Leave Acapulco on the 16th and 1st of each month. Arrive at Vera Cruz by the 21st and 6th of each month.
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.
I am, respectfully, your obedient servant,
S. D. HUBBARD,
Postmaster General.
Messrs. Ramsey & Carmick, New York.
Post Office Department,
March 7, 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.