The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-10-07
PROPOSALS FOR RATIoNs.


HEAD QUARTERS or THE MARINE CoRps
WAsHMcToN, October lS43.
CEPARArE proposals will be received ut the Of
- flee of the Quartermaster of the Marine Corps,
in this City, until ten o'clock, a M, on Monday, The
18th November next, for furnishing raioDs TO the
United States Marines at the following stations for
the year 1914, viz:
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Charlestown, Massachusetts
Brooklyn, Long Island, and the City of New
York;
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
Gosport, near Norfolk, Virginia.
Pensacola, Florida and
Washington, District Of Columbia.
The ratons to consist of one pound and quarter
of fresh beef, three quarters Of pound of mess
pork eighteen OF bread or flour, at the OPP
lion of the Government and al the rate Of six pounds
of good clean coffee, II pounds of good New Orleans
sugar eight quarts of beans four quarts Of vinegar
two quarts OF salt, four pounds of SOAP aud and
hall pounds Of good dipped candles to each hun
dred ratons. lt
1t is understood that the full side of beef meek and
Sims excuded) be delivered if required; if such
QUANTITY be not required that the fore and hind quar-
tiers be delivered alternately and the bread or -four
shall be Of superne quality All the articles to be
unexcep!ionable, and TO be issued to the troops with
out expense to the United States.
No offer will be entertained at this office unless ac-
companicd by the names of the suretes Of the pro-
posals to be endorsed :" Proposals for rations for
1874"
AUG. A. NICHOLSON, @. NJ NJ c.
E5-The American Sentinel and Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia; the Portsmouth Gazette, New Hamp.
shire; the Boston Times, Boston; the New York
Evening Post the New York Enquirer; the Batl-
Republican the Norfolk Beacon the Norfolk
Herald; the Richmond Enquirer and Richmond
Wing; the Alexandria Gazette, Alexandria, d. G. !;
and the Pensacola Gazette, will give the above three
insertions each per week, and send copy of the
advertisement TO accompany the account when for
warded to this office for payment
Oct 6-3taw TIL 18th Nov.
MRS. S. PARKER will open on Saturday, Oc,o-
l|I her 7th, elegant assortment of fall and win
ter PARIS MILLINERY to which she respectfully
invites the inspection OF the Ladies of Washington,
Georgetown Alexandria, and their vicinity. Penn
sylvania avenue, between 9th and 10Th streets.
Oct 6 st
british AND AMERICAN STUD BOOK
II volume of l,076 octave pages, full bound
published at six dollars. few copies for sale by F.
TAYLOR, price three dollars.
Also, Whites Complete System Of Farrery and We
terinsry Nedicine
Barums American Farrier;
Gentleman's Pocket Farrier, by +. Tunell, veteri-
nary surgeon; -.
The Farmers Receipt Book, for the cure Of diseases
in Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Sc; ..
Osner on the Horse--his Diseases, Lameness, and
Improvement, vol. London;
Lawrence's Farmers and Graziers' Guide .ti i.
Youau the Horse-Skinner's A erican edition
Volumes =, 3, and T. of the American Turf Register
and Sporting Magazine, in full binding, for
sale at half price for sale by
,} Ht F. TAYLOR.
Together with many other valuable works on the
Horse, on Cattle, Sheep, Poultry, the Honey-bee,
Agricultural Chemistry, and any other branch of
Husbandry, most of them imported direct from Eng
land by the advertiser, and for sale at the lowest
prices IN every case. oct 6