Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-12-16
NAVY CoNMlssloSERs orrIcE, I

1,, I'd December, 1884. {
"a EALED proposals endorsed proposals for Powder"
~ VIII be received at the Navy COMMISSIONER Office
until o'clock, r. NJ, of the first day of January next
for supplying nine hundred and fifty barrels of
and fifty barrels of musket Powder
The powder must be manufactured in the best manner
ana from the best and purcs materials be glazed
ana be granulacd of such size and be subject TO such
tests and Inspection, the Navy Commissioners may d
rect for ascertanng its strength density and ability to
resist the action ofhumidy without serious ctcrioraton
ie strength OF the powder will be determined by the
distance which one ounce avoirdupois weight will throw
twenty-four pound ball, from the established NAVY
No barrel will be received, from which the rance shall
not exceed two hundred yards shall any barrel be
received, excepting such WILL when taken collective
~ Tor inc whole quantity deliverable any one time at
any one Navy Yard give general mean range of not
less than two hundred and fifty yards.
In selecting the powder for the proofs one sample shall
be taken from near of the heads and one from near
the centre OF each barrc and if the ranges from The
same cask shall differ more than twenty yards third
sample shall be fired to determine the range for that
cask otherwise the of the ranges shall be taken
as the mean range of the casthe tests for determining
the density and ability resist moisture will he
uve ana The powder must in these respects be perfectly
satisfactory the Commissioners or Will not be rcccv
ed, whatever man be its strength.
The whole must be packed in good sound ,vcll-sco
soncd substantial coppcrhoopcd casks, of such dmcn
sions that with one hundred pounds of powder in each
vacant space VIII be le OF two inches in depth the
heas when they stand on end One half the quantity of
each kind must be delivered before the first day of
June next and the other half before the first ay of
October next, and onethrd of each delivery must be
made at each of the respective Nave Yards at Charles
town. Mass, Brooklyn. N. York, and Gosport Virginia
Persons making proposals must state the price asked
per pound, including all the expenses of casks packing
and delivery, and of every other kind excepting the e
penses OF Inspection payable when the powder shall have
beer Delivered Inspected tested and received TO the
entire satisfaction of the Navy Commissioners But
should any payments be authorized after the first half
shall have been delivered, and before the final compile
on OF the contract then ten per centum of the value
shall be deducted and reserved until such final connie
hon and no extension of time will be granted for the de-
hvSrlcs beyond those named in this advertisement.
December 6. G2-2awtlJ
ENEMAI4E EDUCATION-Mrs MEADEs Female
III School, at the Grove, viii recommencc under the
auspices of Miss LEE, the second Monday January
next. Miss Lee has had the superintendencc of this
School nearly four years and the improvements her
scholars have made in their learning manners and de.
pertinent, have given such general satisfaction that but
one instance has occurred of scholars leaving her until
her education completed. She is well qualified 10
give instruction in all the useful ornamental branch
rs of learning usually taught AS there are but few va
cancics at this tme parents and guardians would do well
to make early application. The School is limited to %
There will be no vacation until the close of the year.
Terms of board and tuition (alf in adyancc for ses-
son OF ten months; as follows:
Board $40
English oO
Music and the of Pianos 40
Painting and French 10
Needle-work, washing and candles, and many other
| necessares, gTdtiS.
Brunswick, Dec. g GO-20t
A SITUATION WANTED by Lady, who is quail
IA fed TO give instruction in all the branches of an
English Education, French, Music, Drawing, and Paint
ing line addressed to the Editors will be promptly
attended to. Dec A. 6i-tf
THVlMBERS WANTED AT TIE PENITENTIA-
M IY.-2,00O feet inch yellow pine plank
900 feet 3-4 inch yellow pine plank
500 do 3-S do do do crooked edge for waq-
gon sides
500 do do do poplar plank clear of knots and
shakes
500 do 5-S do do do do clear of knots
500 do birch scantling, inchessquare, 10 cetlong
clear stuff
800 do do 3 do do do do do
100 hickory axletrces
1000 wheel fclloes
= cords sniff white ool IA foo, Ior.