Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-11-28

1910 pounds of first quality Rio coffee
2l0 bushels of good clean dry fine salt
3,2s5 gallons Of good cider vinegar.
At Corpus Christi, Tsxas.
200, ZOO pounds OF clear bacon sides
$50 barrels OF fresh superfne -four
80 bushels Of new white field beans
ID, l4O pounds Of good hard soap
3,2S5 pounds of good hard adamantine candles
1920 pounds of first quality dry brown sugar
~, 10 pounds of first quality Rio coffee
2lO bushels of good clean dry fine salt
3,2S5 gallons Of good cider vinegar.
II San Antonio, Texas, 140 miles land transpoy-
tatiOn from IndianOla, Texas.
5O7, 900 pounds Of clear bacon sides
6,7S3 barrels of freeh superfine -four
1854 bushels of new white field beans
47,215 pounds of good hard soap
isis pounds of good hard adsmantine candles
Al $40 pounds OF first quality dry brown sugar
7O,9lO pounds of first quality Rio coffee
1'B bushels OF good clean dry fine salt
11,3le gallons Of good cider vinegar.
1t Fort Union, Nsp M,riso, 7eO miles lsna
'SdS Territory.
23l,009 pounds of clear bacon sides
3, l25 barrels Of fresh superfine -four
Dol bushels OF new white field beans
u, 7S3 pounds OF good hard soap
5,4i5 pounds Of good hard adamantine candles
$3.50 pounds Of first quality dry brown sugar
U,6I5 pounds Of first quality Rio coffee
3iO bushels of good clean dry fine salt
O,fi9 gallons o. SoO0 cider vinegar.
The whole to he delivered before the 1st Of Au
gust, 1853.
At Bsnieia, California, tcater transportation.
223,0OO pounds OF clear bacon sides
=, $50 barrels OF fresh supeifne -four
297 bushels Of new white field beans
20,76O pounds OF good hard soap
S,iSo pounds OF good hard adamantine candles
W ,2s6 pounds Of first quality dry brown sugar
III, l4O pounds OF first quality Rio coffee
325 bushels CT good clean dry fine salt
5,lO gallons Of good cider vinegar.
Der, 1856.
At Fort Vancouver, Washington TERRITORY, about
~ miles from the mouth Of the Columbia riv-
er, clear navigation.
10000 pounds of clear bacon sides
l,3li barrels Of fresh supe-fne flour
$50 bushels of new white field beans
1915 pounds Of good hard soap
e,i8 pounds Of good hard adamantine candl es
2s'dS9 pounds OF arst quality dry brown sugar
1880 pounds Of first quality Rio coffee
us bushels of good clean dry fine salt
2,3A3 gallons of good cider vinegar
Ter, 1856
NoTE.-All bidders are requested 10 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 IL embraces all ar;icleSreQured at
post.
The periods and quantities OF each delivery at
those posts where they are not specified will be |:
one fourth LIST June, lst September, LIST December
1870, and LIST March, 1857. The hogs OF which
the pork and bacon are packed to be fattened on
corn, and each hog TO weigh not less than two
hundred pounds, excluding the feet, legs, ears,
and snout
Where the pork is to be delivered. side mecca
may be substituted for the hams. The pork ard
bacon is 70 be first salted with Turks island salt
The pork TO be carefully packed with the same
article In pieces not exceeding eight pounds each.
When the pack king has been Completed. the con.
net N IN hi< nt4r
the packer that the pork has been so sailed and
packed. The pork Is to be contained In seasoned
heart of white oak barrels, full booped and the
bacon in like barrels, in sacks, or loose in well
covered wagons, as the nature Of the transporta-
ton will best Justify
The sugar and coGee In strong barrels, full
The beans and salt In barrels, and the soap and
candles in strong boxes of convenient size for trans
Portation. Salt will only be received by measure.
ment or thirty-two quarts to the bushels The
candles to have cotton wieks.,
All provisions rendered for delivery under this
advertisement will be thorough and rigidly in
sPected at the time and place Of delivery, and all
expenses must be paid by contractors until they
are deposited at such storehouses as may be de.
signated by the agents Of the department
Any variation from the terms ofthe contract will
be considered sufficient and good reason for reject
Ing the article or articles so varying.
The commissary general reserves the privilege
Of increasing or diminishing the quantity, or
dispensing with any or all articles required al any
post, at any time before entering into CONTRACT; and
also Of increasing or reducing the quantities of
each delivery one-third subsequent to contract,
on giving sixty days. previous notice. This sixty
days noce does not apply to posts at which there
is TO be hut one delivery. -
All bidders are required 10 accompany their pro-
posals with ample evidence OF their ability 10 fu
Ill their contracts They must also furnish the
names OF their securities, whose responsibility
must be certified by the district attorney, or by
some person well known 10 the government (;
otherwise their proposals will not be acted on.
Advances viii not be made in any case and ev-
idence Of inspection and full delivery must be re-
ceved at this office before any requisition win be
made upon the Treasury for payment, which will
be effected In such public money as may be con.
venien to the points Of delivery the places OF pur-
chase, or the residence Of the Contractors at the
option Of the Treasury Department. ~
No drafts on this Office will be accepted or paid
under any circumstances.
Each proposal will be sealed In separate en-
veiOpe, and marked proposals for Furnishing
Army Subsistence. e"
GEO. GIBSON, @ @. :.
.NofR Editors will not be paid for inserting In
their papers this advertisement unless authorized
TO do so 10y the Commlssary General Of subsist-
ence. &C A-lawtJaal