The daily republic., 1853-08-25


ITO barrels of pork
$50 barrels of fresh superfue flour
ITO bushels Of new white field beans
$50 pounds of good hard soap
440 pounds Of good bard sperm candles
% bushels of good clean dry fine salt
440 gallons of good cider vinegar.
The whole to be delivered by tho lst June, 1854.
At Fort .Moultrie, Charleston, South Carolina
IS barrels of pork
125 barrels Of fresh superfine -four
50 bushels Of new white field beans
076 pounds Of good hard soap
220 pounds Of good hard sperm candles
IA bushels of good clean dry fine salt
22O gallons OF good cider vinegar.
At Fort Monroe, Old Point Comfort, Pa.
IS barrels of pork
l25 barrels of fresh superfine flour
SIS bushels of new white field beans
SIG pounds of good hard soap
22O pounds of good hard taIlow candles
Ia bushels of good clean dry fine salt
/ 220 gallons Of good cider vinegar.
At Fort JMcTcnry, near Baltimore, Maryland.
l57 barrels of fresh superfine -four
10 bushels of new white field beans
,OJ0 pounds of good hard soap
600 pounds of good hard tallow candles
36 bushels of good clean dry fine salt
100 gallons of good cider vinegar.
At Fort Hamilton, .Narro,cs, .Mew York
Harbor.
IS barrels of pork
IS barrels of fresh superfne -four
l8 bushels of new white field beans
$50 pounds of good hard soap
375 pounds of good hard tallow candles
is buohels of good clean dry fine salt
ITS gallons of good cider vinegar.
1T Fort Wood, .New York Harbor.
62 barrels of pork
las barrels of fresh superfine flour
56 bushels of new white field beans
u ,275 pounds OF good hard soap
$50 pounds of good hard taliow candles
Id bushels of good clean dry fine salt
300 gallons Of good cider vinegar.
At Fort Mackinac, Michigan.
| 40 barrels OF pork
| ITO barrels of fresh superfne -four
| 30 bushels of new white field beans
| 900 pounds Of good hard soap
| 500 pounds Of good hard tallow candles
| 90 bushels Of good clean dry fine salt
/ 100 gallons of good cider vinegar.
One-half on lat June, 1854; remainder by th
18th September, 1854.
At Fort Brady, SauH Ste. Marie, Michigan
80 barrels of pork
i 100 barrels OF fresh supetfine flour
i 26 bushels Of new white field beans
900 pounds of good hard soap
6t0 pounds OF good hard talIow candles
Is bushels of good clean dry fine salt
200 gallons of good cider vinegar.
One-half on let June, 1854; remainder by th
18th September, 1854.
ANOIE.-nit arc IeQuebtcu W cXtenQ IN
amount of their bids for each article, and exhibi
} the total amount of each bid; and no bid will b
acted unless it embraces all articles required
poat.
The periods and quantities of each delivery q
those poets where they are not specified will be
one-fourth lst June, lst September, lst December
1854, and lst March, 1866. The hogs of which th
pork s packed to be fattened corn, and eac
hog to weigh not less than two hundred pounds
excluding the feet, legs, ears, and sneut.
Side pieces may be substituted tor the hams.
The pork is TO be first salted with Turks Islam
salt, and then carefully packed with the same ar
ticle in pieces not exceeding eight pounds each.
When the packing has been completed, the con
tractor must furnish to this Office certificate iror
, the packer that the pork has been 80 salted an
packed The pork s to be contained in seasone
heart OF white oak barrels. full hooped; the bean
and salt in barrels, and the soap and candles i
strong boxes of convenient size for ransport
Salt will only be received by measurement
thirty two quarts to the bushel The candles
have cotton wicks. The provisions for Fort Ridge
ley and Fort Ripley must plss st. Louis for thei
ultimate destination in the fret week of Apr
1854; nnd they must also pass st. Peters by IL
June, 1854.
A failure in these particulars will be considere
breach of contract, and tho Department will
authorized TO purchase to supply these posts.
The provisions will be inspected at the time an
place of JIivery; and all expenses to be paid b
contractors until they deposited at such store