The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-08-03

IS bushels of new white field beans
676 pounds Of good hard soap
- 1913 pounds of good hard tallow candles
IL bushels Of good clean dry fine salt
220 gallons of good cider vinegar
NorE.--All bidders are requested to extend the
amount of their bids for each article, and exhibit
the total amount of each bid.
The periods and quantities of each delivery at
those posts where they are not specified, win be,
fourth LIST June, lst September, LIST December,
1860, and LIST March, 1851 .4
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 lego, ears,
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. ttst 3 ai3
When the packing has been completed, the con-
tractor must furnish to this Office certificate from
the packer that the pork has been sailed and pack
ed The pork is 10 be contained in seasoned heart of
white oak barrels, full hoped the beans and salt
barrels and the soap and candles in strong box
es, 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 st. Peters
and Fort Gaines must pass St. Louis for their ulti
mate destination, in the first week of April, 1850;
and the stores for Fort Gaines must pass St. Peters
by the LIST June, 1850. failure in this particular
will be considered breach of contract, and the
Department will be authorized to purchase TO sup
ply these posts. The provisions win be inspected at
the time and place of delivery and all expenses to
be paid by contractors until they deposited at
such store houses may be designated by the
| agents of the Department. The Commissary Cen
eral reserves the privilege of increasing dimin
ishing the quantities, or of dispensing with any or
all articles required at any post, at any time before
entering into contract; and also of increasing or
reducing the quantities of each delivery onethird
subsequent to contract, on giving sixty days. pre-
vious notice. n3i Ma J
Bidders, not heretofore contractors are required
to accompany their proposals with evidence Of their
ability, together with the names of their sureties,
whose responsibility must be certified by the dis
trict attorney, by person well known to the
Government otherwise their proposals will not be
acted on. fiitEHtt Ft'f 81 % 3ftsf.
AdpGnces cannot be made in any case and evidence
Of inspection and u deliory ,oih be required at this
Office before requisition sc b made upon The 4easst
~ for payment; which will be effected in such
public money as may be convenient to the points
Of delivery, the places Of purchase, the residence
of the contractors, at the option of the Treasury
| Department. .3aia gI ~ hN saBpa
No drafts on this Office will be accepted or paid
| under any circumstances.
Each proposal will be sealed in a separate enve-
lope, and marked Proposals for furnishing army
subsistence" feg4sl.s ~
| GEO. GIBSON, C. G. s.
NoTE.-Editors will not be paid for inserting in
their papers this advertisement, unless authorized
to do 30 by the Commissary General of Subsistence.
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