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BOYS CLOTHING ESTABLISHMENT

I S now in full operation, and prepared for much
i larger spring and summer trade than has ever
been done heretofore, being at this time supplied with
a choice and select assortment Of
Boys Socks, Boys Jackets,
Boys Pants, Boys Vests,
Boys Shirs, Boys Drawers,
Boys Hats, Boys Shoes,
Boys Socks, Boys Suspenders,
In fact every article Of boys wear, comprising the
most eusye and elegant assortment of boys cloth
ing ever offered in Washington.
WALL & STEPHENS.
Penna. avenue, between 9th and 10th streets,
APPS next door to Iron Hall
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lust RECEIVED, direct from the i'm porter.
- case OF French WALKING SHOES, glazed
case of PARIS PUMPS, glazed
Case OF Paris Toilet SLIPPERS; beautiful article
Also, from the mandatory of c. Benkurt. phila.
Delphi, made to order expressly for this market:
L case WALKING BOOTS
l case PUMP do
case Kid top BUTTON CATERS
L case CONGRESS CATERS, tipped toes
And now for sale at the Fashionable Boot Store under
Browns Hotel Call and Sec them
ap 12-1w T MTTTc
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JOHN II. DONN & BROTHER,
SOLE AGENTS FOR THE CITY OF
NEWELL'S PATENT SAFETY LAMP FEEDER,
WTARRANTED to prevent all accidents from the
w use of Burning Fluids. Any one seeing the
jets will be perfectly satisfied of their safety We
have them fitted to the Solar. Glass and Brittania
Lamps. Also. Extra Heads and Tubes to fit any Lamp
For sale, wholesale and retail by
JOHN NJ. DOM, BRO,
Penn. av., let. 10th and 18th streets
feb 10
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lust RECEIVED ID, direct from the importer
u 100 pairs French Walking Shoes fglazed)
SO do do Toilet Slippers, beautiful article
so do Paris Pumps, for the Drawing Room
And for sale at the Fashionable Boot Store,
Browns Hotel. j. MILLS.
ian o.
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Pn0GRAdME-PAkT FIRST.
l. Overture Freishutz Weber
z Love Dreams, (waltz) Lanner.
B. Grand Fantasia, for Piano, " Somnambu.
Ia" performed by Alfred JaelI, Thalberg.
f. Introduction and Chorus from Ernani, Verdi.
s. Souvenir de Bellini, for Violin, performed
by Camille Urso, Artot.
PART SECOND.
g. Observation-Disclosures in Granada, Krutzer.
(a-3d Meditation, for Piano, A. Jaeu.
I. ( b-Transcription on Home, Sweet Home,
I performed by Alfred Jaell, A. Jaell.
s. Castilian Galopp, Lumby
g. Carnival di Venetia, for Violin, performed
by Crmille Urso, Ernst.
10. Grand Festival March c. Bergmann.
Tickets SO cents each-to be had at Mr. Davis's and
Mrs. Andersons Music Stores, and Browns and Will
lards hotels; also at the door the evening of the
Concert.
Doors open at o'clock, Concert to commence at
o'clock precisely. No postponement on account of
weather. ap 11-St
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NTOW on hand and for sale at Stationers Hail. adj
~ joining the Irving Hotel, extensive assert
ment Of Perfumery, Farina Cologne, Sans Toilet and
other Soaps, Balm Of Columbig, Tooth Powders
Brushes and all other articles pertaining the Toilet
Also, the ''Water Proof French Polish for Boots
and Shoes
All of which we will sell at least thirty per cent
cheaper than they can be purchased elsewhere
Music four cents per page. Gail at
jan 20 STATIONERS' HALL.
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62Sth Concert in Americ q

