and Wit
nesses of Christ Jesus. Z. R." The in.
| itials only. but reference to 'the contro.
versy of the Bloody Tenet between MIR.
Cotton and myself" aud the mention of what
Il have spoken more particularly in the
Hirehng Ministry, etc.," leave no doubt as
10 the authorship.
The essence Of the tract may be given in a
quotation from one of lis marginal notes
"Soul-freedom Of mighty consequence to
this nation"
The four proposals, in support Of which
it was written, are, In substance: For liberty
of prcae hing without license from magis.
trates: fCr leaving TO God the punishment oil
false teachers and heretics; for the denial OF
jurisdiction in Spirltuals to the civil power
and for permission to the Jews 10 live freely
and peaceably in England. The argument
is clearly and forcibIy presented, and in lite.
rary merit the tract is unsurpassed by any
work OF its author. There was no subject
on which Roger Williams so well loved to
speak, or could speak so well, as on "Soul'
| Freedom" "Oh that it would please the
Father of Spirits" be says, "to affect the
heart of the Parliament with such merclfu
sense of the SoutBars and Tokes which ouI
fathers have laid upon the neck Of this M
ton, and al last to proclaim true and abso'
| lutte soul-freedom TO all the people OF the
land, impartially. Hartford Courant.
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Memorial Obseryances. &c.
Especial telegram to The n,sno,.h =,

ISPecI11 telegrdm 20 The Dlspatch.J - -
NORFOLK, Va, May 30.-Federal memorial
was observed here as holiday on the
part of the. employees of the Government.
The nayy-yard and Government offices were
closed, and excursion steamers to Ham pton
and Fort Monroe. where the decoration OF
graves took place in the national cemeteries,
went up crowded with people. Addresses
were delivered, and the garrison at Fort
Monroe decorated the Confederate graves
beautifully.
The steamship San Jacinto, from Galveston
to Liverpool, with cotton, put in Norfolk to.
day to coal and complete cargo.
The Radicals are taking steps TO contest
the election in Portsmouth,.
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A HUMOROUS INCIDENT OF THE LATE
LOUISVILLE GENERAL CoNFERENCE-[COrr
spondence Sumter Wdtchn1an] Under the
/ call by Conferences for resolutions, and in
the midst of n rush of such business, one of
the accomplished little pages that constantly
| wait upon the Conference conveyed to the
secretary, from the hands Of Rev. n. +.
Pierce editor Of the Holston NethodssD the
following pungent moroccan:
"Whereas doctors Of divinity in the
Church are becoming too thick to thrive;
and whereas the title has become so cheap
ened that. while it is no great honor to re.
ceiVe it, it is positive stigma to be deemed
unworthy Of it; therefore
RESOLVED, That the General Conference
does hereby urge upon our literary instltu-
tons the propriety of RETAINING from con.
ferring the title upon any more OF our min
listers until the present race of u. DIS
pretty well die out. "
AS the secretary began to read, and pro-
crossed, imagine thunder clap upon a
clear sky 1.-THE passage of rushing train
Unexpectedly, as experienced on my route
nither), from the bright serenity of the SUM-
light to the Erebus darkness of the noun
| tain tunnel--see the august body at trs'
| indications, sliffen to its dignity, then
gradually relax under the facetious
| impulse, and until at the conclusion
of the reading the mover Of the
| measure rises to the request that the.mattel
be referred to the Committee on Tempe
| rance, burst into conyulsive roar of laugh
ter, and is as suddenly checked BY well
known voice from the D. D. ranks, who pro-
claims, in stern accents, that an indlgnlty
has been perpetrated Although bold sar
casm, perpetrated in the most playful way
it was evidently out of place, and yet REM
through which escaped so strong sense o
the public feeling as not TO be without it:
legitimate point and effect. --. -.