The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-02-13


every luxury the city affords gg
N b. A bath house is attached to the hotel where warm
and cold baths canbe had mt any hour
T,OR RENT.-A story house, with basement, on AZ
street. between Pennsylvania avenue and G street. In
qure of J. Williams, next door.
Dec 70
EIeg.nt and Ertensive Properly for sale.
An THE late residence of Mr. Aunied, Prince street,
k Alexandria The house is brick, built OF the best
materials handsomely finished, and welarranged for
fort and convenience; contains fifteen rooms, OF them
large and airy, and has wide hall through the centre
Ouhoses Of brick also covered with metal consisting, in
range, of wood and washouse cstern above ground
bathing and two dressing rooms On the opposite
double house Tor servants
The iowergardens extend from Patrick to Henry street
The vegetable garden is large and productive.
considered, by many the hansomest and most de-
srabe residence in the District
1t will be sold low and accommodating terms, on APP
Sept. Psf At the Treasury Department
White Oak aud yellow Pine Timber and Lumber, for
the Navy.
Navy DEPARTMENT,
Bureau of Construction, Equipment and Repair,
18th January 1917.
CEALED PROPOSALS will be received at This bureau
y until o'clock, p of the 18th February next for fur
nishng and delivering timber and lumber for the navy, as
follows;
Ahe Napu- Yard at Portsmouth, N. H.
900 cubic Of white oak and $4,000 cubic feet OF yell
low pine timber.
Atthe Navy Yard at Charlesioacn, Mass.
10000 cubic feet of white oak timber,
u, 900 cubic feet of yellow pine timber,
$4,000 superficial feet OF onench white pine aS
boards, Sei.Ses
10000 superficial feet of onean-a-
10000 superficial feet Of one-anda-half inch Hsas
$4,000 superficial feet Of two-ineh white pine sEsa
5000 Superficial ssi: feet Of theencA white pine plank
best No. 2.
40 900 pericia feet of hreench white pine plank best
No 3, for stage plank, TO be 80 feet long, and TO
average II inches wide.
1T The Navy Yard, at Brooklyn, N. Z.
Ii, 900 cubic feet OF White oak timber.
"a, 900 cubic feet OF yellow pine timber
$4,000 superficial feet OF seyeneight cypress boards
10000 superficial feet of daquarter-inch cypress
Is tons E Va saffs aa f,Es fS fs fpTE'"
5000 cubic feet of white oak timber.
cubic Il f yTS asv RY ard IL Gospo Va
90, 900 cubic feet of white oak timber.
10000 cubic feet 3, Of G yellow yellow Ens '% in S.o,
10, 900 cubic feet of white oak timber.
1000 cubic feet OF yellow pine timber.
And yellow pine TIMBER for topnlasts, viz: -.
Six sticks large enough work "a feet long md l9A inches
Six sticks large enough to work 81 feet long ls inches
Nine sticks large enough work 40 feelong and l4a inches
Nine large enough work 46 feet long and l4 inches
Tie offers price per cubic foot. the above d
All the timber, excepting that for topmass Pensacola
average ortive feet, and be less than 30 feet
in length; one.half Of the quantity at each yard must
square less than twelve inches and onealf not less
than fourteen inches at the top end OF the sticks The
white oak timber must be roughsquared according to the
growth Of the tree, and the yellow pine hewed 70 fair
edge. The white oak must have exceeding
fourth the width fhe face OF the side, squared the
yellow pine have more sap than oneeighth Of the breadth
of the face from each but the contents OF all sap
will be excluded in the measurement OF the timber The
1T Of Ap e pe Be Of he best S Of @
leaf fine grain, sound and fresh, southern yellow pine, and
knots crooks, and all other that, and all
the other articles must be Of quality TO the entire salts
are to be Delivered and be subject to Inspection and
measurement of persons to be designated by them
nence but least one-rd of the quantity of each Of the
articles must be delivered BY each for them on Or
the first day Of March ls4s and the whole before the
first day OF July, IS4S, g4
for topmas at Pensacola for the cypress boards and
plank and for the gnumve at the navyyard Brooklyn,
for the navyyard Charestown Massachusetts and for not
less than three thousand cubic feet of the white oak and yell
separate and distinct.
Persons offering desired offer for they
Stances be granted, and ioreures win be rightly enforced
ing offers made by persons who have heretofore failed to
complete contracts, If it should deem it advisable for the
Every offer made must be accompanied, directed in
ss 1a % %%s s [ 1s n %y
the effect he they undertake that the bidder bid
ders WILL If his their bid be accepted into obi
CATION within five days with good and sufficient snrees,
70 furnish the supplies proposed No proposal will be con-
Bonds with approved surees i'm one half the esti-
mated Of the respective will be required
and per cenhim in addition will be withheld from the
of each payment to be made, collateral security
fohe due and faithful performance OF the respective
which will account be paid until the contracts
complied with in all respects After deductng per
cent payment will be made by the United States within
thirty days after ricate bills, duly certified and approved,
shalt be presented to the navy agent.
To be published once week for four weeks in the fol-
lowing papers, viz. Union and National lntelgencer,
Washington, D G Eastern Argus, Portland, Me- Angus
ia Age, Me-; New Hampshire Patriot, Concord, N. H.
Morning Post, Daily Times, and Boston Courier, Boston,
Mass Journal Of Commerce, Morning News, and Evening
Post N "; Pennsylvanan, Public Ledger and Keystone,
Philadelphia, Pal Republican and SUM- Baltimore, Md
Beacon Norfolk, Va New Era, Portsmouth, Va. Stand
ard, Raleigh, N. c.; Mercury Charleston, c.. Constu-
tionalist, Augusta, Ga aud Register, Mobile, Ala
Jan l6-law4w lifa f1s af 3Hs
NOTICE TO owners of real estAte.-The subscribers
IN keep register in their general agency Office in which
all persons having real for sale have priv
iege, without CHARGE OF entering description their
property free the Inspection such desire purchase
rent and only i'm the of being employed agents
any negotiation in relation thereto viii commission
charged. Nonresidens well citizens, may find this
convenience also general intelligence reference
office.
We have for sale several houses and lots and large
tract OF land in Faugriier county, Virginia.
RICHARD BURGESS and
RI