Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-08-28

| AZ F0tk Leatunnoyth, Missouri Ritvt.
$40 barrels ol pork,
900 barrels ef fresh %snreffins fotr,
$40 bushels Of new white field beans,
1904 pounds OF good hard soap,
1ai9 pounds Of good hard iallow candles,
10 bushels OF good clean dry iine salt,
$50 gallons o. good cider vinegar,
The whole 10 be delivered by The lst June, 1853.
Al Fort Sneitins, 81. Peters.
900 barrels Of pork.
$40 barrels OF fresh st,perfihe -four.
ttJ bushels Of new white field beans,
1923 pounds Of good hard soap,
Hs4 pounds Of goed bard tallow candles,
AZ bushels d good Glenn dry fna salt,
$50 gallons Of good cider vinegar
The whole to be delivered from the 10th el
May, 1863, TO the 10th Of June, 1869.
III Fort Ripley, mouth NJ C,ow.1etng
Rirtr. 1870 nsRes aboes Fort Smelling.
~ barrels Of pork,
las barrels Of fresh sitpsriine -four,
90 bushels Of new white fell beans,
$40 pounds Of good hard sear,
12S pounds Of good bard iHllow candles,
ii bushels Of good clean dry fine salt,
9s1 gallons of good cider vinegar.
The whole TO be delivered from the lst Of June,
1858, tu the 10Th Of August, 1896.
AZ Fort Scott, on the WdtBtat0a Ripe,,
Missouri, 10 u,Res land transportation from hide.
penaeaee. on the Missouri Rieer.
III barrels Of pork,
195 barrels Of lfesh s~ttttetfine Hour,
80 bushels Of new white field beans,
$40 potitils OF good hard SOAP,
ego pounds Of good hard sperm candles,
Ia bushels OF good clean dry fine salt,
gao gallons of good cider vinegar.
The whole 10 be delivered by the Isl June 1858.
NeTs.-~Atl bidders are requested to extend the
amount OF their bids for each article, and exhibit
the total amount Of each bid and no bid will he
acted on Unless II embraces oil articles required
at a post.
The periods and quantities OF each delivery al
those posts where they arc not specified, will be
on .fourth LIST June, LIST September, LIST Deem.
Der, 1865, and fst March, 1854.
The hogs OF which the pork IL packed 10 DO
fattened on corn, and each hog to weigh not less
than two hundred pounds, excluding the feet,
Side pieces may he substituted for the hams.
The pork Ii 10 be frat aalied with Turks Island
salt, and then carefully packed with the same nj.
tiele in pieces not exceeding eight poundseaeh.
When The packing has been completed, the
contractor must furnish 10 this office a certificate
from the packer that the pork has been so salted
and packed. The pork is 10 bs contained In sen.
soned heart OF white oak barrels, full hoppsd
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 btshel. This candles 10
have cotton wicks. The provisions for VI. Pc.
ter's and Fort Ripley must pass ct. Louis for
their ultimate destination In the first week OF
April, 1859, and the stores for Fort Ripley must
pass st Peters by LIST June, 1883.
A failure In these particulars will be considered
d breach Of cont raei, and the Department will be
authorized 10 purchase 10 supply these posts.
The provisions will DO inspected at the time
and place Of delivery, and oil expenses TO be paid
by contractors until they afe deposed ut sich
siore-houses ~ may be designated by the agents
Of the Department.
The Gommisssry General reserves the priv.
lege Of increasing Or diminishing the quantities,
or dispensing with any or oil articles required at
any POST, ut any time before entering iuto con-
trnct and also of increasing or reducing the
quantities Of each delivery one-fhird subsequent
10 contract. on giving sixty days previous notice.
bidders not heretofore contractors are required 10
accompany their proposals with evidence Of their
ability, together with the names OF their secure
ties, whose responsibility must be certified by
the District Attorney, or by some person well
known To the Government, otherwise their pro-
posals will not be acted on.
.Adranres cannot be niads In any rase, and esidence
Of i~as,refion nad full dctinfy mil be required At
this eGce before reqaisitioa nil b made upon he Trea-
sayy for tagae,u. which will be effected in such
public money as may be convenient 20 The points
OF deli, cry, the places of purchase, or the resi-
dence Of the contractors, at the option Of the
Treasury Department. -.
No drafts ON this office will be acrepted or paid
under any circumstances.
Each proposal will be sealed u d separate en-
velope, ard marked Proposals for furnishing
Army Subsistence.
GEO. GIBSON, C. G.. s.
Nors.-Editors will not be paid for inserting
in their papers this advertisement, unless author
lied 10 do 80 b. The Commissary General Of Sub
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