62Sth Concert in America.
CARUSTS SALOON.
THE GERMANIA MUSICAL SOCIETY
Win givea
GRAND INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT.
On WEDNESDAY EVENING, April Is,
assisted by
CAMILLE URsO, female violinist, twelve years of
age, and ALFRED JAELL.
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Mechanics Institute. monthly meet
ing will be held this evening in the Lecture
Room Of the Smithsonian Institute.
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DIRD CAGES, in great variety, for sale by
ID ap9-2sw 6w J. W. BADEN.
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To be tried.-A case is to be tried this
afternoon at o'clock before Justice Morsell,
which Mr.. NJ. R. Combs is plaintiff and
Ar. George Savage defendant. 1t excites
considerable curiosity among the temper
'nce men and their opponents.
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LADIES DRESS TRIMMINGS

N every variety on hand and made to order at Mrs
i LOVES trimming mandatory, Penn. avenue,
south side, between 9th and 10th streets.
fuh y
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Marine Affairs.

ilr STEAMSHIP socrIatfs, from Charleston, arrived
yesterday morning, hingin. papers il advance o the
rail. .te Charleston Coie Office we were favored
with late MN Orleans and other papers.
l.ss.i7u n. Cf THr TfAylIN.-The u. s. II. steamship
Frankiin Capt Woton. sailed yesterday for Hayre Viz
southampton With sis IS ona passengers.
1iir STEAMSHIP FnfIRg cry, Capt. Windr suited yes
+efday aftern, on .of Havana and Ne. orleans.
Eo roR NAN DiragS's I.aSp.--Fhe ship Fehecc.,
tet Wolf, cleared al his port yesterday for Van Die
mems land THIS i the rrg. sine Tecolo; 81 :
,e clearing rect frun American port that
81 penal coouy i j. presumed however that gold Is
the ailuring object Tor tho acquisition u which
nave gone 20 places aan the Brill penal
colony OF Van NcHen's Lard.
NRws ~ rfir oSEoo-By tho i.hmatl, arrived ~ Mar.
seilss, letter received from passenger in the
hip 0nscc which left here the 2it October l,st 10
Australia. II written ri sea, in latitude Q. 80 "
long. u 80 W. and states that all were at on board
~ good spirits. Though having experienced
torn, they had made excellent passage and we're
ay expecting 10 get int, the trade winds. The her
was thea delightful. The is one OF Camcrons pioneer
Inc.
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City Politita.

III HARD And THE 2oTT sHEfLS-urEffS " or rus
TAGsiAEf SocIITY--THE NiRps DrFuArgp.
Isst evening the Tammaiy Society i.ed .hc't -, ALA
scnthy meet re o. the wgsam pursuant % The cal y
iac Grand saclfsn, Daniel J.. Ielean. n eaaers Of
ths hard Gni tic soft hell both whpr 30 ;hc!r
respective rarisans or the Gght--c lse arr j, Or ,e
schcms being tie subject for CONFEDERATION TIE l.ders
orthe haznburntr. and ut hes however rroysi hon
fclycs BY far active an encrc cite Aa1 their orpo
tents. They Ear better worker ani hey s,uiy
IOlt.rs = science AID lerot. more limo 70 tlo
TrGctice than tie hankcfs. Hence tAougi i pretty
~ vrderstood that the hunsers hsvr iorty in the
TaInmany scciciy JET, cyen 10 Tie ca-y part u the
evening il wns ascerta4d ~ call for a ligt,on Lat
the bssnbnIneTs and eft shells would who thernso
seye the tsrfbuyntr leaders IN brirRin thsr me,
to 81. scIate! and making VERT se esiap 81 sae
enef9V.
The pincipel asssiani u the coure ol he sacbshs
III. Cornelius BogaTdaa, pt0 eonisndoo a Che ar,t
step or The saeems, IN undertaking 50 a. I'D, tv ecu
tie Lard fhell asd eot sha committee VA All ,renz
usgTTston n the right, 90 tic people end ai i.
I'd 20 al the confusion that followed.
ibe saolems we're sustaiDed b. several sDfakers 4
vote Of length taken whom tie action q She chem.
yas confined By very large majority by e, OF t4o
budrcd 10 nfden twenty Thus thc bsrnbulncrs and
colt hes have Tie aseonaaue FOR he present in fansua
ny Hail.
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ErocIsyu CITY yr,c,,,rc,ee

