Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-09-09

90 bushels good clean dry fne salt
1000 gallons good cider vinegar
The whole to be delivered BY the 1st June, 1855.
At Fort AoaAtrie, Charleston, South Carolina.
So barrels pork
go barre.s fresh superfne -four
GO bushels new white field beans
1900 pounds good hard soap
$50 pounds good hard sperm candles
So bushels good clean dry fine salt
$40 gallons good cider vinegas
At Fbrt Konroe, Csd Poist Comfort, ftrgtnia.
200 barrels pork
4S0 barrels fresh superfne -four
$50 bushels hew white field beans
$500 pounds good hard soap
1900 pounds good hard tallow candles
60 bushels good clean dry fine salt
$50 gallons good cider vinegar
1T Fort McHenry, near Baltimore, Nd.
ITO b,rrels cork
$50 barrels ire h superfne -four
IS bushels new white field beans
$500 pounds good hard soap
1900 pounds good hard taiIow candles
60 bushels good clean dry fine salt
600 gallons good cider vinegar
At Ftrt Ham lion, Ndrrosus, Ne0 York Rartr.
85 bsrre.s pork
80 barrels fresh superfne Hour
80 bushels new white field beans
1850 pounds good hard sesp
tS40 pounds good hard talIow candles
SO bushels good clean dry fine salt
$50 gallons good cider vinegar
At Fort Nackinae, Michigan.
so barrels pork
ITO barrels fresh surn-n
48 bush"'- -..us nour
- 40. nav whita Geld beons
-,->u pounds good hard soap
GU pounds good hard tsilow candles
90 bushels good eiean fine dry salt
Goa gallons coed cider vinegar
One halt on itt June, l355 remainder ty the 16tt
septemhnr, ISsJs
At Fort Brady, S1uu Ste. Marie, Michigan.
SO trre's pork
120 barrels fresh supe, fine Hour.
40 bushels Lew white felG beans
es0 pounds good bard soap
60 pounds good hard tzllew candles
rs bushels good clean dry fine salt
240 gallons good cider vinegar
One half on LIST june 1855; remainder by the 18th
September, 1855. Sc -. &
Norr-All bidders are requested. to extern, t.,
amount of their bids for each article, end exhibit thu
total amornt &c eacl 10 and no bid will be actet
GO unless 1T embraces all articles required at post
The periods and quantities ofeach delivery at thos.
pc Is where they are not specified will be, onefourI
is June, LIST September LIST December, 1855, and LEI
March, 1856. The hogs Of which tho pork Ii packet
to BE- fattened On cora, and each hog to weigh no
,ess tran two hundred pounds, excluding the feet
legs, cars, and snout -:
The pork is 70 ba s-sss sailed with Turks islanl
salt apc lien carefully packed with the same article
II pieces not exceeding eight pounds each.
When the packing has been completed, the con
tractor must furnish to this Office certificate from
the packer that the pork has been 80 saltcd am
packed. The pork is to be contained In seasonsl
heart of white oak barrels, fully hooped; thu beam
and salt in barrels and the soap and candles In stron(
boxes of Convenient size for TRANSFORMATION.
salt will only be received by measurement a
thrtytwo quarts to the bushei. The candlesto hav,
cotton wicks. The provisions for Fort Rdselsy ant
Fort Ripley must pass st. Louis Tor their ulG
mate destination IN the first week of April, 1855
Nu- I,llI q Lon naSQ hu Of Ir,no
1865. -
A failure in these particulars will be considered
breach of contract, and the department will be au
thorzed to purchase to supply these posts
The provisions will be inspected at the trie anf
place Of delivery, and ell EXPENSES to be paid by
tractors until they arc deposited at such store houses
a. rsy be designated by the agents Of the depart
nsnt.
The Commissary General reserves the privilege O
Increasing or diminishing the quantities, or dispens
ing with any or all articles required at any post
any time before entering into contract and also
increasing or reducing the quantities of eech deive
ry one-third subsequent to centrsrt On Citing sixty
days previous notice.
Bidders not heretofore contractors ore required t.
accompany their proposals with evidence Of theil
ability, together with the names Of their securities
whose responsibility must be certified by the distric
attorney, or by some person well known to the gov
ernment; otherwise their proposals will not be acted
on.
Adrdnces cannot be made in any case and eridenc
OF inspection and tuA detire,y Uiu be required at m
office Gefore requistion cN BE- made upon the treds,r,
for payment, which will be effected in such public
money as may be convenient to the points of deliy
cry the places Of purchase the residence of thu
contractors, at the option of the Treasury Depart
ment.
Nc drafts this Office will be accepted or paid un
der any circumstances.
Each proposal viii be sealed In a separate envel
ope, and marked proposals for furnishing Army
Subsistence" GEO. GIBSON c. G. 8,
NoTE-Editors will not be paid for inserting II
their papers tn advertisement unless authorized t
do 80 by the Commissary General u Subsistence.
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