Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-08-24
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$50 pounds good hard sperm candies
IS bushels good clean dry fne salt
go gallons good cider vinegar ~ e.,
1t Ba,rancas Ba.Tacks, Pensacola, Florida.
60 barrels pork ,-'--
100 barrels fresh superAne -four
-f so bpshels new white h-ld beans = -
400 pounds good hard soap 80, < Z z
$50 pou ads coed hard see m candles
IS bushels good clean dry nne salt
900 gallons good cider vinegar
49,, Al Fort Gibson, Arkanse'. =
4s0 barrels fresh superfine hour
90 bushels new white neld beans
1880 pounds good hard foap
1000 pounds good hard sperm candles .5-
90 bushels good clean dry iins salt
100 gallons good cider vinegar
The whole to be delivered in all May, 1855.
At Fort Leauensco'sh, Missouri rioer.
l20 barrels pork - 80. frt4TI
800 barrels II sh supe' fine A ur y Z. 49, 80
e6 bushels new white field beans
], 400 pounds good hard soap
12O pounds good hard taliow candles
SO bu,hels good fne dry salt
$50 gallons good cider vinegar -
The whole to be delivered BY the lst June, 1856.
At Tort Ripley, mouth Of Croscsvin4 riusr, $50 miles
- from Fort Smelling.
60 barrels pork s...-...-. Ia 81 q --...-. "a
7 LIS barrels fresh superfre nour ....
. 10 bushels of new white field beans
1,40O pounds good hard foap d.
720 pounds good hard tallow candles m
40 bush Is new white field beans t....
80 gallons good cider vinegar
The whole to be delivered hom LIST june to 10th
August, 1866.
At Fort R,xy. at tunetios Of Republican and Smoky
HUI forks Of Kansas river. 1877 miles from Kansas
Landing, and about leo from Fort Leavencorth,
Assonyi, land trdnsportotios,>N
e25 barrels fresh supernne nour ] =
100 bushels rev white Geld beans
5000 pounds good hard soap
1890 pounds good bard sperm candles
90 bushels good clean dry hne salt
ZOO gallons good cider vinegar
The whole to be delivered BY the list June, 1885.
At Fort Aossstrie, Charlestan, sosth Cdrolisa.
n IS barrels pork IT,, -e-i- ..ss I'D u
y 200 barres fresh superfne -four
60 bushels new white field beans
1,6Oo pounds good hard soap IT,. = .
$50 pounds good hard sperm candles
s SO bushels good clean dry fine sal.
$40 gallons good cider vinegar
At Fbrt Monroe, Old Point Comfort, Nrytnia.
200 bsrrels pork $50
4SO barrels fresh superHne -four
$50 bushels new white field beans
d. $500 pounds good hard soap
1000 pounds good hard tallow candles
60 bushels COED clean dry fine salt LIZ
$50 gallons good cider vinegar
d i..a At Fort MeHsnry, near Baltimore, Nd.
ITO barrels york
=. $50 barrels ire b superfne -four -4.
Is bushels new y hite field beans
$500 pounds good hard soap
1900 pounds good hard tallew candles
60 bushels good clan dry fine salt .
600 gallons good cider vinegar ~
At Fort Ham 1ton, Narro,cs, Ne,o York Harbor
% barre PORK f..r.
240 barrels fresh superfne -four
90 bushels new white field beans
1850 pounds good hsrd sap .s
$50 pounds good hard tallow candles s-s
30 bushels good clean dry fine salt
80 480 gallons god cider vinegar
At Fbrs Aacsinac, Michigan.
30 barrels pork
ITO barrels ftesh euperfne -four
As bushels new white field beans
40 pounds good hard soap
a.- GOO pounds good hard tallow candles
IS bushels good clean fine dry salt
zoe gallons good cider vinegar
One halt on LIST June, 1855; remainder BY the 18th
September, 1855 '.
At Fort Brady, Saul Ste. Marie, Michigan.
50 bsrre's pork
120 barrels fresh supe1fne -four
40 bushels new white field beans
geo pounds good hard soap
$3.50! coo pounds good hard tallow candles {; nc.
rs bushels good clean dry fine salt
240 gallons good cider vinegar
One half on LIST June, 1855; remainder by the 18th
September, 1885, .t
NoTE.-An 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 be acted
on unless it embraces all articles required at post
posts where they not specified will be, one-fourth
lst June, LIST September LIST December 1885, and LIST
March, 1885, The hogs of which the pork is packed
to be fattened on corn, and each hog to weigh not
less than two hundred pounds, excluding the feet,
legs, ears, and snout.
Side pieces may be substituted for the hams.
The pork is to be first sailed with Turks island
salt and then carefully packed with the same article
in 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 sailed and
packed. The pork is to be contained in seasoned
heart of white oak barrels fully hoped the beans
and salt in barrels and the soap and candles strong
boxes Of convenient size for transportation
salt will only be received by measurement OF
thirty two quarts to the bushe The candles to have
cotton wicks. The provisions for Fort Ridgeley and
Fort Ripley must pass st. Louis for their ulti.
mate destination in the first week of April, 1856
and they must also pass st. Peters by LIST June,
1866. -, ~. -
failure in these particulars will be considered
breach of contract, and the department. will be au-
thorized to purchase to supply these posts. -fls
The provisions will be inspected at the time and
place Of delivery, and all expenses to be paid by
tractors until they deposited at such storehouses
as may be designated by the agents of the depart
ment. s- .--. ...---
The Commissary General reserves the privilege of
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 of
increasing or reducing the quantities of each deve
-
days previous notice.
Bidders not heretofore contractors are required to
accompany their proposals with evidence Of their
ability, together with the of their securities
whose responsibility must be certified by the district
attorney, or by some person well known to the gov
ernment otherwise their proposals will not be acted
ON. -..-..,. .....
Advances casnot be made in any case, and eridence
OF inspection and fall delivery su be required at this
office teore requistion TOLL be made upon the treasury
for payment, which will be effected in such public
money as may b. convenient to the points Of deliv
cry, the places of purchase, the residence of the
contractors, at the option of the Treasury DEPART
ment.
Ne drafts this Office will be accepted or paid un-
der any circumstances
Each proposal will be sealed in q separate enyel.
ope, and marked proposals for furnishing Army
Subsistence" GEO GIBSON. C. G. 8.
NoTf.-Editors will not lie paid for inserting in
their papers this advertisement unless authorized to
do 30 by the Commisssry General of Subsistence.
aug I-lawtl5th Sep -J.s-. .s.-T.-
UAited States Patent Once,
WASHINGTON, Aug. IL, 1854.
ON the petition of JORDAN MOTT, of Mott Haven,
" N. York, praying for the extension OF a patent
granted to him on the LIST day Of December IS4O 70,
an improvement in ''ths mode Of constructing q