GENTLEMEN:  The  postmasters  of  New  Orleans,  San  Francisco,  Mon
terey  and  San  Diego,  will  be  authorized  to  send  a  mail  by  the  Vera
Cruz  and  Acapulco  line,  containing  letters  or  papers  expressly  di
rected  to  go  by  that  line,  when  said  communication  is  open,  and  you
are  prepared  to  carry  a  mail,  with  the  express  understanding  that
neither  this  department  nor  the  government  is  to  be  in  any  way
holden  for  any  expenses  attending  such  service ;  but,  as  provided  in
the  contract,  it  is  left  for  Congress  to  determine  whether  the  contract
is  to  be  sanctioned  by  an  appropriation  to  carry  it  into  effect. — the
pay,  if  any,  for  said  service  commencing  only  in  accordance  with  the
terms  of  the  contract  made  February  15,  1853.
I  am,  respectfully,  your  obedient  servant,

S.  D.  HUBBAKD,

Postmaster  General.
Messrs.  KAMSEY  &  CARMICK,  New  York.
POST  OFFICE  DEPARTMENT,

March  T,  1853.
SIR  :  You  are  hereby  authorized  to  make  up  and  send  a  mail  by  the
Vera  Cruz  and  Acapulco  line,  containing  letters  or  papers  expressly
directed  to  go  by  that  line,  when  said  communication  is  open,  and  the
contractors  are  prepared  to  carry  a  mail  on  the  terms  of  their  contract
of  February  15,  1853.  You  would  do  well,  perhaps,  to  advertise  to
the  above  effect,  adding  that  all  letters,  &c.,  not  marked  as  above
indicated,  will  be  forwarded  by  the  Panama  route.
Kespectfully,  your  obedient  servant,

S.  D.  HUBBAED,

Postmaster  General.
POSTMASTER,

San  Francisco,  California.
[Same  to  postmasters  of  New  Orleans,  San  Diego,  and  Monterey.]


OFFICE  OF  THE  MEXICAN  OCEAN  MAIL  AND  INLAND  Co.,

New  York,  June  15,  1853.
MY  DEAR  SIR  :  The  position  that  our  company  sustains  to  the  gov
ernment,  (as  the  real  parties  by  contract,)  to  execute  the  mail  con-


8  RAMSEY   AND   CARMICK.
