I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Albert C. Ramsey, and
Edward H. Carmick, and Silas C. Herring, Elihu Townsend, Simeon Draper,
and R. B. Coleman, and the condition of their property; and that, after
full investigation and inquiry, I am well satisfied that they are good
and sufficient sureties for the amount in the foregoing contract.
WM. V. BRADY,
_Postmaster at New York_.
_The schedule of Departures and Arrivals._
Leave Vera Cruz on the 4th and 17th of each month. Arrive at Acapulco by
the 9th and 22d of each month.
Leave Acapulco on the 9th and 22d of each month. Arrive at San Francisco
by the 17th and 30th of each month.
Leave San Francisco on the 8th and 24th of each month. Arrive at Acapulco
by the 16th and 1st of each month.
Leave Acapulco on the 16th and 1st of each month. Arrive at Vera Cruz by
the 21st and 6th of each month.
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POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT,
_March 7, 1853_.
GENTLEMEN: The postmasters of New Orleans, San Francisco, Monterey
and San Diego, will be authorized to 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 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.