NN0T1iEr suE NV YORk NoIUNYtETs Con e--l ieuL
Charles H. Brewer, who served wish distinction IN rho
first regiment New York Volunteers during the Mexican
war; and subsequently Transferred sscond lien.
.eraucyin The Third Regiment C. s. nfantry died q. hi
residence in Iateush yesterday ia the M year Of his
age. IL disease CONSUMPTION.
ImE.--A range OF old wooden .en~mer.s owned by
Thomas g. Uenikc, and situated The corner iitc
and Plymouth streets, were CONSUMED by fire about two
O'Clock yesterday morning The fire originated ia .
So be III the rear owned by John sIcy from which the
flames communicated with The other buildings. They we're
occupied ~ number Of poor families ihe teal los il
sstin atcd at about ~ eco.
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vuls ors, hydrocephalus, smallpox, marasmus, and
measles Two hundred and eighteen Of the gross
total natives of the United States, seventyone
Of Ireland and twen. Of Germany The city is
remarkably from epidemic or infectious disease
- nom Europe and California ID now fully a.
by the steamer Niagara, from Liyerpoc,,; u,
Northern Light from San Juan; ara tie Ohio ant
,ncle Sam from Aspinwall. Az. four of these yes
sells may arrive in the course Of the day.
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prow.so Bcpy kFooyNggr.- G. roner Wilhelm heii an
inquest yesterday morning, ct the Eet
and South streets rIoi tlin body Of a man--.!ea I'M.
knOwn-which taken from the water at the Fulton
ferry bridge. u an carly hour.
William D'Nol and Alfred Levi. Geposel 10 The tniiag
of the body and making II fast Tie body was in ch
advanced state Of decomposition that it nearly i'm.
possible 20 recognize ii; the hair washed from the
head and The skull left completely barc the HANDS aud
feet alsc hleached his dresA showed plant. that he
had been upon Blackwell sland IL was ui ne Kind
by The inmates Of the Institution there. The jury
rendered verdict OF Icath from Drowning. At HE
conclusion Of the investigation his wife id.nt,p the
bod, that Of her deceased ashapd N.iiiam Eo.r.s
who confined upon tie island under warrant or Is-
uce stewart and made an AZ TEMPT to tro,pa b. swimming
across, the St OF last January. reported in IN,
IiEIAID, when re Vas drowned feoeaerd was . resi,e
OF ireland. and twenty even years OF age.
,rDDEN nf3rH. Coroner y Iirnnsl held an i.ltne H.
yesterday, in shfyeventh street. between the SIKH AMI
Seventh avenues. uron the body or na ned o-
nora keney Who died there suddenly. from THIS, siu
up n large quantity Of blood, friday morning Tia
jury rendered verdict OF Death from Honloptyses The
deceased was native 81 1reand, and aged for:yseven
years.
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CTS Intelligence.

W. hi'Tsi-stYofh tunes ye.terday morning hs,Fy
c.ones mace tnoir app arancc but eventually crarcd 81
Ahent noon. AZ tLas !fne nc Gay was unu- iy Sarm
M ms ea-on 2 me year anu oserco0t| Hcre freely dis
#istd Mt iaa more INC Appearance o. MAJ day
I'm 1T! one aDpni ~ COCK y, the evening
aIF soaus y trcot lc city, Mmch, 70 ~ appearance.
- "a as y acre was peny 81 ram IN store Tor To- ~
y" oolock lrt Mght, TIC thermometer al the HtsiAtB
hf y = hRtaaip.--Nc. y :. heaShsr nrriyc! IN thi3
~ issf cfeint ny The New Haven Train ir"m Ffovi-
suce after brilliant and very successful tour of lee.
nhI IN ~ y 4L-iaBd where he euthu4ia .caly
rciyed BY al ctses le .ss aiken away b. foTcs from
ai LAYER - "oonoehot, Where he lectuef 70 fourteen
!tndied l.ttons IoldoIro" evening he 2yes lecture
~ MOE. oNtan liau, on Henry Grattan and 1872.
NV AhERAaGf1u3S-tA-fFHS IAn oS SrSrsT9--We
esrn that G.cre viii be sunday nail between th.s els
.nd Bo'toa commencing 70 Day, by say. Of ne Nes
= ' 80 80 = ".a ,-a, MI w.. t,'7 eJ q ~
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paying 81 100 to writer's and a tsts. Graham,

