The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-08-21
TRANSPORTATION OF NAVAL STORES.
NAVY DEpAnrMnEr,

BUREAU on PRoyIsloNs AND CLotlmG,
August 20, LS44.
DPOPOSALS, sealed and endorsed A" Proposals
Il for freight TO Hong Kong" viii be received at
this Bureau, until three o'clock p. M, Tuesday DC
lober l for The transportation of about 900 barrels
IN buk Of Government supplies from toe Navy
Yard at Charlestown, Massachusetts,, TO Hong Kong,
China. Offers must specify the price asked per bar
rel, Wi bout any distinction between wet dry bar
res five and half cubic feet of measurement goods,
and thirty gallons To the guage of all casks not usu-
ally called barrels, TO be considered barrels, what
ever they may contain. No other than Governme nj
Stores to be aiken board, freight and prmage
to be allowed. Fifteen fair weather working lay days
TO be allowed at each Of The ports, at ChaIesown
and Hong Kong, for taking in and dischaTgng cargo
The vessel must pass the usual inspection and be
ready at the Charlestown Yard to receive her cargo
by the 18th of October.
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Post and Daily Times, Boston Aurora and Evening
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Philadelphia Aug 2l-td
COUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER, for
~ August. This day received
CON TENTS.
Original Prose articles.
/. International Copyright, Letter Nv 10 the Hon
|. +. Holmes, NJ. G. By w G Simms, IL. d.
2 An Essay on the Moral and Political IEfiec, of
tue ftelhtioh between the caucasian Master
and the African slave Intended to have been
read before The National Institute, in April
ls4f.
3. The Demon Game Of Chess
l. Jepha Leahers or the Philosophy of Failure
j. Recollections Of Six Days Journey ia the Moon.
By an Aerio Nautical Man
o. Gleanings from different dielories; or an His
torcal Sketch of the Knights of Malta. By
VIM. w. Andrews, United States Consul a,
Malta.
T. Extracts from Notes of Voyage in the East, in
IS43. By w. Be.
g. Letters from PIInny the Younger Ghost Story,
&c
g. Notes Army Reply tor subahern"
10. Our Army Again
Notices Of .>t~ Works.
H. The North American Review. Baokwoods
Edinburg Magazine. Rose ID Albert, &c, &c,
Original Poetry.
l2 Natures Lesson. BY A b. Meek
10. To My Mother. BY J. Strong Rice.
a. Grouped Thoughts and Scattered Fances A
collection Of Sonnets. BY w. G. Simms,
Is The Forsaken Irish Girl BY Eliza of Maine
I6 Sonnets. BY Anna NJ. Hirst. !. The Desolat
ed. IL. The Poets Grave.
II. The HarpI Touched
H. limitations from Anaoreon.
10. Sonnes IRON Pouarch. BY Mary G. Wells
20. Sonnets, on Reading the Odyssey.
q. The Young Bark Of New Hampshire. By Anne
South.
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~ Scenes, Incidents, AMI Adventures in the Pa
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