mXII.s TO GALVESTON.
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DROpOSALS to carry the mails of ihe United 1 States, from Ihe Isl of March, 1916, to the 2s'h of February 1850, with right 10 ille department to extend to the s0th of June, lsh0. fr"m N. Orleans, III Lo1asana, 10 Geirssten IF 1eras, 45O miles and hack, will he received at lhe contract ofhce oi The Post Office Department, until the 25lh dhyoi !anua- y, l546, To be decided by he slst day oi said Jam nary.

 Leave New Orleans every Saturday at 10 A. N, arrive at Galgeslon every Monda, by l0A.a

 leave Galveston every Tuesdsy at 10 A. A., ar. rive al New OrleaGs every Thursday hylO A. N.

 The proposals should specil. the mode of convey ance, whether by steamship or sailing packet, ana set forth the size rate aud description ol ihe vessel, with suieien nj particularly 10 enable the declslonio he mae on inc ad, ice of the proper officers ot the naval selvlce whether ihe IS IS not eonser- ible into a ship of war And special notice is here hy given, that, agreeably to the provisions o an acl of coneress, approved March Sd. ls45, those propo sas t6eng acceptable other respects) will be pre teired which shall engage to carry the mail In steamship ships. and shall stinulae to deliver sAId ship or ships he C States, or to helr proper oi- icer on demand made, for ihe pnrpnse of being con yeTied into vessel or vessels of war he U. States heinz bound on their part pay he fair full value

 thereof al the time of delivery, 10 be asceraned by four appraisers-appoinled, two by the President of lhe U. States, and two by lhe owner or owners, with an umpire in oi disagreement, to be appointed by lhe President of the |. States.

 The bidder may propose different schedule of and hours man me one ADOse sptclneu- HE may asA for an annual sum ol compensation; or, in liea thereof certain proportion of ,ke posiages ac crnng the mail matter conveyed over ths route and he may offer 10 carry ihe mail more trequeAuy than week.

 Artlcles of contract 10 be executed by the ac- sepie bidder and by his sureiies by or before The first day o March next The contract IS to provide, sinong other things, that the pay of the trip is to he forlei,ed when the Trip is not performed, and due proportion when gra,e of service IS rendered inle ror to hal specified iH the cnnlraci and iiai hnes may be imp, sed, unless the delinquency Ike saisiac- y explained in due time, for failing 10 lake irou, or deliver into, tbe post office at the port ui and- ing, lhe mail belsnging ihereo any part o said mail; for sufesng he mail, any par, ot il. to be wet injured, lost destroyed for conveying II in d place manner that exposcs il 10 depreciation, loss injury: for refusing, after demand made, lo convey n mail by any additional steamship or vessel run by the contractor On the route. over and above inc spc- crd numher of Trips the contract, and Tor aot ar- rving the time set, also for transmitting inie- gence tarnishng the means of transmitting intel l ligence, in advance of lhe mail The Postmaster General annai ihe for repeated failures fur violating the post office laws; for disoheyns the instructions of the department; for refusing 10 dis charge carrier when required by he department; {; for assigning the contract without the consent ot the Pustma asier General Tor setting sp or running an express aforesaid.

 1 The Postmaster General may alter the contract,

 

 of compensation, within the restrictions n,- posed bv law, fur the additional service requred or for he increased speed, the employ Inen of aldi- iona stock or carriers Is rendered neeessary- but

 the contractor may, such case, relinqu.h ,he con-

 ract timely holce, if he prefers il ts the change The Postmaster General may also dIscontnue or curtail the service, he allow ing month's exira pay the amount dispensed with; mud the canracl "may al any ime he iei minated by joint resolution of the two houses of congress-"

 The route, the service, he yearly pay, the bidders name and residence, and the name ni each member i of the 6rn where company oilers, should be dio- 1 tincty stated m the proposaa.

 Th. following is the E,rm of the guarantee. whic should be filled, the first blank with the name of the gua,antor; the secosd with that of the bidder and the third and fourth with the beginning snd ter

 minating points Of tue route and after being da,ed shouli be signed bl the eua,anor, who must be l shown, by the written certificate of postmaster, other equally satisfactory testimonial 10 be man

 of property, and able To make good his guarantee.-

 This guarantee, certified, should accompany each 1 bids

 "The undersigned---, guarantees that, il lns bid for carrying the mail from - to - be accepted by the Postmaster General, - shall enter

 into sn obligation prior .o ihe first day of March next, with good and sufficient sureties, 10 perform the service proposed. | "Daied--."

 The bid should bs sent under seal to the First As sis,ant Postmaster General, and the words "Mail proposals-Galveston mail, D written the face oi the letter, and should be despatched in time 10 he received by or before lhs z5ih day of January next, which will be t'e last day for receiving proposals under this advertisement.

 l P. S.-If the bidder shall not consider himself able or prepared to commence service AS early as the Ia, ot March next he will specify in his piopo- sss the day which he will put the service in ope l ration.

 | c. JOHNSON, Postmaster General, | Post OEee Department,

 l WAsHIsaroK, Uct. II, 1S35. oct23 2l9fKu