Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-05-06
NAVY NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
g 81 NAVY DEPARTMENT.

-etEty ~ NAVY DEPARTMENT..
BUREAU OF PROVISIONS AND CLOTHING,
April 10. 1854. "a
CsALED PROPOSALS sealed and endorsed Pre-
- posals for Navy Supplies" will be resolved ~
this Bureau until O'Clock, p m on saturday, ioth
of Nav next for furnishing and delivering ION re
ceivinr Eve days' notice, excspt for biscait, for
which five days notice shall be given lot every
twenty thousand pounds required) ut the oniteo
States navy-yards at Charleston, massachusetts,
Brooklyn, New York, and Gosport Virginia, sush
quantities osly of the following articles IS may be
required or ordered from The contractors by the
chief of this boreau, or by the respective
ing officers Of the said nsvyyards, during the nscsi
year ending June ~, 1855. viz:
Flour, biscuit, whiskey sugar, tea, coffee, rice,
rnolssses vinegar, pickles. beans, raisins, dried ap
pes and soap. sr.-- ..s.-f.,-.-
The -four shall be superfne, and of the manufac-
ture OF wh at grown in the year 1883 or 1884; hut
must in all cases be manufactured from wheat OF
the crop Immediately preceding the dates of the
QUESTION for the shall be perfectly sweet and
in all respects of the best quality d"d g equal 10
The best description Of Richmond -four al the qua
tiles essential 10 us preservation topicdI imGss
and shall he delivered in well seasoned, sound,
bright barrels-the slaves and headiogs TO be OF
split rived whteoak of the best quality, strong
and well hooped, with lining hoops around esch
head-in good shipping order, free Of all charge to
the United States.
The bscoit shall be made wholly from sweet SUI
perne four OF the manufacture Of the year 1858 CT
1854, but N ust in all be manufactured fr I'm
-four made Of the crop imme iately proceeding the
dates Of the requisions for the same: and shall be
fully equal in quality and conform in size, ID the
samples which deposited in the said nsvy-yards
shall he properly baked, thoroughly kiln dred, well
packed and delivered free Of chsrge to the United
States in good, sound, welldried. bright -four ba,
rels above described, with the heads well secured
in air and watertight whiskey spirit casks,
barrels at the option of the bureau.
The whiSkey shall be made wholly from grain, OF
which at least two-third parts shah he rye: hall
be copper distilled and full first prof according to
thaI Init t.fp ct,Sa ard / al
be distilled year before delivery. and be deliver
ed in eood new sound, bright, three -rters hoop
ed well seasoned white oak barrels, with white oak
heads; the slaves not tn be less than inch thick.
aud The heads not less thsn n inc thick; and esch
barrel shall be coopered in addition. one three
penny iron hoop on each bilge IL inch In width.
and l-16th inch thick. and one threepen hoop on
esch chime, 11a-nch Ia width. and. l-l6th Incl
thick. "a per diagram The whole to be put in coed
shipping order, tree of all charge TO the United
States.
The sugar shall be according to samples at the
The tea Shall be of good quality Young Hyson,
equal to the samples at the said navy yard.
The coffee shall be the best Cuba, according to
sample.
The rice shall be of the very best quality, and of
the crop Immediately preceding the dates OF the
acquisitions for the same.
The moasses shall be fully equal to the best quality
# New Orleans mOlasses and shall be delivered il
Wesea oned white-oak barrels, with white pine
heads not less than a inch thick the staves not
less than q inch thick; the barrels t, be tire =
quarters hoped. and, in addition, to have four ioI
hoops, one on each bilge, ~ inch in wild. and
1-l6th inch thick, and one on each chime y inch
in width ard 1-i6th inch thick, and shall be
thoroughly coopered and placed in the best shipping
| condition.
The vinegar shall be of the first quality cider
vinegar equal to the standard of the United States
Pharmacopeia, and shall contain other than
acetic acid and shall be delivered in barrels similar
in all repects to those required for molasses witt
the exception that tchie oak heads shall be subsi
tuted for those Of whit pine and shall ethoroughy
-opsred and placed in the best shipping order.
The pickles shall be put up in iron-bound half
birres, and each half barrel shall contain one gal
len of onions, one gallon of peppers, aud thirteeI
gallons of gaerkins. (6y olich understood small
cucumber, and no other article } aHd the vegetables
in each shall weigh ninety pounds. and only be pait
for; and each half bsrrel shall be filed with white
vine VINEGAR Of at least AZ degrees OF strength ant
equal to French vinegar; the half barrels, veg eta
b es and vinegar shall conform and be equal in al
| respects to the samples deposited at the above
| named navy yards, and the contractors shall war
| rant and guaranty that they will keep good ant
sound for at least two wears.
The beans shall be of the very best quality,
and good, and shall be OF the crop immediately Pre-
cedng the dates of the relusition for tie same.
The raisins hall be of the best quality of buncl
ratsns and of the latest crop immediately preceding
the dates of the requsition for the saRs and shall
he delivered in good, strong, substantial boxes an,
after inspection. be hocped ar each end at the *
pense of the contractor.
The dri d apples shall be OF the hest quality an,
shall be prepared by suadrytng only, ard shall b
of the crop Of the autumn Immediately preceding
| the dates of the acquisitions for the same.
| The soap shall tie manufactured from cocoanu
oil. and be OF the best quality denominated whit
Saltwater Soap" and be delivered in good stron
boxes OF about seventy five pounds each and, afte
Inspection, the boxes sH be ho0Jed at each end at u
srpnse Of the contractor. The price 10 be uniforr
at all the yards. sE..t ~
All the foregoing described articles, embracin
casks, barrels slf barrels, and boxes shall be sui
ject to such inspection the chief of this burea
may direct and be in all respects perfectly satisat
tory to the inspecting officer, said officer to be 3,
pointed by the Navy Department All inspection
| to be at the place Of delivery. Biscuit NAV, how
ever, be inspected at the place of manufacture bu
Will in all cases be subject to final inst ectiou
the place OF delivery, before bills are signed Their,
for.
The prices of all the foregoing articles to be IN
same throughout the year. sna bidders may offer 70
| one or more articles.
All the casks, barrels, and halfbarrele boxes q
packages, shall be marked with their contents an
the contractors name All the barrels OF fou,
bread, and pickles shall have, in addition to III
above, the year when manufactured or put up msrkc
upon them.
The samples referred to in this advertisement or
those selected for the ensuing fiscal year, and hdr
reference to sach hare been preri0usy erkibtea
l The quantity of these articles which will be r,
CURED cannot be precisely stated. They will probs
bly, be about
| .... To be offered for
Flour. 200 bbls....... Der BIB
Biscuit. 600, 0CO lhs... per 100 Ii:
hiskey .35 coo gais........ per ga