paying % 100 to writer's and q tsts. Graham,
,o' w ..tera.ely informs us that he viii select
.ne sAaeet foreign articles, fresh from the very
atest European sources" which cost him moth
ing. to III the space which ought to be occupied
by original matter. Thus ore young American
writers crushed; hence it is that Mr.. Patnam
and others, who evince higher sense Of honesty
in the publ cation of periodicals, could lot
compete with their less scrupulous rivals IL
they we're to pay rmunerating prices TO
authors. Let us hear no more of economy being
an excUse for theft.
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DIR. r.. Brown, s'thc Great ser0fulo Doctor"
office Ia7 Grand street "A scientific treatment OF scrofu
II assursdy obtained OF DR. Brown located at i47
jrsnd street. New Engands cared have paid him many
asts Of seati,nde. New York has the offer os his
s-a.,,d, seas. ,rsss cal. him. e.s ct
" tyG kts.
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~ 1,aTl ttitet foceinr IN store, per hie
isls argr stoch 81 vhct tapestry Bru, els, three
u, ard ingran carpeiing az cnas.e and elegant do.
,grs which hnyDg been rrcha.o pfevioas 20 the
neat iEdrcrn INT.
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Nns,ee.- Ntmoval.--fsu snsy7s o,a .,.nbiisnel
splere,d tnrr.tIng.--snlIth 4. I.omn.,,,rr

]avuorJcsnn wiry No lsJ Rioadsay IS r,motei 10 hts
ncw pnd marriGeent gallery No $50 Broadway cegrer
Of Leonard .lItut.
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Naval Intelligence.

Tie niisd States ship susq johanna, Rag ship o. Com
hoNcIN A1ie and loop owar sar1oga, ca plain Wsacr
we're ~ Hong Kong Nov. 2s-all web.
essse tns. i-n-y ms been ordered 70 the Eastosrt
sI~L.n, rAda COMMAND Q. tsptsIn Joseph kSys
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The THr-Ssfs-Tle respective ibeaifcs y flds city
have been we'll filed during the pas. week The elec
ions for tomorrow evening excellent. A. IL"
Iowory, sso attractive pieces announced namely
Ivanhoc and :. Jack Sheppard At the 81 oadway,
The comedy Of ST. Cupid, which has been llayel 81
the Queens theatre London with great ,uoea>silyeT
tisement by the French ani Sponsh danceFs and tne
.rce m narried and scttled" Tho traly accomplished
a,iis Mad son.ag, appears ~ Nb'os in the opera Of
lucia di LamTneTmoor." l,r Bur,oa also presents
or ;be amusement Of lis parons tAc comedy called
st. Cupid and Tie admired 1rau- 81 p4fis Al I'm.
dom Purdy of the National oGers lie nes Dana
"O'Neal, lie Great and tho Miller ilaidn Al WI
!aeks, the beautiful comedy Of Cd ;ic,ds aud Young
Hearts, and the Practical Nan" The Museum ia the
afternoon gives the lady OF lyons at u TIE e7sn
irg Old Folks at Home" Very attractive BIN PR.
,entet FIR tie Grsua, Crisiy's Opera House and Wood
Mns;rels. Tie exhibitions by Robert Heller PAP ,rd
md Riley, wiz be given usual Mad W lensni give
. ccuccTt al Hop Chapel 10 morrow evening.
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INAUGURATION BALI.--lt appears, from The
following advertisement, published in the Ma
tionat EateHigencer that after all that has
been said to the contrary, there is to be an IN
auguration Ball at Washington on the 4th Of
March and on o very imposing scale =
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NATIONAL INAUGURATION BALL.

