The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-08-06

N"oof SNcW Ac'h.
l40 barrels of pork
800 barrels of fresh superfne -four
40 bushels of new white field beans
5000 pounds of good hard soap
1900 pounds of good hard talow candles
60 bushels of good clean dry fine salt
600 gallons of good cider vinegar.
At Fort JMi6lin, Pennsylvania.
Sc barrels of pork
100 barrels of fresh superfne -four
so bushels of new white field beans
$50 pounds of good hard soap
600 pounds Of good hard taow candles
20 bushels of good clean dry fine salt
900 gallons Of good cider vinegar
at Fort JNcHenry near Baltimore, Mary
land.
100 barrels of pork
26O barrels of fresh superfne -four
Is bushels Of new white field beans
1900 pounds Of good hard soap
1900 pounds of good hard tallow candles
40 bushels of good clean dry fine salt
200 gallons Of good cider vinegar.
.At Fort Monroe, old Point Comfort, Va.
$50 barrels of pork
7sO barrels of fresh superfne -four
$50 bushels of new white field beans
1000 pounds of good hard soap
$500 pounds of good hard tallow candles
100 bushels of good clean dry fine salt
1900 gallons of good cider vinegar.
1T Fort Johnston, Smithville, NORTH Caro-
lima.
Sc barrels of pork
100 barrels of fresh superfne flour
so bushels of new white field beans
$50 pounds of good hard soap
400 pounds of good hard sperm candles
90 bushels of good clean dry fine salt
200 gallons of good cider vinegar.
1T Fort .Moult,ie, Charleston, South Car
ohna.
I64 barrels of pork
800 barrels of fresh superfne -four
100 bushels of new white field beans
$500 pounds OF good hard soap
1900 pounds of good hard sperm candles
SO bushels Of good clean dry fine salt
geo gallons of good cider vinegar.
ut Oglethorpe Barracks, Savannah, Georgia
100 barrels Of pork
800 barrels of fresh superfne flour
100 bushels of new white field beans
1900 pounds Of good hard soap
800 pounds Of good hard sperm candles
25 bushels of good clean dry fine salt
400 gallons of good cider vinegar.
NoTE.-All bidders are requested to extend the
amount Of their bids for each article, and exhibit the
total amount of each bid.
The periodsand quantities of each delivery at those
posts where they are not specified, will be- one
fourth LIST June, LIST September, LIST December, 1885,
and LIST March, l847.
The hogs of which the pork is packed to be fat
tened on corn and each hog to weigh not less than
two hundred pounds, excluding the feet, legs ears,
and snout. Side pieces may be substituted for the
hams. The pork is to be first sailed with Turks
Island salt, and then carefully packed with the same
article, in pieces not exceeding eight pounds each.
When the packing has been completed, the con-
tractor must furnish to this Office certificate from
the packer, that the pork has been so sailed and
packed. The pork is to be contained In seasoned
heart of white oak barrels, full hooped; the beans
and salt in barrels, and the soap and candles in
strong boxes of convenient size for transportation.
Salt will only be received by measurement OF
thirty-two quarts to the bushel The candles to
have cotton wicks. The provisions for Fort At
kinson and ST. Peters must pass St. LOUIS, Tor
their ultimate destination, in the first week Of April
1876. A failure ia this particular will be con-
sdered breach Of contract, and the department
viii be authorized to purchase to supply these
posts. The provisions will be inspected at the
time and place of delivery, and all expenses to
be paid by contractors until they are deposited at
such storehouses as may be designated by the
agents Of the department The Commssary Gene
raj reserves the privilege Of increasing or diminish
ing the quantities, or Of dispensing with any or all
articles required at any post at any time before en-
tering into contrac and also of increasing redu-
cling the quantities u erch delivery one-third subse-
quent to contract, wing sixty days previous no.
tice.
accompany their proposals with evidence of their
ability, together with the names of their suretes,
whose responsibility must be certified by the district
attorney or by some person well known to the gov.
eminent; otherwise, their proposals will not be acted
on.
.4dpances cannot be made in any case, and evidence OF
inspection and H delivery uiH be required al this office
before req,isition iuiH be made upon The treasury for
payment; which will be effected in such public mo-
ney as may be convenient to the points of delivery,
the places Of purchase the residence of the con-
tractors at the option Of the Treasury Department
No drafts on this office will be accepted or paid,
under any circumstances.
Each proposal will be sealed in a separate envelope,
and marked proposals for furnishing army sub
sstence"
GEO. GIBSON,
Com. Gen. Subsistence.
NorE.--Editors will not be paid for inserting in
their papers this advertisement, unless authorized TO
do so by the Commissary General of Subsistence.
July l5-3tawtl5thSept.