The Managers OF the National Inauguration Ball,
have tire pleasure to announce to the pubc that a
Bah will be held
on FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH a, 1858,
1T the -fSSemty Rooms, Jackson HaR.
Extensive arrangements now in progress, TO
render the Ball in every way worthy of the eminent
citizens whom it is intended to honor.
Two elegant saloons in addition to the assembly
Rooms Twill be thrown open for the first time on this
occasion
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taessEand's lsI,;ia ssair Dye IL, wifnD1k exc
sept,on ecr sion thu very ever invented. Be-
.! pniec s'yos. Equally celebrated il Gouraud
Iiicated soap. Coz caring pu,ros: frekes, snn~ness,
sh&~, ronehres, &C. PouiTe Subtitle uproots hair ffonA
sny part ,a BODY. liquid ;:ouge LILY White sud Hair
gloss ri M. ~ Waiter direct. Broadway
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BROADWAY THEATRE. Broadway-SD Cpprp-Dryas
ugsnET-xsaRisD SETTLED
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'cwFRY THEATRE, Bowsry--IvASnos-JAcs eurs
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NInI.o's--LucA ID IAArEaae m.
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AT PENSACOLA.
For preparing platform for salutisg battery,
aud for repairs Of all kinds

Marine Corps:
For pay Of officers, nor,-commissioned OFF,
GERS, private, musicians, clerks, messen-
gers, stewards, and servants serving on
| shore; for ralions and clothing for ser
| wants, subsistence for officers, and pay for
undrawn clothing and ralions, bounlies
for re-enlistmen,s and pay for unexpired
terms OF previous service
For provisions for marines serving on
shore
For clothing
For military stores, repair OF arms, pay OF
armorers, accoutrements, ordnance stores,
flags, drums, fifes, and musical inssru-
ments
For transportation of officers and troops,
and expenses Of recruiting
For repairs Of barracks, and rent of tempo
rary barracks and offices, where there arc
no public buildings for that purpose
For contingencies, viz: freight, tonnage,
toll. carriage, wharfage, compensation TO
judges advocate, per diem for attending
courts martial, courts Of inquiry, and for
constant labor, house-rent in lieu of
quarters, burial Of deceased marines,
printing, stationery, postage, apprehen-
sion of deserlers, oil, candles, forage,
straw, furniture, bed sacks, spades, axes,
picks, shovels, carpenters tools, keep OF
horse for the messenger, pay Of matron,
washcr@oman, and porter, at the hospital
headquarters
For the purpose Of paying the lien existing
on the lands recently purchased az an adj
dition to the navy-yard at Brooklyn
For the service of continuing the survey Of
the coast ofthe Gulf Of Mexico, from APP
aiachicola bay to the Mississippi river, by
the act OF March third, eighteen hundred
and forty-one, and which has been carried
to the credit Of the surplus fund, be and il
hereby reappropriated to pay for the ser
vices Of the officer or officers employed in
that survey
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BY the act making appropriations for tho current and
ngen expenses of the Indian department. and for fulfill
ing treaty spuations with various Indian tribes, for the
year ending June thrtcth, thousand eight hundred
..dG a.. c..
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7,24o 90
10000 90
1850 90
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For permanent annuity, stipulated IN the
fourth article of the treaty Of the twenty
ninth of September, eighteen hundred and
seventeen
For permanent annuity, stipulated IN the
fourth article OF the treaty Of the seven
tcenth Of September, eighteen hundred
ard eighteen :
For blacksmith ard assistant, during the
pleasure OF the President, stipulated in
the fourth article Of the treaty OF the TWEEN
ty-eRhth OF February, eighteen hundred
and thIrty-one :
For iron, steel, &c, for shop, during the
pleasure OF the President, stipulated in the
fourth article ofthe treaty Of the twenty.
eighth Of February, eighteen hundred ana
thIrty-one
For psy Of miller, during tho pleasure OF me
President, stipulated IN tbs fourth article
Of the trcaly Of the iwcnty-c'gn.n on rev
rusry, eighteen hundred and tnir'y-o"e
wYANDOTS.
For permanent provision Tor o'eoka"'"
ard ..a;s,ani. stipulated in the olEhtn ar
,;.,. N the treaty Of the seventh Of March,
.,wh,een hundred and forty-two
For permanent provision for black'm'tn ana
..r,.,.nt. stipulated in the eighth article
of,ns treaty OF, the seventeenth OF March,
.igbtsen hundred and forty-tvo 80
Fer permanent provision for iron, steel, &c,
far shop, stipulated in the eighth article
ofthe treaty OF the seventeenth OF March,
eighteen hundred and forty-two
For permsnsn, provision for education, sup
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NOTICE


OF the Discontinuance of the United States Land
l-l Office at Charlottesville, Indiana
FINDER the provisions of the second section Of
u the act of Congress approved June II, 1910,
which declares "that whenever the quantity of
public land remaining unsold in any land district
shall be reduced to a number Of acres less than
one hundred thousand, it shall be the duty Of the
Secretary of the Treasury to discontinue the Land
Office for such district; and if any land in any
such district shall remain unsold at the time of the
discontinuanceofa land Office, the same shall be sub
iect to sale at some of the existing land offices
most convenient to the district in which the land
office shall have been discontinued, of which the
Secretary of the Treasury shall give notice." and
indsmuch the duty abore required has been depolped
upon the Secretary of the Interior by the "Act TO
tablish the Home Department." approved Sd March,
lS49:
Notice is accordingly hereby given that the See
retary of the interior has directed that the Land Of
fee at CRAwFoR DsvILLE in the State of Indiana, be
discontinued, and the lands remaining unsold at
the time of the discontinuance to be subject to
sale at the Land Office at INDIANAroLls, in said
State.
Lands remaining unsold, and unappi opriated
by law, and subject to private entry within the
limits of the CRAwroRDsvrLLE district, will cease to
be subject to entry eretoore at that Office, from
the date of the receipt of this notice by the Regis
ter and Receiver thereof and the land officers at
IspIASAPoLrs tCiA gire public notice Of tie day on
trch they tcH be prepared TO recetue applications fu
entries of any such lands at their office.
JOHN WILSON,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
April T-3taw6w
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FRESH BEEF AND VEGETABLES FOR
THE NAVY.
NAVY AGENTS OFFICE,

NAVY AGENTS OFFICE,
WAsHINoros, April 10, 1853.
CEALED PROPOSALS will be received at this
~ Office until Tuesday, the 10th day Of May, 1858,
at noon. for the supply Of such quantities of fresh
beef and vegetables may be required on the
Washington station, during the fiscal year COM
mencing on the lst day of July next, and ending
on the 30th June, 1854.
The beef and vegetables mustbe OF good quality.
and the best the market affords; and each article
must be offered for by the pound. .t,,...f.
Bond, with approved security, will be required
in one half the estimated amount of the contract,
and ten per centum ip addition will be withheld
from the amount of each payment to be made, as
collateral security for the due performance of the
contract, which will on no account be paid until
it is fully complied with.
Every offer made must be accompanied Gas d.
rected in the act of Congress making appropra-
ton for the naval service for 1886 approved 10th
August, l546) by written guarantee, signed by
one more responsible persons, to the effect that
he or they undertake that the bidder or bidders
will, If his their bid be accepted. enter into an
obligation, within five days, with good and sufh :.
cient sureties. to furnish the articles proposed
No proposal will be considered unless accompa
MED by such guarantee. rg bg
J. H. LATHROP, Navy Agent.
April l4-1aw4w